2017 York Region Shooters season
# 2017 York Region Shooters season

The 2017 York Region Shooters season was the twentieth season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season commenced on May 27, 2017 in an away match against Scarborough SC. The season concluded with York Region winning their third CSL Championship, after defeating Scarborough in a penalty shootout.

## Summary

York Region entered the 2017 season as the defending regular season champions with Tony De Thomasis continuing his role as head coach. Though their reserve team were the 2016 Second Division champions it was disbanded for the 2017 season. Their season started brightly with the Shooters achieving points in their first four matches, until conceiving their first defeat in the fifth week. The remainder of the season saw York Region clinch a postseason berth by finishing third in the standings with the best defensive record in the division. Their playoff journey began with a victory after Milton SC forfeited their match. In the second round of the postseason they defeated the Serbian White Eagles FC, and ultimately claimed their third CSL Championship by defeating Scarborough SC in the finals.

## Competitions

### Canadian Soccer League

**League table**

**First Division**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Vorkuta (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 13 | +30 | 32 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Serbian White Eagles | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 14 | +24 | 31 | Playoffs |
| 3 | York Region Shooters (O) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 30 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Scarborough SC | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 17 | +20 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Brantford Galaxy | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 37 | −11 | 18 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Milton SC | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 24 | 75 | −51 | 8 | Playoffs |
| 7 | SC Waterloo Region | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 8 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Royal Toronto FC | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 6 | Playoffs |

**Results summary**

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

Last updated: September 10, 2017. Source: CSL

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H |
| Result | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | L | W | W | W | D | W | W |

## Statistics

### Goals and assists

Correct as of November 10, 2017

First Division Goals :

| Pos. | Playing Pos. | Nation | Name | Appearances | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | | Evan Beutler | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | FW | | Kavin Bryan | 12 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | | Camaal Reid | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | Doryan Botelho | 9 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | Alton Ellis | 12 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | Theofanis Sotiris | 5 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Hassan Abdulmumini | 8 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Darren Chambers | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | | Richard Edwards | 12 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | | Gerard Ladiyou | 11 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 104 | 34 |
