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| Founded | 2011 (as Prospect Football Club) | ||
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| Dissolved | 2014 | ||
| Stadium | Queen's University West Campus Field, Kingston, Ontario | ||
| Capacity | 1,000 | ||
| Chairman | Lorne Abugov | ||
| Head Coach | Colm Muldoon | ||
| League | Canadian Soccer League | ||
| Website | http://kingstonfc.ca | ||
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Kingston FC were a Canadian soccer team based in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The team was awarded a franchise in 2011 as a member of the Canadian Soccer League, and participated in the league for three seasons, 2012 to 2014. In February 2015, Kingston FC formally announced that it had withdrawn from the Canadian Soccer League for the 2015 season. Furthermore, the Club announced that it had made application to the new League1 Ontario for a new professional team that will play in Belleville, Ontario.[1]
Effective April 1, 2015, the Club has renamed itself the Quinte-Belleville Royals (QBR) Soccer Club, and intends to field a men's professional team in League1 Ontario in 2016 and a woman's professional team in 2017, also in League1 Ontario.
During its three seasons in the CSL, the club fielded two teams, a 1st Division professional team, Kingston FC and a Reserve 2nd Division semi-professional team, Kingston FC Reserve. The club began play on May 5, 2012, in their inaugural CSL season and played their home games at the Queen's University West Campus Turf Field, located at Johnson Street and John A. Macdonald Boulevard in Kingston.
On February 28, 2015, the Canadian Soccer League announced in a press release that Kingston FC would not be returning for the 2015 season.[2]
- ^ "End of an Era for Kingston FC as Pro Club Departs the Canadian Soccer League". April 16, 2015.
- ^ "Expansion Clubs Boost CSL First Division". February 28, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2015.