2017 Women's League1 Ontario season


The 2017 Women's League1 Ontario season is the third season of play for 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.
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 the West Ottawa Soccer Club, while the Kingston Clippers women's side did not return for play.

Teams

TeamCityPrincipal StadiumFoundedFirst SeasonHead Coach
Aurora United FCAuroraSt. Maximillion Kolbe20152016Gianni Cimini
Darby FCWhitbySouth Courtice Turf & Whitby Soccer Centre20152016Mirco Schroff
Durham United FAPickeringKinsmen Park2015Chris Eveleigh
FC LondonLondonGerman Canadian FC Stadium20152016Mike Marcoccia
North Mississauga SCMississaugaHershey Centre2015Jhon Ardila
Sanjaxx LionsTorontoMonarch Park Stadium2015Ramon McIntosh
Toronto Azzurri BlizzardToronto Azzurri Village20172017Cesare Tripodo
Unionville Milliken SCUnionville Bill Crothers Park20172017Paul Omoghan
Vaughan AzzurriVaughanMcNaughton Park2015Carmine Isacco
West Ottawa SCBeckwithBeckwith Park20172017Kristina Kiss
Woodbridge StrikersVaughan Vaughan Grove2015David Porco

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.

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, 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.

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Updated to matches played on October 8, 2017. Source:

Top Goalkeepers

RankPlayerClubMinutesGAA
1 Emily GilletFC London14400.62
2 Vanessa FioreNorth Mississauga SC15300.88
3 Marissa ZucchettoUnionville Milliken SC7201.12
4 Mollie ErikssonWest Ottawa SC12071.34
5 Jahnaia AmyotteToronto Azzurri Blizzard6811.45
6 Patricia KoutoulasAurora FC7271.61
7 Sarah PetrucciDurham United8311.62
8 Taylor GrantVaughan Azzurri8101.78
9 Hannah ZakinthinosSanjaxx Lions10252.28
10 Findley DunnSanjaxx Lions6533.17

Updated to matches played on October 8, 2017. Minimum 540 minutes played. Source:

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. The rosters for this game will be selected by team & league officials, and was announced on July 25th.
Pos.NameTeam
GKTaylor GrantVaughan Azzurri
GKPatricia KoutoulasAurora FC
DKira BertrandNorth Mississauga SC
DTamara BrownDurham United FA
DVanessa GillesWest Ottawa SC
DDiamond SimpsonToronto Azzurri Blizzard
DChrissie WhiteNorth Mississauga SC
DMaddie IozziDurham United FA
MSarah StratigakisAurora FC
MSarah WongVaughan Azzurri
MClaudia PiazzaVaughan Azzurri
MJulia WongSanjaxx Lions
MVictoria PickettAurora FC
MTaylor PottsDurham United FA
FJade KovacevicFC London
FArielle KabanguWest Ottawa SC
FLauryn ArrudaDarby FC
FAshley CampbellFC London

Pos.NameTeam