In 2012 a group of football supporters in British Columbia banded together to purchase a trophy honouring the top semi-professional team in the province.  The Juan de Fuca Plate was originally awarded “to spur interest across British Columbia in soccer at the semi-professional level, and to inspire good-natured rivalry between the competing cities.” The Plate was awarded to the BC-based team with the best head-to-head record against other BC-based teams in the USL PDL (later USL League 2).

With the rise of League 1 BC, and after consulting with original donors, the supporters groups of current League 1 BC teams have agreed on a new format for the awarding of the trophy from 2022.  The Juan de Fuca Plate will be awarded by supporters to the League 1 BC club whose teams accrue the greatest number of combined points across both the men’s and women’s divisions in League 1 BC regular season league play.

Tiebreaker format: 

1. Greater number of points earned in matches between the clubs concerned
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the clubs concerned
3. Greater number of goals scored in matches between the clubs concerned
4. Re-apply first three criteria if two or more clubs are still tied
5. Greater goal difference in all matches
6. Greater number of goals scored in all matches
7. Smaller number of disciplinary points in all matches (yellow = 1 point, red = 2 points)