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2020 Centre Circle Awards Winners Announced

By Staff, 11/08/20, 9:00PM EST

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This year’s Centre Circle Awards, presented by Nothers - The Award Store, was conducted as an online virtual event in accordance with Public Health Orders and was a special evening to honour those who have made outstanding contributions to the game in our province and country.

Play. Inspire. Unite. 

Soccer leaders from all over the province were recognized at the 2020 Centre Circle Awards @ Home virtual event on Sunday.  

This year’s Centre Circle Awards, presented by Nothers - The Award Store, was conducted as an online virtual event in accordance with Public Health Orders and was a special evening to honour those who have made outstanding contributions to the game in our province and country.

Clubs, Academies, Leagues, Coaches, Match Officials, Administrators and those who have dedicated a lifetime to the game, all had a moment to shine in the spotlight of the Centre Circle. 

“This has been a particularly challenging year for us as a sport and  province, but it was important that we continued to recognize the work of those who give back to soccer in Ontario and this evening did just that,” said Peter Augurso, President and Chair of the Ontario Soccer Board of Directors. “It was also special as we unveiled a fifteenth Life Member in our almost 120 year history as an organization.”

The Centre Circle Awards are Ontario Soccer’s highest level of recognition and are presented annually to deserving soccer leaders and organizations nominated on the basis of their outstanding contributions to the development of soccer in Ontario and Canada.

In total, 13 individuals and organizations were recognized in 2020 for their life-long commitment to sport in Ontario. 


Carmelina Moscato, Former National Team Player, Ontario Provincial Player and Commissioner of League1 Ontario Women's division, played host for the Centre Circle Awards @ Home

The 2020 recipients are:

Recipient

Category

Nominated by

 

 

 

Thunder Bay Chill

Club Recognition Award

Soccer Northwest Ontario

Doug Blair

Meritorious Award

North Toronto SC

Corrado Roccasalva

Meritorious Award

Pickering FC

Patty Forbes

Meritorious Award

Durham Region SA

John Dutot

Meritorious Award

Nor'West Optimist SC

Abbi Lezizidis

Match Officials - Mike Bremer Award

Match Officials Development Committee

Paula Francisci

Match Officials - Carol Anne Chénard Award

Match Officials Development Committee

Scott Bowman Match Officials - High Performance Award Match Officials Development Committee
Diarmuid Salvadori Coaches – Development Award Richmond Hill SC
Saverio Lento Coaches – Soccer 4 Life Award Soccer Northwest Ontario
All Ontario Soccer
and Ontario Soccer
Centre Staff
Brian Avey Award  
SAAC President's Award President and CEO
Bill Spiers Life Membership Award Toronto SA

 

Visit OntarioSoccer.net to learn more about the Centre Circle Awards.