Gianni Cimini

Coaching career From 2006 to 2012, he was the Technical Director for the Woodbridge Strikers youth soccer club, also serving as a Regional Assistant Coach with the Ontario Soccer Association in 2011.

In 2012, he joined the Toronto FC Academy, where he worked in various coaching positions between the U12 and U17 levels, as well as the as academy technical manager from 2015 to 2017. In 2020, he was listed as an honourable mention on Major League Soccer's list of academy coaches ready to make the jump to the first team. During this time, he also served as Aurora FC's Elite Player Pathway Manager and Director of Coach Education.

In 2022, he was named head coach of Toronto FC II in MLS Next Pro. In his first season as coach, he led the team to their first-ever playoff berth, after winning the Northeast Division. Under Cimini, the 2022 MLS NEXT Pro regular season marked the most successful campaign in TFC II history, which included the most wins (12), highest point total (41 points), most goals scored (44), highest goal differential (+6), most away wins (6) and a two-month unbeaten streak, marking the longest unbeaten run in club history (10 matches; seven wins and three draws between June 2 and August 21, 2022). After defeating Philadelphia Union 2 in the Conference semi-finals, they were defeated by Columbus Crew 2 in extra time in the Conference finals.

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