Pacific Coast Soccer League
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| Country | Canada |
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| Confederation |
CONCACAF British Columbia Soccer Association |
| Founded | 1908 / 1995 |
| Divisions | Premier (Men/Women) Reserve (Men/Women) |
| Number of teams | Premier: 8(m), 6(w) Reserve: 6(m), 7(w) |
| Level on pyramid | 4 |
| Promotion to | None |
| Relegation to | None |
| Domestic cup(s) | The Challenge Trophy |
| Current champions | Khalsa Sporting Club (m) (2015) |
| Most championships |
Khalsa Sporting Club (m, 6 titles) Victoria United (m, 6 titles) |
| Website | PCSL |
 2015 Pacific Coast Soccer League season
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The Pacific Coast Soccer League is a soccer league, currently featuring teams from British Columbia. In the past clubs from Washington and Oregon have competed.
PCSL is considered to be the premiere division (summer league) in the Canadian Soccer Pyramid. The winner of the Challenge Cup or league playoffs has a berth in the British Columbia Provincial Soccer Championship for the Provincial Cup. The Provincial Cup winner plays for The Challenge Trophy denoting the Canadian national amateur champion. The league has a short 2.5 month summer season. The PCSL comprises elite Canadian football players. Some players are ex-pros from Europe and North America, top NCAA players and others who are looking to become professional soccer players. Several clubs are focused on player development similar to the USL PDL and NPSL in the United States.
The name Pacific Coast Association Football League appears to have been chosen as the railway age had yet to mature to the point where rail travel superseded the steamships traversing the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada. The leagues for various sports of the highest level such as baseball in the summer; therefore, spanned along the Pacific Coast from California to British Columbia not inland.
The original Pacific Coast Association Football (Soccer) League was formed on July 25, 1908 in Victoria at the Drlard Hotel. Executives elected were Con Jones, president and Will Ellis, secretary-treasurer both from Vancouver and R. Heindmarch of Ladysmith as vice president. A constitution was adopted modelled after the English and Scottish league associations along with a 19-game schedule of matches from September 13, 1908 to January 23, 1909.
One recognizes the constitution’s contents from current leagues. Annual league subscriptions were set at $10 and five percent of gate receipts while player registration was 10 cents per player. The league champion was to be awarded a $100 silver trophy provided by Con Jones. Membership was limited to the larger clubs present at the meeting, including a team from each of Nanaimo, Victoria, and Ladysmith of the Vancouver Island Football League, Vancouver of the Mainland League and Seattle.
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