The 1967 Vancouver Royal Canadians season was the first season in the history of the Vancouver Royal Canadians soccer club. The club played in the United Soccer Association (USA), a league that used clubs from Europe and South America to represent American and Canadian cities. First division Football League side Sunderland A.F.C, who finished 17th in the 1966–67 Football League, was the club that represented Vancouver in the USA. The club played its home games at Empire Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Following the 1967 season, the USA and the National Professional Soccer League merged to form the North American Soccer League. The San Francisco Golden Gate Gales of the USA merged with Vancouver, and the club was renamed the Vancouver Royals for the inaugural season of the NASL.
Players The Vancouver Royals' roster was made up of Sunderland A.F.C. players on their summer break.
NumNamePosHeightWeightAppsGA 1 Jim Montgomery G 6 0 0 2Cecil Irwin D 12023 John Parke D 7 4 Colin Todd M17569 1210 5George Kinnell M1837612206Jim Baxter M1807612237 Allan Gauden F173708228John O'Hare F1738111119Neil Martin F 111110George Herd F1737063211George Mulhall F17570103012Jim Shoulder D1737151013 Derek Forster G175 70014Colin Suggett F17568123015Brian Heslop M1787380116William Hughes M17366801 Num = Number, Pos = Position, Height in cm, Weight in kg, Apps = Appearances, G = Goals, A = Assists
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