 | ||||
| Full name | Durham Storm Soccer Club | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Storm, Durham's Own | |||
| Founded | 1998 (as Toronto Olympians) | |||
| Dissolved | 2005 | |||
| Stadium | Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario | |||
| Capacity | 5,000 | |||
| Chairman | John O'Neill | |||
| Manager | Rob Shaufler | |||
| Coach | Doug Paterson | |||
| League | CPSL | |||
|
| ||||
The Durham Storm were a Canadian soccer team that last played in the Canadian Professional Soccer League (CPSL) in 2005. The club was founded as the Toronto Olympians in 1998 and played in Toronto, Ontario through 2001, before being renamed the Mississauga Olympians for 2002 and 2003. The team relocated to Oshawa, Ontario in Durham Region for the 2004 and 2005 seasons and was renamed Durham Storm.
The team won three consecutive regular season championships from 1998 to 2000 and won the league playoffs, earning the CPSL Championship once in 1999. They also finished as regular season runners-up in 2001, and were two-time Rogers Cup finalists in 1998 and 2000.
Despite the early success, the team's performance went downhill from 2002 onward, and the franchise eventually folded after the 2005 season.