2016 League1 Ontario season (women)

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League1 Ontario
Women's Division
Season2016
Champions FC London
Cup champions Vaughan Azzurri
Matches played72
Goals scored307 (4.26 per match)
Top goalscorer Jade Kovacevic
(26 goals)
Best goalkeeperHope Sabadash
(0.29 GAA)
Biggest home winWoodbridge 14-0 Darby
(June 12, 2016)
Biggest away winDarby 0-7 Durham
(May 20, 2016)
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The 2016 League1 Ontario season was the second season of play for the League1 Ontario Women's Division, 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 departure of two teams from its inaugural season, while four teams joined the league to result in a nine-team competition. [1]

Changes from 2015

The women's division enters its second season with nine teams, after the addition of four teams (Aurora United FC, Darby FC, Kingston Clippers, and FC London) and the departure of two teams (ANB Futbol and ProStars FC) from the previous season. It will remain in a single-table format for the 2016 season.

Teams

TeamCityStadium (Capacity)FoundedFirst SeasonHead Coach
Aurora United FC Aurora, Ontario Sheppard's Bush20152016Ramin Mohammidi
Darby FC Whitby, Ontario Whitby Soccer Centre & Darlington Fields20152016Mirco Schroff
Durham United FA Pickering, OntarioKinsmen Park2015Ron Clarke
Kingston Clippers Kingston, OntarioTindall Field, Queen's University20142016Christian Hoefler
FC London London, Ontario German Canadian FC Stadium 20152016Mike Marcoccia
North Mississauga SC Mississauga, Ontario Hershey Centre 2015Jhon Ardila
Sanjaxx Lions TorontoMonarch Park Stadium2015 Flag of Jamaica.svg Patrick (Laza) Lowe
Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan, OntarioMcNaughton Park2015 Carmine Isacco
Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge, OntarioVaughan Grove2015David Porco
Canada Southern Ontario location map 2.png
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Aurora
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Darby
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Durham
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Kingston
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London
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North Miss.
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Sanjaxx
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Vaughan
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Woodbridge
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Location of teams for the 2016 League1 Ontario Women's Division season.

Standings

Each team plays 16 matches as part of the season; three games split home and away against every other team in the division. There are no playoffs; the first-place team is crowned as league champion at the end of the season.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 FC London (C)1614025015+3542
2 Woodbridge Strikers 1611326513+5236
3 Durham United FA 169343817+2130
4 Vaughan Azzurri (X)168534114+2729
5 North Mississauga SC 165562330−720
6 Aurora United FC 165383134−318
7 Kingston Clippers 165293353−2017
8 Darby FC 1623111574−599
9 Sanjaxx Lions 1610151157−463
Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/show/2309115-standings
(C) Champions; (X) L1 Cup winner

Cup

The L1 Cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all nine teams from the women'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 women's division is a single-match knockout tournament with three total rounds culminating in a final match at the end of July, with initial matchups determined by random draw. A preliminary round is also in place to bring the nine total teams from this division down to eight for the quarterfinals. Each match in the tournament must return a result; any match drawn after 90 minutes will advance directly to kicks from the penalty mark instead of extra time. [2]

 
Preliminary round
 
  
 
 
 
 
Aurora United FC1
 
 
Darby FC0
 
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
FC London2
 
 
 
Aurora United FC1
 
FC London2 (2)
 
 
 
Vaughan Azzurri (p)2 (4)
 
Sanjaxx Lions0
 
 
 
Vaughan Azzurri2
 
Vaughan Azzurri (p)1 (4)
 
 
 
Woodbridge Strikers1 (2)
 
Kingston Clippers1
 
 
 
Woodbridge Strikers7
 
Woodbridge Strikers (p)1 (3)
 
 
 
North Mississauga SC1 (1)
 
Durham United FA1
 
 
North Mississauga SC2
 

Preliminary Round

May 17, 2016 Aurora United FC 1–0 Darby FC Aurora, Ontario
6:30 pmBouak Soccerball shade.svg36' Report
Report 		Stadium: Sheppard's Bush

Quarterfinals

June 22, 2016 FC London 2–1 Aurora United FC London, Ontario
8:30 pmPortenay Soccerball shade.svg82'
Kovacevic Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		 Report Reynolds Soccerball shade.svg49'Stadium: German Canadian FC Stadium
July 1, 2016 Vaughan Azzurri 2–0 Sanjaxx Lions Vaughan, Ontario
2:00 pmRichards Soccerball shade.svg56'
Lewis Soccerball shade.svg83'		 Report Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
June 22, 2016 Woodbridge Strikers 7–1 Kingston Clippers Woodbridge, Ontario
9:00 pm Report Stadium: Vaughan Grove
June 22, 2016 Durham United FA 1–2 North Mississauga SC Pickering, Ontario
8:00 pmGosse Soccerball shade.svg38' (pen) Report Brunet Soccerball shade.svg9'
Lawes Soccerball shade.svg34'		Stadium: Kinsmen Park

Semifinals

July 13, 2016 FC London 2–2
(2–4 p)		 Vaughan Azzurri London, Ontario
8:00 pm Kovacevic Soccerball shade.svg4', 31' Report
Report 		Bukovec Soccerball shade.svg53', 70'Stadium: German Canadian FC Stadium
July 13, 2016 North Mississauga SC 1–1
(1–3 p)		 Woodbridge Strikers Mississauga, Ontario
8:00 pmBorgmann Soccerball shade.svg76' Report
Report 		Gurovski Soccerball shade.svg39'Stadium: Hershey Centre, Field 2
Penalties
Borgmann Soccerball shade cross.svg
Edgar Soccerball shade cross.svg
Lawes Soccerball shad check.svg
Brunet Soccerball shade cross.svg		Soccerball shad check.svg Simpson
Soccerball shad check.svg Oduro
Soccerball shad check.svg Sabadash

Final

July 30, 2016 Vaughan Azzurri 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Woodbridge Strikers Vaughan, Ontario
3:30 pmFenech Soccerball shade.svg40' Report Mottershead Soccerball shade.svg22'Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Penalties
Wong Soccerball shad check.svg
Piazza Soccerball shade cross.svg
Ghoneim Soccerball shad check.svg
Lukasewich Soccerball shad check.svg
Bukovec Soccerball shad check.svg		Soccerball shad check.svg Simpson
Soccerball shad check.svg Oduro
Soccerball shade cross.svg Dayes
Soccerball shade cross.svg Syme

Statistics

All-star game

On July 14, the league announced an all-star game between top players in L1O and a team assembled by the Quebec Soccer Federation. [3]

July 27, 2016 L1O All-Stars Flag of Ontario.svg 3–0 Flag of Quebec.svg Quebec All-Stars Vaughan, Ontario
7:30 pm Oduro Soccerball shade.svg2'
Syme Soccerball shade.svg37'
Lisi Soccerball shade.svg50'		 Report Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

L1O's 20-player roster was selected by coaches and league officials, and contains at least one player from every team in the league. Players denoted by an asterisk (*) are part of the starting 11.

Awards

Award [4] Player (Club)
Goal of the Year Michaela Krampert (North Mississauga SC)
Most Valuable Player Jade Kovacevic (FC London)
Golden Boot Jade Kovacevic (FC London)
Coach of the Year Mike Marcoccia (FC London)
Young Player of the Year Sarah Stratigakis (Aurora United FC)
Defender of the Year Tamara Brown (Durham United FA)
Goalkeeper of the Year Stephanie Bukovec (Vaughan Azzurri)
First Team All-Stars [5]
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Stephanie Bukovec (Vaughan Azzurri) Meagan Scott (FC London)
Diamond Simpson (Woodbridge Strikers)
Kira Bertrand (North Mississauga SC)
Tamara Brown (Durham United FA)		 Sarah Stratigakis (Aurora United FC)
Alyscha Mottershead (Woodbridge Strikers)
Cat Rogers (North Mississauga SC)
April Syme (Woodbridge Strikers)		 Laura Gosse (Durham United FA)
Jade Kovacevic (FC London)
Second Team All-Stars [5]
GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards
Hope Sabadash (Woodbridge Strikers) Shannon Wood (Vaughan Azzurri)
Malikae Dawes (Woodbridge Strikers)
Kayla DeSouza (Durham United FA)		 Riley Filion (Kingston Clippers)
Tori Chia (Darby FC)
Julia Benati (FC London)		 Christabel Oduro (Woodbridge Strikers)
Sona Makulova (Sanjaxx Lions)
Jackie Tessier (Kingston Clippers)
Nour Ghoneim (Vaughan Azzurri)

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References

  1. ↑ "League1 Ontario Announces Eight New Teams For Upcoming Season". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Womens L1 Cup". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ "League1 Ontario Announces Women's All-Star Game Roster". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Standout Performers Recognized at 2016 League1 Ontario Awards Banquet". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. November 28, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "League1 Ontario Announces 2016 Women's First And Second Team All-Stars". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. November 18, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
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