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Master's Futbol
Full name	Master's Futbol Academy
Nickname(s)	Saints
Founded	2009; 15 years ago
Stadium	L'Amoreaux Park; Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario
Owner	Junior Groves
Head Coach	Giuseppe Mattace-Raso
League	League1 Ontario
2024	L1O-C, 5th (men); L2O, 10th (women)
Website	http://www.mfasoccer.ca
	Current season

Master's Futbol Academy, commonly known as Master's FA, is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario. The club was founded in 2009 as a soccer academy and added its team in the semi-professional League1 Ontario, the third tier in the Canadian soccer league system.

The club was one of the ten original founding men's teams in League1 Ontario, which was established in 2014. Their team initially competed under the name Master's FA Saints.^[1]

History

In 2009, Master's Futbol Academy was founded by Junior Groves.^[2]^[3] In 2014, the semi-professional club was established to play in the newly formed League1 Ontario as one of the founding members.^[4]^[5] They were one of the three Ontario Soccer Association Recognized Non-Club Academies permitted to enter a team in the league, along with ANB Futbol and Sigma FC.^[6] The club played their debut match on May 31, 2014 against the Cataraqui Clippers, winning 3–0.^[7] In their inaugural season, they finished in seventh place.^[8]

Their most successful season came in 2019, when they won the 2019 League1 Ontario playoffs, defeating FC London 4–1 in the finals.^[9] This victory qualified the club for the Canadian Championship for the first time in 2020.^[10]^[11] However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, their participation was shifted to the 2021 Canadian Championship.^[12] In the match in 2021, they were defeated by Canadian Premier League club York United FC in the preliminary round by a score of 5–0.^[13]

Squad

As of 16 April 2023^[14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	CAN	Spiridon Koskinas
—	DF	CAN	Tim Mahabir
—	DF	CAN	Tyler Miranda
—	DF	CAN	Terrell Spencer
—	DF	CAN	Anthony Wright
—	MF	CAN	Jason Alvarado
—	MF	CAN	Francis Ameyaw
—	MF	CAN	Marc-Anthoy Blackburn
—	MF	CAN	Timothy Cordova
—	MF	GUY	Maleik de Freitas
—	MF	CAN	Julius Dominelli
—	MF	CAN	Triston Frankston


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CAN	Eric Romeo Mian
—	MF	CAN	Stefan Nikolic
—	MF	CAN	Zion Richards
—	MF	CAN	Gianpiero Sansonetti
—	MF	CAN	Yasin Shahwan
—	FW	CAN	Devonte Brown
—	FW	CAN	Justin Robertson
—	FW	CAN	Eric Savvas
—		CAN	Carmine Anthony-Martino
—		CAN	Ian Gutierrez
—		CAN	D'Quan Smith

Seasons

Men

Season	League	Teams	Record	Rank	Playoffs	League Cup	Canadian Championship	Ref
2014	League1 Ontario	9	5–2–9	7th	–	Group stage	Not eligible	^[15]
2015		12	1–3–18	12th	–	Group stage	Not eligible	^[15]
2016		16	3–2–17	8th, Eastern (16th overall)	did not qualify	Runner-up	Not eligible	^[15]
2017		16	9–3–10	5th, Eastern (9th overall)	did not qualify	Quarter-finals	Not eligible	^[15]
2018		17	4–7–5	10th	did not qualify	Quarter-finals	did not qualify	^[15]
2019		16	9–3–3	4th	Champions	–	did not qualify	^[15]
2020		Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic					Moved to 2021	^[16]
2021		15	6–3–3	2nd, East (5th overall)	Semi-finals	–	Preliminary Round
2022		22	4–5–12	19th	did not qualify	–	did not qualify
2023		21	4–2–14	19th	did not qualify	–	did not qualify
2024	League1 Ontario Championship	10	5–4–9	5th	–	Quarter-Finals	did not qualify