OPDL Caps Sixth Season in Style

Ontario Soccer’s Ontario Player Development League (OPDL), presented by Toronto FC, officially wrapped up its sixth season this weekend, as the OPDL Charity Shield match-ups took place at the Ontario Soccer Centre.

The top teams from the boys and girls U-14, U-15 and U-17 divisions competed in one game finals, in front of a packed house at the venue in Vaughan. 

As well as a great opportunity for scouts to see Ontario’s talent up close, the OPDL Charity Shield also raises money for charity. 

This year, over $7,000 was raised and the winning teams will now donate a portion of the proceeds to their charities of choice. 

Click here to find out who won the Charity Shields and find all the match coverage from the weekend.  

Ontario Soccer is pleased to announce the selections for the Provincial Screening Competition in October. 

The Provincial Program is available to all Ontario Soccer registered players who are competing at either a U14, U15 or U16 age group. 

The Provincial Program focuses on player screening, talent identification and benchmarking players through competition. 

Click here to find out this year’s selections. 

Masters FA only needed a single shot on target to get the party started but the bash continued throughout the night as the Saints were crowned 2019 League1 Ontario Champions, after a 4-1 win which was courtesy of an Akeem Priestly hat-trick over FC London. 

Masters now qualifies for the 2020 Canadian Championship. 

Click here for all the coverage from the night. 

Canada Soccer have announced their squad for a crucial home match in 2019-20 CONCACAF Nations League against rivals USA. 

The Oct. 15 home match in Toronto provides Canada with the opportunity to face one of the leading nations in the region. Fifteen players from Ontario have been selected to the squad. 

Tickets start at as low as $25 while groups of 10 or more can save up to 30% off the regular price. 

Click here to find out which players got the call and how to purchase tickets. 

The Masters Regional Club Championships wrapped up last weekend as Ontario’s representatives faced off against other provinces in the Over-35 competition. 

This year, Ontario was represented by two teams from the same club. Scarborough GS United won medals in both the Men’s and Women’s Ontario Masters Championships. 

Click here to find out which returned home with the Gold and which settled for Silver. 

The 104th edition of the Ontario Cup has come to a close as the final six divisions wrapped up recently at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan. 

There was still one Toyota National Championship berth to be spoken for on the final weekend and five more Ontario Cup titles have now been decided. 

The Ontario Cup is the largest club competition of its kind in Canada with over 12,000 athletes and 600 teams annually. 

Click here to find out who won this weekend’s Ontario Cup finals. 

The Ontario Cup Finals came to a conclusion for six divisions on Sept. 7 and 8 at Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan. 

The winners of five of those divisions will now move on as Ontario’s representative at the Toyota National Championships. 

With over 600 teams and 12,000 athletes, the Soccer For Life Provincial Championship is the largest competition of its kind in Canada. 

Click here to find out who won and find photos, match reports and videos from every game from that weekend. 

Ontario Soccer is pleased to announce its, Board of Directors approved, new Strategic Plan for 2019-2021, which will serve as a road map for soccer in the province over the next three years. 

The Strategic Plan will focus on four key areas of the sport and within those areas, each have three Strategic Initiatives where Ontario Soccer will look at tackling opportunities on and off the field. 

Click here to read more about the 2019-2021 Strategic Plan.