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| Full name | Vancouver Royal Canadians | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Royals | ||
| Founded | 1967 | ||
| Dissolved | 1968 | ||
| Stadium | Empire Stadium (capacity: 32,729) |
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| League | North American Soccer League | ||
| 1968 | 12th of Pacific Division | ||
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Vancouver Royal Canadians were an association football team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that played in the United Soccer Association. The league was made up of teams imported almost entirely from Scotland and England. The Vancouver club was actually Sunderland A.F.C. of English Football League.
Following the 1967 season, the USA merged with the National Professional Soccer League to form the North American Soccer League with the teams from the former USA having to create their rosters from scratch. The San Francisco Golden Gate Gales franchise folded and their owners bought a controlling interest in the Royal Canadians renaming them the Vancouver Royals. Their home field was Empire Stadium.
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Coaches [edit]
Notable former players [edit]
Koulis Apostolidis (F) (1968) 7 apps.
Jim Baxter (M) (1967) 11 apps, 2 goals
Cheung Chi Doy (F) (1968) 11 apps, 2 goals- Cheung Chi Wai (F) (1968) 32 apps, 2 goals
Bobby Cram (D) (1968) 32 apps, 2 goals
Gary DeLong (GK) (1968) 9 apps.- George Herd (M) (1967) 7 apps, 2 goals
- Bill Hughes (F) (1967) 4 apps.
- George Kinnell (D) (1967) 11 apps, 2 goals
Henry Klein (F) (1968) 26 apps, 20 goals
Ike MacKay (F) (1968) 15 apps, 2 goals- Neil Martin (F) (1967) 12 apps, 2 goals
- Jim Montgomery (GK) (1967) 7 apps.
- George Mulhall (M) (1967) 9 apps, 3 goals
- John O'Hare (F) (1967) 12 apps, 1 goal
John Parke (D) (1967) 7 apps.- Colin Suggett (M) (1967) 12 apps, 3 goals
- Colin Todd (D) (1967) 10 apps, 1 goal
Chris Varnavas (GK) (1968) 26 apps.
Season-by-season record [edit]
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Team season |
Regular season | Position | Playoffs | Domestic Cup | Champions' Cup | Top Scorer | ||||||||||
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| League | P | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts | Div. | Overall | Player | Goals | ||||||
| 1967 | 1967 | USA | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 28 | 11 | 5th | 9th | Did not qualify | — | Did not qualify | George Herd |
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| 1968 | 1968 | NASL | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 51 | 60 | 136 | 4th | 13th | Did not qualify | — | Did not qualify | Henry Klein |
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Note: Only regular season goals counted
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