[1][2] The club featured former Toronto FC players Dwayne De Rosario, Molham Babouli and Adrian Cann on the roster in its first season.

[13][14] The purpose of the Arena Premier League was to develop and provide talent to the Canadian national indoor team, and later to the MetroStars.

[16] The team finished the 2018–19 season 15th in the league with a record of 4 wins, 20 losses, and ranked 14th in attendance with an average of 1,020 per game.

They planned to play their 12 home games in six cities across Ontario (St. Catharines, Kingston, Oshawa, Windsor, Sarnia, and Brampton)[18] to spread awareness for the sport.

Before playing a single game that season, the Major Arena Soccer League published a revised schedule that did not include the MetroStars.