2014 York Region Shooters season
# 2014 York Region Shooters season

The 2014 season was York Region Shooters's 17th season in the Canadian Soccer League. It began on May 25, 2014 and concluded on October 26 2014. The club ended the Canadian Soccer League campaign as champions without a single defeat – a record of 13 wins and 5 draws. Their perfect season also included the First Division title with York Region finishing eleven points ahead of Toronto Croatia. In the preliminary round of the postseason the club defeated Brampton City United. In the second round they defeated Astros Vasas FC, and Toronto Croatia in the CSL Championship final. For the second consecutive season striker Richard West finished as the club's top goalscorer with nine goals.

## Summary

The Canadian Soccer League's strained relationship with the Canadian Soccer Association continued before the launch of the 2014 season with the CSA expelling the CSL from its membership over alleged violations of rules and regulations. After failing to specify which rule violations were made the CSL in response filed litigation against the CSA. As a result the league began operating as a private league under the auspicious of the Soccer Federation of Canada.

Before the launch of the season York Region formed an affiliation deal with Winstars Academy Group. The agreement officially aligned the academy to the York Region Shooters, and launched a team in the Second Division as the Winstars Shooters. Changes were made to the managerial team with former player Darryl Gomez given the mantle of head coach, with Tony De Thomasis serving as his assistant coach. Gomez constructed his roster with imports with Caribbean and European experience along with several Canadian Interuniversity Sport players.

The season marked a historic milestone in the organization's history as they managed to produce a perfect season, and a team record of only 15 goals conceded. York Region became the second team in the league's history to achieve a perfect season including the CSL Championship. In the Second Division their reserve team finished third in the standings. At the conclusion of the season accolades were given to Darryl Gomez as the Coach of the Year.

## Club

### Management

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Darryl Gomez |
| Assistant coach | Tony De Thomasis |
| Director | Tony De Thomasis |
| Manager | John Pacione |
| Trainer | Argyrios Tsoulos |
| Massage Therapist | Roger Manta |

Last updated: March 14, 2015 Source:

### First Division roster

As of March 14, 2014.

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 |
| 3 | DF | JAM | Ricky Herron |
| 5 | MF | | Mahmoun Mirsadeghi |
| 6 | DF | CAN | Fitzroy Christie |
| 7 | MF | JAM | Richard Edwards |
| 9 | MF | | Yora Enzam |
| 10 | FW | CAN | Adrian Pena |
| 11 | FW | CAN | Kadian Lecky |
| 13 | MF | | Aundrae Rollins |
| 14 | FW | CAN | Tristan Jackman |
| 15 | MF | ESP | Xavi Pérez |
| 18 | DF | CAN | Dino Gardner |
| 19 | FW | CAN | Oswald Adu |
| 20 | FW | JAM | Richard West |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Hector Mackie |
| 22 | GK | CHI | Camilo Benzi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | | Mario Orestano |
| 25 | DF | | Larry Miller |
| 77 | DF | CAN | Desmond Humphrey |
| 99 | DF | CAN | Ryan Dummett |
| - | MF | CAN | Dylan Bams |
| - | MF | CAN | Mehdi Barati Mahvar |
| - | MF | JAM | Marcelino Blackburn |
| - | MF | | Kevin Blackford |
| - | MF | | Babjide Fatoba |
| - | MF | | Roland Gavin |
| - | GK | CAN | Adrian Ibanez |
| - | MF | | Nico Martinez |
| - | DF | DOM | Wilson Martínez |
| - | MF | | Aaron Reeves |
| - | MF | CAN | Jamil Thompson |
| - | DF | | Nathan Smith |
| - | MF | | Acha Wisdom |

### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | MF | Hector Mackie | Hayes & Yeading United F.C. | Free Transfer |
| | MF | Marcelino Blackburn | Arnett Gardens | Loan |
| | FW | Aleksandar Stojanovski | Metalurg Skopje | Free Transfer |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | FW | Nicola Di Sanza | ASD Rotunda Maris | Free Transfer | |
| | GK | Yasuto Hoshiko | Kingston FC | Free Transfer | |

## Competitions summary

### First division

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | York Region Shooters (A, C, O) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 15 | +27 | 44 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 2 | Toronto Croatia (A) | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 33 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 3 | Kingston FC (A) | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 28 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 4 | Astros Vasas (A) | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 26 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 5 | Burlington SC (A) | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 24 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 6 | Serbian White Eagles (A) | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 20 | +12 | 23 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 7 | SC Waterloo Region (A) | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 42 | −9 | 22 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 8 | Brampton United (A) | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 25 | −6 | 21 | Qualification for Playoffs |
| 9 | London City | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 20 | |
| 10 | Niagara United | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 49 | −26 | 11 | |

**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 6, 2014. Source: 2014 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | D | W |

## Statistics

### Goals

Correct as of October 6, 2014

First Division Goals :

| Pos. | Playing Pos. | Nation | Name | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | | Richard West | 9 |
| 2 | FW | | Richard Edwards | 5 |
| 3 | MF | | Oswald Adu | 4 |
| 3 | MF | | Adrian Pena | 4 |
| 4 | DF | | Ryan Dummett | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | Babjide Fatoba | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | Hector Mackie | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | Mario Orestano | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | Yora Enzam | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | Desmond Humphrey | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | Mehdi Barati Mahvar | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Ricky Herron | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Gerard Ladiyou | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Nathan Smith | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 |

Second Division Goals :

| Pos. | Playing Pos. | Nation | Name | Appearances | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | | Aleksandar Stojanovski | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | | Marcelo Tantalo | 12 | 8 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 22 | 17 |
