2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season

The 2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the fourth season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 25, 2001 and concluded on October 14, 2001 with St. Catharines Wolves defeating Toronto Supra by a score of 1-0 to win their second CPSL Championship (known as the Rogers CPSL Cup for sponsorship reasons) .[1] The final was hosted in St. Catharines with Club Roma Stadium as the venue, while the match received coverage from Rogers TV.[2][3] The season saw the league expand to a total of 12 teams, and went beyond the GTA and Ontario border to include a Montreal and Ottawa franchise.[4] Throughout the regular season the Ottawa Wizards became the first club to end the Toronto Olympians league title dynasty.[5] The CPSL also launched the CPSL Soccer Show with Rogers TV providing the broadcasting, and granting Rogers naming rights to the CPSL Championship.[6][7] Other major sponsors included the Government of Canada, which served as the sole sponsor for the CPSL Rookie of the Year Award.[8] The league also announced a working partnership with the Canadian United Soccer League a task force originally started by the Canadian Soccer Association in order forge a unified professional structure with the cooperation of the Canadian franchises in the USL A-League to launch a Canadian first and second division domestic league.[9][10]

Canadian Professional Soccer League
Season2001
ChampionsSt. Catharines Wolves
Regular Season titleOttawa Wizards
Matches played132
Goals scored441 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorerKevin Nelson (Ottawa Wizards)
Biggest home winMontreal Dynamites 9-2 Durham Flames (September 2, 2001)
Biggest away winGlen Shields Sun Devils 1-8 Toronto Supra (June 3, 2001)
Highest scoringMontreal Dynamites 9-2 Durham Flames (September 2, 2001)
← 2000
2002 →

Changes from 2000 season

All 8 clubs from the previous season returned, and the league expanded to include 4 new entries the Brampton Hitmen, Montreal Dynamites, Ottawa Wizards, and Toronto Supra all began play this year.[11][12] Oshawa Flames changed their name to the Durham Flames in order to represent the entire Durham Region, and received sponsorship from Danone.[13][14] Toronto Croatia transferred their home venue from Centennial Park Stadium to Memorial Park in Streetsville, Mississauga.[15] Changes to the CPSL executive management committee saw former Director of Media Relations for the Toronto Lynx Stan Adamson appointed to the position of CPSL Director of Media and Public Relations.[16]

Teams
TeamCityStadiumManager
Brampton HitmenBrampton, Ontario (Bramalea)Victoria Park StadiumPaul Kitson[17]
Durham FlamesOshawa, Ontario (Vanier)Oshawa Civic StadiumDanny Stewart[18]
Glen Shields Sun DevilsVaughan, Ontario (Thornhill)Dufferin District FieldDave Benning[19]
London CityLondon, Ontario (Westmount)Cove Road StadiumJurek Gebczynski[20]
Montreal DynamitesLaval, QuebecCentre Sportif Bois-de-BoulogneZoran Jankovic[21]
North York AstrosToronto, Ontario (North York)Esther Shiner StadiumTony LaFerrara[22]
Ottawa WizardsOttawa, Ontario (Carp)OZ Optics StadiumRasim Kara[23]
St. Catharines WolvesSt. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle)Club Roma StadiumLucio Ianiero
Toronto CroatiaMississauga, Ontario (Streetsville)Memorial ParkBruno Pilas
Toronto OlympiansToronto, Ontario (Scarborough)Birchmount StadiumDavid Gee[24]
Toronto SupraToronto, Ontario (Brockton)Brockton StadiumCesar Garcia
York Region ShootersRichmond Hill, Ontario (Crosby)Crosby FieldAdam Pagliaroli

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ottawa Wizards 22 16 3 3 51 16 +35 51 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Toronto Olympians 22 15 1 6 50 21 +29 46
3 Toronto Supra 22 12 5 5 44 22 +22 41
4 Montreal Dynamites 22 12 3 7 46 32 +14 39
5 St. Catharines Roma Wolves 22 11 5 6 43 28 +15 38
6 Toronto Croatia 22 10 5 7 32 29 +3 35
7 Glen Shields Sun Devils 22 8 3 11 30 43 −13 27
8 Brampton Hitmen 22 7 5 10 28 41 −13 26
9 North York Astros 22 7 3 12 30 32 −2 24
10 Durham Flames 22 7 3 12 39 53 −14 24
11 York Region Shooters 22 4 3 15 29 58 −29 15
12 London City 22 2 3 17 19 66 −47 9
Updated to match(es) played on October, 2001. Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/01cpwk21.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Rogers CPSL Championship playoffs

Wildcard
October 12, 2001 St. Catharines Wolves 2–1 Montreal Dynamites St. Catharines, Ontario
8:15 ET
  • Frank Zumpano  45'
  • Gary McGutchan  65'
 (Report) Selaidopoulos  18' Stadium: Club Roma Stadium

Semifinals
October 13, 2001 Toronto Olympians 2–3 (a.e.t.) Toronto Supra St. Catharines, Ontario
1:00 ET
  • Courtney Denis  63'
  • Thomas  70'
 (Report)
  • Michael Diluca  74'
  • Samuel Afriyie  78'  97'
 Stadium: Club Roma Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mike Lambert (Ontario)
October 13, 2001 Ottawa Wizards 0–1 St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines, Ontario
3:00 ET (Report) Gary McGutchan  43' Stadium: Club Roma Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Amato De Luca (Ontario)

Consolation final
October 14, 2001 Ottawa Wizards 2–5 Toronto Olympians St. Catharines, Ontario
12:00 ET
  • Nelson  43'
  • Gilbert Iloanusi  82'
 (Report)
  • Danny Sanna  62'
  • Danny Ziannis  70'
  • John Williams  75'
  • Dave Mancini  82'
  • Mario Andrijanic  90' (og)
 Stadium: Club Roma Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Gord Arrowsmith (Ontario)

Rogers CPSL Championship
St. Catharines Roma Wolves1–0Toronto Supra
John Sozio  116' Report
Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario
Attendance: 300
Referee: Steve Mortimer (Ontario)

Rogers CPSL Championship MVP:

Garrett Caldwell (Toronto Supra)
Danny Gallagher (St. Catharines Roma Wolves)

Assistant referees:
Steve Cahoon
Domenic Rossetto
Fourth official:
Vito Curalli

All-Star game

For the 2001 season the CPSL administration arranged two all-star matches for the league. In order to prepare for the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie the Morocco national under-23 football team expressed a desire to play a solid Canadian team. Subsequently, the Canadian Soccer Association requested the CPSL to arrange a select team for the match.[30] The second match consisted of a CPSL All-Star team against C.S. Marítimo of the Primeira Liga.[31]

July 6, 2001 CPSL Selects 1 - 1 Morocco U-23 Carp, Ontario
7:30 pm Willy Giummarra  61' Report Omar Share  53' Stadium: OZ Optics Stadium
July 25, 2001 CPSL All-Stars 0 - 4 C.S. Marítimo London, Ontario
7:30 pm Report
Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

2001 scoring leaders
Full article: CSL Golden Boot[32]
Position Player's name Nationality Club Goals
1 Kevin Nelson  Trinidad and Tobago Ottawa Wizards 23
2 Abraham Osman  Uganda Ottawa Wizards 17
3 Samuel Afriyie  Canada Toronto Supra 15
4 Frank Zumpano  Canada St. Catharines Wolves 14
5 Eddy Berdusco  Canada Toronto Olympians 12
6 Bruno Nue  Canada Montreal Dynamites 12
7 Ryan Gamble  Canada Toronto Supra 11
8 Gary Hughes  Canada St. Catharines Wolves 10
9 Peter Curic  Canada Toronto Croatia 9
10 Dejan Gluscevic  Serbia North York Astros 9

CPSL Executive Committee

The 2001 CPSL Executive Committee.[33]

Position Name Nationality
Chairman:Vincent Ursini Canadian
Director of Operations:Chris Bellamy[34] Canadian
Director of Discipline:Clifford Dell[35] Canadian
Director of Officials:Tony Camacho Portuguese
Treasurer:Peter Li Preti Canadian
Legal Counsel:Ira Greenspoon Canadian

Individual awards
Kurt Ramsey was voted the Defender of the Year

The annual CPSL awards ceremony was held on October 14, 2001 at Club Roma in St. Catharines, Ontario.[36] Expansion franchise Ottawa Wizards received the most awards with 3 wins.[37] Trinidadian journeyman Kevin Nelson went home with both the Golden Boot, and the Rookie of the Year.[38][39][40] While his teammate Abraham Osman was given the MVP.[41] George Azcurra shared his second Goalkeeper of the Year award with Luciano Miranda.

Kurt Ramsey of the North York Astros won the Defender of the Year, and former Montreal Impact manager Zoran Jankovic went home with the Coach of the Year. Amato De Luca who later refereed matches at the international level and Major League Soccer was named the Referee of the Year.[42] Durham Flames received the Fair Play award.

Award Player (Club)
CPSL Most Valuable Player Abraham Osman (Ottawa Wizards)
CPSL Golden Boot Kevin Nelson (Ottawa Wizards)
CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award George Azcurra (Toronto Croatia)
Luciano Miranda (North York Astros)
CPSL Defender of the Year Award Kurt Ramsey (North York Astros)
CPSL Rookie of the Year Award Kevin Nelson (Ottawa Wizards)
CPSL Coach of the Year Award Zoran Jankovic (Montreal Dynamites)
CPSL Referee of the Year Award Amato De Luca
CPSL Fair Play Award Durham Flames

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