Full name Victoria United Dissolved 2014 Manager Steve Scott Arena/Stadium Braefoot Park | Nickname(s) United Stadium
capacity 4,247 2014 7th Founded 1904 | |
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League Pacific Coast Soccer League | ||
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Victoria United was a Canadian soccer team based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. With lineage to clubs founded in 1904, the team played in the Pacific Coast Soccer League (PCSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid featuring teams from British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest region of the United States of America.
Contents
- Victoria united u21 highlights matt giroday
- History
- Players
- Year by year
- Honours
- Pre PCSL Honors
- Head coaches
- Stadium
- References
From 1994 through 2012 Victoria played its home matches at Royal Athletic Park. Because of conflicts with the newly introduced semi-professional baseball team at Royal Athletic Park, United played the 2013 and 2014 seasons at Braefoot Park in Saanich. The team's colours were blue and white.
On October 1, 2014, the team announced that it would be dissolved.
History
The team was formed in 1904 as a merger of two Victoria teams, Victoria Association Football Club, and Victoria Capitals. Until its dissolution, Victoria United was one of the oldest surviving sports clubs in North America. They were also one of the more successful clubs in the PCSL, having been champions on five occasions in the modern era.
The formation of the USL Premier Development League's Victoria Highlanders starting in the 2009 season reduced Victoria United's success on and off the field. Former United stars such as Tyler and Jordan Hughes joined the Highlanders, the fanbase gravitated to the higher-level PDL side, and the once-formidable United fell in the standings, even finishing behind the Highlanders reserve team in 2010.
Beginning in 2011 the Highlanders shared United's ground at Royal Athletic Park, while United also had to split time with baseball's Victoria Seals and HarbourCats. The shortage of stadium time and added competition eventually compelled United to move to smaller Braefoot Park in 2013, and was noted as a reason for the team folding at the end of the 2014 season.
Players
Notable alumni of the team include senior Canadian internationals Josh Simpson, Adam Straith, and Simon Thomas. National Basketball Association star Steve Nash, who played youth soccer in Victoria, appeared in one league game with Victoria in 2001 and recorded an assist.
Year-by-year
The Pacific Coast Soccer League champion is the premier team with the most points at the end of the season. The top four men's premier teams or the Host team and the top three compete in a single game knockout tournament to decide the playoff champion.
The top Canadian team in the Pacific Coast Soccer League is also eligible to compete in a tournament against the top amateur teams from Washington State and Oregon State. This competition includes the league champion (or next highest placed team) as a host team and is a single game knockout tournament.
The Victoria Highlanders and Victoria United maintain a friendly relationship and play a charity match each preseason around July 1.