The 2018 League1 Ontario season was the fourth season of play for the Women's Division of 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. Durham United FA won the league championship after beating the previously undefeated FC London and Woodbridge Strikers in the playoffs.
Changes from 2017 The women's division grew from 11 to 13 teams, with the addition of women's side from the Oakville Blue Devils, as well as Hamilton United (representing the league's first entry from that city) and DeRo United FC (an academy run by former national team player Dwayne De Rosario). Sanjaxx Lions did not field a team in the women's division for this season.
Teams
Team City Principal Stadium Founded First season Head coach Aurora FC Aurora Stewart Burnett Park 2015 2016 Gianni Cimini Darby FC Whitby Whitby Soccer Centre & Darlington Field 2015 2016 Mirco Schroff DeRo United FC Toronto (Scarborough) L'Amoreaux Park 2018 2018 Durham United FA Pickering Kinsmen Park 2015 Ramin Muhammadi Hamilton United Hamilton Ron Joyce Stadium 2018 2018 FC London London German Canadian FC Stadium 2015 2016 Mike Marcoccia North Mississauga SC Mississauga Hershey Centre 2015 Jhon Ardila Oakville Blue Devils Oakville Sheridan Trafalgar Stadium 2018 2018 Toronto Azzurri Blizzard Toronto (North York) Azzurri Village 2017 2017 Cesare Tripodo Unionville Milliken SC Unionville (Markham) Bill Crothers Park 2017 2017 Paul Omoghan Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan McNaughton Park 2015 Carmine Isacco West Ottawa SC Ottawa Wesley Clover Park 2017 2017 Kristina Kiss Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge (Vaughan) Vaughan Grove 2015 David Porco
Regular season Each team plays 12 matches as part of the season; one match against all other teams. The top four teams advance to the playoffs to determine the league champion.
Playoffs The top four teams from the regular season earn entry into the playoffs, which consists of a single knockout phase containing two semifinals and a final.
Semifinals
Final
Cup The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all thirteen 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 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.
Statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Jade Kovacevic FC London 19 2 Mahira Ali Oakville Blue Devils 16 3 Nour Ghoneim Vaughan Azzurri 12 4 Angela Cutaia Hamilton United 11 5 Laura Gosse Durham United FA 8 Updated to matches played on August 21, 2018. Source:
Top goalkeepers
RankPlayerClubMinutesGAA 1 Alana Rossi Hamilton United 360 0.50 Marissa Zucchetto Unionville Milliken SC 360 0.50 3 Patricia Koutoulas Oakville Blue Devils 450 0.60 4 Emily Gillet FC London 900 0.70 5 Olivia Tierney DeRo United FC 388 0.93
Updated to matches played on August 21, 2018. Minimum 360 minutes played. Source:
Awards The following players received honours in the 2018 season: AwardPlayer (Club) Most Valuable Player Jade Kovacevic (FC London) Golden Boot Jade Kovacevic (FC London) Coach of the Year Mike Marcoccia (FC London)Ramin Mohammadi (Durham United) Young Player of the Year Markela Bejleri (Aurora FC) Defender of the Year Diamond Simpson (Woodbridge Strikers) Goalkeeper of the Year Sara Petrucci (Durham United) Fair Play Award Sara Wong (Vaughan Azzurri) Goal of the Year Mahira Ali (Oakville Blue Devils)
First Team All-Stars GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Sara Petrucci (Durham United) Rachel Melhado (Vaughan Azzurri)Diamond Simpson (Woodbridge Strikers)Tamara Brown (Durham United) Katherine Koehler-Grassau (DeRo United)Julia Benati (FC London)Sara Wong (Vaughan Azzurri)April Syme (Woodbridge Strikers) Mahira Ali (Oakville Blue Devils)Jade Kovacevic (FC London)Nour Ghoneim (Vaughan Azzurri)
Second Team All-Stars GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Vanessa Fiore (North Mississauga) Christina White (Woodbridge Strikers)Mikaela Tierney (DeRo United)Jenna Hong (FC London) Alyscha Mottershead (Woodbridge Strikers)Carla Portillo (North Mississauga)Ashley Campbell (FC London)Alicia Tamburro (Durham United) Angela Cutaia (Hamilton United)Laura Gosse (Durham United)Nathasha Klassios (Unionville Milliken)
Third Team All-Stars GoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwards Marilena Spagnolo (Hamilton United) Abigail Hubble (Darby FC)Kayla Goncalves (Unionville Milliken)Kira Bertrand (Woodbridge Strikers) Markela Bejleri (Aurora FC)Laura Twidle (Oakville Blue Devils)Rebecca Bartosh (Toronto Azzurri Blizzard)Jessie Faber (Vaughan Azzurri) Cassandre Van Bakel (Vaughan Azzurri)Crystal Schuder (West Ottawa SC)Alexis Kirton (DeRo United)
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