This article is about the soccer team from the 1960s; for the professional hockey team from the 1920s, see Toronto Ravinas

Toronto Ravinas

The Toronto Ravinas / Toronto Falcons were a minor league professional hockey team that competed in the Canadian Professional Hockey League in the 1927–28 season....

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The Toronto Falcons were a soccer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 team based in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. They played only two years, 1967 in the National Professional Soccer League

National Professional Soccer League (1967)

The National Professional Soccer League was a North American professional soccer league that existed for only the 1967 season before merging with the United Soccer Association to form the North American Soccer League. It had ten charter members, nine from the United States and one from Canada...

 (NPSL) and 1968 in the North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League

North American Soccer League was a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada that operated from 1968 to 1984.-History:...

 (NASL). Their home field was Varsity Stadium

Varsity Stadium

Varsity Stadium is a collegiate football stadium that is home to the Varsity Blues, the athletic teams of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. While the present structure was built in 2007, it is in fact the third major incarnation of the stadium that has occupied the same site...

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Due to a poor financial strategy, the Falcons had to fold after only two seasons. Their intercity rival, Toronto City

Toronto City

Toronto City is a former Canadian football team based in Toronto. Between 1961 and 1967, teams using this name competed in both the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League and the United Soccer Association.-ECPSL:...

, fared a similar fate and sadly lasted only one year.

During the 1967 season, while still in the NPSL, the Falcons drew an average of 3,792 people per game. Toronto's record for the 1967 season was a bearable 10-5-17. The following season, the NPSL merged with the NASL and the Falcons switched leagues. In the NASL, as legendary Ladislav Kubala as their coach, the Falcons played well collecting a 13-6-13 record, but money troubles caused the club to fold. Their average attendance for the 1968 season was 5,336 people per game.

Year-by-year

Year	League	W	L	T	Pts	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1967	NPSL	10	17	5	127	4th, Western Division	Did not qualify
1968	NASL	13	13	6	144	3rd, Lakes Division	Did not qualify

Notable players

During the 1967 season, the Falcons were able to sign Bill Brown

Bill Brown (goalkeeper)

William Dallas Fyfe Brown was the goalkeeper with Tottenham Hotspur when they won the "double" of League championship and FA Cup in 1961 - the first club in the 20th century to do so....

 a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 goalkeeper who drew 28 caps

Cap (sport)

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 in his career. Other players worth noting are Iris DeBrito

Iris DeBrito

Iris DeBrito is a retired Brazilian association football player who played in the North American Soccer League.In 1967, DeBrito signed with the New York Generals of the National Professional Soccer League. He moved to the Chicago Spurs during the season...

 and Yanko Daucik

Yanko Daucik

Yanko Daucik Ciboch was a professional footballer during the 1960s and 1970s. Yanko played for Real Betis, Real Madrid, the Toronto Falcons and RCD Español...

 both prolific goal scorers. Tony Lecce

Tony Lecce

Anthony "Tony" Lecce is a former Italian-Canadian soccer defender who earned nine caps with the Canadian national soccer team and played four seasons in the North American Soccer League....

 was a defender and Canadian international

Canada men's national soccer team

The Canada men's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football .Their most significant...

. Defender Guglielmo Burelli

Guglielmo Burelli

Guglielmo Burelli is a retired Italian professional football player.-External links:*...

 played over 150 games in the Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

, including one season for Juventus F.C.

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

Coaches

Fernando Daucik

Fernando Daucik

Ferdinand Daučík is a former Slovak football player and manager. Daucik was the manager of several La Liga clubs, most notably CF Barcelona, Atlético Bilbao, Atlético Madrid and Real Zaragoza...

 Hector Marinaro, Sr.  Spain  Slovakia Ladislao Kubala

Ladislao Kubala

László Kubala Stecz , also referred to as Ladislav Kubala, Ladislao Kubala, was a footballer, who played as a forward with, among others, Ferencvárosi TC, ŠK Slovan Bratislava, Vasas SC, FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol. He also played for three different national teams, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and...