Ottawa St. Anthony Italia

Ottawa St. Anthony Italia
Full nameOttawa St. Anthony Italia Soccer Club
Founded1952
Director of Soccer OperationsClaudio Padovan
LeagueOttawa-Carleton Soccer League

The Ottawa St. Anthony Italia is an amateur soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. The club was founded in 1952 as the St. Anthony men's soccer team and played in a local league. In 1959, the team consolidated with another local team known as "Italia" to form Ottawa St. Anthony Italia. In 1965, the team joined the Quebec National Soccer League, where it won 5 championships. More recently, the men's competitive team won the Open Canada Cup and the Canadian National Challenge Cup to become champions in 2006.[citation needed]

The organization currently fields multiple teams in both recreational and competitive divisions of the Ottawa-Carleton Soccer League and ERSL, East Region Soccer League, including youth and adult men's and women's teams.[1]

History

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The team was runner up to the Windsor Border Stars in the 2004 Open Canada Cup.

In 2006, Italia were Open Canada Cup and Canadian National Challenge Cup champions.

In 2013, the boys U14 team won the Eastern Ontario District Soccer Association L5 league,[2] and was promoted to the ERSL.[3]

In 2018, the men's team were finalists in the Ontario Cup, losing 1-0 to Caledon FC.[4]

2006 Open Canada Cup

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The competitive club's most recent triumph came with winning the Open Canada Cup in 2006, defeating the Toronto Lynx who, at the time, were members of the USL First Division, two tiers above Italia in the Canadian soccer pyramid.

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-25. Retrieved 2015-01-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-06-25. Retrieved 2022-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "East Region Soccer League: Home Page". Archived from the original on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  4. ^ "Late goal propels Caledon FC to Men's Ontario Cup Final win". 6 September 2018.
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