Tofino United FC
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| Nickname(s) | The Ospreys | ||
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| Founded | April 24, 1920 | ||
| Stadium | Orris Stadium Tofino | ||
| Capacity | 120,400 | ||
| Owner | Shayne Hemsworth | ||
| Head coach | Isaiah Wolffe | ||
| League | Zamastan Soccer League | ||
| 2020-2021 | Western Conference: 2nd Overall: 3rd Playoffs: TBD | ||
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Tofino United FC is a Zamastanian professional soccer club based in Tofino, Zian that plays in the Western Conference of ZSL. Nicknamed the "Ospreys", the club began play in 1920 as the Tofino Football Club, and joined the ZSL in 1931 as the league's 2nd club. The team plays at Orris Stadium. TofinoUFC has won the second-most championships in the ZSL, only behind Alanis United. Many of the team's players have competed on the Zamastan national football team in international competitions like the World Cup and the Olympics.
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Stadium
Orris Stadium, formerly known as Astra Stadium and United Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Delk neighborhood in Tofino. The stadium was completed in March 2003 at a cost of Z$690 million to host matches in the 2004 Summer Olympics. The Stadium was leased by a private company, the Stadium Astra Group, until the Stadium was sold back to the Orris Company in 2006. The stadium was originally built to hold 110,000 spectators, making it the third largest Olympic Stadium ever built and the largest stadium in Tofino, beating out Blackwater Energy Stadium which held more than 120,000 before its re-design in the early 2010s. In 2003, reconfiguration work was completed to shorten the north and south wings, and install movable seating. These changes reduced the capacity to 83,500 for a rectangular field and 82,500 for an oval field. Awnings were also added over the north and south stands, allowing most of the seating to be under cover. The stadium was engineered along sustainable lines, e.g., utilising less steel in the roof structure than other stadiums.