League1 Ontario

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  • League1 Ontario
  • Men's Division
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Organising body Ontario Soccer Association
FoundedNovember 15, 2013;11 years ago (2013-11-15)
First season 2014
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Confederation CONCACAF
(North American Football Union)
Number of clubs12 (Premier)
12 (Championship)
23 (L2O)
Level on pyramid 3
Domestic cup(s) Canadian Championship
League cup(s)L1 Cup
International cup(s) CONCACAF Champions Cup
(via Canadian Championship)
Current champions Scrosoppi FC
(2024)
Current L1 Cup Vaughan Azzurri
(2024)
Most championships Vaughan Azzurri (3 titles)
Most L1 Cups Vaughan Azzurri (4 titles)
Website www.league1ontario.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Current: 2024 League1 Ontario season

League1 Ontario (L1ON) is a semi-professional men's soccer league in Ontario, Canada. [1] The league is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association. [2]

Contents

League1 Ontario consists of three tiers – League1 Premier, League1 Championship, and League2 Ontario – with promotion and relegation between them. [3] The top-two tiers consist of 12 teams each, while the lowest tier is uncapped in size.

In the Canadian soccer league system, the men's division is behind the fully-professional Canadian Premier League. It is part of League1 Canada, the national third tier with regional division, along with three other provincial leagues. The league champion qualifies for the Canadian Championship, Canada's domestic cup tournament. Dino Rossi serves as the commissioner of the league. [4] [5]

History

Origins

League1 Ontario was founded on November 15, 2013, in an announcement by the Ontario Soccer Association (OSA) that it would pilot the semi-professional league in 2014 and 2015 as a key pillar of long-term player development in Canada. The league would be administered by DG Sports, who also operate the province's amateur Ontario Soccer League, with Dino Rossi serving as commissioner. OSA President Ron Smale stated that the league's core group of players are to consist of U-23s, with League1 complementing the newly formed Ontario Player Development League (OPDL) elite youth league as a pathway for professional player development. [6]

On April 8, 2014, the OSA revealed its plans for the inaugural season of League1 which would begin during the final weekend in May 2014. The season featured 10 teams, chosen through a standards-based application process, which were: ANB Futbol, Durham Power FC, Internacional de Toronto, Kingston Cataraqui Clippers, Master's FA, Sigma FC, Toronto FC Academy, Vaughan Azzurri, Windsor Stars and Woodbridge Strikers. [7] The league champion would face the champion of the Première ligue de soccer du Québec in the Inter-Provincial Cup to determine the national Division III champion. [8]

Dylan Sacramento of Toronto FC Academy scored the first ever goal in the league with a 10th-minute strike against Vaughan Azzurri. [9] In the same game, Mateo Restrepo received the league's first red card. [9] On July 22, 2014, the league and the Ontario Soccer Association announced the termination of Internacional de Toronto's license agreement due to "failure to comply with agreed-upon league standards", [10] [11] with league matches rescheduled for the season to accommodate the change. Toronto FC Academy were crowned the inaugural league champions on October 4, 2014, after defeating the Cataraqui Clippers 3–1 to secure the top place in the regular season standings. [12] [13] Vaughan Azzurri and Sigma FC contested the inaugural League1 Cup on October 19, 2014, at BMO Field, with the Azzurri winning the single-game cup final 2–1 to be crowned champions. [14] [15]

As the number of teams in the league continued to grow through expansion, the league introduced a two-conference format with the winner of each conference facing off in a championship match. [16] After the 2016 season, the Inter-Provincial Cup was cancelled, with the winners of League1 Ontario and the PLSQ instead advancing to the national Canadian Championship the following season, beginning in 2018. [17]

In 2018, the league returned to a single division, introducing playoffs for the top finishers of the league to decide the league champion. [18] The League Cup tournament was eliminated the following season. [19]

On November 14, 2018, the Canadian Premier League announced its purchase of League1 Ontario. According to L1O commissioner Dino Rossi, L1O would serve as "CPL's official development league." [20]

Due to restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the league cancelled the 2020 season [21] [22] and delayed the start of the 2021 season. [23] In 2022, L1O joined League1 Canada as a founding member. League1 Canada is an alliance of soccer leagues that operate at the pro-am level. [24]

Reorganization

In 2024, League1 Ontario restructured from a single league into a three-tier competition. [25] Existing teams were assigned to one of the top-two tiers based on the number of points they earned in the previous two seasons. The top-tier "League1 Ontario Premier Division" included the top 12 teams while the second tier "League1 Ontario Championship Division" featured the remaining 10 teams (with expansion to 12 teams in the 2025 season). [26] Along with this, a third tier known as League2 Ontario debuted in 2024 with 24 teams that included existing club B teams and new teams joining the league. League2 was created as an entry point for expansion clubs to the L1O system.

Under the reorganization, teams have the ability to move up and down between tiers through a process of promotion and relegation. [27] The 2024 season also saw the return of the L1 Cup, a league cup knockout tournament which features teams from all three tiers of the L1O system. [28]

Competition format

League1 Ontario structure (2024)
TierDivision
1Premier
12 teams

↓ relegate 1 or 2

2Championship
10 teams

↑ promote 1 or 2
↓ relegate 0 or 1

3League2
24 teams in 3 conferences

↑ promote 2 or 3

League1 Ontario clubs are grouped into three divisions: League1 Premier, League1 Championship, and League2 Ontario. The regular season runs from April to August in which teams only play against other teams in their division. The top-two tiers use a single table round-robin format while the lowest tier is further subdivided into regional groupings. The team that accumulates the most points during the season is crowned league champions. [29] In 2016 and 2017, the league champion was determined by a single match playoff between the winners of the east and west divisions. From 2018 to 2023, a larger playoff format was used.

Promotion and relegation results in the Championship team that is crowned champions will automatically be promoted to the Premier, while the team at the bottom of the Premier standings will be automatically relegated to the Championship. A direct swap between the best and worst sides. The system will be the first of its kind in not just Canada but North America. [30] A playoff will also happen between the Premier and Championship, where the team second from bottom (11th) in the Premier will face the second-placed team in the Championship in an all-or-nothing game for a place in the top tier in 2025.

Since 2017, the winner of the Premier division has qualified for the Canadian Championship. [31] At the end of each season, the winner of the Championship and League2 divisions are promoted to the next tier up while the bottom team in the Premier and Championship divisions are relegated down. [32]

Beginning in 2019, the Supporters Trophy was created by the Rogue Street Elite supporter group of North Mississauga SC to be given to the regular season champions. [33]

L1 Cup

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The L1 Cup is a league cup tournament that features all L1O clubs. [34] It runs concurrently with the regular season, with cup games usually taking place mid-week. It is not a form of playoffs and all matches are separate from the regular season and are not reflected in the season standings. The 2014 and 2015 cups included a group stage and a knockout stage but from 2016 to 2018 the format was a single-elimination tournament. Following a hiatus from 2019 to 2023, [19] the L1 Cup returned in 2024, coinciding with the league's restructuring. [28] [35]

Current clubs

As of 2024 there are 27 clubs of whom 4 are based in Toronto, 13 are based elsewhere in the Greater Toronto Area, 9 are based in other cities in Southern Ontario and there is 1 club based in Northern Ontario. [note 1]

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Location of Men's Division teams within the Greater Toronto Area.

League1 Premier

The league has 12 teams participating in the 2025 season.

Club details

As of November 30, 2024

TeamCityStadiumCapacityFoundedDebutCoach
Current teams
Alliance United FC Markham and Scarborough, Ontario (Toronto) Centennial College 220020172018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ilya Orlov
Burlington SC Burlington, Ontario Haber Centre100019622022 Flag of England.svg Darren Tilley
FC London London, Ontario Tricar Field90020082016 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Yiannis Tsalatsidis
North Toronto Nitros Toronto, Ontario Downsview Park 100019802016 [note 2] Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Marko Milanović
Oakville SC [note 3] Oakville, Ontario Sheridan Trafalgar Stadium 100019722015 Flag of England.svg Duncan Wilde
ProStars FC Brampton, Ontario Victoria Park Stadium 200020132015 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Portolese
Scrosoppi FC Milton, Ontario Bishop Reding CSS 100020202021 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Yacou
Sigma FC Mississauga, Ontario Paramount Fine Foods Centre 540020052014 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg John Zervos
Simcoe County Rovers FC Barrie, Ontario J.C. Massie Field 120020212022 Flag of the United States.svg Zack Wilson (Interim)
St. Catharines Roma Wolves St. Catharines, Ontario Club Roma Stadium150019672021 Flag of Italy.svg Federico Turriziani
Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan, Ontario North Maple Regional Park50019822014 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Carmine Isacco
Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge, Ontario Vaughan Grove Park100019762014 Flag of Italy.svg Peter Pinizzotto
  1. ↑ Thunder Bay Chill, Northern Ontario's only other club at a comparable level to L1O, plays in USL League Two.
  2. ↑ North Toronto Nitros was on hiatus in 2018 & 2019, and returned in 2020 [36]
  3. ↑ Oakville SC operated as Oakville Blue Devils FC until the 2021 season and Blue Devils FC between the 2021 and 2024 season prior to their merger

League1 Championship

The league has 12 teams participating in the 2025 season.

Club details

As of November 30, 2024

TeamCityStadiumCapacityFoundedDebutCoach
Current teams
Alliance United FC B Markham and Scarborough, Ontario (Toronto) Centennial College 2200Reserve team ?
BVB IA Waterloo [note 1] Waterloo, Ontario RIM Park 170019712021 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Marcoccia
Guelph United Guelph, Ontario Centennial Bowl50020202021 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justin Springer
Hamilton United Hamilton, Ontario Ron Joyce Stadium 600020132020 [note 2] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kamran Derayeh
Master's FA Scarborough, Ontario L'Amoreaux Sports Complex20020092014 Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Mattace-Raso
North Mississauga SC Mississauga, Ontario Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park)20019822016 Flag of Iran.svg Peyvand Mossavat
Scrosoppi FC B Milton, Ontario Bishop Reding CSS 1000Reserve team ?
Unionville Milliken SC Unionville, Ontario Ontario Soccer Centre200019762018 Flag of Angola.svg Filipe Bento
Vaughan Azzurri B Vaughan, Ontario North Maple Regional Park500Reserve team ?
Whitby FC [note 3] Whitby, Ontario Whitby Soccer Centre100019662018 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ramin Mohammadi
Windsor City FC [note 4] Windsor, Ontario St. Clair College 200020042014 Flag of Brazil.svg Valter Cosenza
York United FC Academy Toronto, Ontario York Lions Stadium 400020242025 ?
  1. ↑ BVB IA Waterloo was known as Waterloo United in 2021
  2. ↑ The 2020 season was cancelled delaying their debut to the following year
  3. ↑ Whitby FC was known as Darby FC from 2018 to 2024
  4. ↑ Windsor City FC was known as Windsor Stars from 2014 to 2016 and known as Windsor TFC from 2017 to 2022

League2 Ontario

The league has 23 teams participating in the 2025 season.

Club details

As of November 30, 2024

TeamCityStadiumFoundedDebut
Current teams
Blue Devils FC 2 Oakville / Milton North Park Turf / Craig Kielburger SS Reserve team
Burlington SC 2 Burlington City View Park CentreReserve team
BVB IA Waterloo 2 Waterloo RIM Park Reserve team
Cambridge United Cambridge Cambridge Soccer Park19732025
FC London 2 London City Wide Sports ParkReserve team
Guelph United FC 2 Guelph EastviewReserve team
Hamilton United 2 Ancaster (Hamilton) Redeemer Reserve team
Master's FA 2 Scarborough / North York (Toronto) Alumni Field Reserve team
North Mississauga SC 2 Mississauga Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park)Reserve team
North Toronto Nitros 2 North York (Toronto) Downsview Park Reserve team
Pickering FC [note 1] Pickering Pickering Soccer Centre19842014 [note 2]
ProStars FC 2 Brampton / Mississauga Terry Fox Stadium / Mattamy Sports ParkReserve team
Railway City FC St. Thomas 1Password Park 20242025
Rush Canada SA Oakville River Oaks Park / Sheridan Trafalgar Campus 20142024
Sigma FC 2 Mississauga Paramount Fine Foods Centre Reserve team
Simcoe County Rovers FC 2 Barrie J.C. Massie Field Reserve team
St. Catharines Roma Wolves 2 St. Catharines Brock University / Club RomaReserve team
Sudbury Cyclones Sudbury Cambrian College / James Jerome Sports Complex20232024
The Borough FC Scarborough (Toronto) Birchmount Stadium 20112024
Unionville Milliken SC 2 Unionville (Markham) Bill Crothers Turf West Reserve team
Whitby FC 2 Whitby Telus DomeReserve team
Windsor City FC 2 Windsor St. Clair College Reserve team
Woodbridge Strikers 2 Woodbridge (Vaughan)Vaughan Grove FieldReserve team
  1. ↑ Pickering FC was known as Durham United FC/FA until the end of 2019
  2. ↑ Durham United was on hiatus in 2018 & returned in 2019 [37] Pickering FC went on hiatus for 2023 & returned in 2024. [38]

Timeline

League1 Ontario

Former clubs

Former clubs
TeamCityStadiumFirst seasonFinal season
1812 FC Barrie Brampton [note 1] Terry Fox Stadium2021
ANB Futbol King The Country Day School 20142015
Aurora FC [note 2] Aurora Stewart Burnett Park20162020
Electric City FC Peterborough Fleming College Stadium20222023
Internacional de Toronto Toronto Lamport Stadium 2014
Kingston Clippers [note 3] Kingston Tindall Field, Queen's University 20142016
Ottawa South United [note 4] Manotick (Ottawa)Quinn's Pointe20172019
Sanjaxx Lions Toronto Monarch Park Stadium 20152018
Toronto FC Academy [note 5] Toronto BMO Training Ground 20142024
Toronto Skillz FC Toronto Birchmount Stadium 20162021
  1. ↑ 1812 FC Barrie was originally set to play in Barrie; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they spent their only season in Brampton
  2. ↑ Aurora FC was known as Aurora United during the 2016 season
  3. ↑ Kingston Clippers was known as Cataraqui Clippers during 2014 season
  4. ↑ Moved to PLSQ from the 2020 season
  5. ↑ Toronto FC Academy played in League1 Ontario from 2014 to 2018, before returning in 2024. They were known as Toronto FC III between 2017 and 2018.

Organization

Regulations

League1 Ontario was founded with a series of values, objectives and standards all aimed at furthering the league's stated objective of improving player development in Ontario and Canada. [39] Some of these regulations include:

League1 Ontario is an open-age league however there are several rules designed to give playing opportunities to young players. For the 2022 season, teams were required to have at least eight U-23 players on each match-day roster and to give U-20 players a total of at least 2,000 minutes across the regular season. [40] In 2024, the "eight U-23 player rule" was removed and replaced by a minutes quota. U-23 players must now play at least 41% of available minutes across the season (9,000 in Premier division) and U-20 players must play 11% of available minutes (2,500 in Premier division). [41]

Honours

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League1 Ontario Championship trophy

Bold indicates clubs playing in 2024 League1 Ontario season. From 2016 to 2023, the winner of the playoffs determined the league champion.

Premier division champions
ClubWinsRunner-upWinning seasonsRunner-up seasons
Vaughan Azzurri 31 2016, 2018, 2022 2024
Oakville SC 22 2015, 2017 2021, 2022
Scrosoppi FC 11 2024 2023
Toronto FC Academy 10 2014 –
Master's FA 10 2019 –
Guelph United 10 2021 –
Simcoe County Rovers 10 2023 –
Woodbridge Strikers 04– 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
FC London 02– 2016, 2019

Yearly results

Trophy winners (2014–2023)
SeasonTeamsRegular seasonPlay-offsL1 Cup
2014 9 [note 1] Toronto FC Academy — Vaughan Azzurri
2015 12 Oakville Blue Devils — Woodbridge Strikers
2016 16 Vaughan Azzurri (E)
FC London (W)		 Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan Azzurri
2017 16 Woodbridge Strikers (E)
Oakville Blue Devils (W) 		Oakville Blue Devils Woodbridge Strikers
2018 17 FC London Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan Azzurri
2019 16 Oakville Blue Devils Master's Futbol —
2020 17Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 15 [note 2] Vaughan Azzurri (E)
Guelph United (W)		 Guelph United —
2022 22 Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan Azzurri —
2023 21 Scrosoppi FC Simcoe County Rovers —
  1. ↑ Originally, 10 clubs were in the league, but Internacional de Toronto was removed from the league mid-season.
  2. ↑ Originally, 21 clubs were set to participate, but some clubs opted out of the main division due to scheduling impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some clubs participated in a separate short-season division.
Trophy winners (2024–present)
SeasonPremier divisionChampionship divisionLeague2 divisionL1 Cup
2024 Scrosoppi FC Toronto FC Academy Alliance United FC B Vaughan Azzurri

Reserve division

In 2019, L1O launched a men's U21 Reserve Division open to existing League1 Ontario or Ontario Player Development League license holders. The inaugural year will consist of a 12-game summer season and a separate 10-game fall season. Nine teams will participate in the 2019 summer season with a possibility of more teams joining for the fall. [42]

Players who earned national team caps while in L1O

The following players have earned a senior national team cap while playing in League1 Ontario (the year of their first cap while playing in the league is listed). Players who earned caps before or after playing in League1 Ontario are not included, unless they also earned caps while in the league. This section also does not include youth caps (U23 or below).

PlayerCountryYearRef
Shaquille Agard Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 2014 [43]
Adrian Butters Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 2015 [44]
Kilian Elkinson Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 2016 [45]
Anthony Whyte Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 2016 [46]
Daniel Whyte Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 2016 [46]
Daniel Jodah Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 2017 [47]
Jelani Smith Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 2017 [47]
Navid Rahman Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2018
Alain Sargeant Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2018 [48]
Justin Springer Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2018 [48]
Kaeson Trench Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2018 [49]
Tristan MarshallFlag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2019 [50]
Tyrell Rayne Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda 2019 [51]
Rahbar Wahed Khan Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2021 [52]
Quillan Roberts Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 2022 [53]
Zachary Ellis-Hayden Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 2023 [54]
Emery Welshman Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 2023
Tre Crosby Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2024

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