The OSA News Bulletin

Soccer is currently the most popular organized team sport in Canada with over 825,000 registered players. Ontario comprises almost 50% of this total. Currently, one out of three children in Ontario play organized Soccer, two out of five players are female and over a million parents and other family members play supporting roles.

The Ontario Soccer Association was founded in 1901 and is the largest provincial Sport organization in Canada with over 900 Clubs servicing some 24,000 Teams with 500,000 registered Players, 70,000 Coaches and Managers, 10,000 Referees and countless Volunteers, Parents and Supporters comprising a direct, multi-cultural community reach of over 1,000,000 citizens.

The Association develops, supports and delivers Programs and Services throughout Ontario in partnership with grassroots Communities, District Associations, Municipal, Provincial and National Governments, University, College, School and Professional Soccer organizations.

An overall goal of The Ontario Soccer Association is to assist with the development of Soccer for the benefit of its members and stakeholders while promoting Soccer as a healthy lifestyle choice which encourages community involvement at all levels.

To this end, the top strategic initiatives include:

• Play Soccer (promoting Soccer as a lifestyle)
• Facilities Development (increasing capacity)
• Grass-roots Coach Preparation & Certification (involving community volunteers)
• Grass-roots Referee Preparation & Certification (promoting community interaction)
• Regional Training Centres (facilitating excellence)

The OSA works in affiliation with key International, National and Multi-jurisdictional partners:

• Everton Football Club (UK)
• The Canadian Soccer Association
• The National Coaching Certification Program

The OSA works in partnership with key provincial agencies:

• The Province of Ontario, Ministry of Health Promotion
• The Province of Ontario Trillium Foundation

The OSA works in partnership with major Corporate Sponsors:

• Bank of Montreal
• GOL TV
• Toronto FC
• Umbro Canada
• Via Rail

The OSA comprises 2 Corporate Divisions:

• The Soccer Centre (Ontario)
• The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum (Ontario)

The OSA operates a state-of-the-art training, competition and events facility:

• The Ontario Soccer Association manages and operates the Ontario Soccer Centre facility as a high-performance training venue for our Provincial Boys and Girls U-14, U-15 and U-16 Teams and Ontario’s U-17 Canada Games squad. It is also the National Training Centre (NTCO) for Ontario’s talented Team Canada prospects.

• The Ontario Soccer Centre provides opportunities to play, coach, officiate and experience Soccer for more than 700,000 participants every year. The Staff’s expertise and extensive experience in Facility Management and Event Promotion combined with its understanding of the Soccer Community as a whole support the continuing development of Soccer at all levels in Ontario.

The OSA operates the Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum:

The Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum is a showcase for Soccer heritage in Canada.

The OSA Members

District Associations

1. Durham Region S.A.
2. East Central Ontario S.A.
3. Eastern Ontario District S.A.
4. Elgin Middlesex S.A.
5. Essex County S.A.
6. Hamilton & District S.A.
7. Huronia District S.A.
8. Lambton Kent S.A.
9. Niagara S.A.
10. North York S.A.
11. Peel Halton S.A.
12. Sault Amateur S.A.
13. Scarborough S.A.
14. Soccer North District Association
15. Soccer Northeastern Ontario
16. Soccer Northwest Ontario
17. Southeast Ontario S.A.
18. South-West Regional S.A.
19. Sudbury Regional S.A.
20. Toronto S.A.
21. York Region S.A.

Associate Members

1. Canadian S.L.
2. Central Girls S.L.
3. Central S.L.
4. East Region S.L.
5. North Region S.L.
6. Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
7. Ontario Indoor S.L.
8. Ontario S.L.
9. Ontario Soccer Referees’ Association
10. Ontario University Athletics
11. Ontario Women’s S.L.
12. Ontario Youth S.L.
13. South Region S.L.
14. Western Ontario Youth S.L. 

OSATv TouchLine With Dixie SC’s Shelton, Ronca, Almeida & Moscato

VAUGHAN, ON – Anthony Totera’s guests on this week’s TouchLine include:

• Trevor Shelton – Technical Director of Mississauga’s Dixie Soccer Club, on some of the coaching philosophy behind the club’s long history and continuing tradition of developing players and teams which compete successfully at regional, national and international levels.
• Tony Ronca – Head Coach of Mississauga’s Dixie Soccer Club U17 Boys Rep Team, on his interest in, passion for, and success in, coaching youth soccer and helping develop players and teams to compete at their full potential.
• Lino Almeida – President of Mississauga’s Dixie Soccer Club, on the club’s history and tradition of building success through the tireless efforts and passion of Dixie SC’s dedicated volunteers working together in a spirit of mutual respect and cooperation with the other local, municipal, regional and provincial stakeholders in Mississauga and Peel-Halton.
• Joe Moscato – Dixie Soccer Club player, coach and volunteer in many capacities, on his experiences playing on a US Scholarship, Dixie SC’s road map for player development and his memories coaching his young sister, former Penn State and current Canadian Women’s Team star, Carmelina Moscato.  

The Dixie Soccer Club was established in 1968 as Mississauga’s first youth club. Today, the club has about 4,000 members and serves both youth and adult players. The Dixie Soccer Club is a not-for-profit club affiliated with the Peel Halton Soccer Association (PHSA).

Among its accomplishments, Dixie Soccer Club tallies:

• 24 Ontario Cups Championships
• 16 Ontario Indoor Cups
• 3 Gold Medals – Canadian National Club Championships
• 5 Silver Medals – Canadian National Club Championships
• 1 Bronze Medal – Canadian National Club Championships

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