{"id":641684,"date":"2026-05-01T22:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641684\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:09:11","slug":"canada-soccer-to-receive-9-8m-in-federal-funding-for-training-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/641684\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Soccer to receive $9.8M in federal funding for training facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Canada Soccer announced on Friday that the federal government has committed $9.8M towards a National Training Centre (NTC).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The investment is being made through the Build Communities Strong Fund, a government program launched in April designed to support new public infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Build Communities Strong Fund is building the infrastructure that Canadians rely on every day,\u201d said Secretary of State for Sport Adam van Koeverden in a release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s investment in sport infrastructure is about more than building a facility. It is about creating a world\u2011class sport facility where athletes can train and represent Canada at their best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won&#8217;t miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<p>The commitment marks a significant milestone in the development of the NTC, which is still in its early stages.<\/p>\n<p>Canada Soccer received 18 submissions from across the country during the Request for Information phase, looking for potential hosts for the NTC.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The organization said a formal Request for Proposals will be launched within the next two months, giving interested parties a general outline of what construction would look like.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Sports<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes as Vancouver and other host cities prepare to welcome the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Canada Soccer said the NTC will stand as one of the tournament\u2019s most significant legacy initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe development of a National Training Centre in Canada represents an important legacy project for the country and it is always a positive sign when our members invest in infrastructure across the region,\u201d CONCACAF President and FIFA Vice-President Vittorio Montagliani said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada Soccer announced on Friday that the federal government has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,7941,3274,561,82],"class_list":["post-641684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-soccer","tag-fifa","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}