2006 Canadian Soccer League season

Canadian Soccer League
Season 2006
Champions Italia Shooters
Regular Season title Serbian White Eagles (International Division)
Oakville Blue Devils (National Division)
Matches played 132
Goals scored 443 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer Romania Gabriel Pop (Serbian White Eagles)
Biggest home win 9–0 Toronto Supra Portuguese v Caribbean Selects
Biggest away win 0–8 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 an 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]Vaughan Shooters changed their name to Italia Shooters and Toronto Supra changed their name to Toronto Supra Portuguese.[8] Both join 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] 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.[13]

Teams

Team City Stadium Manager
Brampton Stallions Brampton, Ontario (Bramalea) Victoria Park Stadium Paul Dhillon
Caribbean Selects Toronto, Ontario (Liberty Village) Lamport Stadium Corcel Blair Jr.
Italia Shooters Vaughan, Ontario (Woodbridge) Ontario Soccer Centre Carmine Isacco
London City London, Ontario (Westmount) Cove Road Stadium Harry Gauss
Laval Dynamites Laval, Quebec Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne Jawad El Andaloussi
North York Astros Toronto, Ontario (North York) Esther Shiner Stadium Pavel Zaslavski
Oakville Blue Devils Oakville, Ontario (Bronte) Bronte Stadium Phil Ionadi
Serbian White Eagles Toronto, Ontario (Etobicoke) Centennial Park Stadium Dragoslav Šekularac
St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle) Club Roma Stadium Miro Marjanovic
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

Brampton
Vaughan
London
Mississauga
Windsor
St. Catharines
Oakville
TORONTO
Location of CSL teams outside of Toronto for the 2006 CSL season.
National Division International Division
Toronto Supra Portuguese
North York Astros
Serbian White Eagles
Caribbean Selects
Italia Shooters
Location of CSL teams in Toronto for the 2006 CSL season.
National Division International Division

Final standings

International Division

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Serbian White Eagles 22 17 4 1 66 13 +53 55 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Toronto Croatia 22 14 5 3 58 23 +35 47
3 Italia Shooters 22 8 9 5 30 26 +4 33
4 Toronto Supra Portuguese 22 7 7 8 43 34 +9 28
5 Caribbean Selects 22 1 3 18 15 87 −72 6

Updated to games 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
(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.

National Division

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
1 Oakville Blue Devils 22 10 6 6 42 26 +16 36 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Brampton Stallions 22 10 5 7 38 42 −4 35
3 Laval Dynamites 22 8 7 7 37 29 +8 31
4 Windsor Border Stars 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 games 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
(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.

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

Italia Shooters were given the semi-final spot as a result of a 2-0 forfeit.

Semifinals

CSL Championship

October 15
5:00 ET
Serbian White Eagles 0–1 Italia Shooters
Report Anthony Adur  62'
Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Mercy Watfa (Ontario)
GK 23Serbia Dusan Belic
RB 2Serbia Siniša Ninković
CB 8 Serbia Nenad Stojčić
LB 6 Serbia Mirko Medic
RM 16Canada Joshua Gordon
CM 10 Montenegro Bozo Milic  82'
CM 13Canada Nikola Budalic  76'
LM 21Canada Alex Braletic
ST 11 Romania Gabriel Pop
ST 9Serbia Sasa Viciknez (c)
ST 15Canada Milos Scepanovic  45'
Substitutes:
GK 1Serbia Miodrag Bogdanovic
DF 4 Canada Mark Jankovic
DF 5 Serbia Nikola Lukic
DF 7Serbia Mario Ostojic
MF 12Serbia Uroš Predić  82'
MF 20 Serbia Milan Janosevic  76'
FW 22Montenegro Dragan Radović  45'
Manager:
Serbia Dragoslav Sekularac
GK 0Canada Camilo Benzi
RB 22 Canada Angelo Pollastrone (c)
CB 12 Canada Alvaro Yaques
LB 11Canada Fitzroy Christey
RM 15 Canada Luke Stedmond  57'
CM 24 Canada Anthony Adur
CM 13Canada Frank Bruno  82'
CM 18Canada Bill Androutsos  65'
LM 25Canada Sean Myers
FW 21Canada Luca Forno
FW 9 Canada Jason De Thomasis  84'
Substitutes:
GK 1Canada Pablo Alvarado
DF 6Canada Franco Ruscetta  65'
DF 3Canada Diego Cardona
MF 10Canada Josue Jaramillo  57'
FW 14Canada Remone Metyas
FW 20Canada Rob Black  84'
FW 23Canada Aundrae Rollins  82'
Manager:
Italy 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.[14][15] The match was played at Esther Shiner Stadium at North York, Toronto.

May 7, 2006
3:00 pm
CSL All-Stars 1 - 2 Clyde F.C.
Sasa Viciknez  6' Report Dougie Imrie  18'
Stephen O'Donnell  55'
Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Steve DePiero (Ontario)
GK 23Canada George Azcurra  52'
RB 22Croatia Antonijo Zupan (c)
CB 25 Canada Orlin Chalmers  66'
LB 4Croatia Domagoj Sain
RM 12Canada Danny Draganic  31'
CM 17 Canada Desmond Humphrey  79'
CM 16Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caswain Mason  86'
CM 13Trinidad and Tobago Hayden Fitzwilliams  80'
LM 19 Canada Fitzroy Christey  75'
ST 10Canada Peter Curic  70'
ST 18Serbia Sasa Viciknez  66'
Substitutes:
GK 1Serbia Dusan Belic  79'
GK 21 Canada Haidar Al-Shaïbani  52'  79'
DF 15Canada Deny Velastegui  75'
DF 2Serbia Mirko Medic  66'
DF 7 Serbia Mario Ostojic  90'
DF 3 Canada Zeljko Dukic  79'
MF 6 Canada Selmir Sehic  31'  90'
MF 8 Albania Gentjan Dervishi
MF 11 Albania Eris Tafaj  86'
MF 24 Canada Geoffrey Attard  80'
FW 17Trinidad and Tobago Judah Hernandez  70'
FW 5Canada Alex Braletic  87'
FW 14Canada Jean Tshimpaka  66'  87'
Manager:
Croatia Velemir Crljen
GK 1Scotland Peter Cherrie
RB 5 Scotland Craig McKeown
CB 2 Scotland Neil McGregor
CB 4Scotland Chris Higgins  74'
LB 3 Scotland Dougie Imrie
RM 11 Northern Ireland Michael McGowan
CM 6England Kevin McDonald
CM 7Scotland Steven Masterton  45'
LM 8Scotland Stephen O'Donnell
FW 10Scotland Tom Brighton  10'
FW 9 Scotland Alex Williams
Substitutes:
GK 17Scotland Paul Jarvie
DF 12Scotland Bob Harris
MF 15Scotland Kevin Bradley  10'
MF 16Scotland Paul McHale  45'
MF 19Scotland Ian Sinclair  74'
FW 14Scotland Gary Arbuckle
Manager:
England Graham Roberts

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

Top Goal Scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Romania Gabriel Pop Serbian White Eagles 27
2 Serbia Sasa Viciknez Serbian White Eagles 23
3 Brazil Castro Uarlem Toronto Supra Portuguese 20
4 Trinidad and Tobago Hayden Fitzwilliams Toronto Croatia 12
5 Canada Tommy Ples Toronto Croatia 11
6 Canada Sam Hassam Oakville Blue Devils 10
7 Morocco Rachid Madkour Laval Dynamites 9
8 Argentina Hugo Herrera Brampton Stallions 8
9 Canada Petro Czoli Oakville Blue Devils 8
10 Canada Micheal Di Luca 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.[16][17]

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

Awards

Gabriel Pop won the CSL Golden Boot

The annual CSL awards ceremony was held at the La Contessa Banquet Hall on October 22, 2006 in North York, Toronto.[18]The majority of the awards were taken by the International Division teams.[19]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

References

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