2024 League1 Ontario season (women)

This article is about the men's season. For the men's season, see 2024 League1 Ontario season.

League1 Ontario

Season	2024
← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Women's League1 Ontario season will be the ninth of League1 Ontario, a Division 3 women's soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario. Starting from this season, the league will split into three divisions with promotion and relegation between them. ^{[1] [2]}

The Premier division will be composed by 10 clubs, the Championship division by 10 clubs, all returning from last season. The League2 Ontario will be made up by three conferences containing reserve teams and newly licensed clubs. ^[3]

League1 Ontario Premier

League1 Ontario Premier

Season	2024
← 2023 (as League1 Ontario) 2025 →

League1 Ontario Premier will be composed by 10 teams, all coming back from the 2023 League1 Ontario season. Those clubs have qualified to the Premier division by finishing in the top half of the combined standings of the previous two seasons, with the exception of the Electric City FC, which have folded, being then replaced by the Blue Devils FC. ^{[4] [5]}

The 10 teams will face each other twice, once at home and once away and the club at the top of the standings will be crowned as League1 Ontario champions and gain a berth for the League1 Canada Interprovincial championship. The last placed team will be automatically relegated, while the 9th placed club will play a play-off game against the 2nd placed club of the Championship to stay in the league. ^[3]

Clubs

League1 Premier
Team	City	Principal stadium	Head coach
Alliance United FC	Markham / Scarborough	Birchmount Stadium / Varsity Stadium / Ontario Soccer Centre	Angelo Cavalluzzo
Blue Devils FC	Oakville	Sheridan Trafalgar Stadium	Natalie Bukovec
FC London	London	Tricar Field	Garrett Peters
Guelph United FC	Guelph	Centennial Bowl	Randy Ribeiro
NDC Ontario	Vaughan		Joey Lombardi
North Mississauga SC	Mississauga	Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park)	Bijan Azizi
North Toronto Nitros	Toronto	Downsview Park	Billy Wilson
Simcoe County Rovers FC	Barrie	J.C Massie Field, Georgian College	Carli Tingstad
Vaughan Azzurri	Vaughan	North Maple Regional Park	Carmine Isacco
Woodbridge Strikers	Woodbridge (Vaughan)	Vaughan Grove	David Porco

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	NDC Ontario	4	4	0	0	9	2	+7	12	Qualification to Interprovincial championship
2	Vaughan Azzurri	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
3	North Toronto Nitros	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
4	FC London	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
5	Alliance United FC	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
6	Woodbridge Strikers	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
7	North Mississauga SC	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3
8	Guelph United F.C.	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
9	Simcoe County Rovers FC	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1	Qualification to relegation play-offs
10	Blue Devils FC	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0	Relegation to League1 Ontario Championship

Updated to match(es) played on May 17, 2024. Source: League1 Ontario

Promotion playoffs

A playoff will be played between the 9th placed team in the Premier and the 2nd placed team in the Championship in a single game for a place in the top tier in 2025.

League1 Ontario Championship

League1 Ontario Championship

Season	2024
2025 →

League1 Ontario Championship is composed of 10 teams, 8 of those returning from the 2023 League1 Ontario season, Pickering FC who returned from hiatus, and new expansion club Rush Canada SA. Those clubs have qualified for the Championship division by finishing in the bottom half of the combined standings of the previous two seasons of League1 Ontario.

The 10 teams will face each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 18 games. The club at the top of the standings will be crowned as Championship division winners and will be promoted to the 2025 League1 Ontario Premier. The 2nd ranked team in the standings will face the 9th placed team in the Premier division to gain promotion into the top division for the next season. The team last in the standings will face the winner of the League2 Ontario play-offs winner to stay in the league. ^[3]

Clubs

League1 Championship
Team	City	Principal stadium	Head coach
Burlington SC	Burlington	Corpus Christi CSS	Neil Wilson
BVB IA Waterloo	Waterloo	RIM Park	Greg Jespersen
Darby FC	Whitby	South Courtice Field	Stuart Robertson
Hamilton United	Hamilton	Ron Joyce Stadium (McMaster University)	Carmine Lancia
Pickering FC	Pickering	Pickering Soccer Centre/Kinsmen Park	Francesco Carriero
ProStars FC	Brampton	Ontario Soccer Centre / Victoria Park Stadium / Terry Fox Stadium	Marco Bonofiglio
Rush Canada	Oakville	River Oaks Park	Michael Di Blasio
Scrosoppi FC	Milton	Bishop Reding CSS	John Yacou
Tecumseh United FC	Tecumseh	Académie Ste. Cécile International School	Mohammed Nabavieh
Unionville Milliken SC	Unionville (Markham)	Ontario Soccer Centre	Alex Morales

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	BVB IA Waterloo	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Promotion to League1 Ontario Premier
2	Scrosoppi FC	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Darby FC	3	2	0	1	4	6	−2	6
4	Pickering FC	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
5	Unionville Milliken SC	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
6	Tecumseh United FC	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
7	Hamilton United	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
8	Rush Canada SA	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
9	Burlington SC	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1
10	ProStars FC	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on May 12, 2024. Source: League1 Ontario

Promotion playoffs

The two losing semi-finalists of League2 Ontario will face against each others, the winner will then play against the 10th placed team in the Championship to get promoted to the Championship for the 2025 season.

League2 Ontario

League2 Ontario

Season	2024
2025 →

League2 Ontario clubs will be divided in regional conferences. Those clubs will be either the "B" team of Premier and Championship clubs or newly licensed clubs.

All teams will face each other team in their conference twice, once at home and once away. The winners of the three conferences plus the best 2nd placed team will qualify for the League2 play-offs, made up by two semi.finals and the final. The winner of the play-offs will be crowned as League2 winner and will be automatically promoted to the 2025 League1 Ontario Championship alongside the losing finalist as the Championship division will expand to 12 teams for the next season. The losing semi-finalists will play each other in the promotion play-offs and the winner will finally face the last placed club of the Championship division to eventually replace it in the 2nd division. ^[3]

Northeast Conference

Northeast Conference
Team	City	Principal stadium	Head Coach
Alliance United FC 2	Markham		Laura Gosse
Darby FC 2	Darlington		Fref Chicoy Daban
Master's FA	Scarborough (Toronto)	Alumni Field	Junior Groves
North Mississauga SC 2	Mississauga	Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park)	Laura Arduini
North Toronto Nitros 2	North York (Toronto)		Daire O'Brien
Pickering FC 2	Pickering		Peter Hogg
Simcoe County Rovers FC 2	Barrie		Mallory MacDonald
Unionville Milliken SC 2	Unionville (Markham)	Bill Crothers Turf West	Bill Markos
Vaughan Azzurri 2	Vaughan		Paul De Abreu
Woodbridge Strikers 2	Woodbridge (Vaughan)		Gabe Cremonese

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pickering FC 2	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Qualification to promotion play-offs and L2O finals
2	Alliance United FC 2	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Possible qualification to promotion play-offs and L2O finals
3	Vaughan Azzurri 2	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4
4	Unionville Milliken SC 2	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4
5	North Mississauga SC 2	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
6	Darby FC 2	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
7	Woodbridge Strikers 2	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3
8	Simcoe County Rovers FC 2	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
9	Master's FA	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
10	North Toronto Nitros 2	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0

Updated to match(es) played on May 7, 2024. Source: League1 Ontario

Southwest Conference

Southwest Conference
Team	City	Principal stadium	Head Coach
Blue Devils FC 2	Oakville	North Park Turf	Natalie Bukovec
Burlington SC 2	Burlington	City View Park Centre	Martinho Kibato
BVB IA Waterloo 2	Waterloo		Gregory Jespersen
FC London 2	London	City Wide Sports Park	Garrett Peters
Guelph United FC 2	Guelph		Michael Warden
Hamilton United 2	Hamilton		Carmine Lancia
ProStars FC 2	Brampton		Josef Komlodi
Rush Canada SA 2	Oakville	River Oaks Park	Michael Di Blasio
Scrosoppi FC 2	Milton		John Yacou
St. Catharines Roma Wolves	St. Catharines	Brock University	Davide Massafra

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Scrosoppi FC 2	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6	Qualification to promotion play-offs and L2O finals
2	Rush Canada SA 2	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Possible qualification to promotion play-offs and L2O finals
3	St. Catharines Roma Wolves	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
4	Burlington SC 2	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
5	Hamilton United 2	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	3
6	Blue Devils FC 2	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
7	FC London 2	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0
8	BVB IA Waterloo 2	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0
9	Guelph United FC 2	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0
10	ProStars FC 2	2	0	0	2	2	7	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on May 5, 2024. Source: League1 Ontario

L1 Cup

The L1 Cup is a league cup tournament that will be contested by teams from all three tiers of League1 Ontario. The Cup will be returning after a five-season hiatus, having last been played in 2018.

All 22 "A" teams will participate in the five-round knockout competition, which will be played concurrently with the league season. Twelve clubs will enter the first round (all ten clubs from the Championship division, and the two A teams from League2), while all ten clubs from the Premier Division will get a bye to the round of 16. ^[6] The first round is scheduled to begin on the week of April 15.

Bracket

First Round April 17-21

Round of 16 May 14-21

Quarterfinals TBC

Semifinals TBC

Final August 17

L1OP

Woodbridge Strikers

1(5)

L1OC

Pickering FC

1(4)

L1OC

Pickering FC

2(4)

L1OC

Hamilton United

2(3)

L1OP

Woodbridge Strikers

L1OP

North Toronto Nitros

L1OP

Alliance United FC

L1OP

Vaughan Azzurri

4

L1OC

Rush Canada SA

1

L2O

Masters FA

0

L1OC

Rush Canada SA

5

L1OP

Vaughan Azzurri

L1OC

Darby FC

L1OP

North Mississauga SC

0

L1OC

Darby FC

2

L1OC

Darby FC

2

L1OC

Unionville Milliken SC

0

L1OP

FC London

4

L1OC

BVB IA Waterloo

0

L1OC

BVB IA Waterloo

3

L1OC

ProStars FC

0

L1OP

FC London

L1OP

Guelph United FC

L1OP

NDC Ontario

L1OP

Simcoe County Rovers FC

L2O

St. Catharines Roma Wolves

L2O

St. Catharines Roma Wolves

w/o

L1OC

Tecumseh United FC

L1OC

Scrosoppi FC

L1OP

Blue Devils FC

2

L1OC

Scrosoppi FC

6

L1OC

Scrosoppi FC

4

L1OC

Burlington SC

0

U20 Reserve Division

The league will continue to operate a reserve division (however, unlike previous years where there were both U19 and U21 divisions, there will be a single U20 division). ^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Unionville Milliken SC U20	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
2	Alliance United FC U20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Aurora FC U20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Blue Devils FC U20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Cambridge United U20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	FC Durham U20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Hamilton United U20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	ProStars FC U20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Whitecaps London SC U20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	North Toronto Nitros U20	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0

Updated to match(es) played on May 6, 2024. Source: League1 Ontario

References

1. Jacques, John (January 25, 2022). "Promotion And Relegation Comes To League1 Ontario". Northern Tribune.
2. "The 2024 Plan: League1 Ontario Announces Plan To Overhaul Its Competition Structure For 2024 Season". League1 Ontario. January 25, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
3. "A New Era: A Bluffer's Guide to the L1ON men's soccer structure". League1 Ontario. February 13, 2024.
4. Davies, Mike. "Electric City FC ceases operations in Peterborough after two years". The Peterborough Examiner . Retrieved February 14, 2024.
5. Tuan Bui, David. "Electric City Football Club Folds After Two Years; Pickering FC Acquires Team Licenses". PTBO Canada. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
6. "The Grand Return: A bluffer's guide to the L1 Cup". www.league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

External links

• Official website