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Revision as of 23:04, 23 October 2007

The name Canadian Soccer League has been used by two different professional sports leagues.

Original Canadian Soccer League (1987-1992)

File:CSL.gif

The original Canadian Soccer League was a professional soccer league in Canada that existed between 1987 and 1992 and included teams from all parts of the country. Three of its teams, Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, went on to join the APSL in 1993.

The CSL was formed after Canada was a surprise qualifier for the 1986 FIFA World Cup with a squad featuring players brought together from a variety of leagues all over the globe.

Even though the Canadian national team had very little opportunity to play together prior to qualifying through the 1985 CONCACAF qualifying rounds, they advanced to the World Cup in November of 1985 with a win over Honduras on a rainy day in St. John's, Newfoundland. The goal was scored by a Victoria-based plumber named George Pakos who played semi-pro soccer in British Columbia.

Given the desire to "bring our players home", as the founding CSL commissioner Dale Barnes was quoted, the CSL was established in the summer of 1986 after the World Cup. The CSL gained a big leap in credibility with a television agreement with The Sports Network (TSN) to broadcast a "CSL Game of the Week" on Sunday nights nationwide on the then fledgling cable network. The broadcasts featured Vic Rauter on play-by-play and Graham Leggat as analyst. The league also secured sponsorship packages with Air Canada, Foster's Lager, Gatorade and Hyundai.

Teams were stocked with players throughout their local regions and free agents who decided to ply their trade in other Canadian cities. Many teams featured former NASL stars.

The Canadian Soccer League kicked off its inaugural season when the Ottawa National Capital Pioneers hosted the CSL's first game on May 26, 1987. The game was played in Aylmer, Quebec in a steady drizzle in front of 2,500 fans. The Pioneers played to a 0-0 draw with the visiting Hamilton Steelers.

The league folded after the 1992 season and three surviving teams, the Vancouver 86ers, the Toronto Blizzard, and the Montreal Impact joined the American Professional Soccer League for the 1993 season.

CSL teams

Championships

Season Champions Score Runners-up
1987 Calgary Kickers 2-1 Hamilton Steelers
1988 Vancouver 86ers 4-1 Hamilton Steelers
1989 Vancouver 86ers 3-2 Hamilton Steelers
1990 Vancouver 86ers 6-1 Hamilton Steelers
1991 Vancouver 86ers 5-3 Toronto Blizzard
19921 Winnipeg Fury 3-1 Vancouver 86ers

1 1992 was a two-game series. All others were a single game.

Current CSL

Canadian Soccer League
Canadian Soccer League 2007 season
File:CSL-LOGO.gif
Founded
1926
Nation
 Canada
Number of Teams
13
Cups
Rogers Cup
Open Canada Cup
Current Champions (2006)
File:Italiashooters.jpg Italia Shooters
Website
[1]

The current Canadian Soccer League (CSL) is Canada's top professional soccer league, featuring teams based in Ontario and Quebec. It replaced the Canadian Professional Soccer League (CPSL), and was officially re-branded on May 17, 2006.

The CSL's first season was in 2006, with 12 active franchises, with the most noteable change being the emergence of an international division as a complement to the more traditional national division

The forerunner of the CSL, The CPSL itself played its first season in 1998 by amalgamating four (4) teams from the Canadian National Soccer League namely St. Catharines Wolves, North York Astros, London City, and Toronto Croatia with four (4) expansion franchises (Mississauga, York Region Shooters, Glen Shields and Toronto Olympians).

The (CNSL) had a history going back to 1926 as the National Soccer League (NSL).

While the Ontario Soccer Association declared the CPSL as a new league founded in 1998, CNSL owners maintain that the CPSL was in fact merely a re-branded continuation of the NSL/CNSL, and hence the current CSL is in reality over 80 years old. This is reinforced by the fact that the CNSL folded, upon the CPSL's creation:

  • 1926-1993 National Soccer League
  • 1993-1997 Canadian National Soccer League
  • 1998-2005 Canadian Professional Soccer League
  • 2006-Current Canadian Soccer League

The CSL season runs from May through to October with five teams in a National Division and five teams in the International Division, which debuted in 2006. The climax of the season is the CSL Championship Final, which takes place in October after an 8-team playoffs competition.

The league also operates the Open Canada Cup, a knockout competition starting with preliminary rounds in May and concluding with a final in September. 2006 saw the creation of an international division, to complement the national division, while recognizing the unique nature of Toronto demographics.

The CSL is the top level soccer league within Canada, however three Canadian clubs play in higher leagues based in the United States – Toronto FC in Major League Soccer, Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps in the USL First Division.

The league is currently managed by former Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) president, Cary Kaplan (CSL Commissioner), and veteran soccer executive Stan Adamson (Executive Director).

2007 will see the debut of the Trois-Rivières Attak, replacing the existing Laval Dynamites franchise. The new team will be a junior/reserve side for the Montreal Impact USL First Division team. 2008 will also see the debut of both the FC Quebec City franchise and an additional club in the international division: The African Icons. As well, the Brampton franchise is scheduled to resume play in 2008.

2007 teams

National Division

Team Founded Ground
Trois-Rivières Attak 2006 Stade de l'UQTR
London City 1973 Cove Road Stadium
North York Astros 1996 Esthe Shiner Stadium
St. Catharines Wolves 1996 Club Roma
Windsor Border Stars 2004 Windsor Stadium
Brampton FC (To Resume Play in 2008) 2001 Victoria Park Stadium
FC Quebec (To Begin Play in Quebec City in 2008)

International Division

Team Founded Ground
Canadian Lions 2002 Birchmount Stadium
Italia Shooters 1998 OSA Centre
Serbian White Eagles 2006 Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto Croatia 1956 Hershey Centre
Portuguese Supra 2001 Centennial Park Stadium
African Icons (To Begin play in 2008)

CSL Playoffs Championships

Season Champions Score Runners-up Regular Season Champions Regular Season Runners-up
1998 St. Catharines Wolves 2-2 (pk 4-2) Toronto Olympians Toronto Olympians St. Catharines Wolves
1999 Toronto Olympians 2-0 Toronto Croatia Toronto Olympians Toronto Croatia
2000 Toronto Croatia 2-1 Toronto Olympians Toronto Olympians St. Catharines Wolves
2001 St. Catharines Wolves 1-0 Toronto Supra Ottawa Wizards Toronto Olympians
2002 Ottawa Wizards 2-0 North York Astros Ottawa Wizards Montreal Dynamites
2003 Brampton Hitmen 1-0 Vaughan Sun Devils Ottawa Wizards Hamilton Thunder
2004 Toronto Croatia 4-0 Vaughan Shooters Toronto Supra Metro Lions
2005 Oakville Blue Devils 2-1 Vaughan Shooters Vaughan Shooters Toronto Croatia
2006 Italia Shooters 1-0 Serbian White Eagles Serbian White Eagles Toronto Croatia

All Time (1998-2006) CSL Regular Season Records By Clubs

Rank
(by
Points) 		Club
[1] 		Seasons Games Wins Draws Losses For Against GD Points PPG Rank
(by
PPG) 		Champions Runners-Up
1 Toronto Croatia 10 (1998-) 187 94 43 50 368 257 +111 325 1.738 3 * *
2 Italia Shooters 10 (1998-) 187 85 45 57 354 265 +89 300 1.604 7
3 St. Catharines Wolves 10 (1998-) 187 77 43 67 296 297 -1 274 1.465 11
4 Durham Storm 8 (1998-2005) 143 69 15 59 319 266 +53 222 1.552 9
5 Portuguese Supra 7 (2001-) 145 58 39 52 279 226 +53 213 1.469 10
6 Canadian Lions 6 (2002-) 123 54 33 36 240 172 +68 193 1.569 8
7 North York Astros 10 (1998-) 187 45 39 103 252 409 -157 174 0.930 15
8 Laval Dynamites 5 (2001-2003, 2005-2006) 103 50 19 34 196 160 +36 169 1.641 6
9 Brampton FC 6 (2001-2006, 2008-) 123 43 31 49 191 205 -14 160 1.301 12
10 London City 10 (1998-) 197 37 38 112 239 491 -252 149 0.798 17
11 Ottawa Wizards 3 (2001-2003) 59 44 10 5 159 39 +120 142 2.407 1
12 Hamilton Thunder 4 (2002-2005) 79 38 22 19 147 88 +59 136 1.722 5
13 Windsor Border Stars 4 (2004-) 86 30 18 38 141 146 -5 108 1.256 13
14 Serbian White Eagles 2 (2006-) 44 31 7 6 121 44 +77 100 2.273 2 * *
15 York Region Shooters 5 (1998-2002) 83 24 14 45 125 199 -74 86 1.036 14
16 Durham Flames 5 (1999-2003) 87 20 14 53 136 231 -95 74 0.850 16
17 Trois-Rivières Attak 1 (2007-) 22 10 8 4 48 29 +19 38 1.727 4
18 Mississauga Eagles P.S.C. 1 (1998) 14 3 1 10 29 44 -15 10 0.714 18
19 Caribbean Selects 1 (2006) 22 1 3 18 15 87 -72 4 0.182 19
20 African Icons 0 (2008-) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A

All Time (1998-2006) CSL Playoff Records By Clubs

Rank
(by
Points) 		Club
[2] 		Playoffs
Reached
vs
Seasons
Played 		Games Wins Draws Losses For Against GD Points PPG Rank
(by
Champions,
Runners-Up,
PPG) 		Champions Runners-Up
1 Toronto Croatia* 8/10 17 12 0 5 34 19 +15 36 2.118 1 2 1
2 Italia Shooters 7/10 17 9 1 7 30 29 +1 28 1.647 3 1 3
3 Durham Storm 5/9 11 7 1 3 27 16 +11 22 2.000 4 1 2
4 St. Catharines Wolves 4/9 9 4 2 3 14 11 +3 14 1.556 2 2
5 Canadian Lions 5/6 8 4 1 3 14 12 +2 13 1.625 5 1
6 Serbian White Eagles* 2/2 5 4 0 1 13 4 +9 12 2.400 8 1
7 Brampton Stallions 3/6 5 2 1 2 5 7 -2 7 1.400 7 1
8 Ottawa Wizards 3/3 4 2 0 2 5 6 -1 6 1.500 6 1
9 North York Astros 4/10 7 2 0 5 7 14 -7 6 0.857 9 1
10 Trois-Rivières Attak 1/1 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3 1.500 11
11 Portuguese Supra 4/7 5 1 0 4 7 14 -7 3 0.600 10 1
12 Windsor Border Stars 4/4 5 1 0 4 6 17 -11 3 0.600 12
13 London City 2/10 3 0 2 1 3 6 -3 2 0.667 13
14 Hamilton Thunder 4/4 4 0 0 4 2 7 -5 0 0.000 14
15 Laval Dynamites 4/5 4 0 0 4 2 9 -7 0 0.000 15

The 2007 CSL Championship will be played between the Serbian White Eagles and Toronto Croatia on October 28, 2007.

Complete Team List

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External links

References

  1. ^ The latest names are used for clubs who had name changes, e.g. Italia Shooters was formerly known as Vaughan Shooters.
  2. ^ The latest names are used for clubs who had name changes, e.g. Italia Shooters was formerly known as Vaughan Shooters.
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