Women’s Sports in Vancouver

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It’s a new era of women’s sports in Vancouver.

With the success of the Rise F.C. and recent additions of the PWHL team Vancouver Goldeneyes, women are getting noticed. And the fans are there to prove it.

 

Younger fans have started to show up and bring love and support.

 

The mentality when it comes to sports has started to shift. Younger fans have started to care more about storytelling and personality.

 

Social media has really helped push the change with athletes being able to promote themselves and become relatable to a large audience online. Interviews and posts about their life to give a behind the scenes in training all help fans feel more connected before the games even start.

 

The smaller venues also aid in helping the fans feel closer to the players.  It helps create what often feels like a louder environment, less empty space for your sound to die out like the big stadiums. You also feel closer to other fans, in proximity and in community.

 

Accessibility to be able to go to games is a player as well. You can bring all your friends and have a good night out without worrying about how crazy expensive it’s going to be. That helps in growing the fan culture. Invites everyone to have a chance at falling in love with a new team.

 

As more people support the teams, the more fan pages and youtube accounts start. Helping to garner a new community with fans who ride the highs of winning and lows of losing with the team.

 

This isn’t a trend. It’s the future of Canadian Sports

 

With new franchises and new leagues popping up in support of women’s sports there are also the players. They are all taking a chance, grinding hard, and now get to compete to make a mark in history.

 

Etch their names into a team, a league, and a city forever.