North York Astros

North York Astros

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Full name	North York Astros
Nickname(s)	The Astros
Founded	1990
Ground	Esther Shiner Stadium
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Bruno Ierullo
Manager	Rafael Carbajal
League	Canadian Soccer League
2007	3rd, Playoff Quarter-Final
Home colours Away colours

North York Astros are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1990. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, the highest professional soccer league in Canada, and play in the National Division.

The team currently play their home games at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York, Ontario, a suburb of the city of Toronto, Ontario. The team's colors are navy blue and yellow.

History

Originally, in 1990, the team was called the North York Atletico Argentina Soccer Club. In 1993 the team moved to Scarborough and the name changed to the Scarborough Astros Soccer Club. In 1998 the franchise returned as the North York Astros Soccer Club and was a founding member of the Canadian Professional Soccer League.

In 2002, the Astros were finalists of the Rogers Cup, losing 2-0 to the Ottawa Wizards.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CAN	Pablo Alvarado
2	DF	BAH	Happy Hall
3	DF	CAN	Brian Carbajal
4	MF	CAN	Peter Petropanagos
5	DF	URU	Carlos Zeballos
6	MF	ECU	Sergio Ribadeneira
7	MF	CAN	Franco Lalli
8	MF	FRA	Alexander Oran
9	FW	ARG	Martin Artale
10	FW	FRA	Jonathan Hurtis
11	FW	JPN	Go Nagaoka

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
12	GK	CAN	Joshua Lemos
13	MF	JAM	Omar Samuels
14	MF	CAN	Elton Fernandes
15	DF	URU	Alvaro Yaques
16	DF	CAN	Alexander Kawalit
17	MF	COL	Camilo Moreno
18	DF	CHI	Diego Benzi
20	MF	CAN	Josue Arias
21	FW	CAN	Selvin Lammie
22	GK	RUS	Arthur Zaslavski
23	GK	ALG	Haider Al -Shaibain

Transfers 2008/2009

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CAN	Pablo Alvarado (from Italia Shooters)
2	DF	BAH	Happy Hall (from Appalachian State Mountaineers)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	CAN	Frank Iaizzo (to Hearts Azzurri)
8	FW	CAN	Alessandro Bancheri (to Glen Shields)

Reserve squad

As of August 18, 2008.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
Res	GK	MEX	Hector Amaury Loranca
Res	GK	CAN	Tristan Fletcher
Res	DF	CAN	Daniel Calzini
Res	DF	CAN	Victor Gallo
Res	DF	SYR	Gurkan Ormangoren
Res	MF	CAN	Francesco Argento
Res	MF	ARG	Ariel Videla
Res	MF	CAN	Gabriel Olvera
Res	FW	CAN	Dujon Holness

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
Res	MF	CAN	Darryl Time
Res	MF	CAN	Rob Andrews
Res	DF	CAN	Corneale Andrews
Res	MF	RUS	Andrei Gaparenko
Res	MF	COD	Felix Koduah
Res	FW	CAN	Brandon Ramlochan
Res	MF	ITA	Brian Monticchio
Res	FW	SRB	Igor Milanovic
Res	MF	CAN	Eric Pawlak

Former Players

• Kurt Ramsey
• David Diplacido
• Bryan McCabe
• Pablo Papatrick Hernandez

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs
1996	"1"	CNSL	7th	Did not qualify
1997	"1"	CNSL	disqualified	Did not qualify
1998	"1"	CPSL	4th	Semi Final
1999	"1"	CPSL	8th	Did not qualify
2000	"1"	CPSL	6th	Did not qualify
2001	"1"	CPSL	9th	Did not qualify
2002	"1"	CPSL	5th, Western	Final
2003	"1"	CPSL	5th, Western	Did not qualify
2004	"1"	CPSL	4th, Eastern	Did not qualify
2005	"1"	CPSL	5th, Eastern, 8-10-4, 28 Pts	Wild Card Round
2006	"1"	CSL	6th, National, 3-11-8, 17 Pts	Did not qualify
2007	"1"	CSL	3rd, National, 5-12-5, 20 Pts	First Round Playoffs

External links

• North York Astros