The 2024 Men's League1 Ontario season is the tenth of League1 Ontario, a Division 3 men's soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario. Starting from this season, the league will split into three divisions with promotion and relegation between them.
The Premier division will be composed of 12 clubs, the Championship division of 10 clubs, all returning from last season. The League2 Ontario will be made up by three conferences containing reserve teams and newly licensed clubs.
League1 Ontario Premier
League1 Ontario Premier will be composed of 12 teams, all coming back from the 2023 League1 Ontario season. Those clubs have qualified to the Premier division by finishing in the top half of the combined standings of the previous two seasons, with the exception of the Electric City FC, which have folded, being then replaced by the Woodbridge Strikers SC.
The 12 teams will face each other twice, once at home and once away and the club at the top of the standings will be crowned as League1 Ontario champions and gain a berth for the 2025 Canadian Championship. The last placed team will be automatically relegated, while the 11th placed club will play a playoff game against the 2nd placed club of the Championship to stay in the league.
Clubs
Team City Principal stadium Head coach Alliance United FC Scarborough (Toronto) Centennial College Ilya Orlov Blue Devils FC Oakville Sheridan Trafalgar Campus Duncan Wilde Burlington SC Burlington Corpus Christi Darren Tilley Guelph United F.C. Guelph Centennial Bowl Justin Springer Hamilton United Hamilton Ron Joyce Stadium Kamran Derayeh North Toronto Nitros North York (Toronto) Downsview Park Marko Milanović ProStars FC Brampton Victoria Park Stadium Danny Costa Scrosoppi FC Milton St. Francis Xavier John Yacou Sigma FC Mississauga Paramount Fine Foods Centre / Tim Hortons Field John Zervos Simcoe County Rovers FC Barrie J.C. Massie Field Zico Mahrady Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan North Maple Field Carmine Isacco Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge (Vaughan) Vaughan Grove Field Peter Pinizzotto
Standings
Promotion playoffs
A playoff will be played between the 11th placed team in the Premier and the 3rd placed team in the Championship in a single game for a place in the top tier in 2025.
Statistics
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Reshaun Walkes Vaughan Azzurri 18 2 Ronaldo Marshall Woodbridge Strikers 16 3 Kevaughan Tavernier Sigma FC 15 4 Fadi Salback North Toronto Nitros 14 5 Jevontae Layne Simcoe County Rovers FC 13 6 Tomasz Skublak Scrosoppi FC 12 7 Jacob Carlos Scrosoppi FC 10 Jared Agyemang Guelph United FC 9 Christopher Campoli Vaughan Azzurri 9 10 Pablo Hempelmann-Perez Alliance United FC 8 Mauro Lulli Burlington SC Source: League1 Ontario
League Honours Awards Award Player Team RefMost Valuable Player Tomasz Skublak Scrosoppi FC Young Player of the Year (U20) Kevaughn Tavernier Sigma FCCoach of the Year John Yacou Scrosoppi FCGoalkeeper of the Year Lucas Birnstingl Alliance United FCDefender of the Year Adam Czerkawski Blue Devils FCMidfielder of the Year Jacob Begley Vaughan AzzurriForward of the Year Jevontae Layne Simcoe County Rovers FCGolden Boot (Top Scorer) Reshaun Walkes Vaughan Azzurri
League All-Stars The following players were named League1 Ontario Premier Division All-Stars for the 2024 season:
First Team All-Stars Player PositionLucas Birnstingl (Alliance United) GoalkeeperNirun Sivananthan (Alliance United) DefenderAdam Czerkawski (Blue Devils) DefenderMathieu Laurent (Vaughan Azzurri) DefenderTristan Marshall (Scrosoppi) DefenderJacob Begley (Vaughan Azzurri) MidfielderJacob Carlos (Scrosoppi) MidfielderJacob Spizzirri (Woodbridge Strikers) MidfielderReshaun Walkes (Vaughan Azzurri) ForwardTomasz Skublak (Scrosoppi) ForwardJevontae Layne (Simcoe County Rovers) Forward
Second Team All-Stars Player PositionJared Maloney (Scrosoppi) GoalkeeperIbrahim Ahmat (Hamilton United) DefenderMatthew Chandler (North Toronto Nitros) DefenderKeegan Wilson (Woodbridge Strikers) DefenderMatthew Medeiros (Vaughan Azzurri) DefenderSimon Triantafillou (Burlington) MidfielderRaheem Rose (Vaughan Azzurri) MidfielderGray Yates (Guelph United) MidfielderKevaughn Tavernier (Sigma) ForwardFadi Salback (North Toronto Nitros) ForwardTaha Ilyass (ProStars) Forward
Honourable Mentions Player PositionSamuel Diltz (ProStars) GoalkeeperMatthew Paiva (Scrosoppi) DefenderCameron Da Silva (Simcoe County Rovers) DefenderMarkus Pusztahegyi (Guelph United) DefenderTajay Reid (Simcoe County Rovers) DefenderAtchu Sivananthan (Alliance United) MidfielderPablo Hempelmann-Perez (Alliance Utd) MidfielderJavier George (Simcoe County Rovers) MidfielderAndres Delascio (Sigma) MidfielderRonaldo Marshall (Woodbridge Strikers) ForwardLuca Di Marco (North Toronto Nitros) Forward
League1 Ontario Championship
League1 Ontario Championship is composed of ten teams, nine of those returning from the 2023 League1 Ontario season, and one (Toronto FC Academy) which joined this season. The nine returning clubs qualified for the Championship division by finishing in the bottom half of the combined standings of the previous two seasons of League1 Ontario.
The 10 teams will face each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 18 games. The club at the top of the standings will be crowned as Championship division winners and will be promoted to the 2025 League1 Ontario Premier. The 2nd ranked team in the standings will face the 11th placed team in the Premier division to gain promotion into the top division for the next season. The team last in the standings will face the winner of the League2 Ontario playoffs winner to stay in the league. There will not be direct relegation to League2 Ontario for the 2024 season because the Championship division will expand to 12 teams in 2025.
Clubs
Team City Principal stadium Head coach BVB IA Waterloo Waterloo RIM Park Michael Marcoccia Darby FC Whitby Telus Dome Hermann Kingue FC London London Tricar Field Yiannis Tsalatsidis Master's FA Scarborough (Toronto) L'Amoreaux Sports Complex Giuseppe Mattace Raso North Mississauga SC Mississauga Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park) Peyvand Mossavat Pickering FC Pickering Pickering Soccer Centre Adrian Field St. Catharines Roma Wolves St. Catharines Club Roma – Under Armour Field Federico Turriziani Toronto FC Academy Toronto BMO Training Ground Dino Lopez Unionville Milliken SC Unionville (Markham) Ontario Soccer Centre Patrick Guirguis Windsor City FC Windsor St. Clair College Valter Cosenza
Standings
Promotion playoffs
The two losing semi-finalists of League2 Ontario faced against each other, with the winner advancing to play against the 10th placed team in the Championship to get promoted to the Championship for the 2025 season. Despite winning the promotion playoffs, Scrosoppi FC B declined promotion, enabling Pickering FC to remain in the Championship.
Statistics As of September 4, 2024
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Luc Coulombe North Mississauga SC 12 2 George Akpabio Unionville Milliken SC 11 Gershom Dupuy Windsor City FC Ronaldo Homenszki St. Catharines Roma Wolves 5 Emile Kisse Toronto FC Academy 10 6 Cameryon Stewart North Mississauga SC 8 Myro Zastavnyy Pickering FC Ryan Baker FC London 9 Bai Essa Coker FC London 7 Logan Rieck BVB IA Waterloo Michael Lee Toronto FC Academy Nigel Buckley Darby FC Tyler Yasaka North Mississauga SC Source: League1 Ontario
League Honours Awards Award Player Team RefMost Valuable Player Ethan Kang Toronto FC AcademyYoung Player of the Year (U20) Ronaldo Homenszki St. Catharines Roma WolvesCoach of the Year Yiannis Tsalatsidis FC LondonGoalkeeper of the Year Luka Palajsa FC LondonDefender of the Year Ryan Baker FC LondonMidfielder of the Year Ethan Kang Toronto FC AcademyForward of the Year Gershom Dupuy Windsor City FCGolden Boot (Top Scorer) Luc Coulombe North Mississauga SC
League All-Stars The following players were named League1 Ontario Championship Division All-Stars for the 2024 season:
First Team All-Stars Player PositionLuka Palajsa (FC London) GoalkeeperRyan Baker (FC London) DefenderBradley Heath (FC London) DefenderBastian Aguilera (Windsor City) DefenderDeAndre Branch (Masters FA) DefenderDante D'Orio (FC London) MidfielderEthan Kang (TFC Academy) MidfielderLogan Rieck (BVB IA Waterloo) MidfielderBai Essa Coker (FC London) MidfielderGershom Dupuy (Windsor City) ForwardNigel Buckley (Darby) Forward
Second Team All-Stars Player PositionSimon Grande (St. Catharines Roma) GoalkeeperCedric Ngounou (North Mississauga) DefenderAlbert Malaj (TFC Academy) DefenderHaji Shee (Unionville Milliken) DefenderTerrell Spencer (Masters FA) DefenderZach Zoellner-Krauss (Darby) MidfielderJonathan Agapito (Windsor City) MidfielderTomas Ribeiro (BVB IA Waterloo) MidfielderMyro Zastavnyy (Pickering) ForwardLuc Coulombe (North Mississauga) ForwardRonaldo Homenszki (St. Catharines Roma) Forward
League2 Ontario
League2 Ontario clubs will be divided in three regional conferences. Those clubs will be either the "B" team of Premier and Championship clubs or newly licensed clubs.
All teams will face each other team in their conference twice, once at home and once away. The winners of the three conferences plus the best 2nd placed team will qualify for the League2 playoffs, made up by two semi-finals and the final. The winner of the playoffs will be crowned as League2 winner and will be automatically promoted to the 2025 League1 Ontario Championship alongside the losing finalist as the Championship division will expand to 12 teams for the next season. The losing semi-finalists will play each other in the promotion playoffs and the winner will finally face the last placed club of the Championship division for the chance to replace it in the 2nd division.
Northeast Conference
Team City Principal stadium Head coach Alliance United FC B Scarborough (Toronto) / Unionville (Markham) Bill Crothers Turf West Eric Nelson Darby FC B Whitby Telus Dome Ramin Mohammadi Master's FA B Scarborough / North York (Toronto) Alumni Field Fabio Roque Pickering FC B Pickering Pickering Soccer Centre Ravi Dindial Simcoe County Rovers FC B Barrie J.C. Massie Field Wais Azizi Sudbury Cyclones Sudbury Cambrian College / James Jerome Sports Complex Giuseppe Politi Unionville Milliken SC B Unionville (Markham) Bill Crothers Turf West Patrick Guirguis Vaughan Azzurri B Vaughan North Maple Field Anthony Vadori
Central Conference
Team City Principal stadium Head coach Blue Devils FC 2 Oakville North Park Turf Andrew Seuradge Burlington SC B Burlington City View Park Centre Mark Worton North Mississauga SC B Mississauga Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park) Szabi Bozsoky North Toronto Nitros B North York (Toronto) Downsview Park Marko Milanovic ProStars FC B Brampton / Mississauga Terry Fox Stadium / Mattamy Sports Park Alex Liguori Sigma FC B Mississauga Paramount Fine Foods Centre Philip Opassinis The Borough FC Scarborough (Toronto) Birchmount Stadium Andrew Ornoch Woodbridge Strikers B Woodbridge (Vaughan) Vaughan Grove Field Fabio Panetta
Southwest Conference
Team City Principal stadium Head coach BVB IA Waterloo B Waterloo RIM Park Alejandro Plaza-Berry FC London B London City Wide Sports Park Devin Haigh Guelph United FC B Guelph Eastview Don Ferguson Hamilton United B Ancaster (Hamilton) Redeemer Charles Ivanov Rush Canada SA Oakville River Oaks Park / Sheridan Trafalgar Campus Bogdan Brasoveanu Scrosoppi FC B Milton St. Francis Xavier John Yacou St. Catharines Roma Wolves B St. Catharines Brock University / Club Roma Frank De Chellis Windsor City FC B Windsor St. Clair College Valter Cosenza
League2 Ontario Finals
Statistics As of September 4, 2024
Top goalscorers