FC Sélect Rive-Sud

FC Sélect Rive-Sud
Full nameAssociation Régionale de Soccer de la Rive-Sud
LeaguePremière Ligue de soccer du Québec
2019PLSQ, 5th
Websitehttps://www.arsrs.com/

FC Sélect Rive-Sud was a Canadian women's semi-professional soccer club based in Longueuil, Quebec that played in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.

History

The club was formed by the Association Régionale de Soccer de la Rive-Sud, which is made up of 13 member clubs, to participate in the newly formed women's division of the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec using the regional approach, on behalf of all its members clubs.[1][2] As a regional club, they planned to play their home matches at the various home fields of their member clubs, rather than at a central location.[3][4] For 2019, they decided to field an extremely young team, with most players between the ages of 15 and 19, while also adding 39 year old former Canadian national team player Cindy Walsh to the roster.[5][6] They set a league attendance record on May 18, 2019 for their match against CS Mont-Royal Outremont with 360 spectators.[7]

After the 2019 season, two of ARS Rive-Sud's member clubs, CS Longueuil and CS St-Hubert, decided to enter teams in the women's division, forcing FC Sélect to withdraw their team due to conflict of interest.[8]

Seasons

Women

Season League Teams Record Rank Ref
2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 5 4–1–7 4th [9]
2019 6 3–3–9 5th [9]

Notable former players

The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the PLSQ team:

References

  1. ^ "Une équipe semi-professionnelle féminine de soccer voit le jour sur la Rive-Sud" [A semi-professional women's soccer team is born on the South Shore]. Le Courrier du Sud (in French). 9 May 2018.
  2. ^ O'Neill, Paméla (11 January 2018). "Une première saison de PLSQ féminine!" [A first season of women's PLSQ!]. Viau Park (in French).
  3. ^ Chagnon, Gabriel (8 May 2018). "Le FC Sélect Rive-Sud: «Un Projet Régional»" [FC Sélect Rive-Sud: "A Regional Project"]. PLSQ (in French).
  4. ^ Harvey-Pinard, Katherine (4 May 2019). "Le FC Sélect entame une deuxième saison dans la PLSQ" [FC Sélect begins second season in the PLSQ]. Le Courrier du Sud (in French).
  5. ^ O’Neill, Paméla (16 May 2019). "Le FC Sélect Équipe Dynamique" [FC Sélect, a Young, Dynamic Team]. PLSQ (in French).
  6. ^ Gauthier, Sébastien (5 June 2019). "Cindy Walsh Ajoute la PLSQ à son Impressionnant Parcours" [Cindy Walsh Adds PLSQ-F to her Impressive Run]. Première Ligue de soccer du Québec (in French).
  7. ^ "Une affluence record au match du FC Sélect Rive-Sud à Sainte-Catherine" [Record attendance at FC Sélect Rive-Sud match in Sainte-Catherine]. Le Reflet (in French). 28 May 2019.
  8. ^ Pascalau, Eduard-Nick (19 November 2019). "FC Sélect Rive-Sud - PLSQ". ARS Rive-Sud.
  9. ^ a b "Première Ligue de Soccer du Québec Feminin". Canadian Soccer History Archives.