2024 League1 Ontario season (women)

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League1 Ontario
Season2024
2023
2025 →

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

Contents

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

League1 Ontario Premier

League1 Ontario Premier
L1O Premier Women.png
Season2024
Champions NDC Ontario
Relegated Blue Devils FC
Matches played90
Goals scored270 (3 per match)
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 playoff game against the 2nd placed club of the Championship to stay in the league. [3]

Clubs

League1 Premier
TeamCityPrincipal stadiumHead 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 FieldGarrett Peters
Guelph United FC Guelph Centennial BowlRandy 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 GroveDavid Porco

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 NDC Ontario (C)1815124717+3046Qualification to Inter-Provincial Championship
2 FC London 1812244819+2938
3 North Toronto Nitros 1811343520+1536
4 Woodbridge Strikers 189364630+1630
5 Vaughan Azzurri 186752325225
6 Guelph United F.C. 187383529+624
7 Simcoe County Rovers FC 185672427321
8 Alliance United FC 1854927381119
9 North Mississauga SC (O)18341122432113Qualification to relegation playoffs
10 Blue Devils FC (R)1801171069591Relegation to League1 Ontario Championship
Source: League1 Ontario
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation playoffs

A playoff was 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.

August 17, 2024 North Mississauga SC
(L1O Premier 9th place)
3–1 Scrosoppi FC
(L1O Championship 2nd Place)
Vaughan, Ontario
Archer Soccerball shade.svg6', 66'
Dore-Anderson Soccerball shade.svg30'
Newcombe Soccerball shade.svg63' (pen.)Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Referee: Najeeb Almasri

Statistics

As of August 8, 2024

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Samantha Murphy Woodbridge Strikers 18
2 Jade Kovacevic North Toronto Nitros 16
3 April Lantaigne NDC Ontario 11
Julia Benati FC London
5 Olivia Rizakos Guelph United 9
6 Ally Rowe FC London 9
7 Annabelle Chukwu NDC Ontario 7
Jayda Thompson Woodbridge Strikers
Victoria Hinchliffe Guelph United
102 players tied6

Source: League1 Ontario

League1 Ontario Championship

League1 Ontario Championship
L1O Championship Women.png
Season2024
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 playoffs winner to stay in the league. [3]

Clubs

League1 Championship
TeamCityPrincipal stadiumHead coach
Burlington SC Burlington Corpus Christi CSS Neil Wilson
BVB IA Waterloo Waterloo RIM Park Greg Jespersen
Darby FC Whitby South Courtice FieldStuart Robertson
Hamilton United Hamilton Ron Joyce Stadium (McMaster University)Carmine Lancia
Pickering FC Pickering Pickering Soccer Centre/Kinsmen ParkFrancesco Carriero
ProStars FC Brampton Ontario Soccer Centre / Victoria Park Stadium / Terry Fox Stadium Marco Bonofiglio
Rush Canada Oakville River Oaks ParkMichael 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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 BVB IA Waterloo (P)1811343615+2136Promotion to League1 Ontario Premier
2 Scrosoppi FC 1810533716+2135Qualification to promotion playoffs
3 Hamilton United 189453215+1731
4 ProStars FC 189363124+730
5 Pickering FC 186662626024
6 Unionville Milliken SC 186662428424
7 Burlington SC 1847723341119
8 Tecumseh United FC 1845914281417
9 Darby FC 18441022381616
10 Rush Canada SA (R)18351017382114Relegation to League2 Ontario
Source: League1 Ontario
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion playoffs

The two losing semi-finalists of League2 Ontario will face against each others, the winner will be promoted to the Championship for the 2025 season. [3]

Statistics

As of August 8, 2024

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Abby Kraemer BVB IA Waterloo 10
Sahara Zingano Scrosoppi FC
Teagan Handley ProStars FC
4 Torrie Grant-Clavijo Unionville-Milliken SC 8
5 Aalayah Michline-Simone Lully Scrosoppi FC 7
Mya Newcombe Scrosoppi FC
Sophia Cabral BVB IA Waterloo
87 players tied5

Source: League1 Ontario

League2 Ontario

League2 Ontario
L1O L2 Women.png
Season2024
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 top two teams in each division will advance to the promotion playoffs, with the winner being promoted to the Championship. [3]

Northeast Conference

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Alliance United FC B 1412023613+2336Qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
2 Vaughan Azzurri B (C, P)149323515+2030
3 Pickering FC B 149232912+1729
4 Simcoe County Rovers FC B 149233116+1529
5 North Toronto Nitros B 148153717+2025
6 Woodbridge Strikers B 145633125+621
7 North Mississauga SC B 146262225320
8 Unionville Milliken SC B 144462634816
9 Darby FC B 1450916261015
10 Master's FA 140212543382

Southwest Conference

Southwest Conference
TeamCityPrincipal stadiumHead Coach
Blue Devils FC B Oakville North Park TurfNatalie Bukovec
Burlington SC B Burlington City View Park CentreMartinho Kibato
BVB IA Waterloo B Waterloo Gregory Jespersen
FC London B London City Wide Sports ParkGarrett Peters
Guelph United FC B Guelph Michael Warden
Hamilton United B Hamilton Carmine Lancia
ProStars FC B Brampton Josef Komlodi
Rush Canada SA B Oakville River Oaks ParkMichael Di Blasio
Scrosoppi FC B Milton John Yacou
St. Catharines Roma Wolves St. Catharines Brock University Davide Massafra

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Hamilton United B 149142816+1228Qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
2 BVB IA Waterloo B 147252217+523
3 Blue Devils FC B 147253122+923
4 Rush Canada SA B 147163127+422
5 ProStars FC B 146172226419
6 St. Catharines Roma Wolves 1460817341718
7 Scrosoppi FC B 145362329618
8 Burlington SC B 1433820321212
9 FC London B 142482324110
10 Guelph United FC B 141112941324

Playoffs

Semifinals
August 6-7
Championship Game
August 10
      
NE1 Alliance United FC B 3
SW2 BVB IA Waterloo B 0
NE1 Alliance United FC B 1
NE2 Vaughan Azzurri B 3
SW1 Blue Devils FC B 1(3)
NE2 Vaughan Azzurri B 1(4)

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 14–29
  • Quarterfinals
  • June 5–26
  • Semifinals
  • July 16–17
  • Final
  • July 31
               
L1OP Woodbridge Strikers 1(5)
L1OC Pickering FC 1(4)
L1OC Pickering FC 2(4)
L1OC Hamilton United 2(3)
L1OP Woodbridge Strikers 0
L1OP North Toronto Nitros 2
L1OP North Toronto Nitros 1
L1OP Alliance United FC 0
L1OP North Toronto Nitros 9
L1OC Darby FC 1
L1OP Vaughan Azzurri 4
L1OC Rush Canada SA 1
L2O Masters FA 0
L1OC Rush Canada SA 5
L1OP Vaughan Azzurri 0
L1OC Darby FC 1
L1OP North Mississauga SC 0
L1OC Darby FC 2
L1OC Darby FC 2
L1OC Unionville Milliken SC 0
L1OP North Toronto Nitros 1
L1OP FC London 2
L1OP FC London 4
L1OC BVB IA Waterloo 0
L1OC BVB IA Waterloo 3
L1OC ProStars FC 0
L1OP FC London 4
L1OP Guelph United FC 1
L1OP Guelph United FC 1
L1OP NDC Ontario 0
L1OP FC London 2
L1OP Simcoe County Rovers 0
L1OP Simcoe County Rovers 5
L2O St. Catharines Roma Wolves 0
L2O St. Catharines Roma Wolves w/o
L1OC Tecumseh United FC
L1OP Simcoe County Rovers 3
L1OC Scrosoppi FC 0
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]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 ProStars FC U20 (C)12831297+2227Qualification to playoffs
2Whitecaps London SC U20127412810+1825
3 North Toronto Nitros U20 12642189+922
4 Alliance United FC U20 126331710+721
5 FC Durham U20 126332218+421
6 Blue Devils FC U20 125251316317
7 Unionville Milliken SC U20 1242611221114
8 Aurora FC U20 124171317413
9 North Mississauga SC U20 124171118713
10Cambridge United U201231812332110
11 Hamilton United U20 120210923142
Source: League1 Ontario
(C) Champions

Playoffs

Semifinals
July 30
Championship Game
August 3
      
1 ProStars FC U20 2
4 Alliance United FC U20 1
1 ProStars FC U20 4
2 Whitecaps London SC U20 1
2 Whitecaps London SC U20 2
3 North Toronto Nitros U20 1

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