2025 League1 Ontario season (women)

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League1 Ontario
Season2025
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2026 →

The 2025 Women's League1 Ontario season is the tenth 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. The league is split into three divisions with promotion and relegation between them.

Contents

The Premier division is composed by 10 clubs, the Championship division by 9 clubs, all returning from last season. The League2 Ontario is made up by two conferences containing reserve teams and newly licensed clubs.

League1 Ontario Premier

League1 Ontario Premier
Season2025
DatesApril 16 – August 4
← 2024
2026 →

League1 Ontario Premier will be composed by 10 teams. NDC Ontario are the defending champions and Waterloo United (re-branded from BVB IA Waterloo) is new to the division after earning promotion from the Championship Division.

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. [1]

Clubs

League1 Premier
TeamCityPrincipal stadiumHead coach
Alliance United FC Markham / Scarborough Varsity Stadium Angelo Cavalluzzo
FC London London Tricar FieldDiogo Marinho
Guelph United FC Guelph Centennial BowlRandy Ribeiro
NDC Ontario Vaughan Ontario Soccer Centre Mel Bigg
North Mississauga SC Mississauga Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park)Adrian Field
North Toronto Nitros Toronto Downsview Park Marc Maunder
Simcoe County Rovers FC Barrie J.C Massie Field, Georgian College Zack Wilson
Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan North Maple Regional ParkJorden Feliciano
Waterloo United Waterloo RIM ParkGregory Jespersen
Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge (Vaughan)Vaughan GroveGabe Cremonese

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Simcoe County Rovers FC (C)1814314713+3445 Inter-Provincial Championship
2 North Toronto Nitros 1813325613+4342
3 NDC Ontario 1813234414+3041
4 Guelph United F.C. 189273532+329
5 Vaughan Azzurri 188281928−926
6 Waterloo United 184591526−1117
7 Woodbridge Strikers 1844102142−2116
8 North Mississauga SC 1834111048−3813
9 FC London (O)1834111430−1613Qualification to relegation playoffs
10 Alliance United FC (R)1817101429−1510Relegation 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 2026.

August 8, 2025 FC London
(L1O Premier 9th place) 		1–1
(2–0 p)		 Hamilton United
(L1O Championship 2nd Place) 		London, Ontario
8:30 pm Kohut Soccerball shade.svg90+5' Report Lecky Soccerball shade.svg77' (pen.)Stadium: Tricar Field
Referee: Petros Vasilos
Penalties
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Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Alliyah Rowe Simcoe County Rovers FC 24
2 Olivia Brown Guelph United FC 20
3 Ashley Campbell North Toronto Nitros 14
4 Elise Bell North Toronto Nitros 10
Nia Fleming-Thompson Vaughan Azzurri
Zoe Rowe Guelph United FC
7 Melisa Kekic NDC Ontario 8
Stefanie Young Simcoe County Rovers FC
9 Lauren Rowe North Toronto Nitros 7
103 players tied5

Source: League1 Ontario

League1 Ontario Championship

League1 Ontario Championship
Season2025
DatesApril 20 – August 3
← 2024
2026 →

League1 Ontario Championship is composed of 9 teams, 8 of those returning from the 2023 League1 Ontario season. Oakville SC (re-branded from Blue Devils FC) joins the division after being relegated from the Premier Division. Whitby FC re-branded from Darby FC. ProStars FC withdrew from the league shortly before the schedules released and were not replaced. [2]

The winner of the division will be automatically promoted to the Premier Division for 2026, while the runner-up will face the 9th place club in the Premier Division in the promotion playoffs. There will be no relegation this season. [1]

Clubs

League1 Championship
TeamCityPrincipal stadiumHead coach
Burlington SC Burlington Corpus Christi CSS Neil Wilson
Hamilton United Hamilton Ron Joyce Stadium (McMaster University)Carmine Lancia
Oakville SC Oakville Bronte Athletic ParkGarrett Peters
Pickering FC Pickering Pickering Soccer Centre/Kinsmen ParkPeter Hogg
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 James Lambourne
Unionville Milliken SC Unionville (Markham) Ontario Soccer Centre Alex Morales
Whitby FC Whitby Telus DomeRich Hirst

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Scrosoppi FC (C, P)169343018+1230Promotion to League1 Ontario Premier
2 Hamilton United 169252818+1029Qualification to promotion playoffs
3 Oakville SC 168262214+826
4 Pickering FC 167453221+1125
5 Whitby FC 166732314+925
6 Tecumseh SC 167362123−224
7 Unionville Milliken SC 164482836−816
8 Rush Canada SA 163672739−1215
9 Burlington SC 1631121846−2810
Source: League1 Ontario
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Caitlyn Gratton Rush Canada SA 11
2 Jahkaya Davis Scrosoppi FC 8
Yasmin Castillo Scrosoppi FC
4 Chiara Nicolazzo Hamilton United 7
Naya Cardoza Pickering FC
6 Ines Delhomelle Unionville Milliken SC 6
Miya Grant-Clavijo Unionville Milliken SC
86 players tied5

Source: League1 Ontario

League2 Ontario

League2 Ontario
Season2025
DatesApril 20 – July 31
← 2024
2026 →

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. Sudbury Cyclones, Railway City FC and Cambridge United joined as new 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. If the winner of the playoffs is a B team, they may decline promotion, and instead the top two A teams with the most regular-season points in the division will meet in a playoff to earn promotion. [1]

Northeast Conference

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Woodbridge Strikers B (C)1411124011+2934Qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
2 Alliance United FC B 149142415+928
3 Pickering FC B 148242916+1326
4 Scrosoppi FC B 147343015+1524
5 North Toronto Nitros B 147343025+524
6 Simcoe County Rovers FC B 147253623+1323
7 Whitby FC B 147161817+122
8 Sudbury Cyclones 147073032−221
9 Vaughan Azzurri B 146172925+419
10 Unionville Milliken SC B 1431101143−3210
11 North Mississauga SC B 1421111030−207
12 Master's FA 141211843−355
Updated to match(es) played on July 27, 2025. Source:
(C) Champions

Southwest Conference

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Waterloo United B 1412114613+3337Qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
2 Railway City FC 141121397+3235
3 Cambridge United 148153627+925
4 FC London B 146442622+422
5 St. Catharines Roma Wolves 146352216+621
6 Oakville SC B 144552632−617
7 Hamilton United B 144462624+216
8 Rush Canada SA B 144372435−1115
9 Guelph United FC B 1413101028−186
10 Burlington SC B 1402121263−512

Playoffs

Semifinals
July 29 		Championship Game
August 3
      
NE1 Woodbridge Strikers B 2
SW2 Railway City FC 1
NE1 Woodbridge Strikers B 4
SW1 Waterloo United B 0
SW1 Waterloo United B 4
NE2 Alliance United FC B 0

Promotion/relegation playoffs

Woodbridge Strikers B declined the promotion spot to the League1 Ontario Championship. As such, per league rules, a promotion playoff match was scheduled between the two A teams with the most points during the regular season to replace them.

L1 Cup

The L1 Cup is a league cup tournament that was contested by A teams from all three tiers of League1 Ontario.

All "A" teams participated in the five-round knockout competition, which was played concurrently with the league season. Eighteen clubs entered the first round (five clubs from the Premier Division, all ten clubs from the Championship division, and the three A teams from League2), while seven clubs from the Premier Division received a bye to the round of 16.

Bracket

  • First Round
  • April 6–12
  • Round of 16
  • May 12–21
  • Quarterfinals
  • June 17–19
  • Semifinals
  • July 3
  • Final
  • July 30
               
L1OP Vaughan Azzurri 2
L1OC Tecumseh United FC 0
L1OC Tecumseh United FC 1
L1OC Hamilton United 0
L1OP Vaughan Azzurri 1
L1OP FC London 2
L1OP FC London 3
L1OC Rush Canada SA 0
L1OC Rush Canada SA 5
L2O Sudbury Cyclones 0
L1OP FC London 0
L1OP Alliance United FC 3
L1OP NDC Ontario 2
L1OC Oakville SC 0
L1OC Oakville SC 2
L1OC Burlington SC 1
L1OP NDC Ontario 1
L1OP Alliance United FC 3
L1OP Alliance United FC 1
L1OP Guelph United FC 0
L1OP Guelph United FC 1
L2O Railway City FC 0
L1OP Alliance United FC 1
L1OP North Toronto Nitros 5
L1OP North Mississauga SC 2
L2O St. Catharines Roma Wolves 1
L1OC Unionville Milliken SC 2
L2O St. Catharines Roma Wolves 4
L1OP North Mississauga SC 1
L1OP North Toronto Nitros 3
L1OP North Toronto Nitros 4
L1OP Waterloo United 1
L1OP Waterloo United 1
L2O Cambridge United 0
L1OP North Toronto Nitros 0(4)
L1OP Simcoe County Rovers 0(2)
L1OP Simcoe County Rovers FC 1
L1OC Pickering FC 0
L1OC Scrosoppi FC 0
L1OC Pickering FC 4
L1OP Simcoe County Rovers 3
L1OC Whitby FC 0
L1OP Woodbridge Strikers 1(1)
L1OC Whitby FC 1(4)
L1OC Whitby FC 3
L2O Masters FA 0

U20 Reserve Division

The league will continue to operate a reserve division.

Northeast Conference

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 North Toronto Nitros U20 1411214813+3535Qualification to playoffs
2 Woodbridge Strikers U20 (C)1410314414+3033
3 Oakville SC U20 147343419+1524
4 Simcoe County Rovers FC U20 146171629−1319
5 Aurora FC U20 144461025−1516
6 North Mississauga SC U20 144372026−615
7 Whitby FC U20 143471326−1313
8 Pickering FC U20 140212942−332

Southwest Conference

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Hamilton United U20 12822298+2126Qualification to playoffs
2 Burlington SC U20 128133014+1625
3 Guelph United FC U20 126512813+1523
4 Railway City FC U20 127143221+1122
5 FC London U20 123271730−1311
6 Cambridge United U20 122191137−267
7 St. Catharines Roma Wolves U20 1220101842−246

Playoffs

Semifinals
July 27–28 		Championship Game
August 2
      
NE1 North Toronto Nitros U20 2
SW2 Burlington SC U20 1
NE1 North Toronto Nitros U20 0
NE2 Woodbridge Strikers U20 2
SW1 Hamilton United U20 0
NE2 Woodbridge Strikers U20 5

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Every Point Matters: Here's how champions will be decided in 2025". League1 Ontario. April 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Locked In: All six divisions in the 2025 season". League1 Ontario . February 4, 2025.
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