2016 York Region Shooters season

York Region Shooters

2016 season
Chairman	Tony De Thomasis
Manager	Tony De Thomasis
Canadian Soccer League	1st place (First Division)
CSL Championship	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	Richard West (13)
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The 2016 season was York Region Shooters's 19th season in the Canadian Soccer League. It began on May 29, 2016 and concluded on October 23, 2016. The club finished the regular season with the First Division title with a new defensive club record. The organization qualified for the playoffs for the 14th consecutive season, and secured a victory in the preliminary round against Milton SC. In the semifinal York Region was eliminated from the competition in a penalty shootout to Hamilton City SC.

Their reserve side managed to also play in the postseason by finishing fourth in the Second Division, and secured their second championship. For the fourth consecutive season Richard West finished as the club's top goalscorer with 13 goals.

Summary

In preparation for the 2016 season head coach Tony De Thomasis recruited several prominent Toronto Croatia veterans, and Caribbean internationals. Once the season commenced York Region produced an undefeated streak of eleven matches. ^[1] As a result, finished the season as the First Division champions with a new club defensive record. In the opening round of the postseason York Region defeated Milton SC by a score of 5-0. ^[2] In the semifinal the Shooters were defeated in a penalty shootout to Hamilton City SC. ^[3]

In the Second Division the reserve team concluded the season with a postseason berth. In the preliminary rounds of the playoffs York Region Region B defeated London City SC, and SC Waterloo Region. ^{[4] [2]} In the championship final the Shooters claimed their second championship title after defeating Toronto Atomic B 2-1. ^[5]

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Tony De Thomasis
Assistant coach	Aundrea Rollins
Manager	John Pacione
Second Division Head coach	Gilbert Amaral
Second Division Assistant coach	Aundrea Rollins
Team Physician	Roger Menta
Team Trainer	Argyrs Tsoulos

Last updated: November 14, 2013
Source: ^{[6] [7]}

First Division roster

As of September 30, 2016. ^{[8] [9]}

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ITA Emanuelle Ameltonis [10] 2 DF   JAM Halburto Harris 5 DF   CAN Gerard Ladiyou [11] 8 MF   Tristan Frankson 9 DF   CAN Shawn Brown [12] 7 MF   JAM Richard Edwards 9 FW   JAM Michael Binns 10 MF   CAN David Guzman [13] 11 FW   JAM Ashton Bennett 12 MF   TRI Hayden Fitzwilliams 13 MF   Ivan Prieto 14 DF   CAN Marcos Rodriguez [14] 15 MF   USA Evan Beutler [15] 16 MF   BEL Gilles Fogang[ citation needed ] 18 DF   JAM Odain Omaro Simpson 19 MF   JAM Camaal Reid 20 FW   JAM Richard West 21 FW   Luis Navarro 30 DF   GUY Adrian Butters - MF   CAN Dylan Bams [16] - MF   CAN Mehdi Barati Mahvar [17] - GK   CHI Camilo Benzi [18] - DF   Marcelo Capozzolo

No. Pos. Nation Player - DF   CAN Fitzroy Christey [19] [20] - DF   CAN Winston Crozier [21] - DF   ITA Nicola Di Sanza - DF   CAN Ryan Dummett [22] - DF   CAN Dino Gardner - DF   JAM Ricky Herron - DF   CAN Desmond Humphrey [23] - GK   CAN Adrian Ibanez [24] - FW   CAN Tristan Jackman [25] - DF   John Jung - MF   Michael Lazzarotto - MF   CAN Nicholas Lindsay - MF   SCO Steven McDougall - FW   MKD Aleksander Stojanovski - MF   Vinicius Argenton Silva Abreu - MF   Kevin Blackford - MF   CAN Matthew Rios [26] - MF   Alexander Rodrigues De Carvalho - MF   COL Asher Quave-Robinson [27] - MF   Andrei Spatary - DF   CAN Justin Soscia [28] - MF   Paolo Henrique Oliva Da Silva - MF   CAN Jamil Thompson [29]

Second Division roster

As of December 23, 2016. ^[30]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   CAN Adam Majer [31] 2 MF   Max Jordan 3 MF   Bobo Kukamvidohsha 6 MF   Simon Petersen 7 FW   David Romano 10 MF   Carlos Gunner Tjiboreko 11 MF   CAN Cruz Coronel [32] 12 MF   Paul McGhie 13 MF   Maximus Leon 14 MF   Johnson Luyiga 16 MF   Adan Rivas 17 DF   CAN Winston Crozier [33] 19 MF   Genosh Manuelpillai 22 DF   Damien Strangio 23 MF   Jose Antonio Olvera-Sauredo 27 MF   Abakar Mahamat - MF   Joshua Amaral - MF   Nathaniel Amaral - MF   Michael Anobile - FW   CAN Anthony Bahadur - MF   Raphael Barboza Da Silva - DF   URU Federico Burguez

No. Pos. Nation Player - GK   Christian Campanico - DF   Dean Campbell - DF   Junior Casinha - DF   Kyle Coelho - MF   Felipe Cschack - MF   Tyler Dawell Terrault - MF   Levi Deglau - GK   Andre Domingues - FW   CAN Kevin Ghatine [34] - MF   James Giraldo - MF   Niaran Goodie - FW   Mohamad Habib - MF   Ahmed Hussein - MF   Massi Kohgadai - DF   DOM Wilson Martinez - MF   Albert Moshi - GK   CAN Damon Naghavi [35] - DF   Marcus Malcom Orville - MF   USA David Schipper - FW   Nathan Smith - MF   Apollo Tsoulos - DF   Fedy Valcin

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Source
15	MF	Evan Beutler	Alabama Crimson Tide	Free Agent	[36]
9	DF	Shawn Brown	Toronto Croatia	Free Agent	[37]
30	DF	Adrian Butters	Oakville Blue Devils	Free Transfer	[38]
	DF	Nicola Di Sanza	Atlántico FC	Free Transfer	[39]
12	MF	Hayden Fitzwilliams	Toronto Croatia	Free Agent	[37]
2	DF	Halburto Harris	Toronto Croatia	Free Agent	[37]
	FW	Nicholas Lindsay	Toronto Croatia	Free Agent	[36]
19	MF	Camaal Reid	Sporting Central Academy	Free Transfer	[40]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Source
9	FW	Michael Binns	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	Free Transfer	[41]
	DF	Federico Burguez	Canadian SC	Free Transfer	[42]
	DF	Nicola Di Sanza	Atlántico FC	Free Transfer	[43]
	MF	Xavi Pérez	CF Gavà	Free Transfer
	DF	Wilson Martínez	Atlántico FC	Free Transfer	[44]

Competitions summary

Regular season

Main article: 2016 Canadian Soccer League season

First division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	York Region Shooters (A, C)	21	16	3	2	40	10	+30	51	Qualification for Playoffs
2	FC Ukraine United (A)	21	9	6	6	45	38	+7	33
3	Scarborough SC (A)	21	9	4	8	36	31	+5	31
4	Serbian White Eagles (A, O)	21	9	3	9	33	27	+6	30
5	Toronto Atomic FC (A)	21	8	6	7	36	37	−1	30
6	Hamilton City SC (A)	21	6	5	10	31	38	−7	23
7	Brantford Galaxy (A)	21	3	9	9	23	38	−15	18
8	Milton SC (A)	21	4	4	13	25	50	−25	16

Updated to match(es) played on October 9, 2016. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
21	16	3	2	40	10	+30	51	8	1	1	23	6	+17	8	2	1	17	4	+13

Last updated: October 5, 2016.
Source: 2016 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Ground	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W

Source: Regular season matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Brantford Galaxy v York Region Shooters

May 29, 2016	Brantford Galaxy	2–3	York Region Shooters	Brantford, Ontario
19:00	Vukovic 24', 82'	Report	Edwards 17' Marcos Rodriguez 34' West 79'	Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex Referee: Tony Amaral

York Region Shooters v Hamilton City SC

June 5, 2016	York Region Shooters	3–1	Hamilton City SC	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	Marcos Rodriguez 37' West 74' Stojanovski 77'	Report	Jurcevic 23'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

Serbian White Eagles v York Region Shooters

June 10, 2016	Serbian White Eagles	0–1	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
19:00		Report	Marcos Rodriguez 13'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

Hamilton City SC v York Region Shooters

July 2, 2016	Hamilton City SC	0–2	York Region Shooters	Hamilton, Ontario
18:00		Report	West 56' Stojanovski 70'	Stadium: Cardinal Newman Field

Serbian White Eagles v York Region Shooters

July 8, 2016	Serbian White Eagles	0–1	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
19:00		Report	David Guzman	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Referee: Marco Jaramillo

York Region Shooters v Milton SC

July 10, 2016	York Region Shooters	2–0	Milton SC	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	Shawn Brown 10' West 74'	Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

Milton SC v York Region Shooters

July 15, 2016	Milton SC	1–4	York Region Shooters	Milton, Ontario
	Adnan Smajic	Report	West Stojanovski Halburto Harris ,	Stadium: Jean Vanier Stadium

York Region Shooters v Toronto Atomic FC

July 17, 2016	York Region Shooters	4–0	Toronto Atomic FC	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	Stojanovski 40', 62' West 42', 60'	Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

Toronto Atomic FC v York Region Shooters

July 23, 2016	Toronto Atomic FC	0–3	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
19:00		Report	West 12' Shawn Brown 71' David Guzman 78'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

FC Ukraine United v York Region Shooters

July 31, 2016	FC Ukraine United	0–0	York Region Shooters	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30		Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

Toronto Atomic FC v York Region Shooters

August 6, 2016	Toronto Atomic FC	0–0	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
19:00		Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Referee: Milomir Tomic

York Region Shooters v Scarborough SC

August 14, 2016	York Region Shooters	0–1	Scarborough SC	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30		Report	Adis Hasecic 85'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

Hamilton City SC v York Region Shooters

August 19, 2016	Hamilton City SC	1–0	York Region Shooters	Hamilton, Ontario
	Cabrilo 71'	Report		Stadium: Cardinal Newman Field

York Region Shooters v FC Ukraine United

August 28, 2016	York Region Shooters	1–0	FC Ukraine United	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	Bahadur 34'	Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

Scarborough SC v York Region Shooters

September 3, 2016	Scarborough SC	0–2	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
		Report	Evan Beutler 34' David Guzman 41'	Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

York Region Shooters v Serbian White Eagles

September 11, 2016	York Region Shooters	2–1	Serbian White Eagles	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	West 9' Miroslav Jovanovic 49' (o.g.)	Report	Svonja 70'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

York Region Shooters v FC Ukraine United

September 18, 2016	York Region Shooters	3–0	FC Ukraine United	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	West 21', 45', 66'	Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

York Region Shooters v Brantford Galaxy

September 25, 2016	York Region Shooters	2–2	Brantford Galaxy	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	Stojanovski 24', 71'	Report	Stepanovic 16', 31'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

York Region Shooters v Scarborough SC

October 2, 2016	York Region Shooters	2–0	Scarborough SC	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	West 16' Reid 27'	Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

Milton SC v York Region Shooters

October 7, 2016	Milton SC	0–1	York Region Shooters	Milton, Ontario
		Report	Bahadur 89'	Stadium: Jean Vanier Stadium

York Region Shooters v Brantford Galaxy

October 9, 2016	York Region Shooters	4–1	Brantford Galaxy	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	David Schipper 13' Reid 38' Odain Simpson 59' David Guzman 66'	Report	Dragan Milovic 86'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

Postseason

York Region Shooters v Milton SC

October 16, 2016Quarterfinal	York Region Shooters	5–0	Milton SC	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	Gerard Ladiyou 14' Ainsley Deer 13' Bahadur 17' Tristan Frankson 23' West 52'	Report		Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field

York Region Shooters v Hamilton City SC

October 23, 2016Semifinal	York Region Shooters	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Hamilton City SC	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	David Guzman 76'	Report	Frane Grbesa 78'	Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field
	Penalties
	West Herron David Schipper Odain Simpson		Jurčević James Nathan Čabrilo Arsen Platis Krmar

Second division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	SC Waterloo Region (A, C)	14	9	2	3	56	25	+31	29	Qualification for Playoffs
2	Toronto Atomic FC B (A)	15	9	2	4	56	28	+28	29
3	Brantford Galaxy B (A)	14	8	2	4	44	30	+14	26
4	York Region Shooters B (A, O)	15	5	3	7	32	34	−2	18
5	London City (A)	13	4	1	8	31	45	−14	13
6	Serbian White Eagles B (A)	13	2	0	11	19	76	−57	6

Updated to match(es) played on October 9, 2016. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Statistics

Goals and assists

Correct as of November, 2016 ^[45]

First Division Goals Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals 1 FW Richard West 13 2 FW Aleksandar Stojanovski 7 3 MF David Guzman 4 4 MF Marcos Rodriguez 3 5 FW Anthony Bahadur 2 DF Shawn Brown 2 DF Haliburto Harris 2 MF Camaal Reid 2 6 MF Evan Beutler 1 MF Richard Edwards 1 DF David Schipper 1 MF Odain Simpson 1 Total 40

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