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| Full name | Sigma Sports |
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| Nickname(s) | The Betas |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Stadium | Paramount Fine Foods Centre Mississauga, Ontario |
| Owner | Sigma Sports Solutions |
| Managing director | Constantine Smyrniotis |
| Head coach | John Zervos |
| League | League1 Ontario |
| 2024 | L1O-P, 9th |
| Website | http://www.sigmafc.ca/ |
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Sigma Sports is a Canadian youthsoccer development academy and player management company based inMississauga,Ontario. They also operate a senior academy soccer team that currently competes inLeague1 Ontario, asSigma FC. Over 140 Sigma players have gone on to playNCAA orU Sports soccer on scholarships.
Sigma was formed in 2005 by Constantine andBobby Smyrniotis as a private academy aimed to develop young Canadian soccer players.[1] Over the years Sigma have sent players from their academy to the NCAA and to trials overseas.[2][3]
WhenLeague1 Ontario was formed in early 2014, Sigma announced they would be entering their senior academy team to compete as part ofinaugural season.[4][5] They were one of the threeOntario Soccer Association Recognized Non-Club Academies permitted to enter a team in the league, along withANB Futbol andMaster's FA.[6] The Mississauga-based League1 Ontario teams - Sigma FC andNorth Mississauga SC (and formerly the now-Brampton-basedProStars FC)[7] - compete annually for the Credit River Cup, awarded by the Sauga City Collective supporters group, with the team's matches against each other during the L1O deciding the victor.[8]
Sigma made news in January 2015 when academy playerCyle Larin was drafted first overall byMajor League Soccer clubOrlando City at the2015 MLS SuperDraft.[9] This was the first time a Canadian went first overall in anMLS draft.[10]
On October 1, 2018, Sigma co-founder Bobby Smyrniotis was named head coach and technical director ofCanadian Premier League clubForge FC. Bobby had served as technical director and first team head coach of Sigma from 2005 to 2018.[11] 16 members of Forge's 2019 roster had played for Sigma in the past.[12] In 2023, they formalized their affiliation withCanadian Premier League clubForge FC, which enables Forge to send players to Sigma on short-term loans throughout the season.[13][14]
| Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | League Cup | Ref |
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| 2014 | League1 Ontario | 9 | 8–5–3 | 3rd | – | Runner-up | [15] |
| 2015 | 12 | 12–6–4 | 4th | – | Runner-up | [15] | |
| 2016 | 16 | 14–2–6 | 2nd, Western (5th overall) | did not qualify | First round | [15] | |
| 2017 | 16 | 17–4–1 | 2nd, Western (2nd overall) | did not qualify | First round | [15] | |
| 2018 | 17 | 11–4–1 | 2nd | Group stage | Semifinals | [15] | |
| 2019 | 16 | 8–3–4 | 5th | Quarterfinals | – | [15] | |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic[16] | ||||||
| 2021 | 15 | 4–3–5 | 5th, Western (9th overall) | did not qualify | – | [15] | |
| 2022 | 22 | 9–4–8 | 9th | did not qualify | – | [15] | |
| 2023 | 21 | 9–5–6 | 9th | did not qualify | – | [15] | |
| 2024 | League1 Ontario Premier | 12 | 7–4–11 | 9th | – | Quarter-Finals | |
The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the League1 Ontario team:
Ife AdenugaKwame Awuah
Molham BabouliKyle BekkerTristan BorgesTajon BuchananMarcus CaldeiraSebastian CastelloKlaidi CelaRobbie ClearyNathan DossantosMalcolm DuncanGiuliano FranoSantiago FriasSam GardnerMark GonzalezJonathan GrantTriston HenryEvan JamesManjrekar JamesNoah Jensen
Daniel JodahChristopher KalongoKhadim KaneRyan KhedooAmadou KonéCyle LarinRichie LaryeaDuran LeeBaj MaanMonti MohsenChris NancoOluwaseun OyegunleKwasi Poku
Greg RanjitsinghDominic SamuelJelani SmithJohnny SonJustin StoddartKevaughn TavernierKadell ThomasDavid VelasteguiEmery WelshmanDaniel WhyteLowell WrightMarcel Zajac
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