Toronto Nationals (soccer)

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Toronto Nationals
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Full nameToronto Nationals
Founded1983
Dissolved1983
Stadium Varsity Stadium
Capacity20,500
OwnerKlaus Dietsold
Coach Frank Pike
League Canadian Professional Soccer League

The Toronto Nationals were a Canadian professional soccer team in Toronto, Ontario that competed in the original Canadian Professional Soccer League in 1983. [1] They folded mid-way through the season and were immediately replaced by a successor team known as simply Toronto, which also folded after one game, a week later.

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History

Their first match was played on May 21, which was the first game of the CPSL, in which they defeated FC Inter-Montréal by a score of 2-1 at Varsity Stadium, with a crowd of 3,860. [2]

However, only five weeks into the season, on June 18, the team folded, however, the league announced that new owners would take over the club and form a new replacement franchise, known simply as Toronto on June 20. [2] [3]

On June 26, the reformed club faced the Hamilton Steelers, losing 3-2, but the new Toronto team folded immediately after this match, [2] [3] ending the franchise for good after new financial backers could not be found. [2] [4]

Season

SeasonTierLeagueRecordRankPlayoffsRef
1983 [note 1] 1 Canadian Professional Soccer League 2–1–46th [3]
  1. Toronto Nationals folded prior to the conclusion of the season.

Notable players

The following players played for the Nationals: [5]

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