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Adisa De Rosario
Adisa Ajahni-Onifade De Rosario (born October 27, 2004) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Toronto FC II in MLS Next Pro. Early life De Rosario was born in San Jose, California, while his father Dwayne De Rosario played for the San Jose Earthquakes. He played youth soccer with Vaughan Azzurri and DeRo United Futbol Academy, before joining the Toronto FC Academy in February 2015. Club career He played with Toronto FC III in the League1 Ontario Summer Championship in 2021. In 2022, he began the season with Toronto FC II in MLS Next Pro on an academy contract. He made his unofficial debut in a friendly on August 3 against Sunderland A.F.C. Reserves and Academy, Sunderland U23. In August 2022, he signed a short-term developmental contract with HFX Wanderers FC of the Canadian Premier League. He was then briefly recalled by Toronto FC II to re-join the team. However, shortly after he retur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf), is one of FIFA's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories mainly in North America, including the Caribbean and Central America, and, due to geopolitical reasons, three nations from the Guianas subregion of South America— Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana (an overseas region of France). The CONCACAF's primary functions are to organize competitions for national teams and clubs, and to conduct the World Cup and Women's World Cup qualifying tournaments. The CONCACAF was founded in its current form on 18 September 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico, with the merger of the NAFC and the CCCF, which made it one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
League1 Ontario
League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league began play in 2014 and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league in the Canadian soccer league system. As of the 2022 season, L1O includes 22 teams. Beginning in 2024, the league will become a three-tier league featuring promotion and relegation. In the Canadian soccer league system, the men's division is behind the Canadian Premier League (CPL). It is part of League1 Canada, the national third tier with regional division, with L1O equaivalent to the Première ligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ) and League1 British Columbia (L1BC). The league champion qualifies for the Canadian Championship, the domestic cup championship, for the following season. Dino Rossi serves as the commissioner of the league. History League1 Ontario was founded on November 15, 2013, in an announcement by the Ontario Soccer Association (OSA) tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Sun
The ''Toronto Sun'' is an English-language tabloid newspaper published daily in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The newspaper is one of several ''Sun'' tabloids published by Postmedia Network. The newspaper's offices is located at Postmedia Place in downtown Toronto. The newspaper published its first edition in November 1971, after it had acquired the assets of the defunct ''Toronto Telegram'', and hired portions of the ''Telegram''s staff. In 1978, Toronto Sun Holdings and Toronto Sun Publishing were consolidated to form Sun Publishing (later renamed Sun Media Corporation). Sun Publishing went on to form similar tabloids to the ''Toronto Sun'' in other Canadian cities during the late 1970s and 1980s. The ''Sun'' was acquired by Postmedia Network in 2015, as a part of the sale of the ''Sun''s parent company, Sun Media. History In 1971, the Toronto Sun Publishing was created and purchased the syndication operations and newspaper vending boxes from the ''Toronto Telegram'', which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada Men's National Under-20 Soccer Team
The Canada U-20 men's national soccer team (also known as Canada Under-20s or Canada U-20s) represents Canada in international soccer at this age level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for soccer in Canada. It plays a large role in the development of Canadian soccer, and is considered to be the feeder team for the Canada men's national soccer team. The team has qualified for eight out of nineteen FIFA U-20 World Cups. Their best result came in 2003 where they reached the quarterfinals. The team also competes in the CONCACAF U-20 Championship, which they won in 1986 and 1996. Canada's most significant accomplishments at youth level are winning the CONCACAF U-20 Championship and Francophone Games twice, reaching quarterfinals of the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup, and defeating Brazil U-20 2-1 in a friendly on May 19, 2006, at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta. Team history 1976–1996 Canada's Under-20 soccer team was created in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OneSoccer
OneSoccer is a Canadian English language television channel and English and French language subscription over-the-top video streaming service owned by Mediapro Canada. The service broadcasts programming related to soccer including live and pre-taped games, recap shows, and more. It currently serves as the main rightsholder of the Canadian Soccer Association, including holding the rights to the Canadian Premier League, Canadian Championship, and national team matches not sold to other broadcasters. It also serves as rightsholder for various CONCACAF competitions, including the CONCACAF Gold Cup. History On March 28, 2019, the Canadian Premier League and the Canadian Soccer Association announced the creation of Canadian Soccer Business (CSB), an organization "representing commercial assets and inventory for marquee soccer properties in Canada", including "all corporate partnerships and broadcast rights related to Canada Soccer's core assets including its national teams, along w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleias Himaras
Eleias Konstantinos Himaras (born March 8, 2002) is a Canadian soccer player who plays for York United of the Canadian Premier League. Early life Himaras began playing youth soccer at age five with London NorWest Optimist SC. He later joined London Alliance FC at age seven for a year, before joining London Portuguese Fury. He later joined the Toronto FC Academy in 2018. Club career On September 18, 2018, he made his senior debut at age sixteen with Toronto FC III in League1 Ontario in a 6–0 loss to Vaughan Azzurri. In 2019, he served as a reserve keeper with Toronto FC II in USL League One, but did not appear in any matches. After Toronto FC II withdrew from the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Himaras returned to his hometown of London, Ontario to train. In 2021, he played with FC London in League1 Ontario, appearing in 10 of the team's 11 matches, winning seven games with two clean sheets. Later in 2021, he joined York United FC of the Canadian Premier League on an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Hortons Field
Tim Hortons Field, nicknamed "The Donut Box", is a multi-purpose stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Built as a replacement for Ivor Wynne Stadium, Tim Hortons Field is primarily used for Canadian football and soccer, and is the home of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League and Forge FC of the Canadian Premier League. During the 2015 Pan American Games, it was referred to as CIBC Hamilton Pan Am Soccer Stadium. The stadium opened in September 2014, two months after its original anticipated completion date of June 30, 2014. History Stadium development Initial plans for the stadium were for it to be a principal Pan American stadium for soccer and track and field/athletics events. However, disputes between the Tiger-Cats owner, Bob Young, the organizers of the 2015 Pan American Games, and the City of Hamilton arose over the location of the stadium, among other things, including whether or not a running track should be built around the proposed stadium in Hamil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Canadian Premier League Season
The 2023 Canadian Premier League season is the fifth season of the Canadian Premier League, the top level of Canadian soccer. The 2023 CPL playoff champion and 2023 CPL regular season winner will both earn berths in the newly expanded 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup. Forge FC are the defending CPL champions, having beaten Atlético Ottawa in the 2022 final. Atlético Ottawa are the defending regular season winners. Team and rule changes Eight teams are competing in the 2023 season with the debut of Vancouver FC, and the dissolution of FC Edmonton. The player compensation budget increased by $175,000 compared to 2022. Teams must spend between $750,000 and $1,025,000 on their 20–23 player rosters with a minimum of $30,000 per player. A team making full use of the U21 salary rule can reach a compensation maximum of $1,125,000. The league's play-off structure changed to a five-team Page playoff system with four elimination matches and one non-elimination match. Teams Stadiums and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England Revolution II
New England Revolution II is a professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in the MLS Next Pro, the third division of American soccer. The team is owned by, and operates as the reserve team of the Major League Soccer club New England Revolution. The team plays at Gillette Stadium. The team was announced as a member of League One on October 9, 2019. History On October 9, 2019, the New England Revolution announced the formation of a reserve team in USL League One that would begin play in the 2020 season and that they would play at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. On November 25, 2019, the club announced its first manager, Clint Peay. MLS Next Pro The club announced on December 6, 2021, that it was joining the inaugural 21-team MLS Next Pro season starting in 2022. Players and staff Current roster Staff Statistics and records Year-by-year Head coaches record See also * New England Revolution * USL League One * MLS Next ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forge FC
Forge FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Hamilton, Ontario, that competes in the Canadian Premier League, the top tier of Canadian soccer. The club plays its home matches at Tim Hortons Field. Forge FC joined the CPL in 2019 as one of the league's seven inaugural teams. The club won the first two championships of the Canadian Premier League, winning back-to-back league titles in 2019 and 2020 before winning a third title in 2022. Forge was the first CPL side to compete in a continental competition when it qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF League, and the first to compete in the highest tier of continental competition in the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League. Forge became the first Canadian Premier League club to reach the final of the Canadian Championship, which they did in 2020. History Hamilton was linked to a professional soccer team as early as June 2013, when reports first emerged of a professional soccer league launching in Canada. Hamilton Tiger-Cats owne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kieran Baskett
Kieran Joseph Roy Baskett (born September 27, 2001) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Brattvåg IL in the Norwegian Second Division. Early life Baskett began playing youth soccer at age four with Halifax City SC. He represented Nova Scotia at the 2017 Canada Summer Games. After attending Halifax Grammar School for the ninth and tenth grades, he moved to Baltimore in the United States, where he spent his final two years of high school at the McDonogh School, leading the soccer team to consecutive Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association Conference championships and was a first-team all-state selection in 2018. While in Baltimore, he played club soccer with Baltimore Celtic SC, winning the golden glove at the US Youth Soccer National Championship in 2019. College career In January 2019, Baskett committed to the College of William & Mary, where he would play for the men's soccer team beginning in the fall. He made his collegiate debut on August 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SaltWire Network
SaltWire Network Inc. is a Canadian newspaper publishing company owned by the Dennis-Lever family of Halifax, Nova Scotia, owners of ''The Chronicle Herald''. Saltwire owns 23 daily and weekly newspapers in Atlantic Canada."How SaltWire became the largest media group in Atlantic Canada" , April 13, 2017. The company was formed in 2017 via its purchase of 27 newspapers from . History On April 13, 2017,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
