St. Catharines Wolves, also known as St. Catharines Roma Wolves or simply Roma Wolves, are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1977. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League

Canadian Soccer League

The Canadian Soccer League is the top soccer league in Canada and is controlled by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was formerly known as the Canadian Professional Soccer League , and was officially re-branded on May 17, 2006...

.

History

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

St. Catharines, Ontario

St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...

, 13 miles from the US/Canadian border at Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

The Niagara Falls, located on the Niagara River draining Lake Erie into Lake Ontario, is the collective name for the Horseshoe Falls and the adjacent American Falls along with the comparatively small Bridal Veil Falls, which combined form the highest flow rate of any waterfalls in the world and has...

 . The team's colors are dark red and white, mimicking those of the famous Italian

Italy

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 club AS Roma.

The team played its first season in 1978 in the National Soccer League

National Soccer League

The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...

 (NSL), later re-named the (CNSL, with the acceptance of the Winnipeg Fury in 1993. From their formation through to 1994 they was known as (the) St. Catharines Roma. In 1995 they underwent restructuring and changed their name to St. Catharines Wolves. 1996 saw further changes and a change name to St. Catharines Roma Wolves, and the following summer was their last in the dissolved NSL. The club next played from 1998 through 2005 in the Canadian Professional Soccer League

Canadian Soccer League

The Canadian Soccer League is the top soccer league in Canada and is controlled by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was formerly known as the Canadian Professional Soccer League , and was officially re-branded on May 17, 2006...

, which in 2006 was renamed the Canadian Soccer League. They continue to play in the CSL.

Current squad

as of 13 June 2011

Management

General Manager:

• Armand Di Fruscio

Director of Sports:

• Carl Mendonca

Sports

Head Coach:

• Carlo Arghittu

Assistant Coach:
Stacey Gough

Team Chef:
Angelo Pizzacalla

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs
1978	"2"	NSL	1st	Did not qualify
1979	Were none	NSL	2nd	Were not played
1980	"Senior"	NSL	6th	Runners-up
1981	Were none	NSL	6th	Did not qualify
1982	Were none	NSL	3rd	n/a
1983	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1984	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1985	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1986	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1987	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1988	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1989	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1990	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1991	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1992	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1993	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a
1994	n/a	NSL	n/a	n/a

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Umbro Cup league	Umbro Cup playoffs
1995	Were none	NSL	2nd	Champions	2nd	Champions

Year	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Canada Cup
1996	CNSL	2nd	Final	n/a
1997	CNSL	1st	Champions	n/a
1998	CPSL	2nd	Champions	Runner-up
1999	CPSL	6th	Did not qualify	n/a
2000	CPSL	3rd	Semi-Finals	Runner-up
2001	CPSL	5th	Champions	n/a
2002	CPSL	4th, Western	Did not qualify	n/a
2003	CPSL	4th, Western	Did not qualify	n/a
2004	CPSL	6th, Western	Did not qualify	n/a
2005	CPSL	4th, Western	Did not qualify	n/a
2006	CSL	5th, National	Did not qualify	n/a
2007	CSL	1st, National	Semi-Finals	n/a
2008	CSL	4th, National	Quarter-Finals	n/a
2009	CSL	2nd, National	Quarter-Finals	n/a
2010	CSL
2011	CSL	12th	DNQ	n/a

Notable players

Dana Heimbecker Lucio Ianiero

Lucio Ianiero

Lucio Ianiero is a retired Canadian soccer player.-Club career:Ianiero played for the Hamilton Steelers in the original Canadian Soccer League and was the league's 12th best scorer with 9 goals. He played a couple years in the American Professional Soccer League for the Toronto Blizzard in 1993...

 Tomasz Radzinski

Tomasz Radzinski

Not to be confused with the Czech footballer Tomáš RosickýTomasz Radzinski is a Canadian association footballer who plays as a striker. He is currently unattached.-Club career:...

 Josh Wagenaar

Josh Wagenaar

Joshua Frederick 'Josh' Wagenaar is a Canadian footballer who is currently a free agent.-Club career:...

Davide Xausa

Davide Xausa

Davide Antonio Xausa is a Canadian footballer, currently playing for amateur side Columbus Clan.-Club career:...

 Wojtek Zarzycki

Wojtek Zarzycki

Wojciech "Wojtek" Zarzycki is a former Polish-Canadian footballer who last played for St. Catharines Wolves.-Career:...

   Kofi Opare

Kofi Opare

Kofi Opare is an American soccer player currently playing for the Michigan Bucks in the USL Premier Development League, and for the University of Michigan men's soccer team.-Youth, College and Amateur:...

 Rudy Pikuzinski

Rudy Pikuzinski

Rudy Pikuzinski is a former U.S. soccer forward who spent nearly his entire career playing indoor soccer. He was a three time American Indoor Soccer Association MVP and served as an assistant coach his last year as a player.-Youth:Pikuzinski, and his brother Randy, grew up in Buffalo, New York...

St. Catharines' Concord Gunners

External links

• Official Website