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club based in

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and

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. The club was founded in 2017 to compete in

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. The club was formed as a partnership between two youth clubs - Markham FC and Wexford SC. It fields teams in both the men's and women's divisions of League1 Ontario.

Founders

The club was founded in 2017 as a joint partnership between clubs Markham FC and Wexford SC with the team playing out of Centennial College. The name Alliance United was initially meant to be a temporary with a 'name the team' initiative planned, but it ultimately remained the official name.

Markham FC

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. It was founded in 1971 as the Markham Minor Soccer Club, before changing its name to the Markham Youth Soccer Club.

Wexford SC

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. It was founded in 1967 as the Buchanan Soccer Club and is the longest running club in Scarborough.

History

Alliance United joined the men's division of

for the 2018 season. They played their inaugural match on April 29, 2018 against

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at home, which they lost by a score of 1–0. They finished in 7th place in their debut season. They improved to a 3rd-place finish in the 2019 season, but had a very poor showing in the playoffs where they lost 15–0 to

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on aggregate in the semi-finals over the two-game series, due to being unable to field many of their best players, who missed the series due to college and university commitments, thereby having to rely on many youth players instead. In

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, the club added a team in the

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. In their debut season, they finished in a three-way tie for fifth, but did not play in 2020 or 2021 due to the

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. In their return in 2022, they finished 6th in the regular season, but advanced to the Championship Final in the playoffs, where they were defeated by

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. In addition, they advanced to the

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Women's Interprovincial Championship for 2022, as NDC Ontario was unable to compete due to player unavailability, where they finished in 3rd place, following a defeat to PLSQ side

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in a penalty shootout in the semi-finals, before defeating

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side

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in the third-place match in another penalty shootout.

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 Ontario team:

Men

Women

References

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