2022 League1 British Columbia season

The 2022 League1 British Columbia season was the inaugural season of play for League1 British Columbia, a pro-am league in the Canadian soccer league system. The league is the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of British Columbia except for fully professional clubs in the Canadian Premier League and Major League Soccer. Seven clubs participated in the 2022 season in both the men's and women's divisions.

League1 British Columbia
Season2022
DatesMay 22 – July 24 (regular season)
August 1 (Championship Match)
ChampionsTSS FC Rovers (men)
Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite (women)
Juan de Fuca PlateVarsity FC
2023

TSS FC Rovers defeated Varsity FC in the final to win the inaugural men's title and qualify for the 2023 Canadian Championship, while the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy also defeated Varsity in the final to win the inaugural women's title. Varsity FC represented the league at the Women's Interprovincial Championship, finishing in fourth place. Varsity FC captured the Juan de Fuca Plate as the combined table leaders across the men's and women's divisions.

Format

The regular season was contested by seven clubs and ran from May 22 to July 24, 2022.[1] Each team played 12 games in a double round-robin format with six games at home and six on the road. The top-two teams advanced to the Championship Final, held on the BC Day long weekend. The men's and women's divisions used identical schedules with the two matches being played as double-headers on the same day.[2]

Men's division

The teams played each other team twice (home and away) for a 12 game season, with the top two teams facing each other in a championship final.[3][4] The winner of the men's division qualified for the 2023 Canadian Championship.[5]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Varsity FC 12 9 1 2 27 13 +14 28 Championship Final
2 TSS FC Rovers (C) 12 6 4 2 24 15 +9 22
3 Whitecaps FC Academy 12 4 4 4 22 23 1 16
4 Altitude FC 12 4 2 6 14 20 6 14
5 Rivers FC 12 3 4 5 12 16 4 13
6 Unity FC 12 3 3 6 14 19 5 12
7 Victoria Highlanders FC 12 3 2 7 18 25 7 11
Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) most goals
(C) Champions

Championship final

Varsity FC1–1TSS FC Rovers
Shumbusho 56' Report Jones 14' (pen.)
Penalties
Clarke soccer ball with check mark
Kaiser soccer ball with check mark
Dzikowski soccer ball with check mark
Nkoghe soccer ball with check mark
Shumbusho soccer ball with red X
4–5 soccer ball with check mark Jones
soccer ball with check mark Edwardson
soccer ball with check mark Talisuna
soccer ball with check mark Ohea
soccer ball with check mark Escobar

Results table

Home \ Away ALT RIV TSS UNI VAR VIC WFC
Altitude FC 0–2 3–1 1–0 1–3 3–0 0–3
Rivers FC 1–1 0–4 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
TSS FC Rovers 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 4–0 4–4
Unity FC 2–4 2–0 2–3 0–2 2–1 0–1
Varsity FC 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 5–2
Victoria Highlanders FC 3–0 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–3 4–0
Whitecaps FC Academy 4–1 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on June 28, 2022. Source: "2022 Regular Season Schedule League1 BC" (PDF).
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures

May 22–28

May 22, 2022 Whitecaps Academy 2–2 Victoria Highlanders UBC Point Grey Campus
3:30pm Peña 51'
Tome 74'
Report Sagaste 10'
Gysbers 27'
Stadium: Ken Woods Field
Referee: Seyed-Mohamad Mohseni
May 22, 2022 Rivers FC 1–1 Altitude FC Kamloops
4:30pm Sagno 90+3' (pen.) Report Bangambee 45' Stadium: Hillside Stadium
May 22, 2022 TSS Rovers 1–1 Unity FC Burnaby
5:30pm O'Hea 56' Vukaj 42' Stadium: Swangard Stadium
May 26, 2022 Unity FC 0–2 Varsity FC Langley
8:00pm Report Mrazek 16'
Clarke 84'
Stadium: Chase Office Field

May 29–June 4

May 29, 2022 Rivers FC 0–4 TSS Rovers Kamloops
2:00pm Report Edwardson 16', 42', 57' (pen.)
Davidson 74'
Stadium: Hillside Stadium
May 29, 2022 Altitude FC 0–3 Whitecaps Academy North Vancouver
3:30pm Report Sangha 2', 11', 83' (pen.) Stadium: Kinsmen Field
Referee: David Schmidt-Schweda
June 1, 2022 Whitecaps Academy 2–0 Unity FC UBC Point Grey Campus
8:30pm Peña 10'
Mann 89'
Report Stadium: Ken Woods Field
Referee: Niko Jecanski

June 5–11

June 5, 2022 Altitude FC 0–2 Rivers FC North Vancouver
1:00pm Report Sagno 35'
Yousef 57' (pen.)
Stadium: Kinsmen Field
Referee: Joey Ratcliffe
Note: Altitude FC manager Faly Basse was sent off Red card at full time for confronting the match officials.
June 5, 2022 Unity FC 2–3 TSS Rovers Langley
3:00pm Powell 71'
McBride (o.g.)
Report 1
Report 2
Joseph 12'
Davidson 31' (pen.), 61'
Stadium: Chase Office Field
June 5, 2022 Victoria Highlanders 4–0 Whitecaps Academy Saanich
4:00pm Koch 20'
Nijjar 22'
Behery 45+1'
Gysbers 66' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Centennial Stadium
Referee: David Schmidt-Schweda
June 7, 2022 Varsity FC 1–0 Altitude FC UBC Point Grey Campus
7:45pm Chung 77' Report Stadium: Rashpal Dhillon Field

June 12–18

June 12, 2022 Varsity FC 2–1 Rivers FC UBC Point Grey Campus
1:00pm Clarke 71', 75' (pen.) Izett 40' Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
June 12, 2022 Whitecaps Academy 0–2 TSS Rovers UBC Point Grey Campus
3:00pm Report Mejia 12'
Edwardson 21'
Stadium: Ken Woods Field
Referee: Joey Ratcliffe
June 12, 2022 Victoria Highlanders 3–0 Altitude FC Saanich
5:00pm Henman 27'
Cole 77'
Greaves 88'
Stadium: Centennial Stadium
June 15, 2022 Whitecaps Academy 4–1 Altitude FC UBC Point Grey Campus
8:30pm Album 23', 40'
Manetta 60'
Sangha 67'
Report Savane 19' Stadium: Ken Woods Field
Referee: Seyed-Mohamad Mohseni
June 16, 2022 Varsity FC 2–2 Unity FC UBC Point Grey Campus
5:30pm Shumbusho 16'
Rajab Ali 44'
Di Sabatino 14'
Vukaj 90'
Stadium: Rashpal Dhillon Field

June 19–25

June 19, 2022 Altitude FC 1–3 Varsity FC North Vancouver
1:00pm Jorges 83' Zupo 6'
Kovacevic 25', 67'
Stadium: Kinsmen Field
June 19, 2022 Unity FC 2–1 Victoria Highlanders Langley
3:00pm Di Sabatino 43'
Rahiem 90+2' (pen.)
Report 36' Stadium: Chase Office Field
June 19, 2022 Rivers FC 1–1 Whitecaps Academy Kamloops
3:30pm Sagno 2' Report Peña 15' Stadium: Hillside Stadium
Referee: Todd Wiseman
June 23, 2022 Ironworkers Derby TSS Rovers 0–0 Altitude FC Burnaby
8:30pm Stadium: Swangard Stadium
June 24, 2022 Varsity FC 5–2 Whitecaps Academy UBC Point Grey Campus
5:30pm Clarke 17', 60', 75'
Zupo 65'
Shumbusho 71'
Report Album 18', 84' Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Referee: Joshua Heuving

June 26–July 2

June 26, 2022 Unity FC 2–0 Rivers FC Langley
3:00pm Di Sabatino 8'
Powell 90+2'
Report Stadium: Chase Office Field
June 26, 2022 Victoria Highlanders 2–3 TSS Rovers Saanich
3:00pm 31'
Nakabayashi 90'
43'
47'
58'
Stadium: Centennial Stadium
June 29, 2022 Ironworkers Derby Altitude FC 3–1 TSS Rovers North Vancouver
8:30pm Stadium: Kinsmen Field
July 2, 2022 Rivers FC 2–0 Victoria Highlanders Kamloops
5:30pm Sagno 45' (pen.)
Hooper 76'
Stadium: Hillside Stadium

July 3–July 9

July 9, 2022 Victoria Highlanders 2–3 Varsity FC Saanich
3:15pm Henman 7', 49' Fisher 7'
Kaiser 28'
Clarke 51'
Stadium: Centennial Stadium
July 9, 2022 Rivers FC 0–1 Unity FC Kamloops
4:30pm Stadium: McArthur Island Field 2
Note: Venue was changed to McArthur Island to showcase League1 BC for players, coaches, referees, and spectators involved in BC Soccer's 2022 Les Sinnott Memorial Boys Provincial Cup.

July 10–July 17

July 10, 2022 Whitecaps Academy 1–2 Varsity FC UBC Point Grey Campus
3:00pm Norman 24' Report Jhutty 43'
Gardner 59'
Stadium: Ken Woods Field
July 13, 2022 TSS Rovers 4–4 Whitecaps Academy Burnaby
8:30pm MacMillan 34'
Talisuna 43'
Escobar 57'
Edwardson 65'
Report Tome 45'
Manetta 46'
Sangha 76', 90'
Stadium: Swangard Stadium
July 16, 2022 Rivers FC 2–1 Varsity FC Kamloops
1:00pm Hansen 67', 73' 90' Stadium: Hillside Stadium
July 16, 2022 Victoria Highlanders 2–2 Unity FC Saanich
3:15pm Sagaste 58'
Roxburgh 54'
T.Powell 83'
Stadium: Centennial Stadium
July 17, 2022 Altitude FC 3–0 Victoria Highlanders North Vancouver
1:00pm Habibullah 12'
Rafael 56'
Savane 84'
Stadium: Kinsmen Field

July 19–July 24

July 19, 2022 TSS Rovers 0–2 Varsity FC Burnaby
8:30pm Dzikowski 54'
Choi 65' (o.g.)
Stadium: Swangard Stadium
July 22, 2022 Whitecaps Academy 2–2 Rivers FC UBC Point Grey Campus
8:30pm Manetta 63'
Album 75'
Report Banton 34'
Hooper 90'
Stadium: Ken Woods Field
Referee: Joshua Heuving
July 24, 2022 Altitude FC 1–0 Unity FC North Vancouver
1:00pm Habibullah Stadium: Kinsmen Field
July 24, 2022 Victoria Highlanders 2–1 Rivers FC Saanich
2:15pm Koch 58'
Behery 64'
Report Banton 90+2' Stadium: Centennial Stadium

Women's division

The winner of the women's division qualified for the Interprovincial Championship.[6]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Varsity FC 12 11 0 1 31 7 +24 33 Championship Final
2 Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy (C) 12 8 1 3 22 15 +7 25
3 Unity FC 12 8 0 4 26 15 +11 24
4 TSS FC Rovers 12 6 3 3 22 15 +7 21
5 Victoria Highlanders FC 12 3 1 8 17 25 8 10
6 Altitude FC 12 1 2 9 11 26 15 5
7 Rivers FC 12 1 1 10 12 38 26 4
Source: Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) most goals
(C) Champions

Championship final

Varsity FC1–2Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite
Baxter 1' Report Oching 84'
Hernandez-Gray 89'
Referee: Hannah Browning

Results table

Home \ Away ALT RIV TSS UNI VAR VIC WFC
Altitude FC 1–1 3–3 1–6 0–1 0–1 1–2
Rivers FC 2–0 0–3 2–3 1–4 1–4 0–3
TSS FC Rovers 1–0 7–2 1–2 0–4 1–0 2–0
Unity FC 2–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 2–0
Varsity FC 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 3–2 3–0
Victoria Highlanders FC 2–3 5–1 1–1 0–3 0–2 0–3
Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–4 5–1
Source: "2022 Regular Season Schedule League1 BC" (PDF).
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Fixtures

May 22–28

May 22, 2022 Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite 5–1 Victoria Highlanders UBC Point Grey Campus
1:00pm Hauer 27', 51'
Hernandez Gray 42'
Roberts 67'
Perrault 89'
Report Miranda 46' Stadium: Ken Woods Field
Referee: Dustin Dewan
May 22, 2022 Rivers FC 2–0 Altitude FC Kamloops
2:00pm Clark
Curts
Report Stadium: Hillside Stadium
May 22, 2022 TSS Rovers 1–2 Unity FC Burnaby
3:00pm Roque 52' Report Tupper 29'
Crowther 48'
Stadium: Swangard Stadium
May 26, 2022 Unity FC 0–2 Varsity FC Langley
6:00pm Report Ward 35'
Shergill 83'
Stadium: Chase Office Field

May 29–June 4

May 29, 2022 Altitude FC 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite North Vancouver
1:00pm Hughes-Goyette 71' Report Roberts 12'
Ahern 28'
Stadium: Kinsmen Field
Referee: Seyed-Mohamad Mohsein
May 29, 2022 Rivers FC 0–3 TSS Rovers Kamloops
4:30pm Report Athwal
Merk
Stadium: Hillside Stadium
June 1, 2022 Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite 1–0 Unity FC UBC Point Grey Campus
6:00pm Roberts 60' Stadium: Ken Woods Field
Referee: Sydney Berridge
June 3, 2022 TSS Rovers 7–2 Rivers FC Burnaby
6:00pm Athwal 25'
Aitchison 34', 60', 62'
Streicek 36'
Ye 50', 84'
Report Clark 67'
Curts 71'
Stadium: Swangard Stadium
June 4, 2022 Varsity FC 3–2 Victoria Highlanders UBC Point Grey Campus
3:15pm Regan 11'
Tolnai 38'
Damian 41'
Report Kilby 24', 27' Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium

June 5–11

June 5, 2022 Altitude FC 1–1 Rivers FC North Vancouver
3:30pm Kell 7' (pen.) Report Vande Vegte 31' (o.g.) Stadium: Kinsmen Field
June 5, 2022 Unity FC 1–2 TSS Rovers Langley
1:00pm Wardope 77' Report Ye 35'
Bishop 67' (pen.)
Stadium: Chase Office Field
June 7, 2022 Varsity FC 3–0 Altitude FC UBC Point Grey Campus
5:30pm Steer 31', 90+2'
Ferreira 78'
Report Stadium: Rashpal Dhillon Field

June 12–18

June 12, 2022 Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite 1–1 TSS Rovers UBC Point Grey Campus
12:00pm Perreault 56' Report Pante 45' Stadium: Ken Woods Field
Referee: Fil De Carvalo
June 12, 2022 Victoria Highlanders 2–3 Altitude FC Saanich
3:00pm Faulkner 9'
Krautner 51'
Report Hughes-Goyette 21'
Morrell 45+1'
Campbell 49'
Stadium: Centennial Stadium
June 12, 2022 Varsity FC 3–0 Rivers FC UBC Point Grey Campus
3:30pm Regan 11'
Shergill
Tomé 87'
Report Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
June 15, 2022 Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite 2–1 Altitude FC UBC Point Grey Campus
6:00pm Ahern 19'
Hauer 45+1'
Report Campbell 90+2' Stadium: Ken Woods Field
Referee: Stephen Leberchthausen
June 16, 2022 Varsity FC 1–3 Unity FC UBC Point Grey Campus
7:45pm Erhardsen 25' Report Dieterich 41'
Tyrer 47' (o.g.)
Van den Brink 70'
Stadium: Rashpal Dhillon Field

June 19–25

June 19, 2022 Rivers FC 0–3 Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite Kamloops
1:00pm Report Perrault 12'
Hauer 62'
Blundell 90'
Stadium: Hillside Stadium
Referee: Todd Wiseman
June 19, 2022 Unity FC 2–1 Victoria Highlanders Langley
1:00pm James 46'
Dieterich 61'
Report Vance 70' (o.g.) Stadium: Chase Office Field
June 19, 2022 Altitude FC 0–1 Varsity FC North Vancouver
3:30pm Report Tomé 90+4' Stadium: Kinsmen Field
June 23, 2022 Ironworkers Derby TSS Rovers 1–0 Altitude FC Burnaby
6:00pm Athwal 87' Report Stadium: Swangard Stadium
June 24, 2022 Varsity FC 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite UBC Point Grey Campus
7:45pm Hernandez Gray 4' (o.g.)
Lehal 14'
Tolnai 37'
Report Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium
Referee: Sydney Barridge

June 26–July 2

June 26, 2022 Unity FC 3–1 Rivers FC Langley
1:00pm Dieterich 10'
Pedersen 58'
Harvey 90+3'
Clark 32'
Stadium: Chase Office Field
June 26, 2022 Victoria Highlanders 1–1 TSS Rovers Saanich
1:00pm Solsberg 38' Downing 10' Stadium: Centennial Stadium
June 29, 2022 Ironworkers Derby Altitude FC 3–3 TSS Rovers North Vancouver
5:00pm Downing (pen.)
Aitchison
Bishop
Stadium: Kinsmen Field
June 29, 2022 Unity FC 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite Langley
6:00pm Kimwemwe 54'
Roberts 60'
Corneil 64' Stadium: Chase Office Field
July 2, 2022 Rivers FC 1–4 Victoria Highlanders Kamloops
8:00pm Grether 57' Kilbey 6'
18'
Teetzen 37'
67'
Stadium: Hillside Stadium

July 3–July 9

July 9, 2022 Victoria Highlanders 0–2 Varsity FC Saanich
1:00pm Tolnai 27'
Tomé 89'
Stadium: Centennial Stadium
July 9, 2022 Rivers FC 2–3 Unity FC Kamloops
1:00pm 30'
79'
Harvey 52'
Hicks 53'
Stewart 72'
Stadium: McArthur Island Field 2
Note: Venue was changed to McArthur Island to showcase League1 BC for players, coaches, referees, and spectators involved in BC Soccer's 2022 Les Sinnott Memorial Boys Provincial Cup.

July 10–July 17

July 10, 2022 Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite 1–4 Varsity FC UBC Point Grey Campus
12:00pm Bergen 21' Report Erhardsen 31'
Baxter 45', 45+1', 87'
Stadium: Ken Woods Field
July 16, 2022 Victoria Highlanders 0–3 Unity FC Saanich
1:00pm T.Hicks 18'
Harvey 30'
Virk 80'
Stadium: Centennial Stadium
July 16, 2022 Rivers FC 1–4 Varsity FC Kamloops
3:30pm Tulloch 90' Tolnai 10'
Baxter 37'
Ward 45' (pen.)
Damian 76'
Stadium: Hillside Stadium
July 17, 2022 Altitude FC 0–1 Victoria Highlanders North Vancouver
3:30pm Stadium: Kinsmen Field

July 19–July 24

July 19, 2022 TSS Rovers 0–4 Varsity FC Burnaby
6:00pm Erhardsen 25'
Baxter 30' (pen.)
Tolnai 35', 38'
Stadium: Swangard Stadium
July 22, 2022 Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite 2–1 Rivers FC UBC Point Grey Campus
6:00pm Hauer 25' (pen.)
Gibson 42'
Tulloch 90' (pen.) Stadium: Ken Woods Field
Referee: Stephen Lebrechtausen
July 24, 2022 Altitude FC 1–6 Unity FC North Vancouver
3:30pm A. Hughes-Goyette 75' Report 10' (o.g.)
16'
E.Hicks 29' (pen.)
Virk 46'
67'
85'
Stadium: Kinsmen Field
July 24, 2022 Victoria Highlanders 5–1 Rivers FC Saanich
12:00pm 31' (o.g.)
Swift 32'
33' (o.g.)
Kilbey 38'
Kraeutner 90'
Miljanovic 19' Stadium: Centennial Stadium

Juan de Fuca Plate

The Juan de Fuca Plate was historically awarded to the top British Columbia-based team in Premier Development League based on matches played between the BC clubs. With the creation of League1 British Columbia, it was decided that the trophy would be awarded to the League1 British Columbia club with the highest combined point total between the men's and women's divisions in regular season matches.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Varsity FC (C) 24 20 1 3 58 20 +38 61
2 TSS FC Rovers 24 12 7 5 46 30 +16 43
3 Whitecaps FC Academy 24 12 5 7 44 38 +6 41
4 Unity FC 24 11 3 10 40 34 +6 36
5 Victoria Highlanders FC 24 6 3 15 35 50 15 21
6 Altitude FC 24 5 4 15 25 46 21 19
7 Rivers FC 24 4 5 15 24 54 30 17
Source: Juan de Fuca Plate
(C) Champions

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