– submitted by Vince Greco
The Standings are now set, and they will go into history as one of the more exciting years in the VISL 1st Division.
It took until Sunday evening to determine final placements – which in turn decided the fate of teams who were hopeful to earn the right to face other teams in the Province Cup – specifically vs the FVSL & VMSL.
Cowichan LMG & Nanaimo Utd already earned a berth, joining them now are Vic West FC and Bays Utd. Missing out narrowly on goal difference was Gorge FC.
This is how it was determined:
| Lakehill Maple Glass – (D1) | 3 | |
| VI Wave – (D1) | 0 |
Lakehill Maple Glass – (D1)
Goals: Avi Bachra, Kean de Vries, Lee Bauer
Shutouts: Drew Sessions
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| Nanaimo United FC – (D1) | 3 | |
| Campbell River Cermaq – (D1) | 2 |
Nanaimo United FC – (D1)
Goals: Niko Cristante, Daragh Fitzgerald (2)
Campbell River Cermaq – (D1)
Goals: Peter McWilliams, Dylan Sparling
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| Cowichan FC – (D1) | 2 | |
| Vic West FC – (D1) | 3 |
Cowichan FC – (D1)
Goals: Patrick Nelson, Own Goal
Vic West FC – (D1)
Goals: Sean Prizeman, Leo Falzon, Catalin Lichioiu
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| Gorge FC – (D1) | 2 | |
| Nanaimo United FC – (D1) | 3 |
Gorge FC – (D1)
Goals: Colin McDonald, Jon Shah
Nanaimo United FC – (D1)
Goals: Hussen Sayed, Jordan Lindsay (2)
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Final Division 1 Standings:
| # | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Diff | Pts |
| 1 | Cowichan FC – (D1) | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 28 | 30 | 39 |
| 2 | Vic West FC – (D1) | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Bays United Liquor Plus – (D1) | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 32 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Nanaimo United FC – (D1) | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Gorge FC – (D1) | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 35 |
| 6 | VI Wave – (D1) | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 38 | -3 | 24 |
| 7 | Lakehill Maple Glass – (D1) | 18 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 40 | -13 | 16 |
| 8 | Campbell River Cermaq – (D1) | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 47 | -26 | 15 |
| 9 | Comox Valley United – (D1) | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 36 | -13 | 11 |
| 10 | SFFC Harris Victoria – (D1) | 18 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 43 | -29 | 8 |
Goals Scored:
| 23 | |
| Patrick Nelson | |
| Cowichan FC – (D1) | |
| Jon Shah | 17 |
| Gorge FC – (D1) | |
| Daragh Fitzgerald | 13 |
| Nanaimo United FC – (D1) | |
| Blair Sturrock | 12 |
| VI Wave – (D1) | |
| Kean de Vries | 8 |
| Lakehill Maple Glass – (D1) | |
| Cooper Barry | 8 |
| Cowichan FC – (D1) | |
| Craig Gorman | 8 |
| Cowichan FC – (D1) | |
| Will Adams | 7 |
| VI Wave – (D1) | |
| Bryan Taylor | 7 |
| Vic West FC – (D1) | |
Looking forward to the Cup Finals at Royal Athletic Park this upcoming weekend April 1 & 2.