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Mississauga Eagles FC were a Canadian professional
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team founded in 2010 that played in the
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for two seasons. The Eagles were owned and operated by the
Erin Mills Soccer Club Mississauga Eagles FC were a Canadian professional association football, soccer team founded in 2010 that played in the Canadian Soccer League for two seasons. The Eagles were owned and operated by the Erin Mills Soccer Club and played at the Mis ...
and played at the Mississauga Hershey Field in the city of
Mississauga Mississauga is a Canadian city in the province of Ontario. Situated on the north-western shore of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, it borders Toronto (Etobicoke) to the east, Brampton to the north, Milton to the northwest, ...
,
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. In 2013, Erin Mills SC withdrew their franchise from the league after the CSA no longer decided to sanction the CSL.


Erin Mills SC

The professional club was founded by the Erin Mills Soccer Club. Erin Mills SC was founded in 1972 and operates as a youth soccer club. The club is commonly known by the name Erin Mills Eagles.


History

During the championship match of the 2010 CSL season, the former president of the league, Dominic Di Gironimo, announced that four expansion teams would begin play in 2011:
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, Kitchener, Pickering ( Pickering Power), and Erin Mills in
Mississauga Mississauga is a Canadian city in the province of Ontario. Situated on the north-western shore of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, it borders Toronto (Etobicoke) to the east, Brampton to the north, Milton to the northwest, ...
. On January 3, 2011, the
Erin Mills Soccer Club Mississauga Eagles FC were a Canadian professional association football, soccer team founded in 2010 that played in the Canadian Soccer League for two seasons. The Eagles were owned and operated by the Erin Mills Soccer Club and played at the Mis ...
, home of the
Erin Mills Eagles Mississauga Eagles FC were a Canadian professional association football, soccer team founded in 2010 that played in the Canadian Soccer League for two seasons. The Eagles were owned and operated by the Erin Mills Soccer Club and played at the Mis ...
, announced that it would be holding open tryouts for the newly revealed CSL expansion club Mississauga Eagles FC. The announcement also revealed the organization would field a CSL Reserve Team and Ontario Soccer League (OSL) senior men's team of the same name. Former CPSL, and Erin Mills Eagles coach Josef Komlodi was appointed the franchise's first head coach. Komlodi acquired the likes of
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internationals Andrew Ornoch, Dave Simpson. He also signed notable Erin Mills alumni Igor Pisanjuk, Joey Melo, Joevannie Peart, David Guzman, Gabe Gala, and CSL veteran Thierry Mangwa-Batomen. The club's home venue was located at Hershey Field, and Dave Simpson served as the team captain. The club made its CSL debut on May 8, 2011, in a match against TFC Academy, where Mississauga came out with a 2–1 victory. Throughout the season, Mississauga secured a postseason berth by finishing seventh in the overall standings. Their opponents in the quarterfinals of the playoffs were
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, where Mississauga lost the series by a score of 8–1 on goals on aggregate. The following season the Eagles roster was radically different than from the previous year, due to many players going overseas to play in Europe. Assistant coach Alex Szczotka handled the head coach responsibilities for the 2012 season, while Komlodi served as technical director. Joey Melo was appointed the team captain for the season. Mississauga failed to achieve their previous year success by failing to clinch the final playoff berth. In 2013 the
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de-sanctioned the CSL, and as a result Erin Mills Soccer Club decided to withdraw the Mississauga Eagles from the league.


Head coaches


Year-by-year


See also

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*
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*
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* Mississauga Eagles P.S.C.


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* {{Toronto Sports Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) teams Soccer clubs in Mississauga 2010 establishments in Ontario