2024 League1 British Columbia season

League1 British Columbia
Season	2024
Dates	April 27 – July 21 (regular season); July 26 – August 4 (playoffs)
Champions	TSS FC Rovers (2nd title); Whitecaps FC Girls Elite (3rd title)
Juan de Fuca Plate	Whitecaps FC Academy (3rd title)
Matches played	45
Goals scored	168 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Billy Bagiopoulous (12 goals)
	← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 League1 British Columbia season is the third season of play for League1 British Columbia, a pro-am league in the Canadian soccer league system. Seven clubs will participate in both the men's and women's divisions.

Changes from 2023

Burnaby FC joined the league as a new expansion club in both the men's and women's divisions.^[1]^[2] However, both Nautsa’mawt FC and Victoria Highlanders FC departed the league, bringing the league down to seven clubs.^[3]^[4] In addition, the Highlanders vacated their spot in the 2024 Canadian Championship, being replaced by TSS FC Rovers.^[5]

Men's division

The teams played each other team twice (home and away) for a 12-game season, with the top four teams advancing to the playoffs. The winner of the regular season will qualify for the 2025 Canadian Championship.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TSS FC Rovers (C)	12	7	3	2	30	15	+15	24	Playoffs and Canadian Championship
2	Altitude FC	12	6	3	3	20	14	+6	21	Playoffs
3	Whitecaps FC Academy	12	5	4	3	22	22	0	19
4	Harbourside FC	12	5	2	5	25	24	+1	17
5	Unity FC	12	4	4	4	20	19	+1	16
6	Rivers FC	12	4	1	7	18	26	−8	13
7	Burnaby FC	12	1	3	8	19	34	−15	6

Source: L1BC Schedules and Standings
(C) Champions

Playoffs

Semi-finals July 26–28			Final August 4

1	TSS FC Rovers	4

4	Harbourside FC	1
			1	TSS FC Rovers	3

			2	Altitude FC	2
2	Altitude FC	3

3	Whitecaps FC Academy	1

Semi-finals

July 26	TSS FC Rovers	4–1	Harbourside FC	Burnaby, British Columbia
10:30 PM	Proctor 5' Mejia 14' Habibullah 45+1' Poon 75'		Purcell 11'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Referee: Ivan Jecanski

July 28	Altitude FC	3–1	Whitecaps FC Academy	North Vancouver, British Columbia
4:00 PM	Herbert 16', 89' Booth 79'		Stiver 71'	Stadium: Kinsmen Field Referee: Amer Ramic

Final

August 4	TSS FC Rovers	3–2	Altitude FC	Burnaby, British Columbia
7:00 PM	Habibullah 1' White 31' Edwardson 87' (pen.)		Tinmouth 60' Ahayo 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Referee: David Schmidt-Schweda

Statistics

Top goalscorers
(does not include playoffs)

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Billy Bagiopoulos	Harbourside FC	12
2	Massud Habibullah	TSS Rovers	7
3	Carson Buschman-Dormond	Altitude FC	5
	Joel Badger	Unity FC
	Suka Behery	Harbourside FC
	Victory Shumbusho	Unity FC
7	9 players tied		4

Source: eague1bc.ca/competition/league1-mens/ L1BC

Awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref
Player of the Year	Billy Bagiopoulos	Harbourside FC	^[6]
Young Player of the Year	Amoni Thomas	Whitecaps FC Academy
Coach of the Year	Kevin Lindo	Harbourside FC
Top Goalkeeper	Justyn Sandhu	TSS FC Rovers
Top Defender	Nikolas White	TSS FC Rovers
Top Midfielder	Suka Behery	Harbourside FC
Top Forward	Billy Bagiopoulos	Harbourside FC
Golden Boot (Top Scorer)	Billy Bagiopoulos	Harbourside FC

Women's division

The teams played each other team twice (home and away) for a 12-game season, with the top four teams advancing to the playoffs. The winner of the women's regular season will qualify for the Women's Interprovincial Championship.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite (C)	12	10	2	0	48	7	+41	32	Playoffs and Inter-provincial Championship
2	Unity FC	12	7	2	3	27	16	+11	23	Playoffs
3	Burnaby FC	12	6	2	4	23	21	+2	20
4	TSS FC Rovers	12	5	2	5	21	28	−7	17
5	Altitude FC	12	2	4	6	16	33	−17	10
6	Harbourside FC	12	2	2	8	11	27	−16	8
7	Rivers FC	12	1	4	7	10	24	−14	7

Source: L1BC Schedules and Standings
(C) Champions

Playoffs

Semi-finals July 26–28			Final August 4

1	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	4

4	TSS FC Rovers	2
			1	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	2

			3	Burnaby FC	1
2	Unity FC	1(5)

3	Burnaby FC	1(6)

Semi-finals

July 26	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	4–2	TSS FC Rovers	University Endowment Lands, BC
6:00 PM	Hunter 21' Reed 34' Anderson 81' Longhurst 90'		Bishop 45+1' Baxter 48'	Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium Referee: Denzil Sharma

July 28	Unity FC	1–1 (5–6 SO)	Burnaby FC	Surrey, BC
2:00 PM	Crowther 29'		MacKenzie 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Cloverdale Athletic Park Referee: Kelsey Carrothers
	Shootout
	Crowther Robertson Holz Corneil Rizzo Hicks Bazille Pedersen		Santoianni Sheppard Lopez Scott MacKenzie Chescoe Crozier Sherwood

Final

August 4	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	2–1	Burnaby FC	Burnaby, British Columbia
1:00 PM	Hunter 31' Hernandez Gray 50'		Sherwood 53'	Stadium: Swangard Stadium Referee: O-Lin Metz

Statistics

Top goalscorers
(does not include playoffs)

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kierra Blundell	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	10
2	Jeneva Hernandez-Gray	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	8
2	Kaylee Hunter	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	8
4	Shanya Dhindsa	Burnaby FC	6
5	Jade Mitchell	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	5
	Jenna Baxter	TSS Rovers
	Raegan MacKenzie	Burnaby FC
8	4 players tied		4

Source: L1BC

Awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref
Player of the Year	Jeneva Hernandez Gray	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite	^[6]
Young Player of the Year	Jeneva Hernandez Gray	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
Coach of the Year	Katie Collar	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
Top Goalkeeper	Kelsey Fisher	Rivers FC
Top Defender	Elizabeth Hicks	Unity FC
Top Midfielder	Jeneva Hernandez Gray	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
Top Forward	Kierra Blundell	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite
Golden Boot (Top Scorer)	Kierra Blundell	Whitecaps FC Girls Elite

Juan de Fuca Plate

The Juan de Fuca Plate is awarded to the League1 British Columbia club with the highest combined point total between the men's and women's divisions in regular season matches.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Whitecaps FC Academy (C)	24	15	6	3	70	29	+41	51
2	TSS FC Rovers	24	12	5	7	51	43	+8	41
3	Unity FC	24	11	6	7	47	35	+12	39
4	Altitude FC	24	8	7	9	36	47	−11	31
5	Burnaby FC	24	7	5	12	42	55	−13	26
6	Harbourside FC	24	7	4	13	36	51	−15	25
7	Rivers FC	24	5	5	14	30	48	−18	20

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions

References

^ "Burnaby Football Club to play in League1 BC". League1 British Columbia. February 7, 2024.
^ Mahmoudi, Nelson (February 7, 2024). "Burnaby FC Joins League1 BC For 2024 Season". Northern Tribune.
^ Jacques, John (November 6, 2023). "Nautsa'mawt FC Departs League1 BC". Northern Tribune.
^ "League1 BC statement: Victoria Highlanders". League1 British Columbia. April 9, 2024.
^ "TSS Rovers replace Victoria Highlanders in Canadian Championship, rematch against CPL's Pacific FC". Canadian Soccer Daily. April 19, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Billy Bagiopoulos and Jeneva Hernandez Gray sweep hat-trick of awards". League1 British Columbia. July 29, 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "Burnaby Football Club to play in League1 BC". League1 British Columbia. February 7, 2024.

[2] Mahmoudi, Nelson (February 7, 2024). "Burnaby FC Joins League1 BC For 2024 Season". Northern Tribune.

[3] Jacques, John (November 6, 2023). "Nautsa'mawt FC Departs League1 BC". Northern Tribune.

[4] "League1 BC statement: Victoria Highlanders". League1 British Columbia. April 9, 2024.

[5] "TSS Rovers replace Victoria Highlanders in Canadian Championship, rematch against CPL's Pacific FC". Canadian Soccer Daily. April 19, 2024.

[awards-6] "Billy Bagiopoulos and Jeneva Hernandez Gray sweep hat-trick of awards". League1 British Columbia. July 29, 2024.

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