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Brampton City United FC is a Canadian soccer team, founded in 2002. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, an unsanctioned league. The club plays out of Victoria Park Stadium in the community of Brampton, Ontario. ==History== The team first entered the league as the Metro Lions in 2002, playing at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough for three years. On March 30, 2005 it was announced the Metro lions were purchased by Oakville Soccer Club, and Oakville Premier Soccer Academy relocated to Oakville for the 2005 CPSL season, and the franchise was renamed to the Oakville Blue Devils.〔(Oakville Blue Devils Enter CPSL )〕 Former Toronto Lynx head coach, and president of the Premier Soccer Academy Duncan Wilde was appointed manager. Wilde brought in the likes of former USL players which included Darren Baxter, Aaron Steele, Shawn Faria, Igor Prostan, and CSL veterans Phil Ionadi, Sa Brahima Traore, and Marko Bedenikovic. He was able to lead the Blue Devils in capturing their first Rogers Cup victory. After the 2005 season Wilde resigned from his head coaching position, in order to manage to the Toronto Lynx again. During the 2006 season former team captain Phil Ionadi was appointed the new manager. He led them in clinching the National Conference, but were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, losing 2–1 to the Windsor Border Stars. In 2007 because of the Club's administration was totally committed to the development of soccer, the Blue Devils relocated back to Scarborough and were renamed the Canadian Lions. On March 13, 2008 the Lions were relocated to Brampton for the 2008 season, prompting another name change to Brampton Lions but still maintaining the team's name, logo, history and statistics. The Lions announced their coaching staff on March 30, signing Armando Costa as manager.〔(BRAMPTON LIONS FC SIGN TOP COACH )〕 On April 10 the team held a press conference announcing their management team, hiring the likes of former Hitmen captain Phil Ionadi as the Director of Business Operations, and Costa as the Director of Soccer Operations and Manager.〔(City welcomes the Lions )〕 On March 29, 2009 the Brampton Lions announced the affiliation with Dixie Soccer Club where Dixie SC will serve as the reserve side for the Lions while playing in the CSL Reserve Division.〔(March 2009 CSL Brampton Lions FC affiliate with Dixie Soccer Club )〕 On January 16, 2011 Brampton announced another re-branding to Brampton City United FC. The new crest bears a strong resemblance to the English Premier League's Manchester United, with a majestic lion in place of Manchester's traditional red devil. In addition to the CSL club, Brampton United also sides a team in the Canadian Premier Futsal League. The newly formed CPFL also includes the Mississauga Eagles FC, local CSL rivals of the Lions. Home games are played at Mississauga's Hershey Centre with the debut season of the CPFL running from January to April with 12 regular season games and a playoff championship.〔(January 2012 Canadian Premier Futsal League Home )〕 After a very successful first year, Brampton United defeated the Toronto Boca Juniors 6–3 at Seneca College to capture the 2012 CPFL Championship.〔(Brampton City United wins CPFL Championship )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brampton United」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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