2017 York Region Shooters season

York Region Shooters
2017 season
Owner Tony De Thomasis
Head Coach Tony De Thomasis
CSL Champions
Top goalscorer Evan Beutler
(7 goals)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2017 York Region Shooters season was the twentieth season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season commenced on May 27, 2017 in a away match against Scarborough SC.[1] The season concluded with York Region winning their third CSL Championship, after defeating Scarborough in a penalty shootout.[2]

Summary

York Region entered the 2017 season as the defending regular season champions with Tony De Thomasis continuing his role as head coach. Though their reserve team were the 2016 Second Division champions it was disbanded for the 2017 season.[3] Their season started brightly with the Shooters achieving points in their first four matches, until conceiving their first defeat in the fifth week.[4] The remainder of the season saw York Region clinch a postseason berth by finishing third in the standings with the best defensive record in the division.[5] Their playoff journey began with a victory after Milton SC forfeited their match.[6] In the second round of the postseason they defeated the Serbian White Eagles FC, and ultimately claimed their third CSL Championship by defeating Scarborough SC in the finals.[7]

Competitions

Canadian Soccer League

League table

First Division
Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 FC Vorkuta (C) (A) 14 10 2 2 43 13 +30 32 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Serbian White Eagles (A) 14 9 4 1 38 14 +24 31
3 York Region Shooters (O) (A) 14 9 3 2 34 7 +27 30
4 Scarborough SC (A) 14 7 3 4 37 17 +20 24
5 Brantford Galaxy (A) 14 6 0 8 26 37 −11 18
6 Milton SC (A) 14 2 2 10 24 75 −51 8
7 SC Waterloo Region (A) 14 1 5 8 19 33 −14 8
8 Royal Toronto FC (A) 14 1 3 10 20 45 −25 6

Updated to games played on September 11, 2017.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2017-first-division-standings/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
14 9 3 2 34 7  +27 30 4 1 2 18 5  +13 5 2 0 16 2  +14

Last updated: September 10, 2017.
Source: CSL

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314
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ResultDWWWLWDLWWWDWW

Updated to match(es) played on September 10, 2017. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Statistics

Goals and assists

Correct as of November 10, 2017[8]

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