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2015 York Region Shooters season

The 2015 season was York Region Shooters's 18th season in the Canadian Soccer League. It began on May 10, 2015 and concluded on October 18, 2015. York Region entered the season as reigning CSL champions after producing a perfect season in the previous campaign. After a difficult start to the season York Region managed to recover midway through the season, and secured a postseason berth. In the playoffs the Shooters won the opening match, but failed to successfully defend their championship title following a defeat to Toronto Croatia. While Richard West finished for the third consecutive season as the club's top goalscorer with 23 goals, and subsequently as the league's CSL Golden Boot winner.

York Region Shooters
2015 season
ChairmanTony De Thomasis
ManagerTony De Thomasis
Canadian Soccer League3rd place (First Division)
CSL ChampionshipSemifinal
Top goalscorerRichard West (23)
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Summary edit

In the off season significant changes occurred in the team management initially with the arrival of former Ajax A1 manager Bob de Klerk as the club's Technical Director.[1] Team owner Tony De Thomasis replaced Darryl Gomez as head coach, and Carlos Rivas was another addition to the technical staff.[2] The roster selection was partially influenced by the easing of import restrictions decided at the 2015 CSL annual team owners meeting.[3][4] The Shooters used the opportunity by recruiting more overseas talent with the reliance of the organization's veteran core players.

York Region entered the season with a 21 match undefeated streak, but experienced their first defeat since October, 2013 in the opening match against Toronto Croatia.[5] Initially York Region failed to achieve sufficient results as they only recorded one victory in their opening six matches. After recording a victory over Scarborough SC on June 21, 2015 they managed to produce a nine game undefeated streak.[6] At the conclusion of the regular season they clinched a postseason berth by finishing third in the First Division with the second highest scoring record. In the preliminary round of the playoffs they defeated Burlington SC, but were eliminated in the second round to Toronto Croatia.[7][8]

In the Second Division their reserve team was under the guidance of Gilbert Amaral, where the team managed to secure a postseason berth by finishing second in the division. Unfortunately the team was eliminated from the competition after recording a loss to Niagara United B in the quarterfinals.[7] Once the season came to a conclusion the organization received two awards at the 2015 annual CSL awards ceremony with striker Richard West winning the CSL Golden Boot, and Cyndy De Thomasis was honored with the Harry Paul Gauss award.[9]

Club edit

Management edit

Position Staff
Head coach Tony De Thomasis
Assistant coach Aundrea Rollins
Manager John Pacione
Second Division Head coach Gilbert Amaral
Second Division Assistant coach Aundrea Rollins
Team Physician Roger Menta
Team Trainer Argyrs Tsoulos

Last updated: November 14, 2013
Source: [10][11]

First Division roster edit

As of June 12, 2015.[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ITA Emanuelle Ameltonis [12]
2 DF   CAN Gerard Ladiyou [13]
4 DF    Marcelo Capozzolo
6 DF   CAN Fitzroy Christie [14]
7 MF   JAM Richard Edwards
9 FW   JAM Michael Binns
10 MF    Babjide Fatoba
11 FW   JAM Ashton Bennett
12 MF   CAN Mehdi Barati Mahvar [15]
13 FW    William De Oliveira
14 FW   CAN Tristan Jackman [16]
15 MF    Andrei Spatary
17 FW   MKD Aleksander Stojanovski
19 FW   CAN Oswald Adu [17]
20 FW   JAM Richard West
21 FW    Luis Navarro
22 DF    Justin Soscia
23 DF   JAM Ricky Herron
25 DF    Larry Miller
26 MF    Michael Lazzarotto
28 DF   ITA Nicola Di Sanza
30 GK   CHI Camilo Benzi [18]
No. Pos. Nation Player
77 DF   CAN Desmond Humphrey [19]
99 DF   CAN Ryan Dummett [20]
- MF    Vinicius Argenton Silva Abreu
- MF   CAN Dylan Bams [21]
- MF   JAM Marcelino Blackburn [22]
- MF    Kevin Blackford
- DF   CAN Dino Gardner
- MF    Alexander Rodrigues De Carvalho
- GK   CAN Adrian Ibanez [23]
- MF   SCO Hector Mackie [24]
- MF   SCO Steven McDougall
21 FW    Luis Navarro
- FW   CAN Adrian Pena [25]
- MF   COL Asher Quave-Robinson [26]
- MF   ESP Xavi Pérez
- MF    Paolo Henrique Oliva Da Silva
- FW   JAM Odain Simpson
- MF   CAN Jamil Thompson [27]
- MF    Shezan Singh
- DF    Nathan Smith
- MF    Acha Wisdom

Second Division roster edit

As of June 22, 2015.[28]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CAN Adam Majer [29]
2 FW    Nathan Smith
3 DF    Kyle Coelho
4 MF   CAN Winston Crozier [30]
5 DF   CAN Joshua Kiselyov [31]
6 DF    Junior Casinha
7 DF    Fedy Valcin
8 MF    Massi Kohgadai
9 MF    Joshua Amaral
11 MF    Apollo Tsoulos
12 FW   CAN Kevin Ghatine [32]
14 MF    Tyler Dawell Terrault
15 MF    Levi Deglau
16 DF   DOM Wilson Martinez
17 MF    Brandon Simon
18 FW    Mohamad Habib
19 MF    Michael Anobile
20 MF    Albert Moshi
No. Pos. Nation Player
77 DF    Marcus Malcom Orville
- FW   CAN Anthony Bahadur
- GK    Christian Campanico
- DF    Dean Campbell
- MF   CAN Daniele Clemente [33]
- MF    Felipe Cschack
- MF    Raphael Barboza Da Silva
- MF    Allan Pereira De Melo
- GK    Andre Domingues
- DF    Triston Frankson
- MF    James Giraldo
- MF    Niaran Goodie
- MF    Nicholas Goodie
- MF    Ahmed Hussein
- MF    Sean Isaacs
- GK   CAN Damon Naghavi [34]
- MF   USA David Schipper

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Source
FW   Anthony Bahadur   FC Edmonton Free Agent
9 FW   Michael Binns   Portmore United Loan [35]
11 FW   Ashton Bennett   Portmore United Free Transfer [36]
28 DF   Nicola Di Sanza   ASD Rotunda Maris Free Transfer [37]
MF   Steven McDougall   Clyde F.C. Free Transfer [38]
MF   Odain Simpson   Kingston FC Free Transfer [39]

Competitions summary edit

Regular season edit

Main article: 2015 Canadian Soccer League season

First division edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Serbian White Eagles (A, C) 22 16 4 2 52 17 +35 52 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Toronto Croatia (A, O) 22 15 3 4 57 18 +39 48
3 York Region Shooters (A) 22 13 1 8 56 35 +21 40
4 SC Waterloo Region (A) 21 11 3 7 34 27 +7 36[a]
5 Toronto Atomic FC (A) 22 10 2 10 23 37 −14 32
6 Burlington SC (A) 22 8 3 11 41 44 −3 27
7 Milton SC (A) 22 8 3 11 32 43 −11 27
8 London City (A) 22 8 2 12 31 46 −15 26
9 Brampton United 22 7 5 10 31 33 −2 26
10 Scarborough SC 22 6 8 8 32 49 −17 26
11 Brantford Galaxy 22 7 3 12 32 44 −12 24
12 Niagara United 21 2 3 16 23 71 −48 9[a]
Updated to match(es) played on October 4, 2015. Source: Canadian Soccer League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ a b One match between SC Waterloo Region and Niagara United not played[40]


Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
25 13 1 11 56 35  +21 40 7 1 3 26 16  +10 6 0 8 30 19  +11

Last updated: October 1, 2015.
Source: 2015 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAHAHAHHHHAAHHAHAHAAAA
ResultLLWLLLWWWWWWWDWLLWLWWW
Source: Regular season matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

May 10, 2015 York Region Shooters 0–3 Toronto Croatia Vaughan, Ontario
19:00 Report Josip Keran   16'
Tihomir Maletic   63'
Darren Chambers   83'		 Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
May 17, 2015 SC Waterloo Region 4–1 York Region Shooters Waterloo, Ontario
19:00 Drazen Vukovic   3'
Adis Hasecic     64'
Ramon Bailey   27'		 Report Edwards   29' Stadium: Warrior Field
May 24, 2015 York Region Shooters 3–0 Milton SC Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 West  ,   69'
Binns   76'		 Report Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
May 30, 2015 Brantford Galaxy 3–2 York Region Shooters Brantford, Ontario
19:00 Jurcevic   55'
Stuart Heath   74'
Markovic   76'		 Report Kyle Grootenboer   64' (o.g.)
Binns   72'		 Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex
Referee: Goran Babic
June 7, 2015 York Region Shooters 1–2 Serbian White Eagles Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 Gardner   88' Report Vukomanovic   44'
Sahjah Reid   57'		 Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
June 11, 2015 Milton SC 2–0 York Region Shooters Milton, Ontario
Predrag Papaz   9'
Rusnir Dizdarevic   90'		 Report Stadium: Jean Vanier Stadium
Referee: Goran Babic
June 21, 2015 York Region Shooters 4–1 Scarborough SC Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 Marcelo Capozzolo   35',   47'
West   71'
Adrian Pena   84'		 Report Jose De Sousa   81' Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
July 11, 2015 York Region Shooters 3–2 Toronto Atomic FC Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 West   24',   75'
Stojanovski   33'		 Report Michael Tischer   45'
Melnyk   50'		 Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
July 19, 2015 York Region Shooters 2–1 Brampton City United Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 Di Sanza   7'
Shezan Singh   88'		 Report Krzysztof Tierzchala   29' Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
July 26, 2015 York Region Shooters 4–1 SC Waterloo Region Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 West   3',   36',   47'
Shezan Singh   78'		 Report Adis Hasecic   93' Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
August 1, 2015 Burlington SC 0–2 York Region Shooters Burlington, Ontario
Report West   49'
Adrian Pena   57'		 Stadium: Nelson Stadium
August 7, 2015 Toronto Atomic FC 1–2 York Region Shooters Toronto, Ontario
Oscar Dui   93' Report West   36',   88' Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
August 9, 2015 York Region Shooters 4–1 Niagara United Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 Stojanovski   28'
Adrian Pena   30',   60'
Gardner  		 Report Michael Vitaterna   13' Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
August 16, 2015 York Region Shooters 1–1 Brantford Galaxy Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 Edwin Navarrete   40' Report Vukovic   41' Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
August 21, 2015 Serbian White Eagles 0–3 York Region Shooters Toronto, Ontario
Report West   52'
Desmond Humphrey   63',   77'		 Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
August 30, 2015 York Region Shooters 2–3 London City SC Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 West   29'
Adrian Pena   78'		 Report Edin Kozika   6',   52'
Pešić   52'		 Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
September 4, 2015 Scarborough SC 3–1 York Region Shooters Toronto, Ontario
Melo   7'
Marc Jankovic   37'
Orlovski   67'		 Report David Schipper   86' Stadium: Downsview Park
September 12, 2015 York Region Shooters 2–1 Burlington SC Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 Edwards   13'
Adrian Pena   86'		 Report Steven Craig   75' Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
Referee: Goran Babic
September 19, 2015 Toronto Croatia 3–1 York Region Shooters Toronto, Ontario
Sven Arapovic   2'
Josip Keran   30',   83'		 Report McDougall   26' Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
September 25, 2015 Niagara United 1–9 York Region Shooters Niagara Falls, Ontario
Derek Paterson   Report West   18',   42',   59',   62',   66'
McDougall  
Adrian Pena  
Odain Simpson  
Stojanovski  		 Stadium: Kalar Sports Park
September 27, 2015 London City SC 2–7 York Region Shooters London, Ontario
Aldin Kukic   28'
Edin Kozika   65'		 Report West   4',   24',   32',   39',   45'
Shezan Singh   38'
Stojanovski   56'		 Stadium: Hellenic Centre
Referee: Gus Espinal
October 4, 2015 Brampton City United 0–2 York Region Shooters Brampton, Ontario
Report Stadium: Terry Fox Stadium

Postseason edit

October 11, 2015 Quarterfinal York Region Shooters 4–2 Burlington SC Vaughan, Ontario
18:00 West   10',   36',   92'
Stojanovski   40'		 Report Camilo Veloza   18',   50' Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field
October 18, 2015 Semifinal Toronto Croatia 3–2 (a.e.t.) York Region Shooters Toronto, Ontario
19:00 Josip Keran   81'
Tomislav Zadro   107'
Fresenga   113'		 Report Edwards   24'
Andrei Spatary   106'		 Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

Second division edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SC Waterloo Region B (A, C) 18 10 6 2 58 23 +35 36 Qualification for Playoffs
2 York Region Shooters B (A) 18 11 1 6 45 37 +8 34
3 Milton SC B (A, O) 18 9 5 4 44 31 +13 32
4 Burlington SC B (A) 18 9 3 6 34 34 0 30
5 Brantford Galaxy B (A) 18 9 1 8 36 33 +3 28
6 Toronto Atomic FC B (A) 18 7 3 8 42 39 +3 24
7 Niagara United B (A) 18 6 5 7 38 37 +1 23
8 Serbian White Eagles B (A) 18 5 4 9 31 62 −31 19
9 Toronto Croatia B 18 4 2 12 35 57 −22 14
10 Brampton United B 18 3 4 11 27 37 −10 13
Updated to match(es) played on October 5, 2015. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2015-2nd-division-standings/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners


Statistics edit

Goals and assists edit

Correct as of November 2015[41][42]

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