2015 League1 Ontario season (women)

The 2015 League1 Ontario season was the first season of play for the Women's Division of League1 Ontario. Originally announced with six teams, a seventh (Woodbridge Strikers) was added before the start of the season.[1] A league cup consisted of two groups of either three or four teams, with the top two from each group advancing to the knockout round.

League1 Ontario
Women's Division
Season2015
ChampionsDurham United FC
Cup championsNorth Mississauga SC
Matches played63
Goals scored252 (4 per match)
Top goalscorerJessica Lisi
(21 goals)
Biggest home winWoodbridge 11–0 ANB Futbol
(6 September 2015)
Biggest away winANB Futbol 1–10 Vaughan
(22 August 2015)
2016

Teams

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Team City Stadium
ANB Futbol King City The Country Day School
Durham United FC Pickering Kinsmen Park
North Mississauga SC Mississauga Hershey Centre[2]
ProStars FC Brampton Victoria Park
Sanjaxx Lions Toronto (North York) Esther Shiner Stadium
Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan (Maple) McNaughton Park
Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge Vaughan Grove

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Standings

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Each team will play 18 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 will be crowned as league champion at the end of the season.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Durham United FC (C) 18 14 2 2 69 8 +61 44
2 Woodbridge Strikers 18 13 2 3 53 22 +31 41
3 Vaughan Azzurri 18 10 5 3 50 21 +29 35
4 North Mississauga SC 18 8 3 7 25 22 +3 27
5 ANB Futbol 18 4 1 13 25 70 −45 13
6 Sanjaxx Lions 18 3 2 13 17 58 −41 11
7 ProStars FC 18 2 3 13 13 51 −38 9

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

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Group A

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DUR WDB ANB SAN
1 Durham United FC 3 3 0 0 0 17 3 +14 9 Advance to knockout round 3–2 8–1
2 Woodbridge Strikers 3 2 0 0 1 12 4 +8 6 4–1
3 ANB Futbol 3 1 0 0 2 5 13 −8 3 3–1
4 Sanjaxx Lions 3 0 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0 0–6 0–6

Group B

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VGN NMS PRO
1 Vaughan Azzurri 2 1 1 0 0 8 1 +7 5 Advance to knockout round 2–1 (p)
2 North Mississauga SC 2 1 0 1 0 6 4 +2 4 5–2
3 Pro Stars FC 2 0 0 0 2 2 11 −9 0 0–6

Knockout stage

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Semifinals Finals
      
1 Durham United FC 0
4 North Mississauga SC 2
North Mississauga SC 2
Vaughan Azzurri 1
3 Vaughan Azzurri 0 (5)
2 Woodbridge Strikers 0 (4)

Semifinals

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August 6, 2015 North Mississauga SC 2–0 Durham United FC Pickering, Ontario
8:00 pm Celluci   8', 39' Report Stadium: Kinsmen Park
August 6, 2015 Woodbridge Strikers 0–0
(4–5 p)
Vaughan Azzurri Maple, Ontario
7:30 pm Report Stadium: McNaughton Park
Penalties
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Final

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August 9, 2015 North Mississauga SC 2–1 Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan, Ontario
3:00 pm Yacou   47'
Celluci   56'
Report Lyon   70' Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jessica Lisi Woodbridge Strikers 21
2 Alexandria Lamontagne Durham United FC 18
3 Hollie Babut Durham United FC 13
4 Kelsey Araujo ANB Futbol 12
5 Oshay Lawes North Mississauga SC 11
6 Nicole Lyon Vaughan Azzurri 10
Geneva Winterink Durham United FC 10
8 Colleen Beesley Vaughan Azzurri 9
9 Chanel Hudson-Marks Woodbridge Strikers 8
Nadya Gill Vaughan Azzurri 8

Last updated October 22, 2015.[6]

Awards

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Award Player (club) Ref
Most Valuable Player Nora Abolins (Durham United) [7]
Golden Boot Jessica Lisi (Woodbridge Strikers) [8]
Coach of the Year Tony La Ferrerra (Durham United) [9]
Young Player of the Year Jessica Lisi (Woodbridge Strikers) [10]
Defender of the Year Kayla DeSouza (Durham United) [11]
Goalkeeper of the Year Nora Abolins (Durham United) [12]
Goal of the Year Taylor Potts (Durham United) [8]

The following players were named League All-Stars.[13]

First Team All-Stars
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Nora Abolins (Durham United) Briana De Souza (Durham United)
Kira Bertrand (North Mississauga)
Kayla De Souza (Durham United)
Hollie Babut (Durham United)
Cat Rogers (ANB Futbol)
April Syme (Woodbridge Strikers)
Geneva Winterink (Durham United)
Jessica Lisi (Woodbridge Strikers)
Alexandria Lamontagne (Durham United)
Oshay Lawes (North Mississauga)
Second Team All-Stars
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Sarah Bradbury (Sanjaxx Lions) Shannon Wood (Vaughan Azzurri)
Bria Williams (Vaughan Azzurri)
Diana DaRocha (Woodbridge Strikers)
Kelsey Araujo (ANB Futbol)
Martina Loncar (ProStars FC)
Julia Wong (Sanjaxx Lions)
Alyscha Mottershead (Woodbridge Strikers)
Nadya Gill (Vaughan Azzurri)
Krista Cellucci (North Mississauga)
Nicole Lyon (Vaughan Azzurri)

References

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  1. ^ "Seventh League1 Ontario Women's Team Added For 2015". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 Home Opener". North Mississauga Soccer Club. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 League1 Men's Division Schedule Finalized". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  4. ^ "2015 L1 Cup Standings". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  5. ^ "ProStars FC on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Scoring leaders". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  7. ^ "2015 League1 Ontario MVP". League1 Ontario. November 27, 2015.
  8. ^ a b "League1 Ontario 2015 Awards Banquet". League1 Ontario. November 30, 2015.
  9. ^ "2015 Coaches Of The Year". League1 Ontario. November 23, 2015.
  10. ^ "2015 Young Players Of The Year". League1 Ontario. November 26, 2015.
  11. ^ "2015 Defenders Of The Year". League1 Ontario. November 23, 2015.
  12. ^ "2015 Goalkeepers Of The Year". League1 Ontario. November 24, 2015.
  13. ^ "2015 League1 Ontario Women's All-Stars". League1 Ontario. November 9, 2015.
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