2004 Canadian Professional Soccer League season

The 2004 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the seventh season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 24, 2004 and concluded on October 11, 2004 with Toronto Croatia defeating Vaughan Shooters 4-0 to capture their second CPSL Championship (known as the Rogers CPSL Cup for sponsorship reasons).[1] The championship was hosted for the first time at Victoria Park Stadium in Brampton, Ontario, which granted the Brampton Hitmen a wildcard berth.[2] In the regular season the Toronto Supra clinched their first Eastern Conference title, while Hamilton Thunder secured their second Western Conference title. Though the league decreased in membership they managed to expand to the Windsor - Detroit territory with the addition of the Windsor Border Stars.[3]

Canadian Professional Soccer League

Season	2004
Champions	Toronto Croatia
Regular Season title	Toronto Supra (Eastern Conference) Hamilton Thunder (Western Conference)
Matches played	110
Goals scored	415 (3.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Paul Munster (London City)
Biggest home win	HT 7-0 DS TS 7-1 SCW
Biggest away win	DS 0-8 TC
← 2003 2005 →

Changes from 2003 season

The 2004 season saw the league decrease from 13 to 11 teams. The Ottawa Wizards, and the Durham Flames had their franchises revoked.[4] The Laval Dynamites went on hiatus as they awaited the completion of their home venue the Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne.[5] Though the CPSL lost 3 franchises they managed to expand to the Essex County with the addition of the Windsor Border Stars.[6] Founding member the Mississauga Olympians were sold to John O'Neill and replaced the Durham Flames under the name Durham Storm.[7] Vaughan Sun Devils changed their name to the Vaughan Shooters, while the North York Astros joined them in their move to the Ontario Soccer Centre.[8] Director of Officials Tony Camacho resigned and was replaced by former Director at Large Walter Kirchner.[9]

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Brampton Hitmen	Brampton, Ontario (Bramalea)	Victoria Park Stadium	Steve Nijjar[10]
Durham Storm	Oshawa, Ontario (Vanier)	Oshawa Civic Stadium	Derek Bean[11]
London City	London, Ontario (Westmount)	Cove Road Stadium	Harry Gauss[12]
Hamilton Thunder	Hamilton, Ontario	Brian Timmis Stadium	Jorge Armua
Metro Lions	Toronto, Ontario (Scarborough)	Birchmount Stadium	Goran Miscevic[13]
North York Astros	Toronto, Ontario (North York)	Ontario Soccer Centre	Vittorio Villacis[14]
St. Catharines Wolves	St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle)	Club Roma Stadium	Lucio Ianiero[15]
Toronto Croatia	Mississauga, Ontario (Streetsville)	Memorial Park	Aldo Krajcar[16]
Toronto Supra	Toronto, Ontario (Brockton)	Centennial Park Stadium	José Testas[17]
Vaughan Shooters	Vaughan, Ontario (Woodbridge)	Ontario Soccer Centre	Sam Mederios[18]
Windsor Border Stars	Windsor, Ontario	Windsor Stadium	Pat Hilton[19]

Brampton Vaughan London Mississauga Durham Windsor St. Catharines Hamilton TORONTO Location of CPSL teams outside of Toronto for the 2004 CPSL season. Western Conference Eastern Conference

Metro Lions Toronto Supra North York Astros Vaughan Shooters Location of CPSL teams in Toronto for the 2004 CPSL season. Western Conference Eastern Conference

Final standings

Eastern Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toronto Supra	20	14	4	2	49	21	+28	46	Qualification for Playoffs
2	Metro Lions	20	12	5	3	50	32	+18	41
3	Vaughan Shooters	20	11	5	4	41	23	+18	38
4	North York Astros	20	3	4	13	33	41	−8	13
5	Durham Storm	20	2	1	17	17	77	−60	7

Updated to match(es) played on September 30, 2004. Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports04/04cpwk20.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Western Conference

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hamilton Thunder	20	10	6	4	51	22	+29	36	Qualification for Playoffs
2	Toronto Croatia	20	9	4	7	42	30	+12	31
3	Windsor Border Stars	20	9	4	7	38	32	+6	31
4	Brampton Hitmen	20	7	5	8	32	35	−3	26
5	London City	20	7	3	10	35	42	−7	24
6	St. Catharines Wolves	20	3	5	12	27	44	−17	14

Updated to match(es) played on September 30, 2004. Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports04/04cpwk20.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Rogers CPSL Championship playoffs

Quarterfinals

Toronto Croatia v Windsor Border Stars

October 3, 2004	Toronto Croatia	5–0	Windsor Border Stars	Mississauga, Ontario
7:00 ET	Halburto Harris  8' Jason Shannon  29' Edin Kalic 46' Edin Kalic 57' Rudy Spajic  89'	(Report)		Stadium: Memorial Park Attendance: 250 Referee: Gord Arrowsmith (Ontario

Metro Lions v Vaughan Shooters

October 5, 2004	Metro Lions	3–5	Vaughan Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
7:30 ET	Craig Patton  32' Maxim Dorneval  38' Darryl Gomez  70'	(Report)	Matthew Palleschi  6' Fitzroy Powell  53' Matthew Palleschi  57' Joey Todaro  66' Fitzroy Powell  87'	Stadium: Birchmount Stadium Attendance: 70 Referee: Angelo Gertsakis (Ontario

Wildcard

Brampton Hitmen v Toronto Croatia

October 8, 2004	Brampton Hitmen	1–3	Toronto Croatia	Brampton, Ontario
7:30 ET	Jonathan Bustamante  37'	(Report)	Zvjezdan Kresic  50' Halburto Harris  68' Leo Laurito  93'	Stadium: Victoria Park Stadium Attendance: 225 Referee: Steven DePiero (Ontario

Semifinals

Toronto Supra v Vaughan Shooters

October 9, 2004	Toronto Supra	1–4	Vaughan Shooters	Brampton, Ontario
10:00 ET	David Sousa  69'	(Report)	Matthew Palleschi  10' Branko Majstorovic  52' Fitzroy Powell  75' Matthew Palleschi  85'	Stadium: Victoria Park Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Calin Pintea (Ontario

Hamilton Thunder v Toronto Croatia

October 9, 2004	Hamilton Thunder	0–2	Toronto Croatia	Brampton, Ontario
1:00 ET		(Report)	Leo Laurito  29' Leo Marasovic  88'	Stadium: Victoria Park Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Alex Williams (Ontario

Rogers CPSL Championship

October 11

3:00 ET

Vaughan Shooters	0–4	Toronto Croatia
	Report	Leo Marasovic  49' Leo Marasovic  60' Marko Milicevic  90' Zupan  94'

Victoria Park Stadium, Brampton, Ontario

Attendance: 300

Referee: Amato De Luca (Ontario)

GK 1 Brian Bowes[20] RB 17 Raj Takhar  87' CB 2 Angelo Pollastrone[21] (c) LB 4 Jorge Molina RM 7 Cameron Medwin  61' CM 11 Branko Majstorovic[22]  62' CM 10 Joey Todaro[23] CM 8 Chris Turner LM 21 Marco Casilinuovo[24]  45' ST 13 Matthew Palleschi ST 9 Jason De Thomasis[25] Substitutes: GK 0 Roberto Scala DF 12 Fitzroy Powell  61' DF 15 Fitzroy Christey[26]  45' DF 6 Tony Marshall  62'  75' MF 23 Ricardo Forno  87' FW 19 Jose Anikewe  75' FW 20 Steve Said Manager: Tony De Thomasis

GK 1 George Azcurra RB 6 Mario Kulis CB 5 Antonijo Zupan LB 3 Halburto Harris[27] RM 22 Danny Draganic CM 9 Zvjezdan Kresic  87' CM 8 Hugo Alstitud  59' CM 11 Velimir Crljen LM 21 Marko Milicevic FW 16 Edin Kalic  80' FW 10 Leo Laurito  45' Substitutes: GK 12 Vinko Kozina  87' DF 2 Ante Pavlovic DF 4 Rudy Spajic MF 7 Andrew Saulez  59' FW 20 Leo Marasovic  45' FW 23 John Sola  80' Manager: Theo Krajacic

Assistant referees: Silviu Petrescu Yakov Keimakh Fourth official: Alex William

All-Star game

In the 2004 All-Star game Boavista F.C. of the Primeira Liga conducted a North American tour where one of their opponents were a CPSL Select team assembled by Harry Gauss, and Steve Nijjar.[28] The match was played at Cove Road Stadium in London, Ontario.[29]

CPSL Selects v Boavista F.C.

May 28, 2004	CPSL Selects	0 - 3	Boavista F.C.	London, Ontario
8:10 pm		Report	Ricardo Sousa  33' João Paulo Pinto Ribeiro  47' Hugo Monteiro  59'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

CPSL Selects Pos. Name Team Squad GK George Azcurra Toronto Croatia D Peter Zorba North York Astros D Mason Greene Durham Storm D Bayete Smith Brampton Hitmen D Marko Peeters London City MF Sasha Kosanovic Metro Lions MF Kosta Stojkovic Metro Lions MF Justin Medeiros London City MF Caswain Mason Metro Lions F Darryl Gomez Metro Lions F Paul Munster London City Squad GK Haidar Al-Shaïbani London City MF Gentjan Dervishi London City MF Kareem Reynolds Metro Lions MF Phil Ionadi Brampton Hitmen MF Billy Ninopoulos Metro Lions F Marko Janjicek Metro Lions Head coach Harry Gauss Steve Nijjar London City Brampton Hitmen

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Paul Munster	London City	25
2	Danny Amaral	Toronto Supra	15
3	Alex Braletic	North York Astros	10
	Michael Diluca	Hamilton Thunder
	Tati Errecalde	Windsor Border Stars
4	Maxim Elie Dorneval	Metro Lions	9
	Hayden Fitzwilliams	Metro Lions
	Kevin Nelson	Hamilton Thunder
	Matthew Palleschi	Vaughan Shooters
5	Aaron Byrd	Windsor Border Stars	8
	Paul Daccobert	Brampton Hitmen
	Daniel Jaroch	North York Astros
	Leo Laurito	Toronto Croatia
	Sasa Milaimovic	Hamilton Thunder
	Craig Patton	Metro Lions
	Joey Todaro	Vaughan Shooters

Updated: September 11, 2017
Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports04/04cpsl2x.htm

CPSL Executive Committee

A list of the 2004 CPSL Executive Committee.[30]

Position	Name	Nationality
President & Chairman:	Vincent Ursini	Canadian
League Administrator/Director of Media:	Stan Adamson[31]	English
Director of Discipline:	Clifford Dell[32]	Canadian
Director of Officials:	Walter Kirchner	Romanian
Administrative Co-ordinator:	Janet Leonard	Canadian
Community Services:	Peter Li Preti	Canadian
Legal Counsel:	Ira Greenspoon	Canadian
Marketing Consultant:	Cary Kaplan	Canadian
Marketing Manager:	Jess Krajacic	Canadian

Individual awards

North York Astros owner Bruno Ierullo received the President of the Year award

The annual CPSL awards ceremony was held on October 9, 2004 at the La Contessa Banquet Hall in North York, Toronto.[33] London City and Windsor Border Stars were both tied with the most wins with 2 awards.[34] London City's Paul Munster had a tremendous season where he captured both the Golden Boot and Rookie of the Year, which later spring boarded his career back to Europe to sign with Slavia Prague in the Czech First League. After leading expansion franchise Windsor Border Stars to an Open Canada Cup, former English football player Pat Hilton was given the Coach of the Year. While Windsor's Justin Marshall was voted the Defender of the Year.

The league chose Danny Amaral as its MVP after making his return to Canadian soccer with Toronto Supra after several seasons in Portugal. George Azcurra of Toronto Croatia won his fourth Goalkeeper of the Year. The Referee of the Year went to Amato De Luca, which marked his second CPSL accolade. The most disciplined team throughout the season were Durham Storm. The league also introduced the President of the Year award in order to recognize the top executive or organizer, and the inaugural recipient was North York Astros Bruno Ierullo.

Award	Player (Club)
CPSL Most Valuable Player	Danny Amaral (Toronto Supra)
CPSL Golden Boot	Paul Munster (London City)
CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award	George Azcurra (Toronto Croatia)
CPSL Defender of the Year Award	Justin Marshall (Windsor Border Stars)
CPSL Rookie of the Year Award	Paul Munster (London City)
CPSL Coach of the Year Award	Pat Hilton (Windsor Border Stars)
CPSL President of the Year Award	Bruno Ierullo (North York Astros)
CPSL Referee of the Year Award	Amato De Luca
CPSL Fair Play Award	Durham Storm

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External links

• Rocket Robin's Home Page of the 2004 CPSL Season