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)
Best goalkeeperAndrew Olivieri
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

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  • 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

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Team City Stadium Manager
Brampton Lions Brampton, Ontario (Bramalea) Victoria Park Stadium Armando Costa[12]
Italia Shooters Vaughan, Ontario (Maple) St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field Carmine Isacco[12]
London City London, Ontario (Westmount) Cove Road Stadium Eddie Edgar[12]
North York Astros Toronto, Ontario (North York) Esther Shiner Stadium Rafael Carbajal[12]
Portugal FC Toronto, Ontario (Liberty Village) Lamport Stadium Jose Testas[12]
Serbian White Eagles Toronto, Ontario (Etobicoke) Centennial Park Stadium Milan Cancarevic[12]
St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle) Club Roma Stadium James McGillivray[12]
TFC Academy Toronto, Ontario (Liberty Village) Lamport Stadium Jason Bent[12]
Toronto Croatia Mississauga, Ontario Hershey Centre Miroslav Buljan[12]
Trois-Rivières Attak Trois-Rivières, Quebec Stade de l'UQTR Marc Dos Santos[12]
Windsor Border Stars Windsor, Ontario Windsor Stadium Pat Hilton[12]

Final standings

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International Division

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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) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

National Division

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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) Champions

2008 scoring leaders

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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

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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 1
7 Brampton Lions 0
2 Italia Shooters 0
3 Serbian White Eagles 3
3 Serbian White Eagles 2
6 North York Astros 1

Quarterfinals

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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 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

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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

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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)
GK 1   Andrew Olivieri (c)
RB 25   Alex Surprenant
CB 21   Davy Uwimana
CB 16   Olivier Brett
LB 23   Elkana Mayard
RM 10   Hector Contreras   63'
CM 7   Ibrahim Baldeh
CM 6   Jean Philippe Etienne
LM 17   Pierre-Rudolph Mayard   82'
ST 9   Mohamed Sylla   107'
ST 8   Jean-Louis Bessé   73'
Substitutes:
GK 13   Gildas Toufilana
DF 3   Serge Dinkota
DF 4   Michel Vitulano   107'
DF 5   Francois Boivin
MF 20   Massimo Di Ioia   82'
FW 12   Nicolas Lesage   63'
FW 18   Guillaume Heroux   73'
Manager:
  Marc Dos Santos
GK 25   Dan Pelc
RB 14   Uroš Stamatović
CB 4   Mark Jankovic
CB 6   Mirko Medić
LB 3   Dragorad Milićević
RM 19   Darryl Gomez   71'
CM 8   Nenad Stojčić
CM 7   Miloš Vučinić   117'
LM 5   Nikola Budalic (c)
FW 10   Alex Braletic   101'
FW 15   Miloš Šćepanović
Substitutes:
GK 28   Marko Petrović
MF 20   Milan Janošević   101'
MF 21   Aleksandar Radovanović
MF 16   Caswain Mason
FW 11   Dragan Radović
FW 9   Saša Viciknez   71'
FW 2   Said Ali   117'
Manager:
  Milan Čančarević

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

CSL Executive Committee and Staff

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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

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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

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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

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Team City Stadium
Italia Shooters Reserves Maple, Ontario St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
North York Astros Reserves Toronto, Ontario Esther Shiner Stadium
Portugal FC Reserves Toronto, Ontario Esther Shiner Stadium
TFC Academy II Vaughan, Ontario Ontario Soccer Centre
Toronto Croatia Reserves Mississauga, Ontario Hershey Centre

Final standings

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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) Champions

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