2008 Canadian Soccer League season

The 2008 Canadian Soccer League season was the 11th since its establishment where a total of 16 teams from Ontario and Quebec took part in the league. The season began on May 16, 2008, and ended on October 26 with the Serbian White Eagles claiming their first championship by defeating Trois-Rivières Attak 2-1 in a penalty shootout.[1][2] This was the third consecutive year the White Eagles had reached the CSL finals losing respectively to Italia Shooters in 2006, and to rivals Toronto Croatia in 2007. While during the regular season Italia won their second division title with Trois-Rivières becoming the first Quebec team to claim the National Division title.[3]

Canadian Soccer League
Season2008
ChampionsSerbian White Eagles
Regular Season titleItalia Shooters (International Division)
Trois-Rivières Attak (National Division)
Matches played121
Goals scored419 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorerDaniel Nascimento (Brampton Lions) (18 goals)
Biggest home win9–0 Trois-Rivières Attak v Windsor Border Stars
Biggest away win0–7 London City v Brampton Lions
4–7 London City v Toronto Croatia
← 2007
2009 →

The CSL added another team to the Peel Region after the relocation of the Canadian Lions to Brampton, Ontario to play as the Brampton Lions in the National Division. Toronto FC of the Major League Soccer established a relationship with the league by entering TFC Academy to the National Division, and TFC Academy II to the Reserve Division.[4] Further significant changes introduced by the league was the creation of the 5 team reserve division in the Toronto region to provide a developmental platform for young players in order to make the transition to the professional ranks.[5] The Ontario Soccer Association reached an agreement with the CSL to receive Operational Independence from the provincial governing body.[6] The league received more coverage from Rogers TV which would broadcast a CSL match on Friday nights.[7][8]

Changes from 2007 season
  • The Canadian Lions of the International Division move to the National Division as the Brampton Lions.[5]
  • Portuguese Supra change their name to Portugal FC.[9]
  • TFC Academy, the U-18 Academy team of Major League Soccer's Toronto FC, and owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, enter the National Division.[10]
  • Playoff format adjusted to seed division winners as #1 and #2, and the next top six teams seeded #3-#8 irrespective of division.
  • The CSL added a 5 team reserve division involving teams in the Toronto region.[5]
  • The Ontario Soccer Association grants the CSL 'Operational Independence' from the provincial governing body.[6]
  • Rogers TV agreed to broadcast a CSL game of the week Friday night, reaching 800,000 Toronto homes. The final was broadcast across Ontario to 1.5 million households.[11]

Teams
TeamCityStadiumManager
Brampton LionsBrampton, Ontario (Bramalea)Victoria Park StadiumArmando Costa[12]
Italia ShootersVaughan, Ontario (Maple)St. Joan Of Arc Turf FieldCarmine Isacco[12]
London CityLondon, Ontario (Westmount)Cove Road StadiumEddie Edgar[12]
North York AstrosToronto, Ontario (North York)Esther Shiner StadiumRafael Carbajal[12]
Portugal FCToronto, Ontario (Liberty Village)Lamport StadiumJose Testas[12]
Serbian White EaglesToronto, Ontario (Etobicoke)Centennial Park StadiumMilan Cancarevic[12]
St. Catharines WolvesSt. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle)Club Roma StadiumJames McGillivray[12]
TFC AcademyToronto, Ontario (Liberty Village)Lamport StadiumJason Bent[12]
Toronto CroatiaMississauga, OntarioHershey CentreMiroslav Buljan[12]
Trois-Rivières AttakTrois-Rivières, QuebecStade de l'UQTRMarc Dos Santos[12]
Windsor Border StarsWindsor, OntarioWindsor StadiumPat Hilton[12]

Final standings

International Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Italia Shooters (A, C) 22 13 3 6 50 32 +18 42 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Serbian White Eagles (A, O) 22 12 5 5 43 23 +20 41
3 Toronto Croatia (A) 22 11 5 6 40 35 +5 38
4 Portugal FC (A) 22 9 7 6 44 31 +13 34
Updated to match(es) played on October 5, 2008. Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports08/08cslw21.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 Trois-Rivieres Attak (A, C) 22 14 5 3 47 12 +35 47 Qualification for Playoffs
2 North York Astros (A) 22 10 3 9 41 41 0 33
3 Brampton Lions (A) 22 8 5 9 47 37 +10 29
4 St. Catharines Wolves (A) 22 7 5 10 28 38 −10 26
5 Windsor Border Stars 22 7 5 10 31 45 −14 26
6 TFC Academy 22 6 2 14 26 44 −18 20
7 London City 22 0 3 19 22 81 −59 3
Updated to match(es) played on October 5, 2008. Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports08/08cslw21.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champion.

2008 scoring leaders
Full article: CSL Golden Boot[13]
Rank Player Nationality Club Goals
1 Daniel Nascimento  Canada Brampton Lions 18
2 Andrew Loague  Canada London City 14
Selvin Lammie[14]  Canada North York Astros 14
4 Dragan Radović  Montenegro Serbian White Eagles 12
5 Hayden Fitzwilliams  Trinidad and Tobago Toronto Croatia 11
6 Saša Viciknez  Serbia Serbian White Eagles 10
Danny Amaral  Canada Portugal FC 10
Jonathan Hurtis  France North York Astros 10
9 Tihomir Maletić  Croatia Toronto Croatia 9

CSL 2008 Playoffs
QuarterFinals
10 & 11 October 2008 		SemiFinals
17 & 18 October 2008 		CSL Final
26 October 2008 @ 5:45pm
Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
         
1 Trois-Rivières Attak 2
8 St. Catharines Wolves 0
1 Trois-Rivières Attak 7
5 Portugal FC 0
4 Toronto Croatia 1
5 Portugal FC 2
1 Trois-Rivières Attak 2 (1)
3 Serbian White Eagles (a.e.t./PSO) 2 (2)
2 Italia Shooters (a.e.t.) 1
7 Brampton Lions 0
2 Italia Shooters 0
3 Serbian White Eagles 3
3 Serbian White Eagles (a.e.t.) 2
6 North York Astros 1

Quarterfinals
October 10, 2008 Italia Shooters 1–0 (a.e.t.) Brampton Lions Toronto, Ontario
8:00 ET Marco Terminesi  114' (Report) Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Manuel Orellana (Ontario)
October 10, 2008 Toronto Croatia 1–2 Portugal FC Mississauga, Ontario
8:00 ET Tihomir Maletić  16' (Report) Mike DiLuca  60'
Danny Amaral  70'		 Stadium: Hershey Centre
Referee: Joe Fletcher (Ontario)
October 11, 2008 Trois-Rivières Attak 2–0 St. Catharines Wolves Trois-Rivières, Quebec
3:00 ET Jean-Louis Bessé  28'
Nicolas Lesage  65'		 (Report) Stadium: Stade de l'UQTR
Attendance: 1500
October 11, 2008 Serbian White Eagles 2–1 (a.e.t.) North York Astros Toronto, Ontario
8:00 ET Miloš Šćepanović  10'
Alex Braletić  116'		 (Report) Franco Lalli  74' Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 120
Referee: Vito Curalli (Ontario)

Semifinals
October 17, 2008 Italia Shooters 0–3 Serbian White Eagles Toronto, Ontario
8:00 ET (Report) Nikola Budalić  40'
Alex Braletić  62'
Miloš Šćepanović  82'		 Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 180
Referee: Yusir Rudolf (Ontario)
October 18, 2008 Trois-Rivieres Attak 7–0 Portugal FC Trois-Rivières, Quebec
3:00 ET Mohamed Sylla  26'
Pierre-Rudolph Mayard  41'
Pierre-Rudolph Mayard  43'
Mohamed Sylla  58'
Nicolas Lesage  75'
Francois Boivin  77'
Hector Contreras  87'		 (Report) Stadium: Stade de l'UQTR
Attendance: 1500

CSL Championship
Trois-Rivieres Attak2–2Serbian White Eagles
Nicolas Lesage  70'
Jean-Phillipe Étienne  103'		 Report Alex Braletic  61'
Saša Viciknez  95'
Penalties
Massimo Di Ioia
Alex Surprenant
Andrew Olivieri
Jean-Phillipe Étienne
Davy Uwimana 		1 – 2 Miloš Šćepanović
Mirko Medić
Saša Viciknez
Nenad Stojčić
Dragorad Milićević
Attendance: 1200
Referee: Isaac Raymond (Ontario)
GK1 Andrew Olivieri (c)
RB25 Alex Surprenant
CB21 Davy Uwimana
CB16 Olivier Brett
LB23 Elkana Mayard
RM10 Hector Contreras 63'
CM7 Ibrahim Baldeh
CM6 Jean Philippe Etienne
LM17 Pierre-Rudolph Mayard 82'
ST9 Mohamed Sylla 107'
ST8 Jean-Louis Bessé 73'
Substitutes:
GK13 Gildas Toufilana
DF3 Serge Dinkota
DF4 Michel Vitulano 107'
DF5 Francois Boivin
MF20 Massimo Di Ioia 82'
FW12 Nicolas Lesage 63'
FW18 Guillaume Heroux 73'
Manager:
Marc Dos Santos
GK25 Dan Pelc
RB14 Uroš Stamatović
CB4 Mark Jankovic
CB6 Mirko Medić
LB3 Dragorad Milićević
RM19 Darryl Gomez 71'
CM8 Nenad Stojčić
CM7 Miloš Vučinić 117'
LM5 Nikola Budalic (c)
FW10 Alex Braletic 101'
FW15 Miloš Šćepanović
Substitutes:
GK28 Marko Petrović
MF20 Milan Janošević 101'
MF21 Aleksandar Radovanović
MF16 Caswain Mason
FW11 Dragan Radović
FW9 Saša Viciknez 71'
FW2 Said Ali 117'
Manager:
Milan Čančarević

Assistant referees:
David Barrie
Gianni Facchini
Fourth official:
Domenic Scali

CSL Executive Committee and Staff

A list of the 2008 CSL Executive Committee.[15]

Position Name Nationality
Commissioner:Cary Kaplan Canadian
Executive Director:Stan Adamson[16] English
Director of Discipline:Clifford Dell[17] Canadian
Director of Officials:Tony Camacho Portuguese
League Coordinator:Brock Robinson Canadian
Office Manager:Janet Leonard Canadian

Individual awards
Daniel Nascimento received the MVP and CSL Golden Boot

The annual CSL awards were presented before the CSL Championship final on October 26, 2008.[3] All the awards were taken by the National Division teams with the Brampton Lions, North York Astros, and Trois-Rivières Attak receiving the most awards with 2 wins each.[18] Daniel Nascimento of Brampton was chosen by the league as the MVP, and received the Golden Boot. After recording the best defensive record with Trois-Rivières, former Montreal Impact player Andrew Olivieri was named the Goalkeeper of the Year. Trois-Rivières were also recognized with the Fair Play award for being the most disciplined team throughout the season.

The Defender of the Year was given to Carlos Zeballos of North York. After improving his craft in Europe, Rafael Carbajal returned to the North York Astros to achieve the club's highest finish in their club's history. TFC Academy produced the Rookie of the Year with Adrian Pena. While Isaac Raymond was given the Referee of the Year, and down the road in 2015 was appointed the Manager of Canada's Referee Department for the Canadian Soccer Association.[19]

Award Player (Club)
CSL Most Valuable Player Daniel Nascimento (Brampton Lions)
CSL Golden Boot Daniel Nascimento (Brampton Lions)
CSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award Andrew Olivieri (Trois-Rivières Attak)
CSL Defender of the Year Award Carlos Zeballos (North York Astros)
CSL Rookie of the Year Award Adrian Pena (TFC Academy)
CSL Coach of the Year Award Rafael Carbajal (North York Astros)
CSL Referee of the Year Award Isaac Raymond
CSL Fair Play Award Trois-Rivières Attak

Reserve Division
Canadian Soccer League
Reserve Division
Season2008
ChampionsItalia Shooters Reserves
Matches played40
Goals scored155 (3.88 per match)
2009 →

In 2008, the league formed the Reserve Division to build a developmental structure within the CSL. The previous time a reserve division was in operation was in the 1990 season in the predecessor league.[20] The intentions of the division was to provide clubs with a supply chain of players with additional playing time, and establish a developmental platform for players in order to make the transition to the professional ranks.[21][22] The original 5 members of the division were from the Greater Toronto Area with a schedule running from June 2, 2008 to October 6, 2008.

Teams
TeamCityStadium
Italia Shooters ReservesMaple, OntarioSt. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
North York Astros ReservesToronto, OntarioEsther Shiner Stadium
Portugal FC ReservesToronto, OntarioEsther Shiner Stadium
TFC Academy IIVaughan, OntarioOntario Soccer Centre
Toronto Croatia ReservesMississauga, OntarioHershey Centre

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Italia Shooters Reserves (C) 16 12 1 3 55 15 +40 37
2 TFC Academy II 16 12 1 3 47 13 +34 37
3 Toronto Croatia Reserves 16 4 4 8 19 36 −17 16
4 North York Astros Reserves 16 4 2 10 18 38 −20 14
5 Portugal FC Reserves 16 3 2 11 16 53 −37 11
Updated to match(es) played on October 6, 2008. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20090218054554/http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/page.php?page_id=7782
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

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