Unionville Milliken SC

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Unionville Milliken SC
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Full nameUnionville Milliken Soccer Club
Nickname(s)UMSC Strikers
Founded1976
Stadium Centennial College
Head Coach Filipe Bento (men)
Paul Omoghan (women)
League League1 Ontario
2025 L1O-C, 1st - promoted (men)
L1O-C, 7th (women)
Website www.u-msc.com
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Unionville Milliken Soccer Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Unionville, Ontario. The club was founded in 1976 as a youth soccer club and added its women's and men's semi-professional teams in League1 Ontario in 2017 and 2018 respectively. [1] [2]

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History

The club was founded in 1976 to serve the communities of Unionville and Milliken in Ontario. [3]

Originally a youth soccer club, the team added semi-professional teams in League1 Ontario in the women's division in 2017, followed by a men's team in 2018. [4] In their inaugural season, the women's team finished in 4th place. [5] Unionville announced that their club would go with a fully professional model, as opposed to an amateur or semi-professional approach, becoming the second fully professional team in the league, after Toronto FC III. [6]

The men's team was formed through a partnership with York Region Shooters, who played in the Canadian Soccer League until 2017, to form a professional club in L1O to begin in 2018, created through the relationship of Shooters' owner Tony De Thomasis and UMSC coach Filipe Bento. [7] They played their inaugural match on April 29, 2018 against Windsor TFC, [8] which resulted in a 3–1 victory. [9] In 2022, the women's reserve team won the League1 Ontario Reserve Division. [10]

In 2025, the men's team won the League1 Ontario Championship, earning promotion to the League1 Premier division for 2026. [11]

Seasons

Men

Unionville-Milliken SC celebrate 2025 League1 Ontario Championship title UMSC 2025.jpg
Unionville-Milliken SC celebrate 2025 League1 Ontario Championship title
SeasonLeagueTeamsRecordRankPlayoffsLeague CupRef
2018 League1 Ontario 176–5–58thGroup stageRound of 16 [12]
2019 163–3–912thDid not qualify– [12]
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [13]
2021 155–2–54th, East (8th overall)Did not qualify– [12]
2022 224–2–1520thDid not qualify–
2023 211–1–1820thDid not qualify–
2024 League1 Ontario Championship 109–3–64th–Round of 32
2025 1213–4–51st ↑–Quarter-finals

Women

SeasonLeagueTeamsRecordRankPlayoffsLeague CupRef
2017 League1 Ontario 1110–3–74th–Quarter-finals [14]
2018 135–3–48thDid not qualifyFinalists [14]
2019 145–5–411thDid not qualify– [14]
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [13]
2021 League1 Ontario Summer Championship72–1–35th–– [14]
2022 League1 Ontario 207–1–1014thDid not qualify–
2023 197–0–1113thDid not qualify–
2024 League1 Ontario Championship 106–6–66th–Round of 32
2025 94–4–87th–Round of 32

Notable former players

The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the League1 Ontario team:

Men

Women

References

  1. ↑ Cudmore, John (December 21, 2017). "League1 expansion focus zooms in on Unionville, Markham entries". Markham Economist & Sun .
  2. ↑ Cudmore, John (May 2, 2017). "Aurora, Unionville-Milliken women kick off League1 season". Aurora Banner.
  3. ↑ "About UMSC". Unionville Milliken SC.
  4. ↑ "Significant expansion planned for League1 Ontario". League1 Ontario . December 20, 2017.
  5. ↑ Anstee, James (June 15, 2022). "A Bluffer's Guide to Unionville Milliken". League1 Ontario .
  6. ↑ Baldwin, Dan (April 27, 2018). "League 1 Ontario 2018 Preview". Northern Starting XI.
  7. ↑ "Unionville Milliken Men To Spotlight Pro Model, Community Roots, In Debut Season". League1 Ontario . April 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ Parker, Jim (April 28, 2018). "Windsor TFC soccer team has a new focus this season". Windsor Star .
  9. ↑ "Game 1: Unionville with the Win Over Windsor". Unionville Milliken SC. October 17, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Unionville Milliken and Simcoe County Rovers win reserve titles". League1 Ontario. August 8, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Weekly Rewind: Woodbridge Strikers and Unionville Milliken win men's titles". League1 Ontario . August 27, 2025.
  12. 1 2 3 "League1 Ontario Historical Standings Men's Division". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
  13. 1 2 "League1 Ontario cancels Fall season plans for 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions". Canadian Premier League . September 4, 2020.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "League1 Ontario Historical Standings Women's Division". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
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