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Aldwyn McGill won Coach of the Year in 2002 because of his
uncanny ability to assess players and the opposition. It has proven
to be one of his greatest assets to winning championships.
However it did help when he had a wide range of players in the city
who he can summons and are willing to assist. It also seems he
has left his leadership footprints with them as a lot of his former
players are soccer coaches and doing well in terms of success.
Players like Chris Handsor, Johnny Williams, Gary Bryan, Elvis
Thomas, Bayete Smith, Ricky Titus and even his son Tyrell and a
host of others are striving coaches at different levels of play.
Johnny has won several coach of the year awards and with all
these players transforming into coaches it seems like GS (Gursikh
Sabha) United club has been the biggest beneficiary of these great
players and their coaching skills.
It was GS United that McGill summoned for assistance after his
ship hit turbulent waters in the Canadian Professional Soccer
League (CPSL) with Metro Lions. McGill was the General Manager
of Lions club for the 2002 season before he took over the coaching
duties due to what he said was philosophical
differences with the coach in moving the club
forward.
The only problem in moving forward was that the
Lions lost its first two matches under McGill when
he took over as coach.
Metro Lions was a .500 club (3-3-0) at handover
and to complicate matters McGill was also in a
managerial position at GS United of the Ontario
Soccer League.
To change the team fortunes McGill signed
affiliate agreements with clubs in Scarborough
Soccer Association (SSA) where he has had a
relationship and was able to find good players.
He signed agreements with his former clubs
West Indies United and Magic but insisted that it
was GS United’s affiliation that made the
difference in turning the ship around. Metro Lions
made the playoffs and reached the
semi final of the Rogers Cup.
“Thank heavens for Dave Sidhu
and GS United.” He said. “The
affiliation with the other clubs
helped but the relationships with GS
was exactly what the doctor
ordered.”
McGill was also manager of the GS
team which won the OSL League
title in 2002 and was around the
team when the club won the Men’s
National Championships in 2005
and the Men’s O-35 National title in
2010.
GS women’s team has won the
last four Ontario Cup competitions
(2013 to 2016) and they are
working hard towards another.
GS Coaching staff after Championship win
J. Williams, C. Handsor, Dexter, W. Morgan,
GS Mgr. Dave Sidhu & Emil Calixterio hold Ontario Cup
Ontario Cup champs GS Utd on its ways to win national championship in 2005