Canada, below the Canadian Professional Soccer League.

The Canadian Professional Soccer League is coming , Sat April 27th to be precise but what ‘s below this level of soccer  ?

The Canadian Soccer Association has designated 2 leagues to be the next in line , purely within Canada of course I will refer to them as Tier 2. The 2 leagues are the League1 Ontario ( L1 O)and the Premiere Ligue de Soccer du Quebec. (PLSQ)  As it says on the packet the L1 O is  regionalised around the Toronto area and the PLSQ around the Montreal area.

Both in this guise are fairly new leagues with the L1 O being formed in 2013 and commencing with the 2014 season whereas the PLSQ has been around a couple of years more starting with the 2012 season.

Teams have come and gone in both , but both have been adding teams recently as  time progressed until this season  when the L1O is reduced to 16 teams from the season high of 17  the previous season.

The L1 O began in 2014 with 9 teams which gradually grew to 17 and nowhas  16 for the 2019 season, meanwhile the PLSQ began in 2012 with 8 teams which lasted 2 seasons before dropping to 6 in 2013 since then however they have crept up to a high this season 2019 of 9 teams.

 

The winners of both of these leagues enters the prestigious Canadian Championship for 2020. The entrants for the 2019 edition are Vaughan Azzuri of the L1 O and A S Blainville of the PLSQ,

 

There is another Association the Soccer Federation of Canada (SFC) and another league the ‘Canadian Soccer League'(CSL)  that claim to be at this level, more on them later.

 

Constitutions and grounds for 2019.

League1 Ontario.

1 division of 16.

Alliance Utd @ Mount Joy Turf , 6140 16th Avenue, Markham OR Centennial College, 941 Progress Avenue, Scarborough.

Aurora FC @ Stewart Burnett Park , 1396 Wellington St, Aurora.

Darby FC @ Whitby Soccer Centre Dome, Rossland Rd West , Whitby.

Durham Utd  @ Bay Ridges Kinsmen Park , 705 Sandy Beach Rd, Pickering OR Pickering Soccer Centre, 1975 Clements Rd, Pickering.

FC London @ German/Canadian Field, 1 Cove Rd, London.

Master’s Futbol @ L’Amoreaux Sports Centre, Silver Springs Rd, Toronto.

North Mississauga FC @ Parramount Fine Foods Centre, (AKA Hershey Centre), 5500 Rose Cherry Place, Toronto.

Oakville Blue Devils @ Sheridan Trafalgar Centre, Trafalgar Rd Campus, Oakville.

Ottawa South United Force @ Quinns Pointe Field, 3490 Cambrian Rd, Ottawa.

Pro Stars FC @ Victoria Park Stadium, 20 Victoria Crescent, Brampton.

Sigma FC @ Parramount Fine Foods Centre, (AKA Hershey Centre), 5500 Rose Cherry Place, Toronto.

Toronto Skillz FC @ Birchmount Stadium, 5735 Rose Cherry Place, Scarborough, Toronto.

Unionville Milliken SC @ Bill Crothers Turf, 44 Main St, Unionville, Markham.

Vaughan Azzuri @ North Maple Regional Turf ,11085 Keele St ,Vaughan OR McNaughton Turf, 20 McNaughton Rd, Vaughan.

Windsor Toronto F C @ Alumni Field, University of Windsor South Campus, College Avenue, Windsor. (Satellite club of Toronto FC, coaches visit to help occasionally)).

Woodbridge Strikers @ Vaughan Grove Turf 1, 7401 Martin Grove Rd, Woodbridge.

 

Premiere Ligue du Soccer de Quebec.

AS Blainville @ Parc Blainville, 425 Avenue 22 East, Blainville.

CS Fabrose @ Cegep Montmorency, 475 bvd de l’Avenir, Laval.

CS Longueuil  @ Laurier 1, Rue Laurier 2095, Longueuil.

CS Mont – Royal Outremont @ Terrein Mont Royal , 60 Roosevelt Avenue, Mount Royal.

CS Montreuil @ Stade Dejardins  AKA Bois de Boulogne 1, Laval.

CS St Hubert @ Roseanne Laflamme, 7405 Terrasse du Centre, St Hubert.

Dynamo Quebec @ Polyvalente Benoit Vachon Stadium, 919 Route Saint Martin, Sainte Marie.

FC Gatineau @ Mont Bleu P4, Secondary School Mont Bleu, 241 bvd de la Cite des Jeunes.

FC Lanaudiere @ Parc Eschallions 1, L’Achigan High School, 60 Montee Remi-Henri, St Roch de l’Achigan.

 

And now the 3rd league that claims to be at the same level as the 2 above , but unfortunately nowadays it’s affiliated to an organisation not recognised by FIFA or CONCACAF, so it’s a ”pirate’ league.

The league being the ‘Canadian Soccer League’ which is affiliated to the ‘Soccer Federation of Canada’ and not the official ‘Canadian Soccer Association’.

 

Canadian Soccer League.

Constitution and grounds. 2019.

 

Brantford Galaxy @ Heritage Green Turf , 447 1st Rd W, Stoney Creek.

CSC Mississauga @ Hershey Centre (AKA Paramount Fine Foods),5500 Rose Cherry Place, Mississauga.

FC Vorkuta @ Ontario Soccer Centre, 7601 Martin Grove Rd, Vaughan.

Hamilton City @ Heritage Green Turf , 447 1st Rd W, Stoney Creek.

Kingsman S C @ Esther Shiner Stadium, 99, 1 Ailsa Craig Ct, North York.

CS Real Mississauga @ Huron Park Recreation Centre, 830 Paisley bvrd W, Mississauga.

SC Waterloo @ RIM Park, 2001 University Ave E, Waterloo.

Scarborough FC @ Birchmount Stadium, 93 Birchmount Rd, Scarborough.

Serbian White Eagles @ Centennial Stadium , 256 Centennial Park Rd, Etobicoke.

Ukraine United @ Centennial Stadium , 256 Centennial Park Rd, Etobicoke.

 

 

 

A quick update about what’s happened during the short lives of these leagues.

L1 O.

The league champions title has been dominated by Oakville Blue Devils and Vaughan Azzuri both winning the title twice with Toronto FC Academy winning it in its first year.

Toronto FC Academy were actually Toronto FC III team and spent all 5 seasons in the league until dropping out for 2019.

Of the 5 Cups that have taken place the Azzuri have 3 wins with Woodbridge Strikers the other 2.

For some reason the Cup is not being contested in 2019.

 

PSLQ.

The PSLQ has had 4 different winners in its 7 years , CS Mont Royal winning it 3 times , AS Blainville twice and CS Longueuil and FC St -Leonard once each.

FC St-Leonard were a Montreal side who only spent the first 2 seasons in the league winning it in its first season of 2012.

The cup has only been played since 2014 and has 4 different winners AS Blainville twice and one apiece for Lakeshore SC,  FC Gatineau and FC Lanaudiere.

Lakeshore SC were a short lived PLSQ side from Montreal spending just 2 seasons in it and winning the cup in 2015.

 

For info on the pirate Canadian Soccer League there is a separate article on this site for that league !

 

Now the Canadian teams playing outside of the leagues above.

USA Tier 1. – MLS.

Montreal Impact @ Saputo Stadium, 4750 Sherbrooke St East..

Toronto FC @ BMO Field, 170 Princes’ Bvd.

Vancouver Whitecaps @ BC Place , 777 Pacific Bvd.

 

USA Tier 2 – USL Championship.

Ottawa Fury @ TD Place AKA Frank Clair/ Lansdowne Park, 1015 Bank St.

 

USA Tier 3 – USL 1.

Toronto FC II @ BMO Training Centre, 85 Carl Hall Rd.

 

USL Tier 4 – USL 2.

Calgary Foothills @ Foothills Composite High School Stadium, 229 Woodhaven Drive, Okotoks.

Thunder Bay Chilli @ Fort William Stadium, 300 Legion Track Drive.

Technology Support Services (TSS) FC @ Swangard Stadium,3883 Imperial St, Burnaby, Vancouver.

Victoria Highlanders @ University Centennial Stadium, Saanich, Victoria.

World Soccer Academy (WSA) Winnipeg @ Haverley Soccer Complex (AKA Ralph Cantafio, 900 Waverley St .