2021 Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine season

This article is about the women's season. For the men's season, see 2021 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season.

Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Women's Division

Season	2021
Dates	June 26 – August 8 (League) August 13–15 (Cup)
Champions	A.S. Blainville
Cup champions	A.S. Blainville
Matches played	45
Goals scored	149 (3.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Latifa Abdu (8) (CS Mont-Royal Outremont)
← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine season was the fourth 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.

A.S. Blainville was the defending champions from 2021.^[1][2] A.S. Blainville defended their title in the women's division and also won the inaugural women's League Cup.^[3]

Changes from 2020 and Changes due to pandemic

The 2021 season will have its greatest number of participating teams with 10 teams in the female division. As with the 2020 PLSQ season, the start of the season was delayed due to the pandemic. In the women's division, Royal-Sélect de Beauport and Celtix du Haut-Richelieu join as new entries in the division. Pierrefonds FC will also debut for the first time, after their entry in 2020 was withdrawn due to the pandemic. In addition, CS Mont-Royal Outremont, CS Monteuil, and CS St-Hubert will also return from hiatus, after not playing in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4] CS Fabrose became FC Laval following a merger with two other local clubs.^[5] The women's division will run from June 26 to August 8.^[6] The ten women's teams will play each team once, for a total of nine games.^[6] The top four teams in the standings will then take part in the PLSQ Cup for the first time, which will take place on August 13 and 15, at the Desjardins stadium in Laval.^[6]

Teams

Ten teams participated in the 2021 season. Each team played against every other team once. At the end of the season, the top four teams will qualify for the first edition of the League Cup (Coupe PLSQ).

Team	City	Stadium
A.S. Blainville	Blainville, Laurentides	Parc Blainville
Pierrefonds FC	Pierrefonds, Quebec	Pierrefonds Community High School
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie	Stade Alphonse-Desjardins
FC Laval	Laval, Laval	Collège Montmorency
CS Longueuil	Longueuil, Montérégie	Parc Laurier
CS Mont-Royal Outremont	Mount Royal, Montréal	Parc Recreatif de TMR
CS Monteuil	Laval, Laval	Parc de Lausanne
CS St-Hubert	Saint-Hubert, Montérégie	Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme
Ottawa South United	Ottawa, Ontario	George Nelms Sports Park
Royal-Sélect de Beauport	Beauport, Quebec City	Stade Beauport

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	A.S. Blainville (C, L)	9	7	1	1	25	4	+21	22	Coupe PLSQ
2	CS Monteuil	9	6	3	0	23	6	+17	21[a]
3	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	9	6	3	0	22	7	+15	21[a]
4	Pierrefonds FC	9	6	1	2	23	14	+9	19
5	Celtix du Haut-Richelieu	9	3	2	4	16	19	−3	11[b]
6	CS Mont-Royal Outremont	9	3	2	4	10	11	−1	11[c]
7	Ottawa South United	9	3	2	4	15	18	−3	11[c]
8	CS St-Hubert	9	1	2	6	5	24	−19	5
9	FC Laval	9	1	0	8	9	28	−19	3
10	CS Longueuil	9	0	2	7	7	24	−17	2

Source: PLSQ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal differential; 5) most goals
(C) Champions; (L) Coupe PLSQ winner
Notes:

1. CS Monteuil had a better goal differential than Royal-Sélect de Beauport.
2. Celtix du Haut-Richelieu beat CS Mont-Royal Outremont and Ottawa South United on head-to-head points (6–1–1).
3. CS Mont-Royal Outremont had a better goal differential than Ottawa South United.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Latifah Abdu	CS Mont-Royal Outremont	8
2	Laurie-Ann Moise	CS Monteuil	7
3	Julia Mulhern	Pierrefonds FC	6
	Claudia Asselin	AS Blainville
5	Naya Marcil	Celtix du Haut-Richelieu	5
	Sarah Humes	AS Blainville
	Joelle Mercier	Royal Sélect Beauport
	Nathalie Brunelle	AS Blainville

Awards

Award	Player (club)	Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player)	Donya Salomon Ali (FC Laval)	[7]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player)	Maya Smith (Ottawa South United)	[7]
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player)	Latifah Abdu (CS Mont-Royal Outremont)	[7]
Golden Boot (Top Scorer)	Latifah Abdu (CS Mont-Royal Outremont)	[8]
Coach of the Year	Jean-Lou Gosselin (AS Blainville)

Coupe PLSQ

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	AS Blainville	3
	4	Pierrefonds FC	0
						1	AS Blainville	1
						2	CS Monteuil	0
	2	CS Monteuil	3
	3	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	1

Semi-finals

AS Blainville v Pierrefonds FC

August 13, 2021	AS Blainville	3–0	Pierrefonds FC	Laval, Quebec
6:00 pm	V.Sanderson C.Asselin Sauvé			Stadium: Desjardins Stadium Referee: Salma Flores Desrochers

CS Monteuil v Royal-Sélect de Beauport

August 13, 2021	CS Monteuil	3–1	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	Laval, Quebec
8:30 pm	K.Fournier 40' A.François 86' (pen.) L.Portelance 89'		K.Tremblay 50'	Stadium: Desjardins Stadium Referee: Isabelle Duclos

Final

AS Blainville v CS Monteuil

August 15, 2021	AS Blainville	1–0	CS Monteuil	Laval, Quebec
1:30 pm	Sauvé 41'	Report		Stadium: Desjardins Stadium Referee: Sheila Couture

References

1. Tougas, Marc (6 October 2020). "L'AS Blainville Champion D'un Cour Championnat...Encore Plus Court que Prévu" [AS Blainville Champion of a Short Championship... Even Shorter than Expected]. PLSQ (in French).
2. Chenoix, Eric (19 August 2020). "Blainville remporte le titre chez les dames!" [Blainville wins the women's title!]. Viau Park (in French).
3. O'Neill, Paméla (15 August 2021). "L'AS Blainville Remporte la Coupe PLSQ Féminine!" [AS Blainville Wins the Women's PLSQ Cup!]. PLSQ (in French).
4. "Le Royal Sélect Beauport se joint à la PLSQ" [Royal Sélect Beauport Joins the PLSQ]. PLSQ (in French). 8 February 2021.
5. "FC Laval : « Former une structure professionnelle »" [FC Laval: "Form a professional structure"]. Just eSoccer (in French). 15 February 2021.
6. "La Dixième Saison de la PLSQ Débute Samedi" [The Tenth Season of the PLSQ Begins on Saturday]. PLSQ (in French). 25 June 2021.
7. @PLSQ1 (9 December 2021). "Tapis rouge PLSQ-F: Félicitations aux récipiendaires des prix de meilleures joueuses en PLSQ féminine cette saison!" [PLSQ-F Red Carpet: Congratulations to the recipients of the best women's PLSQ player awards this season!] (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.
8. @PLSQ1 (9 December 2021). "Tapis rouge PLSQ-F: Félicitations à Latifah Abdu du @CSMROgriffons qui remporte le soulier d'or de la PLSQ féminine au Tapis rouge du soccer québécois" [PLSQ-F Red Carpet: Congratulations to Latifah Abdu of the @CSMROgriffons who won the Women's PLSQ Golden Shoe at the Quebec Soccer Red Carpet] (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.