Laval Comets

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Laval Comets
Lavalcomets.jpg
Full nameLaval Comets
Nickname(s)Les Comètes
Founded2006
Dissolved2016
Stadium Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne, Laval, QC
Capacity800
Chairman Philippe Ciarlo
League W-League

The Laval Comets (French : Comètes de Laval) was a Canadian women's soccer team established in 2006 in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada, a northern suburb of Montreal. The team was a member of the W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada.

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The team played its home games at the Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne. The club's colours were light blue and dark blue.

History

The Comets were founded in 2005 by Pierre Marchand, a Laval businessman, following the demise of the Montreal Xtreme (2004) and Dynamites de Laval (1997-2001). Marchand was joined by 3 partners, the Montreal Impact, Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne, and the Fédération de soccer du Québec, who assured the operation of the team for a minimum of three years. [1] The club was set up as a non-profit organization owned by the 3 partners, to assure the long-term survival of the team. [2]

In October 2005, contacts were established with the W-League, and a new franchise was granted to the group for the city of Laval. In November 2005, a competition was started for a name for the new team; hundreds of names were submitted. The club management selected the name Comètes de Laval. [3] In January 2006, the club confirmed its first major team sponsor, Grolsch beer. The team's official colours, uniforms and the first players under contract were presented on March 8, 2006. [4] [5]

Year-by-year

YearLeagueDivisionRegular SeasonPlayoffs
2006 USL W-LeagueNorthern Division3rdDid not qualify
2007 USL W-LeagueNorthern Division3rd [6] First round [7]
2008 USL W-LeagueNorthern Division3rd [8] Conference Semifinals
2009 USL W-LeagueGreat Lakes Division5th [9] [10] Did not qualify
2010 USL W-LeagueGreat Lakes Division3rd [11] First round [12]
2011 USL W-LeagueGreat Lakes Division2ndConference Semifinals
2012 USL W-LeagueCentral Division3rd [13] Conference Semifinals
2013 USL W-LeagueCentral Conference1stlost in Championship
2014 USL W-LeagueCentral Conference3rdConference Semifinals
2015 USL W-LeagueNortheastern Conference1stNational Semifinals

Players

The Comets had a wide range of talent, some from university and high school teams, and others that have played for the Canadian National Team (7 Comets players in the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship). [14] Seasons were brief since most players played at Canadian and American universities, therefore these were designed to accommodate their schedules, ending the first week of August.

Comets line up for the national anthem. Laval-Comets.jpg
Comets line up for the national anthem.

Squad 2014

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Genevieve Richard
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Morgan Taylor
4 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Julia Liguori
5 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Kelsey Wilson
6 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Natasha Tcheki-Jamgotchain
7 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Kylie Davis
8 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Constance de Chantal Dumont
9 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Vanessa Grégoire
10 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Catherine Charron-Delage
11 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Kaitlyn Fournier
12 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Rhian Wilkinson
13 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Mélissa Busque
14 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Josée Bélanger
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Kathryn Acton
16 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Valérie Sanderson
17 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Amandine Pierre-Louis
18 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Amy Pietrangelo
19 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Marissa Duguay
21 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Marie-Ève Bernard O'Breham
22 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Larissa Fedorowich
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA McKenzie Bricker
24 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Véronique Laverdière
28 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Lysianne Proulx
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Audrey Lagarde
DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Courtney Wilkinson-Maitland

[15]

Coaching staff 2014

Former head coach

Former assistant coach

Former assistant coach

Rivalries

the Centre sportif Bois-De-Boulogne Centre sportif Bois-de-Boulogne.jpg
the Centre sportif Bois-De-Boulogne

The Comets had a major rivalry with Quebec City Amiral SC. [18] [19] [20] Several former players on the Comets played for the Amiral SC. [21] [22] In matches between the two teams, it was common for supporters to travel between Montreal and Quebec City to watch the teams.

Laval Comet training inside of Centre sportif Bois-De-Boulogne Centre sportif Bois-de-Boulogne-2..jpg
Laval Comet training inside of Centre sportif Bois-De-Boulogne

Supporters

At the gate, the Comets had average crowds of 500 fans. [23] After a disappointing season in 2009 [24] (where the average gate was between 800 and 900 people), the attendance to the matches fell to 266 persons a match in 2010. [25]

The all-time single-game high was the 952 fans in attendance against Ottawa Fury Women on Friday, July 4, 2008. [26]

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