2017 York Region Shooters season
2017 season | |||
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Owner | Tony De Thomasis | ||
Head Coach | Tony De Thomasis | ||
CSL | Champions | ||
Top goalscorer | Evan Beutler (7 goals) | ||
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The 2017 York Region Shooters season was the twentieth season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season commenced on May 27, 2017 in an away match against Scarborough SC.[1] The season concluded with York Region winning their third CSL Championship, after defeating Scarborough in a penalty shootout.[2]
Summary
York Region entered the 2017 season as the defending regular season champions with Tony De Thomasis continuing his role as head coach. Though their reserve team were the 2016 Second Division champions it was disbanded for the 2017 season.[3] Their season started brightly with the Shooters achieving points in their first four matches, until conceiving their first defeat in the fifth week.[4] The remainder of the season saw York Region clinch a postseason berth by finishing third in the standings with the best defensive record in the division.[5] Their playoff journey began with a victory after Milton SC forfeited their match.[6] In the second round of the postseason they defeated the Serbian White Eagles FC, and ultimately claimed their third CSL Championship by defeating Scarborough SC in the finals.[7]
Competitions
Canadian Soccer League
League table
First Division
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | FC Vorkuta (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 13 | +30 | 32 | Playoffs |
2 | Serbian White Eagles | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 31 | |
3 | York Region Shooters (O) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 30 | |
4 | Scarborough SC | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 24 | |
5 | Brantford Galaxy | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 18 | |
6 | Milton SC | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 75 | −51 | 8 | |
7 | SC Waterloo Region | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 8 | |
8 | Royal Toronto FC | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 6 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 |
Last updated: September 10, 2017.
Source: CSL
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
May 27 | Scarborough SC | 0–0 | York Region Shooters | Toronto, Ontario |
Report | Stadium: Birchmount Stadium |
June 3 | York Region Shooters | 2–0 | Brantford Galaxy | Vaughan, Ontario |
Bryan 54' West 90' |
Report | Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field |
June 12 | York Region Shooters | 7–0 | Milton SC | Vaughan, Ontario |
Report | Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field |
June 18 | SC Waterloo | 0–2 | York Region Shooters | Vaughan, Ontario |
Report | Bryan Darren Chambers |
Stadium: Warrior Field |
June 23 | York Region Shooters | 1–2 | FC Vorkuta | Vaughan, Ontario |
Reid 25' | Report | Volodymyr Rudyi 30' Kristijan Kezic 84' |
Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field |
July 2 | Royal Toronto FC | 0–3 | York Region Shooters | Toronto, Ontario |
Report | Sotiris 45', 50' Hassan Abdulumumini 80' |
Stadium: Lamport Stadium |
July 7 | York Region Shooters | 2–2 | SC Waterloo | Vaughan, Ontario |
Evan Beutler 23', 90' | Report | Jure Glavina 44', 71' | Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field |
July 14 | York Region Shooters | 0–1 | Scarborough SC | Vaughan, Ontario |
Report | Dimitrov 67' | Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field |
July 22 | Brantford Galaxy | 1–2 | York Region Shooters | Brantford, Ontario |
Report | Evan Beutler 85' | Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex |
July 30 | Milton SC | 1–7 | York Region Shooters | Milton, Ontario |
Danny Jirta | Report | Alton Ellis , , Evan Butler Bryan Doryan Bothelo , |
Stadium: Milton Community Park |
August 5 | FC Vorkuta | 0–2 | York Region Shooters | Toronto, Ontario |
Report | Hassan Abdulmumini 77' Doryan Botelho 85' |
Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium |
August 11 | Serbian White Eagles | 0–0 | York Region Shooters | Toronto, Ontario |
Report | Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 100 |
August 18 | York Region Shooters | 5–0 | Royal Toronto FC | Vaughan, Ontario |
Edwards 4' Bryan 27' Evan Beutler 52', 64', 87' |
Report | Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field |
August 25 | York Region Shooters | 1–0 | Serbian White Eagles | Vaughan, Ontario |
Edwards 67' | Report | Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field Attendance: 100 Referee: E. Gustavo |
Statistics
Goals and assists
Correct as of November 10, 2017[8]