2020 Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine season

Football league season
Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Women's Division
Season2020
ChampionsAS Blainville
Matches played6+2
Top goalscorerValerie Sanderson (5)
(AS Blainville)
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The 2020 Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine season was the third season of play for the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division 3 women's soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec.

CS Monteuil was the defending champion for the female division,[1] although they did not participate due to the pandemic. AS Blainville won their first women's division title.

Changes from 2019 and Changes due to pandemic

On the women's side, eight teams were set to compete, up from six the previous year. Dynamo de Québec and FC Sélect Rive-Sud withdrew from the league following the 2018 season, while four new clubs - CS Longueuil, CS St-Hubert, AS Pierrefonds and Ottawa South United - joined the league.[2] League1 Ontario and the PLSQ had planned to hold a Final Four end-of-season tournament for the women's divisions, from August 14 to 16, pitting the top two sides from each league in an inter-provincial playoff.[3] However, like the male division, the female division was impacted by the pandemic. Initially, the women's season was set to be cancelled as only two of the eight clubs had announced their participation,[4] however, two other clubs ultimately joined bringing the total to four participating clubs with four clubs opting out of the restart (CS Mont-Royal Outremont, AS Pierrefonds, CS St-Hubert, and the defending champions CS Monteuil). A shortened season ran from 25 July until 8 August, with a 3-game season,[5] which was followed by a champions playoff weekend on 15 August where the first and second place teams played a championship match, while a consolation match was held between the third and fourth place teams.[6]

Teams

Eight teams were set to initially participate, however, four teams withdrew due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The remaining four teams played a short season from late July until mid-August, with each team playing each other once, for a total of 3 games. Following this, there were matches for 1st and 3rd place.[7] After the season, the league planned to organize some exhibition matches between the participating and non-participating teams.[6] Matches in the women's division were played at centralized locations rather than at the home fields of the teams.

Team City 2020 Status
A.S. Blainville Blainville, Laurentides Participating
CS Fabrose Laval, Laval Participating
CS Longueuil Longueuil, Montérégie Participating
CS Monteuil Laval, Laval Withdrew
CS Mont-Royal Outremont Mount Royal, Montréal Withdrew
Ottawa South United Ottawa, Ontario Participating
AS Pierrefonds Lac St-Louis, Montreal Withdrew
CS St-Hubert Saint-Hubert, Montérégie Withdrew

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 A.S. Blainville (C) 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Championship Match
2 CS Fabrose 3 2 0 1 5 8 −3 6
3 CS Longueuil (T) 3 1 0 2 5 5 0 3 3rd-place match
4 Ottawa South United 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: PLSQ
(C) Champion; (T) Third-place match winner

Classification matches

Championship Match

A.S. Blainville v CS Fabrose
15 August 2020 A.S. Blainville 0–0
(4–2 p)		 CS Fabrose Laval, Quebec
2:00 p.m. Stadium: Desjardins Stadium
Referee: Marie-Han Gagnon-Chretien

Third-place match

CS Longueuil v Ottawa South United
15 August 2020 CS Longueuil 4–0 Ottawa South United Laval, Quebec
11:30 a.m. T.Ibarz 18'
K.Lemire 56'
C.Sedki 75'
C.Achille 81'		 Report Stadium: Desjardins Stadium
Referee: Sheila Couture

Top scorers

Includes goals in classification matches

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Valerie Sanderson AS Blainville 5
2 Sarah Humes AS Blainville 3
3 Marie-Eve Bernard O'Breham CS Fabrose 2
Vanessa Gregoire AS Blainville
Charlene Achille CS Longueuil
Karima Lemire CS Longueuil

References

  1. ^ Chenoix, Eric (13 August 2019). "PLSQ-F: Monteuil champion!". Viau Park (in French).
  2. ^ "Le Calendrier 2020 de la PLSQ Dévoilé!" [The 2020 PLSQ Calendar Unveiled!]. Quebec Soccer Federation (in French). 25 February 2020.
  3. ^ "2020 L1O schedule: Condensed seasons & revamped championships for men's, women's". League1 Ontario. 5 March 2020.
  4. ^ Frosi, Robert (12 July 2020). "Soccer élite féminin-masculin : deux poids, deux mesures?" [Elite women's and men's soccer: double weights, double measures?]. Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French).
  5. ^ "Calendrier & Résultats PLSQ Féminine" [Calendar & Results - PLSQ Female]. PLSQ (in French).
  6. ^ a b "Les Dates de Début de la PLSQ Sont Maintenant Connues!" [The Start Dates of the PLSQ Are Now Known!]. Quebec Soccer Federation (in French). 13 July 2020.
  7. ^ Lidbetter, Mark (23 July 2020). "Pandemic infects PLSQ play for 2020". The Suburban.