It’s the beginning of what Sauga City Collective hopes will be a renewed passion for the beautiful game in Mississauga.

Sauga City Collective is made up of a group of supporters encouraging an ownership group to establish a Canadian Premier League club in Mississauga. In support of local soccer, the group just launched the Credit River Cup — a fan-made trophy named after the iconic river that runs through the city.

The cup is contested between three Mississauga-based League 1 Ontario clubs: North Mississauga SC, ProStars FC, and Sigma FC.

The teams play each other and other clubs in League 1 Ontario, and their results against each other will determine who among the three will win the cup. As it stands now, Sauga City Collective will award the trophy to one of three teams following a League 1 match between North Mississauga SC and Sigma FC at the Paramount Fine Foods Centre on Aug. 16.

“It’s always been part of our mission to bring CPL to Mississauga, and to support, promote, and build up grassroots soccer,” Sauga City Collective co-founder Rob Ditta said.

“Clubs in our city are among the best in the country, have some of the best players in Canada,” he added.

The Credit River Cup trophy was built by a local trophy manufacturer in Mississauga. The cup, name, and design were chosen to reflect “our city and our history,” Ditta said.

League 1 Ontario commissioner and Mississauga-native Dino Rossi and North Mississauga SC operations manager Chris Keem are “solid advocates of our cause,” co-founder Mark Guilherme said.

Ditta said the collective wants the cup to be a new tradition in Mississauga, as a means to establish a deeper connection with the local clubs.