2024 League1 Ontario season (women)

This article is about the women's season. For the men's season, see 2024 League1 Ontario season.
League1 Ontario
Season2024
← 2023
2025 →

The 2024 Women's League1 Ontario season was the ninth 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. Starting from this season, the league is split into three divisions with promotion and relegation between them.[1][2]

The Premier division is composed by 10 clubs, the Championship division by 10 clubs, all returning from last season. The League2 Ontario is made up by two conferences containing reserve teams and newly licensed clubs.[3]

League1 Ontario Premier

League1 Ontario Premier
Season2024
ChampionsNDC Ontario
RelegatedBlue Devils FC
Matches played90
Goals scored270 (3 per match)
← 2023 (as League1 Ontario)
2025 →

League1 Ontario Premier will be composed by 10 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 Blue Devils FC.[4][5]

The 10 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 League1 Canada Interprovincial championship. The last placed team will be automatically relegated, while the 9th placed club will play a playoff game against the 2nd placed club of the Championship to stay in the league.[3]

Clubs

League1 Premier
Team City Principal stadium Head coach
Alliance United FC Markham / Scarborough Birchmount Stadium / Varsity Stadium / Ontario Soccer Centre Angelo Cavalluzzo
Blue Devils FC Oakville Sheridan Trafalgar Stadium Natalie Bukovec
FC London London Tricar Field Garrett Peters
Guelph United FC Guelph Centennial Bowl Randy Ribeiro
NDC Ontario Vaughan Joey Lombardi
North Mississauga SC Mississauga Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park) Bijan Azizi
North Toronto Nitros Toronto Downsview Park Billy Wilson
Simcoe County Rovers FC Barrie J.C Massie Field, Georgian College Carli Tingstad
Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan North Maple Regional Park Carmine Isacco
Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge (Vaughan) Vaughan Grove David Porco

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 NDC Ontario (C) 18 15 1 2 47 17 +30 46 Qualification to Inter-Provincial Championship
2 FC London 18 12 2 4 48 19 +29 38
3 North Toronto Nitros 18 11 3 4 35 20 +15 36
4 Woodbridge Strikers 18 9 3 6 46 30 +16 30
5 Vaughan Azzurri 18 6 7 5 23 25 −2 25
6 Guelph United F.C. 18 7 3 8 35 29 +6 24
7 Simcoe County Rovers FC 18 5 6 7 24 27 −3 21
8 Alliance United FC 18 5 4 9 27 38 −11 19
9 North Mississauga SC (O) 18 3 4 11 22 43 −21 13 Qualification to relegation playoffs
10 Blue Devils FC (R) 18 0 1 17 10 69 −59 1 Relegation to League1 Ontario Championship
Source: League1 Ontario
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Promotion/relegation playoffs

A playoff was played between the 9th placed team in the Premier and the 2nd placed team in the Championship in a single game for a place in the top tier in 2025.

August 17, 2024 North Mississauga SC
(L1O Premier 9th place) 		3–1 Scrosoppi FC
(L1O Championship 2nd Place) 		Vaughan, Ontario
Archer 6', 66'
Dore-Anderson 30'		 Newcombe 63' (pen.) Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Referee: Najeeb Almasri

Statistics

As of August 8, 2024

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Samantha Murphy Woodbridge Strikers 18
2 Jade Kovacevic North Toronto Nitros 16
3 April Lantaigne NDC Ontario 11
Julia Benati FC London
5 Olivia Rizakos Guelph United 9
6 Ally Rowe FC London 9
7 Annabelle Chukwu NDC Ontario 7
Jayda Thompson Woodbridge Strikers
Victoria Hinchliffe Guelph United
10 2 players tied 6

Source: League1 Ontario

League Honours

Awards

Award Player Team Ref
Most Valuable Player Samantha Murphy Woodbridge Strikers [6]
Young Player of the Year (U20) Teegan Melenhorst NDC Ontario
Coach of the Year Garrett Peters FC London
Goalkeeper of the Year Noelle Henning NDC Ontario
Defender of the Year Jadea Collin NDC Ontario
Midfielder of the Year Julia Benati FC London
Forward of the Year Samantha Murphy Woodbridge Strikers
Golden Boot (Top Scorer) Samantha Murphy Woodbridge Strikers

League All-Stars

The following players were named League1 Ontario Premier Division All-Stars for the 2024 season:[6]

League1 Ontario Championship

League1 Ontario Championship
Season2024
2025 →

League1 Ontario Championship is composed of 10 teams, 8 of those returning from the 2023 League1 Ontario season, Pickering FC who returned from hiatus, and new expansion club Rush Canada SA. Those clubs have 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 9th 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.[3]

Clubs

League1 Championship
Team City Principal stadium Head coach
Burlington SC Burlington Corpus Christi CSS Neil Wilson
BVB IA Waterloo Waterloo RIM Park Greg Jespersen
Darby FC Whitby South Courtice Field Stuart Robertson
Hamilton United Hamilton Ron Joyce Stadium (McMaster University) Carmine Lancia
Pickering FC Pickering Pickering Soccer Centre/Kinsmen Park Francesco Carriero
ProStars FC Brampton Ontario Soccer Centre / Victoria Park Stadium / Terry Fox Stadium Marco Bonofiglio
Rush Canada Oakville River Oaks Park Michael Di Blasio
Scrosoppi FC Milton Bishop Reding CSS John Yacou
Tecumseh United FC Tecumseh Académie Ste. Cécile International School Mohammed Nabavieh
Unionville Milliken SC Unionville (Markham) Ontario Soccer Centre Alex Morales

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BVB IA Waterloo (P) 18 11 3 4 36 15 +21 36 Promotion to League1 Ontario Premier
2 Scrosoppi FC 18 10 5 3 37 16 +21 35 Qualification to promotion playoffs
3 Hamilton United 18 9 4 5 32 15 +17 31
4 ProStars FC 18 9 3 6 31 24 +7 30
5 Pickering FC 18 6 6 6 26 26 0 24
6 Unionville Milliken SC 18 6 6 6 24 28 −4 24
7 Burlington SC 18 4 7 7 23 34 −11 19
8 Tecumseh United FC 18 4 5 9 14 28 −14 17
9 Darby FC 18 4 4 10 22 38 −16 16
10 Rush Canada SA (R) 18 3 5 10 17 38 −21 14 Relegation to League2 Ontario
Source: League1 Ontario
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion playoffs

The two losing semi-finalists of League2 Ontario will face against each others, the winner will be promoted to the Championship for the 2025 season.[3]

Statistics

As of August 8, 2024

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Abby Kraemer BVB IA Waterloo 10
Sahara Zingano Scrosoppi FC
Teagan Handley ProStars FC
4 Torrie Grant-Clavijo Unionville-Milliken SC 8
5 Aalayah Michline-Simone Lully Scrosoppi FC 7
Mya Newcombe Scrosoppi FC
Sophia Cabral BVB IA Waterloo
8 7 players tied 5

Source: League1 Ontario

League Honours

Awards

Award Player Team Ref
Most Valuable Player Danielle Sauve BVB IA Waterloo [7]
Young Player of the Year (U20) Ella Cahill Scrosoppi FC
Coach of the Year Greg Jespersen BVB IA Waterloo
Goalkeeper of the Year Natalie Mouradian BVB IA Waterloo
Defender of the Year Jaiden McBain BVB IA Waterloo
Midfielder of the Year Sahara Zingano Scrosoppi FC
Forward of the Year Jaiden Morgan Hamilton United
Golden Boot (Top Scorer) Teagan Handley
Abby Kraemer
Sahara Zingano		 ProStars FC
BVB IA Waterloo
Scrosoppi FC

League All-Stars

The following players were named League1 Ontario Championship Division All-Stars for the 2024 season:[7]

League2 Ontario

League2 Ontario
Season2024
2025 →

League2 Ontario clubs will be divided in 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 top two teams in each division will advance to the promotion playoffs, with the winner being promoted to the Championship.[3]

Northeast Conference

Northeast Conference
Team City Principal stadium Head Coach
Alliance United FC B Markham Laura Gosse
Darby FC B Darlington Fref Chicoy Daban
Master's FA Scarborough (Toronto) Alumni Field Junior Groves
North Mississauga SC B Mississauga Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park) Laura Arduini
North Toronto Nitros B North York (Toronto) Daire O'Brien
Pickering FC B Pickering Peter Hogg
Simcoe County Rovers FC B Barrie Mallory MacDonald
Unionville Milliken SC B Unionville (Markham) Bill Crothers Turf West Bill Markos
Vaughan Azzurri B Vaughan Paul De Abreu
Woodbridge Strikers B Woodbridge (Vaughan) Gabe Cremonese

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alliance United FC B 14 12 0 2 36 13 +23 36 Qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
2 Vaughan Azzurri B (C, P) 14 9 3 2 35 15 +20 30
3 Pickering FC B 14 9 2 3 29 12 +17 29
4 Simcoe County Rovers FC B 14 9 2 3 31 16 +15 29
5 North Toronto Nitros B 14 8 1 5 37 17 +20 25
6 Woodbridge Strikers B 14 5 6 3 31 25 +6 21
7 North Mississauga SC B 14 6 2 6 22 25 −3 20
8 Unionville Milliken SC B 14 4 4 6 26 34 −8 16
9 Darby FC B 14 5 0 9 16 26 −10 15
10 Master's FA 14 0 2 12 5 43 −38 2
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Southwest Conference

Southwest Conference
Team City Principal stadium Head Coach
Blue Devils FC B Oakville North Park Turf Natalie Bukovec
Burlington SC B Burlington City View Park Centre Martinho Kibato
BVB IA Waterloo B Waterloo Gregory Jespersen
FC London B London City Wide Sports Park Garrett Peters
Guelph United FC B Guelph Michael Warden
Hamilton United B Hamilton Carmine Lancia
ProStars FC B Brampton Josef Komlodi
Rush Canada SA B Oakville River Oaks Park Michael Di Blasio
Scrosoppi FC B Milton John Yacou
St. Catharines Roma Wolves St. Catharines Brock University Davide Massafra

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hamilton United B 14 9 1 4 28 16 +12 28 Qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
2 BVB IA Waterloo B 14 7 2 5 22 17 +5 23
3 Blue Devils FC B 14 7 2 5 31 22 +9 23
4 Rush Canada SA B 14 7 1 6 31 27 +4 22
5 ProStars FC B 14 6 1 7 22 26 −4 19
6 St. Catharines Roma Wolves 14 6 0 8 17 34 −17 18
7 Scrosoppi FC B 14 5 3 6 23 29 −6 18
8 Burlington SC B 14 3 3 8 20 32 −12 12
9 FC London B 14 2 4 8 23 24 −1 10
10 Guelph United FC B 14 1 1 12 9 41 −32 4
Source: [2]

Playoffs

Semifinals
August 6-7 		Championship Game
August 10
      
NE1 Alliance United FC B 3
SW2 BVB IA Waterloo B 0
NE1 Alliance United FC B 1
NE2 Vaughan Azzurri B 3
SW1 Blue Devils FC B 1(3)
NE2 Vaughan Azzurri B 1(4)

League Honours

Awards

Award Northeast Division Southwest Division Ref
Most Valuable Player Nyema Prentice-Whyte
(Woodbridge Strikers B) 		Astrid Hancocks
(Blue Devils B)
Coach of the Year Laura Gosse
(Alliance United B) 		Pat Thomson
(Blue Devils B)
Goalkeeper of the Year Ava Perrone
(Vaughan Azzurri B) 		Astrid Hancocks
(Blue Devils B)
Defender of the Year Vanessa Dias
(Vaughan Azzurri B) 		Lorena Morcone
(Hamilton United B)
Midfielder of the Year Ashley Greco
(North Toronto Nitros B) 		Nicole Astaiza
(FC London B)
Forward of the Year Nyema Prentice-Whyte
(Woodbridge Strikers B) 		Sage Thomas-Roberts
(ProStars B)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer) Emilija Lucic
(Vaughan Azzurri B) 		Sage Thomas-Roberts
(ProStars B)

L1 Cup

The L1 Cup is a league cup tournament that will be contested by teams from all three tiers of League1 Ontario. The Cup will be returning after a five-season hiatus, having last been played in 2018.

All 22 "A" teams will participate in the five-round knockout competition, which will be played concurrently with the league season. Twelve clubs will enter the first round (all ten clubs from the Championship division, and the two A teams from League2), while all ten clubs from the Premier Division will get a bye to the round of 16.[8] The first round is scheduled to begin on the week of April 15.

Bracket

  • First Round
  • April 17–21
  • Round of 16
  • May 14–29
  • Quarterfinals
  • June 5–26
  • Semifinals
  • July 16–17
  • Final
  • July 31
               
L1OP Woodbridge Strikers 1(5)
L1OC Pickering FC 1(4)
L1OC Pickering FC 2(4)
L1OC Hamilton United 2(3)
L1OP Woodbridge Strikers 0
L1OP North Toronto Nitros 2
L1OP North Toronto Nitros 1
L1OP Alliance United FC 0
L1OP North Toronto Nitros 9
L1OC Darby FC 1
L1OP Vaughan Azzurri 4
L1OC Rush Canada SA 1
L2O Masters FA 0
L1OC Rush Canada SA 5
L1OP Vaughan Azzurri 0
L1OC Darby FC 1
L1OP North Mississauga SC 0
L1OC Darby FC 2
L1OC Darby FC 2
L1OC Unionville Milliken SC 0
L1OP North Toronto Nitros 1
L1OP FC London 2
L1OP FC London 4
L1OC BVB IA Waterloo 0
L1OC BVB IA Waterloo 3
L1OC ProStars FC 0
L1OP FC London 4
L1OP Guelph United FC 1
L1OP Guelph United FC 1
L1OP NDC Ontario 0
L1OP FC London 2
L1OP Simcoe County Rovers 0
L1OP Simcoe County Rovers 5
L2O St. Catharines Roma Wolves 0
L2O St. Catharines Roma Wolves w/o
L1OC Tecumseh United FC
L1OP Simcoe County Rovers 3
L1OC Scrosoppi FC 0
L1OP Blue Devils FC 2
L1OC Scrosoppi FC 6
L1OC Scrosoppi FC 4
L1OC Burlington SC 0

U20 Reserve Division

The league will continue to operate a reserve division (however, unlike previous years where there were both U19 and U21 divisions, there will be a single U20 division).[3]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 ProStars FC U20 (C) 12 8 3 1 29 7 +22 27 Qualification to playoffs
2 Whitecaps London SC U20 12 7 4 1 28 10 +18 25
3 North Toronto Nitros U20 12 6 4 2 18 9 +9 22
4 Alliance United FC U20 12 6 3 3 17 10 +7 21
5 FC Durham U20 12 6 3 3 22 18 +4 21
6 Blue Devils FC U20 12 5 2 5 13 16 −3 17
7 Unionville Milliken SC U20 12 4 2 6 11 22 −11 14
8 Aurora FC U20 12 4 1 7 13 17 −4 13
9 North Mississauga SC U20 12 4 1 7 11 18 −7 13
10 Cambridge United U20 12 3 1 8 12 33 −21 10
11 Hamilton United U20 12 0 2 10 9 23 −14 2
Source: League1 Ontario
(C) Champions

Playoffs

Semifinals
July 30 		Championship Game
August 3
      
1 ProStars FC U20 2
4 Alliance United FC U20 1
1 ProStars FC U20 4
2 Whitecaps London SC U20 1
2 Whitecaps London SC U20 2
3 North Toronto Nitros U20 1

References

  1. ^ Jacques, John (January 25, 2022). "Promotion And Relegation Comes To League1 Ontario". Northern Tribune.
  2. ^ "The 2024 Plan: League1 Ontario Announces Plan To Overhaul Its Competition Structure For 2024 Season". League1 Ontario. January 25, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "A New Era: A Bluffer's Guide to the L1ON women's soccer structure". League1 Ontario. February 13, 2024.
  4. ^ Davies, Mike. "Electric City FC ceases operations in Peterborough after two years". The Peterborough Examiner. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  5. ^ Tuan Bui, David. "Electric City Football Club Folds After Two Years; Pickering FC Acquires Team Licenses". PTBO Canada. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Premier Division stars celebrated in 2024 awards". League1 Ontario. November 1, 2024.
  7. ^ a b "2024 awards continue with honouring Championship standouts". League1 Ontario. November 22, 2024.
  8. ^ "The Grand Return: A bluffer's guide to the L1 Cup". www.league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved February 14, 2024.