[2] After the 1984 season, the NASL folded on March 28, 1985, putting an end to the original edition of the Blizzard, who ceased operations on April 24.

[3][4] In June 1985, the owners of the Blizzard bought the rights to Dinamo Latino of the semi-professional National Soccer League[5] and announced the re-creating the Blizzard for the 1986 season,[2][4] as NSL regulations did not permit the name change in the middle of the season.

[7] They went on to win the regular season title, losing only one match, but lost in the playoffs championship final to Toronto Italia.

[6] In their debut CSL match, the Blizzard tied the North York Rockets, by a score of 1-1.

[11] In 1990, they finished top of the East Division for the second consecutive year, but were defeated in the first round by expansion club Kitchener Spirit.

[6] They struggled in their final season in the CSL, finishing last in the league, failing to qualify for the playoffs for the first time.

[16] Blizzard owner Karsten Von Wersebe had taken the club from the CSL to the APSL in hopes that the league would be awarded US Division I status as FIFA had demanded that a national top-division soccer league exist in the United States as a condition of being awarded the 1994 FIFA World Cup.