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TFC Academy
Full name	TFC Academy
Nickname(s)	TFC
Founded	2008
Ground	Lamport Stadium; (Capacity: 9,600)
Manager	Jason Bent(Senior); Stuart Neely(Junior)
League	Canadian Soccer League
2008	6th, National Division
Home colours	Away colours

TFC Academy are the youth academy of Canadian MLS club Toronto FC. The academy competes in the Canadian Soccer League, the highest professional soccer league operating entirely within Canada. The academy consists of a Senior and Junior team which play their home games at Lamport Stadium.

[edit] History

On March 29, 2008, Paul Beirne, Toronto FC Director of Business Operations, announced that

"The goal of Toronto FC is, of course, to one day hoist the MLS Cup but another goal has always been to have an indelible mark of the soccer landscape in Canada, and specifically Ontario. It is our hope that Toronto FC not only be the aspirational choice for young soccer players in Canada, but an academy that has a real effect on the development of young, talented players. When we needed to find a league that would test the mettle of the best players in the academy we wanted something that would test them technically, physically, and tactically – after all, in most countries in the world, U18s are in professional environments – but at the same time wouldn’t jeopardize their amateur status and the CSL was an ideal fit.”

[edit] Supporters

TFC Academy has one main group of supporters called The Red Regime. The Red Regime was created in 2008 to help bring the exciting atmosphere of BMO Field to TFC Academy games.

[edit] Coaching Staff

Earl Cochrane: Academy Director

Jason Bent: Senior Team Head Coach

Stuart Neely: Junior Team Head Coach

Jhon Ardilla: Senior Team Assistant Coach

Vito Colangelo: Junior Team Assistant Coach

Danny Dichio: Senior Team Coach

Paolo Ceccarelli: GK Coach

Domenic Ientile: GK Assistant Coach

Carlo Di Nardo: Head Physiotherapist

Sebastian Buitrago: Athletic Therapist

Ryan Young: Equipment Manager

[edit] Current Senior Squad

As of April 23, 2009

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Sotiri Varlokostas
2	DF	Casey D'Mello
3	DF	Domenic Roberts
4	DF	Daniel DiBiagio
5	DF	Feras Samain
6	DF	Jordan Kotsopolous
7	MF	Jonathan Lao
9	FW	Allando Matheson
10	MF	James Stamopoulos
11	DF	Ashtone Morgan
12	GK	Jarret Humphreys

No.	Position	Player
13	FW	Andre Verdugo
14	MF	Ryan McLeod
15	MF	Matt Stinson
16	MF	Daniel Calabretta
20	MF	Josh Janniere
21	DF	Doneil Henry
22	GK	Shawn Tavares
23	MF	Brennan McNicoll
24	DF	Daniel Fabrizi
25	FW	Justin Maheu

[edit] Current Junior Squad

As of August 9, 2009

No.	Position	Player
26		Dino Gardner
27		Zak-1 Pera
28		Mackenzie Kim
29		Cedric Wong
30	GK	Angelo Carmelo Cavalluzzo
31		Jon-Michael Vieira
32		Verdugo, Matias Naalband
33		Andrew Manuel Serediuk
34		Jonathan Almeida
35		Aaron Michael Schneebeli
36		Paramvir Sekhon
37		Jordan Murrell

No.	Position	Player
38		Damir Rosic
39		Cristian Rodrigues
40	GK	Justin Daniel Jorge Silveira
41		Oscar Cordon
42		Vincenzo Sasso
44		Doneil Henry
45		Eric Ngo
46		Arthur Craig Casupanan
48		Keith Makubuya
49		Prasenna Kirupakaran
50	GK	Garrett Cyprus
09		Andi Dina

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