Ontario Soccer announced a milestone partnership that will see professional soccer in Ontario uniting to support the promotion and development of the game in the province. Expanding on its existing relationship with two of the foremost leaders of the professional game in Canada, both Major League Soccer Pro-Club Toronto FC (TFC) and the Canadian Premier League (CPL), on behalf of its Ontario-based member Clubs: Forge FC, York United FC and Atlético Ottawa, are now Premier Partners of Ontario Soccer.

To read the full announcement, please click here.

Canada Soccer held their first in-person Annual Meeting of Members since the global pandemic, as members from all over the country came together to celebrate the Canada Soccer 2022 Award Winners. This year’s list of winners included the late Gary Miller, Ontario Soccer Director of Soccer Operations, who was awarded the inaugural Tony Waiters Coaching Excellence Award.

To read more about this distinction, including comments from Canada Soccer’s Jason deVos and Ontario Soccer CEO Johnny Misley, click here.

Gary’s tremendous legacy included multiple tenures at Ontario Soccer, and he continues to be honoured every fall with the OPDL Gary Miller Charity Shield.

For the full article on the Canada Soccer 2022 Award Winners, click here.

Some of the best blind and visually impaired soccer players in Ontario will be taking the pitch this weekend in Mississauga at the 2022 Ontario Parasport Games.

Since debuting at the 2017 Ontario Parasport Games (OPG), the 5-A-Side Soccer competition has been an OPG staple and fan favourite.

The 5-A-Side Soccer competition will take place between May 14 and 15, with all matches played at the Paramount Field House indoor soccer facility. Games will be played between 10am-3pm on both Saturday and Sunday. A total of four matches will be played between Pickering FC and North Mississauga SC over the May 14-15 weekend.

For more information, click here.

Toronto FC, premier partner of Ontario Soccer, is hosting a very unique opportunity for Ontario Soccer members with their Virtual Coaches Chalk Talk.

Headlining the event are Bev Priestman, Canadian Women’s National Team Head Coach, and Bob Bradley, Toronto FC Head Coach. Both coaches will join the talk for a 1-hour session and Q&A. Topics of discussion will include training, development, growth in sport, and much more! The event will be targeted at both players and coaches.

Tickets for the event cost $50, which gives you admission to the virtual Coaches Chalk Talk on May 12, and two tickets to the Toronto FC vs Orlando City MLS match on May 14th at BMO Field. Make sure to use the promo code COACHING at check out.

For tickets and event registration, click here.

Click here for more information about Toronto FC.

After two years of collaborative planning, a pilot project for the Central Region of Ontario called the “IModel” (Integrated Model) is set to go this week on fields across Huronia, York Region, Toronto, North York and Durham Region. In total, 210 youth aged (U13-U18) competitive boys and girls teams will partake in this pilot spanning the 2022 Outdoor Season.

The new IModel concept is an innovative approach to provide a new competition and player development opportunity within the LTPD “Soccer 4 Life” competitive stream. These are the competitive levels for youth soccer at what has been known as District and Regional Level soccer.
Visit www.ontariosoccer.net/imodel for more information.

For the full article on the IModel Pilot Project, click here.

The Ontario Player Development League (OPDL), Ontario Soccer’s youth high performance league, has officially entered its eight season, with games kicking-off all across the province last weekend.

With more than 190 teams registered across all OPDL divisions for the 2022 season, there will be upwards of 3,500 full-time players competing and developing through the OPDL and Talented Pathway.

Visit OPDL.ca for results, schedules, scores, and more!

Ottawa South United (OSU) launched its “Help the Kids Play” Fund to support Ukrainian settlement efforts by local community organizers to assist individuals and families as they relocate to Ottawa. This initiative is driven by OSU’s belief in the power of sport as a positive mechanism of inclusion for newcomers to our communities. OSU will sponsor up to twenty youth or adults, who wish to play soccer in its catchment area this year, and will actively engage the community to support further participation, should greater demand for these spots require it.

To learn more about or support this initiative, visit the Ukrainian Settlement Helpers Ottawa group on Facebook.

Contact OSU to make a donation or to provide soccer equipment to these Ukrainian children and families.

The 2022 Provincial Xcel Showcase Ontario vs Québec Series, presented by Gatorade Canada, has wrapped up with the event being deemed a tremendous success! Squads representing Ontario Soccer and Soccer Québec played a fierce and intense competition, finishing with an even series record of 6 wins, 6 losses, and 6 draws.

Top players from the U14, U15, U16, and U18 divisions participated in a three-match series between April 29 and May 1, 2022.

Ontario Soccer provided a livestream broadcast of six games over the course of the weekend. To watch the archived game broadcasts, visit the Ontario Soccer Livestream channel.

Click here for more information on the Provincial Xcel program and 2022 Provincial Xcel Showcase Ontario vs Quebec Series.

Click here to view the photo gallery from the 2022 Provincial Xcel Showcase Ontario vs Québec Series.

Selected by Ontario Soccer to attend a groundbreaking 3-day Blind Soccer camp at the CNIB Lake Joseph Centre, three match officials and one instructor came together in preparation of the 2022 Ontario Parasport Games. Ontario Soccer worked alongside Pickering FC Executive Director Matt Greenwood to identify match officials with experience working para soccer. The three match officials selected to attend the camp were Donia Torabi (EODSA), Amanda Kwan (NYSA), Farhad Habibi (PHSA). David Figliano (YRSA) made history by becoming the first accredited Blind Soccer Instructor in Ontario.

Ontario Blind Sports hosted the historic camp, which welcomed 16 coaches, 10 visually impaired players, and the 4 aforementioned match officials.

Click here to learn more about match officials, and register to become a referee today!

For more information about 5-A-Side Blind Soccer at the 2022 Ontario Parasport Games, click here.

Ontario Soccer is partnering with Nothers – The Award Store, to bring you the Team It Up program, an exciting cost savings opportunity for the 2022-23 season to our member Districts, Clubs, and Leagues, supporting grassroots soccer across the Province.

The Nothers Team It Up program is proud to provide a subsidy to help our member Districts, Clubs, and Leagues with award expenses to bring you some budget relief during this recovery season.

Under the Ontario Soccer umbrella, the more organizations that participate and Team It Up to take advantage of this great program, the more each individual medal will be subsidized. Think of it as organizations teaming up together along with Ontario Soccer to get the best price for medals possible.

For a detailed program breakdown, please click here.

Please contact Brad Harwood at Nothers – The Award Store for more information.

The MilkUP Ontario Cup, the Provincial Soccer Championship for the LTPD Soccer for Life Stream, is the largest Club competition of its kind in Canada.

This year will mark the 106th edition of the MilkUP Ontario Cup, with 17 divisions participating.

The MilkUP Ontario Cup 2022 Draw results are posted on the Ontario Soccer website. Click here to view the MilkUP Ontario Cup 2022 Draw results.

Follow Ontario Soccer on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to share in the excitement of the MilkUP Ontario Cup 2022!

Dairy Farmers of Ontario (DFO), the marketing group representing Ontario dairy farmers and the largest sector of Ontario agriculture, has expanded its collaboration with Ontario Soccer to become the newest Premier Partner of the provincial organization, and the exclusive title partner of the prestigious Ontario Cup Provincial Championships.

The MilkUP Ontario Cup, the Provincial Soccer Championship for the LTPD Soccer for Life Stream, is the largest Club competition of its kind in Canada. One of the oldest sporting events in the country, Ontario Soccer’s Ontario Cup was first staged in 1901. The MilkUP Ontario Cup 2022 will mark the 106th edition of the competition and celebrate the arrival of DFO as the newest title partner.

Ontario Soccer is thrilled with the continued support DFO will bring to Youth leadership development.

Click here to learn more about this partnership.