Toronto Rockets (soccer)

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Toronto Rockets
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Nickname(s)Rockets
Founded1994
Dissolved1995
Stadium Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
League American Professional Soccer League

The Toronto Rockets were a professional soccer team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that competed in the American Professional Soccer League during the 1994 season, with their home stadium at Centennial Park Stadium.

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History

After the 1993 APSL season, the Toronto Blizzard folded and were replaced by the North York Rockets, who had played in the Canadian National Soccer League. [1] [2] This edition of the Rockets's roster was a combination of the 1993 Rockets and Toronto Blizzard, with players coming from both squads.

The Rockets finished in last place with a 5–15 record, as well as the worst attendance in the league, drawing in fewer than 1500 fans per match. [1] The club had planned to return for the 1995 season, but withdrew only days before the start of the 1995 season, [1] due to a financial dispute with the league's front office. [3]

Squad members

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Pat Onstad
2 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Carl Fletcher
3 MF Flag placeholder.svg  Jack Copetti
4 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Peter Sarantopoulos
5 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Jens Kraemer
6 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Dino Lopez
7 MF Flag placeholder.svg  Billy Dalombo
8 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Lucio Ianiero
9 FW Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Zico Doe
10 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Tony Nocita
11 MF Flag placeholder.svg  Alekxandre Choulaev
No.Pos.NationPlayer
12 GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Bryan Rosenfeld
13 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Pat Sullivan
14 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Joseph Majcher
15 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Eddy Berdusco
16 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Frank Cardona
17 MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Velimir Crljen
20 FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Gino DiFlorio
22 MF Flag of Poland.svg  POL Ralph Golen
FW Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Ivica Raguz
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Robert Marcucci
MF Flag placeholder.svg ?? Walker

Coaches

Season

SeasonLeagueRecordRankPlayoffsRef
1994 American Professional Soccer League 5–157thDid not qualify [4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Crossley, Andrew (18 April 2014). "1994 Toronto Rockets". Fun While it Lasted.
  2. Laskaris, Sam (March 17, 1994). "Rockets try a third league". Toronto Star . p. NY5.
  3. Keating, Jack (May 4, 1995). "A-League loses T.O.-Team: Rockets fizzle out". The Province . p. A54.
  4. "Toronto Rockets". Canada Soccer History Archives.