North Toronto Nitros


North Toronto Nitros is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club was founded in 1980 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 2016.

History

The club was founded in 1980 as a youth soccer club.
Originally a youth soccer club, the team added a men's semi-professional team in League1 Ontario 2016, playing their home games at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium. They played their inaugural match on April 30, 2016, on the road against Vaughan Azzurri, which they lost by a score of 2-1. They defeated Aurora United by a score of 5-0 in their home debut.
In 2018, the club departed the league, going on hiatus. However, two years later, they returned to the league for the 2020 season and also added a women's team to the league for the first time, providing a full senior high-performance pathway for players based in downtown Toronto. They moved their home field to the Downsview Park turf fields. They updated the club logo in 2019, combining the club logo and Nitros team logo.

Seasons

Notable former players