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SC Toronto
SC Toronto was a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1994. The team was a member of the Canadian Soccer League, and played its final home games at Lamport Stadium in the city of Toronto, Ontario. The club found success early on since its inception as the Toronto Supra in the Canadian National Soccer League, making the postseason in 1996, and the championship finals in 1997. With the creation of the Canadian Professional Soccer League in 1998, Toronto missed out in registering for the league which resulted in the club completing in local amateur leagues. Supra would eventually return to the professional level in 2001, entering the CPSL as an expansion franchise. Immediately Supra become a playoff and title contender reaching the CPSL Championship finals in its debut season in the CPSL. Supra would claim their first piece of silverware in 2004 by clinching their division title. However, soon after, Supra faced a decline in their performance, and re-branded itself as Portugal FC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. It features the westernmost point in continental Europe, and its Iberian portion is bordered to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean and to the north and east by Spain, the sole country to have a land border with Portugal. Its two archipelagos form two autonomous regions with their own regional governments. Lisbon is the capital and largest city by population. Portugal is the oldest continuously existing nation state on the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times. It was inhabited by pre-Celtic and Celtic peoples who had contact with Phoenicians and Ancient Greek traders, it was ruled by the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Manjate
Armandinho Boaventura Manjate (born June 30, 1970) is a Brazilian former footballer and football manager. Football career Manjate began his football career in Portugal at the youth level with Sporting Clube de Portugal. He would have stints with S.C. Olhanense. In 1985, he played in the Portuguese Second Division with C.D. Cova da Piedade. In 1987, he played with S.C. Lusitânia, and later with Amora F.C. In 1989, he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Italia, and with Toronto First Portuguese the following season. He returned in 1994 to play in the Portuguese Terceira Divisão with G.D. Samora Correia. In 1996, he signed with Toronto Supra and served as the team captain for the 1996 CNSL season. In 1997, Manjate signed with expansion franchise Toronto Lynx in the USL A-League, and his signing was announced on April, 1997. He also played professionally in El Salvador. Managerial career Manjate serves as a technical director for EduKick Brazil Football Acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peyvand Mossavat
Peyvand Mossavat (born August 17, 1970) is an Iranian-born Canadian former soccer player and coach who played in the Canadian Soccer League. Canadian National Soccer League, National Professional Soccer League, USL A-League, and the Canadian Professional Soccer League. Playing career Mossavat began his professional career in 1990 being drafted by the Winnipeg Fury of the Canadian Soccer League. He was traded to Kitchener Kickers in 1990, and was transferred to the North York Rockets in 1992. After the demise of the CSL, North York joined the Canadian National Soccer League in 1993, and won the regular season championship. The following year North York joined the American Professional Soccer League, and as result Mossavat remained in the CNSL signing with league giants Toronto Italia. He made his debut for the club on May 29, 1995 in a match against the Hamilton White Eagles. During the season he was selected to the CNSL all-star squad which faced Parma F.C. on August 13, 1995. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrett Caldwell
Garrett Evan James Caldwell (born 6 November 1973) is an American-born Canadian former soccer player who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Colchester United. He represented Canada at under-20 and under-23 levels. Club career Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Caldwell attended University of British Columbia, playing for the men's soccer team, British Columbian Tigers. He also played for Canadian Soccer League team Winnipeg Fury. Caldwell moved to England in 1995 to play for Football League club Colchester United. He made six first-team appearances for the U's between 1995 and 1998, making his debut in a Football League Trophy defeat to Swindon Town on 8 November 1995. Caldwell left Colchester in 1998, returning to Canada to join up with Toronto Supra. International career At the age of 18, Caldwell was a member of the Canada under-20 team that finished in third place at the 1992 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament which was held in Canada. He played five games for the unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa Wizards
Ottawa Wizards were a Canadian soccer club which operated in the Canadian Professional Soccer League (CPSL), from 2001 to 2003. The team's home stadium was the OZ Optics Stadium. Though the team had a relatively short tenure with the CPSL, the club dominated the league by winning three consecutive regular season championships, two Open Canada Cups, and the CPSL Championship. Despite the club's success the franchise was revoked by the league in 2003 after several legal disputes with the CPSL administration. History Ottawa Wizards entered the CPSL in 2001, joining three other expansion teams the Toronto Supra, Montreal Dynamites, and the Brampton Hitmen. Under head coach Rasim Kara who previously coached Division 1 clubs in Turkey; brought in Trinidad and Tobago national team players Shurland David, Richard Goddard, Kevin Nelson and players with USL experience like Vladimir Edouard, and Sanjeev Parmar. The club debuted on June 1, 2001 with the opening fixture resulting in a sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Dynamites
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the second-largest city, and second-largest metropolitan area in Canada. French is the city's official language. In 2021, it was spoken at home by 59.1% of the population and 69.2% in the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area. Overall, 85.7% of the population of the city of Montreal consider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
