2005 Canadian Professional Soccer League season

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Canadian Professional Soccer League
Season2005
Champions Oakville Blue Devils
Regular Season title
Matches played132
Goals scored411 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorerAaron Byrd (Windsor Border Stars)
Best goalkeeper Haidar Al-Shaïbani
Biggest home win Toronto Supra 8-2 North York Astros (June 19, 2005)
Biggest away win Durham Storm 1-12 Oakville Blue Devils (September 22, 2005)
← 2004
CSL 2006 →

The 2005 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the 8th season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 21, 2005 and concluded on October 10, 2005 with Oakville Blue Devils defeating Vaughan Shooters 2-1 to win their first CPSL Championship. [1] The final was played at Esther Shiner Stadium, which gave North York Astros a playoff wildcard match. [2] In the regular season the Vaughan Shooters won their first Eastern Conference title, while Hamilton Thunder secured their third Western Conference title. The league increased in membership with the return of the Laval Dynamites. For the first time in the league's history the CPSL introduced a Women's Canada Cup tournament, which included 6 district all-star teams from the existing men's soccer districts. [3] [4]

Contents

Changes from 2004 season

The season saw the resignation of chairman/president Vince Ursini in order to fully devote his time to his Ontario Soccer Association duties. [5] His replacement was the CPSL management consultant Cary Kaplan to the newly created position of CPSL Commissioner. [6] The league increased to 12 teams with the return of Laval Dynamites, while the Metro Lions relocated to the Halton Region territory to form the Oakville Blue Devils. [7] The Brampton Hitmen were sold to Joe Fuliere, and renamed the team to the Brampton Stallions. [8]

Teams

TeamCityStadiumManager
Brampton Stallions Brampton, Ontario (Bramalea) Victoria Park Stadium Ken Dawson
Durham Storm Oshawa, Ontario (Vanier) Oshawa Civic Stadium Doug Paterson
London City London, Ontario (Westmount) Cove Road Stadium Harry Gauss
Hamilton Thunder Hamilton, Ontario Brian Timmis Stadium Jorge Armua [9]
Laval Dynamites Laval, Quebec Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne Jean Robert Toussaint
North York Astros Toronto, Ontario (North York) Esther Shiner Stadium Dejan Gluščević [10]
Oakville Blue Devils Oakville, Ontario (Bronte)Bronte Stadium Duncan Wilde [11]
St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle)Club Roma StadiumTom Bernadi [12]
Toronto Croatia Mississauga, Ontario (Streetsville)Memorial Park Velimir Crljen
Toronto Supra Toronto, Ontario (Brockton)Brockton StadiumCesar Garcia
Vaughan Shooters Vaughan, Ontario (Woodbridge) Ontario Soccer Centre Carmine Isacco
Windsor Border Stars Windsor, Ontario Windsor Stadium Pat Hilton

Final standings

Eastern Conference

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Vaughan Shooters 2216335516+3951Qualification for Playoffs
2 Toronto Croatia 2213634419+2545
3 Laval Dynamites 2211383625+1136
4 Toronto Supra 227873930+929
5 North York Astros 2284103142−1128Qualification for Playoffs
6 Durham Storm 2211201085−754
Updated to match(es) played on October 4, 2005. Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports05/05cpwk21.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Western Conference

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Hamilton Thunder 2210752723+437Qualification for Playoffs
2 Oakville Blue Devils 2210754626+2037
3 Windsor Border Stars 2284104035+528
4 St. Catharines Wolves 2275102126−526
5 London City 2264122639−1322
6 Brampton Stallions 225893645−923
Updated to match(es) played on October 4, 2005. Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports05/05cpwk21.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

CPSL Championship playoffs

Quarterfinals

October 5, 2005 Oakville Blue Devils 3–1 Windsor Border Stars Toronto, Ontario
9:00 ET
 (Report) Filip Rocca Soccerball shade.svg78'Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Attendance: 30
October 6, 2005 Toronto Croatia 1–0 Laval Dynamites Mississauga, Ontario
8:30 ETLeo Laurito Soccerball shade.svg3' (Report) Stadium: Memorial Park
Attendance: 125
Referee: Vito Curali (Ontario)

Wildcard

October 7, 2005 North York Astros 0–1 (a.e.t.) Toronto Croatia Toronto, Ontario
8:00 ET (Report) Velimir Crljen Soccerball shade.svg102'Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 120
Referee: Andrew Jasinski (Ontario)

Semifinals

October 8, 2005 Hamilton Thunder 0–2 Oakville Blue Devils Toronto, Ontario
2:00 ET (Report)
Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 120
Referee: Mike Roeken (Ontario)

CPSL Championship

Vaughan Shooters 1–2 (a.e.t.) Oakville Blue Devils
Stalin Cardenas Soccerball shade.svg36' Report
Esther Shiner Stadium , Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 728
Referee: Andre Jasinski (Ontario)
GK1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brian Bowes
RB17Raj Takhar
CB8Chris Turner
CB2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Angelo Pollastrone [13] (c)
LB11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Fitzroy Christie [14] Sub off.svg 19'
RM13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frank Bruno [15]
CM21 Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Darryl Gomez
CM12Danny Sanna
LM19 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Desmond Humphrey [16]
ST5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stalin Cardenas [17] Sub off.svg 68'
ST15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Matthew Palleschi
Substitutes:
GK0Pablo Alvarado
DF16 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Justin Phillips [18]
DF4Jorge MolinaSub on.svg 19'
MF7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cameron Medwin
FW9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason De Thomasis [19] Sub on.svg 68'Sub off.svg 98'
FW23Aundrae RollinsSub on.svg 98'
FW10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joey Todaro [20]
Manager:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Carmine Isacco
GK1 Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Sa Brahima Traore
RB4Lovemore Ncube
CB6 Flag of England.svg Aaron Steele
CB2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jamie Fairweather [21]
LB5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marko Bedenikovic
RM3Nicholas PokuSub off.svg 87'
CM9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Shawn Faria
LM13 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Phil Ionadi (c)Sub off.svg 73'
FM8 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sergio De Luca
FW17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeremy Shepherd Sub off.svg 90'
FW15Ian Sinclair
Substitutes:
GK0Chris Baker
MF7Omar Samuels
MF14Dragisa KlisaraSub on.svg 56'Sub off.svg 83'
MF19 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Orlin Chalmers Sub on.svg 83'
MF10 Flag of Serbia.svg Igor Prostran Sub on.svg 73'
FW11 Flag of Romania.svg Gabriel Pop [22]
FW16 Flag of South Africa.svg Ryan Gamble Sub on.svg 90'
Manager:
Flag of England.svg Duncan Wilde

Assistant referees:
John Oliva
Cosmo Iavazzi
Fourth official:
Rob Burns

All-Star Game

The 2005 CPSL all-star match was against Rangers F.C. of the Scottish Premier League who were in Canada for a nine-day training camp before kicking off their season. [23] The game was played at Varsity Stadium, but was closed to the public being only open to people associated to the league.

July 9, 2005 CPSL All-Stars 1 - 4 Glasgow Rangers FC Toronto, Ontario
6:00 pmGabriel Pop Soccerball shade.svg90' Report
Stadium: Varsity Stadium
Attendance: 200

Top goal scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Byrd [24] Windsor Border Stars 17
2 Flag of Romania.svg Gabriel Pop [25] Oakville Blue Devils 14
3Radek Papiez Windsor Border Stars 10
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Danny Amaral Toronto Supra 9
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason De Thomasis [26] Vaughan Shooters 9
6Karim Ben Sari London City 9
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike DiLuca [27] Toronto Supra 9
8 Flag of Argentina.svg Hugo Herrera Brampton Stallions 9
9Mohamed Ridouani Laval Dynamites 9
10 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Hayden Fitzwilliams Toronto Croatia 8

Updated: September 30, 2005

CPSL Executive Committee

A list of the 2005 CPSL Executive Committee. [28]

PositionNameNationality
Commissioner: Cary Kaplan Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian
Director of Media:Stan Adamson [29] Flag of England.svg English
Director of Discipline:Clifford Dell [30] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian
Director of Officials:Walter Kirchner Flag of Romania.svg Romanian
Office Administrator:Janet Leonard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian
Community Services: Peter Li Preti Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian
Legal Counsel:Ira Greenspoon Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian

Awards

Fil Rocca was voted the Defender of the Year Fil Rocca.jpg
Fil Rocca was voted the Defender of the Year

The annual CPSL awards ceremony was held at the La Contessa Banquet Hall on October 9, 2005 in North York, Toronto. [31] This was the first awards ceremony where the awards were distributed equally without a majority winner. Vaughan, Windsor, London, and North York each went home with two awards. [32] Vaughan's Desmond Humphrey was voted the MVP, while team owner Tony De Thomasis was given the President of the Year award. London City went home with the Goalkeeper and Rookie of the Year awards with Haidar Al-Shaibani and Dennis Peeters as its recipients.

Former Detroit Titans alumni Aaron Byrd of Windsor Border Stars won the Golden Boot. [33] Windsor's Fil Rocca was voted the Defender of the Year. The Coach of the Year went to former S.League, and USL A-League veteran Dejan Gluscevic, who went on to manage various national youth teams in Asia. North York Astros also received their first Fair Play award. Andrzej Jasinski the match official for the championship final was voted the Referee of the Year.

AwardPlayer (Club)
CPSL Most Valuable PlayerDesmond Humphrey (Vaughan Shooters)
CPSL Golden BootAaron Byrd (Windsor Border Stars)
CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award Haidar Al-Shaïbani (London City)
CPSL Defender of the Year AwardFil Rocca (Windsor Border Stars)
CPSL Rookie of the Year AwardDennis Peeters (London City)
CPSL Coach of the Year Award Dejan Gluscevic (North York Astros)
CPSL President of the Year Award Tony De Thomasis (Vaughan Shooters)
CPSL Referee of the Year AwardAndrzej Jasinski
CPSL Fair Play AwardNorth York Astros

Women's Canada Cup

A women's league debuted in 2005 which featured 6 all-star teams from the existing municipal soccer districts where the men's team competed. Throughout the regular season they played in 10 matches with London City Selects winning the regular season title. [34] The finals featured London City against York Region Lady Shooters, where York Region won the championship. [35]

Teams

TeamCity
Durham Region Allstars Oshawa, Ontario
London City Selects London, Ontario
North York District Allstars Toronto, Ontario
Toronto Supra District Allstars Toronto, Ontario
York Region Lady Shooters Vaughan, Ontario
Windsor Border Stars Women Windsor, Ontario

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