2015 in Canadian soccer

2015 in Canadian soccer

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Men's Domestic Leagues
Div League Season Cup/Playoffs
I United States Canada MLS Vancouver Whitecaps FC
(3rd overall)
Two teams (MTL & VAN)
(Conference Semifinals)
II United States Canada NASL Ottawa Fury FC
(2nd overall)
Ottawa Fury FC
(Second place)
III United States Canada USL Vancouver Whitecaps 2
(11th overall: Western Conference)
-
(None qualified)
Canada L1O Oakville Blue Devils
(Champions)
Woodbridge Strikers
(Champions)
Canada PLSQ CS Mont-Royal Outremont
(Champions)
Lakeshore SC
(Champions)
Women's Domestic Leagues
Div League Season Cup/Playoffs
I United States NWSL No Canadian teams No Canadian teams
II United States Canada W-League Laval Comets
(1st overall: Northeast Division)
Laval Comets
(Third place)
III Canada L1O Durham United FC
(Champions)
North Mississauga SC
(Champions)
Men's Domestic Cups
Div Name Champion Runner-Up
I Canadian Championship Vancouver Whitecaps FC Montreal Impact
II
III Inter-Provincial Cup Oakville Blue Devils CS Mont-Royal Outremont
IV Challenge Trophy London Marconi Edmonton Scottish
Women's Domestic Cups
Div Name Champion Runner-Up
IV Jubilee Trophy Edmonton Victoria Royal Sélect Beauport

The 2015 season is the 139th season of competitive soccer in Canada.[1]

National teams

When available, the home team or the team that is designated as the home team is listed in the left column; the away team is in the right column.

      Win       Draw       Loss

Men

Senior

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup

 CAN eliminated in the group stage.

Friendlies

Olympic

Many Olympic competitions place certain age restrictions on competitors for the men's tournament (for example, a U-22 requirement at the 2015 Pan American Games).[2] These teams are listed by Soccer Canada as "Olympic teams".

2015 Pan American Games

 CAN eliminated in the group stage.

2016 Olympic Qualifiers

 CAN finishes in fourth place; does not qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Women

Senior

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

 CAN eliminated in the quarterfinals.

2015 Pan American Games

While there were no age restrictions placed on teams in this tournament, Canada opted to enter an under-23 squad to provide experience for those who may join the senior national team in the future.[3]

 CAN finishes in fourth place.

2015 Cyprus Women's Cup
Main article: 2015 Cyprus Cup

 CAN finishes in second place.

2015 Four Nations Tournament

 CAN finishes in first place.[4]

2015 International Tournament of Natal
Friendlies

Domestic leagues

Men

Major League Soccer

Three Canadian teams (Montreal Impact, Toronto FC, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC) play in this league, which also contains seventeen teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 1 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Overall standings
Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1 New York Red Bulls 34 18 10 6 62 43 +19 60 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
2 FC Dallas 34 18 10 6 52 39 +13 60
3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 16 13 5 45 36 +9 53
4 Columbus Crew 34 15 11 8 58 53 +5 53
5 Portland Timbers 34 15 11 8 41 39 +2 53 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
6 Seattle Sounders FC 34 15 13 6 44 36 +8 51
7 Montreal Impact 34 15 13 6 48 44 +4 51
8 D.C. United 34 15 13 6 43 45 2 51
9 LA Galaxy 34 14 11 9 56 46 +10 51
10 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 11 9 48 45 +3 51 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League
11 New England Revolution 34 14 12 8 48 47 +1 50
12 Toronto FC 34 15 15 4 58 58 0 49
13 San Jose Earthquakes 34 13 13 8 41 39 +2 47
14 Orlando City SC 34 12 14 8 46 56 10 44
15 Houston Dynamo 34 11 14 9 42 49 7 42
16 Real Salt Lake 34 11 15 8 38 48 10 41
17 New York City FC 34 10 17 7 49 58 9 37
18 Philadelphia Union 34 10 17 7 42 55 13 37
19 Colorado Rapids 34 9 15 10 33 43 10 37
20 Chicago Fire 34 8 20 6 43 58 15 30
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:

North American Soccer League

Two Canadian teams (FC Edmonton and Ottawa Fury FC) play in this league, which also contains nine teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 2 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Overall standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 New York Cosmos 30 15 11 4 49 30 +19 56 Woosnam Cup Winner
2015 NASL Spring Season Winner
2 Ottawa Fury 30 15 11 4 42 23 +19 56 2015 NASL Fall Season Winner
3 Minnesota United 30 14 11 5 54 39 +15 53 Championship Qualifier
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 30 11 8 11 49 40 +9 41
5 Tampa Bay Rowdies 30 10 9 11 33 37 4 39
6 Carolina RailHawks 30 9 8 13 44 49 5 35
7 Edmonton 30 9 8 13 41 46 5 35
8 Atlanta Silverbacks 30 7 12 11 31 40 9 33
9 Indy Eleven 30 8 9 13 36 48 12 33
10 San Antonio Scorpions 30 7 10 13 41 52 11 31
11 Jacksonville Armada 30 8 7 15 33 49 16 31
Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored

United Soccer League

Main article: 2015 USL season

Three Canadian teams (FC Montréal, Toronto FC II, and Whitecaps FC 2) play in this league, which also contains 21 teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rochester Rhinos (C, X) 28 17 10 1 40 15 +25 61 Conference Semi-finals
2 Louisville City FC 28 14 6 8 55 34 +21 48
3 Charleston Battery 28 12 10 6 43 28 +15 46 First round
4 New York Red Bulls II 28 12 6 10 46 45 +1 42
5 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 28 11 8 9 53 42 +11 41
6 Richmond Kickers 28 10 11 7 41 35 +6 41
7 Charlotte Independence 28 10 10 8 38 35 +3 40
8 Harrisburg City Islanders 28 11 6 11 49 53 4 39
9 Saint Louis FC 28 8 9 11 30 40 10 33
10 FC Montreal 28 8 4 16 32 46 14 28
11 Toronto FC II 28 6 5 17 26 52 26 23
12 Wilmington Hammerheads 28 3 10 15 22 42 20 19
Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (X) Regular Season League Champion.
Western Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Orange County Blues 28 14 5 9 38 34 +4 47 Conference Semi-finals
2 Oklahoma City Energy 28 13 8 7 44 36 +8 47
3 Colorado Springs Switchbacks 28 14 4 10 53 35 +18 46 First round
4 Sacramento Republic 28 13 7 8 43 31 +12 46
5 LA Galaxy II 28 14 3 11 39 31 +8 45
6 Seattle Sounders 2 28 13 3 12 45 42 +3 42
7 Tulsa Roughnecks 28 11 6 11 49 46 +3 39
8 Portland Timbers 2 28 11 2 15 38 45 7 35
9 Austin Aztex 28 10 3 15 32 41 9 33
10 Arizona United 28 10 2 16 31 55 24 32
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 2 28 8 6 14 39 53 14 30
12 Real Monarchs 28 7 8 13 32 42 10 29
Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots

League1 Ontario

Twelve teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Oakville Blue Devils 22 17 2 3 57 18 +39 53 Inter-Provincial Cup vs PLSQ Champion
2 Woodbridge Strikers 22 15 2 5 44 16 +28 47
3 Vaughan Azzurri 22 12 7 3 55 22 +33 43
4 Sigma FC 22 12 6 4 62 33 +29 42
5 Toronto FC Academy 22 13 1 8 61 37 +24 40
6 ANB Futbol 22 12 3 7 50 28 +22 39
7 Durham United FC 22 11 3 8 44 29 +15 36
8 Windsor Stars 22 7 6 9 39 43 4 27
9 Kingston Clippers 22 4 6 12 33 50 17 18
10 Pro Stars FC 22 4 3 15 24 78 54 15
11 Sanjaxx Lions 22 3 0 19 14 66 52 9
12 Master's FA 22 1 3 18 20 83 63 6

Première Ligue de soccer du Québec

Seven teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 18 11 3 4 44 24 +20 36 Inter-Provincial Cup vs L1O Champion
2 Lakeshore FC 18 10 5 3 36 21 +15 35
3 AS Blainville 18 8 6 4 32 26 +6 30
4 CS Longueuil 18 7 5 6 27 28 1 26
5 Ottawa Fury FC Academy 18 6 0 12 23 32 9 18
6 FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière 18 5 2 11 32 41 9 17
7 FC Gatineau 18 4 3 11 24 46 22 15

Women

National Women's Soccer League

No Canadian teams play in this league, though eleven players from the Canada women's national soccer team play on its teams. It is considered a Division 1 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Overall standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Seattle Reign FC 20 13 4 3 41 21 +20 43 NWSL Supporters Shield
2 Chicago Red Stars 20 8 9 3 31 22 +9 33 NWSL Playoffs
3 FC Kansas City (C) 20 9 5 6 32 20 +12 32
4 Washington Spirit 20 8 6 6 31 28 +3 30
5 Houston Dash 20 6 6 8 21 26 5 24
6 Portland Thorns FC 20 6 5 9 27 29 2 23
7 Western New York Flash 20 6 5 9 24 34 10 23
8 Sky Blue FC 20 5 7 8 22 28 6 22
9 Boston Breakers 20 4 3 13 22 43 21 15
Source: NWSL
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(C) Champion.

W-League

Main article: 2015 W-League season

Two Canadian teams (Laval Comets and Quebec Dynamo ARSQ) play in this league, which also contains sixteen teams from the United States. It is considered a Division 2 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Northeastern Conference
Pos
Team
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Laval Comets 12 9 1 2 32 11 +21 28
2 Quebec Dynamo ARSQ 12 8 2 2 22 12 +10 26
3 Long Island Rough Riders 12 6 2 4 24 15 +9 20
4 North Jersey Valkyries (-2) 12 3 3 6 19 28 9 10
5 New Jersey Wildcats 12 3 1 8 13 30 17 10
6 New York Magic (-1) 12 1 3 8 16 30 14 5
Semi-Finals

July 24, 2015
5:00pm EDT
Washington, D.C. Washington Spirit Reserves 1–0 Quebec Quebec Dynamo ARSQ
Aedo  39'
Stobbs  68'
Report Vandal Yellow cardRed card 39', 76'
Gauthier  45+'

July 24, 2015
7:30pm EDT
Colorado Colorado Pride 4–0 Quebec Laval Comets
Jerman  31'
Watt  42'
Andrews  45+'
O'breham  57' (o.g.)
Report Charron-Delage  63'
Third Place Playoff

July 26, 2015
12:00pm EDT
Quebec Laval Comets 2–0 Quebec Quebec Dynamo ARSQ
Maranda  4'
Laverdiere  76'
Busque  90+'
Report Levasseur  13'

League1 Ontario

Seven teams play in this league, all of which are based in Canada. It is considered a Division 3 league in the Canadian soccer league system.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1 Durham United FC 18 14 2 2 69 8 +61 44 2015 L1O Women's Division champion
2 Woodbridge Strikers 18 13 2 3 53 22 +31 41
3 Vaughan Azzurri 18 10 5 3 50 21 +29 35
4 North Mississauga SC 18 8 3 7 25 22 +3 27
5 ANB Futbol 18 4 1 13 25 70 45 13
6 Sanjaxx Lions 18 3 2 13 17 58 41 11
7 Pro Stars FC 18 2 3 13 13 51 38 9

Domestic Cups

Men

Canadian Championship

The Canadian Championship is contested by men's teams at the division 1 & 2 level.

  Preliminary Round
           
   FC Edmonton 3 3 6
   Ottawa Fury FC 1 1 2
  Semifinals Final
                         
1  Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 2 3  
4  FC Edmonton 1 1 2  
    1  Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 2 4
  3  Montreal Impact 2 0 2
2  Toronto FC 0 3 3
3  Montreal Impact (a) 1 2 3  

Inter-Provincial Cup

The Inter-Provincial Cup is a two-legged home-and-away series at the division 3 level played between the season champions of League1 Ontario and the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.

Ontario Oakville Blue Devils win 5–3 on aggregate.

Challenge Trophy

The Challenge Trophy is a national cup contested by men's teams at the division 4 level and below.

Women

Jubilee Trophy

Main article: 2015 Jubilee Trophy

The Jubilee Trophy is a national cup contested by women's teams at the division 4 level and below.

Canadian clubs in international competition

2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League

Canada Montreal Impact finishes in second place.

2015-16 CONCACAF Champions League

Canada Vancouver Whitecaps FC eliminated in the group stage.

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