2014 York Region Shooters season

The 2014 season was York Region Shooters's 17th season in the Canadian Soccer League. It began on May 25, 2014 and concluded on October 26 2014. The club ended the Canadian Soccer League campaign as champions without a single defeat – a record of 13 wins and 5 draws. Their perfect season also included the First Division title with York Region finishing eleven points ahead of Toronto Croatia.[1] In the preliminary round of the postseason the club defeated Brampton City United. In the second round they defeated Astros Vasas FC, and Toronto Croatia in the CSL Championship final.[2] For the second consecutive season striker Richard West finished as the club's top goalscorer with nine goals.

York Region Shooters

2014 season
York Region Shooters line-up before 2014 CSL Championship final
Chairman	Tony De Thomasis
Manager	Darryl Gomez
Canadian Soccer League	1st place (First Division)
CSL Championship	Champions
Top goalscorer	Richard West (9)
Home colours Away colours

Summary

The Canadian Soccer League's strained relationship with the Canadian Soccer Association continued before the launch of the 2014 season with the CSA expelling the CSL from its membership over alleged violations of rules and regulations.[3] After failing to specify which rule violations were made the CSL in response filed litigation against the CSA.[4] As a result the league began operating as a private league under the auspicious of the Soccer Federation of Canada.[5]

Before the launch of the season York Region formed an affiliation deal with Winstars Academy Group.[6] The agreement officially aligned the academy to the York Region Shooters, and launched a team in the Second Division as the Winstars Shooters.[7] Changes were made to the managerial team with former player Darryl Gomez given the mantle of head coach, with Tony De Thomasis serving as his assistant coach.[8] Gomez constructed his roster with imports with Caribbean and European experience along with several Canadian Interuniversity Sport players.

The season marked a historic milestone in the organization's history as they managed to produce a perfect season, and a team record of only 15 goals conceded. York Region became the second team in the league's history to achieve a perfect season including the CSL Championship. In the Second Division their reserve team finished third in the standings. At the conclusion of the season accolades were given to Darryl Gomez as the Coach of the Year.[9]

Club

Management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Darryl Gomez
Assistant coach	Tony De Thomasis
Director	Tony De Thomasis
Manager	John Pacione
Trainer	Argyrios Tsoulos
Massage Therapist	Roger Manta

Last updated: March 14, 2015
Source: [8]

First Division roster

As of March 14, 2014.[8]

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  CAN Gerard Ladiyou [11] 3 DF  JAM Ricky Herron 5 MF   Mahmoun Mirsadeghi 6 DF  CAN Fitzroy Christie [12] 7 MF  JAM Richard Edwards 9 MF   Yora Enzam 10 FW  CAN Adrian Pena [13] 11 FW  CAN Kadian Lecky [14] 13 MF   Aundrae Rollins 14 FW  CAN Tristan Jackman [15] 15 MF  ESP Xavi Pérez 18 DF  CAN Dino Gardner 19 FW  CAN Oswald Adu [16] 20 FW  JAM Richard West 21 MF  SCO Hector Mackie [17] 22 GK  CHI Camilo Benzi [18]

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF   Mario Orestano 25 DF   Larry Miller 77 DF  CAN Desmond Humphrey [19] 99 DF  CAN Ryan Dummett [20] - MF  CAN Dylan Bams [21] - MF  CAN Mehdi Barati Mahvar [22] - MF  JAM Marcelino Blackburn [23] - MF   Kevin Blackford - MF   Babjide Fatoba - MF   Roland Gavin - GK  CAN Adrian Ibanez [24] - MF   Nico Martinez - DF  DOM Wilson Martínez - MF   Aaron Reeves - MF  CAN Jamil Thompson [25] - DF   Nathan Smith - MF   Acha Wisdom

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Source
21	MF	Hector Mackie	Hayes & Yeading United F.C.	Free Transfer	[26]
	MF	Marcelino Blackburn	Arnett Gardens	Loan	[27]
	FW	Aleksandar Stojanovski	Metalurg Skopje	Free Transfer	[28]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Source
	FW	Nicola Di Sanza	ASD Rotunda Maris	Free Transfer	[29]
	GK	Yasuto Hoshiko	Kingston FC	Free Transfer	[30]

Competitions summary

Regular season

First division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	York Region Shooters (A, C, O)	18	13	5	0	42	15	+27	44	Qualification for Playoffs
2	Toronto Croatia (A)	18	10	3	5	40	27	+13	33
3	Kingston FC (A)	18	8	4	6	47	38	+9	28
4	Astros Vasas (A)	18	7	5	6	31	22	+9	26
5	Burlington SC (A)	18	7	3	8	23	37	−14	24
6	Serbian White Eagles (A)	18	6	5	7	32	20	+12	23
7	SC Waterloo Region (A)	18	6	4	8	33	42	−9	22
8	Brampton United (A)	18	6	3	9	19	25	−6	21
9	London City	18	6	2	10	31	46	−15	20
10	Niagara United	18	3	2	13	23	49	−26	11

Updated to match(es) played on July 6, 2014. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/first-division-2014-standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	13	5	0	42	15	+27	44	8	1	0	19	7	+12	5	4	0	23	8	+15

Last updated: October 6, 2014.
Source: 2014 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W

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

Matches

May 25, 2014	York Region Shooters	3–2	Kingston FC	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	Hector Mackie  47',  70' Adrian Pena  73'	Report	Guillaume Surot  63',  80'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

June 8, 2014	York Region Shooters	1–0	Burlington SC	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	Nathan Smith  81'	Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

June 15, 2014	York Region Shooters	4–1	Astros Vasas FC	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	West  2',  34' Herron  56' Oswald Adu  75'	Report	Jose Goncalves De Sousa  5'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

June 22, 2014	York Region Shooters	0–0	Brampton City United	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30		Report Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field Referee: Joshua Jaramillo

June 29, 2014	York Region Shooters	3–1	London City SC	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	West  69',  79' Yora Enzam  87'	Report	Marin Vucemilovic Grgic  32'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

July 5, 2014	Toronto Croatia	1–2	York Region Shooters	Mississauga, Ontario
20:00	Roberto Gallo  8'	Report	West  16' Mario Orestano  17'	Stadium: Hershey Centre

July 20, 2014	York Region Shooters	2–1	Niagara United	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	West  52' Yora Enzam  83'	Report	Mohammed Mohammed  49'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

July 23, 2014	Brampton City United	1–1	York Region Shooters	Brampton, Ontario
	Leaford Allen  55'	Report	Hector Mackie  45'	Stadium: Terry Fox Stadium

July 27, 2014	York Region Shooters	1–0	Serbian White Eagles	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	Gerard Ladiyou  15'	Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field Referee: Davor Krasic

August 1, 2014	London City SC	1–4	York Region Shooters	London, Ontario
20:30	Marin Vucemilovic Grgic  74'	Report	Ryan Dummett  54' Babjide Fatoba  56' Oswald Adu  59',  82'	Stadium: Hellenic Centre

August 17, 2014	SC Waterloo Region	0–4	York Region Shooters	Waterloo, Ontario
19:00		Report	Babjide Fatoba  23' Edwards  61',  73' Adrian Pena  84'	Stadium: Warrior Field

August 24, 2014	York Region Shooters	2–0	SC Waterloo Region	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	Edwards  57',  85'	Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

August 30, 2014	Serbian White Eagles	1–1	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
19:00	Sahjah Reid  60'	Report	Adrian Pena  86'	Stadium: Lamport Stadium

September 6, 2014	Niagara United	0–4	York Region Shooters	Niagara Falls, Ontario
19:00		Report	Mario Orestano  24' Desmond Humphrey  52' Ryan Dummett  82' West  84'	Stadium: Kalar Sports Park

September 14, 2014	Burlington SC	1–4	York Region Shooters	Burlington, Ontario
20:00	Marco Machado  72'	Report	Mario Orestano  3' Ryan Dummett  5' Edwards  43' West  52'	Stadium: Nelson Stadium

September 21, 2014	Astros Vasas FC	1–1	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
	Gala  11'	Report	Oswald Adu  30'	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

September 28, 2014	Kingston FC	2–2	York Region Shooters	Kingston, Ontario
13:00	Mademba Ba  13',  51'	Report Report	Adrian Pena  41' Mehdi Baratimahvar  70'	Stadium: Queen’s West Campus Field

October 6, 2014	York Region Shooters	3–2	Toronto Croatia	Vaughan, Ontario
18:30	Desmond Humphrey  10' West  50' Babjide Fatoba  59'	Report	Pero Menalo  16' Josip Keran  81'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

Postseason

October 12, 2014 Quarterfinal	York Region Shooters	3–0	Brampton City United	Vaughan, Ontario
18:00	Oswald Adu  16' West  79' Hector Mackie  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field

October 19, 2014 Semifinal	York Region Shooters	1–0	Astros Vasas FC	Vaughan, Ontario
18:00	Hector Mackie  78'	Report		Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field

October 26, 2014 Final	York Region Shooters	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Toronto Croatia	Toronto, Ontario
16:15	West  110'	Report	Shawn Brown  116'	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Marco Jaramillo
	Penalties
	Desmond Humphrey Babjide Fatoba Hector Mackie Herron Edwards		Pero Menalo Fitzwilliams Velastegui Ante Zivkovic Daniel Niksic

Statistics

Goals

Correct as of October 6, 2014[31]

First Division Goals Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Goals 1 FW Richard West 9 2 FW Richard Edwards 5 3 MF Oswald Adu 4 MF Adrian Pena 4 DF Ryan Dummett 3 MF Babjide Fatoba MF Hector Mackie MF Mario Orestano 5 MF Yora Enzam 2 MF Desmond Humphrey 6 MF Mehdi Barati Mahvar 1 DF Ricky Herron DF Gerard Ladiyou DF Nathan Smith Total 42

Second Division Goals Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals 1 FW Aleksandar Stojanovski 10 9 2 FW Marcelo Tantalo 12 8 Total 22 17

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