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
Chairman	Tony De Thomasis
Manager	Tony De Thomasis
Canadian Soccer League	3rd place (First Division)
CSL Championship	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	Richard West (23)
Home colours Away colours

Summary

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

Management

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

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 Javi 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

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

In

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

Regular season

Main article: 2015 Canadian Soccer League season

First division

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[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 1]

Updated to match(es) played on October 4, 2015. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/first-division-standings-2015/
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.
Notes:

1. One match between SC Waterloo Region and Niagara United not played

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
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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A
Result	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W

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

Matches

York Region Shooters v Toronto Croatia

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

SC Waterloo Region v York Region Shooters

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

York Region Shooters v Milton SC

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

Brantford Galaxy v York Region Shooters

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

York Region Shooters v Serbian White Eagles

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

Milton SC v York Region Shooters

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

York Region Shooters v Scarborough SC

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

York Region Shooters v Toronto Atomic FC

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

York Region Shooters v Brampton City United

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

York Region Shooters v SC Waterloo Region

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

Burlington SC v York Region Shooters

August 1, 2015	Burlington SC	0–2	York Region Shooters	Burlington, Ontario
		Report	West  49' Adrian Pena  57'	Stadium: Nelson Stadium

Toronto Atomic FC v York Region Shooters

August 7, 2015	Toronto Atomic FC	1–2	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
	Oscar Dui  93'	Report	West  36',  88'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

York Region Shooters v Niagara United

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

York Region Shooters v Brantford Galaxy

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

Serbian White Eagles v York Region Shooters

August 21, 2015	Serbian White Eagles	0–3	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
		Report	West  52' Desmond Humphrey  63',  77'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

York Region Shooters v London City SC

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

Scarborough SC v York Region Shooters

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

York Region Shooters v Burlington SC

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

Toronto Croatia v York Region Shooters

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

Niagara United v York Region Shooters

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

London City SC v York Region Shooters

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

Brampton City United v York Region Shooters

October 4, 2015	Brampton City United	0–2	York Region Shooters	Brampton, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Terry Fox Stadium

Postseason

York Region Shooters v Burlington SC

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

Toronto Croatia v York Region Shooters

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

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) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

Statistics

Goals and assists

Correct as of November 2015[40][41]

First Division Goals Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals 1 FW Richard West 21 23 2 FW Adrian Pena 13 7 3 FW Aleksandar Stojanovski 4 4 MF Shezan Singh 3 5 FW Michael Binns 2 DF Marcelo Capazolo 2 MF Richard Edwards 2 DF Dino Gardner 2 DF Desmond Humphrey 2 MF Steven McDougall 2 6 DF Nicola Di Sanza 1 MF Edwin Navarrete 1 DF David Schipper 1 MF Odain Simpson 1 Total 34 53

Second Division Goals Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals 1 MF Raphael Barboza Da Silva 7 9 2 DF Nicola Di Sanza 12 5 MF Micael Lazzarotto 16 5 4 FW Daylson Correia 15 4 MF Andrei Spatary 5 4 Total 54 37

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