Tridents face Valour FC to Kick of the Canadian Premier League’s Seventh Season; Full 2025 CPL schedule, presented by WestJet, to be announced on Wednesday, Feb. 12
Langford, BC – Feb. 10, 2025 – Pacific FC will host Valour FC in the club’s 2025 home opener on Saturday, April 5 at 4 p.m. PT at Starlight Stadium, the Canadian Premier League announced on Monday.
The match will take place as part of a triple header on the opening day of the 2025 Canadian Premier League (CPL) season. The full regular season schedule, presented by WestJet, will be announced on Wednesday, Feb. 12.
“We look forward to welcoming our fans back to Starlight Stadium for another action-packed season of professional football on Vancouver Island,” said Paul Beirne, Managing Director, Pacific FC. “We invite everyone to come and experience the magic of opening day.”
The Tridents have a winning history against Valour. In 22 matches overall, the Tridents have earned 16 wins and four draws and have lost just twice.
As part of Monday’s announcement, it was also revealed that Pacific will travel to the East Coast on Matchweek 3 to face Halifax Wanderers FC. That match will be played on Saturday, April 19 at 12:30 p.m. PT.
Pacific will showcase a roster featuring fan favourites, like local talents captain Josh Heard, midfielder Sean Young and goalkeeper Sean Melvin, boosted by the addition of such returning players as Marco Bustos and Kadin Chung, who were both members of the 2021 Pacific team that was crowned CPL Champions.
The 2025 CPL season presented by WestJet will once again feature 112 regular season and five playoff matches, culminating with the 2025 CPL Final in November. All matches will be broadcast on OneSoccer, the dedicated home for Canadian Soccer. OneSoccer is available in 35 countries as an affordable streaming service through the OneSoccer.ca website, via Roku, Chromecast and Apple TV devices and with the OneSoccer app for iOS and Android devices. It is also available as a linear channel on Optik TV (Ch. 980), the pay-TV service operated by TELUS, as well as on streaming service fuboTV Canada.
Current 2025 Pacific FC Roster as of Feb. 10:
Goalkeepers: Emil Gazdov, Sean Melvin
Defenders: Christian Greco-Taylor, Aly Ndom, Juan Quintana, Kadin Chung, Georges Mukumbilwa, Eric Lajeunesse
Midfielders: Sean Young, Sami Keshavarz, Aidan Daniels, Daniel de Pauli, Lukas Browning Lagerfeldt, Matteo Schiavoni
Forwards: Dario Zanatta, Josh Heard, Ronan Kratt, Marco Bustos
Link to Pacific FC tickets here.
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ABOUT PACIFIC FOOTBALL CLUB
Founded in 2018, Pacific Football Club brings professional football to Vancouver Island. Playing out of Starlight Stadium in Langford, the club provides an outlet for Canadian soccer players to compete at the professional level of the sport on home soil through the Canadian Premier League.
About Canadian Premier League
The Canadian Premier League (CPL), Canada’s Tier 1 domestic men’s soccer league, is committed to its mission of providing opportunities for Canadian players to showcase their abilities on home soil and to gain prominence on the global soccer scene. A link between the amateur and professional games in the country, the CPL develops homegrown talent in support of the growth of Canadian soccer domestically and internationally. The CPL is proud to bring high-quality, professional soccer to communities from coast to coast, partnering with strong ownership groups, world-class corporate partners and passionate supporters to build a league Canadians can proudly support on and off the field. The CPL, which will contest its seventh season in 2025, plays in Concacaf and FIFA sanctioned competitions. For more updates and information, please visit CanPL.ca
About OneSoccer
OneSoccer is the dedicated home of soccer in Canada, which broadcasts a suite of marquee Canadian soccer content such as: the Canadian Premier League, the country’s first-division men’s professional soccer league; the TELUS Canadian Championship, Canada Soccer’s domestic soccer cup competition involving all professional soccer clubs in Canada; and the home friendly matches of Canada Soccer’s Women’s and Men’s National Teams.
About WestJet
WestJet took to the skies in 1996 with just over 200 employees and three aircraft operating service to five destinations. Since then, WestJet has pioneered low-cost travel in Canada, cutting airfares in half, and increasing the flying population in Canada by more than 50 per cent. Following integration with Sunwing in 2025, more than 14,000 WestJetters support nearly 200 aircraft and connect guests to more than 100 destinations across North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.
As a major Canadian employer that includes WestJet Airlines, Sunwing Vacations Group and WestJet Cargo, the WestJet Group is Canada’s leading low-cost airline and largest vacation provider, with a united purpose of providing affordable and accessible air and vacation travel to Canadians.