Simcoe County Rovers Football Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Barrie, Ontario, that plays in the Ontario Premier League men's and women's divisions.
The club debuted in League1 Ontario in 2022 in both the men's and women's divisions. The men's team won the league title in 2023 and participated in the 2024 Canadian Championship. The women's team won their League1 Ontario Premier league title, as well as the League1 Canada National title at the Women's Inter-Provincial Championship in 2025 and qualified for 2026 Canadian Women’s Championship. In 2026, Rovers won their second consecutive women’s Ontario Premier League championship and qualifying for the 2027 Canadian Women’s Championship.
History The club was founded in 2021, by former Canadian national team player Julian de Guzman and Peter Raco under the name FC Barrie, who had initially been part of the group forming 1812 FC Barrie, before departing to form their own team.
On July 6, 2021, the club was officially unveiled under the name Simcoe County Rovers FC as a joint partnership between Raco and de Guzman. In August 2021, it was announced that Canadian national team player Cyle Larin was joining the club as a co-owner; in December 2021, fellow Canadian national team player Doneil Henry was announced as another co-owner. In January 2022, Canadian women's team player Janine Beckie also joined the ownership group. In April 2022, Atiba Hutchinson also joined the ownership group. Since its formation, the team has been affiliated with youth clubs Barrie SC and Aurora FC (who previously operated a team in League1 Ontario until 2020), and Orangeville-based school Athlete Institute.
On October 21, 2021, it was announced that the club was officially joining both the male and female divisions of League1 Ontario for 2022, acquiring the license of Aurora FC, who did not play in 2021 and joined the Rovers as an affiliate club. Both teams played their debut matches on April 24 against Blue Devils FC, with the women winning 3–0 and the men drawing 1–1.
In 2022, the men's reserve team won the League1 Ontario U21 Reserve Division.
In 2023, the men finished the regular season in second place, earning their first home playoff game, where they defeated Vaughan Azzurri in the semi-finals, in front of over 1,200 fans. In the championship final, they defeated Scrosoppi FC to win the League1 Ontario title, thereby qualifying for the 2024 Canadian Championship. Over 600 travelling supporters attended the League1 Ontario final, marking a League1 Canada traveling supporters record.
On April 24, 2024, the club made their Canadian Championship debut, where they were defeated 5-0 by Major League Soccer club Toronto FC, with over 2000 estimated Rovers fans having purchased tickets and attending the match.
In 2025, the women's team won the Premier Division title, qualifying for the League1 Canada Women's Inter-Provincial Championship, where they won the title to become the national champions and the only team from Ontario to have ever won League1 Canada’s national championship.
In December 2025, Barrie Soccer Club purchased 100% ownership of the club.
On July 16, 2026, it was announced that the Rovers women's team would be one of two semi-professional teams competing in the first W Canadian Championship in 2026, alongside CS Mont-Royal Outremont and the six teams of the fully professional NSL.
In 2026, Rovers won their second consecutive women’s Ontario Premier League championship and qualifying for the 2027 Canadian Women’s Championship.
Players, staff, and ownership Coaching staff
+Men's teamNamePositionRandy RibeiroHead coach and sporting directorVacantAssistant coachZack WilsonAssistant coachJerry PennantGoalkeeper coachVacantTeam manager
+Women's teamNamePositionMike Russell Sporting directorZack WilsonHead coachRandy RibeiroAssistant coachGrace TawilAssistant coachJerry PennantGoalkeeper coach
Owners Rovers Sports and Entertainment Group (RSEG) served as the original owners. RSEG was made up of current and former Canadian National team players, as well as others. The ownership group includes Julian de Guzman, Peter Raco, Kosi Stobbs, Will Devellis, Jason Melbourne, David Zbar, Steve Mantzouranis, as well as Canadian national team players Atiba Hutchinson, Janine Beckie, Cyle Larin, and Doneil Henry.
In December 2025, the Barrie Soccer Club acquired 100% of the club from RSEG.
Executives NamePositionTenureWill DevellisPresident 2026Andy WilsonDirector of Game Day Operations2021–present
Past executives NamePositionTenureJulian de GuzmanPresident & Sporting Director2021–2023Peter RacoPresident2024, 2025Peter RacoChief Executive Officer2021–2025David ZbarChief Marketing Officer2023–2025Jamie MassieSenior Executive Advisor2021–2025
Seasons
Men SeasonLeagueTeamsRankPlayoffsLeague cupCanadian ChampionshipRef2022League1 Ontario2213–5–35thSemi-finals–did not qualify20232115–1–42ndChampions–did not qualify2024League1 Ontario Premier129–7–65th–FinalistsPreliminary round2025118–6–64th–Semi-finals
Women SeasonLeagueTeamsRankPlayoffsLeague CupInter-Provincial ChampionshiporW Canadian ChampionshipRef2022League1 Ontario2012–5–25thQuarter-finals–did not qualify2023198–4–67thdid not qualify–did not qualify2024League1 Ontario Premier/Ontario Premier League105–6–77th–Semi-finalsdid not qualify20251014–3–1Champions–Semi-finalsChampions 20261016–2–0Champions–Semi-finals
Honours Senior Ontario Premier League: Men's Champions: 2023 Women's Champions: 2025, 2026 Premier Soccer Leagues Canada: Inter-Provincial Cup Winners: 2025 Trent Severn Cup Winners: 2022, 2023
Reserves Ontario Premier League3: Men's Champions: 2022
Notable players The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the League1 Ontario team: Men
Women
Club records Below are current record holders for the club. Men RecordRecord holderDateRefLargest victory9–1 vs. Unionville MillikenJune 17, 2023Most appearancesIncludes all competitionsShawn-Claud Lawson (76)2022–presentMost career goalsJevontae Layne(30)2023-2024Home attendance 1,180August 27, 2023Away attendance2,250 (BMO Field)April 24, 2024
Women RecordRecord holderDateRefLargest victory7–0 vs. ProStars FCJuly 12, 2023Most appearancesAdriane Devlin (65)2022–DateMost career goalsAlly Rowe (26)2025
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