Alliance United FC

Alliance United Futbol Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Markham, Ontario. The club was founded in 2017 to compete in League1 Ontario. The club was formed as a partnership between two youth clubs - Markham FC and Wexford SC. It fields teams in both the men's and women's divisions of League1 Ontario.

Alliance United
Full nameAlliance United Futbol Club
Founded2017
StadiumCentennial College
Head CoachIlya Orlov
LeagueLeague1 Ontario
2019League1 Ontario, 3rd
Playoffs: Semi-finals
WebsiteClub website

History
Founding clubs of Alliance United

The club was founded in 2017 as a joint partnership between clubs Markham FC and Wexford SC with the team playing out of Centennial College.[1][2] The name Alliance United was initially meant to temporary with a 'name the team' initiative planned, but it ultimately remained the official name.[3]

Alliance United joined the men's division of League1 Ontario for the 2018 season.[4] They played their inaugural match on April 29, 2018 against North Mississauga SC at home, which they lost by a score of 1-0.[5] They finished in 7th place in their debut season.[6] They improved to a 3rd place finish in the 2019 season, but had a very poor showing in the playoffs where they lost 15-0 to FC London on aggregate in the semi-finals over the two game series, due to being unable to field many of their best players, who missed the series due to college and university commitments, thereby having to rely on many youth players instead.[7]

In 2019, the club added a team in the women's division of League1 Ontario.[8]

Seasons

Men

Season League Teams Record Rank Playoffs League Cup Ref
2018 League1 Ontario 17 7-3-6 7th Group Stage Preliminary Round [9]
2019 16 11-3-1 3rd Semi-finals - [10]

Women

Season League Teams Record Rank Playoffs League Cup Ref
2019 League1 Ontario 14 6-2-5 7th Quarter-finals - [11]

Notable former players
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References
  1. "East-GTA Partnership Driving New League1 Club Alliance United FC Has Orlov In The Manager's Seat". League1 Ontario. February 9, 2018.
  2. Robin Glover (June 20, 2018). "L1O Game of the Week: Late equalizer seals Alliance United draw". Waking The Red.
  3. John Cudmore (December 21, 2017). "League1 expansion focus zooms in on Unionville, Markham entries". Markham Economist & Sun.
  4. "Significant Expansion Planned for League1 Ontario". Ontario Soccer Association. December 20, 2017.
  5. Yacine Anchour (April 27, 2018). "New season, New Kits & New Ambitions". NMSC.
  6. Johnny Stancati (September 24, 2018). "Alliance Books Spot In The Playoffs With 1-0 Victory Over Sanjaxx". League1 Ontario.
  7. Paul Vanderhoeven (September 24, 2019). "FC London men looking to follow women's lead". The London Free Press.
  8. "FC Oshawa set to make soccer debut in League1 Ontario loop". Oshawa This Week. February 1, 2019.
  9. "2018 Men's Standings". League1 Ontario.
  10. "2019 Men's Standings". League1 Ontario.
  11. "2019 Women's Standings". League1 Ontario.
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