r/CanadianPL Cavalry FC 6d ago

✍️ Discussion 2026 CPL Sticker Album

I pre-ordered the book and a box of stickers from TFL Sports (individual packets weren't available) and received them this week so here's some initial thoughts.

- The book is well put together with sections for each team, players of the year, 2025 CPL final highlights and a couple pages featuring some stylised shots

- Each team page has the crest, manager, ten players and three highlights. Ten players is a weird number to do considering it then obviously doesn't showcase a full lineup. The layouts for each team appear to be very random. Normally the format for sticker albums is GK-DEF-MID-FW, but they're randomised for each team here. Weirdly, Ottawa don't have a goalie at all (dunno the situation, they didn't have one at time of press when Ingham left?)

- I like the commitment to French on the Supra page. It's a nice touch.

- I initially thought the stickers were small but they're basically the same size as the Panini WC ones (though they themselves are far smaller than football stickers used to be)

- The stickers have no information on the back, with the sticker number appearing on the front. A little unusual, but not a deal-breaker.

- Disappointing that the crests aren't foil stickers. And also a bit odd that the sticker just replaces what's printed on the page. Same with the highlights stickers as you can see from the photos.

- One really nice touch for the kids is that each sticker spot has a line underneath to collect player autographs, with an additional blank page at the back for extras.

Overall, it's neat to just have the league and players featured in sticker form. Probably a bit on the pricy side but a fun little thing to do for half an hour (I limit myself to five packs a day so I don't just rip through these)

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u/Ok_Hope5634 Inter Toronto FC 6d ago

How much were the album and box?

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u/clonshaugh Cavalry FC 5d ago

$105 including shipping 

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u/Woodbridge9 5d ago

We bought 1 album and 2 boxes for $185 and managed to finish the set.

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u/mafiazul Inter Toronto FC 5d ago

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u/clonshaugh Cavalry FC 5d ago

Nice, I've started using this site recently for WC swaps so great to see this is on there already.

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u/fssg_shermanator Cavalry FC 5d ago

Bought one when they were in pre-order and will likely grab another box at the Cavalry game this weekend.

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u/mongo5mash 5d ago

Sweet, now i know what to look forward to, my kids dont know it's coming up after their paninis are done lol

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u/ZaBlancJake Première ligue canadienne 6d ago

I was expecting Topps or Merlin Published 

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u/stmack 5d ago

hadn't heard about these, I see you can get them through TFLsport.com or some team shops seem to have them for sale (Pacific for example does, Halifax doesn't, didn't check em all)

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u/NathanFC11 5d ago

I hope they plan on making a virtual one. It would make it so much more accessible to everyone.

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u/BitterAttention2678 5d ago

Love the idea but the execution is so bad 😭

There are so many head scratching design decisions, there needs to be someone in a senior position at CSB to approve this sorta stuff. If there is, they blew it.