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North Toronto Nitros is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club was founded in 1980 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2016 and it's women's team in the League1 Ontario women's division in 2021.

North Toronto Nitros

Full name	North Toronto Soccer Club
Nickname(s)	Nitros
Founded	1980
Stadium	Downsview Turf
Head Coach	Marko Milanovic (men) Billy Wilson (women)
League	League1 Ontario
2022	League, 4th; Playoffs, QF (men) League, 7th; Playoffs, DNQ (women)
Website	Club website
Current season

History

The club was founded in 1980 as a youth soccer club.[1] They updated the club logo in 2019, combining the club logo and Nitros team logo.[2]

Originally a youth soccer club, the team added a men's semi-professional team in League1 Ontario in 2016,[3] playing their home games at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium.[4] They played their inaugural match on April 30, 2016, on the road against Vaughan Azzurri, which they lost by a score of 2–1.[5] They defeated Aurora United by a score of 5–0 in their home debut.[6]

In 2018, the club departed the league, going on hiatus.[7] Two years later, they were set to return to the league for the 2020 season and also added a women's team to the League1 Ontario women's division for the first time, providing a full senior high-performance pathway for players based in downtown Toronto,[8] however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was cancelled, delaying their return (and the women's team's debut) to 2021.[9][10] They moved their home field to the Downsview Park turf fields.[11]

Seasons

Men

Season	League	Teams	Record	Rank	Playoffs	League Cup	Ref
2016	League1 Ontario	16	14–3–5	3rd, East (4th overall)	Did not qualify	Semi-finals	[12]
2017		16	11–3–8	3rd, East (7th overall)	Did not qualify	Round of 16	[12]
2018	on hiatus
2019
2020	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[13]
2021	League1 Ontario	15	1–1–10	7th, East (14th)	Did not qualify	–
2022	League1 Ontario	22	13–5–3	4th	Quarter Finals	–	[12]

Women

Season	League	Teams	Record	Rank	Playoffs	Ref
2021	League1 Ontario	7	4–0–8	6th	Did not qualify	[14]
2022		20	10–6–3	7th	Did not qualify

Notable former players

The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the League1 Ontario team:

Men

Women

• Olivia Smith

References

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