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The Laval Comets (Template:Langx) was a Canadian women's soccer team established in 2006 in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada, a northern suburb of Montreal. The team was a member of the W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada.

The team played its home games at the Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne. The club's colours were light blue and dark blue.

History

The Comets were founded in 2005 by Pierre Marchand, a Laval businessman, following the demise of the Montreal Xtreme (2004) and Dynamites de Laval (1997-2001). Marchand was joined by 3 partners, the Montreal Impact, Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne, and the Fédération de soccer du Québec, who assured the operation of the team for a minimum of three years.[1] The club was set up as a non-profit organization owned by the 3 partners, to assure the long-term survival of the team.[2]

In October 2005, contacts were established with the W-League, and a new franchise was granted to the group for the city of Laval. In November 2005, a competition was started for a name for the new team; hundreds of names were submitted. The club management selected the name Comètes de Laval.[3] In January 2006, the club confirmed its first major team sponsor, Grolsch beer. The team's official colours, uniforms and the first players under contract were presented on March 8, 2006.[4][5]

Year-by-year

Year League Division Regular Season Playoffs
2006 USL W-League Northern Division 3rd Did not qualify
2007 USL W-League Northern Division 3rd [6] First round [7]
2008 USL W-League Northern Division 3rd [8] Conference Semifinals
2009 USL W-League Great Lakes Division 5th [9][10] Did not qualify
2010 USL W-League Great Lakes Division 3rd [11] First round [12]
2011 USL W-League Great Lakes Division 2nd Conference Semifinals
2012 USL W-League Central Division 3rd[13] Conference Semifinals
2013 USL W-League Central Conference 1st lost in Championship
2014 USL W-League Central Conference 3rd Conference Semifinals
2015 USL W-League Northeastern Conference 1st National Semifinals

Players

The Comets had a wide range of talent, some from university and high school teams, and others that have played for the Canadian National Team (7 Comets players in the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship).[14] Seasons were brief since most players played at Canadian and American universities, therefore these were designed to accommodate their schedules, ending the first week of August.

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Comets line up for the national anthem.

Squad 2014

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Template:Country data CAN Genevieve Richard
2 DF Template:Country data USA Morgan Taylor
4 DF Template:Country data CAN Julia Liguori
5 DF Template:Country data CAN Kelsey Wilson
6 DF Template:Country data CAN Natasha Tcheki-Jamgotchain
7 MF Template:Country data CAN Kylie Davis
8 MF Template:Country data CAN Constance de Chantal Dumont
9 MF Template:Country data CAN Vanessa Grégoire
10 MF Template:Country data CAN Catherine Charron-Delage
11 MF Template:Country data CAN Kaitlyn Fournier
12 MF Template:Country data CAN Rhian Wilkinson
13 FW Template:Country data CAN Mélissa Busque
14 FW Template:Country data CAN Josée Bélanger
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Template:Country data CAN Kathryn Acton
16 MF Template:Country data CAN Valérie Sanderson
17 FW Template:Country data CAN Amandine Pierre-Louis
18 FW Template:Country data CAN Amy Pietrangelo
19 DF Template:Country data CAN Marissa Duguay
21 DF Template:Country data CAN Marie-Ève Bernard O'Breham
22 MF Template:Country data CAN Larissa Fedorowich
23 MF Template:Country data USA McKenzie Bricker
24 FW Template:Country data CAN Véronique Laverdière
28 GK Template:Country data CAN Lysianne Proulx
— MF Template:Country data CAN Audrey Lagarde
— DF Template:Country data CAN Courtney Wilkinson-Maitland

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Coaching staff 2014

Former head coach

Former assistant coach

Former assistant coach

Rivalries

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the Centre sportif Bois-De-Boulogne

The Comets had a major rivalry with Quebec City Amiral SC.[18][19][20] Several former players on the Comets played for the Amiral SC.[21][22] In matches between the two teams, it was common for supporters to travel between Montreal and Quebec City to watch the teams.

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Laval Comet training inside of Centre sportif Bois-De-Boulogne

Supporters

At the gate, the Comets had average crowds of 500 fans.[23] After a disappointing season in 2009 [24] (where the average gate was between 800 and 900 people), the attendance to the matches fell to 266 persons a match in 2010.[25]

The all-time single-game high was the 952 fans in attendance against Ottawa Fury Women on Friday, July 4, 2008.[26]

External links

References

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  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ (French) L'Xtreme est mort et enterré, vive les Comètes de Laval! [1]
  3. ↑ (French)La courte histoire des comètes, http://www.lavalcometes.com/lavalcometes.com/Equipe.html Template:Webarchive
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  6. ↑ (French)Match nul à Toronto,http://www.lavalcometes.com/lavalcometes.com/Nouvelles/Entrees/2007/7/21_Match_nul_a_Toronto.html Template:Webarchive
  7. ↑ (French)Saison 2007 terminée, http://www.lavalcometes.com/lavalcometes.com/Nouvelles/Entrees/2007/7/25_Saison_2007_terminee.html Template:Webarchive
  8. ↑ (French) Victoire contre Toronto, http://www.lavalcometes.com/lavalcometes.com/Nouvelles/Entrees/2008/7/23_Victoire_contre_Toronto.html Template:Webarchive
  9. ↑ (French) Grosse commande pour les Comètes, Template:Usurped
  10. ↑ (French) Défaite pour terminer la saison, http://www.lavalcometes.com/lavalcometes.com/Nouvelles/Entrees/2009/7/21_Defaite_pour_terminer_la_saison.html Template:Webarchive
  11. ↑ (French) Les Comètes qualifiées pour les séries, http://www.lavalcometes.com/lavalcometes.com/Nouvelles/Entrees/2010/7/19_Les_Cometes_qualifiees_pour_les_series.html
  12. ↑ (French) Saison des Comètes terminée : Bilan positif, http://www.lavalcometes.com/lavalcometes.com/Nouvelles/Entrees/2010/7/23_Saison_des_Cometes_terminee__Bilan_positif.html Template:Webarchive
  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ (French) Sept (7) joueuses à la qualification de la Coupe du Monde U20 féminin, http://www.lavalcometes.com/lavalcometes.com/Nouvelles/Entrees/2010/1/20_Sept_(7)_joueuses_a_la_qualification_de_la_Coupe_du_Monde_U20_feminin.html
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  16. ↑ Cindy Walsh to lead Comets Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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  18. ↑ (French) Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  19. ↑ (French) http://www.rds.ca/soccer/chroniques/299880.html
  20. ↑ (French)Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  21. ↑ (French) Guillaume Dumais, Amiral SC: des comètes filent à Québec, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/200905/19/01-857968-amiral-sc-des-cometes-filent-a-quebec.php
  22. ↑ (French) Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  23. ↑ (French) Les Comètes visent un premier championnat dans la W-League, http://www.courrierlaval.com/Sports/Soccer/2007-03-24/article-1129554/Les-Cometes-visent-un-premier-championnat-dans-la-W-League/1 Template:Webarchive
  24. ↑ (French) Les Comètes écartées des séries éliminatoires, Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  25. ↑ Taking Attendance, 8/2/2010, http://www.kenn.com/the_blog/?p=3455
  26. ↑ (French) http://www.lavalcometes.com/lavalcometes.com/Nouvelles/Entrees/2008/7/4_Les_Cometes_sincline_devant_le_Fury.html Template:Webarchive
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