2006 Canadian Soccer League season

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 a 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]

Canadian Soccer League
Season2006
ChampionsItalia Shooters
Regular Season titleSerbian White Eagles (International Division)
Oakville Blue Devils (National Division)
Matches played132
Goals scored443 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorerGabriel Pop (Serbian White Eagles) (27)
Biggest home win9–0 Toronto Supra Portuguese v Caribbean Selects
Biggest away win0–8 St. Catharines Wolves v Serbian White Eagles
2007 →

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 joined 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
TeamCityStadiumManager
Brampton StallionsBrampton, Ontario (Bramalea)Victoria Park StadiumPaul Dhillon[14]
Caribbean SelectsToronto, Ontario (Liberty Village)Lamport StadiumCorcel Blair Jr.[15]
Italia ShootersVaughan, Ontario (Woodbridge)Ontario Soccer CentreCarmine Isacco
London CityLondon, Ontario (Westmount)Cove Road StadiumHarry Gauss[16]
Laval DynamitesLaval, QuebecCentre Sportif Bois-de-BoulogneJawad El Andaloussi[17]
North York AstrosToronto, Ontario (North York)Esther Shiner StadiumPavel Zaslavski[18]
Oakville Blue DevilsOakville, Ontario (Bronte)Bronte StadiumPhil Ionadi[19]
Serbian White EaglesToronto, Ontario (Etobicoke)Centennial Park StadiumDragoslav Šekularac[20]
St. Catharines WolvesSt. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle)Club Roma StadiumMiro Marjanovic
Toronto CroatiaMississauga, Ontario (Streetsville)Memorial ParkMladen Pralija
Toronto Supra PortugueseToronto, Ontario (Brockton)Brockton StadiumJose Testas
Windsor Border StarsWindsor, OntarioWindsor StadiumPat Hilton[21]

Final standings

International Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Serbian White Eagles (A, C) 22 17 4 1 66 13 +53 55 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Toronto Croatia (A) 22 14 5 3 58 23 +35 47
3 Italia Shooters (A, O) 22 8 9 5 30 26 +4 33
4 Toronto Supra Portuguese (A) 22 7 7 8 43 34 +9 28
5 Caribbean Selects 22 1 3 18 15 87 −72 6
Updated to match(es) 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.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

National Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Oakville Blue Devils (A, C) 22 10 6 6 42 26 +16 36 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Brampton Stallions (A) 22 10 5 7 38 42 −4 35
3 Laval Dynamites (A) 22 8 7 7 37 29 +8 31
4 Windsor Border Stars (A) 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 match(es) 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.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champion.

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
October 1, 2006 Toronto Croatia 1–0 Laval Dynamites Brampton, Ontario
1:30 ET Tommy Ples  52' (Report) Stadium: Victoria Park Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Steven DePiero (Ontario)
October 1, 2006 Oakville Blue Devils 1–2 Windsor Border Stars Oakville, Ontario
3:30 ET Pedro Czoli  5' (Report) Worteh Sampson  16'
Wil Kletzien  45'		 Stadium: Bronte Stadium

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

October 1, 2006 Brampton Stallions 0–2 Italia Shooters Brampton, Ontario
6:00 ET (Report) Stadium: Victoria Park Stadium
October 2, 2006 Serbian White Eagles 3–0 Toronto Supra Portuguese Toronto, Ontario
8:00 ET Sasa Viciknez  53'
Sasa Viciknez  89'
Alex Braletic  91'		 (Report) Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Andrew Kravets (Ontario)

Semifinals
October 7, 2006 Toronto Croatia 0–1 Italia Shooters Toronto, Ontario
1:00 ET (Report) Jason DeThomasis  83' Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Ontario)
October 7, 2006 Serbian White Eagles 6–1 Windsor Border Stars Toronto, Ontario
5:00 ET Gabriel Pop  29'
Milos Scepanovic  34'
Gabriel Pop  36'
Gabriel Pop  49'
Gabriel Pop  61'
Joshua Gordon  81'		 (Report) Ablaye Abdulla  68' Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Vito Curalli (Ontario)

CSL Championship
Serbian White Eagles0–1Italia Shooters
Report Anthony Adur  62'
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Mercy Watfa (Ontario)
GK23 Dušan Belić
RB2 Siniša Ninković
CB8 Nenad Stojčić
LB6 Mirko Medić
RM16 Joshua Gordon
CM10 Božo Milić 82'
CM13 Nikola Budalic 76'
LM21 Alex Braletic[22]
ST11 Gabriel Pop[23]
ST9 Saša Viciknez (c)
ST15 Miloš Šćepanović[24] 45'
Substitutes:
GK1 Miodrag Bogdanović
DF4 Marc Jankovic[25]
DF5 Nikola Lukić
DF7 Mario Ostojić
MF12 Uroš Predić 82'
MF20 Milan Janošević 76'
FW22 Dragan Radović 45'
Manager:
Dragoslav Šekularac
GK0Camilo Benzi
RB22 Angelo Pollastrone[26] (c)
CB12 Alvaro Yaques[27]
LB11 Fitzroy Christey[28]
RM15Luke Stedmond 57'
CM24 Anthony Adur
CM13 Frank Bruno[29] 82'
CM18Bill Androutsos 65'
LM25 Sean Myers[30]
FW21 Luca Forno[31]
FW9 Jason De Thomasis[32] 84'
Substitutes:
GK1Pablo Alvarado
DF6 Franco Ruscetta[33] 65'
DF3Diego Cardona
MF10Josue Jaramillo 57'
FW14Remone Metyas
FW20Rob Black 84'
FW23Aundrae Rollins 82'
Manager:
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.[34][35] The match was played at Esther Shiner Stadium at North York, Toronto.

CSL All-Stars1 - 2Clyde F.C.
Saša Viciknez  6' Report Dougie Imrie  18'
Stephen O'Donnell  55'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Steve DePiero (Ontario)
GK23 George Azcurra 52'
RB22 Antonijo Župan (c)
CB25 Orlin Chalmers 66'
LB4 Domagoj Šain
RM12 Danny Draganic 31'
CM17 Desmond Humphrey 79'
CM16 Caswain Mason 86'
CM13 Hayden Fitzwilliams 80'
LM19 Fitzroy Christey 75'
ST10 Peter Curic 70'
ST18 Saša Viciknez 66'
Substitutes:
GK1 Dušan Belić 79'
GK21 Haidar Al-Shaïbani 52'  79'
DF15 Deny Velastegui 75'
DF2 Mirko Medić 66'
DF7 Mario Ostojić 90'
DF3 Zeljko Dukic 79'
MF6 Selmir Sehic 31'  90'
MF8 Gentjan Dervishi
MF11 Eris Tafaj 86'
MF24 Geoffrey Attard 80'
FW17 Judah Hernandez 70'
FW5 Alex Braletic 87'
FW14 Jean Tshimpaka 66'  87'
Manager:
Velimir Crljen
GK1 Peter Cherrie
RB5 Craig McKeown
CB2 Neil McGregor
CB4 Chris Higgins 74'
LB3 Dougie Imrie
RM11 Michael McGowan
CM6 Kevin McDonald
CM7 Steven Masterton 45'
LM8 Stephen O'Donnell
FW10 Tom Brighton 10'
FW9 Alex Williams
Substitutes:
GK17 Paul Jarvie
DF12 Bob Harris
MF15 Kevin Bradley 10'
MF16 Paul McHale 45'
MF19 Ian Sinclair 74'
FW14 Gary Arbuckle
Manager:
Graham Roberts

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

Top goal scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Gabriel Pop[36] Serbian White Eagles 27
2 Saša Viciknez Serbian White Eagles 23
3 Castro Uarlem Toronto Supra Portuguese 20
4 Hayden Fitzwilliams Toronto Croatia 12
5 Tomislav Ples[37] Toronto Croatia 11
6 Sam Hassam Oakville Blue Devils 10
7 Rachid Madkour Laval Dynamites 9
8 Hugo Herrera Brampton Stallions 8
9 Petro Czoli[38] Oakville Blue Devils 8
10 Micheal DiLuca[39] 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.[40][41]

Position Name Nationality
Commissioner:Cary Kaplan Canadian
Executive Director:Stan Adamson[42] English
Director of Discipline:Clifford Dell[43] Canadian
Director of Officials:Walter Kirchner Romanian
Director of Marketing:John Marsico Canadian
Office Manager:Janet Leonard Canadian
Administration/PR:Stephen McCaffrey Canadian
Referee-in-Chief:Hugh Elliott Canadian
Community Services:Peter Li Preti Canadian
Legal Counsel:Ira Greenspoon Canadian
Financial Auditor:John Morgan 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.[44]The majority of the awards were taken by the International Division teams.[45] 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

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