NEW SOCCER LEAGUE TO KICK UP IN CANADA

          The Ontario Soccer Association yesterday unveiled plans
     for the Canadian Professional Soccer League (CPSL), which
     will be based in Ontario, according to Tony Maraschiello in
     the TORONTO SUN.  The CPSL will be a Divison 3 league by
     int'l standards, and "organizers have already secured Adidas
     Canada as a major sponsor."  The eight-team league is
     scheduled to start play next spring.  Each team will draft
     25 Canadian players of which five must be under 20-years-
     old.  Teams will also draft 16-year-olds "and own their
     rights until they are ready to join the parent club."  OSA
     Exec Dir Brian Avey: "You are going to see an aggressive
     marketing campaign that is similar to what you see in the
     NHL or NBA.  The image of soccer in the province is at an
     all-time low in the public and corporate eye.  But we're
     trying to make a fresh start" (TORONTO SUN, 8/21).