The East York Soccer Club is a community-based, non-profit club that has offered House League, All-Star and Competitive soccer to children in and around the East York area since 1977.

After over 30 years of involvement, one of the founding fathers, Dragan Zagar, is still the guiding force behind the Club.

When the East York Soccer Club was first founded, 300 children participated. Player registration has grown to the point where there are approximately 2,000 players in the House League programme, ranging in age from 4 to 18.
In the current outdoor season, there will be in excess of 140 House League teams.
The Competitive programme accommodates a further 250 players, both boys and girls, aged 10 to 18.
There are also men’s and women’s teams.

The East York Soccer Club is an integral part of the East York and neighbouring communities. These communities contribute to the Club through the Community Sponsorship Programme and the Club readily acknowledges their contribution.

The East York Soccer Club’s philosophy is to provide the best programme available to all registered players regardless of skill level and, to do so at a minimal financial cost.

The Club’s central purposes are to improve the quality of the soccer programme being offered to all its players, and to expand the number of children who can participate in its soccer programme. The only criterion for participation is age. Space permitting, anyone who wants to play is accommodated.

East York Soccer Club provides a safe, well-balanced programme that not only develops children’s soccer skills, but also develops children’s sense of pride in their own, and in their team’s play.

Throughout the history of the Club, there have been a large number of championships attained by both All-Star and Competitive level teams.
These successes are too numerous to list, but some highlights include winning of the Ontario Indoor Cup by the U-19 boys in 2003 and winning the Ontario Cup by the U-18 boys in 2006 and by the same team as U-15 in 2003. The 2006 Championship team carried on to a 4th place finish at the National Club Championships.
There has also been success beyond the borders of Canada where a number of teams have attended the USA Cup in Minnesota. In 1999 the then U-15 Boys and then subsequently as U-19 in 2003 were finalists at this world renowned tournament, the largest in the Western Hemisphere with it’s annual in excess of 1,000 teams participating in the various categories.
The biggest highlight of achievement occurred in 1984 when every Division of The Albert Campbell Tournament was won by East York, a feat never matched.

It is not only teams of the Club that have experienced success but also individual players.
A number of players, who started their soccer life with East York, have gone on to obtain soccer scholarships in the United States. Others are playing for University teams in Canada.

To contact any member of the Executive, please call the club at 416-696-9812, or send an e-mail:

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The Club’s most famous son, Theo Zagar, went on to play professionally for the Toronto Lynx and the Rochester Rhinos, and now is giving back as a volunteer Technical Coordinator.

To continually improve the quality of the program being offered, the Club has dedicated substantial efforts towards creating a development program for coaches, for players and for referees. These consist of skill and technical knowledge development programs.
There is also a summer camp program for players who are keen to improve their individual skills.
Over the course of the last 30 years, the Club has conducted a number of All-Star and Competitive tournaments. Currently, the Annual Fall Fest Tournament is a great conclusion to the soccer season for many All-Star teams from around the Province.

The overall success of the Club, as outlined above, is all due to the many countless hours of hard work, commitment and giving freely, of volunteers, for the benefit of the children of East York and surrounding Communities. For this, The East York Soccer Club expresses their gratitude and appreciation.

THANK YOU ALL.