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The third tier’s inaugural end-of-season awards saw 35 accolades distributed across five regional conferences.

The League2 Division end-of-season award recipients have been announced, recognizing the outstanding performers and All-Star teams from the League1 Ontario third-tier in 2024.

Two players led proceedings with three awards: Anthony Morano of Woodbridge Strikers B and Andrew Paolucci of Scrosoppi B. Both players were top scorers in the respective conferences, and picked up both the Forward of the Year and Most Valuable Player accolades.

The third men’s MVP was Adrian Panaite who had a very strong season with Alliance United B. Blue Devils B goalkeeper Astrid Hancocks and Woodbridge B forward Nyema Prentice-Whyte were the Southwest and Northeast Women’s League2 MVPs respectively, and were also honoured as the players of the year in their positions.

Sage Thomas-Roberts was also a double winner as her impact in front of goal for ProStars B earned her the Women’s Southwest Golden Boot and the conference’s Forward of the Year accolade.

Personnel from 2024 expansion clubs The Borough and Sudbury Cyclones won awards, as B teams from North Toronto, Guelph United, FC London, Vaughan Azzurri, and Hamilton United also picked up accolades.

The award winners and All-Star teams were determined by a culmination of factors: a list of nominees was submitted by each club for each category and a voting ballot took place across coaches and league staff. Those votes were then combined with points awarded to players who were selected by coaches as one of the ‘Three Stars’ of each match in the 2024 Men’s and Women’s League2 Division seasons.

Roll of Honour – League2 Division Award Winners

MVP

Astrid Hancocks – Blue Devils (Women’s Southwest)
Andrew Paolucci – Scrosoppi (Men’s Southwest)

Nyema Prentice-Whyte – Woodbridge Strikers (Women’s Northeast)
Adrian Panaite – Alliance United (Men’s Northeast)

Anthony Morano – Woodbridge Strikers (Men’s Central)

Coach of the Year

Pat Thomson – Blue Devils (Women’s Southwest)
Manny Corona and Don Ferguson – Scrosoppi and Guelph United (Men’s Southwest)

Laura Gosse – Alliance United (Women’s Northeast)
Eric Nelson – Alliance United (Men’s Northeast)

Andrew Ornoch – The Borough (Men’s Central)

Goalkeeper of the Year

Astrid Hancocks – Blue Devils (Women’s Southwest)
Taj Moore – FC London (Men’s Southwest)

Ava Perrone – Vaughan Azzurri (Women’s Northeast)
Ahrvin Raveendran – Alliance United (Men’s Northeast)

David Carano – Woodbridge Strikers (Men’s Central)

Defender of the Year

Lorena Morcone – Hamilton United (Women’s Southwest)
Julian Gonzalez – Scrosoppi (Men’s Southwest)

Vanessa Dias – Vaughan Azzurri (Women’s Northeast)
Luke Harrop – Sudbury Cyclones (Men’s Northeast)

Julian Di Lucia – The Borough (Men’s Central)

Midfielder of the Year

Nicole Astaiza – FC London (Women’s Southwest)
Oleksiy Kharko – Scrosoppi (Men’s Southwest)

Ashley Greco – North Toronto (Women’s Northeast)
Francesco Panetta – Vaughan Azzurri (Men’s Northeast)

Daniel Prieto – Blue Devils (Men’s Central)

Forward of the Year

Sage Thomas-Roberts – ProStars (Women’s Southwest)
Andrew Paolucci – Scrosoppi (Men’s Southwest)

Nyema Prentice-Whyte – Woodbridge Strikers (Women’s Northeast)
Nathan Baker – Vaughan Azzurri (Men’s Northeast)

Anthony Morano – Woodbridge Strikers (Men’s Central)

Golden Boot

Sage Thomas-Roberts – ProStars (Women’s Southwest)
Andrew Paolucci – Scrosoppi (Men’s Southwest)

Emilija Lucic – Vaughan Azzurri (Women’s Northeast)
Timi Aliu – Sudbury Cyclones (Men’s Northeast)

Anthony Morano – Woodbridge Strikers (Men’s Central)