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League1 Ontario
Men's Division
File:League1 Ontario Logo.jpg
Season2016
ChampionsVaughan Azzurri
Cup championsVaughan Azzurri
Matches played175
Goals scored733 (4.19 per match)
Top goalscorerElvir Gigolaj
(24 goals)
Best goalkeeperJoseph Kuta
(0.67 GAA)
Biggest home winTFC Academy 9-0 Master's
(July 10, 2016)
Biggest away winMaster's 2-8 Windsor
(July 16, 2016)
Master's 2-8 N. Miss.
(August 6, 2016)
ProStars 2-8 TFC Academy
(August 26, 2016)
Kingston 0-6 Vaughan
(Sept. 25, 2016)
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of October 17, 2016.
Women's Division
Season2016
ChampionsFC London
Cup championsVaughan Azzurri
Matches played72
Goals scored307 (4.26 per match)
Top goalscorerJade Kovacevic
(26 goals)
Best goalkeeperHope Sabadash
(0.29 GAA)
Biggest home winWoodbridge 14-0 Darby
(June 12, 2016)
Biggest away winDarby 0-7 Durham
(May 20, 2016)
← 2015
2017 →

The 2016 League1 Ontario season is the third season of play for League1 Ontario, a Division 3 semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in theCanadian provinceof Ontario.

This season saw the return of all but one of the teams which completed the previous season, as well as the addition of five new teams for the men's division. The women's division saw the departure of two teams from its inaugural season, while four teams joined the league to result in a nine-team competition.[1]

Changes from 2015

Five new teams (Aurora United FC, North Mississauga SC, North Toronto Nitros, Toronto Skillz FC) joined the men's division for this season, including FC London who moved over from the Premier Development League. One team (ANB Futbol) from 2015 did not renew their license, resulting in a 16-team competition and a change from a single-table format to a two-conference format.[2]

The league's cup tournament for the men's division will be a single-elimination competition; eliminating the group stage seen in previous editions.

The women's division enters its second season with nine teams, after the addition of four teams (Aurora United FC, Darby FC, Kingston Clippers, and FC London) and the departure of two teams (ANB Futbol and Pro Stars FC) from the previous season. It will remain in a single-table format for the 2016 season.

On June 16, 2016, Toronto FC entered into a partnership with the Windsor Stars wherein the latter would become a "regional satellite club" of the former, who would in turn provide technical and coaching development. As part of the agreement, Windsor would become known as "Windsor TFC" in the future. The agreement does not affect the participation in L1O of either the Windsor Stars or TFC's Academy team.[3]

Men's Division

Teams

Team City Stadium Founded First season Head coach
Western Conference
FC London London, Ontario German Canadian FC Stadium 2008 2016 Croatia Mario Despotović[4]
North Mississauga SC Mississauga, Ontario Hershey Centre, Field 2 1982 2016 Trinidad and Tobago Rick Titus[5]
Oakville Blue Devils Oakville, Ontario Sheridan Stadium 1994 2015 England Duncan Wilde[6]
ProStars FC Brampton, Ontario Victoria Park Stadium 2015 2015 Hungary Josef Komlodi[7]
Sanjaxx Lions Toronto, Ontario Monarch Park Stadium 2012 2015 England Peter Mellon[8]
Sigma FC Mississauga, Ontario Hershey Centre, Field 1 2005 2014 Greece Bobby Smyrniotis[9]
Toronto FC Academy North York, Ontario KIA Training Ground 2008 2014 Scotland Stuart Neely[10]
Windsor Stars Windsor, Ontario McHugh Stadium 2004 2014 Canada Shane Topalovic[11]
Eastern Conference
Aurora United FC Aurora, Ontario Sheppard’s Bush 1964 2016 Canada Jim Brennan[12]
Durham United FA Pickering, Ontario Kinsmen Park 2014 2014 Canada Sanford Carabin[13]
Kingston Clippers Kingston, Ontario Tindall Field, Queen's University 1971 2014 Canada Christian Hoefler[14]
Master's Futbol Scarborough, Ontario L'Amoreaux Park 2012 2014 Andre Savelev[15]
North Toronto Nitros Toronto, Ontario Varsity Stadium 1980 2016 Cameroon Hermann Kingué[16]
Toronto Skillz FC Scarborough, Ontario Birchmount Stadium 2008 2016 Trinidad and Tobago Leslie Fitzpatrick[17]
Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan, Ontario McNaughton Park 2014 2014 Canada Carmine Isacco[18]
Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge, Ontario Vaughan Grove 1976 2014 Canada Peter Pinizzotto[19]

Standings

Each team will play 22 matches as part of the season; two against every team in their own conference, and one against every team in the opposing conference. The top team from each conference will meet at the end of the season to determine the league champion and will face the PLSQ league champion in the Inter-Provincial Cup.

Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vaughan Azzurri 22 17 4 1 70 24 +46 55 League Championship
2 Woodbridge Strikers 22 15 2 5 52 17 +35 47
3 North Toronto Nitros 22 14 3 5 52 29 +23 45
4 Durham United FA 22 11 3 8 54 42 +12 36
5 Kingston Clippers 22 7 5 10 34 53 −19 26
6 Aurora United FC 22 4 3 15 27 66 −39 15
7 Toronto Skillz FC 22 3 4 15 32 63 −31 13
8 Master's Futbol 22 3 2 17 38 92 −54 11
Updated to match(es) played on October 10, 2016. Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/show/2309115-standings
Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC London 22 15 2 5 64 32 +32 47 League Championship
2 Sigma FC 22 14 2 6 48 28 +20 44
3 Toronto FC Academy 22 12 2 8 70 37 +33 38
4 North Mississauga SC 22 11 5 6 63 42 +21 38
5 Windsor Stars 21 9 1 11 44 42 +2 28
6 Oakville Blue Devils 22 8 4 10 38 43 −5 28
7 Sanjaxx Lions 21 5 1 15 23 56 −33 16
8 ProStars FC 22 4 3 15 24 67 −43 15
Updated to match(es) played on October 10, 2016. Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/show/2309115-standings

League Championship

The league champion is determined by a single-match series between the top-ranked teams from the western and eastern conferences.

October 15, 2016 FC London 2 - 4 Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan, Ontario
4:00 pm Nafar 71'
Gigolaj 80'		 Report Butters 9'
Gogarty 12'
Kovacevic 52'
Whiteman 68'		 Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 700

Cup

The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all sixteen teams from the men's division take part. It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is more like the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup, albeit only for League1 Ontario teams. All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.

The cup tournament for the men's division is a single-match knockout tournament with four total rounds culminating in a final match at the end of July, with initial matchups determined by random draw. Each match in the tournament must return a result; any match drawn after 90 minutes will advance directly to kicks from the penalty mark instead of extra time.[20]

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
        
Sigma FC 1 (2)
Master's Futbol (p) 1 (3)
Master's Futbol 3
Toronto Skillz FC 1
Windsor Stars 1
Toronto Skillz FC 2
Master's Futbol 0
Vaughan Azzurri 3
Oakville Blue Devils 1 (4)
Vaughan Azzurri (p) 1 (5)
Vaughan Azzurri 3
Aurora United FC 2
Sanjaxx Lions 1 (1)
Aurora United FC (p) 1 (4)
Vaughan Azzurri 1
Woodbridge Strikers 0
FC London 0
Durham United FA 3
Durham United FA 1
North Toronto Nitros 3
North Mississauga SC 1
North Toronto Nitros 2
North Toronto Nitros 0
Woodbridge Strikers 1
ProStars FC 3
Woodbridge Strikers 4
Woodbridge Strikers 2
Kingston Clippers 0
Toronto FC Academy 1
Kingston Clippers 3

Round of 16

June 1, 2016 Sigma FC 1 - 1
(2 - 3 p)		 Master's Futbol Mississauga, Ontario
9:00 pm Zajac 63' (pen.) Report Page 34' Stadium: Hershey Centre, Field 1
June 1, 2016 Windsor Stars 1 - 2 Toronto Skillz FC Vaughan, Ontario
8:00 pm Milidrag 43' Report Su 48'
Fathazda 61'		 Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
May 18, 2016 Oakville Blue Devils 1 - 1
(4 - 5 p)		 Vaughan Azzurri Oakville, Ontario
8:00 pm James 28' Report
Report		 Whiteman 23' Stadium: Bronte Athletic Park
May 17, 2016 Aurora United FC 1 - 1
(4 - 1 p)		 Sanjaxx Lions Aurora, Ontario
9:00 pm Jacovou 90' Report
Report		 Daniel 72' Stadium: Sheppard’s Bush
Penalties
Adej soccer ball with check mark
Mahrady soccer ball with check mark
Powell soccer ball with check mark
Parolini soccer ball with check mark		 Daniel soccer ball with red X
Zullimullah soccer ball with red X
Serrao soccer ball with check mark
May 26, 2016 FC London 0 - 3 Durham United FA London, Ontario
8:00 pm Report Cullen 19'
De Jonge 58'
Paredes 71'		 Stadium: German Canadian FC Stadium
May 31, 2016 North Mississauga SC 1 - 2 North Toronto Nitros Mississauga, Ontario
8:00 pm Bryan 85' Report Sousa 44', 67' Stadium: Hershey Centre, Field 2
May 18, 2016 Woodbridge Strikers 4 - 3 ProStars FC Woodbridge, Ontario
9:00 pm Zwane 35'
Carreiro 51'
Portillo 63', 90'		 Report
Report		 Smith 40'
Hathaway 56'
Anderson 89'		 Stadium: Vaughan Grove
May 26, 2016 Kingston Clippers 3 - 1 Toronto FC Academy Kingston, Ontario
7:30 pm Koskins 12'
Pineo 24'
Vanbelleghem 34'		 Report Bekford 76' Stadium: Tindall Field, Queen's University

Quarterfinals

June 21, 2016 Master's Futbol 3 - 1 Toronto Skillz FC Scarborough, Ontario
6:30 pm Grant (pen)
Rayne 		Report Wong Stadium: L'Amoreaux Park
June 22, 2016 Aurora United FC 2 - 3 Vaughan Azzurri Aurora, Ontario
9:00 pm Jacovou 28'
Adjei 39'		 Report Kovacevic 8', 12'
Di Chiara 68'		 Stadium: Sheppard’s Bush
June 30, 2016 North Toronto Nitros 3 - 1 Durham United FA Toronto, Ontario
9:00 pm Elkinson
Laborde
El-Chanti 		Report
Report		 Parades (pen) Stadium: Downsview Turf 2
June 23, 2016 Kingston Clippers 0 - 2 Woodbridge Strikers Kingston, Ontario
8:00 pm Report Muccilli 23'
Isaac 48' (pen)		 Stadium: Tindall Field, Queen's University

Semifinals

July 13, 2016 Master's Futbol 0 - 3 Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan, Ontario
8:00 pm Report Whiteman 23'
Di Chiara 25'
Lao 62'		 Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
July 12, 2016 Woodbridge Strikers 1 - 0 North Toronto Nitros Woodbridge, Ontario
9:00 pm Isaac 90' (pen) Report Stadium: Vaughan Grove

Final

July 30, 2016 Vaughan Azzurri 1 - 0 Woodbridge Strikers Vaughan, Ontario
7:00 pm Miller 30' Report Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

Statistics

All-Star Game

On July 25, the league announced the rosters for the first-ever all-star game, to be played between the eastern and western conferences. Eighteen players for each team were selected by coaches and league officials, and each roster contains at least one player from each team in their respective conference.[23]

August 3, 2016 West All-Stars 4 - 2 East All-Stars Vaughan, Ontario
7:30 pm Allen 4', 44'
Brown 8'
Ribeiro 74'		 Report Cullen 40'
Martin 70'		 Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

Due to the unavailablity of some players, the league released updated rosters for both western[24] and eastern[25] teams on August 2.

Women's Division

Teams

Current teams
Team City Stadium (Capacity) Founded First Season Head Coach
Aurora United FC Aurora, Ontario Sheppard's Bush 2015 2016 Ramin Mohammidi
Darby FC Whitby, Ontario Whitby Soccer Centre & Darlington Fields 2015 2016 Mirco Schroff
Durham United FA Pickering, Ontario Kinsmen Park 2015 Ron Clarke
Kingston Clippers Kingston, Ontario Tindall Field, Queen's University 2014 2016 Christian Hoefler
FC London London, Ontario German Canadian FC Stadium 2015 2016 Mike Marcoccia
North Mississauga SC Mississauga, Ontario Hershey Centre 2015 Jhon Ardila
Sanjaxx Lions Toronto Monarch Park Stadium 2015 JamaicaPatrick (Laza) Lowe
Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan, Ontario McNaughton Park 2015 Carmine Isacco
Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge, Ontario Vaughan Grove 2015 David Porco
2016 League1 Ontario season is located in Southern Ontario
Aurora
Aurora
Darby
Darby
Durham
Durham
Kingston
Kingston
London
London
North Miss.
North Miss.
Sanjaxx
Sanjaxx
Vaughan
Vaughan
Woodbridge
Woodbridge
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Location of teams for the 2016 League1 Ontario Women's Division season.

Standings

Each team plays 16 matches as part of the season; three games split home and away against every other team in the division. There are no playoffs; the first-place team is crowned as league champion at the end of the season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 FC London 16 14 0 2 50 15 +35 42 League Champion
2 Woodbridge Strikers 16 11 3 2 65 13 +52 36
3 Durham United FA 16 9 3 4 38 17 +21 30
4 Vaughan Azzurri 16 8 5 3 41 14 +27 29
5 North Mississauga SC 16 5 5 6 23 30 −7 20
6 Aurora United FC 16 5 3 8 31 34 −3 18
7 Kingston Clippers 16 5 2 9 33 53 −20 17
8 Darby FC 16 2 3 11 15 74 −59 9
9 Sanjaxx Lions 16 1 0 15 11 57 −46 3
Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/show/2309115-standings

Cup

The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all nine teams from the women's division take part. It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is more like the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup, albeit only for League1 Ontario teams. All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.

The cup tournament for the women's division is a single-match knockout tournament with three total rounds culminating in a final match at the end of July, with initial matchups determined by random draw. A preliminary round is also in place to bring the nine total teams from this division down to eight for the quarterfinals. Each match in the tournament must return a result; any match drawn after 90 minutes will advance directly to kicks from the penalty mark instead of extra time.[26]

Preliminary Round
   
1 Aurora United FC 1
2 Darby FC 0
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
FC London 2
Aurora United FC 1
FC London 2 (2)
Vaughan Azzurri (p) 2 (4)
Sanjaxx Lions 0
Vaughan Azzurri 2
Vaughan Azzurri (p) 1 (4)
Woodbridge Strikers 1 (2)
Kingston Clippers 1
Woodbridge Strikers 7
Woodbridge Strikers (p) 1 (3)
North Mississauga SC 1 (1)
Durham United FA 1
North Mississauga SC 2

Preliminary Round

May 17, 2016 Aurora United FC 1 - 0 Darby FC Aurora, Ontario
6:30 pm Bouak 36' Report
Report		 Stadium: Sheppard's Bush

Quarterfinals

June 22, 2016 FC London 2 - 1 Aurora United FC London, Ontario
8:30 pm Portenay 82'
Kovacevic 90+1'		 Report Reynolds 49' Stadium: German Canadian FC Stadium
July 1, 2016 Vaughan Azzurri 2 - 0 Sanjaxx Lions Vaughan, Ontario
2:00 pm Richards 56'
Lewis 83'		 Report Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
June 22, 2016 Woodbridge Strikers 7 - 1 Kingston Clippers Woodbridge, Ontario
9:00 pm Report Stadium: Vaughan Grove
June 22, 2016 Durham United FA 1 - 2 North Mississauga SC Pickering, Ontario
8:00 pm Gosse 38' (pen) Report Brunet 9'
Lawes 34'		 Stadium: Kinsmen Park

Semifinals

July 13, 2016 FC London 2 - 2
(2 - 4 p)		 Vaughan Azzurri London, Ontario
8:00 pm Kovacevic 4', 31' Report
Report		 Bukovec 53', 70' Stadium: German Canadian FC Stadium
July 13, 2016 North Mississauga SC 1 - 1
(1 - 3 p)		 Woodbridge Strikers Mississauga, Ontario
8:00 pm Borgmann 76' Report
Report		 Gurovski 39' Stadium: Hershey Centre, Field 2
Penalties
Borgmann soccer ball with red X
Edgar soccer ball with red X
Lawes soccer ball with check mark
Brunet soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Simpson
soccer ball with check mark Oduro
soccer ball with check mark Sabadash

Final

July 30, 2016 Vaughan Azzurri 1 - 1
(4 - 2 p)		 Woodbridge Strikers Vaughan, Ontario
3:30 pm Fenech 40' Report Mottershead 22' Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Penalties
Wong soccer ball with check mark
Piazza soccer ball with red X
Ghoneim soccer ball with check mark
Lukasewich soccer ball with check mark
Bukovec soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Simpson
soccer ball with check mark Oduro
soccer ball with red X Dayes
soccer ball with red X Syme

Statistics

All-Star Game

On July 14, the league announced an all-star game between top players in L1O and a team assembled by the Quebec Soccer Federation.[29]

July 27, 2016 L1O All-Stars Ontario 3 - 0 Quebec Quebec All-Stars Vaughan, Ontario
7:30 pm Oduro 2'
Syme 37'
Lisi 50'		 Report Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

L1O's 20-player roster was selected by coaches and league officials, and contains at least one player from every team in the league. Players denoted by an asterisk (*) are part of the starting 11.

References

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  2. ^ "LEAGUE1 ONTARIO GROWING AGAIN IN 2016". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Toronto FC and Windsor Stars Announce Partnership". torontofc.ca. Toronto FC. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Everything new at FC London". lfpress.com. The London Free Press. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Introducing NMSC Men's League 1 Coach – Rick Titus". North Mississauga SC. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  6. ^ "L1 Team". Oakville Blue Devils. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Coaches & Staff". Pro Stars FC. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Peter Mellon profile". Sanjaxx Soccer School. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Coaching Staff". Sigma FC. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  10. ^ "TFC names Neely Academy Senior Team head coach". Toronto FC. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Shane Topalovic named head coach of Windsor Stars soccer club". The Windsor Star. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  12. ^ "AUFC". Aurora United FC. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  13. ^ "Durham United FC – League One Ontario". Oshawa Kicks. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Staff". Kingston Clippers SC. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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  16. ^ "Hermann Kingue profile". North Toronto SC. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  17. ^ "Toronto Skillz FC". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  18. ^ "Vaughan Azzurri". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  19. ^ "League1". Woodbridge S.C. Strikers. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  20. ^ "Mens L1 Cup". League1 Ontario. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  21. ^ "Player Statistics". Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  22. ^ "Player Statistics". League1 Ontario. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  23. ^ "League1 Ontario Announces Men's All-Star Game Roster". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  24. ^ "Men's 2016 West Division All-Stars Roster: A Closer Look". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  25. ^ "Men's 2016 East Division All-Stars Roster: A Closer Look". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  26. ^ "Womens L1 Cup". League1 Ontario. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  27. ^ "Player Statistics". Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  28. ^ "Player Statistics". League1 Ontario. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  29. ^ "League1 Ontario Announces Women's All-Star Game Roster". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

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