Montréal Carsteel FC (later known as Cancar FC) was a Canadian soccer club based in Montréal, Québec. They were one-time Dominion of Canada Football Championships winners, lifting the Challenge Trophy in 1948. They were recognized by the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as an Organisation of Distinction.
Over the course of their soccer history, Carsteel FC played in several leagues and competitions and were at times either a professional or amateur club. They were renamed Cancar FC in 1949 and they played their last major season in 1953. The soccer team was owned (and named after) the Canadian Car and Foundry.
Wrote Winnipeg sports journalist Vince Leah in 1943, "you can name the famous Canadian soccer teams on one hand... Westminster Royals, Toronto Ulster, Montréal Carsteel and United Weston.""From the sidelines" The Winnipeg Tribune, April 21, 1943, p. 12.
Season-by-season record Note: MP = Matches played, W = Wins, D = Draws, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Montréal Carsteel FC / Cancar FC record after the start of the Second World War. Season MP W D L Pts Finish Playoffs Québec Canada Playoffs 1940 National League 12 11 1 0 23 1st in NSL-QC Won Atholstan Trophy Lost Semifinals Lost Québec Semifinals 1941 National League 12 9 1 2 19 1st in NSL-QC Runners up Lost Semifinals 1941 City League 4 4 0 0 8 1st in NCL-A 1942 Montréal 18 13 4 1 30 1st in MNL 1942 City League 5 4 0 1 8 2nd in NCL-A 1943 Montréal 10 6 2 2 14 2nd in MNL 1943 City League 7 6 0 1 12 1st in NCL-A 1944 Montréal 12 6 3 3 15 3rd in MNL 1944 City League 5 3 0 2 6 3rd in NCL-A 1945 Montréal 11 6 3 2 15 1st in MNL 1945 City League 5 5 0 0 10 1st in NCL-A 1946 Montréal 10 7 1 2 15 2nd in Mtl-NSL No playoffs Lost Final Lost Semifinals 1946 City League 5 4 0 1 8 2nd in NCL-A No playoffs 1947 National League 15 4 2 9 10 4th in NSL-ON/QC No playoffs Lost Semifinals Lost Eastern Final 1947 City League 4 3 0 1 6 2nd in NCL-A No playoffs 1948 National League 6 5 1 0 11 1st in NSL-QC Won Atholstan Trophy Won 1948 Coupe du Québec Won 1948 Challenge Trophy 1948 City League 16 14 1 1 29 2nd in NCL-A No playoffs 1949 National League 10 10 0 0 20 1st in NSL-QC Runners up 1949(50) Lost Semifinals Québec 1st Round 1949 City League 10 8 0 2 16 1st in NCL-A No playoffs 1950 National League 12 5 3 4 13 4th in NSL-QC No playoffs Lost Quarterfinals Did not enter
Montréal Cancar FC record in the Montréal First Division (after Québec teams pulled out of the National League). Season MP W D L Pts Finish Playoffs Québec Canada Playoffs 1951 13 7 4 2 18 3rd in MSL Runners up Won 1951 Coupe du Québec Lost Québec final 1952 16 8 2 6 18 4th in MSL Runners up Round of 16 Lost Québec final 1953 18 6 5 7 17 6th in MSL No playoffs Quarterfinals Québec Quarterfinals
Honours
ContinentalCompetitionsTitlesSeasonsNationalCompetitionsTitlesSeasons Dominion of Canada Football Championship 1 Challenge Trophy 1948 Coupe du Québec 11 1925, 1927, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1951 Québec section winners for the Dominion Championship 7 1925, 1931, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948 Interprovincial League 1 1925 National League Championship for the Atholstan Trophy 3 1936, 1940, 1948 National League Québec 7 Meighen Trophy 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1948, 1949 National City League 4 Stanford Trophy 1941, 1943, 1945, 1949
Notable former player Eight former Montréal Carsteel FC players have been inducted into the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame as honoured players. Marcel Castonguay Paul-Émile Castonguay Roland Castonguay Sam Chedgzoy Bill Gill Eddie MacLaine Doug McMahon Arthur Woutersz
References
External links Canada Soccer Club Profile for Montréal Carsteel FC The Connaught Series