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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