2016 York Region Shooters season

In preparation for the 2016 season head coach Tony De Thomasis recruited several prominent Toronto Croatia veterans, and Caribbean internationals. Once the season commenced York Region produced an undefeated streak of eleven matches.^[1] As a result, finished the season as the First Division champions with a new club defensive record. In the opening round of the postseason York Region defeated Milton SC by a score of 5-0.^[2] In the semifinal the Shooters were defeated in a penalty shootout to Hamilton City SC.^[3]

In the Second Division the reserve team concluded the season with a postseason berth. In the preliminary rounds of the playoffs York Region Region B defeated London City SC, and SC Waterloo Region.^[4][2] In the championship final the Shooters claimed their second championship title after defeating Toronto Atomic B 2-1.^[5]

As of September 30, 2016.^[8][9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ITA Emanuelle Ameltonis [10] 2 DF  JAM Halburto Harris 5 DF  CAN Gerard Ladiyou [11] 8 MF   Tristan Frankson 9 DF  CAN Shawn Brown [12] 7 MF  JAM Richard Edwards 9 FW  JAM Michael Binns 10 MF  CAN David Guzman [13] 11 FW  JAM Ashton Bennett 12 MF  TRI Hayden Fitzwilliams 13 MF   Ivan Prieto 14 DF  CAN Marcos Rodriguez [14] 15 MF  USA Evan Beutler [15] 16 MF  BEL Gilles Fogang [citation needed] 18 DF  JAM Odain Omaro Simpson 19 MF  JAM Camaal Reid 20 FW  JAM Richard West 21 FW   Luis Navarro 30 DF  GUY Adrian Butters - MF  CAN Dylan Bams [16] - MF  CAN Mehdi Barati Mahvar [17] - GK  CHI Camilo Benzi [18] - DF   Marcelo Capozzolo

No. Pos. Nation Player - DF  CAN Fitzroy Christey [19][20] - DF  CAN Winston Crozier [21] - DF  ITA Nicola Di Sanza - DF  CAN Ryan Dummett [22] - DF  CAN Dino Gardner - DF  JAM Ricky Herron - DF  CAN Desmond Humphrey [23] - GK  CAN Adrian Ibanez [24] - FW  CAN Tristan Jackman [25] - DF   John Jung - MF   Michael Lazzarotto - MF  CAN Nicholas Lindsay - MF  SCO Steven McDougall - FW  MKD Aleksander Stojanovski - MF   Vinicius Argenton Silva Abreu - MF   Kevin Blackford - MF  CAN Matthew Rios [26] - MF   Alexander Rodrigues De Carvalho - MF  COL Asher Quave-Robinson [27] - MF   Andrei Spatary - DF  CAN Justin Soscia [28] - MF   Paolo Henrique Oliva Da Silva - MF  CAN Jamil Thompson [29]

As of December 23, 2016.^[30]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CAN Adam Majer [31] 2 MF   Max Jordan 3 MF   Bobo Kukamvidohsha 6 MF   Simon Petersen 7 FW   David Romano 10 MF   Carlos Gunner Tjiboreko 11 MF  CAN Cruz Coronel [32] 12 MF   Paul McGhie 13 MF   Maximus Leon 14 MF   Johnson Luyiga 16 MF   Adan Rivas 17 DF  CAN Winston Crozier [33] 19 MF   Genosh Manuelpillai 22 DF   Damien Strangio 23 MF   Jose Antonio Olvera-Sauredo 27 MF   Abakar Mahamat - MF   Joshua Amaral - MF   Nathaniel Amaral - MF   Michael Anobile - FW  CAN Anthony Bahadur - MF   Raphael Barboza Da Silva - DF  URU Federico Burguez

No. Pos. Nation Player - GK   Christian Campanico - DF   Dean Campbell - DF   Junior Casinha - DF   Kyle Coelho - MF   Felipe Cschack - MF   Tyler Dawell Terrault - MF   Levi Deglau - GK   Andre Domingues - FW  CAN Kevin Ghatine [34] - MF   James Giraldo - MF   Niaran Goodie - FW   Mohamad Habib - MF   Ahmed Hussein - MF   Massi Kohgadai - DF  DOM Wilson Martinez - MF   Albert Moshi - GK  CAN Damon Naghavi [35] - DF   Marcus Malcom Orville - MF  USA David Schipper - FW   Nathan Smith - MF   Apollo Tsoulos - DF   Fedy Valcin

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Source
15	MF	Evan Beutler	Alabama Crimson Tide	Free Agent	[36]
9	DF	Shawn Brown	Toronto Croatia	Free Agent	[37]
30	DF	Adrian Butters	Oakville Blue Devils	Free Transfer	[38]
	DF	Nicola Di Sanza	Atlántico FC	Free Transfer	[39]
12	MF	Hayden Fitzwilliams	Toronto Croatia	Free Agent	[37]
2	DF	Halburto Harris	Toronto Croatia	Free Agent	[37]
	FW	Nicholas Lindsay	Toronto Croatia	Free Agent	[36]
19	MF	Camaal Reid	Sporting Central Academy	Free Transfer	[40]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Source
9	FW	Michael Binns	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	Free Transfer	[41]
	DF	Federico Burguez	Canadian SC	Free Transfer	[42]
	DF	Nicola Di Sanza	Atlántico FC	Free Transfer	[43]
	MF	Xavi Pérez	CF Gavà	Free Transfer
	DF	Wilson Martínez	Atlántico FC	Free Transfer	[44]