The 2023 League1 Ontario season is the eighth 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.
Format The league will run in a single table format with 19 clubs each playing each other once, with teams playing reverse fixtures from the 2022 season (if a team faced an opponent at home in 2022, they will face them on the road in 2023). 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.
The top-six teams in the regular season will qualify for the playoffs with the top-two teams receiving first round byes.
Clubs With the exception of Pickering FC, 19 of the 20 clubs that took part in the 2022 season will participate in 2023. Because of the format changes planned for the following year, the league imposed a one-year moratorium on any new teams joining the league.
Women's division Team City Principal stadium Alliance United FC Markham / Scarborough Birchmount Stadium / Varsity Stadium / Ontario Soccer Centre Blue Devils FC Oakville Sheridan Trafalgar Stadium Burlington SC Burlington Corpus Christi CSS BVB IA Waterloo Waterloo RIM Park Darby FC Whitby South Courtice Field Electric City FC Peterborough Fleming College Guelph Union Guelph Centennial Bowl Hamilton United Hamilton Ron Joyce Stadium (McMaster University) FC London London Tricar Field NDC OntarioVaughan Ontario Soccer Centre North Mississauga SC Mississauga Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park) North Toronto Nitros Toronto Downsview Park ProStars FC Brampton Ontario Soccer Centre / Victoria Park Stadium / Terry Fox Stadium Simcoe County Rovers FC Barrie J.C Massie Field, Georgian College St. Catharines Roma Wolves St. Catharines Roma Park – Under Armour Field Tecumseh SC Tecumseh Académie Ste. Cécile International School Unionville Milliken SC Unionville (Markham) Ontario Soccer Centre Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan North Maple Regional Park Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge (Vaughan) Vaughan Grove
Premier Division
Playoffs The top two seeds will earn a bye directly to the second round. After the first round, the teams will be re-seeded with NDC Ontario (the regular season champion) playing the lowest ranked remaining seed.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Jayda Thompson Woodbridge Strikers 18 2 Jessica Lisi Woodbridge Strikers 13 3 Madison Mariani Alliance United 11 Leah Pais Vaughan Azzurri Stefanie Young Blue Devils FC 6 Nia Fleming-Thompson Vaughan Azzurri 10 Victoria Hinchliffe Guelph Union Isabella Mazzaferro North Toronto Nitros Kiyomi McCausland North Toronto Nitros 10 Charlotte Cromack FC London 9 Courtney Chochol Simcoe County Rovers Updated to end of regular season. Source: League1 Ontario
Top goalkeepers
RankPlayerClubMinutesGAA 1 Noelle Henning NDC Ontario 651 0.55 2 Anika Toth Woodbridge Strikers 990 0.73 3 Gurleen Toor Alliance United 1171 0.77 4 Breanne Carreiro Electric City FC 1556 0.87 5 Mykaela Volpe Simcoe County Rovers 810 1.00
Updated to end of regular season. Minimum 630 minutes played. Source:
League honours Awards Award Player Team RefMost Valuable Player Gurleen Toor Alliance United FC Young Player of the Year (U20) Gurleen Toor Alliance United FCCoach of the Year Angelo Cavalluzzo Alliance United FC Goalkeeper of the Year Gurleen Toor Alliance United FCDefender of the Year Zoe Markesini NDC OntarioMidfielder of the Year Cloey Uddenberg Simcoe County Rovers FCForward of the Year Jayda Thompson Woodbridge StrikersGolden Boot (Top Scorer) Jayda Thompson Woodbridge Strikers
League All-Stars The following players were named League1 Ontario Premier Division All-Stars for the 2023 season:
First Team All-Stars Player PositionGurleen Toor (Alliance United) GoalkeeperJenny Wolevel (Alliance United) DefenderLaura Gosse (Alliance United) DefenderZoe Markesini (NDC Ontario) DefenderTrinity Esprit (Simcoe County Rovers) DefenderAlanna Raimondo (NDC Ontario) MidfielderCloey Uddenberg (Simcoe County Rovers) MidfielderJotam Chouhan (Vaughan Azzurri) MidfielderLeah Pais (Vaughan Azzurri) MidfielderNia Fleming-Thompson (Vaughan Azzurri) ForwardJayda Thompson (Woodbridge Strikers) Forward
Second Team All-Stars Player PositionMollie Eriksson (North Mississauga) GoalkeeperKennedi Herrmann (North Mississauga) DefenderHannah Chown (Alliance United) DefenderSarah Rollins (North Toronto Nitros) DefenderIda Miceli (Woodbridge Strikers) DefenderLaura Twidle (Blue Devils) MidfielderApril Syme (Woodbridge Strikers) MidfielderCourtney Poon (North Toronto Nitros) MidfielderCharlotte Cromack (FC London) MidfielderJessica Lisi (Woodbridge Strikers) ForwardMadison Mariani (Alliance United) Forward
Future format and changes Starting in 2024, the league will split into a multi-division format with promotion and relegation between them. Ten teams will take part in the first-tier League1 Premier, ten teams in the second-tier League1 Championship, and all new expansion teams as well as reserve sides in a third-tier League2 Ontario.
The initial assignment of teams in the 2024 season is done by using the points obtained in the previous two years. The points from the 2022 season (weighted at 75%) will be added to the points teams obtain in the 2023 season (weighted at 100%) to determine the placements.
Reserve Division The Open Age Reserve Division will return with each Premier Division club fielding one or more teams, as well as some other OPDL clubs that do not operate a League1 Ontario team. North East Division
Central Division
South West Division
Playoffs
U19 Reserve Division Summer Division East Division
West Division
Playoffs
Fall Division
Playoffs
References
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