Protect the crown

Scrosoppi are the reigning Men’s Premier Division champions and begin their season against Simcoe County Rovers this Saturday.

There is plenty of history between these sides, who battled it out in the 2023 Men’s Premier Final. Simcoe competed in the TELUS Canadian Championship last year and reached the Men’s L1 Cup Final after a resurgence in form during the second half of the Pro-Am season.

Neither team competed in last weekend’s Men’s L1 Cup after receiving byes to Round Two, so the upcoming clash with the Rovers will be a good test for SFC to start the season with their own Canadian Championship date looming.

If you can’t make the trip to Barrie, make sure to tune in on the League1 Ontario YouTube channel which will livestream the match for free.

Milestone women’s season

While the L1 Cup didn’t bring the start that SFC’s women’s team would have wanted – a 4-0 defeat against Pickering – there were plenty of learning points to take into the new campaign.

This year marks the 10th season of women’s soccer in League1 Ontario, which is a huge milestone for the women’s game here in Canada. SFC’s women’s team have goals to create their own history by gaining promotion from the Women’s Championship to the Women’s Premier – the top flight of the Pro-Am soccer pyramid.

SFC kick off the new campaign against Rush Canada, who were 5-0 victors in the Women’s L1 Cup last season, marking themselves as one of the danger teams heading into the opening weekend of the regular season.

Several stars from last season have returned to SFC, including Aalayah Lully, Jahkaya Davis, and goalkeeper Elisa Paolucci.

League2 action

The League2 Divisions begin next week, so if you’re looking for some midweek action, look no further than the SFC second teams aiming for silverware of their own.

SFC will compete in the first matches of the 2025 League2 Divisions, when the women’s second team travel to Simcoe County Rovers on Monday, April 21 and the men visit North Mississauga a day later.