2015 League1 Ontario season

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League1 Ontario
Men's Division
Season2015
Champions Oakville Blue Devils
Cup champions Woodbridge Strikers
Matches played132
Goals scored503 (3.81 per match)
Top goalscorer Adonijah Reid
Filipe Vilela
(20 goals)
Biggest home winDurham 8–0 ProStars
(17 July 2015)
Sigma 8–0 Master's
(18 July 2015)
Biggest away winSanjaxx 0–7 Vaughan
(14 June 2015)
ProStars 1–8 Kingston
(17 October 2015)
2014
2016

The 2015 Men's League1 Ontario season was the second season of play for League1 Ontario, a Division 3 semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario.

Contents

This season saw the return of all nine teams which completed the previous season, as well as the addition of three new teams for the Men's Division. [1] The 2015 season also marked the birth of League1 Ontario's Women's Division, which began play with seven teams. [2]

Changes from 2014

Three new teams (Oakville Blue Devils, ProStars FC, and Sanjaxx Lions) joined the Men's Division for this season, resulting in a twelve-team competition for that side. As a result, the group stage of the Men's cup will change from two five-team groups to four three-team groups.

The Cataraqui Clippers changed their name to the Kingston Clippers starting in this season.

Teams

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ANB Futbol
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Kingston
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Durham
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Oakville
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Pro Stars
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Windsor
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TORONTO
Location of teams outside of Toronto for the 2015 League1 Ontario season.
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Master's FA
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Sanjaxx
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Sigma / NMSC
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TFC Academy
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Vaughan
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Woodbridge
Location of teams in or near Toronto for the 2015 League1 Ontario season.
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ANB Futbol King City, ON The Country Day School
Durham United FC Pickering, ON Kinsmen Park
Kingston Clippers Kingston, ON Tindall Field, Queen's University
Master's Futbol Academy Toronto, ON L'Amoreaux Park
Oakville Blue Devils Oakville, ON Sheridan Stadium
ProStars FC Brampton, ON Victoria Park
Sanjaxx Lions Toronto, ON Esther Shiner Stadium
Sigma FC Mississauga, ON Hershey Centre
Toronto FC Academy Toronto, ON KIA Training Ground
Vaughan Azzurri Maple, ON McNaughton Park
Windsor Stars Windsor, ON McHugh Park
Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge, ON Vaughan Grove

Source: [3]

Standings

Each team will play 22 matches as part of the season; one home and one away against every other team in the league. There are no playoffs at the end of the season; the first-place team will be crowned as league champion and will face the PLSQ league champion in the Inter-Provincial Cup.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Oakville Blue Devils (C)2217235718+3953 Inter-Provincial Cup
2 Woodbridge Strikers (X)2215254416+2847
3 Vaughan Azzurri 2212735522+3343
4 Sigma FC 2212646233+2942
5 Toronto FC Academy 2213186137+2440
6 ANB Futbol 2212375028+2239
7 Durham United FC 2211384429+1536
8 Windsor Stars 227693943427
9 Kingston Clippers 22461233501718
10 ProStars FC 22431524785415
11 Sanjaxx Lions 2230191466529
12 Master's FA 2213182083636
Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/standings
(C) Champions; (X) L1 Cup winner

Cup

2015 League1 Ontario Cup
Men's Division
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Trophy presented to the champions of the League1 Ontario Cup
CountryCanada
DatesMay 20 – August 9, 2015
Teams12
Champions Woodbridge Strikers
Runners-up Sigma FC
Matches played19
Goals scored82 (4.32 per match)

The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all twelve teams from the men's division take part. It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is more like the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup, albeit only for League1 Ontario teams. All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.

The cup tournament for the men's division consists of two phases. The first phase is a group phase, where four groups of three teams play in a single round-robin format. From each group, the top two teams advance to the knockout phase, which consists of a quarterfinal, semifinal, and final.

Each match in the group stage must return a result; any match drawn after 90 minutes will advance directly to kicks from the penalty mark, with the winner receiving two points in the standings, while the loser receives one point. [4] Likewise, any knockout round matches which are tied after full time head directly to penalty kicks instead of extra time. [5]

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWPWPLLGFGAGDPtsQualificationVGNKNGMAS
1Vaughan Azzurri2200081+76Advance to knockout stage4–0
2Kingston Clippers2100157231–4
3Master's FA2000238503–4

Group B

PosTeamPldWPWPLLGFGAGDPtsQualificationSIGANBOAK
1Sigma FC2100164+23Advance to knockout stage1–2
2ANB Futbol2100145132–5
3Oakville Blue Devils2100123130–2

Group C

PosTeamPldWPWPLLGFGAGDPtsQualificationWDBDURSAN
1Woodbridge Strikers2200052+36Advance to knockout stage2–1
2Durham United FC2100172+536–0
3Sanjaxx Lions2000219801–3

Group D

PosTeamPldWPWPLLGFGAGDPtsQualificationPROWSRTFC
1ProStars FC2110073+45Advance to knockout stage2–1 (p)
2Windsor Stars2101064+245–2
3Toronto FC Academy20002410602–5

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Vaughan Azzurri 1
ANB Futbol 3
ANB Futbol 1
Sigma FC 3
Sigma FC 6
Kingston Clippers 2
Sigma FC 1
Woodbridge Strikers 2
Woodbridge Strikers 2
Windsor Stars 1
Woodbridge Strikers 0 (7)
Durham United FC 0 (6)
ProStars FC 1 (4)
Durham United FC 1 (5)
Quarterfinals
July 23, 2015 Vaughan Azzurri 1–3 ANB Futbol Maple, Ontario
7:00 pm Arnone Soccerball shade.svg65' Report Reid Soccerball shade.svg8'
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Mills Soccerball shade.svg87'
Stadium: McNaughton Park
July 22, 2015 Sigma FC 6–2 Kingston Clippers Mississauga, Ontario
7:00 pm Lee Soccerball shade.svg14'
Halis Soccerball shade.svg32'
Hanson Soccerball shade.svg61'
Zajac Soccerball shade.svg66'
Mrabure Soccerball shade.svg79'
Nanco Soccerball shade.svg82'
Report Martin Soccerball shade.svg76'
Piccioli Soccerball shade.svg87'
Stadium: Hershey Centre
July 19, 2015 Woodbridge Strikers 2–1 Windsor Stars Woodbridge, Ontario
7:00 pmZwane Soccerball shade.svg17'
Farquharson Soccerball shade.svg75'
Report Ademolu Soccerball shade.svg28'Stadium: Vaughan Grove
July 22, 2015 ProStars FC 1–1
(4–5 p)
Durham United FC Brampton, Ontario
8:00 pm Allen Soccerball shade.svg34' Report Zupo Soccerball shade.svg8'Stadium: Victoria Park
Penalties
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Semifinals
August 4, 2015 Sigma FC 3–1 ANB Futbol Mississauga, Ontario
9:00 pm Laryea Soccerball shade.svg12'
Nanco Soccerball shade.svg17', 62'
Report Iannicito Soccerball shade.svg74'Stadium: Hershey Centre
July 29, 2015 Woodbridge Strikers 0–0
(7–6 p)
Durham United FC Woodbridge, Ontario
9:00 pm Report Stadium: Vaughan Grove
Penalties
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Final
August 9, 2015 Woodbridge Strikers 2–1 Sigma FC Vaughan, Ontario
6:00 pmBygrave Soccerball shade.svg19'
Cavallini Soccerball shade.svg56'
Report Kalonji Soccerball shade.svg89'Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

Inter-Provincial Cup Championship

The Inter-Provincial Cup Championship was a two-legged home-and-away series between the league champions of League1 Ontario and the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec  – the only Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer leagues based fully within Canada.

November 1, 2015 Oakville Blue Devils 3–1 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Vaughan, Ontario
1:30pmWasonSoccerball shade.svg3', 36'
EllisSoccerball shade.svg65'
Report Dagrou Soccerball shade.svg19'Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
November 14, 2014 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 2–2 Oakville Blue Devils Terrebonne, Quebec
6:00pmSissoko Soccerball shade.svg28'
Ritchie-Andy Soccerball shade.svg36'
Report Mitchell Soccerball shade.svg55'
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Stadium: Complexes Sportifs Terrebonne

Oakville Blue Devils won 5–3 on aggregate

Top goalscorers

This table includes goals scored in all competitions, including both league and cup matches.

As of October 28, 2015 [6]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adonijah Reid ANB Futbol20
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Filipe VilelaOakville Blue Devils20
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joey CicchilloVaughan Azzurri16
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cyrus Rollocks TFC Academy14
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christian CavallliniWoodbridge Strikers12
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marcel Zajac Sigma FC12
7 Ulster Banner.svg Ryan McCurdy Kingston Clippers11
8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Belrum VartanianANB Futbol10
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Leaford Allen ProStars FC9
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael PioWindsor Stars9
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tom WinskiProStars FC9

Awards

AwardPlayer (club)Ref
Most Valuable Player Filipe Vilela (Oakville Blue Devils) [7]
Golden Boot Filipe Vilela (Oakville Blue Devils)
Adonijah Reid (ANB Futbol)
[8]
Coach of the Year Carmine Isacco (Vaughan Azzurri) [9]
Young Player of the Year Adonijah Reid (ANB Futbol) [10]
Defender of the Year Dominic Samuel (Sigma FC) [11]
Goalkeeper of the Year Matt George (Woodbridge Strikers) [12]
Goal of the Year Joel Zelt (Kingston Clippers) [8]

The following players were named League All-Stars. [13]

First Team All-Stars
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Matt George (Woodbridge Strikers) Darian Bygrave (Woodbridge Strikers)
Dominic Samuel (Sigma FC)
Joe Zupo (Durham United)
Al James (Oakville Blue Devils)
Taylor McNamara (Oakville Blue Devils)
Stephen Ademolu (Windsor Stars)
Richie Laryea (Sigma FC)
Joey Cicchillo (Vaughan Azzurri)
Filipe Vilela (Oakville Blue Devils)
Adonijah Reid (ANB Futbol)
Second Team All-Stars
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Matt Zaikos (Sanjaxx Lions) Kamal Miller (Vaughan Azzurri)
Nick Muth (Oakville Blue Devils)
Eric Crawford (Oakville Blue Devils)
Tyrell Rayne (Master's FA)
Jamar Kelly (Windsor Stars)
Bruce Cullen (Durham United)
Joey Pineo (Kingston Clippers)
Christian Cavallini (Woodbridge Strikers)
Richie Ennin (Toronto FC Academy)
Jason Mills (ANB Futbol)
Steven Furlano (Toronto FC Academy)
Kwame Awuah (Sigma FC)
Cyrus Rollocks (Toronto FC III)
Marcel Zajac (Sigma FC)
Leaford Allen (ProStars FC)
Mario Kovacevic (Vaughan Azzurri)
Eric Koskins (Kingston Clippers)

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