Valour FC a wreck that needs fixing – Winnipeg Free Press

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It’s no secret that Valour FC is a mess. | On the pitch, Winnipeg’s professional soccer club sunk to new lows in 2023. It scored a paltry 25 goals in 28 matches to earn themselves a last-place finish in the eight-team Canadian Premier League with a 6-8-14 won-draw-lost record. Since the league began play in 2019, Valour is the only team — outside of Vancouver FC, which just completed its first season — to never finish in the top half of the table. Six clubs have been in the league since Year 1 and Valour has won the fewest matches of them all since the start with 36 wins in 119 matches. | The results, or lack thereof, are being felt off the field. Valour was a $950,000 loser for the parent Winnipeg Football Club in 2022 and that number is unlikely to look any better when the 2023 financial report is made public. | The inaugural season saw 5,335 fans per match at IG Field. Those days are long gone as Valour had the third lowest attendance in the CPL this season with an average turnout of around 3,200, a slight upgrade over 2022 when they had 3,111, but still far from good enough. The Winnipeg Goldeyes (3,641), Manitoba Moose (3,848) and the Winnipeg Sea Bears (5,484) all bring more spectators through the gates for home games.