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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]

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

Seasons

Men

Season League Teams Record Rank Playoffs League Cup Ref
2018 League1 Ontario 17 6–5–5 8th Group stage Round of 16 [12]
2019 16 3–3–9 12th Did not qualify – [12]
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[13]
2021 15 5–2–5 4th, East (8th overall) Did not qualify – [12]
2022 22 4–2–15 20th Did not qualify –
2023 21 1–1–18 20th Did not qualify –

Women

Season League Teams Record Rank Playoffs League Cup Ref
2017 League1 Ontario 11 10–3–7 4th – Quarter-finals [14]
2018 13 5–3–4 8th Did not qualify Finalists [14]
2019 14 5–5–4 11th Did not qualify – [14]
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[13]
2021 League1 Ontario Summer Championship 7 2–1–3 5th – – [14]
2022 League1 Ontario 20 7–1–10 14th Did not qualify –
2023 19 7–0–11 13th Did 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

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. ^ a b c "League1 Ontario Historical Standings Men's Division". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
  13. ^ a b "League1 Ontario cancels Fall season plans for 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions". Canadian Premier League. September 4, 2020.
  14. ^ a b c d "League1 Ontario Historical Standings Women's Division". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
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