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Toronto FC Is Going Dutch "Ajax" Style With New Head Coach Winter, Bodes Well For Dayton Dutch Lions Partnership, Ent/Schwartz/Silooy Deals

In the past six months, the Dayton Dutch Lions of the USL-Pro league and Toronto F.C. of MLS have become well-acquianted with one another. In fact, it could be said that Toronto F.C. may be enamored with the Dutch style.. And even that this fascination started with meeting the Dutch Lion owners, Dutch Lion Head Coach Sonny Silooy, and watching the Dutch Lions in July and culminated in signing a Head Coach/Technical Director in Aron Winter today who is not much different at all from Dutch Lions former Head Coach Sonny Silooy.

Dayton Dutch Lion Opponent Included In "Cult Football" Book

In the footie book The Rough Guide to Cult Football there contains different sections on the pecularities and legendary figures of the world's game. Well, one player that actually played against the Dayton Dutch Lions was included in this new book underneath The Legends section. That was German goalkeeper Lutz Pfannenstiel. Last April, The 37 year old Pfannenstiel took time off from his new Nambian club- Ramblers FC (yes, I said Nambian club) to play against the Dayton Dutch Lions.

Former Head Coach Silooy, Former Right Back Schwartz Headed To MLS?

That's according to MLS-Rumors, as they first stated on Friday that Toronto F.C. was not only interested in Ent but the Dutch Lions whole right side from the 2010 season; both Ent and overlapping Dutch Lions right back Evan Schwartz.

Dutch Lions Seal Partnership With Top PDL Club Baton Rouge, May Have Deal Coming With TFC?

The Dayton Dutch Lions already have one sister club in Dutch champions F.C. Twente. The Dutch Lions might be going for the partnership treble this offseason... Yesterday the Dutch Lions announced a partnership with a very successful PDL club- the Baton Rouge Capitals. The Baton Rouge Capitals were founded in 2007, and have a strong English influence- with nearly all of their international spots taken up by English players similiar to how the Dutch Lions keep most of their international spots open for Dutch players.

Clarence Seedorf's Cousin Tries Out For Dutch Lions

One of the featured players by Radio Netherlands was Regillio Seedorf, newphew of famous Dutch, A.C. Milan player Clarence Seedorf. The 21 year old Regillio hasn't had as remarkable of a career as his cousin yet, with only stops in the Second Division of Belgium and the Netherlands. But, with a nice goal strike at the end of this video, who knows his career might take off stateside starting with the Dayton Dutch Lions

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5/14/2010: Dutch Lions Will Be On USL Breakaway On Fox Soccer Channel May 23rd at 4 p.m. & Other News

1:12 PM Reporter: Ryan Kozlowski 0 Responses

**Check out Fox Soccer Channel on the Sunday before the Dutch Lions Wednesday home game that week, at 4 p.m. on May 23rd. A good portion of USL's show "USL Breakaway" will highlight the Dayton Dutch Lions in that episode. Click here for more information.

**Here's a breakdown of tomorrow's game by Dayton's Soccer Examiner at Examiner.com Doug Myers, click here for his breakdown.

5/2/2010: Dutch Lion News From The Weekend

4:19 PM Reporter: Ryan Kozlowski 0 Responses

Some stories from the Global United weekend, written by Dayton Daily News's Kyle Nagel:

**Dayton Dutch Lions Head Coach Sonny Silooy had a Global United uniform at the ready (underneath his Dutch Lion warmup) just in case there were a few injuries on the Global United squad. As despite being star-studded with the likes of Marco Etcheverry, Thomas Dooley, Marcelo Balboa, Fredi Bobic, Tony Sanneh, etc., the Global United squad had a few players that had to back out last second (such as Fernando Couto, Sa Pinto, and Yaw Preko because of other engagements/travel arrangements leaving their squad at 14 players total). Silooy would have fit into the Former World Star roster nicely with his 25 Dutch caps and lengthy experience at Ajax. Story here.

Dutch Lions opening game sets good tone, much better then some other franchise debuts in region, story and words below by Kyle Nagel:

We’ve had our share of professional franchise debuts in the Miami Valley in the past few years.
The most entertaining one belonged to the Dayton Warbirds (indoor football) in April 2005. The opponent, the Beaumont (Texas) Drillers, arrived 3 hours and 48 minutes late after flight mechanical problems, a missed bus in Cincinnati and multiple taxi rides from the Queen City. After a daylight-saving time change, the first game ended at the Nutter Center at 3:27 a.m.

The Warbirds lasted two seasons in the area, and that first game certainly didn’t set a strong tone.

Things were different on Friday, April 30, for the Dayton Dutch Lions.

The Dutch Lions, a group made up of eight Dutch and nine American players in the Premier Development League, played their first home game at Bellbrook High School against a visiting all-star squad.

The home stands were mostly filled, and the crowd was estimated at about 2,800.

The opponents’ star power might’ve helped that, but many in the crowd were already wearing the Dutch Lions’ orange in the stands.

Dayton Dutch Lions midfielder Julius Wille discusses the Global United game and the upcoming league match with Soccer News Netherlands:

"It was really fun to play Global United. Many players had cancelled, that was a shame, but there were still big names. The game was a success, nearly 3,000 people, which came to watch the match" he tells Soccernews.nl

Upcoming this week is the start of the league for Dayton Dutch Lions Wille who is confident. "For us it is still getting used to each other in terms of soccer, the matches take place yet as we want, but we still have a week before the competition so it'll be fine I think."