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Brantford Galaxy SC
Brantford Galaxy Soccer Club was a semi-professional Canadian soccer club based in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, with their home venue located in Hamilton, Ontario at the Heritage Field Turf. The club competes in the Canadian Soccer League, a league not sanctioned by a FIFA-recognized body. The Galaxy were formed in 2010 as an expansion franchise. In their first season Brantford recorded a milestone by becoming the first expansion franchise in CSL history to claim a CSL Championship in their debut season. After their championship season the club faced several problems ranging from change of ownership, to philosophical differences within team management, and to a lack of commitment from feeder clubs resulting in the team missing the postseason in two straight years. The ownership in 2013 decided to take a year of absence in order to regroup. In late 2014, former head coach Tomo Dančetović spearheaded the relaunching of the club by acquiring the name and franchise rights from the ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a 2021 Canadian census, population of 569,353 (2021), and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which encompasses Burlington, Ontario, Burlington and Grimsby, Ontario, Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is situated approximately southwest of Toronto in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). Conceived by George Hamilton (city founder), George Hamilton when he purchased the James Durand, Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, the town of Hamilton became the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe. On January 1, 2001, the current boundaries of Hamilton were created through the Merger (politics), amalgamation of the original city with other municipalities of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton–Wentworth. Residents of the city are known as Hamiltonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Gerhardt
Patrick Nyema Gerhardt (born 31 July 1985) is a former professional footballer who last played for National Premier Leagues Victoria 2 side Nunawading City. Born in Switzerland, he represented the Liberia national football team. He is known for his strength, technical skill, heading ability and industrious work rate. Early life Gerhardt was born in Bern, Switzerland. He holds a Liberian citizenship through his heritage. He began his football career at Bern, local club FC Bumpliz, before impressing enough to be selected in the BSC Young Boys youth system, where he played for the under 15, under 17, under 18 and under 21 teams. He also won international youth caps for the Swiss national under 15 and under 16 side. Career After four years in the youth system and at the age of 19 he won a senior contract with BSC, playing 22 times for the ''BSC Young Boys II'' team. After a series of loans to local sides Concordia Basel and SR Delémont he left BSC after just one senior appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rade Novković
Rade Novković ( sr-Cyrl, Раде Новковић; born June 25, 1980) is a Serbian retired football defender who played in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia, First League of Serbia and Montenegro, Russian Premier League, Serbian SuperLiga, and the Canadian Soccer League. Playing career Novković began his career with FK Jedinstvo Ub in the Second League of FR Yugoslavia. In 2004, he moved up to the First League of Serbia and Montenegro to play with FK Rad. In 2007, he went abroad to Russia to sign with FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok of the Russian Premier League, where he played 51 matches and recorded two goals. He returned to Serbia in 2010 to play in the Serbian SuperLiga with FK Sloboda Point Sevojno. In 2011, he went overseas to Canada to sign with Brantford Galaxy of the Canadian Soccer League. The following year he was transferred to rivals London City. In 2013, he helped London secure a postseason for the first time since the 2000 CPSL season by finishing seventh in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristián Gómez
Cristián Alejandro Gómez Chandía (born 4 January 1978) is a Chilean footballer who played in the Primera División of Chile, Canadian Soccer League, Segunda División de Chile and the Primera B de Chile. Playing career Gómez played for several teams during his career, starting with local Coquimbo Unido. During his time in the Primera División of Chile he would play with C.D. Cobreloa, Colo-Colo, C.D. Universidad de Concepción, Everton de Viña del Mar, Ñublense, Rangers de Talca. In 2010, he played with Curicó Unido of the Primera B de Chile. The following year he went abroad to Canada to play with Brantford Galaxy of the Canadian Soccer League. At the conclusion the CSL season he returned to Chile to play with Provincial Osorno of the Segunda División de Chile. He would conclude his professional career with Curicó Unido, and Lota Schwager in the Primera B. He gained one cap for Chile, on 14 November 2001, playing 65 minutes against Ecuador for the 2002 FIFA Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brantford Galaxy 2010
Brantford ( 2021 population: 104,688) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by Brant County but is politically separate with a municipal government of its own that is fully independent of the county's municipal government. Brantford is situated on the Haldimand Tract, and is named after Joseph Brant, a Mohawk leader, soldier, farmer and slave owner. Brant was an important Loyalist leader during the American Revolutionary War and later, after the Haudenosaunee moved to the Brantford area in Upper Canada. Many of his descendants and other First Nations people live on the nearby Six Nations of the Grand River reserve south of Brantford; it is the most populous reserve in Canada. Brantford is known as the "Telephone City" because the city's famous resident, Alexander Graham Bell, invented the first telephone at his father's homestead, Melville House, now the Bell Homestead, located in Tutela Heights south of the city. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Croatia
Hamilton Croatia is a Croatian Canadian amateur soccer team founded in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1957. It is supported by the Croatian Sports and Community Centre of Hamilton Inc. (formerly the Croatian National Sports Club of Hamilton, Inc.). The team plays in the Hamilton & District Premier Soccer League's Elite Division. Hamilton Croatia also competes annually in such competitions as the Ontario Cup, various League Cups, the Hamilton Spectator Cup, and the Croatian National Soccer Federation's North American Tournament held every Labour Day weekend at sites across Canada and the United States. In 2016, Hamilton was inducted as the club of distinction into the Hamilton Soccer Hall of Fame. In September 2011, Hamilton Croatia hosted the 48th Annual Croatian National Soccer Federation of Canada & U.S.A’s Men’s Soccer Tournament. It was widely considered the most successful tournament in recent years. History The organization was formed in 1957 as the Sports Club C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centennial Park Stadium
Rob Ford Stadium (formerly Centennial Park Stadium) is a 2,200-seat stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is primarily used for association football, soccer, track and field, Canadian football, football and occasionally for kabaddi. It is located within Centennial Park (Toronto), Centennial Park in Etobicoke, just south of Toronto Pearson International Airport and near the intersection of Rathburn Road and Renforth Drive. It was built in 1975. The stadium has seating in a grandstand on the west side and a small scoreboard on the north end of the field. The stadium was renovated in 2009 with the installation of new seating and artificial turf. Usage * The stadium hosted the 1975 World Association of Veteran Athletes Championships, first edition of Veteran Athletes Championships in 1975. * The stadium hosted the closing ceremony of the 1976 Summer Paralympics and some of the sporting events. * The stadium hosted the CSL Championship, CPSL/CSL Championship finals in 1998, 2010, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian White Eagles FC
Serbian White Eagles Football Club (/''Fudbalski klub Srpski beli orlovi'') is a Canadian semi-professional Association football, soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, a Non-FIFA international football, non-FIFA sanctioned league. The team's home kit is all white commemorating the white double-headed eagle, double-headed Serbian eagle, eagle which appears on the flag of Serbia, Serbian flag while the away colours are national colours of Serbia, red-blue-white commemorating the tricolour (flag), tricolour of the Serbian flag. The colour white was also chosen as it symbolizes purity and innocence. The club also has teams in the CSL Reserve Division, Canadian Soccer League Reserve Division and the Ontario Soccer League. The club was established in Hamilton, Ontario in 1968 under the name Serbia FC and joined the professional ranks by becoming a member in the Canadian National Soccer League, National Soccer League after relocating to Toronto and becoming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portugal FC
SC Toronto is 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 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoran Roglić
Zoran Roglić (born 16 May 1976) is a Croatian former football defender who played in the Croatian Second Football League, Croatian First Football League, and the Canadian Soccer League. Career Roglić began his career in 1998 in the Croatian Second Football League with RNK Split. The following season he signed with NK Mosor, and in 2004 he signed with HNK Hajduk Split of the Croatian First Football League, where he won the Croatian Championship in the 2004-05 season. During his time in the First Division he also played with HNK Šibenik and featured in 54 matches and recorded two goals. In 2010, he went overseas to Canada to sign with Brantford Galaxy of the Canadian Soccer League. Midway through the season he returned to Croatia to play with Mosor. He finished off his career in the Croatian Second League with NK Mladost Proložac, and NK Zagora Unešić Nogometni klub Zagora Unešić (), commonly referred to as NK Zagora Unešić or simply Zagora Unešić, is a Croatian f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dražen Gović
Dražen Gović (29 April 1981 – 16 February 2022) was a Croatian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Gović began his career in 2000 with NK Mosor in the Croatian Second Football League. In 2002, he played in the highest level of football in Croatia in the Croatian First Football League with NK Zadar. In 2004, he signed with HNK Šibenik and played a total of 63 matches and recorded 12 goals. He had a stint with R.E. Mouscron in Belgium, and went overseas to play with Brunei DPMM FC in the S.League. In 2010, he went to Canada to sign with Brantford Galaxy of the Canadian Soccer League. On 5 July 2010, he was transferred back to Šibenik in order to assist the club in their UEFA Europa League run. Personal life and death He died in a car accident near Šibenik Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
