St. Catharines Wolves

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St. Catharines Wolves
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Full name St. Catharines Wolves
Nickname(s) The Wolves
Founded 1996
Ground Club Roma
Chairman Ozzie Pollilo
Manager James McGilivary
League Canadian Soccer League
2007 1st, Playoff Semi-Final
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St. Catharines Wolves, also known as St. Catharines Roma Wolves or simply Roma Wolves, are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1996. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, the highest level soccer league in Canada, and play in the National Division.

The team currently play their home games in the stadium on the grounds of Club Roma, a multi-purpose sports and recreation in the city of St. Catharines, Ontario, 13 miles from the US/Canadian border at Niagara Falls . The team's colors are dark red and white, mimicking those of the famous Italian club AS Roma.

The team played in its first two years, the summers of 1996 and 1997, in the Canadian National Soccer League (CNSL). They then played from 1998 through 2005 in the Canadian Professional Soccer League, which in 2006 was renamed the Canadian Soccer League. The club is not to be confused with the similarly named St. Catharines Wolves, which belonged also belong to the CNSL, in 1995, or the St. Catharines Roma of the same league that existed until from 1978 to 1994. (Note - the CNSL was known as simply the National Soccer League (NSL) until 1993.)

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[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Canada GK Claudio Perri
3 Flag of Canada DF Joseph Del Priore
4 Flag of Canada DF Matt Waddington
5 Flag of Canada DF Joe Conte
6 Flag of Canada MF Rudy Pikuzinsky
7 Flag of Canada DF Paul Delano
8 Flag of Canada MF Arnaldo Magnotta
9 Flag of Canada FW Antonio Stranges
No. Position Player
10 Flag of Canada FW Carlo Arghittu
11 Flag of Canada DF Stepfen Kamendy
12 Flag of Canada MF Tanardo Copeland
14 Flag of Canada DF Geoffrey Attard
15 Flag of Canada MF Tony Mermigas
18 Flag of Canada DF Dan Mazzuca
19 Flag of Canada DF Danny Gallagher
20 Flag of Canada FW Marc Morrency
25 Flag of Canada MF Nick Aragona
30 Flag of Canada GK Andy Lucchetta
´40 Flag of Canada GK Adam Catley

[edit] Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Open Canada Cup
1996 "1" CNSL 2nd Final n/a
1997 "1" CNSL 1st Champions n/a
1998 "1" CPSL 2nd Champions Runner-up
1999 "1" CPSL 6th Did not qualify n/a
2000 "1" CPSL 3rd Semi Final Runner-up
2001 "1" CPSL 5th Champions n/a
2002 "1" CPSL 4th, Western Did not qualify n/a
2003 "1" CPSL 4th, Western Did not qualify n/a
2004 "1" CPSL 6th, Western Did not qualify n/a
2005 "1" CPSL 4th, Western Did not qualify n/a
2006 "1" CSL 5th, National Did not qualify n/a
2007 "1" CSL 1st, National Semi Final n/a

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] Honours

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