The Victoria Vistas were a Canadian soccer club in the original Canadian Soccer League. The Vistas joined the CSL for the 1989 season, and folded after the 1990 season.

1990 Season

The Victoria Vistas played their home games in the 1990 season at Royal Athletic Park

Royal Athletic Park

Royal Athletic Park is a multi-purpose, fully lit stadium in Victoria, British Columbia. It is primarily used for baseball, soccer, softball and football, but also hosts special events, such as the annual Great Canadian Beer Festival.-History:...

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After a difficult inaguaral season in 1989, for the 1990 season the Vistas brought in a few new players, including Scot Gerry McCabe and Englishmen Richard Hill and Allan Evans (who was also an assistant coach), to augment a roster made up primarily of players from Vancouver Island.

1989 Roster

Coach Brian Hughes

Brian Hughes

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1990 Roster

General Manager Buzz Parsons

Coach Bruce Wilson

Bruce Wilson (soccer)

Bruce Alec Wilson was a NASL and Canadian international soccer player. He played the second most games of any player in the former league, 299 . He also captained the Canadian team at the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals, the sole time Canada has appeared...

Assistant Coach Allan Evans

Assistant Coach Ian Bridge

Ian Bridge

Ian Christopher Bridge is a former member of the Canada men's national soccer team and last head coach of the national women's Under-17 national team.-Club career:...

Trainer Kevin Barlow

Equipment Manager Danny Hood. [1]
Though listed in game programs as a midfielder, Frank Woods usually played at right back for the Vistas. Randy Ragan is in the poster of the team for this season, yet is not listed in the programme cited below. Local Vancouver Island players in the 1990 team included John Hughes, David Ravenhill, Ian Bridge

Ian Bridge

Ian Christopher Bridge is a former member of the Canada men's national soccer team and last head coach of the national women's Under-17 national team.-Club career:...

, Dallas Moen, Frank Woods, Ken Andrews, Rick Jaskens, and Ron Budisa, all of whom played at Royal Athletic Park in a four team tournament in either 1991 or 1992 against Vancouver 86ers, Dundee United FC, and a Chelsea FC line-up which included Welsh international and later actor Vinnie Jones

Vinnie Jones

Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an English film actor and retired Welsh footballer.Born in Hertfordshire, England, Jones represented and captained the Welsh national football team, having qualified via a Welsh grandparent. He also previously played for Chelsea and Leeds United. As a member of the...

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Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs
1989	1	Canadian Soccer League	5th in Western Division	DNQ
1990	1	Canadian Soccer League	4th overall (2nd in Western Division)	Semi-finalist