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2025 League1 Ontario season

The 2025 Men's League1 Ontario season is the eleventh of League1 Ontario, a Division 3 men's soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario. The league is split into three divisions with promotion and relegation between them.

The Premier division will be composed of 11 clubs, the Championship division of 12 clubs, all returning from last season. The League2 Ontario will be made up by three conferences containing reserve teams and newly licensed clubs.

League1 Ontario Premier

League1 Ontario Premier will be composed of 11 teams. FC London and St. Catharines Roma Wolves were promoted from the Championship division last season. ProStars FC dropped out of the league shortly prior to the release of the schedules and were not replaced. Blue Devils FC have re-branded as Oakville SC following a merger.

The 11 teams will face each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 20 matches. At the end of the season, the club at the top of the standings will be crowned as League1 Ontario champions and gain a berth for the 2026 Canadian Championship. The club that finishes in 10th will advance to the promotion playoffs against the third place finisher in the Championship, while the 11th placed club will be automatically relegated to the Championship division.

Clubs

Standings

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Promotion playoffs

A playoff was played between the 10th placed team in the Premier and the 3rd placed team in the Championship in a single game for a place in the top tier in 2026.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

(does not include promotion playoffs)

<small>Source: League1 Ontario</small>

League Honours

Awards

League All-Stars

The following players were named League1 Ontario Premier Division All-Stars for the 2025 season:

First Team All-Stars

Second Team All-Stars

League1 Ontario Championship

League1 Ontario Championship is composed of 12 teams, seven of those returning from the 2024 season. Toronto FC Academy withdrew from the league, after winning the title last season. Guelph United FC and Hamilton United join after being relegated from the Premier Division. Sudbury Cyclones and The Borough FC were promoted from League2 Ontario, while York United FC Academy joined as an expansion team. Darby FC rebranded as Whitby FC for this season, while BVB IA Waterloo rebranded as Waterloo United.

The top two teams in the standings will be automatically promoted to the Premier Division for 2026, while the third place finisher will advance to the promotion playoffs against the 10th place finisher in the Premier Division. There will be no relegation this season.

Clubs

Standings

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Statistics

Top goalscorers

<small>Source: League1 Ontario</small>

League Honours

Awards

League All-Stars

The following players were named League1 Ontario Premier Division All-Stars for the 2025 season:

First Team All-Stars

Second Team All-Stars

League2 Ontario

League2 Ontario clubs will be divided in three regional conferences. Those clubs will be either the "B" team of Premier and Championship clubs or newly licensed clubs. Railway City FC and Cambridge United join as expansion teams.

The winner of each division, as well as the best second place finisher will advance to the League2 Playoffs. The winner of the playoffs will earn promotion to the Championship division. If the winner of the playoffs is a B team, they may decline promotion, and instead the top two A teams with the most regular-season points in the division will meet in a playoff to earn promotion.

Northeast Conference

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Central Conference

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Southwest Conference

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League2 Ontario Finals

Promotion/relegation playoffs

St. Catharines Roma Wolves B declined the promotion spot to the League1 Ontario Championship. As such, per league rules, a promotion playoff match was scheduled between the two A teams with the most points during the regular season to replace them (Cambridge United and Rush Canada SA). However, Rush Canada SA declined and forfeited the match.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

<small>Source: League1 Ontario</small>

League Honours

Awards

League All-Stars

The following players were named League2 Ontario All-Stars for the 2025 season:

Northeast Division

Central Division

Southwest Division

L1 Cup

The L1 Cup is a league cup tournament that was contested by A teams from all three tiers of League1 Ontario.

All 26 "A" teams participate in the five-round knockout competition, which is played concurrently with the league season. Eighteen clubs entered the first round (five clubs from the Premier Division, all twelve clubs from the Championship division, and the three A teams from League2), while six clubs from the Premier Division received a bye to the round of 16.

Bracket

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U20 Reserve Division

The league operated a reserve division which was split into regional conferences. It is not part of the regular pyramid and teams are not eligible for promotion.

Summer Division

Northeast Conference

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Central Conference

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Southwest Conference

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Playoffs

The top team in each division plus the best runner-up qualified for the playoffs.

Fall Division

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Playoffs

References

External links