2016 York Region Shooters season

The 2016 season was York Region Shooters's 19th season in the Canadian Soccer League. It began on May 29, 2016 and concluded on October 23, 2016. The club finished the regular season with the First Division title with a new defensive club record. The organization qualified for the playoffs for the 14th consecutive season, and secured a victory in the preliminary round against Milton SC. In the semifinal York Region was eliminated from the competition in a penalty shootout to Hamilton City SC.

York Region Shooters
2016 season
ChairmanTony De Thomasis
ManagerTony De Thomasis
Canadian Soccer League1st place (First Division)
CSL ChampionshipSemifinal
Top goalscorerRichard West (13)
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Their reserve side managed to also play in the postseason by finishing fourth in the Second Division, and secured their second championship. For the fourth consecutive season Richard West finished as the club's top goalscorer with 13 goals.

Summary edit

In preparation for the 2016 season head coach Tony De Thomasis recruited several prominent Toronto Croatia veterans, and Caribbean internationals. Once the season commenced York Region produced an undefeated streak of eleven matches.[1] As a result, finished the season as the First Division champions with a new club defensive record. In the opening round of the postseason York Region defeated Milton SC by a score of 5-0.[2] In the semifinal the Shooters were defeated in a penalty shootout to Hamilton City SC.[3]

In the Second Division the reserve team concluded the season with a postseason berth. In the preliminary rounds of the playoffs York Region Region B defeated London City SC, and SC Waterloo Region.[4][2] In the championship final the Shooters claimed their second championship title after defeating Toronto Atomic B 2-1.[5]

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: [6][7]

First Division roster edit

As of September 30, 2016.[8][9]

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 [10]
2 DF   JAM Halburto Harris
5 DF   CAN Gerard Ladiyou [11]
8 MF    Tristan Frankson
9 DF   CAN Shawn Brown [12]
7 MF   JAM Richard Edwards
9 FW   JAM Michael Binns
10 MF   CAN David Guzman [13]
11 FW   JAM Ashton Bennett
12 MF   TRI Hayden Fitzwilliams
13 MF    Ivan Prieto
14 DF   CAN Marcos Rodriguez [14]
15 MF   USA Evan Beutler [15]
16 MF   BEL Gilles Fogang [16]
18 DF   JAM Odain Omaro Simpson
19 MF   JAM Camaal Reid
20 FW   JAM Richard West
21 FW    Luis Navarro
30 DF   GUY Adrian Butters
- MF   CAN Dylan Bams [17]
- MF   CAN Mehdi Barati Mahvar [18]
- GK   CHI Camilo Benzi [19]
- DF    Marcelo Capozzolo
No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF   CAN Fitzroy Christey [20][21]
- DF   CAN Winston Crozier [22]
- DF   ITA Nicola Di Sanza
- DF   CAN Ryan Dummett [23]
- DF   CAN Dino Gardner
- DF   JAM Ricky Herron
- DF   CAN Desmond Humphrey [24]
- GK   CAN Adrian Ibanez [25]
- FW   CAN Tristan Jackman [26]
- DF    John Jung
- MF    Michael Lazzarotto
- MF   CAN Nicholas Lindsay
- MF   SCO Steven McDougall
- FW   MKD Aleksander Stojanovski
- MF    Vinicius Argenton Silva Abreu
- MF    Kevin Blackford
- MF   CAN Matthew Rios [27]
- MF    Alexander Rodrigues De Carvalho
- MF   COL Asher Quave-Robinson [28]
- MF    Andrei Spatary
- DF   CAN Justin Soscia [29]
- MF    Paolo Henrique Oliva Da Silva
- MF   CAN Jamil Thompson [30]

Second Division roster edit

As of December 23, 2016.[31]

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 [32]
2 MF    Max Jordan
3 MF    Bobo Kukamvidohsha
6 MF    Simon Petersen
7 FW    David Romano
10 MF    Carlos Gunner Tjiboreko
11 MF   CAN Cruz Coronel [33]
12 MF    Paul McGhie
13 MF    Maximus Leon
14 MF    Johnson Luyiga
16 MF    Adan Rivas
17 DF   CAN Winston Crozier [34]
19 MF    Genosh Manuelpillai
22 DF    Damien Strangio
23 MF    Jose Antonio Olvera-Sauredo
27 MF    Abakar Mahamat
- MF    Joshua Amaral
- MF    Nathaniel Amaral
- MF    Michael Anobile
- FW   CAN Anthony Bahadur
- MF    Raphael Barboza Da Silva
- DF   URU Federico Burguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
- GK    Christian Campanico
- DF    Dean Campbell
- DF    Junior Casinha
- DF    Kyle Coelho
- MF    Felipe Cschack
- MF    Tyler Dawell Terrault
- MF    Levi Deglau
- GK    Andre Domingues
- FW   CAN Kevin Ghatine [35]
- MF    James Giraldo
- MF    Niaran Goodie
- FW    Mohamad Habib
- MF    Ahmed Hussein
- MF    Massi Kohgadai
- DF   DOM Wilson Martinez
- MF    Albert Moshi
- GK   CAN Damon Naghavi [36]
- DF    Marcus Malcom Orville
- MF   USA David Schipper
- FW    Nathan Smith
- MF    Apollo Tsoulos
- DF    Fedy Valcin

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Source
15 MF   Evan Beutler   Alabama Crimson Tide Free Agent [37]
9 DF   Shawn Brown   Toronto Croatia Free Agent [38]
30 DF   Adrian Butters   Oakville Blue Devils Free Transfer [39]
DF   Nicola Di Sanza   Atlántico FC Free Transfer [40]
12 MF   Hayden Fitzwilliams   Toronto Croatia Free Agent [38]
2 DF   Halburto Harris   Toronto Croatia Free Agent [38]
FW   Nicholas Lindsay   Toronto Croatia Free Agent [37]
19 MF   Camaal Reid   Sporting Central Academy Free Transfer [41]

Out edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Source
9 FW   Michael Binns   Wilmington Hammerheads FC Free Transfer [42]
DF   Federico Burguez   Canadian SC Free Transfer [43]
DF   Nicola Di Sanza   Atlántico FC Free Transfer [44]
MF   Xavi Pérez   CF Gavà Free Transfer
DF   Wilson Martínez   Atlántico FC Free Transfer [45]

Competitions summary edit

Regular season edit

First division edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 York Region Shooters (A, C) 21 16 3 2 40 10 +30 51 Qualification for Playoffs
2 FC Ukraine United (A) 21 9 6 6 45 38 +7 33
3 Scarborough SC (A) 21 9 4 8 36 31 +5 31
4 Serbian White Eagles (A, O) 21 9 3 9 33 27 +6 30
5 Toronto Atomic FC (A) 21 8 6 7 36 37 −1 30
6 Hamilton City SC (A) 21 6 5 10 31 38 −7 23
7 Brantford Galaxy (A) 21 3 9 9 23 38 −15 18
8 Milton SC (A) 21 4 4 13 25 50 −25 16
Updated to match(es) played on October 9, 2016. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
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


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
21 16 3 2 40 10  +30 51 8 1 1 23 6  +17 8 2 1 17 4  +13

Last updated: October 5, 2016.
Source: 2016 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021
GroundAHAAAHAHAAAHAHAHHHHAH
ResultWWWWWWWWWDDLLWWWWDWWW
Source: Regular season matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

May 29, 2016 Brantford Galaxy 2–3 York Region Shooters Brantford, Ontario
19:00 Vukovic   24',   82' Report Edwards   17'
Marcos Rodriguez   34'
West   79'
Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex
Referee: Tony Amaral
July 15, 2016 Milton SC 1–4 York Region Shooters Milton, Ontario
Adnan Smajic   Report West  
Stojanovski  
Halburto Harris  ,  
Stadium: Jean Vanier Stadium
July 23, 2016 Toronto Atomic FC 0–3 York Region Shooters Toronto, Ontario
19:00 Report West   12'
Shawn Brown   71'
David Guzman   78'
Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
September 3, 2016 Scarborough SC 0–2 York Region Shooters Toronto, Ontario
Report Evan Beutler   34'
David Guzman   41'
Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
October 7, 2016 Milton SC 0–1 York Region Shooters Milton, Ontario
Report Bahadur   89' Stadium: Jean Vanier Stadium
October 9, 2016 York Region Shooters 4–1 Brantford Galaxy Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 David Schipper   13'
Reid   38'
Odain Simpson   59'
David Guzman   66'
Report Dragan Milovic   86' Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

Postseason edit

October 16, 2016 Quarterfinal York Region Shooters 5–0 Milton SC Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 Gerard Ladiyou   14'
Ainsley Deer   13'
Bahadur   17'
Tristan Frankson   23'
West   52'
Report Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field
October 23, 2016 Semifinal York Region Shooters 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–4 p)
Hamilton City SC Vaughan, Ontario
18:30 David Guzman   76' Report Frane Grbesa   78' Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field
Penalties
West  
Herron  
David Schipper  
Odain Simpson  
Jurčević  
James Nathan  
Čabrilo  
Arsen Platis  
Krmar  

Second division edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SC Waterloo Region (A, C) 14 9 2 3 56 25 +31 29 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Toronto Atomic FC B (A) 15 9 2 4 56 28 +28 29
3 Brantford Galaxy B (A) 14 8 2 4 44 30 +14 26
4 York Region Shooters B (A, O) 15 5 3 7 32 34 −2 18
5 London City (A) 13 4 1 8 31 45 −14 13
6 Serbian White Eagles B (A) 13 2 0 11 19 76 −57 6
Updated to match(es) played on October 9, 2016. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
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, 2016[46]

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