St. Catharines Wolves

St. Catharines (Roma) Wolves
Full name St. Catharines Wolves
Nickname(s) The Wolves, Roma
Founded 1977
Ground Club Roma Stadium
St. Catharines, Ontario
(Capacity: 2,000)
Chairman Mario Arghittu
Manager Carlo Arghittu
League Canadian Soccer League
2011 Regular season: 12th
Playoffs: DNQ
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours

St. Catharines Wolves, also known as St. Catharines Roma Wolves or simply Roma Wolves, are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1977. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League.

Contents

History

The team currently play their home games in the stadium on the grounds of Club Roma, a multi-purpose sports and recreation in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario, 13 miles from the US/Canadian border at Niagara Falls . The team's colors are dark red and white, mimicking those of the famous Italian club AS Roma.

The team played its first season in 1978 in the National Soccer League (NSL), later re-named the (CNSL, with the acceptance of the Winnipeg Fury in 1993. From their formation through to 1994 they was known as (the) St. Catharines Roma. In 1995 they underwent restructuring and changed their name to St. Catharines Wolves. 1996 saw further changes and a change name to St. Catharines Roma Wolves, and the following summer was their last in the dissolved NSL. The club next played from 1998 through 2005 in the Canadian Professional Soccer League, which in 2006 was renamed the Canadian Soccer League. They continue to play in the CSL.

Colours and badge

The colours of the 2008 edition may have changed to a sky blue.[1]

Current squad

as of 13 June 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Claudio Perri
3 DF Joseph Del Priore
6 DF Joe Conte
7 DF Brandon Jones
8 DF Derek Spy
9 MF Julian Fabiani
11 MF Stefan Kamendy
12 DF Geoffrey Attard [2]
13 MF Scott Maclennan
14 MF Matthew Cain
15 FW Junot Raphael
16 MF Brandon McKinlay
17 MF Simon Murphy
No. Position Player
18 MF Rudy Pikuzinski, Jr.[3] [4]
19 FW Calvin Rosario
20 DF Matthew Di Maria
21 GK Tony Visca
22 DF Kenji Nicks
23 MF Tony Mermigas
26 MF Matthew Stillman
27 DF Danny Gallagher [5]
GK Craig Yanni[6] (on loan from FC Buffalo)
DF William Janetos
DF Matthew Stedman [7]
DF Matthew Fontino
MF Dana Heimbecker [8]

Staff

Management

General Manager:

Director of Sports:

Sports

Head Coach:

Assistant Coach: Stacey Gough

Team Chef: Angelo Pizzacalla

Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs
1978 "2" NSL 1st Did not qualify
1979 Were none NSL 2nd Were not played
1980 "Senior" NSL 6th Runners-up
1981 Were none NSL 6th Did not qualify
1982 Were none NSL 3rd n/a
1983 n/a NSL n/a n/a
1984 n/a NSL n/a n/a
1985 n/a NSL n/a n/a
1986 n/a NSL n/a n/a
1987 n/a NSL n/a n/a
1988 n/a NSL n/a n/a
1989 n/a NSL n/a n/a
1990 n/a NSL n/a n/a
1991 n/a NSL n/a n/a
1992 n/a NSL n/a n/a
1993 n/a NSL n/a n/a
1994 n/a NSL n/a n/a
Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Umbro Cup league Umbro Cup playoffs
1995 Were none NSL 2nd Champions 2nd Champions
Year League Regular Season Playoffs Open Canada Cup
1996 CNSL 2nd Final n/a
1997 CNSL 1st Champions n/a
1998 CPSL 2nd Champions Runner-up
1999 CPSL 6th Did not qualify n/a
2000 CPSL 3rd Semi-Finals Runner-up
2001 CPSL 5th Champions n/a
2002 CPSL 4th, Western Did not qualify n/a
2003 CPSL 4th, Western Did not qualify n/a
2004 CPSL 6th, Western Did not qualify n/a
2005 CPSL 4th, Western Did not qualify n/a
2006 CSL 5th, National Did not qualify n/a
2007 CSL 1st, National Semi-Finals n/a
2008 CSL 4th, National Quarter-Finals n/a
2009 CSL 2nd, National Quarter-Finals n/a
2010 CSL
2011 CSL 12th DNQ n/a

Notable players

Honours

1998, 2001

St. Catharines' Concord Gunners

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
- DF Coulter Lewis
- DF Kwami Boafo
- MF Martin Mamic
- MF Stefan Cox
- FW James Blair
- Michael Shepherd
- Sam Blakely
No. Position Player
- Thomas D'Angelas
- Patric Cain
- Phillip Hull
- Sefako Phala
- Brian Edgar
- Mazhar Shah

References

  1. ^ Rocket Robin. "Game Report". 2008-may-23. http://22066.vws.magma.ca/reports08/08csl020.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  2. ^ Wallace, Jim (7 June 2011). "Refreshed Attard more serious". The Standard. http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3157676. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 
  3. ^ Rogers, Alison (2008). "Carrying on the family tradition; Rudy Pikuzinski follows in footsteps of father and uncle". The Standard. http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=618291. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  4. ^ "2006 Canisius College profile". http://www.gogriffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=97842&SPID=12004&DB_OEM_ID=20500&ATCLID=1464443&Q_SEASON=2006. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  5. ^ "Canada Soccer Profile". http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/profile.asp?playerid=895. Retrieved 6 June 2011. 
  6. ^ {{cite news|last=Puchalski|first=Bernie|title=Yanni hits right note for Wolves|url=http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3172291|accessdate=17 June 2011|newspaper=The Standard|date=16 June 2011
  7. ^ "2006 Niagara University Roster". http://www.purpleeagles.com/sports/msoccer/rosters/displayPlayer.asp?PLAYER_ID=1710. Retrieved 13 June 2011. 
  8. ^ "Marshall University Profile". http://herdzone.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/heimbecker_dana00.html. Retrieved 24 June 2011. 

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