2018_Women's_League1_Ontario_season

2018 League1 Ontario season (women)

2018 League1 Ontario season (women)

Football league season


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.

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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).[1] Sanjaxx Lions did not field a team in the women's division for this season.

Teams

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  1. Unless otherwise noted, this information was obtained from team directories on the league website

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.

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Updated to match(es) played on August 21, 2018. Source: http://www.league1ontario.com/page/show/2309115-standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head goal differential; 5) playoff match
(C) Champions

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 Finals
      
1 FC London 1
4 Durham United 2
4 Durham United 1
2 Woodbridge Strikers 0
2 Woodbridge Strikers 1
3 Vaughan Azzurri 0

Semifinals

August 22, 2018 Woodbridge Strikers 1–0 Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan, Ontario
9:00 pm Stadium: Vaughan Grove Park
August 25, 2018 FC London 1–2 Durham United London, Ontario
6:30 pm Stadium: German Canadian Club

Final

September 1, 2018 Woodbridge Strikers 0–1 Durham United Vaughan, Ontario
3:00 pm Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

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.[2]

 
First roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
June 24 Hershey Centre
 
 
North Mississauga SC2
 
May 26 Wesley Clover Turf
 
DeRo United FC3
 
West Ottawa SC1
 
July 22 Vaughan Grove
 
DeRo United FC3
 
DeRo United FC0
 
May 27 Stewart Burnett Park
 
Woodbridge Strikers1
 
Oakville Blue Devils1
 
June 24 Vaughan Grove
 
Aurora FC2
 
Aurora FC1
 
May 27 Vaughan Grove
 
Woodbridge Strikers3
 
Durham United FA0
 
August 4 Ontario Soccer Centre
 
Woodbridge Strikers4
 
Woodbridge Strikers1
 
 
Unionville Milliken SC0
 
 
June 24 Ontario Soccer Centre
 
 
Unionville Milliken SC2
 
May 25 Clarington Field
 
Toronto Azzurri Blizzard0
 
Darby FC1
 
July 21 McNaughton Park
 
Toronto Azzurri Blizzard3
 
Unionville Milliken SC0 (4)
 
May 26 McNaughton Park
 
Vaughan Azzurri0 (3)
 
Vaughan Azzurri2
 
June 23 Marconi Club
 
Hamilton United0
 
Vaughan Azzurri1
 
 
FC London0
 
 
 
 

Statistics

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Awards

The following players received honours in the 2018 season:[3]

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First Team All-Stars
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Second Team All-Stars
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Third Team All-Stars
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References

  1. "Significant expansion planned for League1 Ontario". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. "L1 Cup". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 9 May 2018.

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