Stevie Gill

Stevie Gill
Personal information
Full name Stephen Thomas Gill
Date of birth (1973-09-08) September 8, 1973
Place of birth Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Toronto Blizzard
1991 Hamilton Steelers
1992 London Lasers
1993 Toronto Blizzard 10 (0)
1994–1996 Toronto Croatia
2000 Toronto Olympians 3 (0)
2001 Durham Storm
Teams managed
2002–2003 Durham Storm (assistant coach)
2003–2007 Grand Canyon Antelopes (assistant coach)
2008– Grand Canyon Antelopes women

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Stevie Gill (born September 8, 1973) is a former Canadian soccer player and is currently the head coach of Grand Canyon University women's soccer team.

Playing career

Gill started his career in 1987 in the Canadian Soccer League with the Toronto Blizzard. He was traded to the Hamilton Steelers in 1991, where he helped Hamilton finish fourth in the overall standings, helping Hamilton reach the semi-finals where they were defeated by Vancouver 86ers. Once the season came to a conclusion Hamilton folded and signed with the London Lasers. In 1993, he returned to the Toronto Blizzard which joined the American Professional Soccer League. During his tenure with Toronto he appeared in 10 matches.[1] In 1994, he signed with Toronto Croatia of the Canadian International Soccer League, and won the league championship in 1995, and 1996.

After a brief sabbatical from competitive soccer he returned in 2000 to compete in the Canadian Professional Soccer League with league giants the Toronto Olympians.[2] During his tenure with the Olympians he won the Open Canada Cup and the regular season championship. He featured in the postseason CPSL Championship finals match against Toronto Croatia, but lost the match to a score of 2–1.[3] The following season he was traded to the Durham Flames.[4] Gill would conclude his playing career with Durham in 2002, as he was assigned the position of assistant coach to Durham. In 2003, Gill was assigned the position of assistant coach to Grand Canyon University men's and women's soccer team. In 2008, he was appointed the Grand Canyon University women's soccer team head coach.[5]

References

  1. "Steve Gill | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  2. Glover, Robin. "September 10, 2000 Toronto Olympians vs St Catharines Roma Wolves". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  3. Glover, Robin. "October 1, 2000 Toronto Olympians vs Toronto Croatia". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  4. Glover, Robin. "Thursday August 2, 2001 CPSL Toronto Supra vs Durham Flames". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
  5. "Grand Canyon University – 2012 Women's Soccer Coaching Staff". www.gculopes.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
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