Man charged after coaches say he threatened to stab someone at girls' soccer game north of Toronto

CBC News

· Posted: Jun 28, 2025 1:50 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

Police person charged a antheral with uttering threats aft an incidental during a U13 girls shot crippled successful Vaughan past week wherever coaches accidental a parent threatened to stab someone. 

The incidental happened during a crippled betwixt Kleinburg Nobleton Soccer Club (KNSC) and Glen Shields Juventus FC connected June 20 astatine Concord Thornhill Regional Park. 

About 10 minutes into the 2nd half, a KNSC subordinate collided with a Glen Shields player, said Nikita Moriarity, adjunct manager for KNSC. 

A video signaling of the crippled provided by KNSC appears to amusement a infinitesimal wherever 2 players collided, with 1 miss falling to the ground. 

After the referee blows the whistle, a dependable tin beryllium heard shouting, "I'm going to f—king stab you."

A young player can beryllium heard saying: "He told maine he's going to stab me" with a spectator adding "Yeah, I heard that. I besides heard that."

York Regional Police said a antheral was arrested connected Friday successful transportation with the incidental and was charged with uttering threats. 

Team has temporarily restricted individual from events 

Moriarity said 1 of her players was "obviously distraught, precise fearful" aft the remark was made. 

"When you person parents who are expected to beryllium relation models, who are expected to beryllium encouraging and processing young minds, acting oregon saying those benignant of things connected the bench, careless of who it's directed at, that's concerning," she told CBC Toronto. 

However, successful a connection posted to Instagram Friday, Glen Shields Juventus FC said they conducted an interior reappraisal of the incident, which including analyzing "available footage" and gathering eyewitness accounts, and recovered the remark was made toward an big astatine the game, not a player. 

"While aboriginal media reported an nationalist statements suggested the remark was made toward a young player, our findings bash not enactment that account," the club said successful its statement. 

The idiosyncratic alleged to person made the remark has been temporarily restricted from from participating successful immoderate nine activities, "pending the result of a afloat probe by the due authorities," the connection says. 

"Glen Shields Juventus FC upholds a strict zero-tolerance argumentation toward abusive behaviour successful immoderate form, whether directed a players, referees, coaches, oregon spectators."

In an email, the club's president Aldo Lippa said it volition not beryllium speaking to media astir the incident.

Both clubs are portion of the York Region Soccer Association (YRSA.) The association's sporting manager Tony Fonseca said it is alert of the incidental successful an email to CBC Toronto, and that the teams and the YRSA are "acting accordingly" arsenic the constabulary probe continues, helium said. 

"This does not bespeak the large sportsmanship and respect demonstrated astatine each times by each our subordinate clubs successful York Region each clip they measurement connected the field," helium wrote.  

"Such deplorable behaviours bash not person a spot successful our environments."

KSNC caput manager calling for consequences

Ontario Soccer said it was besides alert of the incidental successful a statement, but the YRSA is managing the lawsuit since it involves clubs successful their district. 

If a ceremonial ailment is filed with Ontario Soccer, the enactment said an autarkic third-party volition negociate the case. 

KSNC caput manager Andrea Yepez said she wants to marque definite girls and women successful shot are protected and consciousness safe.

She said she has dealt with intimidation earlier arsenic a pistillate manager successful a male-dominated sport, but the alleged threat "raised the bar."

"[Are] determination definite protocols oregon procedures enactment successful spot for the information of the pistillate players?" she said.

She is calling for consequences aft the incident, which she said reflects an ongoing toxic culture among immoderate clubs and parents.  

"We're not going to conscionable rotation implicit … We're going to support working, support maintaining the goals and our character," she said.