2000 Canadian Professional Soccer League season

Canadian Professional Soccer League
Season	2000
Champions	Toronto Croatia
Regular Season title	Toronto Olympians
Matches played	56
Goals scored	186 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gus Kouzmanis (Toronto Olympians)
Biggest home win	TO 8-0 LC
Biggest away win	LC 1-6 TO YRS 1-6 TC
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The 2000 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the third season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 26, 2000 and concluded on October 1, 2000 with Toronto Croatia defeating Toronto Olympians 2-1 to claim their first CPSL Championship (known as the Primus CPSL Cup for sponsorship reasons).^[1] The final was hosted at Cove Road Stadium for the first time.^[2] Throughout the season, all eight clubs from the previous year returned, while the Olympians secured their third straight regular season title. The league received sponsorship from Primus Canada, which granted Primus naming rights to the CPSL Championship, and Vincent Ursini was appointed the CPSL Chairman.^[3]

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Glen Shields Sun Devils	Vaughan, Ontario (Thornhill)	Dufferin District Field	Dave Benning
London City	London, Ontario (Westmount)	Cove Road Stadium	Jurek Gebczynski
North York Astros	Toronto, Ontario (North York)	Esther Shiner Stadium	Rafael Carbajal^[4]
Oshawa Flames	Oshawa, Ontario (Vanier)	Oshawa Civic Stadium	Stan Bombino^[5]
St. Catharines Wolves	St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle)	Club Roma Stadium	Lucio Ianiero
Toronto Croatia	Toronto, Ontario (Etobicoke)	Centennial Park Stadium	Velimir Crljen^[6]
Toronto Olympians	Toronto, Ontario (Scarborough)	Birchmount Stadium	David Gee
York Region Shooters	Richmond Hill, Ontario	Richmond Green	Bijan Azizi^[7]

Vaughan

London

Oshawa

St. Catharines

Richmond Hill

TORONTO

Location of CPSL teams outside of Toronto for the 2000 CPSL season.

Toronto Olympians

Toronto Croatia

North York Astros

York Region Shooters

Glen Shields Sun Devils

Location of CPSL teams in Toronto for the 2000 CPSL season.

Final standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Toronto Olympians	14	12	1	1	45	9	+36	37	Qualification for Playoffs
2	St. Catharines Roma	14	12	1	1	31	19	+12	37
3	Toronto Croatia	14	9	1	4	36	17	+19	28
4	Glen Shields Sun Devils	14	5	3	6	26	30	−4	18
5	York Region Shooters	14	4	2	8	17	30	−13	14
6	North York Astros	14	3	2	9	17	29	−12	11
7	Oshawa Flames	14	2	3	9	22	35	−13	9
8	London City	14	2	1	11	12	45	−33	7

Updated to games played on September 28, 2000.
Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0059.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Primus Canada CPSL Championship playoffs

The top four teams qualified for a one-game semifinal that led to the championship game played on October 1 at Cove Road Stadium in London, Ontario.

Semifinals			Final


1	Toronto Olympians	1

4	Glen Shields Sun Devils	0
			1	Toronto Olympians	1

			2	Toronto Croatia	2
2	St. Catharines Roma	1

3	Toronto Croatia	3

Wildcard

September 29, 2000	London City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Glen Shields Sun Devils	London, Ontario
8:30 ET	Michael Kubicki 58'	(Report)	Mike Glasgow 15'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium Attendance: 400
		Penalties
	Chris Picanco Luan Jonuzi Jurek Gebczynski Michael Kubicki Jeff Brown		Courtney Denis Craig Williams Pat Sullivan Chris Steffanazzi

Semifinals

September 30, 2000	Toronto Croatia	3–1	St. Catharines Roma	London, Ontario
5:00 ET	Tomislav Granic 13' Leo Marasovic 47' Denny Draganic 81'	(Report)	Gary McGutchan 61'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium Attendance: 100

September 30, 2000	Toronto Olympians	1–0	Glen Shields Sun Devils	London, Ontario
7:00 ET	Rick Titus 31'	(Report)		Stadium: Cove Road Stadium Attendance: 100

Primus CPSL Championship

Toronto Olympians v Toronto Croatia

October 1
3:15 ET

Toronto Olympians	1–2	Toronto Croatia
Gus Kouzmanis 92'	Report	Josip Draganic 68' Denny Draganic 80'

Cove Road Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Manuel Orellano (Ontario)


GK	1	Brian Bowes
RB	8	Bayete Smith
CB	6	Peyvand Mossavat	74'
CB	13	Danny Sanna	82'
LB	5	Tony Marshall (c)
RM	16	Ron Belfon	69'
CM	9	Elvis Thomas	45'
CM	23	Eddy Berdusco
LM	2	Rick Titus
ST	17	Darren Tilley
ST	11	Gus Kouzmanis
Substitutes:
GK	22	Lee Burrows
DF	4	Stevie Gill	82'
DF	7	John McNeil	45'
FW	10	John Matas	69'
MF	15	Louie Katsavrias
FW	18	Phil Capporella	74'
Manager:
David Gee


GK	1	George Azcurra
RB	22	Robert Fran
CB	19	Josip Draganic
CB	5	Milodrag Akmadzic
LB	3	Ervin Ryta
RM	18	Tony Preci	65'
CM	6	Chris Handsor	91'
CM	7	Denny Draganic
LM	4	Domagoj Sain
CF	9	Leo Marasovic
CF	10	Tomislav Granic
Substitutes:
DF	15	Robert Mandekic
MF	17	Peter Bedenikovic	91'
MF	14	Velimir Crljen	65'
Manager:
Velimir Crljen

Assistant referees:
Steve Cahoon
Justin Pasev
Fourth official:
Ogi Panich

2000 scoring leaders

Full article: CSL Golden Boot^[8]

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Gus Kouzmanis	Canadian	Toronto Olympians	31
2	Leo Marasovic	Canadian	Toronto Croatia	13
3	Eddy Berdusco	Canadian	Toronto Olympians	12
4	Gary McGuchan	Canadian	St. Catharines Wolves	11
5	Carlo Arghittu	Canadian	St. Catharines Wolves	10
6	Jimmy Kuzmanovski	Canadian	Oshawa Flames	9
7	Paul Moore	Canadian	Toronto Croatia	9
8	Elvis Thomas	Canadian	Toronto Olympians	9
9	Frank Zumpano	Canadian	St. Catharines Wolves	8
10	John Matas	Canadian	Toronto Olympians	8

CPSL Executive Committee

The 2000 CPSL Executive Committee.^[3]

Position	Name	Nationality
Chairman:	Vincent Ursini	Canadian
Director of Operations:	Chris Bellamy	Canadian
Director of Discipline:	Clifford Dell	Canadian
Director of Officials:	Tony Camacho	Portuguese

Individual awards

The annual CPSL awards ceremony was held on October 1, 2000 after the CPSL Championship final at the German Canadian Club in London, Ontario.^[9] Where for the second straight season the Toronto Olympians went home with the most awards with 3 wins.^[1]Kouzmanis became the first player to win the Golden Boot more than once and continues to hold that distinction.^[10] Olympian veteran Bayete Smith was named the Defender of the Year for his contribution for helping the club achieve the best defensive record. Their final award was their second straight Fair Play award for being the most disciplined team throughout the season.

The league chose former NPSL and USL A-League veteran Willy Giummarra of the York Region Shooters as its MVP. The Goalkeeper of the Year was given to Piotr Libicz, a former NPSL and CNSL veteran.^[11] After managing the St. Catharines Roma Wolves to second place finish behind Toronto with only a lower goal differential Lucio Ianiero was chosen as the Coach of the Year. Jimmy Kuzmanovski of the Oshawa Flames broke London City's four year hold on the Rookie of the Year award. For his efforts Steve Cahoon went home with the Referee of the Year award.

Award	Player (Club)
CPSL Most Valuable Player	Willy Giummarra (York Region Shooters)
CPSL Golden Boot	Gus Kouzmanis (Toronto Olympians)
CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award	Piotr Libicz (North York Astros)
CPSL Defender of the Year Award	Bayete Smith (Toronto Olympians)
CPSL Rookie of the Year Award	Jimmy Kuzmanovski (Oshawa Flames)
CPSL Coach of the Year Award	Lucio Ianiero (St. Catharines Roma Wolves)
CPSL Referee of the Year Award	Steve Cahoon
CPSL Fair Play Award	Toronto Olympians

References

1 2 RUMLESKI, Kathy. "LFP Sports: Croatia bags Primus Cup by upsetting Olympians". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
↑ "Canadian Professional Soccer League". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
1 2 Ursini, Vincent (2001-05-30). "2000 - Nov. 8 - Chairman's Report 2000". Archived from the original on 2001-05-30. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
↑ "North York Astros Soccer Club Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software". 2009-06-01. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
↑ "Wayback Machine". 2000-08-30. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
↑ "Canadian Professional Soccer League". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
↑ "Canadian Professional Soccer League". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
↑ "Top Goal Scorers 2000". 2002-03-28. Archived from the original on March 28, 2002. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
↑ "CPSL announces finalists for this years awards". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
↑ "2000 - Awards Winners". 2002-03-28. Archived from the original on 2002-03-28. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
↑ "Banquet 2000". 2001-04-21. Archived from the original on 2001-04-21. Retrieved 2017-06-03.

External links

Rocket Robin's Home Page of the 2000 CPSL Season

Canadian Soccer League
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Second Division teams	Brantford Galaxy SC B Burlington SC FC Ukraine United FC Vorkuta B London City Royal Toronto FC B SC Waterloo B Serbian White Eagles B
Former teams	Mississauga Eagles Vaughan Sun Devils Durham Flames Ottawa Wizards Durham Storm Hamilton Thunder Brampton Stallions Caribbean Selects Laval Dynamites Trois-Rivières Attak Hamilton Croatia Milltown Capital City SC Toronto Mississauga Eagles FC Montreal Impact Academy TFC Academy St. Catharines Wolves Windsor Stars Kingston North York Astros Brampton United Niagara United Toronto Croatia Hamilton City Toronto Atomic FC
Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Competitions	Givova Cup Open Canada Cup 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Other awards	Canadian Soccer League Awards CSL Golden Boot

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