Trois-Rivieres Attak
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| Full name | Attak de Trois-Rivières |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Ground | Stade de l'UQTR |
| Capacity | 1500 |
| Chairman | Tony Ianitto |
| Manager | Philippe Eullaffroy |
| League | Canadian Soccer League – Did not compete in 2010 onwards |
| 2009 | Champions |
Trois-Rivières Attak FC is a Canadian former soccer team, that took a sabbatical year from the Canadian Soccer League. They formally served as a reserve and academy team for the USL First Division side Montreal Impact. The club was instant success within the league acquiring titles in all three seasons when it competed in the CSL. In 2010, when Montreal Impact founded their own academy the team ceased operating as a farm team, because of the ended cooperation with Impact, they announced that they would take one-year absence from the Canadian Soccer League in 2010 and return for the 2011 season. The team did not return for the 2011 season.
On November 15, 2006, the Montreal Impact along with Laval Dynamites owner Tony Ianitto announced the creation of a feeder team in Trois-Rivières, and that the name would be chosen from the result of a contest. The club's home matches were played at the Stade de l'UQTR located at the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres campus.
The name Trois-Rivières Attak FC and the logo were presented to the public on January 17, 2007, together with the first signings of CSL veterans Nicolas Lesage and Jean-Louis Bessé. In the same press conference the new expansion club unveiled their first head coach Marc Dos Santos, who coached previously in the Ligue de Soccer Elite Quebec. For their inaugural season Trois-Riveres received sponsorship from Carlsburg and Puma. Dos Santos mobilized a roster with players of CSL and USL experience acquiring the likes of Darko Kolić, Andrew Olivieri, Paul Moran, Sita-Taty Matondo, and Rachid Madkour. The Attak kicked off their season with a 0–0 draw against the Toronto Croatia on May 13, 2007. A week after Elkana Mayard scored the club's first goal in history in a 2–1 defeat to the Serbian White Eagles at Centennial Park Stadium.
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