2014 League1 Ontario season

The 2014 League1 Ontario season was the inaugural season of the Division 3 Ontario-based semi-professional soccer league. It began on May 30, featuring 10 teams. The league's first ever goal was scored by Toronto FC Academy player Dylan Sacramento.

League1 Ontario
Season2014
ChampionsToronto FC Academy
L1 Cup championsVaughan Azzurri
Matches played72
Goals scored278 (3.86 per match)
Top goalscorerMolham Babouli (21)
2015

Teams

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Kingston
 
Durham
 
TORONTO
 
VAUGHAN
 
Sigma
 
Windsor
Location of teams outside of Toronto for the 2014 League1 Ontario season.
 
 
Internacional
 
Master's
 
Sigma
 
TFC Academy
 
ANB Futbol
 
Vaughan
 
Woodbridge
Location of teams in or near Toronto for the 2014 League1 Ontario season.

Being the first year of the league, all teams are new to the league.

On July 22, 2014, the league terminated the license of Internacional de Toronto. Their record will be expunged.


Team City Stadium
ANB Futbol Richmond Hill, ON The Soccer Centre
Cataraqui Clippers Kingston, ON St. Lawrence College South Main Field
Durham United FC Pickering, ON Kinsmen Park
Internacional de Toronto Toronto, ON Lamport Stadium
Master's FA Toronto, ON L'Amoreaux Park
Sigma FC Mississauga, ON Hershey Fields at Hershey Centre
Toronto FC Academy Toronto, ON KIA Toronto FC Training Ground and Academy
Windsor Stars Windsor, ON McHugh Park
Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge, ON Vaughan Grove Sports Park
Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan, ON York Stadium

Format

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Unlike most North American sports leagues, there will be no playoffs. The title will be awarded to the team with the most points at the end of the 16-game regular season.[1] League1 Ontario also expressed the desire to organize a final game between their champion, and the winner of the other Division 3 league in Canada, the PLSQ.[2]
There will also be a cup competition for the 10 teams, the final representing the last game of the season. This cup is unrelated to the Canadian Championship, though the Canadian Soccer Association has hinted at the possibility of including more teams in the future.[3]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TFC Academy (C) 16 11 5 0 51 19 +32 38 Inter-Provincial Cup
2 Woodbridge Strikers 16 10 3 3 35 17 +18 33
3 Sigma FC 16 8 5 3 48 19 +29 29
4 Vaughan Azzurri (X) 16 8 3 5 41 26 +15 27
5 ANB Futbol 16 6 4 6 24 31 −7 22
6 Windsor Stars 16 6 2 8 25 25 0 20
7 Master's FA 16 5 2 9 22 40 −18 17
8 Durham United 16 2 4 10 19 43 −24 10
9 Cataraqui Clippers 16 0 4 12 13 58 −45 4
10 Internacional de Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Suspended[a]
  1. ^ Internacional de Toronto had its license suspended and its results removed effective July 22, 2014. They had a record of 0–1–6.

Statistics

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In addition to the regular season, the 2014 League1 Ontario season also contained a cup tournament, which was run separately (and consisted of different games) from the rest of the regular season. The initial ten teams were divided into two groups of five, with each team facing the other teams in their group once. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Group stage

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The teams were divided into two groups of 5, with the best 2 teams in each group qualifying for the semifinals. With the removal of Internacional de Toronto, Group A was reduced to four teams.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 TFC Academy 3 2 1 0 15 2 +13 7 Knockout stage
2 Durham United 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3 Cataraqui Clippers 3 1 0 2 2 17 −15 3
4 ANB Futbol 3 0 1 2 4 6 −2 1
Source: L1O
June 13, 2014 Cataraqui Clippers 2–1 ANB Futbol Kingston, Ontario
8:45pm   (o.g.)
Hong  
Report Mills   Stadium: CaraCo Field
September 27, 2014 Toronto FC Academy 11–0 Cataraqui Clippers Toronto, Ontario
1:00pm Babouli   4', 28', 38', 44'
Nunes   16', 26', 78'
Uccello   40'
Rodriguez   50'
Osorio   59', 65'
Report Stadium: Kia Training Ground

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vaughan Azzurri (O) 4 3 1 0 13 2 +11 10 Knockout stage
2 Sigma FC 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 7
3 Woodbridge Strikers 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6
4 Master's Futbol 4 1 1 2 2 6 −4 4
5 Windsor Stars 4 0 1 3 1 8 −7 1
Source: L1O
(O) Play-off winners
June 19, 2014 Woodbridge Strikers 0–3 Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan, Ontario
9:00pm Report Fabrizi  
Cicchillo    
Stadium: Vaughan Grove Park
July 11, 2014 Woodbridge Strikers 2–1 Windsor Stars Vaughan, Ontario
9:00pm Holder  
Derayeh  
Report Berardi   Stadium: Vaughan Grove Park
July 30, 2014 Windsor Stars 0–0 Master's FA Saints Windsor, Ontario
8:30pm Report Stadium: McHugh Stadium
September 3, 2014 Master's FA Saints 2–1 Sigma FC Vaughan, Ontario
9:00pm Malcolm   21', 26' Report Ferritto   84' Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
September 26, 2014 Windsor Stars 0–1 Sigma FC Windsor, Ontario
8:30pm Report Drăgoi   11' Stadium: McHugh Stadium
October 4, 2014 Vaughan Azzurri 5–0 Windsor Stars Maple, Ontario
7:00pm Gertiesingh   4', 42'
Nogueira   9'
Ornoch   44'
Orlov   57'
Report Stadium: St. Joan of Arc
October 14, 2014 Vaughan Azzurri 3–0 Master's FA Saints Maple, Ontario
9:00pm Izeady   68', 88' (pen.)
Arnone   90'
Report Stadium: McNaughton Field

Knockout stage

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The top two teams from each group entered a single-game elimination tournament to determine the cup champion. The final was held on Sunday, October 19 at BMO Field. [5]

Semifinals Finals
      
Vaughan Azzurri 4
Durham United FC 1
Vaughan Azzurri 2
Sigma FC 1
Toronto FC Academy 1
Sigma FC 4

Semifinals

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October 18, 2014 Vaughan Azzurri 4–1 Durham United FC Maple, Ontario
7:00pm Badat   16'
Iezady   47', 72', 78'
Report Hargrave   80' Stadium: McNaughton Turf
October 18, 2014 Toronto FC Academy 1–4 Sigma FC Toronto, Ontario
9:00am Babouli   39' Report Grant   4'
Zajac   33'
Welshman   37'
McLean   75'
Stadium: Kia Training Ground

Finals

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October 19, 2014 Vaughan Azzurri 2–1 Sigma FC Toronto, Ontario
2:30pm Iezady   61'
Di Chiara   77'
Report Welshman   7' Stadium: BMO Field

Inter-Provincial Cup Championship

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The Inter-Provincial Cup Championship was announced on October 14, 2014[6] as a two-legged home-and-away series between the league champions of League1 Ontario and the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec – the only Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer leagues based fully within Canada.

November 8, 2014 Toronto FC Academy 0–0 CS Longueuil Pickering, Ontario
8:00pm Report Stadium: Pickering Soccer Complex

Toronto FC Academy won 4–0 on aggregate

Awards

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Award Player (club) Ref
Most Valuable Player Molham Babouli (Toronto FC Academy) [7]
Golden Boot Molham Babouli (Toronto FC Academy) [7]
Coach of the Year Peter Pinizzotto (Woodbridge Strikers) [7]
Young Star Award Chris Mannella (Toronto FC Academy) [7]
Goalkeeper of the Year Anthony Santilli (Windsor Stars) [7]

The following players were named the League1 Ontario Top XI.[8]

League1 Ontario Top XI
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Anthony Santilli (Windsor Stars) Jonathan Grant (Sigma FC)
Franco LoPresti (Woodbridge Strikers)
Mateo Restrepo (Toronto FC Academy)
Chris Mannella (Toronto FC Academy)
Jonathan Lao (Vaughan Azzurri)
Alex Halis (Sigma FC)
Christian Dragoi (Windsor Stars)
Molham Babouli (Toronto FC Academy)
Emery Welshman (Sigma FC)
Andrew Ornoch (Vaughan Azzurri)

The following players were named the League1 Ontario Next XI.[9]

League1 Ontario Next XI
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Matt George (Woodbridge Strikers) Daniel Fabrizi (Vaughan Azzurri)
Marcus Godinho (Toronto FC Academy)
Giuliano Frano (Sigma FC)
Oscar Cordon (Woodbridge Strikers)
Joseph Di Chiara (Vaughan Azzurri)
Manny Morgado (Sigma FC)
Luca Uccello (Toronto FC Academy)
Julian Uccello (Woodbridge Strikers)
Marcos Nunes (Toronto FC Academy)
Jason Mills (ANB Futbol)

The following players were named the League1 Ontario Young Stars.[10]

League1 Ontario Young Stars
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Filippo Di Bernardo (Toronto FC Academy) Kevon Black (Toronto FC Academy)
Daniel Gogarty (Vaughan Azzurri)
Kamal Miller (Vaughan Azzurri)
Dylan Sacramento (Toronto FC Academy)
Stephen Almeida (Woodbridge Strikers)
Jashua Mills (ANB Futbol)
Christian Samaniego (Sigma FC)
Alex Dimitriu (Master's FA)
LeRohne Young (Durham United)
Raheem Edwards (ANB Futbol)
Honourable Mentions
Ali Ghazanfari (ANB Futbol) Tyrell Rayne (Master's FA) Oladapo Afolayan (Toronto FC Academy)
Joseph Roccasalva (Durham United)
Anthony Osorio (Toronto FC Academy)
Marcel Zajac (Sigma FC)
Darren Gertiesingh (Vaughan Azzurri)

References

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  1. ^ "League1 format". League1 Ontario. Facebook. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  2. ^ "Cataraqui Clippers League1 Ontario press conference". Support Local Soccer. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  3. ^ "League1 Ontario Cup Groups Announced". Canada Kicks. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  4. ^ "League 1 Ontario – Scoring leaders". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015.
  5. ^ "League1 and OSA announce L1 Cup Final to be hosted at BMO Field". Ontario Soccer Association. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  6. ^ "OSA and QSF announce Division 3 Inter-Provincial Cup final". Ontario Soccer Association. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d e "League1 Ontario Awards Banquet 2014". League1 Ontario. November 13, 2014.
  8. ^ "League1 Ontario Top XI 2014". League1 Ontario. October 22, 2014.
  9. ^ "League1 Ontario Next XI 2014". League1 Ontario. October 23, 2014.
  10. ^ "League1 Ontario Young Stars". League1 Ontario. October 28, 2014.
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