Last Friday, Guelph United hosted its annual season-end Gala and Awards. With an eye to a 2025 in which Guelph United hopes to build on the success of the women’s team, and to promote right back to the Premier Division with the men’s, here are the awards winners for our 2024 season, as well as photos from the event.

Guelph United today announces that coach Justin Springer will not be returning to his role as men's first team Head Coach in 2025 for personal reasons. The decision is effective immediately.

With the 2024 season now in the rearview mirror, we sat down with Guelph United general manager Keith Mason, for an in-depth interview.

The inconceivable happened: our men’s team relegated last night to League1 Ontario’s second-tier Championship division, at the end of a tense, exciting match against the St. Catharines Roma Wolves.

Guelph United will head to St. Catharines, on September 11th, for a relegation playoff match against local team St. Catharines Roma Wolves. In an entertaining match yesterday at the Centennial Bowl, our team ended the season with a 3-3 draw against Simcoe County Rovers.

With only 6 senior players available for selection, and even some reserve players away with their U-Sports teams, Guelph United stood no chance in an away matchup to a Sigma FC team with much fewer roster issues, on Saturday afternoon in Mississauga.

Guelph United played its best game of the last few weeks, yesterday afternoon against Woodbridge Strikers, but it was still not enough. A 0-1 loss that sees our team stay in 11th place, 4 points below Sigma FC, who fortunately also lost yesterday, 5-2 against the Vaughan Azzurri.

That’s a wrap on our women’s 2024 season, and what an ending it’s been. A 7-1 dismantling of 2023 champions Alliance United, and a 4-match undefeated streak (3 wins and a draw), to finish in 6th place of L1O’s Premier Division - our highest ever ranking (after ending 13th in 2022, and 12th in 2023).

Yesterday’s double-header saw both of our teams face the Vaughan Azzurri, at the Centennial Bowl, in a festive atmosphere due to the Guelph Soccer Day event. Our men’s team lost, but our women’s team got to within one point of confirming the survival from relegation.

Guelph United’s senior teams had a mixed Sunday at the Centennial Bowl, with the men getting a convincing, massive win, 4-0 against Sigma FC, and the women losing a tightly contested match, 0-1 against FC London.

The worst stretch of results in Guelph United history is over: yesterday afternoon, both our teams ended losing streaks with impressive, convincing wins that give us some breathing room in the relegation battles of League1 Ontario.

Guelph United has reinforced its attacking group with the signing of Canadian forward Frank-William Andreacchi for the remainder of the 2024 season.

Guelph United has reinforced its goalkeeping pool with the signing of Canadian-Jamaican goalkeeper Tristan Mitchell da Costa.

Guelph United Women defeated perennial favorites NDC Ontario, last night, in a memorable match in the Round of 16 of the L1 Cup.

The first two games of the season at the Centennial Bowl ended with two convincing wins for our men’s team.

It’s been nearly 9 months since our last home match at the Centennial Bowl. After what seemed like an interminable off-season, we’re finally back!

Mixed weekend for Guelph United: an impressive win for our women’s team at Alliance United, and a controversial loss for the men against Burlington SC.

Today marks the home debut of our men’s team in the 2024 season - with a caveat: our home for this first match is Oriental Park Field, in Cambridge. While we wait to host you at the Centennial Bowl starting May 15th, here’s a quick FAQ about today’s match.

Despite some solid performances, both our teams return with tough, frustrating losses this weekend in Vaughan, in games in which we played well, but weren’t able to obtain any points.

Our Guelph United teams were back in action this weekend. And, despite different results - our men’s team won at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, while the women lost against NDC Ontario - both matches offered plenty of reasons for optimism.