2024 League1 Ontario season (women)

This article is about the women'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 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]}

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

Season	2024
Champions	NDC Ontario
Relegated	Blue Devils FC
Matches played	90
Goals scored	270 (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
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 (C)	18	15	1	2	47	17	+30	46	Qualification to Inter-Provincial Championship
2	FC London	18	12	2	4	48	19	+29	38
3	North Toronto Nitros	18	11	3	4	35	20	+15	36
4	Woodbridge Strikers	18	9	3	6	46	30	+16	30
5	Vaughan Azzurri	18	6	7	5	23	25	−2	25
6	Guelph United F.C.	18	7	3	8	35	29	+6	24
7	Simcoe County Rovers FC	18	5	6	7	24	27	−3	21
8	Alliance United FC	18	5	4	9	27	38	−11	19
9	North Mississauga SC (O)	18	3	4	11	22	43	−21	13	Qualification to relegation playoffs
10	Blue Devils FC (R)	18	0	1	17	10	69	−59	1	Relegation 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.

North Mississauga SC
(L1O Premier 9th place) v Scrosoppi FC
(L1O Championship 2nd Place)

August 17, 2024	North Mississauga SC (L1O Premier 9th place)	3–1	Scrosoppi FC (L1O Championship 2nd Place)	Vaughan, Ontario
	Archer 6', 66' Dore-Anderson 30'		Newcombe 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Referee: Najeeb Almasri

Statistics

As of August 8, 2024

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
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
10	2 players tied		6

Source: League1 Ontario

League Honours

Awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref
Most Valuable Player	Samantha Murphy	Woodbridge Strikers	[6]
Young Player of the Year (U20)	Teegan Melenhorst	NDC Ontario
Coach of the Year	Garrett Peters	FC London
Goalkeeper of the Year	Noelle Henning	NDC Ontario
Defender of the Year	Jadea Collin	NDC Ontario
Midfielder of the Year	Julia Benati	FC London
Forward of the Year	Samantha Murphy	Woodbridge Strikers
Golden Boot (Top Scorer)	Samantha Murphy	Woodbridge Strikers

League All-Stars

The following players were named League1 Ontario Premier Division All-Stars for the 2024 season: ^[6]

First Team All-Stars Player Position Noelle Henning (NDC Ontario) Goalkeeper Jenny Wolevel (Alliance United) Defender Sarah Rollins (North Toronto Nitros) Defender Bryanna Caldwell (FC London) Defender Jadea Collin (NDC Ontario) Defender Julia Benati (FC London) Midfielder Brianne Desa (Vaughan Azzurri) Midfielder Caitlin Crichton (Guelph United) Midfielder Teegan Melenhorst (NDC Ontario) Midfielder Jade Kovacevic (North Toronto Nitros) Forward Samantha Murphy (Woodbridge Strikers) Forward

Second Team All-Stars Player Position Mollie Eriksson (North Mississauga) Goalkeeper Elise Bell (North Toronto Nitros) Defender Abby Wroe (Simcoe County Rovers) Defender Quintin Tostevin (North Toronto Nitros) Defender Ida Miceli (Woodbridge Strikers) Defender Alanna Raimondo (Vaughan Azzurri) Midfielder April Syme (Woodbridge Strikers) Midfielder Ella Kettles (NDC Ontario) Midfielder April Lantaigne (NDC Ontario) Forward Annabelle Chukwu (NDC Ontario) Forward Ally Rowe (FC London) Forward

Honourable Mentions Player Position Gurleen Toor (Alliance United) Goalkeeper Haley Ward (Guelph United) Defender Kathleen Kimens (Vaughan Azzurri) Defender Brooke-Lynne Mitchell (Vaughan Azzurri) Defender Ava Elgood (Blue Devils) Defender Cloey Uddenberg (Simcoe County Rovers) Midfielder Ravina Braich (North Mississauga) Midfielder Courtney Poon (North Toronto Nitros) Midfielder Ava Greco (NDC Ontario) Midfielder Olivia Rizakos (Guelph United) Forward Aliya Gomes (Simcoe County Rovers) Forward

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 playoffs 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 (P)	18	11	3	4	36	15	+21	36	Promotion to League1 Ontario Premier
2	Scrosoppi FC	18	10	5	3	37	16	+21	35	Qualification to promotion playoffs
3	Hamilton United	18	9	4	5	32	15	+17	31
4	ProStars FC	18	9	3	6	31	24	+7	30
5	Pickering FC	18	6	6	6	26	26	0	24
6	Unionville Milliken SC	18	6	6	6	24	28	−4	24
7	Burlington SC	18	4	7	7	23	34	−11	19
8	Tecumseh United FC	18	4	5	9	14	28	−14	17
9	Darby FC	18	4	4	10	22	38	−16	16
10	Rush Canada SA (R)	18	3	5	10	17	38	−21	14	Relegation 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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
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
8	7 players tied		5

Source: League1 Ontario

League Honours

Awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref
Most Valuable Player	TBD	TBD
Young Player of the Year (U20)	TBD	TBD
Coach of the Year	TBD	TBD
Goalkeeper of the Year	Natalie Mouradian	BVB IA Waterloo
Defender of the Year	Jaiden McBain	BVB IA Waterloo
Midfielder of the Year	Sahara Zingano	Scrosoppi FC
Forward of the Year	Jaiden Morgan	Hamilton United
Golden Boot (Top Scorer)	TBD	TBD

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 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
Team	City	Principal stadium	Head 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alliance United FC B	14	12	0	2	36	13	+23	36	Qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
2	Vaughan Azzurri B (C, P)	14	9	3	2	35	15	+20	30
3	Pickering FC B	14	9	2	3	29	12	+17	29
4	Simcoe County Rovers FC B	14	9	2	3	31	16	+15	29
5	North Toronto Nitros B	14	8	1	5	37	17	+20	25
6	Woodbridge Strikers B	14	5	6	3	31	25	+6	21
7	North Mississauga SC B	14	6	2	6	22	25	−3	20
8	Unionville Milliken SC B	14	4	4	6	26	34	−8	16
9	Darby FC B	14	5	0	9	16	26	−10	15
10	Master's FA	14	0	2	12	5	43	−38	2

Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Southwest Conference

Southwest Conference
Team	City	Principal stadium	Head Coach
Blue Devils FC B	Oakville	North Park Turf	Natalie Bukovec
Burlington SC B	Burlington	City View Park Centre	Martinho Kibato
BVB IA Waterloo B	Waterloo		Gregory Jespersen
FC London B	London	City Wide Sports Park	Garrett 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 Park	Michael Di Blasio
Scrosoppi FC B	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	Hamilton United B	14	9	1	4	28	16	+12	28	Qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
2	BVB IA Waterloo B	14	7	2	5	22	17	+5	23
3	Blue Devils FC B	14	7	2	5	31	22	+9	23
4	Rush Canada SA B	14	7	1	6	31	27	+4	22
5	ProStars FC B	14	6	1	7	22	26	−4	19
6	St. Catharines Roma Wolves	14	6	0	8	17	34	−17	18
7	Scrosoppi FC B	14	5	3	6	23	29	−6	18
8	Burlington SC B	14	3	3	8	20	32	−12	12
9	FC London B	14	2	4	8	23	24	−1	10
10	Guelph United FC B	14	1	1	12	9	41	−32	4

Source:

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. ^[7] 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]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ProStars FC U20 (C)	12	8	3	1	29	7	+22	27	Qualification to playoffs
2	Whitecaps London SC U20	12	7	4	1	28	10	+18	25
3	North Toronto Nitros U20	12	6	4	2	18	9	+9	22
4	Alliance United FC U20	12	6	3	3	17	10	+7	21
5	FC Durham U20	12	6	3	3	22	18	+4	21
6	Blue Devils FC U20	12	5	2	5	13	16	−3	17
7	Unionville Milliken SC U20	12	4	2	6	11	22	−11	14
8	Aurora FC U20	12	4	1	7	13	17	−4	13
9	North Mississauga SC U20	12	4	1	7	11	18	−7	13
10	Cambridge United U20	12	3	1	8	12	33	−21	10
11	Hamilton United U20	12	0	2	10	9	23	−14	2

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

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 women'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. "Premier Division stars celebrated in 2024 awards". League1 Ontario . November 1, 2024.
7. "The Grand Return: A bluffer's guide to the L1 Cup". www.league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

External links

• Official website