2023 League1 Ontario season (women)
The 2023 League1 Ontario season is the eighth season of play for Women's Division of League1 Ontario, a Division 3 women's soccer league in the Canadian soccer league system and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Season | 2023 |
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Dates | April 21 – July 28 (regular season) |
Champions | Alliance United FC |
Regular season champions | NDC Ontario |
← 2022 2024 → |
Format
editThe league will run in a single table format with 19 clubs each playing each other once, with teams playing reverse fixtures from the 2022 season (if a team faced an opponent at home in 2022, they will face them on the road in 2023). With the league set to split into a multi-division format with promotion-relegation beginning in 2024, the points obtained in this season will contribute to the original placement of clubs in 2024, with the points from the 2022 season (weighted at 75%) being added to the points teams obtain in the 2023 season (weighted at 100%) to determine the placements.[1]
The top-six teams in the regular season will qualify for the playoffs with the top-two teams receiving first round byes.
Clubs
editWith the exception of Pickering FC, 19 of the 20 clubs that took part in the 2022 season will participate in 2023.[2] Because of the format changes planned for the following year, the league imposed a one-year moratorium on any new teams joining the league.[1][3]
Premier Division
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | NDC Ontario | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 7 | +37 | 45 | Playoff semifinals |
2 | Vaughan Azzurri | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 14 | +35 | 44 | |
3 | North Toronto Nitros | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 14 | +33 | 38 | Playoff quarterfinals |
4 | Alliance United FC (C) | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 13 | +21 | 35 | |
5 | Woodbridge Strikers | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 34 | |
6 | FC London | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 32 | |
7 | Simcoe County Rovers FC | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 28 | |
8 | Electric City FC | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 27 | |
9 | North Mississauga SC | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 27 | |
10 | BVB IA Waterloo | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 24 | |
11 | Blue Devils FC | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 24 | |
12 | Guelph Union | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 33 | −8 | 24 | |
13 | Unionville Milliken SC | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 21 | |
14 | St. Catharines Roma Wolves | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 21 | |
15 | Hamilton United | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 42 | −19 | 18 | |
16 | Darby FC | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 40 | −24 | 16 | |
17 | Tecumseh SC | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 14 | |
18 | Burlington SC | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 45 | −31 | 11 | |
19 | ProStars FC | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 81 | −66 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goals differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goals differential; 8) home goals for; 9) head-to-head record; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.[4]
(C) Champions
Playoffs
editThe top two seeds will earn a bye directly to the second round. After the first round, the teams will be re-seeded with NDC Ontario (the regular season champion) playing the lowest ranked remaining seed.
Quarter-finals July 26–27 | Semi-finals July 30 | Final August 5 | ||||||||||||
1 | NDC Ontario | 4 | ||||||||||||
3 | North Toronto Nitros | 0(3) | 6 | FC London | 0 | |||||||||
6 | FC London | 0(4) | 1 | NDC Ontario | 1 | |||||||||
4 | Alliance United FC (a.e.t.) | 2 | ||||||||||||
2 | Vaughan Azzurri | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Alliance United FC | 1(5) | 4 | Alliance United FC | 2 | |||||||||
5 | Woodbridge Strikers | 1(3) |
Quarter-finals
July 26, 2023 | Alliance United FC | 1–1 (5–3 p) | Woodbridge Strikers | Vaughan, Ontario |
9:00 PM | Windebank 67' | Bericht | Rogers 52' | Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre |
Penalties | ||||
Chown Gosse Whelan Cheung |
Rogers Lisi Yaacoub Dennehy |
July 27, 2022 | North Toronto Nitros | 0–0 (3–4 p) | FC London | Toronto, Ontario |
8:00 PM | Bericht | Stadium: Downsview Park | ||
Penalties | ||||
McCausland Perez DeBoer Golen Poon |
Cromack Bilotta Scott Bower Gunnel |
Semi-finals
July 30, 2022 | NDC Ontario | 4–0 | FC London | Brampton, Ontario |
8:00 PM | Istocki 49' A.Chukwu 52', 60' Markesini 82' |
Bericht | Stadium: Save Max Sports Centre |
July 30, 2022 | Vaughan Azzurri | 1–2 | Alliance United FC | Vaughan, Ontario |
4:00 PM | Fleming-Thompson 62' | Bericht | Gosse 41' Parkes 89' |
Stadium: North Maple Regional Park Referee: Roain Satarzadeh |
Final
August 5, 2023 | NDC Ontario | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Alliance United FC | Vaughan, Ontario |
7:00 PM | Greco 52' | Bericht | Chan 90+5' Chown 101' |
Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Referee: Amanda Kwan |
Statistics
edit
Top goalscorersedit
Updated to end of regular season. Source: League1 Ontario |
Top goalkeepersedit
Updated to end of regular season. Minimum 630 minutes played. Source: [1] |
League honours
editAwards
editAward | Player | Team | Ref |
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Most Valuable Player | Gurleen Toor | Alliance United FC | [5] |
Young Player of the Year (U20) | Gurleen Toor | Alliance United FC | |
Coach of the Year | Angelo Cavalluzzo | Alliance United FC | |
Goalkeeper of the Year | Gurleen Toor | Alliance United FC | |
Defender of the Year | Zoe Markesini | NDC Ontario | |
Midfielder of the Year | Cloey Uddenberg | Simcoe County Rovers FC | |
Forward of the Year | Jayda Thompson | Woodbridge Strikers | |
Golden Boot (Top Scorer) | Jayda Thompson | Woodbridge Strikers |
League All-Stars
editThe following players were named League1 Ontario Premier Division All-Stars for the 2023 season:[6]
First Team All-Stars
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Second Team All-Stars
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Future format and changes
editStarting in 2024, the league will split into a multi-division format with promotion and relegation between them. Ten teams will take part in the first-tier League1 Premier, ten teams in the second-tier League1 Championship, and all new expansion teams as well as reserve sides in a third-tier League2 Ontario.
The initial assignment of teams in the 2024 season is done by using the points obtained in the previous two years. The points from the 2022 season (weighted at 75%) will be added to the points teams obtain in the 2023 season (weighted at 100%) to determine the placements.[1]
Pos | Team | GP | 2022 | 2023 | Total | Qualification |
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1 | Vaughan Azzurri | 37 | 36 | 44 | 80 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
2 | NDC Ontario | 37 | 34.5 | 45 | 79.5 | |
3 | Woodbridge Strikers | 37 | 31.5 | 34 | 65.5 | |
4 | North Toronto Nitros | 37 | 27 | 38 | 65 | |
5 | Alliance United FC | 37 | 27.75 | 35 | 62.75 | |
6 | FC London | 37 | 30.75 | 32 | 62.75 | |
7 | Simcoe County Rovers FC | 37 | 30.75 | 28 | 58.75 | |
8 | Electric City FC | 37 | 24 | 27 | 51 | Folded after season |
9 | North Mississauga SC | 37 | 21 | 27 | 48 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
10 | Guelph Union | 37 | 18 | 24 | 42 | |
11 | St. Catharines Roma Wolves[a] | 37 | 18.75 | 21 | 39.75 | Self-relegated to 2024 League2 Ontario |
12 | Blue Devils FC[b] | 37 | 14.25 | 24 | 38.25 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
13 | Unionville Milliken SC[c] | 36 | 16.5 | 21 | 37.5 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Championship |
14 | Darby FC[c] | 36 | 20.25 | 16 | 36.25 | |
15 | BVB IA Waterloo | 37 | 11.25 | 24 | 35.25 | |
16 | Tecumseh SC | 37 | 18.75 | 14 | 32.75 | |
17 | Hamilton United | 37 | 7.5 | 18 | 25.5 | |
18 | Burlington SC | 37 | 2.25 | 11 | 13.25 | |
19 | ProStars FC | 37 | 4.5 | 1 | 5.5 | |
20 | Pickering FC[d] (Z) | 19 | 9 | — | 9 | Ineligible for Qualification |
- ^ St. Catharines Roma Wolves initially qualified for the League1 Championship. However, they were later promoted to the Premier Division to replace Electric City, upon their folding. However, they later chose to self-relegate to League2 Ontario
- ^ Blue Devils FC initially qualified for the League1 Championship. However, they were later promoted to the Premier Division to replace St. Catherines Roma, upon their decision to self-relegate to League2 Ontario.
- ^ a b Darby and Unionville-Milliken did not play their match against each other in 2022.
- ^ Pickering FC did not compete in the 2023 season. Their L1O license for 2024 was revoked. However, they later purchased a new license to enter the L1O-C for 2024.
Reserve Division
editThe Open Age Reserve Division will return with each Premier Division club fielding one or more teams, as well as some other OPDL clubs that do not operate a League1 Ontario team.
North East Division
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Alliance United FC B | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 10 | +42 | 38 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | Simcoe County Rovers FC B1 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 12 | +29 | 33 | |
3 | Electric City FC B | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 16 | +18 | 31 | |
4 | Pickering FC | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 19 | |
5 | Aurora FC | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 15 | |
6 | Unionville Milliken SC B | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 41 | −28 | 9 | |
7 | Master's FA | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 36 | −27 | 8 | |
8 | Darby FC B | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 42 | −30 | 7 |
Central Division
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | North Toronto Nitros B (C) | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 8 | +52 | 39 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | Woodbridge Strikers B | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 25 | |
3 | Vaughan Azzurri B | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 20 | |
4 | North Mississauga SC B | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 27 | −9 | 17 | |
5 | Blue Devils FC B | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 31 | −21 | 17 | |
6 | Simcoe County Rovers FC B2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 28 | −13 | 13 | |
7 | ProStars FC B | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 11 | |
8 | Rush Canada | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 28 | −17 | 8 |
South West Division
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | BVB IA Waterloo B | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 9 | +46 | 37 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | Whitecaps London | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 33 | |
3 | Cambridge United | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 28 | |
4 | FC London B | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 21 | |
5 | Hamilton United B | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 17 | |
6 | Burlington SC B | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 29 | −16 | 14 | |
7 | St. Catharines Roma Wolves B | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 10 | |
8 | Scrosoppi FC | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 65 | −48 | 3 |
Playoffs
editSemifinals July 23-27 | Championship Game August 3 | ||||||||
C1 | North Toronto Nitros B | 3 | |||||||
WC | Whitecaps London | 2 | |||||||
C1 | North Toronto Nitros B | 5 | |||||||
NE1 | Alliance United FC B | 0 | |||||||
NE1 | Alliance United FC B | 3 | |||||||
SW1 | BVB IA Waterloo B | 0 |
U19 Reserve Division
editSummer Division
editEast Division
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Pickering FC U19 (C) | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 31 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | North Toronto Nitros U19 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 7 | +35 | 26 | |
3 | Vaughan Azzurri U19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 16 | |
4 | FC Durham U19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 16 | |
5 | Unionville Milliken SC U19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 15 | |
6 | Woodbridge Strikers U19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 14 | |
7 | Darby FC U19 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 74 | −72 | 1 |
West Division
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Tecumseh SC U19 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 41 | 17 | +24 | 27 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | Rush Canada U19 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 17 | +18 | 25 | |
3 | North Mississauga SC U19 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 17 | +17 | 25 | |
4 | Oakville SC U19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 14 | |
5 | Hamilton United U19 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 14 | |
6 | Windsor City FC U19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 13 | |
7 | St. Catharines Roma Wolves U19 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 58 | −44 | 3 |
Playoffs
editSemifinals August 1-2 | Championship Game August 7 | ||||||||
E1 | Pickering FC U19 | 0(4) | |||||||
W2 | Rush Canada U19 | 0(2) | |||||||
E1 | Pickering FC U19 | 1(6) | |||||||
E2 | North Toronto Nitros U19 | 1(5) | |||||||
W1 | Tecumseh SC U19 | 0 | |||||||
E2 | North Toronto Nitros U19 | 2 |
Fall Division
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | North Toronto Nitros U19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 10 | +32 | 34 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | Rush Canada U19 (C) | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 21 | |
3 | Unionville Milliken SC U19 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 14 | |
4 | North Mississauga SC U19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 11 | |
5 | Hamilton United U19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 46 | −40 | 0 |
Playoffs
editChampionship Game November 18 | ||||
1 | North Toronto Nitros U19 | 2 | ||
2 | Rush Canada U19 | 4 |
References
edit- ^ a b c Jacques, John (January 25, 2022). "Promotion And Relegation Comes To League1 Ontario". Northern Tribune.
- ^ "Women's Premier Division kicks off on April 21". League1 Ontario. March 8, 2023.
- ^ "L1O opens 2024 expansion application process". League1 Ontario. January 17, 2023.
- ^ "League Operations and Game Day Manual Version 12.1" (PDF). League1 Ontario. January 25, 2022. p. 56. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ^ "Women's Premier Division 2023: Award Winners". League1 Ontario. November 20, 2023.
- ^ "Triple award-winning goalkeeper Gurleen Toor selected in talented XI". League1 Ontario. November 28, 2023.