Vancouver Royals

Vancouver Royal Canadians were an association football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that played in the United Soccer Association. The league was made up of teams imported from foreign leagues. The Vancouver club was actually Sunderland A.F.C. of English Football League.

Following the 1967 season, the USA merged with the National Professional Soccer League to form the North American Soccer League with the teams from the former USA having to create their rosters from scratch. The San Francisco Golden Gate Gales franchise folded and their owners bought a controlling interest in the Royal Canadians renaming them the Vancouver Royals. Their home field was Empire Stadium.

Coaches

• Ferenc Puskás
• Bobby Robson

Notable former players

• Bobby Robson
• Ike MacKay
• Bobby Cram
• Graham Wright
• James Leeroy
• Cheung Chi Doy

Year-by-year

See also

• Vancouver Whitecaps

External links

• Team stats