New Cascadia Crest and Kit Revealed

Cascadia have agreed a landmark kit deal with international manufacturers Givova. Prost is proud to announce it support for Team Cascadia by becoming the kit sponsor.

Givova are a big player on the world stage being the manufacturer for two international teams, Venezuela and Malta. Among their club teams are Verona, Fortuna Sittard and Beitar Jerusalem. Overall Givvoa supply kits to clubs in 42 countries.

Cascadia head coach James Nichols said:

“I think it’s another step forward in the future of the Cascadian Soccer team. To have Givova, a world renowned brand, producing the kit, who are involved with some of the biggest clubs in the world is a major coup.

“I’m absolutely sure the players in the squad for May against the Chagos Islands are looking forward to be the first players to wear the new apparel.”

The new crest showcases the topography of Cascadia with trees, mountains and sea all represented. The Cascadian flag’s Doug Tree is foremost on the crest design. The provisional jersey design, created by Josh Duder contains the blue, white and green of the Cascadia flag, with the flag itself and the ConIFA crest on each arm.

Duder explains:

“Originally there was a social media ask from the Cascadia twitter handle for anybody interested in helping design some new shirts for the Cascadia team–I put my hand up right away. After submitting my first idea, I asked if they might be interested in a new badge as well. It was a go!

“The new badge was designed to provide an update the original CAFF crest, but not come across as an entirely new idea. A lot of the same elements are present. The whole idea of the kits was to stay within the boundaries of what had come before–emulating the flag of the region and connecting with design elements that are recognizable to those who live here. The long term desire is to add to an iconic design which will be inexorably connected to the organization and set up a sense of design tradition.”

First Cascadia and CONIFA Schedule Confirmed

CONIFA Cascadia World Cup Schedule

In the coming weeks CONIFA will be releasing stadium and ticketing information for the 2018 Paddy Power World Football Cup, to be held in London between 31 May and 9 June. This page will be updated as more information becomes available. The tournament will involve 16 teams from across the globe, competing to add their name to the CONIFA World Football Cup honour roll alongside past victors County of Nice (2014) and Abkhazia (2016) . Unlike many other major international tournament, CONIFA events include placement games for teams that do not qualify for the quarter-finals. This is done to ensure CONIFA is fulfiling its core mission: giving everyone an opportunity to play football.

Please note that the dates and times for games that do not presently have a stadium assigned or tickets available are provisional and subject to change.

Thursday 31 May

• 12pm, Gander Green Lane (Sutton United FC): Ellan Vannin v Cascadia (Group A) – buy tickets
• 12pm, Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (Enfield Town FC): Abkhazia v Tibet (Group B) – buy tickets
• 12pm, Coles Park Stadium (Haringey Borough FC): Székely Land v Tuvalu (Group C) – buy tickets
• 12pm, Colston Avenue Football Stadium (Carshalton Athletic FC): United Koreans in Japan v Western Armenia (Group D) – buy tickets
• 3pm, Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (Enfield Town FC): Northern Cyprus v Felvidek (Group B) – buy tickets
• 3pm, Gander Green Lane (Sutton United FC): Padania v Matabeleland (Group C) – buy tickets
• 3pm, Arbour Park (Slough Town FC): Panjab v Kabylia (Group D) – buy tickets
• 7pm, Hayes Lane (Bromley FC): 2018 Paddy Power World Football Cup Opening Ceremony
• 8pm, Hayes Lane (Bromley FC): Barawa v Tamil Eelam (Group A) – buy tickets

Friday 1 June

Rest day

Saturday 2 June

• 2pm, Colston Avenue Football Stadium (Carshalton Athletic FC): Barawa v Cascadia (Group A) – buy tickets
• 2pm, Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (Enfield Town FC): Abkhazia v Felvidek (Group B) – buy tickets
• 2pm: Coles Park Stadium (Haringey Borough FC): Székely Land v Matabeleland (Group C) – buy tickets
• 2pm, Larges Lane (Bracknell Town FC): United Koreans in Japan v Kabylia (Group D) – buy tickets
• 5pm, Colston Avenue Football Stadium (Carshalton Athletic FC): Ellan Vannin v Tamil Eelam (Group A) – buy tickets
• 5pm, Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (Enfield Town FC): Northern Cyprus v Tibet (Group B) – buy tickets
• 5pm: Coles Park Stadium (Haringey Borough FC): Padania v Tuvalu (Group C) – buy tickets
• 5pm, Arbour Park (Slough Town FC): Panjab v Western Armenia (Group D) – buy tickets

Sunday 3 June

• 3pm: Coles Park Stadium (Haringey Borough FC): Barawa v Ellan Vannin (Group A) – buy tickets
• 3pm, St Paul’s Sports Ground (Fisher FC): Tamil Eelam v Cascadia (Group A) – buy tickets
• 3pm, Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (Enfield Town FC): Abkhazia v Northern Cyprus (Group B) – buy tickets
• 3pm, Larges Lane (Bracknell Town FC): Felvidek v Tibet (Group B) – buy tickets
• 6pm, Coles Park Stadium (Haringey Borough FC): Tuvalu v Matabeleland (Group C) – buy tickets
• 6pm, Bedfont Recreation Ground (Bedfont Sports FC): Padania v Székely Land (Group C) – buy tickets
• 6pm, Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (Enfield Town FC): Western Armenia v Kabylia (Group D) – buy tickets
• 6pm, Arbour Park (Slough Town FC): Panjab v United Koreans in Japan (Group D) – buy tickets

Monday 4 June

Rest day

Tuesday 5 June

• 3pm, Gander Green Lane (Sutton United FC): Quarter-Final A (Group A Winner v Group B Runner-Up) – buy tickets
• 3pm, Larges Lane (Bracknell Town FC): Quarter-Final B (Group C Winner v Group D Runner-Up) – buy tickets
• 3pm, Hayes Lane (Bromley FC): Knock-Out Match A (3rd, Group A v 4th, Group B) – buy tickets
• 3pm, Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (Enfield Town FC): Knock-Out Match B (3rd, Group C v 4th, Group D) – buy tickets
• 6pm, Gander Green Lane (Sutton United FC): Quarter-Final C (Group A Runner-Up v Group B Winner) – buy tickets
• 6pm, Hayes Lane (Bromley FC): Quarter-Final D (Group C Runner-Up v Group D Winner) – buy tickets
• 6pm, Parkside (Aveley FC): Knock-Out Match C (4th, Group A v 3rd, Group B) – buy tickets
• 6pm, Larges Lane (Bracknell Town FC): Knock-Out Match D (4th, Group C v 3rd, Group D) – buy tickets

Wednesday 6 June

Rest day

Thursday 7 June

• 12pm, Parkside (Aveley FC): Placement Match A – buy tickets
• 12pm, Gander Green Lane (Sutton United FC): Placement Match B – buy tickets
• 12pm, Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (Enfield Town FC): Placement Match C – buy tickets
• 12pm, Hayes Lane (Bromley FC): Placement Match D – buy tickets
• 3pm, Gander Green Lane (Sutton United FC): Placement Match E – buy tickets
• 3pm, Hayes Lane (Bromley FC): Placement Match F – buy tickets
• 5pm, Colston Avenue Football Stadium (Carshalton Athletic FC): Semi-Final A (Winner, Quarter-Final A v Winner, Quarter-Final B) – buy tickets
• 8pm, Colston Avenue Football Stadium (Carshalton Athletic FC): Semi-Final B (Winner, Quarter-Final C v Winner, Quarter-Final D) – buy tickets

Friday 8 June

Rest day

Saturday 9 June

• 12pm, Bedfont Recreation Ground (Bedfont Sports FC): Placement Match G – buy tickets
• 12pm, Parkside (Aveley FC): Placement Match H – buy tickets
• 12pm, St Paul’s Sports Ground (Fisher FC): Placement Match I – buy tickets
• 12pm, TBC: Placement Match J – buy tickets (forthcoming)
• 3pm, TBC: Placement Match K – buy tickets (forthcoming)
• 3pm, St Paul’s Sports Ground (Fisher FC): Placement Match L – buy tickets
• 3pm, Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (Enfield Town FC): Third Place Play-Off (Loser, Semi-Final A v Loser, Semi-Final B) – buy tickets
• 6pm, Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (Enfield Town FC): Grand Final (Winner, Semi-Final A v Winner, Semi-Final B) – buy tickets
• 8.30pm, Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (Enfield Town FC): 2018 Paddy Power World Football Cup Closing Ceremony

Cascadia National Team is headed to the 2018 CONIFA World Cup!

Cascadia Association Football Federation (CAFF) to help field a Cascadia Regional Team at the CONIFA World Cup in 2018. If you are interested in being involved, please email CAFF coordinator Aaron Johnson directly at aaronmartinj@gmail.com. CAFF is an all volunteer, grassroots effort dedicated to helping see Cascadia represented at an international level of sport, and was organized by members of the three Cascadia supporter groups in 2013. 

DONATE

• If you would like to support the Cascadia Association Football Federation you can donate for their trip here.
• If you would like to help with website, social media, outreach, be the on the leadership team or have inquiries regarding partnership, players, coaches etc. please email CAFF coordinator Aaron Johnson directly at aaronmartinj@gmail.com

For those not aware, CONIFA is the international football confederation for teams not part of FIFA. Its members include states, partially-recognised states, regions, minority groups and sports-isolated territories. CONIFA is strictly politically neutral, and is run by volunteers. The 2018 World Football Cup will bring together a diverse collection of CONIFA members from around the world. Participation was determined based on qualification games/tournaments, regional qualification spots and two wild cards.

CascadiaNow! and CAFF would like to thank Kelly Dews, Looptworks and all involved throughout Cascadia for bringing the new shirt to reality.

CONIFA Qualified Teams are:

• Africa: Barawa; Matabeleland; Kabylia
• Asia: Tibet; Tamil Eelam; United Koreans of Japan; Panjab
• Europe: Abkhazia; Padania; Northern Cyprus; Western Armenia; Ellan Vannin; Felvidek; Székely Land
• North America: Cascadia
• Oceania: Kiribati
• Barawa, a region of Somalia, qualified for the tournament as host – the Barawa Football Association is based in London and consists of Barawan diaspora. Tibet, whose honorary president is his Holiness the Dalai Lama, received a wildcard, as did Western Armenia.
• Abkhazia qualified as reigning world champions after they beat Panjab in a thrilling penalty shoot-out finale at the 2016 World Football Cup. Padania qualified as European champions after winning the European Football Cup in Northern Cyprus earlier this year, while Tamil Eelam earned their spot by winning the Challenge Cup.
• The participation of Kiribati will raise awareness about the existential threat climate change poses to their low-lying Pacific homeland. CONIFA has been actively involved in football development in Kiribati since it joined as a member in May 2016.

The official draw for the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup will take place in London later this year. The draw will also coincide with an announcement regarding the tournament’s major sponsor.You can find the Cascadia Association Football Federation page here. A HUGE thank you to all the Cascadia football supporters no matter your club or supporters group. It was discussion between all of us on the Cascadia Trifecta Page that led to the first kit and helped inspire the creation of the CAFF. If it wasn't for all of you this would not be taking place.