The Oakville Blue Devils will be looking to establish a team identity as they begin their first season in League1 Ontario, but already president Duncan Wilde is thinking about making changes to the team’s logo.

The two stars atop the club’s logo represent the championships won by previous incarnations of the Blue Devils — a national under-19 title in 1998 and a Canadian Professional Soccer League crown in 2005. Wilde would like nothing more than to add another star as soon as possible.

And while that may not necessarily happen this season as the Blue Devils join a league that already has established powerhouse teams, Wilde sees no reason the team can’t be competitive.

“We had the infrastructure in place from the PDL (Premier Development League, which the team played in last season under the Toronto Lynx banner),” Wilde said. “We’ve made some roster changes, but I’d like to think we’ll be really competitive. It’s in our DNA to want to compete for championships.”

That process begins Sunday as the Blue Devils kick off the League1 season by hosting the Sanjaxx Lions at 4 p.m. at Sheridan College.

And while Wilde would like to win championships, he also wants to do it with local talent by building a development system through its affiliation with the Oakville Soccer Club.

This year’s team will feature several players who came up through the OSC, including midfielder Anthony Doran and Tyler Wason, both members of Oakville’s Ontario Cup-winning under-21 team, and Mackenzie (Macca) Wilde, a former national under-20 team player who played at Lincoln Memorial University.

Khody Ellis represents a couple of ties the Blue Devils hope to make with the community.

A former Oakville Blue Star, Ellis was named Sheridan College’s male athlete of the year after leading the Bruins to the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association championship in November. The Blue Devils also signed keeper Daniel Voci, who was the MVP of the national tournament, and midfielder Christian Kusiewicz from the Bruins’ national championship team.

“We want to make this a true Oakville club,” Wilde said.