Canadian soccer team Football club
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| Full name | North Toronto Soccer Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Nitros |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Stadium | Downsview Turf |
| Head Coach | Marko Milanović (men) Billy Wilson (women) |
| League | League1 Ontario |
| 2024 | L1O-P, 4th (men) L1O-P, 3rd (women) |
| Website | https://northtorontosoccer.com/ |
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North Toronto Nitros is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club was founded in 1980 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2016 and its women's team in the League1 Ontario women's division in 2021.
History
The club was founded in 1980 as a youth soccer club. They updated the club logo in 2019, combining the club logo and Nitros team logo.
Originally a youth soccer club, the team added a men's semi-professional team in League1 Ontario in 2016, playing their home games at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium. They played their inaugural match on April 30, 2016, on the road against Vaughan Azzurri, which they lost by a score of 2–1. They defeated Aurora United by a score of 5–0 in their home debut.
In 2018, the club departed the league, going on hiatus. Two years later, they were set to return to the league for the 2020 season and also added a women's team to the League1 Ontario women's division for the first time, providing a full senior high-performance pathway for players based in downtown Toronto, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was cancelled, delaying their return (and the women's team's debut) to 2021. They moved their home field to the Downsview Park turf fields.
Seasons
Men
| Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | League Cup | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | League1 Ontario | 16 | 14–3–5 | 3rd, East (4th overall) | did not qualify | Semi-finals | |
| 2017 | 16 | 11–3–8 | 3rd, East (7th overall) | did not qualify | Round of 16 | ||
| 2018 | on hiatus | ||||||
| 2019 | |||||||
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||
| 2021 | League1 Ontario | 15 | 1–1–10 | 7th, East (14th) | did not qualify | – | |
| 2022 | 22 | 13–5–3 | 4th | Quarter Finals | – | ||
| 2023 | 21 | 9–4–7 | 10th | did not qualify | – | ||
| 2024 | League1 Ontario Premier | 12 | 10–4–8 | 4th | – | Semi-Finals | |
Women
| Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | League Cup | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | League1 Ontario | 7 | 4–0–8 | 6th | Did not qualify | Not held | |
| 2022 | 20 | 10–6–3 | 7th | Did not qualify | Not held | ||
| 2023 | 19 | 12–2–4 | 3rd | Quarter-finals | Not held | ||
| 2024 | League1 Ontario Premier | 10 | 11–3–4 | 3rd | Not held | Finalists |
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
Matthew Chandler- Jacob Carlos
Kilian Elkinson
Rahbar Khan- Kembo Kibato
- Lukas MacNaughton
Tristan Marshall
Macdonald Ngwa Niba
Fadi Salback
Women
References
- "North Toronto Soccer Club". The Voyageurs. November 15, 2016.
- "A History of NTSC". North Toronto SC.
- "League1 Ontario Growing Again In 2016". League1 Ontario. February 1, 2016.
- Nelson, Norm (May 4, 2016). "Catch Toronto Rush, North Toronto Nitros this season at Varsity Stadium". City Centre Mirror.
- Glover, Robin (May 3, 2016). "April 30, 2016 League 1 Ontario–Vaughan Azzurri vs North Toronto Nitros". Northern Starting XI.
- Cudmore, John (May 17, 2016). "Durham spoils League1 Ontario soccer home opener for Aurora United women". Aurora Banner.
- "2018 League1 Ontario Season To Feature New Format, Divisional Configuration And Several Exciting New Additions". League1 Ontario. March 14, 2018.
- "Three new teams join 2020 League1 Ontario Men's And Women's divisions". Canadian Premier League. November 19, 2019.
- "League1 Ontario cancels Fall season plans for 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions". Canadian Premier League. September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
- "A Bluffer's Guide to North Toronto Nitros". League1 Ontario. October 20, 2022.
- "North Toronto Nitos". League1 Ontario.
- ^ "League1 Ontario Historical Standings Men's Division". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
- "League1 Ontario cancels Fall season plans for 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions". Canadian Premier League. September 4, 2020.
- "League1 Ontario Historical Standings Women's Division". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
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