Mississauga's professional arena soccer team was launched with much fanfare on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at Celebration Square.

The club was unveiled as the MetroStars and will play out of the Paramount Fine Foods Centre during the 2018-19 Major Arena Soccer League season, which will begin later this fall.

Headlining the MetroStars roster is Toronto FC legend Dwayne DeRosario, who is coming out of retirement to lead the squad. Eleven players were introduced, including former Toronto FC defender Adrian Cann, Iranian Premier League veteran Sina Khandan and Anthony Osorio and Josip Keran, who have experience playing first division soccer in Uruguay and Croatia, respectively.

Last year, there was a big push to make Mississauga the hub of Canadian arena soccer. The Canadian Arena Soccer Association is based out of the Paramount Fine Foods Centre and the national team has played three friendly exhibition games out of the facility since last fall.