Quebec Dynamo ARSQ

Quebec Dynamo ARSQ

Founded	2008
Stadium	Collège François-Xavier-Garneau Quebec City, Quebec
Stadium capacity	2000
Chairman	Denis Poulin
Manager	Marc Mounicot
League	USL W-League
2015	2nd, Northeastern Playoffs: League Semifinals
Home colours Away colours

Quebec Dynamo ARSQ is a Canadian soccer club, founded in 2008 in the province of Québec. The women’s team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team debuted in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference against teams from Hamilton, Laval, London, Ottawa, Rochester and Toronto.

The team's colours are black and white. Quebec Dynamo ARSQ play the home games at the Collège François-Xavier-Garneau stadium in Quebec City.

History

Quebec Dynamo ARSQ is founded in 2008 by four promoters: Samir Ghrib, David Desloges, Stéphane Alain and Maxime Barabé.^[1] The presentation of team's colors shirts and the nomination of a general manager takes place on September 24, 2009.^[2] The new team is consist a non-profit organization from the Association Régionale de Soccer de Québec (ARSQ).^[3] The team created to ensure the development of regional soccer in the Quebec city and Chaudière-Appalaches region.^[4]

Name change

The original name for the franchise was the Arsenal SC, however, lawyers representing the English club Arsenal F.C. demanded that the team change its name, because they hold exclusive rights for that trademark in Canada. ^[5] Starting with the 2014 W-League season, the team name was changed from Quebec City Amiral SC to Quebec Dynamo ARSQ.

Rivalries

Quebec Dynamo ARSQ have a big rivalry with the Laval Comets.^[6][7] Several former players of Comets play now for the Dynamo.^[8][9] In matches between the two teams, it is not uncommon for supporters to travel Quebec city-Montreal or Montreal-Quebec city to go to encourage their teams.

Year-by-year

Players

Squad 2011

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 Sarah Boucher [16] 3 DF Mélissa Roy 5 MF Laura Chénard [17] 7 MF Andréanne Gagné [18][19] 8 DF Myriam Bouchard [20][21] 9 FW Léa Chastenay-Joseph 10 MF Geneviève Caron 11 DF Stéphanie Frenette-Blais 12 FW Mélissa Lesage 14 FW Josée Bélanger [22][23]

No. Position Player 15 DF Arianne Leclerc 16 FW Manoucheka Pierre-Louis [24] 17 MF Adéline Saintilmond [25] 19 DF Frédérique Paradis 20 FW Véronique Laverdière [26][27] 22 GK Marie-Pier Bilodeau 23 MF Joelle Gosselin 24 FW Geneviève Marcotte 25 DF Cristina Di Ieslsi

^[28]

Staff 2013

• Owner: Denis Poulin
• General Manager: Jean-Pascal Ladroue
• Operations director: Jean-Philippe Provost
• Head Coach: Samir Ghrib ^[29][30]
• Assistant Coach: Guillaume Couillard
• Assistant Coach (Goalkeepers):
• Equipment manager: Jean-Guy Roy
• Team Physician: Dr. Sylvain Boutet
• Team Physician: Dr. Sylvain Lachance
• Physical therapist: Maxime Sanou
• Physiotherapist: Andrée-Anne Ferron
• Physiotherapist: Patrice Pépin
• Student-Physiotherapist: Laurie Thiboutot

Former head coach

• Fabien Cottin, (2009) ^[31][32][33]
• Jonas Worth, (2010) ^[34][35]

Former assistant coach

• Christophe Blin, (2012)
• Marie-Ève Laflamme, (2009)
• Eduardo Guerra, (2010) ^[36]

External links

• (French) Amiral SC website
• Amiral SC on USL Soccer

References

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