West Ottawa Soccer Club was a Canadian women's semi-professional soccer club based in

Kanata, Ontario Kanata (, ) is a suburb of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located about west of the city's downtown core. As of 2021, Kanata had an urban population of 137,118. Before it was amalgamated into Ottawa in 2001, it was one of the fastest-growing ...

, just west of Ottawa that competed in the women's division

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. The club continues to operate as a youth club.

History

The club was founded in 2010 as a youth soccer club when local clubs Goulbourn Soccer Club and Kanata Soccer Club decided to merge to form the West Ottawa Soccer Club. The club joined the women's division of

for the 2017 season becoming the first team in the league from Ottawa. They played their first match against

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losing 2-1. They left the league following the 2018 season. In 2017, the club formed a partnership with Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact’s

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, becoming the first club from Ontario to partner with them.

Seasons

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:

References

{{League1 Ontario (women) Soccer clubs in Ontario League1 Ontario teams Women's soccer clubs in Canada Soccer clubs in Ottawa Sports teams in Ottawa