League1 Ontario
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| Country | Canada |
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| Confederation | Canadian Soccer Association |
| Founded | November 15, 2013 |
| Number of teams | 16 (men's) 11 (women's) |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| League cup(s) | League1 Ontario Cup |
| Current champions | Vaughan Azzurri (2016) |
| Current cup champions | Vaughan Azzurri (2016) |
| Website | http://www.league1ontario.com/ |
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League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's and women's soccer league in Ontario, Canada, and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a Division III league in the Canadian soccer league system. The league currently has 16 teams in the men's division, while the women's division has 11 teams heading into its second season.
In the Canadian soccer league system, it is behind Major League Soccer (MLS) (Division I) and the North American Soccer League (NASL) (Division II), while roughly equal to the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ).
League1 Ontario was founded on November 15, 2013 in an announcement by the Ontario Soccer Association (OSA) that it would pilot the semi-professional league in 2014 and 2015 as a key pillar of long-term player development in Canada. The league would be administered by DG Sports, who also operate the province's amateur Ontario Soccer League, with Dino Rossi serving as commissioner. OSA President Ron Smale stated that the league's core group of players are to consist of U-23s, with League1 complementing the newly formed Ontario Player Development League (OPDL) elite youth league as a pathway for professional player development.
On April 8, 2014 the OSA revealed its plans for the inaugural season of League1 to feature 10 teams, chosen through a standards-based application process, with the first games to take place during the final weekend in May 2014. The founding 10 clubs would be: ANB Futbol, Durham Power FC, Internacional de Toronto, Kingston Cataraqui Clippers, Masters FA, Sigma FC, Toronto FC Academy, Academy Vaughan Azzurri, Windsor Stars and Woodbridge Strikers.
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