Unity FC has entered the Canadian Soccer League as an expansion team this coming season to kickoff the regular season during May through to the playoffs in September and the CSL Championship Final expected to be played early October.
Recently launched, the club’s roster at kickoff time will be international in nature with players from Portugal and Brazil, but also a sprinkling of other nationalities arriving from their native countries and a number of local Canadian players selected during pre-season tryouts in Toronto.
“Welcome to Unity FC” exclaimed the team’s founder Cayo Braz when notified of the decision to accept the newly formed club into the professional CSL. “We are still a little story, but with big projections.”
Braz and club director Pietra Migliari are setting the scene with purpose in the name Unity FC and the importance of developing a culture of being unified as one both on and off the field. “We are what we are, with harmony and respect while developing a healthy community relationship” Braz explained. Unity FC’s other objective of being ready to make a great first run in its debut season, was also emphasized.
Unity FC is the second CSL expansion team to kickoff the 2024 season following the earlier announcement of the addition of Spanish Future Stars FC.