June 30, 2021
OUA announces soccer schedules for 2021 season
Burlington, Ont. - Ontario University Athletics (OUA) is pleased to announce the 2021 regular season soccer schedules, set to commence on September 22.
Key Dates
Training Camp Start | W/M: September 4, 2021
Regular Season Start | W/M: September 22, 2021
Regular Season End | W/M: October 31, 2021
Championships | W/M: November 13, 2021
With a condensed schedule and a new three-division set-up, there are a number of adjustments for the 2021 women's and men's soccer regular seasons, but teams will be chomping at the bit to get back all the same.
On the women's side, the Guelph Gryphons and Windsor Lancers will be the first to do make their triumphant returns, as the two teams will compete on the Lancers' home turf on September 22 to open the OUA regular season. After claiming a 2-0 victory in the 2019 OUA Championship, meanwhile, the York Lions will begin their title defence the following day when they head to Oshawa for a clash with the 2016 champion Ontario Tech Ridgebacks.
It is a full weekend of action to follow, as a total of 15 more games will highlight the first week of action. Among those taking the pitch are York's fellow final four foes from 2019, including the silver medalist Toronto Varsity Blues, who open at home against the Ryerson Rams; Western Mustangs, who will host the Brock Badgers; and the Ottawa Gee-Gees, who will also face the Lions in a rematch of the 2019 semifinal classic.
The men's slate will see a nearly identical schedule overall, with last year's final four participant Gryphons facing the Lancers on September 22. The perennial powerhouse Lions, who fell just one win shy of the title in 2019, will join their female counterparts with an opener against Ontario Tech on September 23. The reigning champion Carleton Ravens, meanwhile, will begin their quest for three straight OUA titles when they get underway on September 24 against the Queen's Gaels.
The Varsity Blues, who also punched their ticket to a final four appearance in 2019, will start with an all-GTA matchup against the Rams on September 25, the team they defeated in quarterfinal play in their last head-to-head contest nearly two years ago.
While the new divisional alignment will not offer a 2019 championship rematch on the women's side during the regular season, the York men's team will have a chance to exact some revenge against the Ravens when the two teams clash for a home-and-home on the season's penultimate weekend (October 22 and 24).
Both seasons' slates will proceed throughout the entirety of October, with the final games being played from October 29 to 31, including eight games apiece on the final day of regular season action.
The complete 2021 OUA women's soccer regular season schedule can be found HERE, while the men's schedule can be found HERE.
*The soccer schedules, as with all OUA schedules for the 2021-22 season, remain subject to change based on any pertinent updates from the provincial government, public health authorities, and provincial sport organizations. Game-specific adjustments to dates/times may also be made by OUA members over the summer months.
Key Dates
Training Camp Start | W/M: September 4, 2021
Regular Season Start | W/M: September 22, 2021
Regular Season End | W/M: October 31, 2021
Championships | W/M: November 13, 2021
With a condensed schedule and a new three-division set-up, there are a number of adjustments for the 2021 women's and men's soccer regular seasons, but teams will be chomping at the bit to get back all the same.
On the women's side, the Guelph Gryphons and Windsor Lancers will be the first to do make their triumphant returns, as the two teams will compete on the Lancers' home turf on September 22 to open the OUA regular season. After claiming a 2-0 victory in the 2019 OUA Championship, meanwhile, the York Lions will begin their title defence the following day when they head to Oshawa for a clash with the 2016 champion Ontario Tech Ridgebacks.
It is a full weekend of action to follow, as a total of 15 more games will highlight the first week of action. Among those taking the pitch are York's fellow final four foes from 2019, including the silver medalist Toronto Varsity Blues, who open at home against the Ryerson Rams; Western Mustangs, who will host the Brock Badgers; and the Ottawa Gee-Gees, who will also face the Lions in a rematch of the 2019 semifinal classic.
The men's slate will see a nearly identical schedule overall, with last year's final four participant Gryphons facing the Lancers on September 22. The perennial powerhouse Lions, who fell just one win shy of the title in 2019, will join their female counterparts with an opener against Ontario Tech on September 23. The reigning champion Carleton Ravens, meanwhile, will begin their quest for three straight OUA titles when they get underway on September 24 against the Queen's Gaels.
The Varsity Blues, who also punched their ticket to a final four appearance in 2019, will start with an all-GTA matchup against the Rams on September 25, the team they defeated in quarterfinal play in their last head-to-head contest nearly two years ago.
While the new divisional alignment will not offer a 2019 championship rematch on the women's side during the regular season, the York men's team will have a chance to exact some revenge against the Ravens when the two teams clash for a home-and-home on the season's penultimate weekend (October 22 and 24).
Both seasons' slates will proceed throughout the entirety of October, with the final games being played from October 29 to 31, including eight games apiece on the final day of regular season action.
The complete 2021 OUA women's soccer regular season schedule can be found HERE, while the men's schedule can be found HERE.
*The soccer schedules, as with all OUA schedules for the 2021-22 season, remain subject to change based on any pertinent updates from the provincial government, public health authorities, and provincial sport organizations. Game-specific adjustments to dates/times may also be made by OUA members over the summer months.
