2005 Canadian Professional Soccer League season

Canadian Professional Soccer League 2005
League Canadian Professional Soccer League
Sport Football (soccer)
Duration 21 May 2005-10 October 2005
League
League champions Oakville Blue Devils
Runners-up Vaughan Shooters
Top scorer Aaron Byrd (Windsor Border Stars)

The 8th Canadian Professional Soccer League season began on May 21, 2005 and concluded on October 10, 2005 with newly expansion franchise Oakville Blue Devils claiming their first Rogers Cup victory.

Contents

Changes from 2004 season

Final standings

Purple indicates National Conference winners
Yellow indicates International Conference winners
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Eastern Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA Points
1 Vaughan Shooters 22 16 3 3 55 16 51
2 Toronto Croatia 22 13 3 6 44 19 45
3 Laval Dynamites 22 11 8 3 36 25 36
4 Toronto Supra 22 7 7 8 39 30 29
5 North York Astros 22 8 10 4 31 42 28
6 Durham Storm 22 1 20 1 10 85 4

Western Conference

Place Team P W L T GF GA Points
1 Hamilton Thunder 22 10 5 7 27 23 37
2 Oakville Blue Devils 22 10 5 7 46 26 35
3 Windsor Border Stars 22 8 10 4 40 35 28
4 St. Catharines Wolves 22 7 10 5 21 26 26
5 London City 22 6 12 4 26 39 22
6 Brampton Stallions 22 5 9 8 36 45 20

Rogers Cup playoffs

Quarterfinals

October 5, 2005
Windsor Border Stars 1–4 Oakville Blue Devils Centennial Park Stadium: 30
Rocca  78' Faria  42'
Steele  53'
De Luca  90'
October 6, 2005
Laval Dynamites 0–1 Toronto Croatia Memorial Park: 125
Laurito  3'

Wild Card Game

October 7, 2005
Toronto Croatia 1–0 aet North York Astros Esther Shiner Stadium:120
Crljen  102'

Semifinals

October 8, 2005
Hamilton Thunder 0–2 Oakville Blue Devils Esther Shiner Stadium: 120
Sinclair  31'
Bedenikovic  75'
October 8, 2005
Vaughan Shooters 4–0 Toronto Croatia Esther Shiner Stadium: 100
Palleschi  28'  40',  56'
Humphrey  74'

Rogers Cup final

October 10, 2005
Vaughan Shooters 1–2 (AET) Oakville Blue Devils Esther Shiner Stadium: 728
Cardenas  36' De Luca  46'
Gamble  100'
Canadian Professional Soccer League 2005 winners

Oakville Blue Devils
First Title

Scoring

This table lists the scoring leaders for the regular season.

Player Team G
Aaron Byrd Windsor Border Stars 17
Gabriel Pop Oakville Blue Devils 14
Radek Papiez Windsor Border Stars 10
Danny Amaral Toronto Supra 9
Jason de Thomasis Vaughan Shooters 9
Karim Ben Sari London City 9
Mike DiLuca Toronto Supra 9
Hugo Herrera Brampton Stallions 9
Mohamed Ridouani Laval Dynamites 9
Hayden Fitzwilliams Toronto Croatia 8
Desmond Humphrey Vaughan Shooters 7

Individual awards

External links