Ontario Soccer – Vaughan, ON – The U-15 OPDL Cup finals took place Sunday at the North London Athletic Fields as part of the Ontario Summer Games. 

The OPDL Cup, in its second year, is a single-game knockout format, which is intended to introduce another level of intense competition into OPDL. 

It is designed to help shape and strengthen the players’ response to the kind of environments they will encounter as they progress along the Talented Pathway towards collegiate, professional and national team opportunities.

Following the lead and direction by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport’s “Games Ontario” initiative, Ontario Soccer has re-calibrated entry eligibility into the Ontario Summer Games program to ensure that athletes attending the Ontario Games are the top athletes within a specified age group.

This serves as the initial assessment platform for future athletes in the Canada Games and the Olympic Games.

In the Boys U-15 OPDL Cup final, the Oakville Soccer Club defeated North Toronto Soccer Club 2-0 to win the OPDL Cup and Ontario Summer Games Gold medal. Click here to read the match report, find photos and watch video from the final. Burlington Bayhawks won the bronze medal. 

In the Girls U-15 OPDL Cup final, North Toronto Soccer Club defeated Ottawa South United 3-1 to win the OPDL Cup and Ontario Summer Games Gold medal. Click here to read the match report, find photos and watch video from the final. Aurora Youth Soccer Club won the bronze medal. 

About Ontario Soccer

Founded in 1901, Ontario Soccer is the largest provincial sports organization in Canada. Its members include more than 650 Clubs servicing over 24,000 teams with 380,000 registered players, 70,000 coaches and managers, and 10,000 match officials. Ontario Soccer develops and delivers exceptional and sustainable programs and services throughout Ontario with the mission of providing leadership and support for the advancement of soccer in collaboration and cooperation with our membership, partners and other stakeholders. Ontario Soccer also operates League1 Ontario, a provincial professional-amateur men’s and women’s league as well as the Ontario Player Development League (OPDL).

About the Ontario Player Development League

Launched in 2014 with the 2001 age group, the OPDL is the province’s standards-based, youth high performance league that combines top level competition with strict high performance training standards. This exciting youth high performance program is an important component of the overall movement to adopt the core principles of Long Term Player Development (LTPD) across soccer at large in Ontario and Canada.

Media Contact 

Ben Rycroft | Communications Manager | Ontario Soccer | brycroft@ontariosoccer.net | 905-264-9390 x 255