Internacional de Toronto C.F. was a short-lived Canadian soccer club founded and dissolved in 2014 and based in

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. The club played in

League1 Ontario League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's association football, 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 ...

, part of the third division of the

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. The club played its home games out of

Lamport Stadium Allan A. Lamport Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium on King Street West in the Liberty Village neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the practice facility for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. It is also partia ...

and was coached by former Peru national team player,

Nolberto Solano Nolberto Albino "Ñol" Solano Todco (born 12 December 1974), commonly known as Nobby Solano, is a retired Peruvian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the assistant manager of the Peru national football team, as w ...

. The club's colours were orange and blue.

History

Internacional de Toronto was announced as one of the founding members of the newly formed

on April 8, 2014. Former Peru national team player

was named as the team's head coach on May 1, 2014. Internacional played its first match against

Windsor Stars Windsor TFC is a Canadian soccer team based in Windsor, Ontario, that was founded in 2004. They have competed in the Canadian Professional Soccer League (CPSL) and Canadian Soccer League (CSL). Throughout their tenure in the CPSL/CSL, Windsor ...

during the league's opening weekend on May 31, 2014, at The Soccer Centre in

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, a 2–2 draw. The club would follow its inaugural match with a 2–0 loss to Durham United FC on June 8, 2014. On July 22, 2014, the club had its licensing agreement terminated due to issues regarding the payment of player salaries. The team had over three months of debt at the time of their termination. The club had played seven league matches at the time of their termination, earning one draw to go with six losses.

Season

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: *

Raheem Edwards Raheem Nathaniel Anfernee Edwards (born July 17, 1995) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a left winger or wing-back for LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer. Club career League1 Ontario In 2014, Edwards joined the new League1 ...

* Victor Gallo

References

External links

* {{League1 Ontario Sport in Toronto Soccer clubs in Toronto 2014 establishments in Ontario Association football clubs established in 2014 Association football clubs disestablished in 2014 League1 Ontario teams Defunct soccer clubs in Canada