Calgary Foothills F.C.
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| Full name | Calgary Foothills Football Club |
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| Founded | 1972 |
| Stadium | Calgary Soccer Centre |
| Head Coach | Tommy Wheeldon Jr. |
| League | Premier Development League |
| 2017 | 2nd, Northwest Division Playoffs: Divisional Playoff |
| Website | Club website |
Calgary Foothills F.C. (CFFC) is a Canadian soccer club based in Calgary, Alberta, that competes in the Premier Development League. The club was founded as a youth club in 1972 and in 2015 as a PDL franchise. The team plays its home games at the Calgary Soccer Centre. The team colours are green and white.
Calgary last hosted a team, the Calgary Storm, in the Premier Development League during the 2001 season. The PDL club of Calgary Foothills FC launched in 2014 as they played a series of exhibition games against Vancouver Whitecaps U 23's,FC Edmonton Reserves, and local university clubs.
The club's inaugural PDL game was played on May 17, 2015 against Puget Sound Gunners FC, as Foothills were victorious 2-1. The club finished 4th in the PDL's Northwest Division in 2015 with a 3-2-7 record, ultimately missing the playoffs.
In the 2016 season, Calgary Foothills won the Northwest Division with an 8-3-3 record, despite only 4% of supporters predicting the club would win the division. In the playoffs, Calgary Foothills would defeat Seattle Sounders U-23, FC Golden State Force, and FC Tuscon to win the Western Conference. Calgary Foothills would later defeat Ocean City Nor'easters in the PDL semifinals to advance to the 2016 PDL Final against Michigan Bucks. Calgary would lose the PDL final 3-2 on a controversial penalty decision in the 86th minutes.
In the 2017 season, despite losing key players Elijah Adekugbe and Dominic Russo to injury, Calgary Foothills would improve on their point total from the season before, finishing second in the Northwest Division on goal differential to Portland Timbers U-23. The club would lose to Portland in the Northwest Division play-in game.
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