1999 CPSL League Cup

The 1999 CPSL League Cup was the 2nd edition of the Canadian Professional Soccer League's league cup tournament running from July through late September. Toronto Olympians successfully defended their league cup title after defeating Toronto Croatia 3-0 at Centennial Park Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, which resulted in the establishment of their league cup dynasty.[1][2] The format used in the competition was the traditional group stage with the two top clubs advancing to the semi-finals.[3][4]

1999 League Cup

Country	Canada
Teams	8
Champions	Toronto Olympians (2nd title)
Runners-up	Toronto Croatia
Matches played	29
Goals scored	111 (3.83 per match)
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Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Toronto Olympians	6	6	0	0	30	7	+23	18	Advanced to the semi-final
Oshawa Flames	6	3	1	2	11	12	−1	10
York Region Shooters	6	1	2	3	14	17	−3	5
North York Astros	6	0	1	5	9	28	−19	1

7 July 1999 (1999-07-07)

20:30

York Region Shooters	1–1	North York Astros
John Bottineau  63'	Report	Alex Nardi  73'

Richmond Green, Richmond Hill, Ontario

11 July 1999 (1999-07-11)

19:30

Toronto Olympians	4–1	North York Astros
Gus Kouzmanis  10',  24' Berdusco  72' John Matas  75'	Report	Chris Ewers

Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

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18 July 1999 (1999-07-18)

19:30

North York Astros	2–10	York Region Shooters
Courtney Dennis  31' Adam Lee  71'	Report	Giummarra  11',  32' John Bottineau  15',  23',  74' Mich D'Angelo  35',  48' Adrian Sciarra  54',  60' Damian Puranda  86'

Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 100

Referee: Bill Teeuwen (OSA)

18 July 1999 (1999-07-18)

19:30

Toronto Olympians	2–0	Oshawa Flames
Ron Belfon  27' Thomas  34'	Report

Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

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21 July 1999 (1999-07-21)

20:30

Oshawa Flames	3–0	North York Astros
	Report

Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario

22 July 1999 (1999-07-22)

20:30

York Region Shooters	1–6	Toronto Olympians
Adrian Sciarra  45'	Report	Berdusco  12',  29' Gus Kouzmanis  20',  36',  66' Smith  37'

Richmond Green, Richmond Hill, Ontario

Attendance: 80

Referee: Glenn Sharkey (OSA)

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25 July 1999 (1999-07-25)

19:30

York Region Shooters	1–1	Oshawa Flames
	Report

Richmond Green, Richmond Hill, Ontario

28 July 1999 (1999-07-28)

20:30

North York Astros	2–3	Oshawa Flames
Sean O'Connell  58',  66'	Report	Terrance Lazarus  30',  59' Gomez  80'

Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 125

Referee: Andrew Jasinski (OSA)

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28 July 1999 (1999-07-28)

20:00

Toronto Olympians	4–1	York Region Shooters
John Matas , Thomas ,	Report	Suhail Mirza

Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

1 August 1999 (1999-08-01)

19:00

Oshawa Flames	1–7	Toronto Olympians
	Report

Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario

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4 August 1999 (1999-08-04)

20:30

North York Astros	3–7	Toronto Olympians
Seamus O'Connell  49' Osman Jiminez  53' Courtney Dennis  84'	Report	Gus Kouzmanis  20' Tony Marshall  25' Berdusco  28' Ron Belfon  63' Danny Sanna  69' Thomas  74',  79'

Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 79

Referee: Lyon Tipovski (OSA)

4 August 1999 (1999-08-04)

20:30

Oshawa Flames	3–0	York Region Shooters
John Lawrence Jay Bricknell Pat Dickerson	Report

Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Toronto Croatia	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	13	Advanced to the semi-final
St. Catharines Roma Wolves	6	4	0	2	11	9	+2	12
London City SC	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	6
Glen Shields Sun Devils	6	0	2	4	8	14	−6	2

7 July 1999 (1999-07-07)

19:30

St. Catharines Roma Wolves	3–1	Glen Shields Sun Devils
Tony Carbonara  26' Patrick Kelman  62'	Report	Eric Ranaldo  68'

Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario

7 July 1999 (1999-07-07)

20:30

Toronto Croatia	1–1	London City SC
Ivica Sola  65'	Report	Gebczynski  62'

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 200

Referee: Gordon Arrowsmith (OSA)

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14 July 1999 (1999-07-14)

20:15

St. Catharines Roma Wolves	1–0	Toronto Croatia
Gary McGuchan  9'	Report

Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario

18 July 1999 (1999-07-18)

19:00

Glen Shields Sun Devils	0–2	Toronto Croatia
	Report	Andy Madeiros Robert Mandekic  37'

Dufferin District Field, Vaughan, Ontario

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23 July 1999 (1999-07-23)

20:30

London City SC	3–2	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
	Report

Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario

25 July 1999 (1999-07-25)

19:00

Glen Shields Sun Devils	2–2	London City SC
	Report

Dufferin District Field, Vaughan, Ontario

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28 July 1999 (1999-07-28)

20:30

St. Catharines Roma Wolves	1–0	London City SC
Patrick Kelman  35'	Report

Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario

28 July 1999 (1999-07-28)

20:30

Toronto Croatia	2–1	London City SC
	Report

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

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30 July 1999 (1999-07-30)

20:30

London City SC	0–1	Toronto Croatia
	Report

Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario

1 August 1999 (1999-08-01)

19:00

Glen Shields Sun Devils	3–4	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
	Report

Dufferin District Field, Vaughan, Ontario

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4 August 1999 (1999-08-04)

20:30

Toronto Croatia	2–0	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
Andy Madeiros Anton Musa	Report

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

6 August 1999 (1999-08-06)

20:30

London City SC	2–2	Glen Shields Sun Devils
Mesanovic ,	Report	Jeff Brown Benning

Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario

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Semi-finals

25 August 1999 (1999-08-25)

20:15

St. Catharines Roma Wolves	0–2	Toronto Olympians
	Report	Gus Kouzmanis  4' Berdusco  65'

Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario

3 September 1999 (1999-09-03)

20:30

Toronto Olympians	4–2	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
Handsor  58' Berdusco  76' Arte Alkatov  78' Ron Belfon  89'	Report	Campbell  63' Frank Delpriore  71'

Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 100

Referee: Tony Camacho (OSA)

Toronto won 6–2 on aggregate.

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25 August 1999 (1999-08-25)

20:30

Oshawa Flames	0–0	Toronto Croatia
	Report

Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario

Attendance: 300

Referee: Neil Schofield (OSA)

1 September 1999 (1999-09-01)

19:00

Toronto Croatia	2–0	Oshawa Flames
Tom Granic  23' Andy Madeiros  59'	Report

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Toronto won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

September 26

15:00 ET

Toronto Croatia	0–3	Toronto Olympians
	Report	Handsor  40' Thomas  62',  66'

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 857

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Ontario)

GK 1 George Azcurra RB 2 Daniel Pilas CB 4 Domagoj Sain CB 3 Ivica Sola LB 20 Anton Granic RM 7 Robert Fran  67' CM 16 Anton Musa CM 8 Czeslaw Zajac  58' LM 10 Tomislav Granic (c) ST 9 Andy Madeiros  74' ST 17 Denny Draganic Substitutes: 18 Ivica Jelic  67' 21 Nikola Marketic 22 Robert Madekic  74' 5 Frane Sain 23 Alen Majstorovic 10 Franjo Ljubanovic 19 Josip Draganic  58' Manager: Bruno Pilas

GK 1 Brian Bowes RB 8 Bayete Smith CB 6 Peyvand Mossavat CB 4 Ian Cardey  81' LB 5 Tony Marshall  76' RM 20 Danny Ziannis (c) CM 9 Elvis Thomas CM 17 Chris Handsor LM 7 Daryl Holmes ST 3 Phil Caporella  63' ST 23 Eddy Berdusco  76' Substitutes: GK 22 Tom Bianci DF 12 Louie Ouroutzaglou  81' DF 15 Louie Katsavrias MF 16 Ron Belfon MF 13 Danny Sanna  76' FW 10 John Matas  76' FW 11 Gus Kouzmanis  63' Manager: David Gee

Assistant referees: Zoran Krisco Neil Scofield Fourth official: Norma Clarke

References

1. Bailey, David. "Canada Kicks -- Olympians Take Cup". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Canada Kicks. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
2. "Ontario SoccerNet - CPSL Ontario Update". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
3. Glover, Robin. "1999 CPSL Schedule". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
4. "1999 - August 7 - Mid-Season Review". 2001-11-26. Archived from the original on 2001-11-26. Retrieved 2018-07-20.