Salvatore Borgh

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Salvatore Borgh
Personal information
Full name Salvatore Borgh
Place of birth Toronto, Canada
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2001 St. Catharines Wolves
2002 Hamilton Thunder 7 (0)
2002 → Calgary Storm (loan) 6 (0)
2003 Mississauga Olympians 11 (0)
2003 → Toronto Lynx (loan) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 March 2015

Salvatore Borgh is a Canadian former soccer player who played his entire career in Canadian Professional Soccer League, and the USL A-League.

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Playing career

Borgh began his professional career with the St. Catharines Wolves of the Canadian National Soccer League in 1997. [1] In his debut season for Roma he achieved an undefeated streak which clinched the regular season title for the club. In the postseason he appeared in the all matches including the two legged finals match against the Toronto Supra, which ended in a 4–3 victory for the Wolves securing them the playoff championship. [2] [3] The following year the organization become a founding member of the inaugural Canadian Professional Soccer League where Borgh did not feature much due to an injury; but St. Catharines managed to finish second in the overall standings and defeat regular season champions the Toronto Olympians in the CPSL cup final. [4] His next piece of silverware came in 2001, where St. Catharines defeated the Toronto Supra to claim the CPSL Cup. [5]

In 2002, Borgh signed with newly expansion franchise the Hamilton Thunder, but early on in the season he was loaned out to Calgary Storm of the USL A-League along with three other players. [6] He made his debut for the Storm on July 1, 2002, in a match against the Vancouver Whitecaps. After six matches he was recalled from his loan on July 21, 2002. [7] [8] Borgh was among the senior players who were released from their contracts due to a dispute with the team owner over unpaid salaries. [9] Borgh signed with the Mississauga Olympians for the 2003 season, but was loaned out to the Toronto Lynx due to the clubs shortage of players due to injury. [10] [11] He made his debut for the Lynx on July 1, 2003, against his former team Calgary Storm, coming on as a substitute for Shawn Faria. [12] He returned to Mississauga to finish off the season, but the club failed to clinch a postseason berth.

Honors

St. Catharines Wolves

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References

  1. ↑ Jeanneret, Mark (June 26, 1997). "Mossavat's return gives Roma Wolves more bite". St. Catharines Standard . p. C1.
  2. ↑ Glover, Robin (October 3, 1997). "Here are the results of the CNSL game between Toronto Supra and St Catharines Roma Wolves played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 8:00pm. This was considered the first game of the two-game Playoff final series". Rocket Robin`s Home Page.
  3. ↑ Glover, Robin (October 8, 1997). "Here are the results of the CNSL game between St Catharines Roma Wolves and Toronto Supra played at Club Roma Stadium in St Catharines at 8:15pm. This was considered the second game of the two-game Playoff final series". Rocket Robin;s Home Page.
  4. ↑ Glover, Robin (October 14, 1998). "Here are the results of the CPSL game between Toronto Olympians and St Catharines Roma Wolves played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:15pm. This was the one-game Playoff Final". Rocket Robin`s Home Page.
  5. ↑ Glover, Robin (October 14, 2001). "Result of the CPSL game between St Catharines Roma Wolves and Toronto Supra played Sunday October 14, 2001, at Club Roma in St Catharines at 2:00pm (well kickoff was actually at 2:26pm). This was the Final of the Rogers Playoff Cup". Rocket Robin`s Home Page.
  6. ↑ "Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton Players Move Up". Rocket Robin`s Home Page. Hamilton Spectator. June 29, 2002.
  7. ↑ Rauw, Murray (July 21, 2002). "Player recall adds to Calgary's woes". Rocket Robin`s Home Page. Calgary Herald.
  8. ↑ "Salvatore Borgh | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
  9. ↑ Glover, Robin (May 7, 2003). "Wednesday May 7, 2003, at Etobicoke's Centennial Park after a scrimmage for the media". Rocket Robin`s Home Page.
  10. ↑ Glover, Robin. "April 30, 2003 Toronto Lynx Media Conference". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  11. ↑ "CPSL - Canadian Professional Soccer League". 2003-11-21. Archived from the original on 2003-11-21. Retrieved 2017-12-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ↑ Nutt, Dave (July 1, 2003). "LYNX SWEEP WESTERN CANADIAN RIVALS!". Rocket Robin`s Home Page. Toronto Lynx match report.
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