2017 York Region Shooters season

The 2017 York Region Shooters season was the twentieth season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season commenced on May 27, 2017 in an away match against Scarborough SC.[1] The season concluded with York Region winning their third CSL Championship, after defeating Scarborough in a penalty shootout.[2]

York Region Shooters
2017 season
OwnerTony De Thomasis
Head CoachTony De Thomasis
CSLChampions
Top goalscorerEvan Beutler
(7 goals)
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Summary

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York Region entered the 2017 season as the defending regular season champions with Tony De Thomasis continuing his role as head coach. Though their reserve team were the 2016 Second Division champions it was disbanded for the 2017 season.[3] Their season started brightly with the Shooters achieving points in their first four matches, until conceiving their first defeat in the fifth week.[4] The remainder of the season saw York Region clinch a postseason berth by finishing third in the standings with the best defensive record in the division.[5] Their playoff journey began with a victory after Milton SC forfeited their match.[6] In the second round of the postseason they defeated the Serbian White Eagles FC, and ultimately claimed their third CSL Championship by defeating Scarborough SC in the finals.[7]

Competitions

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Canadian Soccer League

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League table

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First Division
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Vorkuta (C) 14 10 2 2 43 13 +30 32 Playoffs
2 Serbian White Eagles 14 9 4 1 38 14 +24 31
3 York Region Shooters (O) 14 9 3 2 34 7 +27 30
4 Scarborough SC 14 7 3 4 37 17 +20 24
5 Brantford Galaxy 14 6 0 8 26 37 −11 18
6 Milton SC 14 2 2 10 24 75 −51 8
7 SC Waterloo Region 14 1 5 8 19 33 −14 8
8 Royal Toronto FC 14 1 3 10 20 45 −25 6
Updated to match(es) played on September 11, 2017. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners


Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
14 9 3 2 34 7  +27 30 4 1 2 18 5  +13 5 2 0 16 2  +14

Last updated: September 10, 2017.
Source: CSL

Results by round

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ResultDWWWLWDLWWWDWW
Updated to match(es) played on September 10, 2017. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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June 23 York Region Shooters 1–2 FC Vorkuta Vaughan, Ontario
Reid   25' Report Volodymyr Rudyi   30'
Kristijan Kezic   84'
Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
July 7 York Region Shooters 2–2 SC Waterloo Vaughan, Ontario
Evan Beutler   23',   90' Report Jure Glavina   44',   71' Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
July 30 Milton SC 1–7 York Region Shooters Milton, Ontario
Danny Jirta   Report Alton Ellis  ,  ,  
Evan Butler  
Bryan  
Doryan Bothelo  ,  
Stadium: Milton Community Park
August 5 FC Vorkuta 0–2 York Region Shooters Toronto, Ontario
Report Hassan Abdulmumini   77'
Doryan Botelho   85'
Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

Statistics

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Goals and assists

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Correct as of November 10, 2017[8]

References

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  1. ^ Adamson, Stan. "EXPANSION TEAM VORKUTA SHINES IN CSL OPENER………the weekend wrap-up | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  2. ^ Adamson, Stan. "YORK REGION WINS CSL CHAMPIONSHIP…..FC Ukraine United defeats Burlington for Second Division title | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  3. ^ Adamson, Stan. "CSL EXPANSION TEAMS VORKUTA AND ROYAL TORONTO GIVE NEW LOOK……End of May kickoff | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  4. ^ "VORKUTA, SERBIAN EAGLES, BRANTFORD ENJOY FIRST DIVISION WINS……..Weekend wrap-up in the CSL | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  5. ^ Adamson, Stan. "FC VORKUTA WINS FIRST DIVISION IN INAUGURAL SEASON….Scarborough's Aleksander Stojiljkovic strikes four | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  6. ^ "SERBIAN EAGLES, VORKUTA, SCARBOROUGH AND YORK REGION ADVANCE ……..weekend games in the CSL playoffs | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  7. ^ "SHOOTERS vs SCARBOROUGH FOR CSL CHAMPIONSHIP…..Burlington vs Ukraine Utd for Division Two title | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  8. ^ "2017 First Division Stats | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2017-11-02.