2009 Canadian Soccer League season
| Season | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Trois-Rivières Attak |
| Matches played | 90 |
| Goals scored | 301 (3.34 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Reda Agourram 13 |
| Biggest home win | Serbian White Eagles 7-0 London City (31-Jul-2009) |
| Biggest away win | North York Astros 0-8 TFC Academy (19-Sep-2009) |
| Highest scoring |
Brampton Lions 3-6 Serbian White Eagles (24-Jul-2009) London City 6-3 TFC Academy(14-Aug-2009) (9 goals) |
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← 2008 2010 → | |
The 2009 Canadian Soccer League regular season ran from 15 May to 20 September 2009. Trois-Rivières Attak won the championship.[1]
Changes from 2008 season
- League extends playoffs to two games series and reduces regular-season schedule from 22 to 18 and a balanced schedule.
- Top 8 teams qualify for playoffs, without any seeding for division winners.
- CSL receives conditional membership in the Canadian Soccer Association (first league to achieve this in 16 years).
- Rogers TV commits to broadcasting a full 23-game schedule every Saturday night through to the finals.
- Inaria comes on board as official ball, and referee apparel sponsor.
- Windsor Border Stars franchise revoked
Results table
All Stats Current as of games played Sep 20, 2009.
| Home ╲ Away | BMP | ITS | LON | NYA | POR | SER | STC | TFCA | TOR | TRA |
| Brampton Lions | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–6 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
| Italia Shooters | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | |
| London City | 1–5 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 6–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |
| North York Astros | 3–5 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–8 | 1–4 | 3–2 | |
| Portugal FC | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
| Serbian White Eagles | 1–3 | 0–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| St. Catharines Wolves | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | |
| TFC Academy | 1–3 | 3–2 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| Toronto Croatia | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | |
| Trois-Rivieres Attak | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
Source: Canadian Soccer League
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Standings
National Division
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trois-Rivières Attak | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 16 | +24 | 38 |
| 2 | St. Catharines Wolves | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 25 |
| 3 | Brampton Lions | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 24 |
| 4 | TFC Academy | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 23 |
| 5 | North York Astros | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 15 |
| 6 | London City | 18 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 60 | −46 | 5 |
International Division
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbian White Eagles | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 19 | +24 | 36 |
| 2 | Toronto Croatia | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 35 |
| 3 | Italia Shooters | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 25 |
| 4 | Portugal FC | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 23 |
Playoffs
In 2009, both the quarterfinals and semifinals will be two game series. The winner of the series will be the team with the most points after two games. Should they be tied after the second game, the 2nd game will go into overtime, and if necessary, penalty kicks.
In both the quarter- and semifinals, the team who finished higher in the standings determines which of the two games they prefer to host.
The Championship shall be a one game final on Saturday October 24 at Lamport Stadium in Toronto.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Trois-Rivières Attak |
3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Portugal FC |
0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Trois-Rivières Attak |
3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Italia Shooters |
3 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Italia Shooters |
5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | St. Catharines Wolves |
0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Trois-Rivières Attak |
0 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Serbian White Eagles |
0 (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Toronto Croatia |
3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Brampton Lions |
1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Toronto Croatia |
1 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Serbian White Eagles |
3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Serbian White Eagles |
1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | TFC Academy |
0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
September 24, 2009 8:00 PM |
| St. Catharines Wolves |
0 – 5 | Italia Shooters |
|---|---|---|
Stillman  36'DelPriore  ??', 43' |
Ordell  4'Cisternino 56'Humphrey 80' 86' 87' |
Club Roma St. Catharines, Ontario |
September 26, 2009 8:00 PM |
| Portugal FC |
0 – 3 | Trois-Rivières Attak |
|---|---|---|
| Annisi ??', 72' Stewart |
(Report) | Tissot Louis-Jeune 44'Ouimette 61'Vitulano Meftouh Saleh 87'Cortese 90' |
September 27, 2009 8:15 PM |
| Toronto Croatia |
3 – 0 | Brampton Lions |
|---|---|---|
| Fitzwilliams 19' Maletic 49'Bustamante 64' (pen.) |
Da Silva 38' Cameira 63' |
Semifinals
October 9–12, 2009 3:00 PM |
| Toronto Croatia |
1 – 3 | Serbian White Eagles |
|---|---|---|
| Hurtis 40' 71' Dimitrov 56' |
Centennial Stadium Attendance: 1,116 |
Final
Goal scorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reda Agourram | Trois-Rivières Attak | 13 |
| T2 | Allando Matheson | TFC Academy | 10 |
| T2 | Kadian Lecky | Italia Shooters | 10 |
| T4 | David Guzmán | Brampton Lions | 9 |
| T4 | Tihomir Maletic | Toronto Croatia | 9 |
| T6 | Sasa Viciknez | Serbian White Eagles FC | 8 |
| T6 | Yannick Rome-Gosselin | Trois-Rivières Attak | 8 |
| 8 | Diego Maradona | North York Astros | 7 |
| T9 | Daniel Nascimento | Brampton Lions | 6 |
| T9 | Aleks Braletic | Serbian White Eagles FC | 6 |
References
- ↑ "Canada 2009". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
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