Quebec Dynamo ARSQ

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'''Quebec Dynamo ARSQ''' was a Canadian soccer club, founded in 2008 in the province of Québec. The women’s team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team debuted in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference against teams from Hamilton, Laval, London, Ottawa, Rochester and Toronto.

The team's colours are black and white. Quebec Dynamo ARSQ play the home games at the Collège François-Xavier-Garneau stadium in Quebec City.

==History== Quebec Dynamo ARSQ was founded in 2008 by four promoters: Samir Ghrib, David Desloges, Stéphane Alain and Maxime Barabé.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110720063010/http://www.quebechebdo.com/Sports/Soccer/2008-09-30/article-1578038/LArsenal-de-Quebec-dans-la-W-League-de-soccer-en-2009/1 (French) L'Arsenal de Québec dans la W-League de soccer en 2009]}}</ref> The presentation of team's colors shirts and the nomination of a general manager takes place on September 24, 2009.<ref>(French) Faites place à l'Arsenal, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/200809/25/01-23314-faites-place-a-larsenal-.php</ref> The new team is consist a non-profit organization from the Association Régionale de Soccer de Québec (ARSQ).<ref>W-League heads to Quebec City, {{cite web|url=http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/home/280077.html |title=United Soccer Leagues (USL) |access-date=October 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927045612/http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/home/280077.html |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref> The team created to ensure the development of regional soccer in the Quebec city and Chaudière-Appalaches region.<ref>(French) L'Amiral SC de Québec fin prêt pour débuter sa première saison, http://www.quebechebdo.com/Soccer/2009-05-19/article-1578784/LAmiral-SC-de-Quebec-fin-pret-pour-debuter-sa-premiere-saison/1 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720063015/http://www.quebechebdo.com/Soccer/2009-05-19/article-1578784/LAmiral-SC-de-Quebec-fin-pret-pour-debuter-sa-premiere-saison/1 |date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>

==Name change== The original name for the franchise was the '''Arsenal SC''', however, lawyers representing the English club Arsenal F.C. demanded that the team change its name, because they hold exclusive rights for that trademark in Canada.<ref>(French) Soccer féminin: oubliez l'Arsenal de Québec, voici l'Amiral, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/actualites-sportives/200902/26/01-831543-soccer-feminin-oubliez-larsenal-de-quebec-voici-lamiral.php</ref> Starting with the 2014 W-League season, the team name was changed from '''Quebec City Amiral SC''' to '''Quebec Dynamo ARSQ'''. The league ended following the 2015 season, however, the club re-formed in 2018 to play in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.journaldequebec.com/2018/04/11/gabrielle-carle-avec-le-dynamo|title=Gabrielle Carle avec le Dynamo|last=Boutin|first=Richard|work=Le Journal de Québec|access-date=2018-04-24|language=fr-CA}}</ref>

==Rivalries== Quebec Dynamo ARSQ have a big rivalry with the Laval Comets.<ref>(French) Amiral SC: une ouverture explosive, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/200905/31/01-861673-amiral-sc-une-ouverture-explosive.php</ref><ref>(French) Québec gagne à Laval, http://www.quebecsoccer.com/article.php?id=1722{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Several former players of Comets play now for the Dynamo.<ref>(French) Guillaume Dumais, Amiral SC: des comètes filent à Québec, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/200905/19/01-857968-amiral-sc-des-cometes-filent-a-quebec.php</ref><ref>(French) [http://lejournaldequebec.canoe.com/sports/encoreplus/archives/2011/04/20110403-170759.html]{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In matches between the two teams, it is not uncommon for supporters to travel Quebec city-Montreal or Montreal-Quebec city to go to encourage their teams.

==Year-by-year==

{| class="wikitable" !Year !League !Division !Regular season !Playoffs |- |2009 |USL W-League |Great Lakes Division |3rd <ref>(French) Un excellent bulletin pour l'Amiral, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/200908/04/01-889791-un-excellent-bulletin-pour-lamiral.php</ref><ref>(French)L’Amiral accède aux séries, [http://lejournaldequebec.canoe.com/journaldequebec/sports/encoreplus/archives/2009/07/20090711-222058.html]{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |Did not qualify <ref>(French) W-League: l'Amiral coulé 5-0 à Buffalo, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/200907/22/01-886532-w-league-lamiral-coule-5-0-a-buffalo.php</ref> |- |2010 |USL W-League |Great Lakes Division |4th <ref>(French)Des leçons à tirer, [http://lejournaldequebec.canoe.com/journaldequebec/sports/encoreplus/archives/2010/07/20100722-203638.html]{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |no participation to playoff <ref>(French) L'Amiral exclu des séries, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/201007/18/01-4299313-lamiral-exclu-des-series.php</ref> |- |2011 |USL W-League |Great Lakes Division |3rd<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/standings/index_E.html United Soccer Leagues (USL)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531061024/http://wleague.uslsoccer.com/standings/index_E.html |date=May 31, 2010 }}</ref> |lost the Central Conference Championship |- |2012 |USL W-League |Great Lakes Division |2nd<ref name=autogenerated1 /> |Win Central Conference playoffs and finish 4th at W-League Final Four |- |2013 |USL W-League |Central Conference |5th<ref name=autogenerated1 /> |Did not qualify |- |2014 |USL W-League |Central Conference |5th<ref name=autogenerated1 /> |Did not qualify |- |2015 |USL W-League |Northeastern Conference |2nd<ref name=autogenerated1 /> |Loses in W-League Final Four |}

==Players==

===Squad 2011=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=1|nat=CAN|name=Sarah Boucher<ref>Profile on Canada Soccer, {{cite web|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/u20/profile.asp?playerid%3D639 |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927185637/http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/u20/profile.asp?playerid=639 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref>|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=3|nat=CAN|name=Mélissa Roy|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=5|nat=CAN|name=Laura Chénard<ref>Profile on Canada Soccer, {{cite web|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/national/profile.asp?playerid%3D1469 |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603053758/http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/national/profile.asp?playerid=1469 |archive-date=June 3, 2011 }}</ref>|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=7|nat=CAN|name=Andréanne Gagné<ref>(French) https://www.usherbrooke.ca/soccer/alignements/feminin/andreanne-gagne/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112010146/http://www.usherbrooke.ca/soccer/alignements/feminin/andreanne-gagne/ |date=2012-11-12 }}</ref><ref>Profile on Canada Soccer, {{cite web|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/profile.asp?playerid%3D414 |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822220024/http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/profile.asp?playerid=414 |archive-date=August 22, 2009 }}</ref>|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=8|nat=CAN|name=Myriam Bouchard<ref>(French) Myriam Bouchard s'offre Québec pour ses 20 ans, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/200907/14/01-884125-myriam-bouchard-soffre-quebec-pour-ses-20-ans.php</ref><ref>Profile on Canada Soccer {{cite web|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/profile.asp?playerid%3D396 |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822220004/http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/profile.asp?playerid=396 |archive-date=August 22, 2009 }}</ref>|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=9|nat=CAN|name=Léa Chastenay-Joseph|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=CAN|name=Geneviève Caron|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=CAN|name=Stéphanie Frenette-Blais|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=12|nat=CAN|name=Mélissa Lesage|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=CAN|name=Josée Bélanger<ref>(French) Soccer: Josée Bélanger doit oublier la Coupe du monde, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/la-tribune/sports/201104/27/01-4393821-soccer-josee-belanger-doit-oublier-la-coupe-du-monde.php</ref><ref>Profile on Canada Soccer, {{cite web|url=http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/national/profile.asp?playerid%3D374 |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603045947/http://www.canadasoccer.com/players/national/profile.asp?playerid=374 |archive-date=June 3, 2011 }}</ref>|pos=FW}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=CAN|name=Arianne Leclerc|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=16|nat=Haiti|name=Manoucheka Pierre-Louis<ref>(French) Amiral de Québec: la filière haïtienne rouverte, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/201105/26/01-4403217-amiral-de-quebec-la-filiere-haitienne-rouverte.php</ref>|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=Haiti|name=Adeline Saintilmond<ref>{{Cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927081705/https://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/201105/31/01-4404774-une-offensive-haitienne-pour-lamiral.php|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/201105/31/01-4404774-une-offensive-haitienne-pour-lamiral.php|language=fr|title=Une offensive haïtienne pour l'Amiral|first=Olivier|last=Bossé|publisher=Le Soleil|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2012|website=La Presse|trans-title=A Haitian offensive for Amiral|date=1 June 2011|accessdate=1 August 2021}}</ref>|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=CAN|name=Frédérique Paradis|pos=DF}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=CAN|name=Véronique Laverdière<ref>(French) Véronique Laverdière: «Le sport m'a sauvée», http://www.cyberpresse.ca/sports/soccer/201105/10/01-4397860-veronique-laverdiere-le-sport-ma-sauvee.php</ref><ref>(French) Véronique Laverdière: Qui veut d'un prof extraordinaire, {{cite web|url=http://www.ruefrontenac.com/sports/sport-universitaire/36950-sport-universitaire-soccer-carabins-universite-montreal-veronique-laverdiere |title=Rue Frontenac - Véronique Laverdière – Qui veut d'un prof extraordinaire? |access-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503064616/http://www.ruefrontenac.com/sports/sport-universitaire/36950-sport-universitaire-soccer-carabins-universite-montreal-veronique-laverdiere |archive-date=May 3, 2011 }}</ref>|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=CAN|name=Marie-Pier Bilodeau|pos=GK}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=CAN|name=Joelle Gosselin|pos=MF}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=CAN|name=Geneviève Marcotte|pos=FW}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=CAN|name=Cristina Di Ielsi|pos=DF}} {{Fs end}}

<ref>[http://www.amiraldequebec.com/equipe.php AMIRAL de Québec] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623103444/http://www.amiraldequebec.com/equipe.php |date=June 23, 2011 }}</ref>

==Staff 2013== * ''Owner:'' Denis Poulin * ''Head Coach:'' Samir Ghrib<ref>(French)Samir Ghrib prend les rênes de l'Amiral de Québec féminin, http://www.quebechebdo.com/Sports/Soccer/2010-12-16/article-2048562/Samir-Ghrib-prend-les-renes-de-lAmiral-de-Quebec-feminin/1 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720063023/http://www.quebechebdo.com/Sports/Soccer/2010-12-16/article-2048562/Samir-Ghrib-prend-les-renes-de-lAmiral-de-Quebec-feminin/1 |date=2011-07-20 }}</ref><ref>(French) [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/201105/12/01-4398963-le-plan-b-de-lamiral-fait-lunanimite.php Carl Tardif, Le plan B de l'Amiral fait l'unanimité], May 13, 2011.</ref>

=== Former head coach === * {{flagicon|CAN}} Fabien Cottin, (2009) <ref>(French) L'Arsenal pige dans sa cour, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/200811/18/01-801729-larsenal-pige-dans-sa-cour.php</ref><ref>(French) L'Amiral se sépare de son entraîneur, http://www.quebecsoccer.com/article.php?id=1880{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>(French) Cottin revient à la charge,[http://lejournaldequebec.canoe.com/sports/encoreplus/archives/2009/12/20091223-205544.html]{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> * {{flagicon|CAN}} Jonas Worth, (2010) <ref>(French) Jonas Worth à la barre de l'Amiral de Québec, http://www.quebechebdo.com/Soccer/2010-01-07/article-1584324/Jonas-Worth-a-la-barre-de-lAmiral-de-Quebec/1 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720063046/http://www.quebechebdo.com/Soccer/2010-01-07/article-1584324/Jonas-Worth-a-la-barre-de-lAmiral-de-Quebec/1 |date=2011-07-20 }}</ref><ref>(French) Worth ne dirigera pas l'Amiral en 2011, http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/sports/soccer/201007/23/01-4300939-worth-ne-dirigera-pas-lamiral-en-2011.php</ref>

=== Former assistant coach === * {{flagicon|CAN}} Christophe Blin, (2012) * {{flagicon|CAN}} Marie-Ève Laflamme, (2009) * {{flagicon|BRA}} Eduardo Guerra, (2010) <ref>(French) Un Brésilien se joint à l’Amiral,[http://lejournaldequebec.canoe.com/journaldequebec/sports/encoreplus/archives/2010/04/20100413-203639.html]{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==External links== * (French) [http://www.amiraldequebec.com Amiral SC website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100602084505/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2010/13599622.html#MAIN Amiral SC on USL Soccer]

==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

Category:Women's soccer clubs in Canada Category:Sports clubs and teams in Quebec City Category:Soccer clubs in Quebec Category:United Soccer League teams based in Canada Category:USL W-League (1995–2015) teams Category:2008 establishments in Quebec Category:Association football clubs established in 2008