2016 Women's League1 Ontario season

The 2016 Women's League1 Ontario season is 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.

Women's Division
Season2016
ChampionsFC London
Cup championsVaughan Azzurri
Matches played72
Goals scored307 (4.26 per match)
Top goalscorerJade Kovacevic
(26 goals)
Best goalkeeperHope Sabadash
(0.29 GAA)
Biggest home winWoodbridge 14-0 Darby
(June 12, 2016)
Biggest away winDarby 0-7 Durham
(May 20, 2016)
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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]

Changes from 2015

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.

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
Aurora
Darby
Durham
Kingston
London
North Miss.
Sanjaxx
Vaughan
Woodbridge
Location of teams for the 2016 League1 Ontario Women's Division season.

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
1 FC London (C) 16 14 0 2 50 15 +35 42
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 (X) 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
Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/show/2309115-standings
(C) Champion; (X) L1 Cup winner.

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.[2]

 
Preliminary round
 
  
 
 
 
 
Aurora United FC1
 
 
Darby FC0
 
 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
FC London2
 
 
 
Aurora United FC1
 
FC London2 (2)
 
 
 
Vaughan Azzurri (p)2 (4)
 
Sanjaxx Lions0
 
 
 
Vaughan Azzurri2
 
Vaughan Azzurri (p)1 (4)
 
 
 
Woodbridge Strikers1 (2)
 
Kingston Clippers1
 
 
 
Woodbridge Strikers7
 
Woodbridge Strikers (p)1 (3)
 
 
 
North Mississauga SC1 (1)
 
Durham United FA1
 
 
North Mississauga SC2
 

Preliminary Round
May 17, 2016 Aurora United FC 1–0 Darby FC Aurora, Ontario
6:30 pm Bouak  36' Report
Report		 Stadium: Sheppard's Bush

Quarterfinals
June 22, 2016 FC London 2–1 Aurora United FC London, Ontario
8:30 pm Portenay  82'
Kovacevic  90+1'		 Report Reynolds  49' Stadium: German Canadian FC Stadium
July 1, 2016 Vaughan Azzurri 2–0 Sanjaxx Lions Vaughan, Ontario
2:00 pm Richards  56'
Lewis  83'		 Report Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
June 22, 2016 Woodbridge Strikers 7–1 Kingston Clippers Woodbridge, Ontario
9:00 pm Report Stadium: Vaughan Grove
June 22, 2016 Durham United FA 1–2 North Mississauga SC Pickering, Ontario
8:00 pm Gosse  38' (pen) Report Brunet  9'
Lawes  34'		 Stadium: Kinsmen Park

Semifinals
July 13, 2016 FC London 2–2
(2–4 p)		 Vaughan Azzurri London, Ontario
8:00 pm Kovacevic  4', 31' Report
Report		 Bukovec  53', 70' Stadium: German Canadian FC Stadium
July 13, 2016 North Mississauga SC 1–1
(1–3 p)		 Woodbridge Strikers Mississauga, Ontario
8:00 pm Borgmann  76' Report
Report		 Gurovski  39' Stadium: Hershey Centre, Field 2
Penalties
Borgmann
Edgar
Lawes
Brunet 		Simpson
Oduro
Sabadash

Final
July 30, 2016 Vaughan Azzurri 1–1
(4–2 p)		 Woodbridge Strikers Vaughan, Ontario
3:30 pm Fenech  40' Report Mottershead  22' Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Penalties
Wong
Piazza
Ghoneim
Lukasewich
Bukovec 		Simpson
Oduro
Dayes
Syme

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.[3]

July 27, 2016 L1O All-Stars 3–0 Quebec All-Stars Vaughan, Ontario
7:30 pm Oduro  2'
Syme  37'
Lisi  50'		 Report Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

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.

Awards
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 Stratagakis (Aurora United FC)
Defender of the Year Tamara Brown (Durham United FA)
Goalkeeper of the Year Stephanie Bukovec (Vaughan Azzurri)
First Team All-Stars [5]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Stephanie Bukovec (Vaughan Azzurri) Meagan Scott (FC London)
Diamond Simpson (Woodbridge Strikers)
Kira Bertrand (North Mississauga SC)
Tamara Brown (Durham United FA)		 Sarah Stratagakis (Aurora United FC)
Alyscha Mottershead (Woodbridge Strikers)
Cat Rogers (North Mississauga SC)
April Syme (Woodbridge Strikers)		 Laura Gosse (Durham United FA)
Jade Kovacevic (FC London)
Second Team All-Stars [6]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Hope Sabadash (Woodbridge Strikers) Shannon Wood (Vaughan Azzurri)
Malikae Dawes (Woodbridge Strikers)
Kayla DeSouza (Durham United FA)		 Riley Filion (Kingston Clippers)
Tori Chia (Darby FC)
Julia Benatic (FC London)		 Christabel Oduro (Woodbridge Strikers)
Sona Makulova (Sanjaxx Lions)
Jackie Tessier (Kingston Clippers)
Nour Ghoneim (Vaughan Azzurri)

References
  1. "League1 Ontario Announces Eight New Teams For Upcoming Season". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  2. "Womens L1 Cup". League1 Ontario. League1 Ontario. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  3. "League1 Ontario Announces Women's All-Star Game Roster". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  4. "Standout Performers Recognized at 2016 League1 Ontario Awards Banquet". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  5. "League1 Ontario Announces 2016 Women's First And Second Team All-Stars". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
  6. "League1 Ontario Announces 2016 Women's First And Second Team All-Stars". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
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