Unionville Milliken SC

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Unionville Milliken SC
UMSC team logo.png
Full nameUnionville Milliken Soccer Club
Nickname(s)UMSC Strikers
Founded1976
Stadium Ontario Soccer Centre
Head Coach Filipe Bento (men)
Paul Omoghan (women)
League League1 Ontario
2023 League1 Ontario, 20th (men)
League1 Ontario, 13th (women)
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Unionville Milliken Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Unionville, Ontario. The club was founded in 1976 as a youth soccer club and added its women's and men's semi-professional teams in League1 Ontario in 2017 and 2018 respectively. [1] [2]

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History

The club was founded in 1976 to serve the communities of Unionville and Milliken in Ontario. [3]

Originally a youth soccer club, the team added semi-professional teams in League1 Ontario in the women's division in 2017, followed by a men's team in 2018. [4] In their inaugural season, the women's team finished in 4th place. [5] Unionville announced that their club would go with a fully professional model, as opposed to an amateur or semi-professional approach, becoming the second fully professional team in the league, after Toronto FC III. [6]

The men's team was formed through a partnership with York Region Shooters, who played in the Canadian Soccer League until 2017, to form a professional club in L1O to begin in 2018, created through the relationship of Shooters' owner Tony De Thomasis and UMSC coach Filipe Bento. [7] They played their inaugural match on April 29, 2018 against Windsor TFC, [8] which resulted in a 3–1 victory. [9] In 2022, the women's reserve team won the League1 Ontario Reserve Division. [10]

Squad

As of 16 April 2023 [11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Ezequiel Carrasco
— GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Matthew Mattila
— DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Hans-Conny Chery
— DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Micah Chisholm
— DF Flag of Albania.svg  ALB Frangeld Tinaj
— MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Temesgen Alemseged
— MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Adam Belquas
— MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Michael Camara
— MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Yuaan Cheliyan
— MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Ethan Hunter
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Olisaemeka Ogbonnaya
— FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Kaden Bennett
—Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Alexandre Cunha
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Michael Dattolico
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Marco Frangini-Andrade
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Aidean Gideon
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Saif Jaffer
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Michelangelo Khan
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Andy Lau
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Jordy Sibopa
—Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Oscar Teixeira

Seasons

Men

SeasonLeagueTeamsRecordRankPlayoffsLeague CupRef
2018 League1 Ontario 176–5–58thGroup stageRound of 16 [12]
2019 163–3–912thDid not qualify– [12]
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [13]
2021 155–2–54th, East (8th overall)Did not qualify– [12]
2022 224–2–1520thDid not qualify–
2023 211–1–1820thDid not qualify–

Women

SeasonLeagueTeamsRecordRankPlayoffsLeague CupRef
2017 League1 Ontario 1110–3–74th–Quarter-finals [14]
2018 135–3–48thDid not qualifyFinalists [14]
2019 145–5–411thDid not qualify– [14]
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [13]
2021 League1 Ontario Summer Championship72–1–35th–– [14]
2022 League1 Ontario 207–1–1014thDid not qualify–
2023 197–0–1113thDid not qualify–

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

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References

  1. ↑ Cudmore, John (December 21, 2017). "League1 expansion focus zooms in on Unionville, Markham entries". Markham Economist & Sun .
  2. ↑ Cudmore, John (May 2, 2017). "Aurora, Unionville-Milliken women kick off League1 season". Aurora Banner.
  3. ↑ "About UMSC". Unionville Milliken SC.
  4. ↑ "Significant expansion planned for League1 Ontario". League1 Ontario . December 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ Anstee, James (June 15, 2022). "A Bluffer's Guide to Unionville Milliken". League1 Ontario .
  6. ↑ Baldwin, Dan (April 27, 2018). "League 1 Ontario 2018 Preview". Northern Starting XI.
  7. ↑ "Unionville Milliken Men To Spotlight Pro Model, Community Roots, In Debut Season". League1 Ontario . April 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ Parker, Jim (April 28, 2018). "Windsor TFC soccer team has a new focus this season". Windsor Star .
  9. ↑ "Game 1: Unionville with the Win Over Windsor". Unionville Milliken SC. October 17, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Unionville Milliken and Simcoe County Rovers win reserve titles". League1 Ontario. August 8, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Unionville Milliken SC". League 1 Ontario.
  12. 1 2 3 "League1 Ontario Historical Standings Men's Division". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
  13. 1 2 "League1 Ontario cancels Fall season plans for 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions". Canadian Premier League . September 4, 2020.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "League1 Ontario Historical Standings Women's Division". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
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