The 2015 League1 Ontario season was the first season of play for the Women's Division of League1 Ontario. Originally announced with six teams, a seventh (Woodbridge Strikers) was added before the start of the season. A league cup consisted of two groups of either three or four teams, with the top two from each group advancing to the knockout round.
Teams Team City Stadium ANB Futbol King City The Country Day School Durham United FC Pickering Kinsmen Park North Mississauga SC Mississauga Hershey Centre ProStars FC Brampton Victoria Park Sanjaxx Lions Toronto (North York) Esther Shiner Stadium Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan (Maple) McNaughton Park Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge Vaughan Grove Source:
Standings Each team will play 18 matches as part of the season; three games split home and away against every other team in the division. There are no playoffs; the first-place team will be 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 seven 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 consists of two phases. The first phase is a group phase, where two groups of either three or four teams play in a single round-robin format. From each group, the top two teams advance to the knockout phase, which consists of a semifinal and a 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
Knockout stage
Semifinals
Final
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Jessica Lisi Woodbridge Strikers 21 2 Alexandria Lamontagne Durham United FC 18 3 Hollie Babut Durham United FC 13 4 Kelsey Araujo ANB Futbol 12 5 Oshay Lawes North Mississauga SC 11 6 Nicole Lyon Vaughan Azzurri 10 Geneva Winterink Durham United FC 10 8 Colleen Beesley Vaughan Azzurri 9 9 Chanel Hudson-Marks Woodbridge Strikers 8 Nadya Gill Vaughan Azzurri 8 Last updated October 22, 2015.
Awards AwardPlayer (club)Ref Most Valuable Player Nora Abolins (Durham United) Golden Boot Jessica Lisi (Woodbridge Strikers) Coach of the Year Tony La Ferrerra (Durham United)Young Player of the Year Jessica Lisi (Woodbridge Strikers) Defender of the Year Kayla DeSouza (Durham United) Goalkeeper of the Year Nora Abolins (Durham United) Goal of the Year Taylor Potts (Durham United)
The following players were named League All-Stars. First Team All-Stars GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Nora Abolins (Durham United) Briana De Souza (Durham United)Kira Bertrand (North Mississauga)Kayla De Souza (Durham United) Hollie Babut (Durham United)Cat Rogers (ANB Futbol)April Syme (Woodbridge Strikers)Geneva Winterink (Durham United) Jessica Lisi (Woodbridge Strikers)Alexandria Lamontagne (Durham United)Oshay Lawes (North Mississauga)
Second Team All-Stars GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Sarah Bradbury (Sanjaxx Lions) Shannon Wood (Vaughan Azzurri)Bria Williams (Vaughan Azzurri)Diana DaRocha (Woodbridge Strikers) Kelsey Araujo (ANB Futbol)Martina Loncar (ProStars FC)Julia Wong (Sanjaxx Lions)Alyscha Mottershead (Woodbridge Strikers) Nadya Gill (Vaughan Azzurri)Krista Cellucci (North Mississauga)Nicole Lyon (Vaughan Azzurri)
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