2023 League1 Ontario season (women)

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.

This article is about the women's season. For the men's season, see 2023 League1 Ontario season.

League1 Ontario
Women's Division
Season2023
DatesApril 21 – July 23 (regular season)
← 2022
2024 →

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.[1]

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.[2] Because of the format changes planned for the following year, the league imposed a one-year moratorium on any new teams joining the league.[1][3]

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 Ontario Vaughan 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
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vaughan Azzurri 6 6 0 0 17 2 +15 18 Playoff semifinals
2 NDC Ontario 5 5 0 0 9 0 +9 15
3 North Toronto Nitros 5 4 0 1 22 3 +19 13 Playoff quarterfinals
4 BVB IA Waterloo 5 4 1 0 16 6 +10 12
5 North Mississauga SC 5 4 1 0 12 7 +5 12
6 Alliance United FC 4 2 0 2 8 5 +3 8
7 Electric City FC 6 2 2 2 6 8 −2 8
8 St. Catharines Roma Wolves 5 2 3 0 4 10 −6 6
9 Woodbridge Strikers 4 1 1 2 7 5 +2 5
10 FC London 4 1 1 2 5 6 −1 5
11 Tecumseh SC 5 1 2 2 6 10 −4 5
12 Darby FC 4 1 2 1 7 8 −1 4
13 Simcoe County Rovers FC 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 3
14 Blue Devils FC 4 1 3 0 5 6 −1 3
15 Guelph Union 4 1 3 0 4 8 −4 3
16 Unionville Milliken SC 4 1 3 0 4 10 −6 3
17 Burlington SC 4 0 3 1 2 12 −10 1
18 Hamilton United 5 0 4 1 4 15 −11 1
19 ProStars FC 6 0 6 0 7 25 −18 0
First match(es) will be played on May 17, 2023. 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.[4]

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
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Statistics

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.[1]

Pos Team GP 2022 2023 Total Qualification
1 Vaughan Azzurri 25 36 18 54 Qualification to
2024 League1 Premier
2 NDC Ontario 24 34.5 15 49.5
3 North Toronto Nitros 24 27 13 40
4 Woodbridge Strikers 23 31.5 5 36.5
5 FC London 23 30.75 5 35.75
6 Alliance United FC 23 27.75 8 35.75
7 Simcoe County Rovers FC 22 30.75 3 33.75
8 North Mississauga SC 24 21 12 33
9 Electric City FC 25 24 8 32
10 St. Catharines Roma Wolves 24 18.75 6 24.75
11 Darby FC 22 20.25 4 24.25 Qualification to
2024 League1 Championship
12 Tecumseh SC 24 18.75 5 23.75
13 BVB IA Waterloo 24 11.25 12 23.25
14 Guelph Union 23 18 3 21
15 Unionville Milliken SC 22 16.5 3 19.5
16 Blue Devils FC 23 14.25 3 17.25
17 Pickering FC[lower-alpha 1] (X) 19 9 0 9
18 Hamilton United 24 7.5 1 8.5
19 ProStars FC 25 4.5 0 4.5
20 Burlington SC 23 2.25 1 3.25
Updated to match(es) played on May 17, 2023. Source:
(X) Cannot qualify for League1 Premier
Notes:
  1. Pickering FC did not compete in the 2023 season. Their status for 2024 is to be determined.

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Electric City FC B 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 3 Advance to playoffs
2 Alliance United FC B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Aurora FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Darby FC B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Master's FA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Simcoe County Rovers FC B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Unionville Milliken SC B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Pickering FC 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0
Updated to match(es) played on May 1, 2023. Source: League1 Ontario

Central Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Blue Devils FC B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to playoffs
2 North Mississauga SC B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 North Toronto Nitros B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 ProStars FC B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Rush Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Simcoe County Rovers FC B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Vaughan Azzurri B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Woodbridge Strikers B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on March 17, 2023. Source: League1 Ontario

South West Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Burlington SC B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to playoffs
2 BVB IA Waterloo B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cambridge United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 FC London B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Hamilton United B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Scrosoppi FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 St. Catharines Roma Wolves B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Whitecaps London 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on March 17, 2023. Source: League1 Ontario

Playoffs
Semifinals Championship Game
      
 
 
 
 
 
 

U19 Reserve Division

East Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Darby FC U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to playoffs
2 FC Durham U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 North Toronto Nitros U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Pickering FC U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Unionville Milliken SC U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Vaughan Azzurri U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Woodbridge Strikers U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on March 17, 2023. Source: League1 Ontario

West Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Windsor City FC U19 1 1 0 0 6 2 +4 3 Advance to playoffs
2 Hamilton United U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 North Mississauga SC U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Oakville SC U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Rush Canada U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Tecumseh SC U19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 St. Catharines Roma Wolves U19 1 0 0 1 2 6 −4 0
Updated to match(es) played on April 29, 2023. Source: League1 Ontario

Playoffs
Semifinals Championship Game
      
 
 
 
 
 
 

References
  1. Jacques, John (January 25, 2022). "Promotion And Relegation Comes To League1 Ontario". Northern Tribune.
  2. "Women's Premier Division kicks off on April 21". League1 Ontario. March 8, 2023.
  3. "L1O opens 2024 expansion application process". League1 Ontario. January 17, 2023.
  4. "League Operations and Game Day Manual Version 12.1" (PDF). League1 Ontario. January 25, 2022. p. 56. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
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