Milton SC

Milton SC
Full name Milton Soccer Club
Founded 2014
Stadium Milton Community Park
Milton, Ontario
Owner(s) Jasmin Halkic
Coach Suad Tihak
League Canadian Soccer League
2017 Regular season: 6th
Playoffs:Quarterfinals
Website Club website

Milton SC is a Canadian soccer club formed in 2014. The team is currently a member of the Canadian Soccer League a league not sanctioned by any FIFA-recognized body. Their home venue is located at Jean Vanier Stadium in the town of Milton, Ontario.

History

In 2014, professional soccer returned to the town of Milton under a joint effort by Jasmin Halkic and his son Jasmin Halkic Jr. Milton entered the Second Division of the Canadian Soccer League. Their original home venue was located at Bishop Reding SS and the team acquired the services of Stefan Ristic, Slavko Nenadov, Bajro Junuzovic, and Agata Jefferson.[1] In their debut season the club finished sixth in the standings, and reached the semifinals, where they faced SC Waterloo, but were defeated by a score of 4–2.[2] The following season Milton was promoted to the First Division while maintaining a reserve squad in the second division, and Amir Osmanlic was appointed head coach.[3]

In preparation for the First Division Osmanlic brought in Kenyan international Adam Shaban, Radovan Ivković, Zoran Belošević, Adnan Smajic, Boris Balinovic, Predrag Papaz, and Cekaj Xhoeljan.[4] Milton clinched the final postseason berth by finishing seventh in the standings.[5] Their opponents in the quarterfinals were Toronto Croatia, but were eliminated by a score of 4–0.[6] In the second division Milton reached the CSL Championship final where they faced Waterloo and the won the match by a score of 3–1 with goals coming from Smajić, Danny Jirta, and Lucky Maghori.[7] At the conclusion of the season the league awarded Osmanlic with the CSL Coach of the Year award.[8]

On August 29, 2016 Milton partnered with Youth Development Soccer Academy to serve as its youth wing.[9] For the 2016 season Milton strengthened their roster with the signings of Haris Fazlagić, Vladimir Vujasinović, Dado Hadrovic, and Damion Scott.[10] Milton struggled throughout the regular season in their second season in the top division, but received a postseason berth due to a shortage of teams for the 2016 season.[11] In the first round of the playoffs they faced regular season champions York Region Shooters, where they were eliminated from the competition by a 5-0 defeat.[12][13]

Roster

As of August 10, 2018[14]

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

No. Position Player
- Serbia DF Kenen Ajkic
- DF Armis Besirevic
- Peru DF Alvaro Cruz-Palma
- MF Peter Edika
- Peru MF Julian Gallego Velez
- DF Jonh Gima
- MF Saudi Kenedy
- DF Danny Jirta
No. Position Player
- DF Lucky Mahagori
- MF James Natam
- MF Slobodan Perovic
- GK Zoran Pusica
- Bosnia and Herzegovina FW Adnan Smajic
- Serbia DF Vladimir Vujović

Honors

Head coaches

Years Name Nation
2014Jasmin Halkic Bosnia and Herzegovina
2015-Amir Osmanlic Bosnia and Herzegovina

Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs
2014[15] 2 CSL Sixth Semi-finals
2015[16] 1 CSL Seventh Quarter-finals
2016[17] 1 CSL Eighth Quarter-finals
2017[18] 1 CSL Sixth Quarter-finals

References

  1. ↑ "April 17, 2014 CSL--Milton Deserves to be on the Canadian Soccer Map".
  2. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "YORK REGION MARCHES ON…….Kingston and Waterloo in Second Division final". Archived from the original on 2014-10-22.
  3. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "EXPANSION TEAMS BOOST CSL FIRST DIVISION".
  4. ↑ "Milton SC | Canadian Soccer League". 2015-07-11. Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  5. ↑ "MILTON IN…….clinch final playoff berth following 4-3 cliffhanger with Brantford Galaxy | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  6. ↑ "TOP FOUR ADVANCE TO SEMIFINALS FOR CSL CHAMPIONSHIP…..2nd Division quarterfinals also decided | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  7. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "TORONTO CROATIA WIN A SQUEAKER FOR CSL CHAMPIONSHIP….Milton score Second Division victory | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  8. ↑ "2015 Second Division Awards | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  9. ↑ InsideHalton.com. "Milton SC to partner with Youth Development Soccer Academy". www.insidehalton.com. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  10. ↑ "Milton SC | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  11. ↑ Hayakawa, Michael. "York Region Shooters end CSL regular season in 1st place with 4-1 win". www.yorkregion.com. Vaughan Citizen. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  12. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "YORK REGION AND HAMILTON ADVANCE TO SEMIFINALS……Shooters and Atomic will meet in Second Division final | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  13. ↑ Hayakawa, Michael. "York Region Shooters rout Milton SC, advance to CSL Championship semis". www.yorkregion.com. YorkRegion.com. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  14. ↑ "Milton SC - Milton - Canadian Soccer League". miltonsc.ca. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
  15. ↑ "2014 2nd Division Standings". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  16. ↑ "First Division Standings 2015 | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  17. ↑ "2016 First Division Standing | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  18. ↑ "2017 First Division Standings | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
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