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FC London
FC London is a Canadian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in London, Ontario, London, Ontario that plays in the men's and women's divisions of League1 Ontario Premier in the Canadian third tier. The team was founded in 2008 as Forest City London Soccer Club, and were a member of the Premier Development League from 2009 to 2015; they won the 2012 PDL season, 2012 PDL title, their first championship during this time. They re-branded to FC London following their move to League1 Ontario in 2016, being officially named Football Club London. In 2017, the club partnered with Toronto FC. FC London's youth teams were renamed London TFC, while the senior team retained the name FC London, but changed its colours to red to match those of Toronto FC. History Founded in 2008, Forest City London joined the Premier Development League in 2009. In their first season, they had to split home matches between four stadiums. and played their first ever game on May 29, 2009 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League1 Ontario
League1 Ontario (L1ON) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association. League1 Ontario consists of three tiers – League1 Premier, League1 Championship, and League2 Ontario – with promotion and relegation between them. The top-two tiers consist of 12 teams each, while the lowest tier is uncapped in size. In the Canadian soccer league system, the men's division is behind the fully-professional Canadian Premier League. It is part of League1 Canada, the national third tier with regional division, along with three other provincial leagues. The league champion qualifies for the Canadian Championship, Canada's domestic cup tournament. Dino Rossi serves as the commissioner of the league. History Origins League1 Ontario was founded on November 15, 2013, in an announcement by the Ontario Soccer Association (OSA) that it would pilot the semi-professional league in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 PDL Season
The 2013 USL Premier Development League season was the 19th season of the PDL. The regular season began on May 4 with three matches and ended on July 21 with nine matches. The regular season was followed by a postseason tournament of conference winners to determine the league's champion. Four teams were added to the league and 13 teams dropped, bringing the total number of teams in the league to 64 across nine divisions for 2013. Changes from 2012 Name changes * Hamilton FC Rage rebranded as K-W United FC * Bradenton Academics rebranded as IMG Academy Bradenton * New Jersey Rangers rebranded as NJ-LUSO Rangers FC * Palmetto FC Bantams rebranded as SC United Bantams * VSI Tampa Flames rebranded as VSI Tampa Bay FC (PDL) * Pali Blues rebranded as OC Blues Strikers FC * Texas Dutch Lions rebranded as Houston Dutch Lions New teams Four new clubs joined the PDL this coming season. Folding/moving *Thirteen teams were announced as leaving the league prior to the beginnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional Association football, soccer league in North America and the highest level of the United States soccer league system. It comprises 30 teams, with 27 in the United States and 3 in Canada, and is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation. MLS is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The league is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. The predecessor of MLS was the North American Soccer League (1968–84), North American Soccer League (NASL), which existed from 1968 until 1984. MLS was founded in 1993 as part of the United States' successful bid to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The 1996 Major League Soccer season, inaugural season took place in 1996 with ten teams. MLS experienced financial and operational struggles in its first few years, losing millions of dollars and folding two teams in 2002. Since then, developments such as the proliferation of soccer-specific stadiums around the league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London TFC Logo
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Western Europe, with a population of 14.9 million. London stands on the River Thames in southeast England, at the head of a tidal estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for nearly 2,000 years. Its ancient core and financial centre, the City of London, was founded by the Romans as Londinium and has retained its medieval boundaries. The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has been the centuries-long host of the national government and parliament. London grew rapidly in the 19th century, becoming the world's largest city at the time. Since the 19th century the name "London" has referred to the metropolis around the City of London, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent and Hertfordshire, which since 1965 has largely comprised the adminis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master's FA
Master's Futbol Academy, commonly known as Master's FA, is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario. The club was founded in 2009 as a soccer academy and added its team in the semi-professional League1 Ontario, the third tier in the Canadian soccer league system. The club was one of the ten original founding men's teams in League1 Ontario, which was established in 2014. Their team initially competed under the name Master's FA Saints. History In 2009, Master's Futbol Academy was founded by Junior Groves. In 2014, the semi-professional club was established to play in the newly formed League1 Ontario as one of the founding members. They were one of the three Ontario Soccer Association Recognized Non-Club Academies permitted to enter a team in the league, along with ANB Futbol and Sigma FC. The club played their debut match on May 31, 2014 against the Cataraqui Clippers, winning 3–0. In their inaugural season, they finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance United
Alliance United Futbol Club is a Canadian semi-professional association football, soccer club based in Markham, Ontario, Markham and Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario. The club was founded in 2017 to compete in League1 Ontario. The club was formed as a partnership between two youth clubs - Markham FC and Wexford SC. It fields teams in both the men's and League1 Ontario (women), women's divisions of League1 Ontario. Founders The club was founded in 2017 as a joint partnership between clubs Markham FC and Wexford SC with the team playing out of Centennial College (Canada), Centennial College. The name Alliance United was initially meant to be a temporary with a 'name the team' initiative planned, but it ultimately remained the official name. Markham FC Markham FC is a youth soccer club in Markham, Ontario. It was founded in 1971 as the Markham Minor Soccer Club, before changing its name to the Markham Youth Soccer Club. Wexford SC Wexford SC is a youth soccer club in Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sun Times (Owen Sound)
''The Sun Times'' is a local newspaper which services the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound area in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its headquarters are in Owen Sound, and is owned and operated by Postmedia. History The ''Times'' newspaper was founded in 1853 and ''The Sun'' newspaper was founded in 1893; they amalgamated in 1918. Daily editions of the amalgamated paper started in 1922. Effective January 31, 2023, ''Sun Times'' changed from five-day publication to three days: Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Previously it had changed from a weekly to five days when it dropped Monday publication. It publishes an e-edition on the same days. Jennifer Kho has held the position of the Executive Editor. See also *List of newspapers in Canada This list of newspapers in Canada is a list of newspapers printed and distributed in Canada. Daily newspapers Local weeklies Alberta * Bashaw – ''Bashaw Star'' * Bassano – ''Bassano Times'' * Beaumont – ''Beaumont News'' * Beaverlodg ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaughan Azzurri
Vaughan Azzurri is a Canadian semi-professional soccer team based in Vaughan, Ontario, that currently competes in the League1 Ontario men's and women's divisions. The semi-professional team was founded in 2014 by the Vaughan Soccer Club, which is a youth soccer club as part of their High Performance Program. History Vaughan Soccer Club was founded in 1982 as a youth soccer club under the name Concord Jets. In 1986, they renamed to Vaughan SC. Since 1986, the club continued to grow and by 2012, became the second largest soccer club in York Region. Men's semi-pro team They added their semi-professional club, under the name Vaughan Azzurri, to play in League1 Ontario in the inaugural season in 2014, originally playing out of McNaughton Park. They won the inaugural League1 Ontario League Cup defeating Sigma FC 2–1 in the final at BMO Field. They won their first league title in 2016, defeating FC London in the playoff final. This qualified them for the Inter-Provincial champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Premier League
The Canadian Premier League (CPL or CanPL; ) is a professional Association football, soccer league in Canada and the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The league comprises eight teams, from five of provinces and territories of Canada, Canada's ten provinces. Each team plays 28 games in the regular season which is followed by playoffs culminating in the Canadian Premier League Finals, CPL Finals. The CPL champion and regular season winner earn berths in the CONCACAF Champions Cup, competing against teams from across North America, Central America and the Caribbean for a spot in the FIFA Club World Cup. All CPL teams also play in the Canadian Championship, alongside Canadian clubs from other leagues. Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions Cup is also available to CPL clubs by winning the Canadian Championship. The league was officially sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association on May 6, 2017, and has played an annual season since 2019. The league's focus i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakville Blue Devils FC
Blue Devils Football Club (formerly known as Oakville Blue Devils FC) was a semi-professional soccer club based in Oakville, Ontario in League1 Ontario's men's and League1 Ontario (women), women's divisions. In October 2024, they merged under Oakville SC's branding, under which they now operate. History Past teams of same name The original Oakville Blue Devils was a member team of the Oakville Soccer Club. The team was built, coached and developed by Phil Iafrati (1947–2013), where they won the U19 provincial and national championships in 1998. As the Devils reached the end of the youth soccer circuit that season, Iafrati restarted the program with the a U9 program Oakville Blue Stars in 1999. In 2005, the second edition of the Blue Devils were formed when the Scarborough-based Metro Lions of the Canadian Professional Soccer League (1998–2005), Canadian Professional Soccer League relocated to Oakville and adopted the Blue Devils name, coached by Duncan Wilde. They won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHRW-FM
CHRW-FM (branded as Radio Western) is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 94.9 FM in London, Ontario. It is licensed as a community-based campus radio station by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The station broadcasts from Room 250 of the University Community Centre at the University of Western Ontario. The station is operated primarily by volunteers from both Western and the greater London community, although it is managed by a small team of industry trained staff and governed by a board of directors. Radio Western regularly broadcasts live coverage of Western Mustangs sports games during their regular season and playoffs, including men's and women's basketball, men's football, and men's hockey. History Origins Radio Western's origins date from 1959 when student politicians suggested the idea for a student-run radio station. It was not until 1971 that a group of students began broadcasting for six hours every Sunday night on CFPL-AM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
