Inter Toronto FC unveils new identity: 'A club that truly represents Torontonians'

Inter Toronto Football Club was officially announced Thursday night as the new identity of the Canadian Premier League’s Toronto-based club.

The team’s new crest and colours were unveiled at an event in Toronto, as the club turns the page on its York United FC era, aiming to embrace and reflect the diverse, globally-connected city they plan in.

“Our city stands for opportunity and resilience and our club must reflect that,” said club president Ricardo Pasquel in a statement.

“Inter Toronto is the next step in our journey to strengthen Canadian soccer and provide a true pathway for young players to grow right here at home. We are investing in our community and in a future where Inter Toronto becomes a symbol of what this sport can achieve in Canada. It is an exciting moment, and it belongs to everyone who believes in what we are building.”

This new chapter for one of the CPL's founding teams kicked off in Toronto with numerous key figures from the club in attendance, including head coach Mauro Eustáquio and players Max Ferrari, Shola Jimoh, Luke Singh and Kembo Kibato, among others — all of them raised in the Greater Toronto Area.

In revealing the new branding, Inter Toronto made several references to 1834, historically the year in which the city of York changed its name to Toronto.

The club’s new logo takes inspiration from the Toronto skyline, as well as the Humber, Don and Rouge Rivers that flow into Lake Ontario. The official colours have been named as Lake Ontario Blue, Trillium White, Sunrise Gold and Tower Stone. lateY(-4px);"> 

Pasquel added on Thursday evening: "We want to have a club that truly represents Torontonians. People feel proud of this club, that they embrace the club, they look up to it. From our end, we've got to build a very succesful team on and off the pitch. And then it goes beyond Toronto. It goes all over Canada, and to the international level. Toronto, for us and for many people, is one of the most beautiful and important cities in the world, so what better way to represent the club than being here in Toronto and having our club named after that?"

In addition to unveiling the Inter Toronto branding, the club also revealed some other ways in which they intend to connect with the city.

Namely, the ownership group is bullish on their intent to find a home for the team closer to the city centre. Eduardo Pasquel, the club's CEO, told OneSoccer that the club has had conversations with the City of Toronto around potentially converting Lamport Stadium into a future venue for Inter Toronto as well as a key asset for the local soccer community.

"We've been in conversations with the city, they've been amazing to us," he said. "They want us to be a part of the city, and of course we want to be a part of the city as well. Conversations are going pretty well. We're working on Lamport Stadium to make it a better facility, not only for the club or the CPL, but for the community and for the city. We want to grow with the sport, we want to bring Torontonians together with the World Cup."

Although the club will continue to play at York Lions Stadium in the 2026 CPL season, they confirmed that they are exploring alternative options for seasons beyond.

Ricardo Pasquel also confirmed the club's ambition with regard to its academy; they launched a youth structure within the past couple years, and will soon be expanding it to more age groups.

The CPL's VP of Football, Costa Smyrniotis, offered his support for the new era of Toronto's club.

"It's tremendous," Smyrniotis told OneSoccer. "What a great statement of intent from the club, to show their ambition to be a big club within our league, to be a big club within Canada, but also just [be] grounded in community, which is, I think, the biggest statement of intent here: to show how important community is, how important it is to build a club around a community, and how important it is to make Toronto home, going forward for this club."

Smyrniotis added that he's glad to see the team taking steps toward a stadium solution, pointing out that infrastructure and facilities have been one of the biggest challenges facing the Canadian soccer landscape.

"I'm so happy that that is part of the whole intent of this group," he said. "We all know the challenges we have in this country when it comes to infrastructure; we just don't have enough. We're going into a World Cup year, and when you start thinking legacy, and you start thinking, what are we going to leave behind, not only for the current generation but the generations going forward, what's going to be the legacy of this World Cup? Infrastructure is right at the forefront."