The 2022 League1 Ontario season is the seventh season of play for Women's Division of League1 Ontario, a Division 3 women's soccer league in the Canadian soccer league system and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario.
NDC Ontario defeated Alliance United FC in the final to win the league championship. As NDC Ontario was unavailable to participate in the League1 Canada Interprovincial Championship due to scheduling issues, Alliance United instead represented the league, finishing in third place.
Format and changes After the 2021 season format was adjusted into a shorter-season form with some teams opting out due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league will return to a single table format with all clubs for the 2022 season. With the league set to split into a multi-division format with promotion-relegation beginning in 2024, the points obtained in this season will contribute to the original placement of clubs in 2024, with the points from the 2022 season (weighted at 75%) being added to the points teams obtain in the 2023 season (weighted at 100%) to determine the placements.
The top-six teams in the regular season qualified for the playoffs with the top-two teams receiving first round byes. The semi-finals were played on July 30 and 31 with the final on August 6. NDC Ontario won the championship and qualified for the Women's Interprovincial Championship in Laval, Quebec.
Clubs The women's division has grown to 20 teams through expansion. Burlington SC, Electric City FC, Simcoe County Rovers, St. Catharines Roma Wolves, and the Canada Soccer National Development Centre Ontario join the league as expansion teams, ProStars FC returns as a new club as well having previously competed for one season in 2015. Guelph Union and Waterloo United will make their official Premier Division debuts, after having opted out of the main division last season, having fielded teams in either the short-season Summer Championship or Reserve divisions instead.
The following clubs are set to participate in the league.
Team City Principal stadium Head coach Alliance United FC Scarborough (Toronto) Centennial College Angelo Cavalluzzo Blue Devils FC Oakville Sheridan College Trafalgar Natalie BukovecBurlington SC Burlington Haber Centre Neil Wilson BVB IA Waterloo Waterloo Warrior Field, University of Waterloo John O'Brien Darby FC Clarington South Courtice Turf Graeme Burns Electric City FC Peterborough Fleming College Stadium Randy Ribeiro Guelph Union Guelph Alumni Stadium Onkar Dhillon Hamilton United Hamilton Ron Joyce Stadium Charles Ivanov FC London London Portuguese Club of London Garett Peters NDC Ontario Vaughan Ontario Soccer Stadium Joey Lombardi North Mississauga SC Mississauga Churchill Meadows Peyvand Mossavat North Toronto Nitros Toronto Downsview Park Chris Vickers Pickering FC Pickering Pickering Soccer Centre & Kinsmen Park Dmitri Ovtchinnikov ProStars FC Brampton Victoria Park StadiumSzabi Bozsoky Simcoe County Rovers FC Barrie J.C Massie Field, Georgian CollegeZack Wilson St. Catharines Roma Wolves St. Catharines Roma Park – Under Armour FieldDavide MassafraTecumseh SC Tecumseh University of Windsor Stadium Daniel Mendonca Unionville Milliken SC Unionville (Markham) Bill Crothers Secondary School Paul Omoghan Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan North Maple Regional ParkJorden Feliciano Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge (Vaughan) Vaughan Grove David Porco
Premier Division
Playoffs
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics Statistics include regular season matches only, not playoff matches.
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Olivia Smith North Toronto Nitros 18 2 Nadya Gill North Mississauga SC 17 3 Jessica Lisi Woodbridge Strikers 14 4 Kayla McQueen Electric City FC 13 5 Laura Gosse Alliance United 12 Chelsea Cheung Alliance United Julia Benati FC London Source:
Top goalkeepers
RankPlayerClubMinutesGAA 1 Elizabeth Brenneman Guelph Union 990 0.64 2 Raven Edwards-Dowdall North Toronto Nitros 1080 0.67 3 Levanta Staggolis Alliance United 900 1.10 4 Mykaela Volpe Electric City FC 1260 1.14 5 Jadyn Steinhauer FC London 1395 1.23 6 Yazmeen Jamieson Simcoe County Rovers 1080 1.25 7 Emma Hendrie St. Catharines Roma Wolves 1588 1.30 Minimum 900 minutes played. Source:
League honours Awards Award Player Team RefMost Valuable Player Julia Benati FC London Young Player of the Year (U20) Olivia Smith North Toronto NitrosCoach of the Year Joey Lombardi NDC OntarioGoalkeeper of the Year Jadyn Steinhauer FC LondonDefender of the Year Zoe Markesini NDC OntarioMidfielder of the Year Julia Benati FC LondonForward of the Year Olivia Smith North Toronto NitrosGolden Boot Olivia Smith North Toronto Nitros
League All-Stars The following players were named League1 Ontario All-Stars for the 2022 season:
First Team All-Star Player PositionJadyn Steinhauer (London) GoalkeeperRenee Watson (NDC Ontario) DefenderZoe Markesini (NDC Ontario) DefenderSonia Walk (North Toronto) DefenderJenny Wolever (Alliance United) DefenderJulia Benati (London) MidfielderApril Syme (Woodbridge) MidfielderCloey Uddenberg (Simcoe County) MidfielderNadya Gill (North Mississauga) ForwardOlivia Smith (North Toronto) ForwardJessica Lisi (Woodbridge) Forward
Second Team All-Star Player PositionMykaela Volpe (Electric City) GoalkeeperChristina Coroado (Woodbridge) DefenderMaya Antoine (Vaughan Azzurri) DefenderAlexis Wilson (Darby) DefenderElla Ottey (NDC Ontario) DefenderAlanna Raimondo (NDC Ontario) MidfielderBrianne DeSa (Simcoe County) MidfielderKalifornia Mitchell (Vaughan Azzurri) MidfielderChelsea Cheung (Alliance United) ForwardKayla Briggs (NDC Ontario) ForwardLeah Pais (Vaughan Azzurri) Forward
Third Team All-Star Player PositionYazmeen Jamieson (Simcoe County) GoalkeeperAriana Mouratidis (Woodbridge) DefenderHannah Chown (Alliance United) DefenderAvarie Thomas (London) DefenderKiarra Bailey (Hamilton United) DefenderTori Chia (Darby) MidfielderNikayla Small (NDC Ontario) MidfielderJotam Chouhan (Vaughan Azzurri) MidfielderAmanda Allen (NDC Ontario) ForwardChristine Exeter (Darby) ForwardSabrina Bisante (St. Catharines) Forward
The following players were named League1 Ontario Premier Division U18 All-Stars for the 2022 season:
U18 All-Star Team Player PositionGurleen Toor (Alliance United) GoalkeeperElla Ottey (NDC Ontario) DefenderZoe Markesini (NDC Ontario) DefenderRenee Watson (NDC Ontario) DefenderSarah Rollins (North Toronto) DefenderHannah Anderson (Alliance United) MidfielderSadie Waite (London) MidfielderAlanna Raimondo (NDC Ontario) MidfielderNia Fleming-Thompson (Vaughan Azzurri) ForwardOlivia Smith (North Toronto) ForwardAmanda Allen (NDC Ontario) Forward
Summer Reserve Division The Reserve Division will return with each Premier Division club fielding one or more teams, as well as some other non-Premier League OPDL clubs.
North East Division
West Division
Central Division
Playoffs
Fall Reserve Division
Playoffs
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