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.
Teams
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
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. 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. 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.
Standings 10 teams began the season, with clubs to play each other twice, home and away. Mid-season Internacional de Toronto was removed was the league with all results removed from the standings.
Removed Matches vs IdT (H/A)Toronto FC Academy3–25–0Woodbridge Strikers––Sigma FC––Vaughan Azzurri7–1–ANB Futbol––Windsor Stars2–24–0Masters FA––Durham United2–0–Cataraqui Clippers5–3–
Statistics
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Molham BabouliTFC Academy212 Andrew OrnochVaughan Azzurri103 Emery WelshmanSigma FC9 LeRhone YoungDurham United FC95 Jonathan LaoVaughan Azzurri86 Alex HalisSigma FC7 Marcos NunesTFC Academy78 Gino BerardiWindsor Stars6 Michael PioWindsor Stars6 Dylan SacramentoTFC Academy6 Jordan StoddartSigma FC6 Alex DimitriuMaster's FA6 Cristian DrăgoiWindsor Stars6 Luca UccelloTFC Academy6 Belrum VartanianANB Futbol6
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Player of the week WeekPlayerClub1 Nicholas ChiarotWoodbridge Strikers2 Marco RodriguezTFC Academy3 Molham BabouliTFC Academy4 Andrew OrnochVaughan Azzurri5 Molham BabouliTFC Academy6 Anthony SantilliWindsor Stars7 Emery WelshmanSigma FC8 LeRhone YoungDurham United FC9 Jonathan LaoVaughan Azzurri10 Cristian DrăgoiWindsor Stars11 Luca UccelloTFC Academy12 Oscar CordonWoodbridge Strikers13 Shane LopezMaster's FA14 Molham BabouliTFC Academy
Cup 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 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
Group B
Knockout stage 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.
Semifinals
Finals
Inter-Provincial Cup Championship The Inter-Provincial Cup was announced on October 14, 2014 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.
Toronto FC Academy won 4–0 on aggregate
Awards AwardPlayer (club)Ref Most Valuable Player Molham Babouli (Toronto FC Academy) Golden Boot Molham Babouli (Toronto FC Academy) Coach of the Year Peter Pinizzotto (Woodbridge Strikers)Young Star AwardChris Mannella (Toronto FC Academy) Goalkeeper of the Year Anthony Santilli (Windsor Stars)
The following players were named the League1 Ontario Top XI. League1 Ontario Top XI GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards 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. League1 Ontario Next XI GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards 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. League1 Ontario Young Stars GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards 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)
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