2006 Canadian Soccer League season

Canadian Soccer League
Season2006
ChampionsItalia Shooters
Regular Season titleSerbian White Eagles (International Division)
Oakville Blue Devils (National Division)
Matches played132
Goals scored443 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorerGabriel Pop (Serbian White Eagles) (27)
Best goalkeeperGeorge Azcurra
Biggest home win9–0 Toronto Supra Portuguese v Caribbean Selects
Biggest away win0–8 St. Catharines Wolves v Serbian White Eagles
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The 2006 Canadian Soccer League season was the 9th season for the Canadian Soccer League. The season began on May 19, 2006, and concluded on October 15, 2006, with Italia Shooters defeating Serbian White Eagles, 1–0, at Esther Shiner Stadium to win their first CSL Championship.[1] In the regular season Serbia clinched the International Division, and Oakville Blue Devils secured their first National Division title. The league was re-branded as the Canadian Soccer League, and renamed their two existing conferences into the International and National division. The changes brought about an increase in sponsorship, media coverage, and a 50% increase in attendance.[2][3] The CSL also received greater autonomy from the Ontario Soccer Association.[4] The league struck an agreement with the Toronto Community News which provided coverage for the league and its member clubs through their nine community newspapers.[5]

Changes from 2005 season

The Canadian Professional Soccer League changed their name to the Canadian Soccer League. Two new conferences were created International, and National, replacing the Eastern, and Western conferences.[6][7] The Vaughan Shooters changed their name to Italia Shooters and Toronto Supra changed their name to Toronto Supra Portuguese.[8] Both joined the newly created international division, re-kindling the spirit of the National Soccer League. The Serbian White Eagles, and the Caribbean Selects began play as an expansion franchise in the International Conference.[9][10] The White Eagles played under the same name in the CSL's predecessor league the National Soccer League in 1974.[11] The Hamilton Thunder, and the Durham Storm had their franchises revoked.[12][13] Most of the matches were scheduled for the weekend in order to save travel expenses for the clubs, and the league eliminated the playoff wildcard match for the host club.[14]

Teams

Team City Stadium Manager
Brampton Stallions Brampton, Ontario (Bramalea) Victoria Park Stadium Paul Dhillon[15]
Caribbean Selects Toronto, Ontario (Liberty Village) Lamport Stadium Corcel Blair Jr.[16]
Italia Shooters Vaughan, Ontario (Woodbridge) Ontario Soccer Centre Carmine Isacco
London City London, Ontario (Westmount) Cove Road Stadium Harry Gauss[17]
Laval Dynamites Laval, Quebec Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne Jawad El Andaloussi[18]
North York Astros Toronto, Ontario (North York) Esther Shiner Stadium Pavel Zaslavski[19]
Oakville Blue Devils Oakville, Ontario (Bronte) Bronte Stadium Phil Ionadi[20]
Serbian White Eagles Toronto, Ontario (Etobicoke) Centennial Park Stadium Dragoslav Šekularac[21]
St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle) Club Roma Stadium Miro Marjanovic[22]
Toronto Croatia Mississauga, Ontario (Streetsville) Memorial Park Mladen Pralija
Toronto Supra Portuguese Toronto, Ontario (Brockton) Brockton Stadium Jose Testas
Windsor Border Stars Windsor, Ontario Windsor Stadium Pat Hilton[23]

Final standings

International Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Serbian White Eagles (A, C) 22 17 4 1 66 13 +53 55 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Toronto Croatia (A) 22 14 5 3 58 23 +35 47
3 Italia Shooters (A, O) 22 8 9 5 30 26 +4 33
4 Toronto Supra Portuguese (A) 22 7 7 8 43 34 +9 28
5 Caribbean Selects 22 1 3 18 15 87 −72 6
Updated to match(es) played on September 30, 2006. Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpwk20.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

National Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Oakville Blue Devils (A, C) 22 10 6 6 42 26 +16 36 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Brampton Stallions (A) 22 10 5 7 38 42 −4 35
3 Laval Dynamites (A) 22 8 7 7 37 29 +8 31
4 Windsor Border Stars (A) 22 8 6 8 30 30 0 30
5 St. Catharines Wolves 22 7 6 9 29 40 −11 27
6 North York Astros 22 3 8 11 28 45 −17 17
7 London City 22 3 6 13 27 58 −31 15
Updated to match(es) played on September 30, 2006. Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports06/06cpwk20.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champions

CSL Championship playoffs

QuarterFinals SemiFinals Rogers Cup final
               
3 Toronto Croatia 1
6 Laval Dynamites 0
3 Toronto Croatia 0
5 Italia Shooters 1
2 Oakville Blue Devils 1
7 Windsor Border Stars 2
5 Italia Shooters 1
1 Serbian White Eagles 0
4 Brampton Stallions 0
5 Italia Shooters 2
1 Serbian White Eagles 6
7 Windsor Border Stars 1
1 Serbian White Eagles 3
8 Toronto Supra Portuguese 0

Quarterfinals

October 1, 2006 Toronto Croatia 1–0 Laval Dynamites Brampton, Ontario
1:30 ET Tommy Ples 52' (Report) Stadium: Victoria Park Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Steven DePiero (Ontario)
October 1, 2006 Oakville Blue Devils 1–2 Windsor Border Stars Oakville, Ontario
3:30 ET Pedro Czoli 5' (Report) Sampson 16'
Wil Kletzien 45'		 Stadium: Bronte Stadium
October 1, 2006 Brampton Stallions Cancelled[note 1] Italia Shooters Brampton, Ontario
6:00 ET (Report)
[[24] (Report)]		 Stadium: Victoria Park Stadium
October 2, 2006 Serbian White Eagles 3–0 Toronto Supra Portuguese Toronto, Ontario
8:00 ET Viciknez 53', 89'
Alex Braletic 91'		 (Report) Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Andrew Kravets (Ontario)
  1. ^ Italia Shooters were given the semi-final spot as a result of a 2-0 forfeit

Semifinals

October 7, 2006 Toronto Croatia 0–1 Italia Shooters Toronto, Ontario
1:00 ET (Report) Jason DeThomasis 83' Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Ontario)
October 7, 2006 Serbian White Eagles 6–1 Windsor Border Stars Toronto, Ontario
5:00 ET Gabriel Pop 29'
Milos Scepanovic 34'
Gabriel Pop 36'
Gabriel Pop 49'
Gabriel Pop 61'
Joshua Gordon 81'		 (Report) Ablaye Abdulla 68' Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Vito Curalli (Ontario)

CSL Championship

Serbian White Eagles0–1Italia Shooters
Report Anthony Adur 62'
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Mercy Watfa (Ontario)
GK 23 Dušan Belić
RB 2 Siniša Ninković
CB 8 Nenad Stojčić
LB 6 Mirko Medić
RM 16 Joshua Gordon
CM 10 Božo Milić  82'
CM 13 Nikola Budalic  76'
LM 21 Alex Braletic[25]
ST 11 Gabriel Pop[26]
ST 9 Saša Viciknez (c)
ST 15 Miloš Šćepanović[27]  45'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Miodrag Bogdanović
DF 4 Marc Jankovic[28]
DF 5 Nikola Lukić
DF 7 Mario Ostojić
MF 12 Uroš Predić  82'
MF 20 Milan Janošević  76'
FW 22 Dragan Radović  45'
Manager:
Dragoslav Šekularac
GK 0 Camilo Benzi
RB 22 Angelo Pollastrone[29] (c)
CB 12 Alvaro Yaques[30]
LB 11 Fitzroy Christey[31]
RM 15 Luke Stedmond  57'
CM 24 Anthony Adur
CM 13 Frank Bruno[32]  82'
CM 18 Bill Androutsos  65'
LM 25 Sean Myers[33]
FW 21 Luca Forno[34]
FW 9 Jason De Thomasis[35]  84'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Pablo Alvarado
DF 6 Franco Ruscetta[36]  65'
DF 3 Diego Cardona
MF 10 Josue Jaramillo  57'
FW 14 Remone Metyas
FW 20 Rob Black  84'
FW 23 Aundrae Rollins  82'
Manager:
Tony De Thomasis

Assistant referees:
Amato DeLuca
Vito Curalli
Fourth official:
Yusri Rudolf

All-Star Game

Clyde F.C. of the Scottish First Division conducted a Canadian tour, where they played two matches the first match against Windsor Border Stars and the second against a CSL All-Star team assembled by Velemir Crljen.[37][38] The match was played at Esther Shiner Stadium at North York, Toronto.

CSL All-Stars1 - 2Clyde F.C.
Saša Viciknez 6' Report Dougie Imrie 18'
Stephen O'Donnell 55'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Steve DePiero (Ontario)
GK 23 George Azcurra  52'
RB 22 Antonijo Župan (c)
CB 25 Orlin Chalmers  66'
LB 4 Domagoj Šain
RM 12 Danny Draganic  31'
CM 17 Desmond Humphrey  79'
CM 16 Caswain Mason  86'
CM 13 Hayden Fitzwilliams  80'
LM 19 Fitzroy Christey  75'
ST 10 Peter Curic  70'
ST 18 Saša Viciknez  66'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Dušan Belić  79'
GK 21 Haidar Al-Shaïbani  52'  79'
DF 15 Deny Velastegui  75'
DF 2 Mirko Medić  66'
DF 7 Mario Ostojić  90'
DF 3 Zeljko Dukic  79'
MF 6 Selmir Sehic  31'  90'
MF 8 Gentjan Dervishi
MF 11 Eris Tafaj  86'
MF 24 Geoffrey Attard  80'
FW 17 Judah Hernandez  70'
FW 5 Alex Braletic  87'
FW 14 Jean Tshimpaka  66'  87'
Manager:
Velimir Crljen
GK 1 Peter Cherrie
RB 5 Craig McKeown
CB 2 Neil McGregor
CB 4 Chris Higgins  74'
LB 3 Dougie Imrie
RM 11 Michael McGowan
CM 6 Kevin McDonald
CM 7 Steven Masterton  45'
LM 8 Stephen O'Donnell
FW 10 Tom Brighton  10'
FW 9 Alex Williams
Substitutes:
GK 17 Paul Jarvie
DF 12 Bob Harris
MF 15 Kevin Bradley  10'
MF 16 Paul McHale  45'
MF 19 Ian Sinclair  74'
FW 14 Gary Arbuckle
Manager:
Graham Roberts

Assistant referees:
Amato DeLuca
Mike Roecken
Fourth official:
Vito Curalli

Top goal scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Gabriel Pop[39] Serbian White Eagles 27
2 Saša Viciknez Serbian White Eagles 23
3 Castro Uarlem Toronto Supra Portuguese 20
4 Hayden Fitzwilliams Toronto Croatia 12
5 Tomislav Ples[40] Toronto Croatia 11
6 Sam Hassam Oakville Blue Devils 10
7 Rachid Madkour Laval Dynamites 9
8 Hugo Herrera Brampton Stallions 8
9 Petro Czoli[41] Oakville Blue Devils 8
10 Micheal DiLuca[42] Toronto Supra Portuguese 8

Updated: September 30, 2006
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20070203180901/http://cpsl.org/stats.asp

CSL Executive Committee and Staff

The 2006 CSL Executive Committee.[43][44]

Position Name Nationality
Commissioner: Cary Kaplan Canadian
Executive Director: Stan Adamson[45] English
Director of Discipline: Clifford Dell[46] Canadian
Director of Officials: Walter Kirchner Romanian
Director of Marketing: John Marsico Canadian
Office Manager: Janet Leonard Canadian
Administration/PR: Stephen McCaffrey Canadian
Referee-in-Chief: Hugh Elliott Canadian
Community Services: Peter Li Preti Canadian
Legal Counsel: Ira Greenspoon Canadian
Financial Auditor: John Morgan Canadian

Awards

The annual CSL awards ceremony was held at the La Contessa Banquet Hall on October 22, 2006 in North York, Toronto.[47] The majority of the awards were taken by the International Division teams.[48] The league chose Sasa Viciknez as its MVP, a former Serbian football veteran who played in the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. Romanian import Gabriel Pop took the Golden Boot for the White Eagles. The Goalkeeper of the Year went to George Azcurra of Toronto Croatia, which marked his fifth award a record amount.

Due to his longstanding dedication to the league Toronto Supra Portuguese owner Isac Cambas was given the President of the Year award. Supra's Uarlem Castro was named the Rookie of the Year after finishing as the third highest goalscorer in the league. After defying the odds in the championship final by defeating a team stacked with European football experience, Tony De Thomasis was presented with the Coach of the Year award. Expansion franchise Caribbean Selects were given the Fair Pay award, and Mercy Watfa was named the Referee of the Year.

Award Player (Club)
CSL Most Valuable Player Saša Viciknez (Serbian White Eagles)
CSL Golden Boot Gabriel Pop (Serbian White Eagles)
CSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award George Azcurra (Toronto Croatia)
CSL Defender of the Year Award Fil Rocca (Windsor Border Stars)
CSL Rookie of the Year Award Uarlem Castro (Toronto Supra Portuguese)
CSL Coach of the Year Award Tony De Thomasis (Italia Shooters)
CSL President of the Year Award Isac Cambas (Toronto Supra Portuguese)
CSL Referee of the Year Award Mercy Watfa
CSL Fair Play Award Caribbean Selects

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