2016 League1 Ontario season

League1 Ontario
Men's Division

Season	2016
Champions	Vaughan Azzurri
Cup champions	Vaughan Azzurri
Matches played	175
Goals scored	733 (4.19 per match)
Top goalscorer	Elvir Gigolaj (24 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Joseph Kuta (0.67 GAA)
Biggest home win	TFC Academy 9-0 Master's (July 10, 2016)
Biggest away win	Master'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

Season	2016
Champions	FC London
Cup champions	Vaughan Azzurri
Matches played	72
Goals scored	307 (4.26 per match)
Top goalscorer	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)
← 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	Mario Despotović[4]
North Mississauga SC	Mississauga, Ontario	Hershey Centre, Field 2	1982	2016	Rick Titus[5]
Oakville Blue Devils	Oakville, Ontario	Sheridan Stadium	1994	2015	Duncan Wilde[6]
ProStars FC	Brampton, Ontario	Victoria Park Stadium	2015	2015	Josef Komlodi[7]
Sanjaxx Lions	Toronto, Ontario	Monarch Park Stadium	2012	2015	Peter Mellon[8]
Sigma FC	Mississauga, Ontario	Hershey Centre, Field 1	2005	2014	Bobby Smyrniotis[9]
Toronto FC Academy	North York, Ontario	KIA Training Ground	2008	2014	Stuart Neely[10]
Windsor Stars	Windsor, Ontario	McHugh Stadium	2004	2014	Shane Topalovic[11]
Eastern Conference
Aurora United FC	Aurora, Ontario	Sheppard’s Bush	1964	2016	Jim Brennan[12]
Durham United FA	Pickering, Ontario	Kinsmen Park	2014	2014	Sanford Carabin[13]
Kingston Clippers	Kingston, Ontario	Tindall Field, Queen's University	1971	2014	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	Hermann Kingué[16]
Toronto Skillz FC	Scarborough, Ontario	Birchmount Stadium	2008	2016	Leslie Fitzpatrick[17]
Vaughan Azzurri	Vaughan, Ontario	McNaughton Park	2014	2014	Carmine Isacco[18]
Woodbridge Strikers	Woodbridge, Ontario	Vaughan Grove	1976	2014	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

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

League Championship

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

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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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]

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	Patrick (Laza) Lowe
Vaughan Azzurri	Vaughan, Ontario	McNaughton Park		2015	Carmine Isacco
Woodbridge Strikers	Woodbridge, Ontario	Vaughan Grove		2015	David Porco

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

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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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]

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

External links

• Official website