Matthew Srbely

Matthew Srbely (born November 29, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays for Toronto FC II in USL League One.

Matthew Srbely
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-29) November 29, 1998
Place of birth Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Toronto FC II
Number 50
Youth career
2007 Brampton Youth/North Mississauga
Toronto FC Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Toronto FC III 20 (4)
2017– Toronto FC II 51 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 29, 2020

Career

Toronto FC II

A product of the Toronto FC Academy, Srbely played with the club's Premier Development League side in 2016 before moving to their United Soccer League side in 2017, signing his first professional contract on March 8, 2017.[1]

He made his professional debut on August 13, 2017 in a 3-1 loss to Bethlehem Steel, coming on as a 68th minute midfield substitute for Aikim Andrews. He received his first professional start on August 19, 2017 away against the Richmond Kickers.

Srbely played for Toronto FC II in the USL Championship during 2018 season at the age of 19, during which he emerged as one of the team's brightest young attacking midfielders. He was second in matches played (29) and logged the third most minutes on the team (2,078).[2] As the highest scoring midfielder on the team, he finished fourth on the team in goals (3), first in assists (3), first in shots (40) and first on the team (for players logging >300 minutes) in net plus/minus per 90 minutes (0.91){2}. He was awarded USL First Team of the Week honours for his performance (1 G, 1 A) in leading Toronto FC II to its first victory of the season, a 2-0 result in Nashville.[3]

The following year in 2019, despite missing over a third of the season (10 of 28 games) with injury, he finished with the most assists on the team (5) and tied for first in the league with assists (5) for all attacking midfielders.[4] He also finished second in the league in goals (4) and goals per match (0.22) from the attacking midfield position.[5] He received First Team of the Week honors three (3) times (Week 11,12, 21)[6] during the 2019 season and had the highest average player performance rating for Toronto FC II (7.05)[7], tying him for 12th best overall player rating in the league in 2019.[8]

Srbely was re-signed by Toronto FC II on June 29, 2020.[9]

Career statistics
As of September 1, 2019
Club League Season League League Cup Canadian Championship Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Toronto FC III League1 Ontario 2016 30000030
2017 1541000164
2018 20000020
Total 2041000214
Toronto FC II USL 2017 40000040
2018 2930000293
2019 USL League One 1840000184
Total 5170000517
Career Total 711110007211
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References
  1. "Matthew Srbely Signs First Professional Contract with TFC II".
  2. "Toronto FC II, USL Championship, 2018 Season".
  3. "Srbely leads TFCII to first victory of season".
  4. "USL League One Scoring 2019".
  5. "USL League One 2019 Goals".
  6. "Team of the Week, USL League One 2019".
  7. "FotMob, Matthew Srbely".
  8. "FotMob Player Ratings".
  9. "Toronto FC II Re-Signs Matthew Srbely". USLLeagueOne.com. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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