Victoria, BC (Thursday, July 23, 2020) –Vancouver Island soccer history was made today with Pacific FC’s signing of midfielder Sean Young. A product of the Vancouver Island Wave program and a former Victoria Highlander, Young is the first example of a Victoria youth getting a professional playing opportunity in the Canadian Premier League.

“Sean joining Pacific FC is an example of how the Canadian Premier League is strengthening our soccer community right here on Vancouver Island,” said Rob Friend, CEO, Pacific FC. “Thanks to his hard work through our local Wave youth program he is now at the beginning of an exciting professional career.”

Young, 19 was born in Victoria and played in the city and on the West Shore as a youth. He was enrolled in the Vancouver Island Wave program and went on to win the Provincials with the U16 team in 2017. Young was picked up by the Highlanders Reserve squad in the Pacific Coast Soccer League in 2018. The following year Young played in both the USL League Two and was part of Vancouver Island Soccer League’s Westcastle United when they were victorious in the 2019 Jackson Cup.

“Sean is a strong box-to-box midfielder with great capacity to get around the pitch,” said James Merriman, Associate Head Coach and Technical Director, Pacific FC. “We see great potential in adding him to our midfield core to further his development.”

Standing at 6 feet two inches, Young has been training alongside the Pacific squad since the club resumed training in early June. The team now has a roster of 19 and is training under the leadership of Head Coach Pa-Modou Kah and Associate Head Coach Merriman at the Island Training Centre in Langford.

 Last month the Canadian Premier League announced its hope to have a 2020 CPL season.

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Founded in 2018, Pacific Football Club brings professional football to Vancouver Island. Playing out of a renovated, 6000-seat Westhills Stadium in Langford, the club provides an outlet for Canadian soccer players to compete at the professional level of the sport on home soil.