St. Catharines Wolves
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| Full name | St. Catharines Wolves |
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| Nickname(s) | The Wolves, Roma |
| Founded | 1967 (as Club Roma Soccer Association) |
| Dissolved | 2014 |
| Ground | Club Roma Stadium St. Catharines, Ontario |
| Capacity | 2,000 |
| Chairman | Mario Arghittu |
| Manager | Carlo Arghittu |
| League | Canadian Soccer League |
| 2013 | Regular season: 11th Playoffs: DNQ |
| Website | Club home page |
St. Catharines Wolves (also known as St. Catharines Roma Wolves or simply Roma Wolves), are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1967. The club is a former member of the Canadian Soccer League (CSL), where it fielded a professional team from 1998-2013, and now operates youth teams in the Peninsula Soccer League. Teams play out of Club Roma in St. Catharines, Ontario in the Niagara Peninsula. The team's colors are dark red and white, mimicking those of the famous Italian club A.S. Roma.
Formed in 1967 as Club Roma Soccer Association and competed in various local leagues. In 1977 the club renamed itself the St. Catharines Roma, and joined the National Soccer League. The club went through a golden era in the 1990s,and early 2000s winning several trophies in the National Soccer League, and the Canadian Professional Soccer League. After winning the CPSL Championship in 2001, the team went into a decline and briefly rebounded in 2007 with a division title. Shortly after St. Catharines went through another rebuilding period, but failed to see it's fruits as the club ceased fielding a professional team in 2014 after the de-sanctioning of the CSL by the Canadian Soccer Association.
The club was formed in 1967, and went under the name of Club Roma Soccer Association and began operations in the Niagara Peninsula Soccer League. During their tenure in the Niagara league the club achieved two regular season championships, and two playoff championships. In 1972, the organization transferred to the Inter-City League where Roma quickly established itself as a powerhouse claiming a double in 1973, two consecutive playoff championships in 1974, and 1975. Their crowning achievement came in 1976 winning the Triple Crown - the league, cup and play-off championships.
The following year the club was granted a franchise in the National Soccer League (NSL), later renamed the CNSL with the addition of the Winnipeg Fury in 1993, and changed their name to St. Catharines Roma. The club's president Armand Di Fruscio would also serve as the president of the NSL from 1986-1995. St. Catharines would experience their first taste of success in the NSL during the early 1990s.
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