| Competition: | League1 Ontario Women's Division |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Winners: | FC London |
| Shield: | Vaughan Azzurri |
| Shieldtitle: | Cup champions |
| Matches: | 72 |
| Total Goals: | 307 |
| League Topscorer: | Jade Kovacevic (26 goals) |
| Best Goalkeeper: | Hope Sabadash (0.29 GAA) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Woodbridge 14-0 Darby (June 12, 2016) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Darby 0-7 Durham (May 20, 2016) |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2016 League1 Ontario season was the second season of play for the League1 Ontario Women's Division, 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 departure of two teams from its inaugural season, while four teams joined the league to result in a nine-team competition.[1]
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 ProStars FC) from the previous season. It will remain in a single-table format for the 2016 season.
| Team | City | Stadium (Capacity) | Founded | First Season | Head Coach | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora United FC | Aurora, Ontario | Sheppard's Bush | align=center | 2015 | align=center | 2016 | Ramin Mohammidi | |
| Darby FC | Whitby, Ontario | Whitby Soccer Centre & Darlington Fields | align=center | 2015 | align=center | 2016 | Mirco Schroff | |
| Durham United FA | Pickering, Ontario | Kinsmen Park | align=center | align=center | 2015 | Ron Clarke | ||
| Kingston Clippers | Kingston, Ontario | Tindall Field, Queen's University | align=center | 2014 | align=center | 2016 | Christian Hoefler | |
| FC London | London, Ontario | German Canadian FC Stadium | align=center | 2015 | align=center | 2016 | Mike Marcoccia | |
| North Mississauga SC | Mississauga, Ontario | Hershey Centre | align=center | align=center | 2015 | Jhon Ardila | ||
| Sanjaxx Lions | Toronto | Monarch Park Stadium | align=center | align=center | 2015 |  Patrick (Laza) Lowe | ||
| Vaughan Azzurri | Vaughan, Ontario | McNaughton Park | align=center | align=center | 2015 | Carmine Isacco | ||
| Woodbridge Strikers | Woodbridge, Ontario | Vaughan Grove | align=center | align=center | 2015 | David Porco |
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.
The L1 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.[2]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Jade Kovacevic | FC London | 26 |
| align=center rowspan=2 | 2 | Christabel Oduro | Woodbridge Strikers | 12 |
| Laura Gosse | Durham United FA | 12 | ||
| align=center | 4 | Jackie Tessier | Kingston Clippers | 11 |
| align=center | 5 | Jessica Lisi | Woodbridge Strikers | 10 |
| align=center | 6 | Sarah Stratigakis | Aurora United FC | 9 |
| align=center rowspan=2 | 7 | Lisa Pechersky | Woodbridge Strikers | 7 |
| Meghan Reynolds | Aurora United FC | 7 | ||
| align=center rowspan=5 | 9 | Emily Borgman | North Mississauga SC | 6 |
| Colleen Beesley | Vaughan Azzurri | 6 | ||
| Alyscha Mottershead | Woodbridge Strikers | 6 | ||
| Nour Ghoneim | Vaughan Azzurri | 6 | ||
| Selah Hopkins | Darby FC | 6 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Minutes | GAA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | Hope Sabadash | Woodbridge Strikers | 621 | 0.29 | |
| align=center | 2 | Taylor Grant | Vaughan Azzurri | 630 | 0.43 | |
| align=center | 3 | Laura Dougall | Durham United FA | 810 | 0.67 | |
| align=center | 4 | Tori Edgar | North Mississauga SC | 612 | 0.88 | |
| align=center | 5 | Emily Gillet | FC London | 1440 | 0.94 | |
| align=center | 6 | Stephanie Bukovec | Vaughan Azzurri | 540 | 1.17 | |
| align=center | 7 | Emma Chisholm | Durham United FA | 630 | 1.57 | |
| align=center | 8 | Marissa Zucchetto | Aurora United FC | 1036 | 2.17 | |
| align=center | 9 | Vanessa Fiore | North Mississauga SC | 512 | 2.29 | |
| align=center | 10 | Deanna Persico | Sanjaxx Lions | 692 | 2.73 |
On July 14, the league announced an all-star game between top players in L1O and a team assembled by the Quebec Soccer Federation.[3]
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.
| Starters | |||
| GK | Vaughan Azzurri | ||
| D | Tamara Brown | Durham United FA | |
| D | Katherine Herron | Woodbridge Strikers | |
| D | Meghan Scott | FC London | |
| D | Madeline Iozzi | Durham United FA | |
| MF | April Syme | Woodbridge Strikers | |
| MF | Julia Benatti | FC London | |
| MF | Cat Rogers | North Mississauga SC | |
| F | Woodbridge Strikers | ||
| F | FC London | ||
| F | Laura Gosse | Durham United FA | |
| Substitutes | |||
| GK | Hope Sabadash | Woodbridge Strikers | |
| D | North Mississauga SC | ||
| D | Mika Richards | Vaughan Azzurri | |
| MF | Woodbridge Strikers | ||
| MF | Tori Chia | Darby FC | |
| MF | Aurora United FC | ||
| MF | Sona Makulova | Sanjaxx Lions | |
| F | Jessica Lisi | Woodbridge Strikers | |
| F | Jackie Tessier | Kingston Clippers |
| Starters | |||
| AS Varennes | |||
| Nadege Lesperance | Lakeshore SC | ||
| Marike St. Pierre Mousset | CS Longueuil | ||
| Fanny Pelletier-Laroche | Lakeshore SC | ||
| Charlotte Larrivee | Lakeshore SC | ||
| Nahida Baalbaki | FC St. Leonard | ||
| Julie Casselman | Mascouche | ||
| Marika Guay | Lakeshore SC | ||
| Lakeshore SC | |||
| Sarah Feola | Lakeshore SC | ||
| Audrey-Ann Coughlan | |||
| Substitutes | |||
| Sydney Nelson | Lakeshore SC | ||
| Leonie Portelance | FC Brossard | ||
| Anyssa Ibrahim | AS Varennes | ||
| Caroline Gubernat | Lakeshore SC | ||
| Wayny-Natasha Balata Nguenign | Lakeshore SC | ||
| Julianne Vallerand | AS Varennes | ||
| Sophie Guilmette | Charlesbourg |
| Award [4] | Player (Club) | |
|---|---|---|
| Goal of the Year | Michaela Krampert (North Mississauga SC) | |
| Most Valuable Player | Jade Kovacevic (FC London) | |
| Golden Boot | Jade Kovacevic (FC London) | |
| Coach of the Year | Mike Marcoccia (FC London) | |
| Young Player of the Year | Sarah Stratigakis (Aurora United FC) | |
| Defender of the Year | Tamara Brown (Durham United FA) | |
| Goalkeeper of the Year | Stephanie Bukovec (Vaughan Azzurri) |