St. Lawrence Laurentians

The St. Lawrence Laurentians is a soccer club founded in 1904 and based in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland.

St. Lawrence is dubbed "Soccer Capital of Canada" due to its great success over the years. With a population of 1,350, the town has 9 organized soccer teams.^[1] The senior men's team hold the record for most all-time Newfoundland Challenge Cup wins with 23, including the competition's first season in 1967, and have represented their province all 23 times at the Canadian National Challenge Cup (the winner of the Newfoundland Challenge Cup qualifies for the Canadian National Challenge Cup). The club also holds the record for most consecutive Newfoundland titles with 8 between 1995-2002.^[2]

The main pitch called St. Lawrence Centennial Soccer Field is on the list of Historic Places in Canada.^[3]

Labatt's is the club sponsor so the team is also known as St. Lawrence Labatt Laurentians

Current squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Adam Loder 2 FW Brent Kelly 3 DF Marc Pittman 4 DF Chad Miller 5 MF Adrian Mulder 6 FW Paul Slaney 7 MF Sean Edwards 8 FW Steven Slaney 9 FW Richard Kelly 11 MF Clinton Edwards 12 MF David Baker

No. Position Player 13 MF Ryan Hanrahan 15 DF Darren Pike 16 DF Stephen Lambe 18 DF Marcus Turpin 19 FW Zack King 20 MF Ryan Slaney 21 DF Paul Klarke Pike 23 MF Jordan Caines 24 FW Stefan Slaney 32 MF Jordi Slaney

Honours

• Newfoundland and Labrador Challenge Cup Champions (23) : 1967-68, 1971-72, 1975-78, 1980, 1982, 1993, 1995-2002, 2005-08
• Canadian National Challenge Cup silver medalists : 1975, 1977, 2002
• Canadian National Challenge Cup bronze medalists : 1999, 2007

Sources

• Official Site
• CBC's Soccer Day in Canada