The 2015 Men's League1 Ontario season was the second 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.
This season saw the return of all nine teams which completed the previous season, as well as the addition of three new teams for the Men's Division. The 2015 season also marked the birth of League1 Ontario's Women's Division, which began play with seven teams.
Changes from 2014 Three new teams (Oakville Blue Devils, ProStars FC, and Sanjaxx Lions) joined the Men's Division for this season, resulting in a twelve-team competition for that side. As a result, the group stage of the Men's cup will change from two five-team groups to four three-team groups.
The Cataraqui Clippers changed their name to the Kingston Clippers starting in this season.
Teams
Team City Stadium ANB Futbol King City, ON The Country Day School Durham United FC Pickering, ON Kinsmen Park Kingston Clippers Kingston, ON Tindall Field, Queen's University Master's Futbol Academy Toronto, ON L'Amoreaux Park Oakville Blue Devils Oakville, ON Sheridan Stadium ProStars FC Brampton, ON Victoria Park Sanjaxx Lions Toronto, ON Esther Shiner Stadium Sigma FC Mississauga, ON Hershey Centre Toronto FC Academy Toronto, ON KIA Training Ground Vaughan Azzurri Maple, ON McNaughton Park Windsor Stars Windsor, ON McHugh Park Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge, ON Vaughan Grove Source:
Standings Each team will play 22 matches as part of the season; one home and one away against every other team in the league. There are no playoffs at the end of the season; the first-place team will be crowned as league champion and will face the PLSQ league champion in the Inter-Provincial Cup.
Cup
The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all twelve teams from the men'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 men's division consists of two phases. The first phase is a group phase, where four groups of three teams play in a single round-robin format. From each group, the top two teams advance to the knockout phase, which consists of a quarterfinal, semifinal, and final.
Each match in the group stage must return a result; any match drawn after 90 minutes will advance directly to kicks from the penalty mark, with the winner receiving two points in the standings, while the loser receives one point. Likewise, any knockout round matches which are tied after full time head directly to penalty kicks instead of extra time.
Group stage Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Inter-Provincial Cup Championship The Inter-Provincial Cup Championship was 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.
Oakville Blue Devils won 5–3 on aggregate
Top goalscorers This table includes goals scored in all competitions, including both league and cup matches.
RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Adonijah Reid ANB Futbol 20 Filipe Vilela Oakville Blue Devils 20 3 Joey Cicchillo Vaughan Azzurri 16 4 Cyrus Rollocks TFC Academy 14 5 Christian Cavalllini Woodbridge Strikers 12 Marcel Zajac Sigma FC 12 7 Ryan McCurdy Kingston Clippers 11 8 Belrum Vartanian ANB Futbol 10 9 Leaford Allen ProStars FC 9 Michael Pio Windsor Stars 9 Tom Winski ProStars FC 9
Awards AwardPlayer (club)Ref Most Valuable Player Filipe Vilela (Oakville Blue Devils) Golden Boot Filipe Vilela (Oakville Blue Devils)Adonijah Reid (ANB Futbol) Coach of the Year Carmine Isacco (Vaughan Azzurri)Young Player of the YearAdonijah Reid (ANB Futbol) Defender of the Year Dominic Samuel (Sigma FC) Goalkeeper of the Year Matt George (Woodbridge Strikers) Goal of the Year Joel Zelt (Kingston Clippers)
The following players were named League All-Stars.
+ First Team All-StarsGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Matt George (Woodbridge Strikers) Darian Bygrave (Woodbridge Strikers)Dominic Samuel (Sigma FC)Joe Zupo (Durham United)Al James (Oakville Blue Devils) Taylor McNamara (Oakville Blue Devils)Stephen Ademolu (Windsor Stars)Richie Laryea (Sigma FC) Joey Cicchillo (Vaughan Azzurri)Filipe Vilela (Oakville Blue Devils)Adonijah Reid (ANB Futbol)
+ Second Team All-StarsGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Matt Zaikos (Sanjaxx Lions) Kamal Miller (Vaughan Azzurri)Nick Muth (Oakville Blue Devils)Eric Crawford (Oakville Blue Devils)Tyrell Rayne (Master's FA)Jamar Kelly (Windsor Stars)Bruce Cullen (Durham United) Joey Pineo (Kingston Clippers)Christian Cavallini (Woodbridge Strikers)Richie Ennin (Toronto FC Academy)Jason Mills (ANB Futbol)Steven Furlano (Toronto FC Academy)Kwame Awuah (Sigma FC) Cyrus Rollocks (Toronto FC III)Marcel Zajac (Sigma FC)Leaford Allen (ProStars FC)Mario Kovacevic (Vaughan Azzurri)Eric Koskins (Kingston Clippers)
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