About Us Page

How it Started

United Football Club is a sport organization that specializes in the sport of football (soccer). The purpose is to provide soccer for everyone in the neighborhood while bringing people together. After Covid, there were a lack of activities for our children within the community to partake in. So, a local father started a community soccer training program at no cost for the neighbourhood children. The purpose was to bring families and kids together through sport after a difficult time in everyone’s life. As the program began to grow and suggestions from various families for more training opportunities were suggested, United Football Club was born.

The first thing you will realize is the importance that we place on working with families to achieve their soccer goals. Whether it be fun at the park on a Sunday, or aspirations to be more competitive, this will be a pleasant experience for you and your family on the field and off it.We hope you can join us this summer as we begin to grow our club and revolutionize the way soccer is integrated into the community,with people driving this movement.

The Person Who Started It

The founder is Adrian Dannel and has played soccer at various levels in Trinidad and Tobago and Canada. He has been a coach since 2011 and has amassed multiple qualifications in the sport and has a coaching range of working with toddlers to adults, either in recreation or high-performance. It was always his dream to work within a club environment and United F.C is a way to make this dream a reality.

Experience

They say experience is the greatest teacher. Well, Adrian has it on and off the field. He immigrated to Canada on his own in 2010. During that period, Adrian has accrued life experience working with lots of different people, within different industries and in various capacities. Below is a snapshot of his experience:

Has been coaching officially since 2011.
Worked with various clubs across the GTA such as Toronto High Park F.C, TAC Sports Group and Islington Rangers.

Adrian has had various roles such as:

Volunteer
Age Group Head Coach
Consultant
Manager
Director of Soccer Operations.

Adrian's experience also has intersected with other sport areas. This includes working in community relations at Field Hockey Ontario and as a project manager at ParticipACTION.

Qualifications

Adrian has also sought out ways to continually refine his education. Most recently completing his Sport Management Advanced Diploma at Humber College; below are some other qualifications that he possesses in sport: