2022 League1 Ontario season (women)

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.

League1 Ontario
Women's Division
Season2022
DatesApril 22 – July 24 (regular season)
ChampionsNDC Ontario
Regular season championsVaughan Azzurri
Matches played189
Goals scored682 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorerOlivia Smith (18 goals)
2021
2023

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,[1] the league will return to a single table format with all clubs for the 2022 season.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] NDC Ontario won the championship and qualified for the Women's Interprovincial Championship in Laval, Quebec.[5]

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,[6][7][8][9][10] ProStars FC returns as a new club as well having previously competed for one season in 2015.[11] 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.[1]

The following clubs are set to participate in the league.

Women's division
Team City Principal stadium Head Coach
Alliance United FC Scarborough (Toronto) Centennial College Angelo Cavalluzzo
Blue Devils FC Oakville Sheridan College Trafalgar Natalie Bukovec
Burlington 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 Stadium Szabi Bozsoky
Simcoe County Rovers FC Barrie J.C Massie Field, Georgian College Zack Wilson
St. Catharines Roma Wolves St. Catharines Roma Park – Under Armour Field Davide Massafra
Tecumseh 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 Park Jorden Feliciano
Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge (Vaughan) Vaughan Grove David Porco

Premier Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vaughan Azzurri 19 15 3 1 50 8 +42 48 Playoff semifinals
2 NDC Ontario (C) 19 14 4 1 62 15 +47 46
3 Woodbridge Strikers 19 12 6 1 40 15 +25 42 Play-in round
4 FC London 19 13 2 4 47 20 +27 41
5 Simcoe County Rovers FC 19 12 5 2 48 23 +25 41
6 Alliance United FC 19 11 4 4 46 20 +26 37
7 North Toronto Nitros 19 10 6 3 51 16 +35 36
8 Electric City FC 19 10 2 7 45 19 +26 32
9 North Mississauga SC 19 9 1 9 42 39 +3 28
10 Darby FC 18 9 0 9 40 36 +4 27
11 St Catharines Roma Wolves 19 8 1 10 28 29 1 25
12 Tecumseh SC 19 7 4 8 31 32 1 25
13 Guelph Union 19 7 3 9 28 28 0 24
14 Unionville Milliken SC 18 7 1 10 27 57 30 22
15 Blue Devils FC 19 5 4 10 21 39 18 19
16 BVB IA Waterloo 19 4 3 12 28 53 25 15
17 Pickering FC 19 3 3 13 9 52 43 12
18 Hamilton United 19 3 1 15 17 59 42 10
19 ProStars FC 19 1 3 15 13 63 50 6
20 Burlington SC 19 1 0 18 9 59 50 3
Updated to match(es) played on August 7, 2022. Source: League1 Ontario
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goals differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goals differential; 8) home goals for; 9) head-to-head record; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.[12]
(C) Champions

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

July 27, 2022 FC London 4–3 Simcoe County Rovers FC London, Ontario
8:30 PM Benati 9', 35'
Hicks 23'
Milligan 31'
Report Desa 29'
Siwula 75', 90'
Stadium: Tricar Field
July 27, 2022 Woodbridge Strikers 0–1 Alliance United FC Vaughan, Ontario
9:00 PM Report Cheung 4' Stadium: Vaughan Grove Park


Semi-finals

July 30, 2022 Vaughan Azzurri 1–2 Alliance United Vaughan, Ontario
6:00 PM Chouhan 75' Report Cheung 9'
Parkes 19'
Stadium: North Maple Regional Park
July 30, 2022 NDC Ontario 2–0 FC London Brampton, Ontario
8:00 PM Watson 72'
Allen 76'
Report Stadium: Save Max Sports Centre

Final

August 6, 2022 NDC Ontario 3–1 Alliance United Vaughan, Ontario
7:30 PM Rose 7', 15'
Maalouf 64'
Report Parkes 8' Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Referee: Amanda Kwan

Statistics

Statistics include regular season matches only, not playoff matches.

Awards

AwardPlayerTeamRef
Most Valuable PlayerJulia BenatiFC London[13]
Young Player of the Year (U20)Olivia SmithNorth Toronto Nitros
Coach of the YearJoey LombardiNDC Ontario
Goalkeeper of the YearJadyn SteinhauerFC London
Defender of the YearZoe MarkesiniNDC Ontario
Midfielder of the YearJulia BenatiFC London
Forward of the YearOlivia SmithNorth Toronto Nitros
Golden BootOlivia SmithNorth Toronto Nitros

League All-Stars

The following players were named League1 Ontario All-Stars for the 2022 season:[14]

The following players were named League1 Ontario Premier Division U18 All-Stars for the 2022 season:[15]

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