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The Global Television Network purchased 85% of the struggling Toronto Metros-Croatia on February 1, 1979, for $2.6 million. [4] [5] [6] Following the purchase, Toronto Croatia returned to the NSL as a separate club. With only 7 of the 26 players from the 1978 roster staying, the NASL team was renamed the Toronto Blizzard following
Exhibition Stadium was the fourth stadium to be built on its site since 1879. [1] When the original grandstand was lost due to a fire in 1906, it was quickly rebuilt. [1] A second fire destroyed the stadium in April 1946, which led to the city constructing a covered north-side grandstand (known as CNE Grandstand) for CA$3.5 million in 1948.
Toronto Blizzard (1971–1984), the original soccer club, a franchise of the North American Soccer League; Toronto Blizzard (1986–1993), the later club and franchise of the Canadian Soccer League; Toronto Azzurri Blizzard, a Canadian women's semi-professional soccer club; North American blizzard of 1999, when the Canadian army was called into ...
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Varsity Stadium is an outdoor collegiate football stadium located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is home to the Toronto Varsity Blues, the athletic teams of the University of Toronto. Athletic events have been hosted on the site since 1898; the current stadium was built in 2007 to replace the original permanent stadium built in 1911.
In 1975, the club became known as Toronto Metro-Croatia after being purchased by Toronto Croatia. In 1979, the club was purchased by the Global Television Network and renamed the Toronto Blizzard with Toronto Croatia becoming their own separate team again. [1] In September 1981, York-Hanover Sports Enterprises bought the franchise. [2]
However, the Toronto Blizzard and Montreal Supra had also planned to join the APSL, [31] [32] although it was not able to meet the financial requirements for the league and instead a new club, Montreal Impact formed and joined the APSL. [33] [34] Meanwhile, Winnipeg and North York joined the Canadian National Soccer League. [10]
Toronto Blizzard (East) Vancouver 86ers (West) Matches played: 130: Goals scored: 418 (3.22 per match) ... which is a record for a professional sports team in Canada. [6]