York Region Shooters (1998)
The York Region Shooters were a soccer team playing in the Canadian Professional Soccer League from 1998-2002. They played their home matches in the town of Aurora, Ontario, north of Toronto.
The franchise was one of the original teams of the CPSL. The team had its origins in the York Region Soccer League and were previously known as the York Region Stallions. In 2003, the York Region Shooters were sold by the Bisceglia family to what is now called the Italia Shooters, as the Vaughan Sun Devils, and reached the finals before losing to the Brampton Hitmen on October 5, 2003.
Read more about York Region Shooters (1998): Dissolving, 2003 Revived, Notable Former Players, Year-by-Year
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