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The Toronto Nationals were a Canadian professional soccer team in Toronto, Ontario that competed in the original Canadian Professional Soccer League in 1983.[1] They folded mid-way through the season and were immediately replaced by a successor team known as simply Toronto, which also folded after one game, a week later.

Toronto Nationals

Full name	Toronto Nationals
Founded	1983
Dissolved	1983
Stadium	Varsity Stadium
Capacity	20,500
Owner	Klaus Dietsold
Coach	Frank Pike
League	Canadian Professional Soccer League

History

Their first match was played on May 21, which was the first game of the CPSL, in which they defeated FC Inter-Montréal by a score of 2-1 at Varsity Stadium, with a crowd of 3,860.[2]

However, only five weeks into the season, on June 18, the team folded, however, the league announced that new owners would take over the club and form a new replacement franchise, known simply as Toronto on June 20.[2][3]

On June 26, the reformed club faced the Hamilton Steelers, losing 3-2, but the new Toronto team folded immediately after this match,[2][3] ending the franchise for good after new financial backers could not be found.[2][4]

Season

Season	Tier	League	Record	Rank	Playoffs	Ref
1983[note 1]	1	Canadian Professional Soccer League	2–1–4	6th	–	[3]

Notable players

The following players played for the Nationals:[5]

References

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