St. Albert Soccer Association Impact FC, commonly known as St. Albert Impact FC or SASA Impact FC is a Canadian

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team based in St. Albert, Alberta that plays in the men's and women's division of

League1 Alberta League1 Alberta (L1AB) is a semi-professional men's and women's soccer league in Alberta, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Alberta Soccer Association as a third division pro–am league in the Canadi ...

History

The St. Albert Soccer Association was founded in 1999 as a youth soccer club. The club is one of seven Alberta clubs to be a Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) National Youth License Member. In 2021, the club joined the US-based pro-am

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as an expansion franchise, becoming the league's second Canadian club after

Calgary Foothills WFC Calgary Foothills WFC is a Canadian soccer club based in Calgary, Alberta that currently plays in United Women's Soccer and League1 Alberta. The club was founded as a youth club in 1972 and in 2017 as a UWS franchise. The team is the women's te ...

. The team's budget is $100,000-$150,000 depending on travel. Their initial season was in jeopardy, after missing the deadline to be approved by the

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to apply for cross-border play, but after being given a 24 hour extension, they were able to complete their registration. For their initial season, they were to play a shortened six-game season due to the

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. In their debut match, on July 2, they defeated Calgary Foothills 1–0. The match was the first all-Canadian UWS match. Ultimately they were only able to play four of the six matches for the season. In 2023, they joined the newly founded

, with teams in both the men's and women's division and would participate in the

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, ahead of the league's anticipated formal launch in 2024. During the exhibition series, the men finished second in the regular season stage, before being defeated in the championship final by the Calgary Foothills, while the women's team finished first in the regular season stage, before being defeated by the

Calgary Blizzard Calgary Blizzard Soccer Club is a Canadian soccer team based in Calgary, Alberta that plays in the men's and women's divisions of League1 Alberta. History The club was founded in 1967 with a team of 11 and 12-year-old boys, who represented the ...

on penalty kicks in the championship final.

Seasons

Men Women

Notable former players

The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the League1 Alberta team:

References

{{League1 Alberta Women's soccer clubs in Canada United Women's Soccer teams St. Albert, Alberta Soccer clubs in Alberta Expatriated football clubs League1 Alberta clubs