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Toronto Lynx

Full name

Toronto Lynx Soccer Club

Nickname(s)

The Lynx

Founded

1997

Ground

Centennial Park Stadium

Capacity

3,500

Chairman

Nicole Hartrell

Manager

Duncan Wilde

League

USL Premier Development League

2006

USL 1st Division 10th





Home colours





Away colours

Toronto Lynx are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1997. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and play in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference against teams from Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Fort Wayne, Grand Rapids and South Bend.

1 History
- 1.1 W-League Expansion
2 Club Data
3 Current Roster
4 Notable players
5 Stadium and facilities
6 International friendlies
7 Year-by-year
8 References
9 External links

[edit] History

The Toronto Lynx announced its expansion rights in Toronto on June 24, 1996 and played their first A-League game in Jacksonville, Florida on April 12, 1997. The Toronto Lynx set an A-League record of 10 consecutive wins during their first season in 1997 and continued to field a very competitive franchise on the field and in the offices ever since. In 2000, the Lynx proceeded to the Eastern Conference Finals and only a 1-0 loss to the Raging Rhinos kept the Lynx out of the A-League Championship game. In 2002, the Lynx narrowly missed the playoffs on the last night of the season, in a game against the Atlanta Silverbacks.

Peter Pinizzotto was the Toronto Lynx head coach from 1997 to 2003. The team made one playoff appearance under his reign. The next season he would be hired as assistant coach for rivals Montreal Impact. In September 2003, Duncan Wilde was appointed as the new Toronto Lynx head coach for the 2004 season bringing a new philosophy and vision for the club. Wilde also holds the position of Director of the Toronto Lynx Premier Soccer Academy and Super Y-League Program for accomplishing the mission of developing and inspiring youth soccer talent in the Greater Toronto Area. After just one season, Wilde resigned from his head coaching position amidst rumours of owner interference in squad selection. During the 2005 season the team was managed by former Lynx goalkeeper Hubert Busby Jr., though Wilde returned as head coach for the 2006 season.

On October 10, 2006, the Lynx announced their move to the USL Premier Development League. This was most likely due to their low attendance (lowest in the USL 1st Division) and the Major League Soccer expansion franchise Toronto FC arriving the next season.

[edit] W-League Expansion

In October 2004, the Lynx announced that it had purchased the rights to a W-League franchise, to be known as the Toronto Lady Lynx, which began play during the 2005 season.

[edit] Club Data

All-time leaders (1997- ):

Goals: Nikola Vignjevic (29).
Games played: David Diplacido, active, (182).
Assists: Nikola Vignjevic (24).
Clean Sheats: Theo Zagar (30.5).

Coaches:

Peter Pinizzotto - 1997-2003.
Duncan Wilde - 2004.
Hubert Busby Jr. - 2005.
Duncan Wilde - 2006- .

[edit] Current Roster

As of 25 January, 2007 Template:FS start

[edit] Notable players

Dwayne De Rosario (now with Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer)
Atiba Hutchinson (now with FC Copenhagen of the Danish Superliga)
Milan Kojic (now with F.K. Haugesund of the Adeccoligaen)
Pat Onstad (now with the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer)
Chris Pozniak (now with Toronto FC of Major League Soccer)
Marco Reda (now with Toronto FC of Major League Soccer)
Adrian Serioux (now with FC Dallas of Major League Soccer)
Paul Stalteri (now with Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premiership)
Theo Zagar

[edit] Stadium and facilities

The Toronto Lynx played out of Varsity Stadium in Toronto from 1997 to 2001. When Varsity Stadium was demolished in 2002 to make way for a new proposed development at the University of Toronto, the Lynx moved to Centennial Park Stadium in Etobicoke in 2002 and remain there to this day. Half of the 2002 season was spent at York University due to a public employees strike in the City of Toronto.

[edit] International friendlies

September 7, 1998 - Toronto Lynx 2, Persepolis 0 (Iranian First Division champions), Persepolis fielded a reserve team
June 5, 1999 - Santa Clara 2 (Portuguese First Division), Toronto Lynx 1

June 6, 2000 - Reggina (Italian Serie A) 2, Toronto Lynx 0

May 14, 2002 - Toronto Lynx 1, 1860 Munich 0 (German Bundesliga)

[edit] Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Voyageurs Cup	Open Canada Cup
1997	Northeast Division	USISL A-League	4th, Northeast	Division Semifinals	N/A	N/A
1998	Northeast Division	USISL A-League	6th, Northeast	Did not qualify	N/A	N/A
1999	Northeast Division	USL A-League	7th, Northeast	Did not qualify	N/A	N/A
2000	Northeast Division	USL A-League	3rd, Northeast	Conference Finals	N/A	N/A
2001	Northern Conference	USL A-League	7th, Northern	Did not qualify	N/A	N/A
2002	Northeast Division	USL A-League	3rd, Northeast	Did not qualify	2nd	N/A
2003	Northeast Division	USL A-League	5th, Northeast	Did not qualify	2nd	N/A
2004	Eastern Conference	USL A-League	7th, Eastern	Did not qualify	2nd	N/A
2005		USL First Division	12th	Did not qualify	3rd	N/A
2006		USL First Division	10th	Did not qualify	2nd	2nd
2007		USL PDL	TBD	TBD	N/A	TBD

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Toronto Lynx homepage

Toronto Lynx - Current Squad
1 Goddard \| 2 Pottinger \| 3 Titus \| 4 Mattacchione \| 6 Arango \| 8 Jeffrey \| 9 Diplacido \| 10 Anstey \| 12 Bedenkovic \| 13 Dodds \| 14 Medwin \| 15 Palleschi \| 16 Dekker \| 17 Williams \| 19 Sheperd \| 20 Aristodemo \| 21 Neto \| 23 Chin \| 26 Steele \| 27 Bartolomeu \| Manager: Wilde

Soccer in Canada

v • d • e

National Association	National Team: M, W	List of coaches	List of clubs
Hall of Fame	SSS	List of venues	Pyramid

Competitions in Canadian Soccer

MLS	USL First Division	USL Second Division	PDL	Super-20
CSL	Rogers Cup	PCSL	CMISL
Open Cup	W-League	C-NA ST	Y-League

v • d • e Sports teams based in Toronto, Ontario
Baseball	MLB: Toronto Blue Jays, IBL: Toronto Maple Leafs
Basketball	NBA: Toronto Raptors
Football	CFL: Toronto Argonauts
Hockey	NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs, AHL: Toronto Marlies, OHL: St. Michael's Majors, NWHL: Toronto Aeros
Soccer	MLS: Toronto FC, USL W-League: Toronto Inferno, USL Premier Development League: Toronto Lynx
Lacrosse	NLL: Toronto Rock, OLA Jr. A: Toronto Beaches
Rugby	RCSL: Toronto Xtreme
University Athletics	Ryerson Rams · Varsity Blues · York Lions