2015 League1 Ontario season explained

Competition:League1 Ontario
Men's Division
Season:2015
Winners:Oakville Blue Devils
Shield:Woodbridge Strikers
Shieldtitle:Cup champions
Matches:132
Total Goals:503
League Topscorer:Adonijah Reid
Filipe Vilela
(20 goals)
Biggest Home Win:
(17 July 2015)

(18 July 2015)
Biggest Away Win:
(14 June 2015)

(17 October 2015)
Nextseason:2016

The 2015 Men's League1 Ontario season was the second 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 the Canadian province of Ontario.

This season saw the return of all nine teams which completed the previous season, as well as the addition of three new teams for the Men's Division.[1] The 2015 season also marked the birth of League1 Ontario's Women's Division, which began play with seven teams.[2]

Changes from 2014

Three new teams (Oakville Blue Devils, ProStars FC, and Sanjaxx Lions) joined the Men's Division for this season, resulting in a twelve-team competition for that side. As a result, the group stage of the Men's cup will change from two five-team groups to four three-team groups.

The Cataraqui Clippers changed their name to the Kingston Clippers starting in this season.

Teams

Team City Stadium
The Country Day School
Kinsmen Park
Tindall Field, Queen's University
L'Amoreaux Park
Sheridan Stadium
Victoria Park
Esther Shiner Stadium
Hershey Centre
KIA Training Ground
McNaughton Park
McHugh Park
Vaughan Grove
Source:[3]

Standings

Each team will play 22 matches as part of the season; one home and one away against every other team in the league. There are no playoffs at the end of the season; the first-place team will be crowned as league champion and will face the PLSQ league champion in the Inter-Provincial Cup.

Cup

League1 Ontario Cup
Men's Division
Year:2015
Country:Canada
Dates:May 20 – August 9, 2015
Num Teams:12
Champions:Woodbridge Strikers
Runner-Up:Sigma FC
Matches:19
Goals:82

The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all twelve 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 consists of two phases. The first phase is a group phase, where four groups of three teams play in a single round-robin format. From each group, the top two teams advance to the knockout phase, which consists of a quarterfinal, semifinal, and final.

Each match in the group stage must return a result; any match drawn after 90 minutes will advance directly to kicks from the penalty mark, with the winner receiving two points in the standings, while the loser receives one point.[4] Likewise, any knockout round matches which are tied after full time head directly to penalty kicks instead of extra time.[5]

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

Inter-Provincial Cup Championship

The Inter-Provincial Cup Championship was a two-legged home-and-away series between the league champions of League1 Ontario and the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec – the only Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer leagues based fully within Canada.

Oakville Blue Devils won 5–3 on aggregate

Top goalscorers

This table includes goals scored in all competitions, including both league and cup matches.

RankPlayerClubGoals
align=center rowspan=2 1 Adonijah ReidANB Futbol20
Filipe VilelaOakville Blue Devils20
align=center 3 Joey CicchilloVaughan Azzurri16
align=center 4 Cyrus RollocksTFC Academy14
align=center rowspan=2 5 Christian CavallliniWoodbridge Strikers12
Marcel ZajacSigma FC12
align=center 7 Ryan McCurdyKingston Clippers11
align=center 8 Belrum VartanianANB Futbol10
align=center rowspan=3 9 Leaford AllenProStars FC9
Michael PioWindsor Stars9
Tom WinskiProStars FC9

Awards

AwardPlayer (club)Ref
Most Valuable PlayerFilipe Vilela (Oakville Blue Devils)[6]
Golden BootFilipe Vilela (Oakville Blue Devils)
Adonijah Reid (ANB Futbol)
[7]
Coach of the YearCarmine Isacco (Vaughan Azzurri)[8]
Young Player of the YearAdonijah Reid (ANB Futbol)[9]
Defender of the YearDominic Samuel (Sigma FC)[10]
Goalkeeper of the YearMatt George (Woodbridge Strikers)[11]
Goal of the YearJoel Zelt (Kingston Clippers)

The following players were named League All-Stars.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: League1 Ontario Announces 12-Team 2015 Men's Division. League1 Ontario. April 22, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150417144402/http://www.league1ontario.com/article/league1-ontario-announces-12-team-2015-mens-division. April 17, 2015. dead.
  2. Web site: League1 And OSA Announce 2015 Women's Division. League1 Ontario. April 22, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150303230309/http://www.league1ontario.com/article/league1-and-osa-announce-2015-womens-division. March 3, 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: 2015 League1 Men's Division Schedule Finalized. League1 Ontario. April 22, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150505235338/http://www.league1ontario.com/article/2015-league1-mens-division-schedule-finalized. May 5, 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: 2015 L1 Cup Standings. League1 Ontario. June 18, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150618132327/http://league1ontario.com/page/l1-cup-standings. June 18, 2015. dead.
  5. Web site: ProStars FC on Twitter. July 23, 2015. ProStars FC. Twitter.
  6. Web site: 2015 League1 Ontario MVP. November 27, 2015. League1 Ontario.
  7. Web site: League1 Ontario 2015 Awards Banquet. November 30, 2015. League1 Ontario.
  8. Web site: 2015 Coaches Of The Year. November 23, 2015. League1 Ontario.
  9. Web site: 2015 Young Players Of The Year. November 26, 2015. League1 Ontario.
  10. Web site: 2015 Defenders Of The Year. November 23, 2015. League1 Ontario.
  11. Web site: 2015 Goalkeepers Of The Year. November 24, 2015. League1 Ontario.
  12. Web site: 2015 League1 Ontario Men's All-Stars. November 17, 2015. League1 Ontario.