Canadian Soccer League Awards

The Canadian Soccer League Awards is an annual awards ceremony for several individual performances at the end of the season. The event was established in 1998, when the Canadian National Soccer League merged with the stillborn Ontario Professional Soccer League to form the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The ceremony has been traditionally held at awards banquet at the end of the season with the exception in 2008, 2009, and 2010 where they were given out before the CSL Championship final. ^{[1] [2] [3]} In 2010, the league began distributing awards to the Second Division for the first time. ^[4]

First Division awards

Most Valuable Player Award

Marin Vučemilović-Grgić won the award in 2012 and 2014 becoming the second Croatian footballer to win the award

The league's MVP award.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
1998	Rene Martin	Canada	North York Astros	[5]
1999	Elvis Thomas	Canada	Toronto Olympians	[6]
2000	Willy Giummarra	Canada	York Region Shooters	[7]
2001	Abraham Osman	Uganda	Ottawa Wizards	[8]
2002	Abraham Osman	Uganda	Ottawa Wizards	[9]
2003	Phil Ionadi	Canada	Brampton Hitmen	[10]
2004	Danny Amaral	Canada	Toronto Supra	[11]
2005	Desmond Humphrey	Canada	Vaughan Shooters	[12]
2006	Saša Viciknez	Serbia	Serbian White Eagles	[13]
2007	Nicolas Lesage	Canada	Trois Rivieres Attak	[14]
2008	Daniel Nascimento	Canada	Brampton Lions	[15]
2009	Saša Viciknez	Serbia	Serbian White Eagles	[16]
2010	Tihomir Maletic	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[17]
2011	Tihomir Maletic	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[18]
2012	Marin Vučemilović-Grgić	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[19]
2013	Guillaume Surot	France	Kingston FC	[20]
2014	Marin Vučemilović-Grgić	Croatia	London City	[21]
2015	Josip Keran	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[22]

Golden Boot Award

The Golden Boot is the league's leading scorer.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
1998	Gus Kouzmanis	Canada	Toronto Olympians	[5]
1999	Eddy Berdusco	Canada	Toronto Olympians	[6]
2000	Gus Kouzmanis	Canada	Toronto Olympians	[7]
2001	Kevin Nelson	Trinidad and Tobago	Ottawa Wizards	[8]
2002	Darren Tilley	England	Mississauga Olympians	[9]
2003	Carlo Arghittu	Canada	St. Catharines Wolves	[10]
2004	Paul Munster	Northern Ireland	London City	[23]
2005	Aaron Byrd	USA	Windsor Border Stars	[24]
2006	Gabriel Pop	Romania	Serbian White Eagles	[25] [26]
2007	Nicolas Lesage	Canada	Trois Rivieres Attak	[27]
2008	Daniel Nascimento	Canada	Brampton Lions	[28]
2009	Reda Agourram	Canada	Trois Rivieres Attak	[29]
2010	Tihomir Maletic	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[30]
2011	Stefan Vukovic	Canada	TFC Academy	[31]
2012	Dražen Vuković	Croatia	SC Waterloo Region	[32]
2013	Guillaume Surot	France	Kingston FC	[33]
2014	Marin Vučemilović-Grgić	Croatia	London City	[21]
2015	Richard West	Jamaica	York Region Shooters	[22]
2016	Sergiy Ivliev	Ukraine	FC Ukraine United
2017	Aleksandar Stojiljković	Serbia	Scarborough SC
2018	Sani Dey	Ghana	Hamilton City SC	[34]
2019	Mykola Temniuk	Ukraine	FC Vorkuta	[35]

Goalkeeper of the Year Award

George Azcurra has won the most Goalkeeper of the Year awards with five

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
1998	Dino Perri	Canada	St. Catharines Wolves	[5]
1999	George Azcurra	Canada	Toronto Croatia	[6]
2000	Piotr Libicz	Canada	North York Astros	[7]
2001	George Azcurra Luciano Miranda	Canada   Canada	Toronto Croatia North York Astros	[8]
2002	George Azcurra	Canada	Toronto Croatia	[9]
2003	Simon Eaddy	New Zealand	Ottawa Wizards	[10]
2004	George Azcurra	Canada	Toronto Croatia	[11]
2005	Haidar Al-Shaïbani	Canada	London City	[12]
2006	George Azcurra	Canada	Toronto Croatia	[13]
2007	Claudio Perri	Canada	St. Catharines Wolves	[14]
2008	Andrew Olivieri	Canada	Trois-Rivières Attak	[15]
2009	Dan Pelc	Canada	Serbian White Eagles	[16]
2010	Milos Kocic	Serbia	Serbian White Eagles	[17]
2011	Scott Cliff	Canada	SC Toronto	[18]
2012	Antonio Ilic	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[19]
2013	Antonio Ilic	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[20]
2014	Vladimir Vujasinović	Serbia	Burlington SC	[21]
2015	Andrew Stinger	Canada	Burlington SC	[22]

Defender of the Year Award

Maxim Tissot won the Defender of the Year in 2012

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2000	Bayete Smith	Canada	Toronto Olympians	[5]
2001	Kurt Ramsey	Canada	North York Astros	[6]
2002	Domagoj Sain	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[7]
2003	Domagoj Sain	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[8]
2004	Justin Marshall	Canada	Windsor Border Stars	[9]
2005	Fil Rocca	Canada	Windsor Border Stars	[10]
2006	Fil Rocca	Canada	Windsor Border Stars	[11]
2007	Domagoj Šain	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[12]
2008	Carlos Zeballos	Uruguay	North York Astros	[13]
2009	Mirko Medic	Serbia	Serbian White Eagles	[14]
2010	Rick Titus	Trinidad and Tobago	York Region Shooters	[15]
2011	Sven Arapovic	Canada	Toronto Croatia	[16]
2012	Maxim Tissot	Canada	Montreal Impact Academy	[17]
2013	Sven Arapovic	Canada	Toronto Croatia	[18]
2014	Josip Keran Nikola Stanojevic	Croatia   Serbia	Toronto Croatia Burlington SC	[21]
2015	Nikola Stanojevic	Serbia	Burlington SC	[22]

Rookie of the Year Award

Jonathan Osorio was the CSL Rookie of the Year in 2012

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
1998	Tom Bianchi	Canada	London City	[5]
1999	Semir Mesanovic	Canada	London City	[6]
2000	Jimmy Kuzmanovski	Canada	Oshawa Flames	[7]
2001	Kevin Nelson	Trinidad and Tobago	Ottawa Wizards	[8]
2002	Darren Tilley	England	Mississauga Olympians	[9]
2003	McDonald Yobe	Malawi	Ottawa Wizards	[10]
2004	Paul Munster	Northern Ireland	London City	[11]
2005	Dennis Peeters	Canada	London City	[12]
2006	Uarlem Castro	Brazil	Toronto Supra Portuguese	[13]
2007	Tihomir Maletić	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[14]
2008	Adrian Pena	Canada	TFC Academy	[15]
2009	Reda Agourram	Canada	Trois Rivieres Attak	[16]
2010	Thomas Beattie	England	London City	[17]
2011	Akil DeFreitas	Trinidad and Tobago	Capital City F.C.	[18]
2012	Jonathan Osorio	Canada	SC Toronto	[19]
2013	Guillaume Surot	France	Kingston FC	[20]
2014	Aleksandar Stojiljković	Serbia	SC Waterloo Region	[21]
2015	Ihor Melnyk	Ukraine	Toronto Atomic	[22]

Coach of the Year Award

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
1998	David Gee	England	Toronto Olympians	[5]
1999	David Gee Tony LaFerrara	England   Canada	Toronto Olympians London City	[6]
2000	Lucio Ianiero	Canada	St. Catharines Wolves	[7]
2001	Zoran Jankovic	Serbia	Montreal Dynamites	[8]
2002	Aldwyn McGill	Trinidad and Tobago	Metro Lions	[9]
2003	José Testas	Portugal	Toronto Supra	[10]
2004	Pat Hilton	England	Windsor Border Stars	[11]
2005	Dejan Gluščević	Montenegro	North York Astros	[12]
2006	Tony De Thomasis	Italy	Italia Shooters	[13]
2007	James McGilivary	Canada	St. Catharines Wolves	[14]
2008	Rafael Carbajal	Uruguay	North York Astros	[15]
2009	Philippe Eullaffroy	France	Trois Rivieres Attak	[16]
2010	Ron Davidson	Canada	Hamilton Croatia	[17]
2011	Velimir Crljen	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[18]
2012	Stefano Vagnini	Canada	Windsor Stars	[19]
2013	Colm Muldoon	Ireland	Kingston FC	[36]
2014	Darryl Gomez	Saint Kitts and Nevis	York Region Shooters	[21]
2015	Vasyl Ishchak	Ukraine	Toronto Atomic	[22]

Harry Paul Gauss Memorial Award

First introduced in 2004 as the CPSL President's Award, but was renamed in 2006 in honor of Harry Gauss. The award is presented to the individual who has shown allegiance, commitment and support to the league and its member clubs.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2004	Bruno Ierullo	Argentina	North York Astros	[11]
2005	Tony De Thomasis	Italy	Vaughan Shooters	[12]
2006	Isac Cambas	Canada	Toronto Supra Portuguese	[13]
2007	Bruno Ierullo	Argentina	North York Astros	[14]
2009	Armand Di Fruscio	Canada	St. Catharines Wolves	[15]
2010	Tony De Thomasis	Italy	York Region Shooters	[16]
2011	Joe Pavicic	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	[17]
2012	Ryan Gauss	Canada	London City	[18]
2013	Pino Jazbec	Canada	CSL League Administrator	[19]
2014	Phil Ionadi	Canada	CSL Director for Youth	[21]
2015	Cyndy De Thomasis	Canada	York Region Shooters	[22]

Referee of the Year Award

The Referee of the Year award is voted on by the CSL Referee Committee.

Year	Name	Nationality	Ref.
1998	Bill Teeuwen	Canada	[5]
1999	Silviu Petrescu	Romania	[6]
2000	Steve Cahoon	Canada	[37]
2001	Amato De Luca	Canada	[8]
2002	Michael Lambert	Canada	[9]
2003	Michael Lambert	Canada	[10]
2004	Amato De Luca	Canada	[11]
2005	Andre Jasinski	Canada	[12]
2006	Mercey Watfa	Canada	[13]
2007	Joe Fletcher	Canada	[14]
2008	Isaac Raymond	England	[15]
2009	Justin Tasev	Canada	[16]
2010	Geoff Gamble	Canada	[17]
2011	David Barrie	Canada	[18]
2012	David Barrie	Canada	[19]
2013	Justin Tasev	Canada	[20]
2014	Marco Jaramillo	Canada	[21]
2015	Goran Babic	Serbia	[22]

Fair Play and Respect Award

The Fair Play and Respect Award is awarded to the club which, in the opinion of the CSL Discipline Committee, has demonstrated good discipline on the field of play and has exhibited a high level of respect for the game officials in the regular playing season

Year	Name	Ref.
1998	London City	[5]
1999	Toronto Olympians	[6]
2000	Toronto Olympians	[7]
2001	Durham Flames	[8]
2002	Mississauga Olympians	[9]
2003	Durham Flames	[10]
2004	Durham Storm	[11]
2005	North York Astros	[12]
2006	Caribbean Selects	[13]
2007	Trois-Rivières Attak	[14]
2008	Trois-Rivières Attak	[15]
2009	TFC Academy	[16]
2010	TFC Academy	[17]
2011	Niagara United	[18]
2012	TFC Academy	[19]
2013	SC Waterloo Region	[20]
2014	Kingston FC	[21]
2015	Burlington SC	[22]

Media and Broadcaster Award

The Media and Broadcaster Award is awarded to the individuals who have shown interest and loyalty in reporting CSL news and matches.

Year	Name	Role	Ref.
2011	Jeremy Milani	Television producer for Rogers TV.	[18]
2012	Robin Glover	Covering and providing game reports for the CNSL, CPSL and the CSL since 1995.	[19]
2012	Enio Perruzza	For announcing CNSL, CPSL and the CSL matches for 26 years.	[19]

Second Division awards

Most Valuable Player Award

The league's MVP award.

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2010	Sergio Camargo	Canada	TFC Academy II	[17]
2011	Jorgo Nika	Canada	SC Toronto B	[18]
2012	Gino Berardi	Canada	Windsor Stars B	[19]
2013	Younan Samara	Iraq	London City B	[20]
2014	Mademba Ba	Senegal	Kingston FC B	[38]
2015	Arsenije Japalak	Croatia	Brantford Galaxy B	[39]

Golden Boot Award

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2010	Wesley Cain Jonathan Singh	Canada   Canada	Portugal FC B Brampton Lions B	[17]
2011	Jorgo Nika	Canada	SC Toronto B	[18]
2012	Gino Berardi	Canada	Windsor Stars B	[19]
2013	Mademba Ba	Senegal	Kingston FC B	[20]
2014	Mademba Ba	Senegal	Kingston FC B	[38]
2015	Nikola Miokovic	Canada	Burlington SC B	[39]
2016	Mohammad-Ali Heydarpour	Canada	SC Waterloo Region
2017	Taras Hromyak	Ukraine	FC Ukraine United
2018	Kristijan Kezic	Croatia	FC Vorkuta B	[34]

Goalkeeper of the Year Award

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2010	Jesse Castillo	Canada	Brantford Galaxy B	[17]
2011	Ryan Pumier	Canada	Kitchener Waterloo United FC	[18]
2012	Mark Rogal	Canada	TFC Academy II	[19]
2013	Roy Seaboyer	Canada	Brampton United B	[20]
2014	Adrian Ibanez	CAN	York Region Shooters B	[38]
2015	Ihor Vitiv	Ukraine	Toronto Atomic B	[39]

Defender of the Year Award

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2010	David Ferreira	Canada	Brampton Lions B	[17]
2011	Oliver Spring	Canada	SC Toronto B	[18]
2012	Malcolm Mings	Canada	Niagara United B	[19]
2013	Daniel Stoker	Canada	Toronto Croatia B	[20]
2014	Danilo Richards	CAN	Burlington SC B	[38]
2015	Namanjar Sudar	Canada	Brantford Galaxy B	[39]

Rookie of the Year Award

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2010	Sergio Camargo	Canada	TFC Academy II	[17]
2011	Jeremy Caranci	Canada	London City B	[18]
2012	Mark Wadid	Canada	TFC Academy II	[19]
2013	Mykola Chachula	Canada	Toronto Croatia B	[20]
2014	Nikola Miokovic	CAN	SC Waterloo Region B	[38]
2015	Kingma Zach	Canada	Brantford Galaxy B	[39]

Coach of the Year Award

Year	Name	Nationality	Club	Ref.
2010	Michael DI Matteo	Canada	Brampton Lions B	[17]
2011	James McGillivray	Canada	Niagara United	[18]
2012	James McGillivray	Canada	Niagara United B	[19]
2013	George Jenkins	Canada	Toronto Croatia B	[20]
2014	Thomas Moran	Canada	Kingston FC B	[38]
2015	Amir Osmanlic	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Milton SC B	[39]

Awards by club

Rank	Club	Total
1	Toronto Croatia	24
2	London City	14
3	Toronto Olympians	13
4	York Region Shooters	12
5	North York Astros	10
6	TFC Academy	9
	SC Toronto	9
	Kingston FC	9
7	Trois Rivieres Attak	8
	Windsor Stars	8
8	Brampton United	7
	Burlington SC	7
9	Serbian White Eagles	6
	St. Catharines Wolves	6
	Ottawa Wizards	6
9	SC Waterloo	5
10	Brantford Galaxy	4
	Niagara United	4
11	Toronto Atomic	3
	Durham Flames	3
12	FC Ukraine United	2
	FC Vorkuta	2
13	Brampton Hitmen	1
	Capital City F.C.	1
	Caribbean Selects	1
	Hamilton Croatia	1
	Hamilton City SC	1
	Milton SC	1
	Montreal Dynamites	1
	Montreal Impact Academy	1
	Scarborough SC	1
	York Region Shooters	1
Total		180

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