2017 Women's League1 Ontario season

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)
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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

  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 Notes
1 FC London (C) 20 15 3 2 78 13 +65 48 League Champion
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[lower-alpha 1]
7 Woodbridge Strikers 20 9 2 9 49 55 −6 29[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
10 Darby FC 20 2 2 16 24 81 −57 8[lower-alpha 2]
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) Champion.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Aurora FC beat Woodbridge Strikers on head-to-head points (6-0).
  2. 1 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.[1]

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
              
West Ottawa SC9
North Mississauga SC2
North Mississauga SC4
Toronto Azzurri Blizzard0
West Ottawa SC2
Woodbridge Strikers3
Unionville Milliken SC2
Woodbridge Strikers3
Woodbridge Strikers1
FC London6
Durham United FA0
FC London2
FC London4
Aurora FC1
FC London4
Vaughan Azzurri0
Vaughan Azzurri5
Sanjaxx Lions0
Darby FC1
Vaughan Azzurri4

First Round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Statistics

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.[2] The rosters for this game will be selected by team & league officials, and was announced on July 25th.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Womens L1 Cup". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Opponents And Dates Announced For 2017 League1 Ontario Men's And Women's All-Star Games". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Final Selection Announced For 2017 Women's All-Star Match Versus Canada Games' Team Ontario". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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