Calgary Foothills FC


Calgary Foothills Football Club is a Canadian soccer club based in Calgary, Alberta, that competes in USL League Two. The club was founded as a youth club in 1972 and joined as a USL2 franchise in 2015. The team plays its home games at the Foothills Composite High School in Okotoks. The team colours are green and white.

History

Calgary had previously hosted the Calgary Storm of USL2 during the 2001 season. 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 game was played on May 17, 2015 against Puget Sound Gunners FC, winning 2–1. The club finished 4th in the 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 Tucson to win the Western Conference. Calgary Foothills would later defeat Ocean City Nor'easters in the semifinals to advance to the 2016 final against Michigan Bucks. Calgary would lose the final 3–2 on a controversial penalty decision in the 86th minute.
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. Off the pitch, the club would open an $11 million dollar indoor training facility, the first of its kind in Western Canada.
After playing in three stadiums in three years, and struggling to find a venue that met league standards in Calgary, the club would move 20 km south to the town of Okotoks for the 2018 season to play at Foothills Composite High School stadium. Prior to the start of the season, the club made headlines when Canadian national women's team goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé would try out for the USL2 squad. The club would have their best season to date during 2018, only losing once in 14 games, and would become Western Conference champions after defeating Colorado Rapids U-23 and FC Tucson. Foothills would advance to the league final for the second time in three seasons after defeating Chicago FC United, and would win the 2018 Championship 4–2 after extra time, over Reading United AC.
In April 2020, Calgary Foothills would announce their withdrawal from the 2020 USL League Two season due to the coronavirus pandemic. That same month, the league announced the 2020 season would be pandemic.

Supporters' groups

The Foot Soldiers were founded in February 2015 with the intention of bringing a passionate atmosphere to Calgary Foothills FC games.

Players and staff


No.PositionPlayerNation
1GoalkeeperBen Jackson England
2DefenderDanny Pritchard England
3DefenderBlake Fenton Canada
4DefenderEuan Bauld Scotland
5MidfielderGordon Hall Canada
6MidfielderDan Hayfield England
7ForwardCory Bent England
8MidfielderMarcus Campanile Scotland
9ForwardWilliam Akio Canada
10MidfielderDomenic Poletto Canada
11ForwardTofa Fakunle Canada
13GoalkeeperLiam Collens Canada
15DefenderDaniel Kaiser Canada
16MidfielderFrancesco Bartolillo Canada
20DefenderYusuph Kalenga Canada
21MidfielderDrake Rendle Canada
23DefenderDaniel Harrison Canada

Staff

USL2 Squad

Canadian National Women's team goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé had a tryout with the team in preparation for the 2018 season, posting a shutout against the Lethbridge Pronghorns men's soccer team.

SK Summer Soccer Series

The Foothills played in Saskatoon for the first ever SK Summer Soccer Series which is hosted by the Saskatchewan Selects. The Foothills defeated the Selects 2-1 in front of 3,067 people.

Club records

Most appearances

League and playoffs
#Pos.NameNationCareerLeaguePlayoffsTotal
1ForwardTofa Fakunle2015–51960
2DefenderDean Northover2015–201849958
3MidfielderNico Pasquotti2016–2018381048
4MidfielderElijah Adekugbe2015–201838846
5DefenderDominick Zator2015–201836945
6ForwardAjeej Sarkaria2016–201833942
7MidfielderKyle Jones2016–201835540
8ForwardDominic Russo2015–201731637
9GoalkeeperWilliam Akio2017–29635
10DefenderJonathan Wheeldon2015–201828634

Bolded players are currently on the Calgary Foothills roster.

Top goalscorers

League and playoffs
#Pos.NameNationCareerLeaguePlayoffsTotal
1ForwardDominic Russo2015–201711415
2ForwardWilliam Akio2017–13114
3ForwardAli Musse2017–20187512
4ForwardMoses Danto2018–11011
5ForwardTofa Fakunle2016–8210
6MidfielderKyle Jones2016–2018718
7MidfielderNico Pasquotti2016–2018437
8MidfielderElijah Adekugbe2015–2018606
8ForwardAjeej Sarkaria2016–2018426
10MidfielderAribim Pepple2019314

Bolded players are currently on the Calgary Foothills roster.

Record

Year-by-year

As of April 10, 2020

Honours