2017 York Region Shooters season

The 2017 York Region Shooters season was the twentieth season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season commenced on May 27, 2017 in an away match against Scarborough SC.[1] The season concluded with York Region winning their third CSL Championship, after defeating Scarborough in a penalty shootout.[2]

York Region Shooters
2017 season
OwnerTony De Thomasis
Head CoachTony De Thomasis
CSLChampions
Top goalscorerEvan Beutler
(7 goals)

Summary

York Region entered the 2017 season as the defending regular season champions with Tony De Thomasis continuing his role as head coach. Though their reserve team were the 2016 Second Division champions it was disbanded for the 2017 season.[3] Their season started brightly with the Shooters achieving points in their first four matches, until conceiving their first defeat in the fifth week.[4] The remainder of the season saw York Region clinch a postseason berth by finishing third in the standings with the best defensive record in the division.[5] Their playoff journey began with a victory after Milton SC forfeited their match.[6] In the second round of the postseason they defeated the Serbian White Eagles FC, and ultimately claimed their third CSL Championship by defeating Scarborough SC in the finals.[7]

Competitions

Canadian Soccer League

First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Vorkuta (C) 14 10 2 2 43 13 +30 32 Playoffs
2 Serbian White Eagles 14 9 4 1 38 14 +24 31
3 York Region Shooters (O) 14 9 3 2 34 7 +27 30
4 Scarborough SC 14 7 3 4 37 17 +20 24
5 Brantford Galaxy 14 6 0 8 26 37 11 18
6 Milton SC 14 2 2 10 24 75 51 8
7 SC Waterloo Region 14 1 5 8 19 33 14 8
8 Royal Toronto FC 14 1 3 10 20 45 25 6
Updated to match(es) played on September 11, 2017. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
14 9 3 2 34 7  +27 30 4 1 2 18 5  +13 5 2 0 16 2  +14

Last updated: September 10, 2017.
Source: CSL

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314
GroundAHHAHAHHAAAAHH
ResultDWWWLWDLWWWDWW
Updated to match(es) played on September 10, 2017. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

June 3 York Region Shooters 2–0 Brantford Galaxy Vaughan, Ontario
Bryan 54'
West 90'
Report Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
June 23 York Region Shooters 1–2 FC Vorkuta Vaughan, Ontario
Reid 25' Report Volodymyr Rudyi 30'
Kristijan Kezic 84'
Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
July 7 York Region Shooters 2–2 SC Waterloo Vaughan, Ontario
Evan Beutler 23', 90' Report Jure Glavina 44', 71' Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
July 30 Milton SC 1–7 York Region Shooters Milton, Ontario
Danny Jirta Report Alton Ellis , ,
Evan Butler
Bryan
Doryan Bothelo ,
Stadium: Milton Community Park
August 5 FC Vorkuta 0–2 York Region Shooters Toronto, Ontario
Report Hassan Abdulmumini 77'
Doryan Botelho 85'
Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

Statistics

Goals and assists

Correct as of November 10, 2017[8]

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