# 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.

## 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. Team owner Tony De Thomasis replaced Darryl Gomez as head coach, and Carlos Rivas was another addition to the technical staff. The roster selection was partially influenced by the easing of import restrictions decided at the 2015 CSL annual team owners meeting. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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.

## 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:

### First Division roster

As of June 12, 2015.
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 |
| 2 | DF | CAN | Gerard Ladiyou |
| 4 | DF | | Marcelo Capozzolo |
| 6 | DF | CAN | Fitzroy Christie |
| 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 |
| 13 | FW | | William De Oliveira |
| 14 | FW | CAN | Tristan Jackman |
| 15 | MF | | Andrei Spatary |
| 17 | FW | MKD | Aleksander Stojanovski |
| 19 | FW | CAN | Oswald Adu |
| 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 |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 77 | DF | CAN | Desmond Humphrey |
| 99 | DF | CAN | Ryan Dummett |
| - | MF | | Vinicius Argenton Silva Abreu |
| - | MF | CAN | Dylan Bams |
| - | MF | JAM | Marcelino Blackburn |
| - | MF | | Kevin Blackford |
| - | DF | CAN | Dino Gardner |
| - | MF | | Alexander Rodrigues De Carvalho |
| - | GK | CAN | Adrian Ibanez |
| - | MF | SCO | Hector Mackie |
| - | MF | SCO | Steven McDougall |
| 21 | FW | | Luis Navarro |
| - | FW | CAN | Adrian Pena |
| - | MF | COL | Asher Quave-Robinson |
| - | MF | ESP | Xavi Pérez |
| - | MF | | Paolo Henrique Oliva Da Silva |
| - | FW | JAM | Odain Simpson |
| - | MF | CAN | Jamil Thompson |
| - | MF | | Shezan Singh |
| - | DF | | Nathan Smith |
| - | MF | | Acha Wisdom |

### Second Division roster

As of June 22, 2015.
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 |
| 2 | FW | | Nathan Smith |
| 3 | DF | | Kyle Coelho |
| 4 | MF | CAN | Winston Crozier |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Joshua Kiselyov |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| - | 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 |
| - | MF | USA | David Schipper |

### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes |
| | FW | Anthony Bahadur | FC Edmonton | Free Agent |
| 9 | FW | Michael Binns | Portmore United | Loan |
| 11 | FW | Ashton Bennett | Portmore United | Free Transfer |
| 28 | DF | Nicola Di Sanza | ASD Rotunda Maris | Free Transfer |
| | MF | Steven McDougall | Clyde F.C. | Free Transfer |
| | MF | Odain Simpson | Kingston FC | Free Transfer |

## Competitions summary
### First division

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | York Region Shooters (A) | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 56 | 35 | +21 | 40 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | SC Waterloo Region (A) | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 27 | +7 | 36 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | Toronto Atomic FC (A) | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 32 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | Burlington SC (A) | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 44 | −3 | 27 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 7 | Milton SC (A) | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 27 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 8 | London City (A) | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 26 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 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 | |
* 1 2 One match between SC Waterloo Region and Niagara United not played

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |

#### Postseason
### Second division

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | Milton SC B (A, O) | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 32 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | Burlington SC B (A) | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 30 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | Brantford Galaxy B (A) | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 28 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | Toronto Atomic FC B (A) | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 24 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 7 | Niagara United B (A) | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 23 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 8 | Serbian White Eagles B (A) | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 62 | −31 | 19 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 9 | Toronto Croatia B | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 14 | |
| 10 | Brampton United B | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 13 | |

## Statistics
### Goals and assists

Correct as of November 2015
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 |
| 5 | DF | | Marcelo Capazolo | | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | Richard Edwards | | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | Dino Gardner | | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | Desmond Humphrey | | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | Steven McDougall | | 2 |
| 6 | DF | | Nicola Di Sanza | | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Edwin Navarrete | | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | David Schipper | | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Odain Simpson | | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 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 |
| 2 | MF | | Micael Lazzarotto | 16 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | | Daylson Correia | 15 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | Andrei Spatary | 5 | 4 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 37 |