The 2017 York Region Shooters season was the twentieth season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season commenced on May 27, 2017 in an away match against Scarborough SC.[1] The season concluded with York Region winning their third CSL Championship, after defeating Scarborough in a penalty shootout.[2]
Summary
York Region entered the 2017 season as the defending regular season champions with Tony De Thomasis continuing his role as head coach. Though their reserve team were the 2016 Second Division champions it was disbanded for the 2017 season.[3] Their season started brightly with the Shooters achieving points in their first four matches, until conceiving their first defeat in the fifth week.[4] The remainder of the season saw York Region clinch a postseason berth by finishing third in the standings with the best defensive record in the division.[5] Their playoff journey began with a victory after Milton SC forfeited their match.[6] In the second round of the postseason they defeated the Serbian White Eagles FC, and ultimately claimed their third CSL Championship by defeating Scarborough SC in the finals.[7]
Competitions
Canadian Soccer League
League table
First Division
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Vorkuta (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 13 | +30 | 32 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Serbian White Eagles | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 31 | |
| 3 | York Region Shooters (O) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 30 | |
| 4 | Scarborough SC | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 24 | |
| 5 | Brantford Galaxy | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 18 | |
| 6 | Milton SC | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 75 | −51 | 8 | |
| 7 | SC Waterloo Region | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 8 | |
| 8 | Royal Toronto FC | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 6 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 |
Last updated: September 10, 2017.
Source: CSL
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
| May 27 | Scarborough SC | 0–0 | York Region Shooters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Report | Stadium: Birchmount Stadium |
| June 3 | York Region Shooters | 2–0 | Brantford Galaxy | Vaughan, Ontario |
Bryan  54' West 90' |
Report | Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field |
| June 12 | York Region Shooters | 7–0 | Milton SC | Vaughan, Ontario |
| Report | Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field |
| June 18 | SC Waterloo | 0–2 | York Region Shooters | Vaughan, Ontario |
| Report | Bryan Darren Chambers |
Stadium: Warrior Field |
| June 23 | York Region Shooters | 1–2 | FC Vorkuta | Vaughan, Ontario |
| Reid 25' |
Report | Volodymyr Rudyi 30' Kristijan Kezic 84' |
Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field |
| July 2 | Royal Toronto FC | 0–3 | York Region Shooters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Report | Sotiris 45', 50' Hassan Abdulumumini 80' |
Stadium: Lamport Stadium |
| July 7 | York Region Shooters | 2–2 | SC Waterloo | Vaughan, Ontario |
| Evan Beutler 23', 90' |
Report | Jure Glavina 44', 71' |
Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field |
| July 14 | York Region Shooters | 0–1 | Scarborough SC | Vaughan, Ontario |
| Report | Dimitrov 67' |
Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field |
| July 22 | Brantford Galaxy | 1–2 | York Region Shooters | Brantford, Ontario |
| Report | Evan Beutler 85' |
Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex |
| July 30 | Milton SC | 1–7 | York Region Shooters | Milton, Ontario |
| Danny Jirta |
Report | Alton Ellis , , Evan Butler Bryan Doryan Bothelo , |
Stadium: Milton Community Park |
| August 5 | FC Vorkuta | 0–2 | York Region Shooters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Report | Hassan Abdulmumini 77' Doryan Botelho 85' |
Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium |
| August 11 | Serbian White Eagles | 0–0 | York Region Shooters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Report | Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 100 |
| August 18 | York Region Shooters | 5–0 | Royal Toronto FC | Vaughan, Ontario |
| Edwards 4' Bryan 27' Evan Beutler 52', 64', 87' |
Report | Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field |
| August 25 | York Region Shooters | 1–0 | Serbian White Eagles | Vaughan, Ontario |
| Edwards 67' |
Report | Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field Attendance: 100 Referee: E. Gustavo |
Statistics
Goals and assists
Correct as of November 10, 2017[8]
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References
- ^ Adamson, Stan. "EXPANSION TEAM VORKUTA SHINES IN CSL OPENER………the weekend wrap-up | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Adamson, Stan. "YORK REGION WINS CSL CHAMPIONSHIP…..FC Ukraine United defeats Burlington for Second Division title | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Adamson, Stan. "CSL EXPANSION TEAMS VORKUTA AND ROYAL TORONTO GIVE NEW LOOK……End of May kickoff | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ "VORKUTA, SERBIAN EAGLES, BRANTFORD ENJOY FIRST DIVISION WINS……..Weekend wrap-up in the CSL | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ Adamson, Stan. "FC VORKUTA WINS FIRST DIVISION IN INAUGURAL SEASON….Scarborough's Aleksander Stojiljkovic strikes four | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ "SERBIAN EAGLES, VORKUTA, SCARBOROUGH AND YORK REGION ADVANCE ……..weekend games in the CSL playoffs | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ "SHOOTERS vs SCARBOROUGH FOR CSL CHAMPIONSHIP…..Burlington vs Ukraine Utd for Division Two title | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
- ^ "2017 First Division Stats | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2017-11-02.