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Toronto Lynx
Full name	Toronto Lynx Soccer Club
Nickname(s)	The Lynx
Founded	1997
Ground	Centennial Park Stadium (Capacity 3,500)
Chairman	Nicole Hartrell
Manager	Duncan Wilde
League	USL Premier Development League
2007	4th, did not make playoffs
Home colours 　 Away colours

Toronto Lynx SC is a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1997. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and play in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference against teams from Charleston, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Pontiac.

Contents 1 History 1.1 W-League Expansion 2 Club Data 3 2007 Roster 4 Notable players 5 Stadium and facilities 6 International friendlies 7 Year-by-year 8 References 9 External links

The Toronto Lynx announced its expansion rights in Toronto on June 24, 1996, and played their first A-League game in Jacksonville, Florida, on April 12, 1997. The Toronto Lynx set an A-League record of 10 consecutive wins during their first season in 1997 and continued to field a very competitive franchise on the field and in the offices ever since. In 2000, the Lynx proceeded to the Eastern Conference Finals and only a 1-0 loss to the Rochester Raging Rhinos kept the Lynx out of the A-League Championship game. In 2002, the Lynx narrowly missed the playoffs on the last night of the season, in a game against the Atlanta Silverbacks.

Peter Pinizzotto was the Toronto Lynx head coach from 1997 to 2003. The team made one playoff appearance under his reign. The next season he would be hired as assistant coach for rivals Montreal Impact. In September 2003, Duncan Wilde was appointed as the new Toronto Lynx head coach for the 2004 season bringing a new philosophy and vision for the club. Wilde also holds the position of Director of the Toronto Lynx Premier Soccer Academy and Super Y-League Program for accomplishing the mission of developing and inspiring youth soccer talent in the Greater Toronto Area. After just one season, Wilde resigned from his head coaching position amidst rumours of owner interference in squad selection. During the 2005 season the team was managed by former Lynx goalkeeper Hubert Busby Jr., though Wilde returned as head coach for the 2006 season.

During their time in the A-League and USL First Division, the Lynx were noted for developing a number of notable players, but failed to retain most of them for long, leading to poor results in the league standings.

On October 10, 2006, the Lynx announced their move to the USL Premier Development League. This was most likely due to their low attendance (lowest in the USL 1st Division) and the Major League Soccer expansion franchise Toronto FC arriving the next season. ^[1]

In October 2004, the Lynx announced that it had purchased the rights to a W-League franchise, to be known as the Toronto Lady Lynx, which began play during the 2005 season.

All-time leaders (1997- ):

• Goals: Nikola Vignjevic (29).
• Games played: David Diplacido, active, (182).
• Assists: Nikola Vignjevic (24).
• Clean Sheats: Theo Zagar (30.5).

Coaches:

• Peter Pinizzotto - 1997-2003.
• Duncan Wilde - 2004.
• Hubert Busby Jr. - 2005.
• Duncan Wilde - 2006- .

No. Position Player 0 GK Robert Cavicchia 1 GK Chris Baker 2 DF Kayin Jeffers 3 DF John Jonke 4 DF Erik Di Lorenzo 5 DF Kurt Ruhe-Lischke 6 MF Aaron Steele 7 MF Cameron Medwin 8 MF Tristan Murray 9 FW Frank Jonke 10 FW Daniel Revivo 11 MF Christopher Deabrew 12 MF Mikael McNamara 13 MF Kevin Omokhua 14 DF Murphy Wiredu

No. Position Player 16 DF Scott Reitze 17 MF Richard Asante 18 DF Jamie Fairweather 19 FW Nikola Miodrag 20 FW Sergio De Luca 21 FW Dominic Oppong 22 MF Derek Rios 23 MF Elton Fernandes 24 DF Rick Titus 34 MF Dane Roberts 35 MF Fabrizio Savarino 36 MF Luke Stedmond FW Oswald Adu MF Jean-Paul Piques FW Jean Tshimpaka

See also Cat:Toronto Lynx players.

Canada Andres Arango Robbie Aristodemo Nikola Budalić Dwayne De Rosario David Diplacido Jamie Dodds Charles Gbeke Ali Gerba Atiba Hutchinson

Milan Kojic Joe Mattacchione Pat Onstad Chris Pozniak Marco Reda Adrian Serioux Paul Stalteri Chris Williams Theo Zagar

Argentina Mauricio Vincello Bermuda John Barry Nusum England Darren Baxter Jamaica Lloyd Barker Trinidad & Tobago Kevin Jeffrey Rick Titus Serbia Nikola Vignjević South Africa Matias F Casares

The Toronto Lynx played out of Varsity Stadium in Toronto from 1997 to 2001. When Varsity Stadium was demolished in 2002 to make way for a new proposed development at the University of Toronto, the Lynx moved to Centennial Park Stadium in Etobicoke in 2002 and remain there to this day. Half of the 2002 season was spent at York University due to a public employees strike in the City of Toronto.

• September 7, 1998 - Toronto Lynx 2, Persepolis 0 (Iranian First Division champions), Persepolis fielded a reserve team
• June 5, 1999 - Santa Clara 2 (Portuguese First Division), Toronto Lynx 1

• June 6, 2000 - Reggina (Italian Serie A) 2, Toronto Lynx 0

• May 14, 2002 - Toronto Lynx 1, 1860 Munich 0 (German Bundesliga)

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Voyageurs Cup	Open Canada Cup
1997	2	USISL A-League	4th, Northeast	Division Semifinals	N/A	N/A
1998	2	USISL A-League	6th, Northeast	Did not qualify	N/A	N/A
1999	2	USL A-League	7th, Northeast	Did not qualify	N/A	N/A
2000	2	USL A-League	3rd, Northeast	Conference Finals	N/A	N/A
2001	2	USL A-League	7th, Northern	Did not qualify	N/A	N/A
2002	2	USL A-League	3rd, Northeast	Did not qualify	2nd	N/A
2003	2	USL A-League	5th, Northeast	Did not qualify	2nd	N/A
2004	2	USL A-League	7th, Eastern	Did not qualify	2nd	N/A
2005	2	USL First Division	12th	Did not qualify	3rd	N/A
2006	2	USL First Division	10th	Did not qualify	2nd	2nd
2007	"4"	USL PDL	4th, Great Lakes	Did not qualify	N/A	N/A

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