Aaron Steele (footballer, born 1983)

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Aaron Steele
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Aaron Steele in 2005
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-02-04) 4 February 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth Norwich, England
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003 Hamilton Thunder 8 (0)
2004 Toronto Lynx 16 (0)
2005 Oakville Blue Devils 21 (0)
2006–2007 Toronto Lynx 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aaron Steele (born 4 February 1983) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Canadian Professional Soccer League, USL A-League, and Premier Development League.

Playing career

Steele began his professional career in 2003 with Hamilton Thunder of the Canadian Professional Soccer League, where his father Billy Steele served as assistant coach. [1] [2] The following year he signed a contract with the Toronto Lynx of the USL A-League. [3] In his debut season with Toronto he appeared in 16 matches. [4] In 2005, he signed with the Oakville Blue Devils of the Canadian Soccer League. [5] He contributed in Oakville's successful debut season by clinching a postseason berth, and in the quarter finals he scored the second goal in 3–1 victory over the Windsor Border Stars. [6] He featured in the CPSL Championship finals against Vaughan Shooters, and won the match by a score of 2–1. [7]

On 14 July 2006, he returned to play for the Toronto Lynx . [8] [9] He made his return match on 14 July 2006 in an Open Canada Cup game against the Serbian White Eagles. [10] Throughout the season he only appeared in five games due to injuries. He still managed to achieve a franchise record for the Lynx by going undefeated in ten matches at home, and reached the finals of the Open Canada Cup but lost 2–0 to Ottawa St. Anthony Italia. [11]

When the 2006 season came to a conclusion the club owners decided to relegate Toronto two divisions down into the Premier Development League. He remained with the club where he was appointed the new team captain after the retirement of Joe Mattacchione. Unfortunately he missed the entire season when he blew out his knee in a scrimmage match the night before the Toronto Lynx press conference. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Welcome To the Official Toronto Lynx Web Site". 4 August 2004. Archived from the original on 4 August 2004. Retrieved 2016-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "CPSL – Canadian Professional Soccer League". 18 August 2003. Archived from the original on 18 August 2003. Retrieved 2016-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ Nutt, Dave. "March 25, 2004 Toronto Lynx re-sign Joe Mattacchione and Aaron Steele". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Aaron Steele | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Canadian Professional Soccer League – Clubs". 25 December 2005. Archived from the original on 25 December 2005. Retrieved 2016-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  6. ↑ "CPSL game between Oakville Blue Devils and Windsor Border Stars". Rocket Robin. 5 October 2005. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  7. ↑ Glover, Robin. "October 10, 2005 CPSL Vaughan Shooters vs Oakville Blue Devils (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Open Canada Cup 2nd round game between Serbian White Eagles of the CSL and Toronto Lynx". Rocket Robin. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
  9. ↑ "Welcome To the Official Toronto Lynx Web Site". 4 August 2004. Archived from the original on 4 August 2004. Retrieved 2016-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ↑ Glover, Robin. "July 14, 2006 CSL/USL Serbian White Eagles vs Toronto Lynx (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Glover, Robin. "September 24, 2006 Open Canada Cup final Toronto Lynx vs Ottawa St Anthony's Italia (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Toronto Lynx, Toronto Lady Lynx press conference". Rocket Robin. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
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