2023 League1 British Columbia season

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League1 British Columbia
Season 2023
DatesApril 29 – July 23 (regular season)
July 28 – August 5 (playoffs)
Champions Whitecaps FC Academy (men)
Whitecaps FC Girls Elite (women)
Juan de Fuca Plate Whitecaps FC Academy (3rd title)
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The 2023 League1 British Columbia season was the second season of play for League1 British Columbia, a pro-am league in the Canadian soccer league system. Eight clubs participated in both the men's and women's divisions.

Contents

Format

The regular season was contested by eight clubs and ran from April 29 to July 23, 2023. [1] Each team played 14 games in a double round-robin format with seven games at home and seven on the road. The top four teams advanced to the playoffs with the Championship Final held on the BC Day long weekend. The men's and women's divisions used identical schedules with the two matches being played as double-headers on the same day. [2]

Men's division

The teams played each other team twice (home and away) for a 14-game season, with the top four teams advancing to the playoffs. The winner of the regular season were to qualify for the 2024 Canadian Championship. [1] As the Victoria Highlanders did not return to the league in 2024, the Canadian Championship spot was later awarded to runner-ups, TSS Rovers.

League table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Victoria Highlanders FC 141022209+1132Playoffs [a]
2 TSS Rovers 149233210+2229Playoffs and Canadian Championship [b]
3 Whitecaps FC Academy (C)145721914+522Playoffs
4 Unity FC 145542615+1120
5 Nautsa’mawt FC 144551118−717
6 Rivers FC 144461728−1116
7 Altitude FC 142391833−159
8 Harbourside FC 141491026−167
Source: League1 BC
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ Victoria Highlanders originally qualified for the Canadian Championship, but the team withdrew from the 2024 L1BC season in early 2024 prior to the start of the competition.
  2. ↑ Due to the Victoria Highlanders withdrawing from the Canadian Championship, the League1 BC berth was given to the TSS Rovers.

Playoffs

Semi-finals
July 29 		Final
August 5
      
1 Victoria Highlanders FC 3
4 Unity FC 2
1 Victoria Highlanders FC 1 (7)
3 Whitecaps FC Academy 1 (8)
2 TSS Rovers 0
3 Whitecaps FC Academy 4

Semi-finals

July 29, 2023 Victoria Highlanders FC 3–2 Unity FC Victoria, British Columbia
1:00 PM Walter Soccerball shade.svg7'
Preston Soccerball shade.svg39'
Henman Soccerball shade.svg69'		 Report Fussell Soccerball shade.svg30'
Shumbusho Soccerball shade.svg52'		Stadium: Centennial Stadium
July 29, 2023 TSS Rovers 0–4 Whitecaps FC Academy Vancouver, British Columbia
3:00 PM Report Norman Soccerball shade.svg6'
Ghasemi Soccerball shade.svg58'
Mann Soccerball shade.svg71'
Wathuta Soccerball shade.svg85'		Stadium: Ken Woods Field

Final

August 5, 2023 Victoria Highlanders FC 1–1
(7–8 p)		 Whitecaps FC Academy Vancouver, British Columbia
4:00 PM Henman Soccerball shade.svg45+1' Report Wathuta Soccerball shade.svg60'Stadium: BC Place
Penalties

Statistics

Top goalscorers
(does not include playoffs)

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Massud Habibullah TSS Rovers 8
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Erik Edwardson TSS Rovers 7
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Victory Shumbusho Unity FC
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Hennessy Whitecaps FC Academy
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Henman Victoria Highlanders FC
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ivan Mejia TSS Rovers 6
74 players tied4

Source: L1BC

Women's division

The winner of the women's regular season will qualify for the Women's Interprovincial Championship. [1]

League table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Whitecaps FC Girls Elite (C)1411125417+3734Playoffs and Interprovincial Championship [a]
2 Nautsa’mawt FC 149234617+2929Playoffs
3 Unity FC 147343525+1024Playoffs and Interprovincial Championship [b]
4 TSS Rovers 146352325−221Playoffs
5 Harbourside FC 145272244−2217
6 Altitude FC 144551818017
7 Victoria Highlanders FC 143471426−1213
8 Rivers FC 1410131858−403
Source: League1 BC
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ↑ As regular season winners
  2. ↑ As playoff runner-up (playoff champion already qualified)

Playoffs

The playoff champion (or runner-up if the winner is the same as the regular season winner) will qualify for the Women's Interprovincial Championship. [1]

Semi-finals
July 29–30 		Final
August 5
      
1 Whitecaps FC Girls Elite 5
4 TSS Rovers 2
1 Whitecaps FC Girls Elite 3
3 Unity FC 1
2 Nautsa’mawt FC 1
3 Unity FC 4

Semi-finals

July 29, 2023 Whitecaps FC Girls Elite 5–2 TSS Rovers Vancouver, British Columbia
12:00 PM Kimwemwe Soccerball shade.svg16'
Yee Soccerball shade.svg21'
Perrault Soccerball shade.svg73', 77'
Hunter Soccerball shade.svg81'		 Report Friesen Soccerball shade.svg2'
Virk Soccerball shade.svg86'		Stadium: Ken Woods Field

Final

August 5, 2023 Whitecaps FC Girls Elite 3–1 Unity FC Vancouver, British Columbia
1:00 PM
 Report
Stadium: BC Place
Referee: Sydney Berridge

Statistics

Top goalscorers
(does not include playoffs)

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kierra Blundell Whitecaps FC Girls Elite 10
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Katalin Tolnai Nautsa’mawt FC
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Delana Friesen TSS Rovers 7
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bryana Buttar Unity FC 6
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anna Hauer Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jaime Perrault Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Charlotte Ring Altitude FC 5
Flag of Albania.svg Esi Lufo Rivers FC
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sophie Crowther Unity FC
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kaylee Hunter Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
115 players tied4

Source: L1BC

Juan de Fuca Plate

The Juan de Fuca Plate is awarded to the League1 British Columbia club with the highest combined point total between the men's and women's divisions in regular season matches.

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Whitecaps FC Academy (C)2816847331+4256
2 TSS FC Rovers 2815585535+2050
3 Nautsa’mawt FC 2813785735+2246
4 Victoria Highlanders FC 2813693435−145
5 Unity FC 2812886140+2144
6 Altitude FC 2868143651−1526
7 Harbourside FC 2866163270−3824
8 Rivers FC 2854193586−5119
Source: Juan de Fuca Plate
(C) Champions

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "2023 League1 BC schedule format announced". League1 British Columbia . January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
  2. ↑ "League1 BC releases full schedule ahead of inaugural 2022 season". British Columbia Soccer Association . Retrieved February 19, 2022.
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