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TORONTO – There’s “no question” the Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) will dump untold sums back into Canada’s premier soccer properties, the CSB’s head honcho told Postmedia in an exclusive interview Wednesday at the group’s downtown headquarters.

Set to launch in 2019, the Canadian Premier League revealed this week the formation of the CSB, a sports entity representing commercial assets for the CPL and Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) ahead of its inaugural season and, potentially, the 2026 World Cup.

The CPL’s new marketing wing says it could produce an explosion of funds not just for an upstart league bolstered by big investors, but Canada’s national teams – both of which have room to grow into global entities, according to the group’s leaders and marketing gurus.

“We had to come up with a different business model for the (CPL) that was going to attract the right type of league owner,” CSB CEO Scott Mitchell told Postmedia.