2009 Canadian Soccer League season

The 2009 Canadian Soccer League season was the 12th since its establishment where a total of 17 teams from Ontario and Quebec took part in the league. The season began on May 15, 2008, and ended on October 24 where for the second straight season the Serbian White Eagles faced Trois-Rivières Attak at the CSL Championship. The Attak denied Serbia their championship title by defeating them 3-2 in a penalty shootout.[1][2] The victory marked the organizations first championship title, and made CSL history by becoming the first Quebec club to claim it. Throughout the regular season both Serbia, and Trois-Rivieres won their respective divisions.

Canadian Soccer League

Season	2009
Champions	Trois-Rivières Attak
Regular Season title	Serbian White Eagles (International Division) Trois-Rivières Attak (National Division)
Matches played	90
Goals scored	301 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Reda Agourram 13
Biggest home win	Serbian White Eagles 7-0 London City (31-Jul-2009)
Biggest away win	North York Astros 0-8 TFC Academy (19-Sep-2009)
Highest scoring	Brampton Lions 3-6 Serbian White Eagles (24-Jul-2009) London City 6-3 TFC Academy(14-Aug-2009) (9 goals)
← 2008 2010 →

The season marked a historic year for the league as it became the first league in 16 years to receive conditional membership in the Canadian Soccer Association.[3] Allowing the CSL to create an effective player developmental system in order to provide the missing link between the top provincial amateur level to the MLS/USL.[4] The league received more coverage with Rogers TV committing to broadcasting a full 23-game schedule every Saturday night through to the finals.[5] While the Reserve Division expanded to include 7 teams with TFC Academy II winning their first piece of silverware.[6]

Changes from 2008 season

• League extends playoffs to two games series and reduces regular-season schedule from 22 to 18 and a balanced schedule.
• Top 8 teams qualify for playoffs, without any seeding for division winners.
• CSL receives conditional membership in the Canadian Soccer Association (first league to achieve this in 16 years).[7]
• Rogers TV commits to broadcasting a full 23-game schedule every Saturday night through to the finals.[8]
• Inaria comes on board as official ball, and referee apparel sponsor.
• Windsor Border Stars franchise revoked.[9]

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Brampton Lions	Brampton, Ontario (Bramalea)	Victoria Park Stadium	Armando Costa[10]
Italia Shooters	Vaughan, Ontario (Maple)	St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field	Roberto Pugliese
London City	London, Ontario (Westmount)	Cove Road Stadium	Andrew Loague[11]
North York Astros	Toronto, Ontario (North York)	Esther Shiner Stadium	Uğur Çimen[12]
Portugal FC	Toronto, Ontario (Liberty Village)	Lamport Stadium	Danny Amaral[13]
Serbian White Eagles	Toronto, Ontario (Etobicoke)	Centennial Park Stadium	Rafael Carbajal[14]
St. Catharines Wolves	St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle)	Club Roma Stadium	James McGillivray[15]
TFC Academy	Toronto, Ontario (Liberty Village)	Lamport Stadium	Jason Bent[16]
Toronto Croatia	Toronto, Ontario (Etobicoke)	Centennial Park Stadium	Velimir Crljen
Trois-Rivières Attak	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	Stade de l'UQTR	Philippe Eullaffroy[17]

Vaughan London St. Catharines TORONTO Brampton Location of CSL teams outside of Toronto for the 2009 CSL season. National Division International Division

Portugal FC North York Astros Serbian White Eagles Toronto Croatia TFC Academy Italia Shooters Location of CSL teams in Toronto for the 2009 CSL season. National Division International Division

Results table

All Stats Current as of games played Sep 20, 2009.

Home \ Away	BMP	ITS	LON	NYA	POR	SER	STC	TFCA	TOR	TRA
Brampton Lions		0–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	3–6	3–0	2–2	0–1	3–1
Italia Shooters	3–1		2–1	2–1	1–1	1–5	3–4	1–0	2–3	0–3
London City	1–5	0–5		1–4	1–5	1–1	0–1	6–3	0–0	0–2
North York Astros	3–5	1–4	3–2		1–2	0–2	3–0	0–8	1–4	3–2
Portugal FC	3–2	2–2	1–0	0–4		2–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–0
Serbian White Eagles	1–3	0–0	7–0	1–0	2–0		3–1	5–2	2–1	2–1
St. Catharines Wolves	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0		1–1	0–0	2–3
TFC Academy	1–3	3–2	7–1	2–1	2–2	0–3	1–1		1–1	2–1
Toronto Croatia	4–0	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	4–1	1–0		0–0
Trois-Rivières Attak	2–1	1–0	6–0	5–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	1–0	4–1

Source: Canadian Soccer League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Standings

International Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbian White Eagles (A, C)	18	11	3	4	43	19	+24	36	Qualification for Playoffs
2	Toronto Croatia (A)	18	10	5	3	30	15	+15	35
3	Italia Shooters (A)	18	7	4	7	31	29	+2	25
4	Portugal FC (A)	18	5	8	5	25	27	−2	23

Updated to match(es) played on September 21, 2009. Source: rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champion.

National Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Trois-Rivieres Attak (A, C, O)	18	12	2	4	40	16	+24	38	Qualification for Playoffs
2	St. Catharines Wolves (A)	18	6	7	5	20	25	−5	25
3	Brampton Lions (A)	18	7	3	8	36	32	+4	24
4	TFC Academy (A)	18	6	5	7	37	33	+4	23
5	North York Astros	18	4	3	11	25	45	−20	15
6	London City	18	1	2	15	14	60	−46	5

Updated to match(es) played on September 21, 2009. Source: rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

Playoffs

In 2009, both the quarterfinals and semifinals will be two game series. The winner of the series will be the team with the most points after two games. Should they be tied after the second game, the 2nd game will go into overtime, and if necessary, penalty kicks.[18]

In both the quarter- and semifinals, the team who finished higher in the standings determines which of the two games they prefer to host.

The Championship shall be a one-game final on Saturday October 24 at Lamport Stadium in Toronto.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	1	Trois-Rivières Attak	3	1
	8	Portugal FC	0	0
								1	Trois-Rivières Attak	3	1	1
								4	Italia Shooters	3	1	0
	4	Italia Shooters	5	2
	5	St. Catharines Wolves	0	1
															1	Trois-Rivières Attak			0 (3)
															2	Serbian White Eagles			0 (2)
	3	Toronto Croatia	3	1
	6	Brampton Lions	1	1
								3	Toronto Croatia	1	7	0
								2	Serbian White Eagles	3	1	1
	2	Serbian White Eagles	1	4
	7	TFC Academy	0	1

Quarterfinals

St. Catharines Wolves v Italia Shooters

September 25, 2009	St. Catharines Wolves	0–5	Italia Shooters	St. Catharines, Ontario
8:00 ET		(Report)	Blake Ordell  3' Nick Cisternino  55' Desmond Humphrey  79' Desmond Humphrey  82' Desmond Humphrey  86'	Stadium: Club Roma Stadium Referee: Justin Tasev (Ontario)

Portugal FC v Trois-Rivières Attak

September 26, 2009	Portugal FC	0–3	Trois-Rivières Attak	Toronto, Ontario
8:00 ET		(Report)	James Louis-Jeune  43' Karl Ouimette  59' Shady Saleh  87'	Stadium: Brockton Stadium Attendance: 30 Referee: Geoff Gamble (Ontario)

Serbian White Eagles v TFC Academy

September 27, 2009	Serbian White Eagles	1–0	TFC Academy	Toronto, Ontario
5:00 ET	Sasa Viciknez  40'	(Report)		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Gianni Facchini (Ontario)

Toronto Croatia v Brampton Lions

September 27, 2009	Toronto Croatia	3–0	Brampton Lions	Toronto, Ontario
8:15 ET	Hayden Fitzwilliams  19' Tihomir Maletic  48' Jonathan Bustamante  64'	(Report)		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 125 Referee: John Oliva (Ontario)

Trois-Rivières Attak v Portugal FC

October 3, 2009	Trois-Rivières Attak	1–0	Portugal FC	Trois-Rivières, Quebec
3:00 ET	Yannik Rome-Gosselin  27'	(Report)		Stadium: Stade de l'UQTR Referee: Jonathan Lavergme (Quebec)

TFC Academy v Serbian White Eagles

October 3, 2009	TFC Academy	1–4	Serbian White Eagles	Toronto, Ontario
3:30 ET	Allando Matheson  25'	(Report)	Johnathan Hurtis  26' Sasa Viciknez  46' Sasa Viciknez  62' Adrian Tismenar  74'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: David Barrie (Ontario)

Italia Shooters v St. Catharines Wolves

October 4, 2009	Italia Shooters	2–1	St. Catharines Wolves	Vaughan, Ontario
5:00 ET	Geron Duporte  26' Geron Duporte  83'	(Report)	Matthew Cain  15'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field Attendance: 100 Referee: John Oliva (Ontario)

Brampton Lions v Toronto Croatia

October 4, 2009	Brampton Lions	1–1	Toronto Croatia	Brampton, Ontario
5:00 ET	Andy Garcia  75'	(Report)	Hayden Fitzwilliams  51'	Stadium: Victoria Park Stadium

Semifinals

Italia Shooters v Trois-Rivières Attak

October 10, 2009	Italia Shooters	3–3	Trois-Rivières Attak	Vaughan, Ontario
5:00 ET	Johan Carrera  3' Jason De Thomasis  81' Damien Pottinger  92'	(Report) (Report)	Guillaume Heroux  4' Guillaume Heroux  25' Yannik Rome-Gosselin  38'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field Referee: Matthew Arduini (Ontario)

Toronto Croatia v Serbian White Eagles

October 11, 2009	Toronto Croatia	1–3	Serbian White Eagles	Toronto, Ontario
4:00 ET	Antonijo Zupan  56'	(Report)	Johnathan Hurtis  6' Kiril Dimitrov  68' Jonathan Hurtis  81'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Yusri Rudolf (Ontario)

Serbian White Eagles v Toronto Croatia

October 17, 2009	Serbian White Eagles	1–7	Toronto Croatia	Toronto, Ontario
4:00 ET	Nikola Sisovic  27'	(Report)	Tihomir Maletic  9' Hayden Fitzwilliams  16' Mirko Medic  35' (o.g.) Tihomir Maletic  58' Tihomir Maletic  63' Tihomir Maletic  75' Tihomir Maletic  77'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 1,230

Trois-Rivieres Attak v Italia Shooters

October 18, 2009	Trois-Rivieres Attak	1–1	Italia Shooters	Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
3:00 ET	Shady Saleh  64'	(Report)	Aundrae Rollins  62'	Stadium: Stade de l'UQTR

CSL Championship

October 24

5:00 ET

Trois-Rivieres Attak	0–0	Serbian White Eagles
	Report
Penalties
Guillaume Heroux James Louis-Jeune Serge Dinkota Chris-Michel Rumuri Felix Cardin	3 – 2	Marc Jankovic Mirko Medić Nikola Budalic Jonathan Hurtis Dragorad Milićević

BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 1100

Referee: Bedik Charchafian (Ontario)

GK 22 Andrei Badescu RB 2 Mike Vitulano (c) CB 24 Francesco Augustin CB 20 Karl Ouimette LB 33 Amine Meftouh  101' RM 8 Pierre-Rudolph Mayard CM 5 Joey Cortese CM 6 Kevin Cossette  84' LM 16 Felix Cardin ST 7 Yannick Rome-Gosselin  66' ST 10 Reda Agourram  116' Substitutes: GK 1 Simon LaGarde DF 14 James Louis-Jeune DF 15 Maxim Tissot DF 23 Serge Dinkota  101' MF 21 Chris-Michel Rumuri  84' FW 19 Shady Saleh  116' FW 18 Guillaume Heroux  66' Manager: Philippe Eullaffroy

GK 27 Dan Pelc RB 14 Uroš Stamatović CB 5 Marc Jankovic CB 6 Mirko Medić LB 3 Dragorad Milićević RM 8 Jonathan Hurtis CM 22 Adrian Tismenar CM 19 Kiril Dimitrov  46' LM 10 Alex Braletic  62' FW 17 Nikola Budalic FW 99 Saša Viciknez (c)  70' Substitutes: GK 1 Marko Petrović MF 20 Milan Janošević DF 28 Goran Vlaski MF 15 Mihajlo Bačanin  112' MF 16 Viktor Anastasov  70' FW 7 Selvin Lammie  46'  112' FW 11 Nikola Šišović  62' Manager: Dušan Prijić

Assistant referees: Richard Oliveira Mike Lambert Fourth official: Justin Tasev

Goal scorers

2009 Goal Scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Reda Agourram	Trois-Rivières Attak	13
2	Kadian Lecky[19]	Italia Shooters	10
T3	David Guzmán	Brampton Lions	9
T3	Tihomir Maletic	Toronto Croatia	9
T4	Sasa Viciknez	Serbian White Eagles FC	8
T4	Yannick Rome-Gosselin	Trois-Rivières Attak	8
T5	Diego Maradona[20]	North York Astros	7
T5	Allando Matheson	TFC Academy	7
T6	Daniel Nascimento	Brampton Lions	6
T6	Aleks Braletic[21]	Serbian White Eagles FC	6

Updated: November 25, 2016
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20090917202856/http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/league_leaders_CSL.php?league_id=4346

CSL Executive Committee and Staff

A list of the 2009 CSL Executive Committee.[22]

Position	Name	Nationality
Commissioner:	Cary Kaplan	Canadian
Executive Director:	Stan Adamson[23]	English
Director of Discipline:	Clifford Dell[24]	Canadian
Director of Officials:	Tony Camacho	Portuguese
League Coordinator:	Brock Robinson	Canadian
Office Manager:	Janet Leonard	Canadian

Individual awards

Dan Pelc was given the Goalkeeper of the Year

The annual CSL awards were presented before the CSL Championship final on October 24, 2009.[25]The majority of the awards were taken by the National Division teams.[26] The Serbian White Eagles and Trois-Rivières Attak went home with the most awards.[27] Serbian team captain Sasa Viciknez became the second player in CSL history to be named the MVP twice. After recording one of the best defensive records throughout the season Dan Pelc took the Goalkeeper of the Year. Mirko Medic a former Serbian football veteran also contributed to Serbia's strong defensive performance, and as a result was voted the Defender of the Year.

Reda Agourram of Trois-Rivières received both the Golden Boot and Rookie of the Year honors, which subsequently promoted him to the USL First Division with the Montreal Impact. After leading Trois-Rivières to their first double Philippe Eullaffroy was given the Coach of the Year. Armand Di Fruscio the veteran general manager of St. Catharines Wolves was presented with the Harry Paul Gauss award for his constant commitment and allegiance to the league. TFC Academy were given their first Fair Play and Respect award. The Referee of the Year went to Justin Tasev, a veteran match official who refereed numerous USL and NASL matches.

Award	Player (Club)
CSL Most Valuable Player	Sasa Viciknez (Serbian White Eagles)
CSL Golden Boot	Reda Agourram (Trois-Rivières Attak)
CSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award	Dan Pelc (Serbian White Eagles)
CSL Defender of the Year Award	Mirko Medic (Serbian White Eagles)
CSL Rookie of the Year Award	Reda Agourram (Trois-Rivières Attak)
CSL Coach of the Year Award	Philippe Eullaffroy (Trois-Rivières Attak)
Harry Paul Gauss Award	Armand Di Fruscio (St. Catharines Wolves)
CSL Referee of the Year Award	Justin Tasev
CSL Fair Play Award	TFC Academy

Reserve Division

Canadian Soccer League
Reserve Division

Season	2009
Champions	TFC Academy II (Second Division regular season) TFC Academy II (Second Division playoffs)
Matches played	42
Goals scored	214 (5.1 per match)
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 season saw the division increase to 7 teams with all the matches being played St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field in Vaughan, Ontario.[28] The division was still primary based in the Greater Toronto Area with the senior clubs establishing relationships with the top provincial youth clubs in order to compete in the reserve division to provide a player development structure.[29][30][31]

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Brampton Dixie Lions	Brampton, Ontario	St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field	Mike DiMatteo
Elite Italia FC	Vaughan, Ontario	St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
North York Astros II	Toronto, Ontario	St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field	Vladimir Klinovsky
Portugal TE	Toronto, Ontario	St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
TFC Academy II	Toronto, Ontario	St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field	Stuart Neely[32]
Unionville Italia FC	Unionville, Ontario	St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
Woodbridge Italia FC	Vaughan, Ontario	St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field	Peter Pinizzotto[33]

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	TFC Academy II	12	8	2	2	38	13	+25	26	Qualification for Playoffs
2	Elite Italia FC	12	8	1	3	37	19	+18	25
3	Brampton Dixie Lions	12	7	1	4	34	18	+16	22
4	Woodbridge Italia FC	12	5	2	5	34	32	+2	17
5	Unionville Italia FC	12	4	3	5	13	19	−6	15
6	North York Astros II	12	4	1	7	19	35	−16	13
7	Portugal TE	12	1	0	11	39	53	−14	3

Updated to match(es) played on October 11, 2009. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20091011034441/http://76.74.187.100/~csl1690/CSL-ReserveDivision/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Final

TFC Academy II v Woodbridge Italia FC

October 4, 2009	TFC Academy II	5–1 (a.e.t.)	Woodbridge Italia FC	Vaughan, Ontario
	Keith Makubuya  45' Matias Naalband  95' Cristian Rodrigues  97' Marcus Lees  106' Andrew Sereduik  119'	(Report)	Mike Holder  75'	Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field

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