2017 York Region Shooters season

The 2017 York Region Shooters season was the twentieth season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season commenced on May 27, 2017 in an away match against Scarborough SC.[1] The season concluded with York Region winning their third CSL Championship, after defeating Scarborough in a penalty shootout.[2]

York Region Shooters

2017 season
Owner	Tony De Thomasis
Head Coach	Tony De Thomasis
CSL	Champions
Top goalscorer	Evan Beutler (7 goals)
Home colours Away colours

Summary

York Region entered the 2017 season as the defending regular season champions with Tony De Thomasis continuing his role as head coach. Though their reserve team were the 2016 Second Division champions it was disbanded for the 2017 season.[3] Their season started brightly with the Shooters achieving points in their first four matches, until conceiving their first defeat in the fifth week.[4] The remainder of the season saw York Region clinch a postseason berth by finishing third in the standings with the best defensive record in the division.[5] Their playoff journey began with a victory after Milton SC forfeited their match.[6] In the second round of the postseason they defeated the Serbian White Eagles FC, and ultimately claimed their third CSL Championship by defeating Scarborough SC in the finals.[7]

Competitions

Canadian Soccer League

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Vorkuta (C)	14	10	2	2	43	13	+30	32	Playoffs
2	Serbian White Eagles	14	9	4	1	38	14	+24	31
3	York Region Shooters (O)	14	9	3	2	34	7	+27	30
4	Scarborough SC	14	7	3	4	37	17	+20	24
5	Brantford Galaxy	14	6	0	8	26	37	−11	18
6	Milton SC	14	2	2	10	24	75	−51	8
7	SC Waterloo Region	14	1	5	8	19	33	−14	8
8	Royal Toronto FC	14	1	3	10	20	45	−25	6

Updated to match(es) played on September 11, 2017. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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
14	9	3	2	34	7	+27	30	4	1	2	18	5	+13	5	2	0	16	2	+14

Last updated: September 10, 2017.
Source: CSL

Results by round

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

Updated to match(es) played on September 10, 2017. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

May 27	Scarborough SC	0–0	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

June 3	York Region Shooters	2–0	Brantford Galaxy	Vaughan, Ontario
	Bryan  54' West  90'	Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

June 12	York Region Shooters	7–0	Milton SC	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

June 18	SC Waterloo	0–2	York Region Shooters	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report	Bryan Darren Chambers	Stadium: Warrior Field

June 23	York Region Shooters	1–2	FC Vorkuta	Vaughan, Ontario
	Reid  25'	Report	Volodymyr Rudyi  30' Kristijan Kezic  84'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

July 2	Royal Toronto FC	0–3	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
		Report	Sotiris  45',  50' Hassan Abdulumumini  80'	Stadium: Lamport Stadium

July 7	York Region Shooters	2–2	SC Waterloo	Vaughan, Ontario
	Evan Beutler  23',  90'	Report	Jure Glavina  44',  71'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

July 14	York Region Shooters	0–1	Scarborough SC	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report	Dimitrov  67'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

July 22	Brantford Galaxy	1–2	York Region Shooters	Brantford, Ontario
		Report	Evan Beutler  85'	Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex

July 30	Milton SC	1–7	York Region Shooters	Milton, Ontario
	Danny Jirta	Report	Alton Ellis , , Evan Butler Bryan Doryan Bothelo ,	Stadium: Milton Community Park

August 5	FC Vorkuta	0–2	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
		Report	Hassan Abdulmumini  77' Doryan Botelho  85'	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

August 11	Serbian White Eagles	0–0	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 100

August 18	York Region Shooters	5–0	Royal Toronto FC	Vaughan, Ontario
	Edwards  4' Bryan  27' Evan Beutler  52',  64',  87'	Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

August 25	York Region Shooters	1–0	Serbian White Eagles	Vaughan, Ontario
	Edwards  67'	Report		Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field Attendance: 100 Referee: E. Gustavo

Statistics

Goals and assists

Correct as of November 10, 2017[8]

First Division Goals Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals 1 FW Evan Beutler 14 7 2 FW Kavin Bryan 12 5 3 MF Camaal Reid 10 4 4 MF Doryan Botelho 9 3 MF Alton Ellis 12 3 MF Theofanis Sotiris 5 3 7 MF Hassan Abdulmumini 8 2 MF Darren Chambers 7 2 MF Richard Edwards 12 2 10 DF Gerard Ladiyou 11 1 Total 104 34 References Adamson, Stan. "EXPANSION TEAM VORKUTA SHINES IN CSL OPENER………the weekend wrap-up | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11. Adamson, Stan. "YORK REGION WINS CSL CHAMPIONSHIP…..FC Ukraine United defeats Burlington for Second Division title | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11. Adamson, Stan. "CSL EXPANSION TEAMS VORKUTA AND ROYAL TORONTO GIVE NEW LOOK……End of May kickoff | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11. "VORKUTA, SERBIAN EAGLES, BRANTFORD ENJOY FIRST DIVISION WINS……..Weekend wrap-up in the CSL | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11. Adamson, Stan. "FC VORKUTA WINS FIRST DIVISION IN INAUGURAL SEASON….Scarborough's Aleksander Stojiljkovic strikes four | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11. "SERBIAN EAGLES, VORKUTA, SCARBOROUGH AND YORK REGION ADVANCE ……..weekend games in the CSL playoffs | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11. "SHOOTERS vs SCARBOROUGH FOR CSL CHAMPIONSHIP…..Burlington vs Ukraine Utd for Division Two title | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-11. "2017 First Division Stats | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2017-11-02.