March 25, 2019...League 1 Alumni Represent Nearly One In Four Players Signed To CPL (from League 1 Ontario website)

  
League1 Alumni Represent Nearly One In Four Players Signed To CPL
03/25/2019, 9:30am EDT
By League1 Ontario staff

With League1 Ontario's competition structure centred squarely in the pro-am environment, the purpose has always 
been simple: showcase the multitude of primarily U23 elite players in the province as they pursue their dreams 
of professional and international tier selection.

In short, players that leave League1 for professional environments represent a successful model at this level 
of play. 

By any metric, 2019 has already been a milestone year; there are currently 126 players signed to Canadian Premier 
League (CPL) rosters ahead of the full-professional Canadian league's debut season, and an impressive 30 
of them are former League1 Ontario players. 

League1 Ontario graduates now account for just under a one in four count of CPL signings. Imagine the Canadian 
player production belt if we had a League1 model in every province!? 

In addition, with an average over the last three years of 40 former League1 players per year also being selected 
at international level for Canada - the future is very bright indeed. 

You can keep an eye on the running list (below), featuring story links that will tell you all about each signing 
as further players are added:


CPL Signings - League1 Alumni
Player              New CPL Club          Former League1 Club                 Signing Date 
Colm Vance          York9                 Vaughan Azzurri                     March 8      
Emery Welshman      Forge FC              Sigma FC                            March 8     
Lukas MacNaughton   Pacific FC            Alliance United FC                  March 7      
Ryan Telfer         York9                 Vaughan Azzurri                     March 6       
Malyk Hamilton      Cavalry FC            Toronto FC III                      March 6      
Kadell Thomas       Forge FC              Sigma FC                            March 2      
Monti Mohsen        Forge FC              Sigma FC                            March 2      
Quillan Roberts     Forge FC              Woodbridge Strikers                 March 2     
Jonathan Grant      Forge FC              Sigma FC                            February 26     
Triston Henry       Forge FC              Sigma FC                            February 25    
Dominic Samuel      Forge FC              Sigma FC                            February 25     
Emilio Estevez      York9                 North Mississauga SC                February 8      
Morey Doner         York9                 Aurora FC                           February 8       
Justin Springer     York9                 Vaughan Azzurri                     February 8     
Giuliano Frano      Forge FC              Sigma FC                            February 7     
Ndzemdzela Langwa   Halifax Wanderers     Kingston Clippers                   February 5    
Daniel Gogarty      York9                 Vaughan Azzurri                     February 4    
Kwame Awuah         Forge FC              Sigma FC                            January 29     
Dylan Carriero      Valour FC             Vaughan Azzurri/Woodbridge Strikers January 28 
Cyrus Rollocks      York9                 Woodbridge Strikers/Masters FA      January 17     
Tristan Borges      Forge FC              Sigma FC/ Toronto FC III            January 10   
Marcel Zajac        Forge FC              Sigma FC                            January 8      
Glenn Muenkat       Valour FC             Toronto FC III                      January 8    
Joseph Di Chiara    York9                 Vaughan Azzurri                     January 7    
Steven Furlano      York9                 Alliance United FC/Toronto FC III   December 20    
Austin Ricci        York9                 Vaughan Azzurri                     December 14     
Dylan Sacramento    Valour FC             Vaughan Azzurri/Toronto FC III      December 14       
Simon Adjei         York9                 Aurora FC                           December 3    
Sergio Camargo      Cavalry FC            Unionville Milliken SC              November 29     
Chris Nanco         Forge FC              Sigma FC                            November 29    

Two-time League1 Defender of the Year and two-time All-Star, Sigma's Dominic Samuel, was signed to Forge FC

The current list of former League1 standouts signed to CPL is indeed a glittering array of talent, 
including several League1 top-of-the-chart individual award winners:

Dominic Samuel (two-time Defender of the Year 2015/ 2018); Dylan Sacramento (2018 Men's Division MVP); 
Quillan Roberts (2017 League1 Ontario Goalkeeper of the Year); Dylan Carriero (2017 Men's Division MVP); 
Cyrus Rollocks (2017 Men's Player of the Year); Johnny Grant (2017 Defender of the Year).  

Further, 19 end-of-season All-Star winners are now in the CPL shopping cart.

Three-time All-Star winners: 
Giuliano Frano - 2018, 2017, 2014; Joseph Di Chiara - 2017, 2016, 2014; Marcel Zajac - 2018, 2015, 2014

Two-time All-Star winners: 
Dominic Samuel - 2018, 2015; Dylan Sacramento - 2018, 2014; Kadell Thomas - 2018, 2017; 
Steven Furlano - 2018, 2015; Dylan Carriero - 2017, 2016; Johnny Grant - 2017, 2014; Triston Henry - 2018, 2017

Single All-Star winners:

2018 All-Stars - Austin Ricci; 2nd team: Justin Springer; Morey Doner

2017 All-Stars - Quillan Roberts; 2nd team: Cyrus Rollocks

2016 All-Stars - 2nd team: Simon Adjei

2015 All-Stars - Kwame Awuah

2014 All-Stars - Emery Welshman; Next XI: Young Stars - Daniel Gogarty

Credit where the real credit is due - the initial list of 30 CPL signings from League1 have emerged 
from ten organizations:

Last, but not least, several former League1 coaches have also been snapped up by CPL clubs:

Jimmy Brennan (2017 Aurora FC head coach) and Carmine Isacco (2015 and 2016 League1 Coach of the Year, 
Vaughan SC head coach) were appointed as respective head and assistant coaches of York 9. 

Bobby Smyrniotis (Sigma FC head coach 2014-2018) was appointed head coach at Hamilton's Forge FC.   

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