2017 League1 Ontario season (women)

The 2017 League1 Ontario season was the third season of play for the Women's Division of League1 Ontario, 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.

League1 Ontario
Women's Division

Season	2017
Champions	FC London
Cup champions	FC London
Matches played	110
Goals scored	440 (4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jade Kovacevic (40 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Emily Gillet (0.62 GAA)
Biggest home win	12 goals: London 12–0 Durham (14 September)
Biggest away win	7 goals: Woodbridge 0–7 Durham (23 July) Woodbridge 0–7 Aurora (13 August)
Highest scoring	13 goals: North Miss 12–1 Darby (22 July)
← 2016 2018 →

For the first time, the league expanded to include teams in the nation's capital, Ottawa, allowing it to span from the western to eastern borders of southern Ontario.

Changes from 2016

The women's division grew from nine to eleven teams, with the addition of Toronto Azzurri Blizzard, Unionville Milliken SC, and West Ottawa SC,^[1] while the Kingston Clippers women's side did not return for play.

Teams

Team	City	Principal Stadium	Founded	First Season	Head Coach[note 1]
Aurora FC	Aurora	St. Maximillion Kolbe	2015	2016	Gianni Cimini
Darby FC	Whitby	South Courtice Turf & Whitby Soccer Centre	2015	2016	Mirco Schroff
Durham United FA	Pickering	Kinsmen Park		2015	Chris Eveleigh
FC London	London	German Canadian FC Stadium	2015	2016	Mike Marcoccia
North Mississauga SC	Mississauga	Hershey Centre		2015	Jhon Ardila
Sanjaxx Lions	Toronto	Monarch Park Stadium		2015	Ramon McIntosh
Toronto Azzurri Blizzard	Toronto (North York)	Azzurri Village	2017	2017	Cesare Tripodo
Unionville Milliken SC	Unionville (Markham)	Bill Crothers Park	2017	2017	Paul Omoghan
Vaughan Azzurri	Vaughan	McNaughton Park		2015	Carmine Isacco
West Ottawa SC	Beckwith	Beckwith Park	2017	2017	Kristina Kiss
Woodbridge Strikers	Vaughan (Woodbridge)	Vaughan Grove		2015	David Porco

Aurora Darby FC Durham London West Ottawa Location of Women's Division teams for the 2017 League1 Ontario season. Current team See Toronto inset

North Miss. Sanjaxx Vaughan Woodbridge Blizzard Unionville Location of teams in or near Toronto for the 2017 League1 Ontario season. Current team

1. Unless otherwise noted, this information was obtained from team directories on the league website

Standings

Each team plays 20 matches as part of the season; two 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, X)	20	15	3	2	78	13	+65	48
2	Vaughan Azzurri	20	12	3	5	51	26	+25	39
3	North Mississauga SC	20	11	6	3	54	18	+36	39
4	Unionville Milliken SC	20	10	3	7	40	41	−1	33
5	Durham United FA	20	9	4	7	48	42	+6	31
6	Aurora FC	20	9	2	9	25	37	−12	29[a]
7	Woodbridge Strikers	20	9	2	9	49	55	−6	29[a]
8	West Ottawa SC	20	9	1	10	39	34	+5	28
9	Toronto Azzurri Blizzard	20	6	4	10	21	32	−11	22
10	Sanjaxx Lions	20	2	2	16	11	61	−50	8[b]
11	Darby FC	20	2	2	16	24	81	−57	8[b]

Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/show/2309115-standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal differential; 5) playoff match
(C) Champions; (X) L1 Cup winner
Notes:

1. Aurora FC beat Woodbridge Strikers on head-to-head points (6–0).
2. Sanjaxx Lions and Darby FC tied on head-to-head points (3–3) and head-to-head goal differential (3–3).

Cup

The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all eleven 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 four total rounds culminating in a final match in the start of August, 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.^[2]

	First Round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					West Ottawa SC	9
					North Mississauga SC	2
	North Mississauga SC	4
	Toronto Azzurri Blizzard	0
									West Ottawa SC	2
									Woodbridge Strikers	3
					Unionville Milliken SC	2
					Woodbridge Strikers	3
													Woodbridge Strikers	1
													FC London	6
					Durham United FA	0
					FC London	2
	FC London	4
	Aurora FC	1
									FC London	4
									Vaughan Azzurri	0
					Vaughan Azzurri	5
					Sanjaxx Lions	0
	Darby FC	1
	Vaughan Azzurri	4

First Round

North Mississauga SC v Toronto Azzurri Blizzard

May 24, 2017	North Mississauga SC	4–0	Toronto Azzurri Blizzard	Mississauga, Ontario
7:30 pm	Lawes 6' Kyeame 32' Brunet 37' Twidle 51'	Report		Stadium: Hershey Centre

FC London v Aurora FC

May 31, 2017	FC London	4–1	Aurora FC	London, Ontario
6:30 pm	Benati 9' Larose 44', 78' Kovacevic 90'	Report	Stratigakis 88'	Stadium: German-Canadian Club of London Field

Darby FC v Vaughan Azzurri

May 24, 2017	Darby FC	1–4	Vaughan Azzurri	Whitby, Ontario
9:00 pm	Boujos 54'	Report	Lyon 18', 48' Lukasewich 43' Nater 47'	Stadium: Whitby Soccer Centre

Quarterfinals

West Ottawa SC v North Mississauga SC

June 27, 2017	West Ottawa SC	9–2	North Mississauga SC	Ottawa, Ontario
7:00 pm	de Jesus-Shaw 16', 86' Kabangu 24', 59' Harrison 28' Gilles 34' Macmillan 45' Baynes 74' Mcpherson 83'	Report	Trayor 13', 68'	Stadium: Oz Optics Stadium

Unionville Milliken SC v Woodbridge Strikers

June 13, 2017	Unionville Milliken SC	2–3	Woodbridge Strikers	Unionville, Ontario
8:00 pm	Chang 16' Nashmi 21'	Report	Kozlova 39' Tyrell 55', 63'	Stadium: Bill Crothers Turf Centre

Durham United FA v FC London

June 20, 2017	Durham United FA	0–2	FC London	Pickering, Ontario
7:30 pm		Report	Campbell 24' Kovacevic 68'	Stadium: Pickering Soccer Complex

Vaughan Azzurri v Sanjaxx Lions

June 14, 2017	Vaughan Azzurri	5–0	Sanjaxx Lions	Vaughan, Ontario
8:00 pm	Lyon 8', 36', 44', 79' Lukasewich 56'	Report		Stadium: McNaughton Turf

Semifinals

Woodbridge Strikers v West Ottawa SC

July 11, 2017	Woodbridge Strikers	3–2	West Ottawa SC	Vaughan, Ontario
7:00 pm	Mottershead 9' Tolnai 88' Lofranco 90+3'	Report	Harrison 48' Royer 69'	Stadium: Vaughan Grove Park

Vaughan Azzurri v FC London

July 11, 2017	Vaughan Azzurri	0–4	FC London	Vaughan, Ontario
7:00 pm		Report	Kovacevic 53', 86' Campbell 76', 90'	Stadium: McNaughton Park

Final

Woodbridge Strikers v FC London

August 6, 2017	Woodbridge Strikers	1–6	FC London	Vaughan, Ontario
5:30 pm	Appleton 83'	Report	Campbell 14', 46' Kovacevic 19' Oliveira 73', 89' Novak 78'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

Statistics

Top Goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Jade Kovacevic FC London 40 2 Cassandra Briscoe North Mississauga SC 13 Laura Twidle North Mississauga SC 4 Laura Gosse Durham United 12 5 Nicole Kozlova Woodbridge Strikers 11 6 Ashley Campbell FC London 8 Arielle Kabangu West Ottawa SC 8 (Nine players tied) 7 Updated to matches played on October 8, 2017. Source:

Top Goalkeepers Rank Player Club Minutes GAA 1 Emily Gillet FC London 1440 0.62 2 Vanessa Fiore North Mississauga SC 1530 0.88 3 Marissa Zucchetto Unionville Milliken SC 720 1.12 4 Mollie Eriksson West Ottawa SC 1207 1.34 5 Jahnaia Amyotte Toronto Azzurri Blizzard 681 1.45 6 Patricia Koutoulas Aurora FC 727 1.61 7 Sarah Petrucci Durham United 831 1.62 8 Taylor Grant Vaughan Azzurri 810 1.78 9 Hannah Zakinthinos Sanjaxx Lions 1025 2.28 10 Findley Dunn Sanjaxx Lions 653 3.17 Updated to matches played on October 8, 2017. Minimum 540 minutes played. Source:

Awards

The following players received honours in the 2017 season:^[3]

Award	Player (Club)
Most Valuable Player	Jade Kovacevic (FC London)
Golden Boot	Jade Kovacevic (FC London)
Coach of the Year	Jhon Ardila (North Mississauga)
Young Player of the Year	Samantha Chang (Unionville Milliken)
Defender of the Year	Diamond Simpson (Toronto Azzurri Blizzard)
Goalkeeper of the Year	Emily Gillet (FC London)
Fair Play Award	Cat Rogers (North Mississauga)
Goal of the Year	Alessia Mattucci (Vaughan Azzurri)

First Team All-Stars

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Emily Gillet (FC London)	Olivia Lukasewich (Vaughan Azzurri) Diamond Simpson (Toronto Azzurri Blizzard) Kira Bertrand (North Mississauga)	Laura Twidle (North Mississauga) Samantha Chang (Unionville Milliken) Sara Wong (Vaughan Azzurri) Alyscha Mottershead (Woodbridge Strikers)	Ashley Campbell (FC London) Jade Kovacevic (FC London) Nicole Kozlova (Woodbridge Strikers)

Second Team All-Stars

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Vanessa Fiore (North Mississauga)	Tamara Brown (Durham United) Briana DeSouza (Durham United) Melissa Corso (Unionville Milliken) Malikae Dayes (Toronto Azzurri Blizzard)	Cat Rogers (North Mississauga) Taylor Potts (Durham United) Claudia Piazza (Vaughan Azzurri) Victoria Pickett (Aurora FC)	Natasha Klassios (Unionville Milliken) Colleen Beesley (Vaughan Azzurri)

Third Team All-Stars

Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Marissa Zucchetto (Unionville Milliken)	Patricia Koutoulas (Aurora FC) Christina White (North Mississauga) Jenna Hong (FC London) Sara Reynolds (Aurora FC) Vanessa Gilles (West Ottawa SC)	Julia Benati (FC London) Josie De Jesus-Shaw (West Ottawa SC) Sona Makulova (Sanjaxx Lions)	Lauryn Arruda (Darby FC) Shana Flynn (Unionville Milliken) Cassandra Briscoe (North Mississauga) Laura Gosse (Durham United)

All-Star Game

On June 28, the league announced that this year's all-star game would take place against the Ontario team competing in the 2017 Canada Summer Games.^[4] The rosters for this game will be selected by team & league officials, and was announced on July 25.^[5]

L1O All-Stars v Ontario (Canada Games)

July 25, 2017	L1O All-Stars	1–1 (5–6 p)	Ontario (Canada Games)	Vaughan, Ontario
7:30 pm	Kovacevic 79'		Kozlova 22'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

League1 Ontario All-Stars Pos. Name Team GK Taylor Grant Vaughan Azzurri GK Patricia Koutoulas Aurora FC D Kira Bertrand North Mississauga SC D Tamara Brown Durham United FA D Vanessa Gilles West Ottawa SC D Diamond Simpson Toronto Azzurri Blizzard D Chrissie White North Mississauga SC D Maddie Iozzi Durham United FA M Sarah Stratigakis Aurora FC M Sarah Wong Vaughan Azzurri M Claudia Piazza Vaughan Azzurri M Julia Wong Sanjaxx Lions M Victoria Pickett Aurora FC M Taylor Potts Durham United FA F Jade Kovacevic FC London F Arielle Kabangu West Ottawa SC F Lauryn Arruda Darby FC F Ashley Campbell FC London

Ontario (Canada Games) Pos. Name Team GK Mollie Eriksson West Ottawa SC GK Kayza Massey Maya Antoine Ariel Young Maliah De Rosario Emily Amano Olivia Cooke West Ottawa SC Sarah Owusu Toronto Azzurri Blizzard Anna Kowalczyk Vaughan Azzurri Nicole Kozlova Woodbridge Strikers Melanie Forbes Malikae Dayes Toronto Azzurri Blizzard Adriane Devlin Aurora FC Kalalin Tolnai Woodbridge Strikers Brigitta Pulins Woodbridge Strikers Emma Davies