GS United Commitment to Excellence

2005 SUCCESS CHANGED CLUB OBJECTIVE The experience of losing is the best incentive for winning. This may have been what motivated GS United when the club fell on some hard times after a mediocre season in 2004.

GS finished the season in third in the Ontario Soccer League (OSL) and was presented with the Most Discipline Team award for their efforts. It was a reality check for the players who had grown accustom to designating people to carry home the numerous trophies at the end of season award banquets. It is also worth mentioning that the club had won the same Discipline Award the previous two seasons and while it showed well it was another gut check. GS disappointment of the 2004 season carried over into the 2005 season. The players could not wait to get back to their winning ways as they found different ways to defeat opponents. It was a banner year in terms of achievement as GS won most of the major trophies in the OSL and put the icing on the cake by winning the Canadian National Championship. The little club from Scarborough, Ontario, rose to national prominence after just five seasons in the Ontario Soccer League (OSL) and it changed the focus from the Ontario Cup to winning the National Championships.

Tom Kouzmanis displays his Ontario Cup and National Gold medals. He scored the lone goal for GS to win O-Cup

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