2015 Canadian Soccer League season

Canadian Soccer League
Season	2015
Champions	Serbian White Eagles (First Division regular season) Toronto Croatia (First Division playoffs, 10th title) SC Waterloo B (Second Division regular season) Milton S C B (Second Division playoffs)
Matches played	215
Goals scored	891 (4.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Richard West (23)
Biggest home win	TOR 7-0 SCB SCW B 12-0 SER B
Biggest away win	NIA 1-9 YRS SER B 0-9 BRG B
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The 2015 Canadian Soccer League season was the 18th since its establishment where a total of 22 teams from Ontario took part in the league. The season began on May 9, 2015, and concluded on October 25, 2015. Toronto Croatia won their sixth championship (ninth including Canadian National Soccer League titles) in a 1– victory over SC Waterloo in the CSL Championship final held at Warrior Field in Waterloo, Ontario.^[1] In the regular season the Serbian White Eagles clinched their fourth regular season title, while Milton SC won their first second division championship.

The First Division saw an increase to 12 teams, while the Second Division remained the same. New additions to the first division was the return of Brantford Galaxy along with Toronto Atomic, and Scarborough SC as expansion franchises.^[2] Founding member North York Astros disbanded their professional team while Kingston FC departed in order to apply for League1 Ontario.^[3]^[4]

First Division

Teams

Of the 10 teams that played in the First Division in 2014, eight returned. Kingston FC and North York Astros left. Brantford Galaxy returned from a two-year hiatus.^[5] Two new teams joined for 2015, Scarborough SC, and Toronto Atomic FC. A third team, Milton SC, joined from the Second Division.

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Brampton United	Brampton (Bramalea)	Victoria Park Stadium^[6]	Juan Barreto
Brantford Galaxy	Brantford	Steve Brown Sports Complex^[7]	Tomo Dančetović
Burlington SC	Burlington	Nelson Stadium^[8]	William Etchu Tabi
London City	London	Hellenic Centre Stadium^[9]	Josip Dzale
Milton SC	Milton (Timberlea)	Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School^[10]	Jasmin Halkic
Niagara United	Niagara Falls	Kalar Sports Park^[11]	David Currie
Scarborough SC	Toronto (North York)	Downsview Park^[12]	Kiril Dimitrov
SC Waterloo Region	Waterloo	Warrior Field^[13]	Lazo Džepina
Serbian White Eagles	Toronto (Etobicoke)	Centennial Park Stadium^[14]	Uroš Stamatović
Toronto Atomic FC	Toronto (Etobicoke)	Centennial Park Stadium^[15]	Ihor Yavorskyi
Toronto Croatia	Mississauga	Centennial Park Stadium^[16]	Velimir Crljan
York Region Shooters	Vaughan (Maple)	Joan of Arc Turf Field^[17]	Tony De Thomasis

Brampton

Brantford

Burlington

London

Milton

Niagara Falls

Waterloo

Vaughan

TORONTO

Location of teams outside of Toronto for the 2015 CSL season.

Scarborough

Toronto Atomic

Serbian White Eagles

Toronto Croatia

York Region Shooters

Location of teams in or near Toronto for the 2015 CSL season.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Brampton United !BRA	Brantford Galaxy !BRG	Burlington SC !BSC	London City !LON	Milton SC !MIL	Niagara United !NIA	Scarborough SC !SCB	SC Waterloo Region !SCW	Serbian White Eagles !SER	Toronto Atomic !TAT	Toronto Croatia !TOR	York Region Shooters !YRS
Brampton United !Brampton United		3–1	2–1	4–1	3–4	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–2
Brantford Galaxy !Brantford Galaxy	1–2		0–2	2–0	3–4	3–1	2–4	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–4	3–2
Burlington SC !Burlington SC	5–0	1–2		0–2	3–2	4–3	4–3	2–1	0–5	1–3	1–1	0–2
London City !London City	0–0	1–0	1–3		1–3	2–1	3–3	0–1	0–2	3–1	3–2	2–7
Milton SC !Milton SC	0–2	3–3	4–2	3–1		3–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–4	0–4	2–0
Niagara United !Niagara United	0–0	3–2	1–8	1–4	0–0		1–2	1–2	1–4	2–6	0–3	1–9
Scarborough SC !Scarborough SC	0–6	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–4	3–3		2–1	1–1	1–4	2–1	3–1
SC Waterloo Region !SC Waterloo Region	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	2–0		2–1		2–2	4–2	1–5	4–1
Serbian White Eagles !Serbian White Eagles	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	7–1	1–0	0–1		2–1	2–1	0–3
Toronto Atomic !Toronto Atomic	4–1	0–3	2–0	4–2	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	1–5		1–2	1–2
Toronto Croatia !Toronto Croatia	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	7–0	0–0	0–1	4–2		3–1
York Region Shooters !York Region Shooters	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–3	3–0	4–1	4–1	4–1	1–2	3–2	0–3

Updated to games played on October 4, 2015.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/first-division-schedule/
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

One match between SC Waterloo Region and Niagara United not played

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Serbian White Eagles	22	16	4	2	52	17	+35	52	Qualification for Playoffs
2	Toronto Croatia	22	15	3	4	57	18	+39	48
3	York Region Shooters	22	13	1	8	56	35	+21	40
4	SC Waterloo Region	21	11	3	7	34	27	+7	36
5	Toronto Atomic FC	22	10	2	10	23	37	−14	32
6	Burlington SC	22	8	3	11	41	44	−3	27
7	Milton SC	22	8	3	11	32	43	−11	27
8	London City	22	8	2	12	31	46	−15	26
9	Brampton United	22	7	5	10	31	33	−2	26
10	Scarborough SC	22	6	8	8	32	49	−17	26
11	Brantford Galaxy	22	7	3	12	32	44	−12	24
12	Niagara United	21	2	3	16	23	71	−48	9

Updated to games played on October 4, 2015.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/first-division-standings-2015/
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.
One match between SC Waterloo Region and Niagara United not played

Top Goal Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Richard West ^[18]	York Region Shooters	23
2	Zdenko Jurčević	Brantford Galaxy	21
3	Sahjah Reid	Serbian White Eagles	18
4	Adis Hasečić	SC Waterloo Region	16
5	Jose Gonçalves de Sousa	Scarborough SC	15
6	Darren Chambers	Toronto Croatia	12
6	Vladimir Vujović	Burlington SC	12
8	Jure Glavina	Toronto Croatia	11
9	Josip Keran ^[19]	Toronto Croatia	10
9	Oleksandr Semeniuk	Toronto Atomic FC	10

Updated: December 10, 2015
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2015-first-division-stats/

Playoffs

Bracket

The top 8 teams qualified for the one-game quarter final, and a one-game semifinal that lead to the championship game played on October 25 at Warrior Field in Waterloo, Ontario.

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final


1	Serbian White Eagles	1

8	London City	0
			1	Serbian White Eagles	2

			4	SC Waterloo	3
4	SC Waterloo	2

5	Toronto Atomic FC	0
						4	SC Waterloo	0

						2	Toronto Croatia	1
2	Toronto Croatia	4

7	Milton SC	0
			2	Toronto Croatia	3

			3	York Region Shooters	2
3	York Region Shooters	4

6	Burlington SC	2

Quarterfinals

October 10, 2015	Serbian White Eagles	1–0	London City	Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
19:00	Vukomanović 69'	Report

October 11, 2015	SC Waterloo	2–0	Toronto Atomic FC	Warrior Field, Waterloo, Ontario
16:00	Stojiljkovic 38' Slobodan Milanovic 48' Adis Hasecic 90'	Report	Michael Tischer 60' Mihalevskyy 66' Melnyk 80'

October 11, 2015	Toronto Croatia	4–0	Milton SC	Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
19:00	Jure Glavina 10', 58', 70' Shawn Brown 13'	Report

October 11, 2015	York Region Shooters	4–2	Burlington SC	Joan of Arc Turf Field, Maple, Ontario
18:00	West 10', 36', 92' Stojanovski 40'	Report	Camilo Veloza 18', 50'

Semifinals

October 17, 2015	Serbian White Eagles	2–3	SC Waterloo	Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
19:00	Vukomanović ?' Mirko Medic 96'	Report	Mladen Zeljkovic 4' Mohammad-Ali Heydarpour 71' Adis Hasecic 85'

October 18, 2015	Toronto Croatia	3–2 (a.e.t.)	York Region Shooters	Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
19:00	Josip Keran 81' Tomislav Zadro 107' Fresenga 113'	Report	Edwards 24' Andrei Spatary 106'

CSL Championship

October 25, 2015	SC Waterloo	0–1	Toronto Croatia	Warrior Field, Waterloo, Ontario
16:00		Report	Cordon 46'

Individual awards

The annual CSL awards ceremony was held in Kitchener, Ontario.^[20] The Most Valuable Player award went to Josip Keran of Toronto Croatia. The York Region Shooters went home with two accolades with the CSL Golden Boot going to former Jamaican international Richard West, and Cyndy De Thomasis was honored with the Harry Paul Gauss award. Burlington SC received the most awards with three wins. Firstly the club was given the Fair Play award, while Andrew Stinger and Nikola Stanojevic were selected as the Goalkeeper and Defender of the Year.

Ihor Melnyk, a former Ukrainian Premier League veteran was named the Rookie of the Year, and Vasyl Ishcak was voted the Coach of the Year after clinching Toronto Atomic's first postseason berth. Goran Babic was voted the Referee of the Year by the CSL Referee Committee.

Award	Player (Club)
CSL Most Valuable Player	Josip Keran (Toronto Croatia)
CSL Golden Boot	Richard West (York Region Shooters)
CSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award	Andrew Stinger (Burlington SC)
CSL Defender of the Year Award	Nikola Stanojevic (Burlington SC)
CSL Rookie of the Year Award	Ihor Melnyk (Toronto Atomic)
CSL Coach of the Year Award	Vasyl Ishchak (Toronto Atomic)
Harry Paul Gauss Award	Cyndy De Thomasis (York Region Shooters)
CSL Referee of the Year Award	Goran Babic
CSL Fair Play Award	Burlington SC

Second Division

Teams

Of the 9 teams that played in the Second Division in 2014, seven returned. Kingston FC B left when their senior team left the First Division. Milton SC moved to the First Division and their reserve team joined the Second Division. Brantford Galaxy B returned when their senior team returned to the First Division after a two-year hiatus. Toronto Atomic FC B joined when their senior team joined the First Division.

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Brampton United B	Brampton	Victoria Park Stadium^[6]	Mike DiMatteo
Brantford Galaxy B	Brantford	Steve Brown Sports Complex^[7]	Anthony Giaitzis
Burlington SC B	Burlington	Nelson Stadium^[8]
Milton SC B	Toronto	Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School^[10]	Osman Begovic
Niagara United B	Niagara Falls	Kalar Sports Park^[11]	James McGillivery
SC Waterloo Region B	Waterloo	Warrior Field^[13]	Lazo Dzepina
Serbian White Eagles B	Toronto	Centennial Park Stadium^[14]	Goran Bakoc
Toronto Atomic FC B	Toronto	Centennial Park Stadium^[15]	Vasyl Ishchak
Toronto Croatia B	Mississauga	Centennial Park Stadium^[16]	Daniel Jaksic
York Region Shooters B	Vaughan	Joan of Arc Turf Field^[17]	Gilbert Amaral

Results

Home ╲ Away	Brampton United !BRA	Brantford Galaxy !BRG	Burlington SC !BSC	Milton SC !MIL	Niagara United !NIA	SC Waterloo Region !SCW	Serbian White Eagles !SER	Toronto Atomic !TAT	Toronto Croatia !TOR	York Region Shooters !YRS
Brampton United !Brampton United		4–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	4–2	1–3	4–2	1–3
Brantford Galaxy !Brantford Galaxy	3–2		2–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	3–2	1–4	2–1
Burlington SC !Burlington SC	2–1	0–1		1–1	4–2	1–0	4–3	2–1	3–1	4–1
Milton SC !Milton SC	4–2	1–0	4–2		1–3	1–1	9–0	4–4	1–2	3–1
Niagara United !Niagara United	2–2	2–3	1–1	0–1		1–4	2–0	2–2	4–1	3–4
SC Waterloo Region !SC Waterloo Region	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	4–2		12–0	5–5	2–0	2–3
Serbian White Eagles !Serbian White Eagles	3–2	0–9	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–2		0–5	3–1	0–0
Toronto Atomic !Toronto Atomic	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–2	2–0	0–3	0–2		5–1	0–3
Toronto Croatia !Toronto Croatia	1–0	3–4	4–1	3–5	3–3	3–3	3–8	1–2		0–2
York Region Shooters !York Region Shooters	1–0	3–1	4–0	0–5	3–5	1–3	3–2	6–4	6–2

Updated to games played on October 5, 2015.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/second-division-schedule-2/
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	SC Waterloo Region B	18	10	6	2	58	23	+35	36	Qualification for Playoffs
2	York Region Shooters B	18	11	1	6	45	37	+8	34
3	Milton SC B	18	9	5	4	44	31	+13	32
4	Burlington SC B	18	9	3	6	34	34	0	30
5	Brantford Galaxy B	18	9	1	8	36	33	+3	28
6	Toronto Atomic FC B	18	7	3	8	42	39	+3	24
7	Niagara United B	18	6	5	7	38	37	+1	23
8	Serbian White Eagles B	18	5	4	9	31	62	−31	19
9	Toronto Croatia B	18	4	2	12	35	57	−22	14
10	Brampton United B	18	3	4	11	27	37	−10	13

Updated to games played on October 5, 2015.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2015-2nd-division-standings/
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.

Top Goal Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nikola Miokovic	SC Waterloo Region B	15
2	Amardo Oakley	Burlington SC B	12
2	Edward Syllie	SC Waterloo Region B	12
4	Lucky Maghori	Milton SC B	11
5	Raphael Barboza DaSilva	York Region Shooters B	9
5	Adnan Smajić	Milton SC B	9
7	Camilo Veloza	Burlington SC B	8
8	Matthew Arbin	Brampton United B	7
	Milan Beader	Brantford Galaxy B
	Serhiy Marchak	Toronto Atomic FC B
	Aljay Sharkail Wilson	Toronto Croatia B

Updated: December 17, 2015
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2015-second-division-stats/

Playoffs

Bracket

The top 8 teams qualified for the one-game quarterfinal, and a one-game semifinal that lead to the championship game played on October 25 at Warrior Field in Waterloo, Ontario.

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final


1	SC Waterloo Region B	5

8	Serbian White Eagles B	0
			1	SC Waterloo Region B	5

			7	Niagara United B	1
2	York Region Shooters B	4 (3)

7	Niagara United B	4 (4)
						1	SC Waterloo Region B	1

						3	Milton SC B	3
3	Milton SC B	6

6	Toronto Atomic FC B	0
			3	Milton SC B	3

			5	Brantford Galaxy B	0
5	Brantford Galaxy B	1

4	Burlington SC B	0

Quarterfinals

October 10, 2015	SC Waterloo Region B	5–0	Serbian White Eagles B	Warrior Field, Waterloo, Ontario
16:00	Nikola Mirković ?' Mohammad-Ali Heydarpour ?' Edward Syllie ?' Kevin Benavides ?' Johnson Luyiga ?'	Report

October 11, 2015	York Region Shooters B	4–4 (a.e.t.) (3-4 p)	Niagara United B	Joan of Arc Turf Field, Vaughan
20:00

October 11, 2015	Milton SC B	6–0	Toronto Atomic FC B	Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School, Toronto, Ontario
15:00

October 9, 2015	Brantford Galaxy B	1–0	Burlington SC B	Nelson Stadium, Burlington
20:00	Simo Vrakela 88'	Report

Semifinals

October 18, 2015	SC Waterloo Region B	5–1	Niagara United B	RIM Park, Waterloo, Ontario
15:00	Dzenan Karic 35' Mohammad-Ali Heydarpour 50' Stojiljkovic 65', 89' Edward Syllie 68'	Report	Derek Paterson ?'

October 18, 2015	Milton SC B	3–0	Brantford Galaxy B	Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School, Toronto, Ontario
15:30	Delvin Mathurin 17' Lucky Maghori 41' Keitu Smith 75' Stephan Cameron 83'	Report	Simo Vrakela 89'

Second Division Championship

October 24, 2015	Milton SC B	3–1 (a.e.t.)	SC Waterloo Region B	Warrior Field, Waterloo, Ontario
13:00	Danny Jirta 88' Adnan Smajić 91' Lucky Maghori 106'	Report	Edward Syllie 47'

Individual awards

Award	Player (Club)
CSL Most Valuable Player	Arsenije Japalak (Brantford Galaxy B)
CSL Golden Boot	Nikola Miokovic (Burlington SC B)
CSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award	Ihor Vitiv (Toronto Atomic B)
CSL Defender of the Year Award	Namanjar Sudar (Brantford Galaxy B)
CSL Rookie of the Year Award	Kingma Zach (Brantford Galaxy B)
CSL Coach of the Year Award	Amir Osmanlic (Milton SC)

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Canadian Soccer League
First Division teams	Brantford Galaxy FC Vorkuta Milton SC Royal Toronto FC Scarborough SC SC Waterloo Serbian White Eagles York Region Shooters
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

2015 in Canadian soccer

Men's Leagues

Women's Leagues

W-League
L1O

Cups

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2014–15
- 2015–16

National teams

Men	CONCACAF Gold Cup FIFA World Cup qualification
Men U23	Olympic qualifying
Men U20	CONCACAF U-20 Championship
Men U17	CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Women	FIFA Women's World Cup
Women U20	CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

Team seasons

Club seasons

MLS	Montreal Impact Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC
NASL	FC Edmonton Ottawa Fury FC
USL	FC Montreal Toronto FC II Whitecaps FC 2
PDL	Calgary Foothills FC Forest City London K-W United FC Thunder Bay Chill Toronto Lynx WSA Winnipeg

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