User talk:Nineveh Star

The name (Nineveh Star Soccer Team) is taken from the ancient city of Nineveh (capital city of the great Assyrian Empire).

Nineveh is situated just outside Mosul, Iraq on the east bank of the River Tigris. The name of Nineveh is of Sumerian origin.

Nineveh was the 3rd capital of Assyria Empire after Assur and Nimrud, dating from the reign of the great King Sennacherib (704-681 BC) and was one of the most powerful cities of the Middle East: the hub of the civilized ancient World. Its downfall came in 612 BC, when it was sacked by the Medes of Northern Persia whom killed the last great king of Nineveh, Ashurbanipal (669-624 BC).

This city, a beloved of the goddess Ishtar, was ruled by a number of great Assyrian Kings, such as Sargon II (721-705 BC), before he moved to Khorsabad, succeeded by his son Sennacherib who abandoned his father's new capital and went back to Nineveh, and Esarhaddon (681-669 BC) and Ashurbanipal, all of whom enlarged and built up the city turning it into a beautiful 700 hectares large city of wide boulevards, large squares, parks, and gardens.

Sennacherib, statesman and soldier, built bridges and the city wall, dug canals, and planted gardens. Armies of workers constructed his Palace without a rival: A 42,000 km2 large palace with 27 entrances and at least 80 chambers, halls, and rooms, lavishly and expensively adorned with massive sculptures, relief-carvings, glazed brick paneling, winged bulls, and lions of bronze.

The city wall was 12 km in circumference and had long series of bas-reliefs most of which were taken to the British Museum. It was set with 15 gates, each gate was named after an Assyrian god. Some are guarded with pairs of winged bulls still standing in their original places nowadays. And few have been reconstructed recently, notably the Shamash, Nergal, Maski, and Adad gates.

Nineveh is noted for its colossal palace, its library with thousands of clay tablets which were collected by King Ashurbanipal from various cities preserving much of the lore and knowledge of ancient Mesopotamia, its statuary, and its prehistoric pottery.

Nineveh Star Soccer Club is a non profit athletic organization whose prime purpose is to provide an opportunity for youth, kids and adults in Toronto to play and enjoy the sport of soccer. It all started in 1993 when the Nineveh Star Soccer Team commenced playing in the Toronto Soccer Association First Disivion. The team achieved great results and ultimately won the Toronto Soccer Association (TSA) League Cup in 1993 by defeating Ukrania by a score of 3-0.

In 2001, the team reached the Premier division of the Toronto Soccer Association by winning the first division.

Now many years later, the club still has a team playing in the Toronto Soccer Association's Premier Division and also has the Nineveh Star House League. Nineveh Star House League is open to all age-eligible children/youth in the North Toronto community, regardless of their skill level or experience in soccer.

With the continuing involvement of the volunteer coaches and managers, this Club remains an integral part of our community!

Soccer & Nineveh Star has a long-standing history and is a reflection of our community’s success and achievement in Toronto.