2006 Canadian Soccer League season explained

Competition:Canadian Soccer League
Season:2006
Winners:Italia Shooters
Shield:Serbian White Eagles (International Division)
Oakville Blue Devils (National Division)
Shieldtitle:Regular Season title
Matches:132
League Topscorer:Gabriel Pop (Serbian White Eagles) (27)
Best Goalkeeper:George Azcurra
Biggest Home Win:9–0 Toronto Supra Portuguese v Caribbean Selects
Biggest Away Win:0–8 St. Catharines Wolves v Serbian White Eagles
Total Goals:443
Prevseason:CPSL 2005
Nextseason:2007

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]

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

Team City Stadium Manager
Brampton, Ontario (Bramalea) Paul Dhillon[14]
Toronto, Ontario (Liberty Village) Corcel Blair Jr.[15]
Vaughan, Ontario (Woodbridge) Carmine Isacco
London, Ontario (Westmount) Harry Gauss[16]
Jawad El Andaloussi[17]
Toronto, Ontario (North York) Pavel Zaslavski[18]
Oakville, Ontario (Bronte) Bronte Stadium Phil Ionadi[19]
Toronto, Ontario (Etobicoke) Dragoslav Šekularac[20]
St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle) Club Roma Stadium Miro Marjanovic[21]
Mississauga, Ontario (Streetsville) Memorial Park Mladen Pralija
Toronto, Ontario (Brockton) Brockton Stadium Jose Testas
Pat Hilton[22]

Final standings

National Division

CSL Championship playoffs

CSL Championship

GK 23
RB 2
CB 8 Nenad Stojčić
LB 6
RM 16 Joshua Gordon
CM 10
CM 13
LM 21 Alex Braletic[23]
ST 11 Gabriel Pop[24]
ST 9 Saša Viciknez (c)
ST 15 Miloš Šćepanović[25]
Substitutes:
GK 1 Miodrag Bogdanović
DF 4 Marc Jankovic[26]
DF 5 Nikola Lukić
DF 7 Mario Ostojić
MF 12
MF 20
FW 22
Manager:
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GK 0Camilo Benzi
RB 22 Angelo Pollastrone[27] (c)
CB 12 Alvaro Yaques[28]
LB 11 Fitzroy Christey[29]
RM 15 Luke Stedmond
CM 24
CM 13 Frank Bruno[30]
CM 18Bill Androutsos
LM 25 Sean Myers[31]
FW 21 Luca Forno[32]
FW 9 Jason De Thomasis[33]
Substitutes:
GK 1Pablo Alvarado
DF 6 Franco Ruscetta[34]
DF 3Diego Cardona
MF 10Josue Jaramillo
FW 14Remone Metyas
FW 20Rob Black
FW 23Aundrae Rollins
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.[35] [36] The match was played at Esther Shiner Stadium at North York, Toronto.

GK 23
RB 22 Antonijo Župan (c)
CB 25 Orlin Chalmers
LB 4 Domagoj Šain
RM 12 Danny Draganic
CM 17 Desmond Humphrey
CM 16
CM 13
LM 19 Fitzroy Christey
ST 10 Peter Curic
ST 18
Substitutes:
GK 1
GK 21
DF 15 Deny Velastegui
DF 2
DF 7 Mario Ostojić
DF 3 Zeljko Dukic
MF 6 Selmir Sehic
MF 8 Gentjan Dervishi
MF 11
MF 24 Geoffrey Attard
FW 17
FW 5 Alex Braletic
FW 14 Jean Tshimpaka
Manager:
Velimir Crljen
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GK 1
RB 5
CB 2 Neil McGregor
CB 4
LB 3
RM 11
CM 6
CM 7
LM 8
FW 10
FW 9
Substitutes:
GK 17
DF 12
MF 15
MF 16
MF 19 Ian Sinclair
FW 14
Manager:
Graham Roberts
Assistant referees


Amato DeLuca
Mike Roecken
Fourth official


Vito Curalli

Top goal scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Gabriel Pop[37] Serbian White Eagles27
2Serbian White Eagles23
3 Castro UarlemToronto Supra Portuguese20
4 Hayden FitzwilliamsToronto Croatia12
5 Tomislav Ples[38] Toronto Croatia11
6 Sam HassamOakville Blue Devils10
7 Rachid MadkourLaval Dynamites9
8 Hugo HerreraBrampton Stallions8
9 Petro Czoli[39] Oakville Blue Devils8
10 Micheal DiLuca[40] Toronto Supra Portuguese8
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.[41] [42]

PositionNameNationality
Commissioner: Cary Kaplan Canadian
Executive Director: Stan Adamson[43] English
Director of Discipline: Clifford Dell[44] 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

The annual CSL awards ceremony was held at the La Contessa Banquet Hall on October 22, 2006 in North York, Toronto.[45] The majority of the awards were taken by the International Division teams.[46] 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 PlayerSaša Viciknez (Serbian White Eagles)
CSL Golden BootGabriel Pop (Serbian White Eagles)
CSL Goalkeeper of the Year AwardGeorge Azcurra (Toronto Croatia)
CSL Defender of the Year AwardFil Rocca (Windsor Border Stars)
CSL Rookie of the Year AwardUarlem Castro (Toronto Supra Portuguese)
CSL Coach of the Year AwardTony De Thomasis (Italia Shooters)
CSL President of the Year AwardIsac Cambas (Toronto Supra Portuguese)
CSL Referee of the Year AwardMercy Watfa
CSL Fair Play AwardCaribbean Selects

External links

Notes and References

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