mmd Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 This is what I saw on the League 1 Ontario website: Breaking News Alert: League1 Ontario Is Growing! Women's Division will launch with minimum 6 teams. Men's Division to grow to 12 teams. More details to come! Anyone know what 3 teams are joining the mens division and what teams will be launched in the womens division? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 VPJr knows, but I doubt that he will give us the scoop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Hmm. I notice that the W-League is not listing any Ontario teams in their 2015 listings. Maybe Toronto Lady Lynx, K-W United and London Gryphons will be three of the teams? (We know Ottawa Fury will not be operating from their owner's previous announcement), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowda7 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Ottawa Fury are confirmed in the Quebec Premier League on their website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soccerfromsauga Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 From what I've been told from someone within the club, North Mississauga Panthers SC has been accepted into the Women's division this year and will look to join Men's next year. Also, I've heard from multiple sources that the Mississauga Falcons SC have been accepted to play in the Men's division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 That's great that Ottawa Fury are in the Quebec Premier League. L10 would mean more travel for the Fury.....would have been nice to see the Fury vs TFC Academy in L1O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowda7 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 That's great that Ottawa Fury are in the Quebec Premier League. L10 would mean more travel for the Fury.....would have been nice to see the Fury vs TFC Academy in L1O. It's still possible with the Div III championship series between the two leagues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 It's still possible with the Div III championship series between the two leagues Forgot about the L10 Champion vs the Quebec Premier Champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 L10 would mean more travel for the Fury.... I know, how horrible to make them travel to games within the Province! Maybe they should re-brand as League One Toronto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 I know, how horrible to make them travel to games within the Province! Maybe they should re-brand as League One Toronto? LOL! But you're right, that may be League 1's Major flaw, very GTA centric....other then Windsor. In time it should all work out.... Looks like the Quebec League is Montreal based. What would be a great idea, but it would involve to the OSA & Quebec Soccer Association to actually use their brains and work together...........so this may not work! Create a League 1, no ontario or quebec attched, just League 1, have a Western and Eastern Division..which will help with travel costs. There is no denying that Ontario and Quebec have the largest population, so why not work together to great a powerful DIII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 League1 Ontario has announced Oakville Blue Devils (formerly Toronto Lynx), Sanjaxx Lions and Pro Stars FC to join for 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Create a League 1, no ontario or quebec attched, just League 1, have a Western and Eastern Division... Even simpler, re-brand them all League 1 - [insert province/region] and work together on an integrated league cup competition and inclusion in the VCup. The could start with League 1 - Central, League 1 - Quebec, League 1 - Pacific and maybe add League 1 - Praries and League 1 Atlantic or whatever they liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masster Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 On the one hand, I guess expansion is good because it shows that there is interest in the league. On the other hand, more teams dilutes the competition. For those that are more in the know, is this expansion a positive step? How big should L1O realistically grow? Don't you want to still keep the best on best element? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmd Posted January 30, 2015 Author Share Posted January 30, 2015 On the one hand, I guess expansion is good because it shows that there is interest in the league. On the other hand, more teams dilutes the competition. For those that are more in the know, is this expansion a positive step? How big should L1O realistically grow? Don't you want to still keep the best on best element? I'm going to guess MAYBE 14-16 clubs in Ontario max???? If we go with my previous suggestion of Ont & Que merging the 2 leagues to a west and east League 1, until other Provinces get their act together, I say max 10 for each of the 2 divisions, or a Single table of 20, which I would really enjoy if feasable......this way we can really have the best of the best play in a 20 team dual provincial league. As I meantioned, due to the combined population of the two provinces the talent pool should make the league an exciting one. And hopefully the winner of this League will eventually get an invite to play in the Canadian Championship!!!! Definetly will give every team a real goal to achieve knowing that they will be playing NASL and MLS Canadian Teams. And trust me, if a miracle happened and they defeat the higher division Canadian Clubs to make it to the Champions League their will be money to support their journey. Everyone loves the underdog!!!! I know, I'm getting ahead of myself. Everyone needs a dream....and its time more Canadians to get on board. To be # 1 in hockey when maybe 6-10 nations play the sport is really nothing to brag about. I think we are # 1 in Lacross, don't get me wrong, I love Lacross, but only a handfull of nations play. Can't wait till we can say we are a top 40 Nation in soccer when over 200 nations play, and everyone on the forum had something to do with the growth of soccer in this nation!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msilverstein47 Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 League1 Ontario has announced Oakville Blue Devils (formerly Toronto Lynx), Sanjaxx Lions and Pro Stars FC to join for 2015. http://www.league1ontario.com/article/league1-ontario-announces-12-team-2015-mens-division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 My comments on the League 1 press conference of February 5th, 2015 held in Toronto. http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports15/15l1o001.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Looks like this is turning into the usual story of a GTA league pretending to be a provincial one, unfortunately. Can understand why TFC want to do PDL instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Toronto FC's academy is in the PDL now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Looks like this is turning into the usual story of a GTA league pretending to be a provincial one... Actually it is worse. A GTA league pretending to be a part of a national third division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDNFootballer Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 League1 Ontario has announced Oakville Blue Devils (formerly Toronto Lynx), Sanjaxx Lions and Pro Stars FC to join for 2015. Are these 3 new teams fully amatuer like the rest of the L1 Ontario clubs or are any semi-pro? I suspect the latter. Hopefully year 3 will see the league raising standards to enforce teams slowly moving to the semi-pro classification in the standards. Allowing the league clubs to start out as amatuer seems to have been out of necessity possibly when they couldn't get enough or any teams to join as semi-pro with the 20K salary minimum. Not being able to draw in any CSL teams has been disappointing as the CSL continues on as usual mostly even without sanctioning. TFC Academy and FC London didn't want to join L1O this year because of the level of play but without these teams joining its hard to bring up that level of play and attract true semi-pro clubs. Having some CSL teams enter L1 Ontario, TFC Academy back in the league, and the Ontario PDL teams also added next season would help raise the quality of the league and help in turning it into a true semi-pro league. Otherwise I don't see the league making the jump into semi-pro in the next few years and can see it continueing as an amatuer GTA league only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 @Ted and BBTB It doesn't really matter to be honest. Let's worry about quality of play and purpose before concerning ourselves with geographical foot print. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt-MTL Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Even simpler, re-brand them all League 1 - [insert province/region] and work together on an integrated league cup competition and inclusion in the VCup. The could start with League 1 - Central, League 1 - Quebec, League 1 - Pacific and maybe add League 1 - Praries and League 1 Atlantic or whatever they liked. I like this idea so long as each regional league is operating under the same set of standards/criteria for entry; thereby meeting "Canadian Division III" standards (I'm presuming that's what L1O is currently doing but correct me if I'm wrong). I think a final champions cup competition featuring the champs of each regional league with the winner gaining entry to the V-Cup would be pretty neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Think you'll find that the set of standards L1O are operating to are not as stringent as the ones that were set by the CSA for the now unsanctioned CSL, but never actually lived up to. Although this is being billed as semi-pro many/most of the teams are effectively amateur in practice so they don't jeopardize NCAA eligibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt-MTL Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 BBTB, if that's true then that's pretty disappointing; why even call it "Division 3" then if they're just amateur clubs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Bob Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Was the plan not to establish semi-professionalism gradually? Get a few sponsors and paying customers first? And is it still true that L1O is 100% amateur? Most of what I've heard on the subject is a season or two old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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