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York Region Shooters

Full name	York Region Shooters SC
Nickname(s)	The Shooters
Founded	1998 Frank and Tony Bisceglia
Dissolved	2003 (Revived)
Ground	Highland Park, Aurora, Ontario, Canada (Capacity: 550+)
Owner	Frank Bisceglia (Original) Tony De Thomasis (Revived)
League	Canadian Professional Soccer League
Home colours Away colours

The York Region Shooters were a soccer team playing in the Canadian Professional Soccer League from 1998-2002. They played their home matches in the town of Aurora, Ontario, north of Toronto.

The franchise was one of the original teams of the CPSL. The team had its origins in the York Region Soccer League and were previously known as the York Region Stallions. In 2003, the York Region Shooters were sold by the Bisceglia family to what is now called the Italia Shooters, as the Vaughan Sun Devils, and reached the finals before losing to the Brampton Hitmen on October 5, 2003.

Contents 1 History 1.1 1998 1.2 1998 Standings 1.3 1999 1.4 1999 Standings 1.5 2000 1.6 2000 Standings 1.7 2001 1.8 2001 Standings 1.9 2002 1.10 2002 Standings 2 Dissolving 3 2003 Revived 3.1 2003 Playoffs 4 Notable Former Players 5 Year-by-Year

[edit] History

[edit] 1998

In 1998, the York Region Shooters were founded and were signed to the Canadian Professional Soccer League and finished in 5th place with a total of 17 points, and did not qualify for the playoffs in their debut year.

[edit] 1998 Standings

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Toronto Olympians	14	13	0	1	73	6	40
2	St. Catharines Wolves	14	8	3	3	31	26	27
3	Glen Shields	14	6	5	3	26	27	21
4	North York Astros	14	6	7	1	34	30	19
5	York Region Shooters	14	5	7	2	30	44	17
6	London City	14	4	7	3	27	42	15
7	Mississauga Eagles P.S.C.	14	3	10	1	29	44	10
8	Toronto Croatia	14	2	8	4	20	51	10

[edit] 1999

In 1999, The York Region Shooters finished 7th. The Shooters finished in 7th place, with 12 points, and failed to qualify for the playoffs once again.

[edit] 1999 Standings

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Toronto Olympians	14	13	0	1	56	7	40
2	Toronto Croatia	14	8	4	2	31	19	26
3	Glen Shields Sun Devils	14	7	4	3	34	18	24
4	London City	14	5	4	5	30	36	20
5	Oshawa Flames	14	3	6	5	19	26	14
6	St. Catharines Wolves	14	3	7	4	19	30	13
7	York Region Shooters	14	3	8	3	20	34	12
8	North York Astros	14	2	11	1	16	55	7

[edit] 2000

In 2000, the Shooters matched their 1998 standings, 5th place with 14 points. Shooters forward Willy Giummarra was honoured with the 2000 CPSL MVP award.

[edit] 2000 Standings

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Toronto Olympians	14	12	1	1	45	9	37
2	St. Catharines Wolves	14	12	1	1	29	9	37
3	Toronto Croatia	14	9	4	1	36	17	28
4	Glen Shields Sun Devils	14	5	6	3	26	30	18
5	York Region Shooters	14	4	8	2	17	30	14
6	North York Astros	14	3	9	2	17	29	11
7	Oshawa Flames	14	2	9	3	22	35	9
8	London City	14	2	11	1	12	45	7

[edit] 2001

In 2001, the Shooters finished in 11th place, with a total of 15 points and 58 goals against.

[edit] 2001 Standings

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Ottawa Wizards	22	16	3	3	51	16	51
2	Toronto Olympians	22	15	6	1	50	21	46
3	Toronto Supra	22	12	5	5	44	22	41
4	Montreal Dynamites	22	12	7	3	46	32	39
5	St. Catharines Wolves	22	11	6	5	43	28	38
6	Toronto Croatia	22	10	7	5	32	29	35
7	Glen Shields Sun Devils	22	8	11	3	30	43	27
8	Brampton Hitmen	22	7	10	5	28	41	26
9	North York Astros	22	7	12	3	30	32	24
10	Durham Flames	22	7	12	3	39	53	24
11	York Region Shooters	22	4	15	3	29	58	15
12	London City	22	2	17	3	19	66	9

[edit] 2002

In 2002, the Canadian Professional Soccer League announced the addition of the Eastern and Western Conference divisions, with the Shooters assigned to the East. The Shooters finished 4th, and just missed a playoff spot.

[edit] 2002 Standings

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Ottawa Wizards	19	15	2	2	55	13	47
2	Montreal Dynamites	19	11	5	3	44	34	36
3	Metro Lions	19	11	6	2	36	23	35
4	York Region Shooters	19	8	7	4	29	33	28
5	Durham Flames	19	7	10	2	28	44	23
6	Glen Shields Sun Devils	19	6	11	2	27	35	20
7	Toronto Supra	19	4	11	4	23	48	16

[edit] Dissolving

In April 2003, the York Region Shooters announced that they had folded after having played a total of 83 games from 1998-2002.

[edit] 2003 Revived

In 2003, The York Region Shooters were absorbed by the Vaughan Sun Devils, and posted a 3rd place performance with 28 points, and for the first time in 5 years clinched a playoff spot.

[edit] 2003 Playoffs

The 2003 playoffs were great for the Sun Devils, as they made it to the championship match against the Brampton Hitmen on October 5, 2003, but lost 1-0. Hitmen striker Kurt Mella scored in the 27th minute, shortly after Sun Devils midfielder Chris Turner was sent off in the 18th minute for receiving a straight red card.

[edit] Notable Former Players

• Peter Liebez
• Angelo Pollastrone
• Parminder Dhillon
• Frank De Francesco
• Toli Dasteridis
• Orlando Rizzo
• Enzo Bruzzese
• Bill Androutsos
• Peter Stefanovski
• Mike Glasgow
• Stalin Cardenas
• Willy Giummarra
• Matthew Palleschi
• Pablo Alvarado
• Jason De Thomasis
• Chris Turner
• Evan Milward
• Cameron Medwin
• Atiba Hutchinson

[edit] Year-by-Year

Year	Team Name	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs
1998	York Region Shooters	"1"	CPSL	5th	Did Not Qualify
1999	York Region Shooters	"1"	CPSL	7th	Did Not Qualify
2000	York Region Shooters	"1"	CPSL	5th	Did Not Qualify
2001	York Region Shooters	"1"	CPSL	11th	Did Not Qualify
2002	York Region Shooters	"1"	CPSL	4th, Eastern	Did Not Qualify
2003	Vaughan Sun Devils	"1"	CPSL	3rd, Eastern	Final