Aldwyn McGill is a soccer manager, businessman, league administrator, and current publisher and chief editor of Stars Soccer Review. McGill began playing soccer in his native country of Trinidad and Tobago with teams like of Morvant United Football Club, Colts FC, and Cipriani United Sports Club. In 1973, he moved abroad to Canada and trained with the Toronto Metros of the

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. After failing to make the team he began administrating local Toronto soccer leagues like Toronto and District Soccer League, and Toronto Caribbean Soccer League. He wrote the constitution and by-laws for the newly formed Canadian International Soccer League (Puma League), and formed his own club the

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which competed within the league in 1995. He would also serve as the head coach for the Caribbean Stars, and led the club in winning the 1996/1997 CISL Indoor Championship. After the CISL folded he was appointed director of soccer operations for the newly formed

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of the Canadian Professional Soccer League in 2002. Shortly after he was appointed the head coach for the team, and led the Lions to a third place finish in the Eastern Conference. In the playoffs the Metro Lions faced

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, but were eliminated by a score of 1-0. At the conclusion of the season he was awarded the CPSL Coach of the Year award. The following season, he stepped down from his position of head coach, but retained the positions of President and General Manager. In 2006, McGill helped bring back the Caribbean Stars to the professional level by launching the

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to compete in the

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. He would serve as director of operations for the club. He is currently the publisher and chief editor of Stars Soccer Review, a sports magazine which covers soccer in Canada, Trinidad & Tobago, and Jamaica.

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