2022 League1 Canada season

League1 Canada

Season	2022
Men's soccer
League1 BC	TSS FC Rovers
League1 Ontario	Vaughan Azzurri
PLSQ	FC Laval
Women's soccer
League1 BC	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy
League1 Ontario	NDC Ontario
PLSQ	A.S. Blainville
Interprovincial Championship	A.S. Blainville
← 2021 L1O (m/w) 2021 PLSQ m/w) 2023  →

The 2022 League1 Canada season was the first edition of League1 Canada, the third division of men's and women's soccer in Canada. ^[1] The 2022 season included regional leagues and playoffs, as well as the inaugural Women's Interprovincial Championship. ^[2] A men's interprovincial tournament will not debut until the 2023 season. ^[3]

Men's competitions

Provincial leagues

League1 BC	League1 Ontario	Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Varsity FC 12 28 2 TSS FC Rovers (C) 12 22 3 Whitecaps FC Academy 12 16 4 Altitude FC 12 14 5 Rivers FC 12 13 6 Unity FC 12 12 7 Victoria Highlanders FC 12 11 Source: Standings (C) Champions	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Vaughan Azzurri (C) 21 57 2 Blue Devils FC 21 47 3 Alliance United FC 21 45 4 North Toronto Nitros 21 44 5 Simcoe County Rovers FC 21 44 6 ProStars FC 21 43 7 Guelph United F.C. 21 42 8 Hamilton United 21 31 9 Sigma FC 21 31 10 Electric City FC 21 30 11 Woodbridge Strikers 21 29 12 Scrosoppi FC 21 28 13 Darby FC 21 25 14 Pickering FC 21 23 15 BVB IA Waterloo 21 22 16 St. Catharines Roma Wolves 21 20 17 Burlington SC 21 19 18 Windsor TFC 21 18 19 Master's FA 21 17 20 Unionville Milliken SC 21 14 21 North Mississauga SC 21 14 22 FC London 21 10 Source: League1 Ontario (C) Champions See also: Reserve and U19 Reserve Divisions	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 FC Laval (C) 22 53 2 CS Saint-Laurent 22 49 3 A.S. Blainville 22 44 4 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 22 41 5 CS Longueuil 22 38 6 CF Montréal U23 22 38 7 CS St-Hubert 22 28 8 Royal-Sélect de Beauport 22 26 9 AS Laval 22 25 10 Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 22 16 11 CS Lanaudière-Nord 22 12 12 Ottawa South United 22 5 Source: PLSQ (C) Champions See also: Reserve Division

Provincial playoffs

League1 BC Championship Final

	Final
	1	Varsity FC	1(4)
	2	TSS FC Rovers	1(5)

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League1 Ontario playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Vaughan Azzurri	2
	4	North Toronto Nitros	0			5	Simcoe County Rovers FC	1
	5	Simcoe County Rovers FC	2								1	Vaughan Azzurri	5
											2	Blue Devils FC	1
						2	Blue Devils FC	3
	3	Alliance United FC	4			3	Alliance United FC	2
	6	ProStars FC	0

Provincial league cups

Coupe PLSQ

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	FC Laval	2
	4	CS Mont-Royal Outremont	1
						1	FC Laval	1
						3	AS Blainville	3
	2	CS Saint-Laurent	1
	3	AS Blainville	2

Women's competitions

Provincial leagues

League1 BC	League1 Ontario	Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Varsity FC 12 33 2 Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy (C) 12 25 3 Unity FC 12 24 4 TSS FC Rovers 12 21 5 Victoria Highlanders FC 12 10 6 Altitude FC 12 5 7 Rivers FC 12 4 Source: Standings (C) Champions	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Vaughan Azzurri 19 48 2 NDC Ontario (C) 19 46 3 Woodbridge Strikers 19 42 4 FC London 19 41 5 Simcoe County Rovers FC 19 41 6 Alliance United FC 19 37 7 North Toronto Nitros 19 36 8 Electric City FC 19 32 9 North Mississauga SC 19 28 10 Darby FC 18 27 11 St Catharines Roma Wolves 19 25 12 Tecumseh SC 19 25 13 Guelph Union 19 24 14 Unionville Milliken SC 18 22 15 Blue Devils FC 19 19 16 BVB IA Waterloo 19 15 17 Pickering FC 19 12 18 Hamilton United 19 10 19 ProStars FC 19 6 20 Burlington SC 19 3 Updated to match(es) played on August 7, 2022. Source: League1 Ontario (C) Champions See also: Reserve Division and Fall Reserve Division	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 A.S. Blainville (C, L) 11 27 2 AS Laval 11 26 3 Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest 11 24 4 FC Laval 11 22 5 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 11 15 6 Pierrefonds FC 11 14 7 PEF Québec 11 14 8 Ottawa South United 11 13 9 CS Longueuil 11 13 10 Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 11 8 11 Royal-Sélect de Beauport 11 7 12 CS St-Hubert 11 4 Source: PLSQ (C) Champions; (L) Coupe PLSQ winner

Provincial playoffs

League1 BC Championship Final

	Finals
	1	Varsity FC	1
	2	Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite	2

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League1 Ontario playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	Vaughan Azzurri	1
	3	Woodbridge Strikers	0			6	Alliance United	2
	6	Alliance United	1								6	Alliance United	1
											2	NDC Ontario	3
						2	NDC Ontario	2
	4	FC London	4			4	FC London	0
	5	Simcoe County Rovers	3

Provincial league cups

Coupe PLSQ

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	A.S. Blainville	2 (4)
	4	FC Laval	2 (3)
						1	A.S. Blainville	2
						3	Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest	0
	2	AS Laval	1
	3	Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest	4

Inter-Provincial Championship

Details

Qualified teams

Team	Method
Varsity FC	L1BC regular season winners [note 1]
Alliance United FC	L1O runner-up [note 2]
A.S. Blainville	PLSQ champions
AS Laval	PLSQ runner-up

Host

Soccer Quebec
City	Stadium(s)	Capacity
Laval	Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne	~1000

1. Due to scheduling issues, ahead of the conclusion of the L1BC season, L1BC confirmed that Varsity FC would be the league representative, regardless of the playoff results of the season. ^[4]
2. After the final it was announced that due to scheduling conflicts, champions NDC Ontario could not participate. ^[5]

Bracket

	Semifinals					Championship Game
	L1BC	Varsity FC	0
	PLSQ-1	A.S. Blainville	2
						PLSQ-1	A.S. Blainville	3
						PLSQ-2	AS Laval	0
	L1O	Alliance United FC	1 (5)
	PLSQ-2	AS Laval	1 (6)			Third place
						L1BC	Varsity FC	2 (1)
						L1O	Alliance United FC	2 (4)

Matches

Semi-finals

Alliance United FC v AS Laval

August 12	Alliance United FC	1–1 (5–6 p)	AS Laval	Laval, Quebec
4:00 PM	Badovinac 66'	Report	Feola 83'	Stadium: Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne Referee: Sheila Couture
	Penalties
			Santarossa

Varsity FC v A.S. Blainville

August 12	Varsity FC	0–2	A.S. Blainville	Laval, Quebec
6:30 PM		Report	Bellerose 2' Asselin 58'	Stadium: Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne Referee: Isabelle Duclo

Third place match

Varsity FC v Alliance United FC

August 14	Varsity FC	2–2 (1–4 p)	Alliance United FC	Laval, Quebec
11:30 a.m.	Baxter 13' Tolnai 26'		Cheung 43' Mariani 60'	Stadium: Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne Referee: Amanda Kwan
	Penalties
	Baxter Davie Ferreira		Cheung Mariani Whelan Chown

Final

A.S. Blainville v AS Laval

August 14	A.S. Blainville	3–0	AS Laval	Laval, Quebec
1:30 PM	Sauvé 30' Thibault 54' Cardinal 55'			Stadium: Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne Referee: Myriam Marcotte

References

1. "League1 Canada officially launched today". Canadian Premier League . March 31, 2022.
2. "BC Soccer announces League1 BC participation at the Women's Interprovincial Championship". BC Soccer. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022.
3. "League1 Canada launches Women's Inter-Provincial Championship". League1 Ontario. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
4. @bcsoccerweb (July 12, 2022). "@League1BC has already determined their representative at the tournament, due to scheduling issues. @Varsity_FC will represent the league at the inaugural tournament" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
5. @L1OWomens (August 7, 2022). "Congratulations to our champions, @NDC_Ontario! However, @ALLIANCE_UTDFC will represent @L1OWomens at the 2022 League1 Canada Inter-Provincial Cup as many of the players at @NDC_Ontario will be representing Ontario at the Canada Summer Games!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.