2007 Canadian Soccer League season

Canadian Soccer League 2007 Toronto Croatia Serbian White Eagles (International Division)St. Catharines Wolves (National Division) Regular Season title 110 Nicolas Lesage (Trois-Rivieres Attak) Claudio Perri 8–1 Canadian Lions v London City 8–1 Italia Shooters v London City 8–0 Toronto Croatia v London City 1–6 London City v Italia Shooters 376 2006 2008 The 2007 Canadian Soccer League season was the tenth since its establishment. The first match of the season was played on May 11, 2007, and ended on October 28, 2007. The season concluded with Toronto Croatia claiming their third championship by defeating rivals Serbian White Eagles 4-1 on aggregate making Croatia one of the most successful clubs in the history of the CSL & Canadian soccer.http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl165.htm October 28, 2007 CSL Toronto Croatia vs Serbian White Eagles summary of both Championship Cup Final games rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com The Canadian Press 2017-01-15 Toronto Croatia also celebrated its 50-year anniversary in Canadian soccer by winning the CSL title after losing just one game in the 5-month long campaign, including an unbeaten streak in their international triumph of the Croatian World Club Championship.http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl168.htm November 5, 2007 CSL Award Ceremony 2007 (from CSL media release) rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com 2017-01-1529 October 2007 Croatia Canadian soccer champs B12 Telegraph-Journal During the regular season the Serbian White Eagles secured their second consecutive International Division title, while St. Catharines Wolves won their first National Division title. The league decreased in membership to 10 teams since the 2004 season, but reached an affiliation with the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division where the Impact formed the Trois-Rivières Attak to serve as a farm team.http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl004.htm January 17, 2007 CSL announces Quebec based team (from CSL news release) Adamson Stan rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com 2017-01-15 The league experienced another major increase in match attendances with some clubs averaging over 1,000 fan support per game, with the Serbian White Eagles and Trois-Rivières Attak averaging the most.http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl070.htm July 16, 2007 CSL news---League Attendance Increases (from CSL media release) rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com 2017-01-15 The season was also notable with the introduction of the inaugural Locust CSL All Star Game played on July 28, 2007 at Windsor Stadium.http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl079.htm July 24, 2007 CSL All Star game lineups (from CSL media release) rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com 2017-01-15 Changes from 2006 season The league decreased to 10 teams after the folding of the Caribbean Selects, and the hiatus of the Brampton Stallions.http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl009.htm May 15, 2007 CSL Press Conference Glover Robin rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com 2017-01-15 The Stallions' ownership earlier announced their intentions of selling their franchise in late 2006 and ultimately joined the Ontario Soccer League amateur circuit in 2007.Gibson Shawn 25 April 2007 Stallions and Peel United join forces; Soccer squads unite Brampton GuardianJuzenas Frank 3 December 2006 Brampton Stallions are for sale; CSL plans to expand: The Brampton Guardian Oakville Blue Devils moved to Scarborough, Toronto in order to become the Canadian Lions, and were transferred to the International Conference.http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/news_archive.php?news_id=77339 Canadian Soccer League Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software 2008-05-16 2017-01-15 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080516083028/http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/news_archive.php?news_id=77339 2008-05-16 The CSL maintained its presence in Quebec with the owners of Laval Dynamites securing a deal with the Montreal Impact of the USL First Division to form the Trois-Rivières Attak which served as a farm team for the Impact.http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl003.htm November 15, 2006 CSL announces replacement of Montreal team (from CSL media release) Adamson Stan rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com 2017-01-15 Teams Team City Stadium Manager Canadian Lions Toronto, Ontario (Scarborough) Birchmount Stadium Goran Miscevichttp://www.thebramptonnews.com/articles/3263/1/Lions-Claim-Brampton-as-New-Soccer-Kingdom/Page1.html Lions Claim Brampton as New Soccer Kingdom thebramptonnews.com 2017-11-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20171124194237/http://www.thebramptonnews.com/articles/3263/1/Lions-Claim-Brampton-as-New-Soccer-Kingdom/Page1.html 2017-11-24 dead Italia Shooters Vaughan, Ontario (Woodbridge) St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field Tony De Thomasishttp://www.cpsl.ca:80/teams.asp?id=2 https://web.archive.org/web/20070624103742/http://www.cpsl.ca/teams.asp?id=2 dead 2007-06-24 Canadian Soccer League - Clubs 2007-06-24 2017-11-24 London City London, Ontario (Westmount) Cove Road Stadium Sean GaussThe London City Men's Professional Soccer Team http://www.londoncity.ca:80/ https://web.archive.org/web/20071031053752/http://www.londoncity.ca/ dead 2007-10-31 2007-10-31 2017-11-24 North York Astros Toronto, Ontario (North York) Esther Shiner Stadium Rafael Carbajalhttp://www.northyorkastros.ca:80/page.php?page_id=13527 https://web.archive.org/web/20090601082652/http://www.northyorkastros.ca/page.php?page_id=13527 dead 2009-06-01 North York Astros Soccer Club Powered by Goalline Sports Administration Software 2009-06-01 2017-10-28 Portuguese Supra Toronto, Ontario (Etobicoke) Centennial Park Stadium Paulo Almoshttp://www.cpsl.ca:80/teams.asp?id=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20070624103727/http://www.cpsl.ca/teams.asp?id=1 dead 2007-06-24 Canadian Soccer League - Clubs 2007-06-24 2017-11-24 Serbian White Eagles Toronto, Ontario (Etobicoke) Centennial Park Stadium Dušan Belićhttp://serbianwhiteeagles.ca/serbianwhiteeagles.ca/SerbianWhiteEagles%20Old%20Website/en/ Serbian White Eagles Soccer Club serbianwhiteeagles.ca 2017-11-24 2020-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20201017022950/http://serbianwhiteeagles.ca/serbianwhiteeagles.ca/SerbianWhiteEagles%20Old%20Website/en/ dead St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle) Club Roma Stadium James McGillivrayhttp://www.romasoccer.com:80/wolves_lineup.html https://web.archive.org/web/20071221183319/http://www.romasoccer.com/wolves_lineup.html dead 2007-12-21 Club Roma Soccer - St. Catharines 2007-12-21 2017-11-24 Toronto Croatia Mississauga, Ontario Hershey Centre Milodrag Akmadzichttp://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/teams.asp?id=6 https://web.archive.org/web/20070928043050/http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/teams.asp?id=6 dead 2007-09-28 Canadian Soccer League - Clubs 2007-09-28 2017-09-02 Trois-Rivières Attak Trois-Rivières, Quebec Stade de l'UQTR Marc Dos Santoshttp://www.attakfc.com:80/en/saison/lequipe?arch=2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20090207080455/http://www.attakfc.com/en/saison/lequipe?arch=2007 dead 2009-02-07 Attak FC 2009-02-07 2017-11-24 Windsor Border Stars Windsor, Ontario Windsor Stadium Pat Hiltonhttp://www.cpsl.ca:80/teams.asp?id=7 https://web.archive.org/web/20070624103804/http://www.cpsl.ca/teams.asp?id=7 dead 2007-06-24 Canadian Soccer League - Clubs 2007-06-24 2017-11-24 Canada Southern Ontario 400 center Location of CSL teams outside of Toronto for the 2007 CSL season.10px National Division 10px International Division Canada Southern Ontario 43.859444 -79.519444 Vaughan top Blue pog.svg Canada Southern Ontario 42.9837 -81.2497 London top Green pog.svg Canada Southern Ontario 43.6323 -79.6535 Mississauga left Blue pog.svg Canada Southern Ontario 42.2939 -83.0191 Windsor right Green pog.svg Canada Southern Ontario 43.183333 -79.233333 St. Catharines bottom Green pog.svg Canada Southern Ontario 43.64 -79.42 TORONTO right Red pog.svg Canada Toronto 400 center Location of CSL teams in Toronto for the 2007 CSL season.10px National Division 10px International Division Canada Toronto 43.653611 -79.584444 Portuguese Supra top Blue pog.svg Canada Toronto 43.775556 -79.446667 North York Astros top Green pog.svg Canada Toronto 43.653611 -79.584444 Serbian White Eagles bottom Blue pog.svg Canada Toronto 43.694 -79.265 Canadian Lions top Blue pog.svg Canada Toronto 43.859444 -79.519444 Italia Shooters down Blue pog.svg Final standings International Division main WDL Q SER Serbian White Eagles TOR Toronto Croatia ITS Italia Shooters CNL Canadian Lions PTS Portuguese Supra 14 3 5 55 31 A,C 10 11 1 42 16 A,O 11 7 4 44 17 A 6 9 7 40 36 A 4 5 13 31 42 #ACE1AF Qualification for Playoffs Q Q Q Q 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. October 8, 2007 http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07cswk22.htm National Division main WDL Q STC St. Catharines Wolves TRA Trois-Rivières Attak NYA North York Astros WBS Windsor Border Stars LON London City 12 6 4 36 19 A,C 10 8 4 48 29 A 5 5 12 32 55 A 5 4 13 33 49 A 3 2 17 15 82 #ACE1AF Qualification for Playoffs Q Q Q Q 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. October 8, 2007 http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07cswk22.htm CSL Championship playoffs QuarterFinals10 & 11 October 2007 SemiFinals 20 & 21 October 2007 CSL Final27 & 28 October 2007 @ 5:00pm & 3:00pmEsther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario 1/1/3 high 170 40 1 Serbian White Eagles 2 8 Windsor Border Stars 1 5 `Italia Shooters 0 4 Trois-Rivières Attak 3 2 St. Catharines Wolves 0 (10) 7 Canadian Lions 0 (9) 3 Toronto Croatia 4 6 North York Astros 2 1 Serbian White Eagles 2 4 Trois-Rivières Attak 1 2 St. Catharines Wolves 2 3 Toronto Croatia 3 1 Serbian White Eagles 1 0 3 Toronto Croatia 4 0 Quarterfinals October 13, 2007 4:00 ET Trois-Rivières Attak 3–0 [October 13, 2007 L'Attak élimine les champions The Attak eliminates the champions https://www.rds.ca/soccer/l-attak-elimine-les-champions-1.222172 May 2, 2022 Réseau des sports (Report)] Italia Shooters Lesage 22 Mayard 55 Kolić 88 Stade de l'UQTR Trois-Rivières, Quebec 553 October 14, 2007 4:00 ET St. Catharines Wolves 0–0 yes (Report) Canadian Lions Club Roma Stadium St. Catharines, Ontario 500 9–10 October 14, 2007 7:00 ET Toronto Croatia 4–2 yes (Report) North York Astros Mario Pupić 64, 105 Fitzwilliams 90,95 Gil Vainshtein 17 Selvin Lammie 27 Hershey Centre Mississauga, Ontario 200 October 14, 2007 7:00 ET Serbian White Eagles 2–1 (Report) Windsor Border Stars Budalić 26 Kokot 61 Aaron Byrd 54 Esther Shiner Stadium Toronto, Ontario 250 David Barrie (Ontario) Semifinals October 20, 2007 4:00 ET St. Catharines Wolves 2–3 (Report) Toronto Croatia Danny Gallagher 41 Arnoldo Magnotta 59 Fitzwilliams 11 Tihomir Maletic 28, 44 Esther Shiner Stadium Toronto, Ontario 175 David Barrie (Ontario) October 21, 2007 5:00 ET Serbian White Eagles 2–1 (Report) Trois-Rivières Attak Kokot 6 Dragorad Milićević 25 Lesage 84 Esther Shiner Stadium Toronto, Ontario 500 Isaac Raymond (Ontario) CSL Championship October 27, 2007 5:00 ET Toronto Croatia 4–1 (Report) [McNulty Dean 28 October 2007 Fans fume amid rain and rancour at Esther Shiner SP6 Toronto Sun] Serbian White Eagles Jonathon Bustamante 12, 47 Mario Pupic 19 Fitzwilliams 70 Dragorad Milićević 13 Esther Shiner Stadium Toronto, Ontario 300 Silviu Petrescu (Ontario) October 28, 2007 3:00 ET Serbian White Eagles 0–0 (Report)[McNulty Dean 29 October 2007 A bittersweet championship; Croatia claims CSL title with fans left on outside S11 Toronto Sun] Toronto Croatia Esther Shiner Stadium Toronto, Ontario 900 Format change for Rogers Cup finals Due to Toronto Croatia and the Serbian White Eagles playing for the Championship Cup, the CSL decided to change the format to a two-leg game rather than the standard knockout. The first game was played on Friday, October 27, and was played in front of only Croatian fans, with the team serving as the home side. The next day, October 28, the White Eagles were the home side, and their fans were the only ones permitted at the game.http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl155.htm October 23, 2007 CSL Announcement--Two Game Final--Serbian White Eagles vs Toronto Croatia (from CSL media release) rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com 2017-01-15http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl158.htm October 24, 2007 CSL Serbian White Eagles vs Toronto Croatia Finals pre-game story rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com Toronto Sun 2017-01-15http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl159.htm October 25, 2007 CSL Serbian White Eagles vs Toronto Croatia Finals pregame story (from Toronto Star) CATHAL Kelly rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com Toronto Star 2017-01-15http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl160.htm October 26, 2007 CSL Toronto Croatia vs Serbian White Eagles Championship Final pre-series comments (from Citynews.ca) rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com Citynews.ca 2017-01-15 All-Star Game July 28, 2007 7:30 pm National Division All Stars 0 - 5 [July 30, 2007 National all-stars blanked D5 Windsor Star Report] International Division All Stars Pereira 12, 17 Viciknez 62, 70 Milos Scepanovic 81 Windsor Stadium Windsor, Ontario 700 + National Division All Stars Pos. Name Team Squad GK Anthony Santilli Windsor Border Stars D Marco Peeters London City D Roy Beishuizen London City D Filip Rocca Windsor Border Stars D Brian Carbajal North York Astros MF Jeff Hodgson Windsor Border Stars MF Nick Aragona St. Catharines Roma Wolves MF Tony Mermigas St. Catharines Roma Wolves MF David Diplacido North York Astros F Aaron Byrd Windsor Border Stars F Carlo Arghittu St. Catharines Wolves Squad GK Haidar Al-Shaïbani North York Astros D Geoffrey Attard St. Catharines Roma Wolves MF Camilio Gonzalez London City F Radek Papiez Windsor Border Stars F Alessandro Bancheri North York Astros Head coach Pat Hilton Windsor Border Stars + International Division All Stars Pos. Name Team Squad GK Camilo Benzi Italia Shooters D Dejan Jakovic Canadian Lions D Desmond Humphrey Italia Shooters D Mirko Medic Serbian White Eagles D Halburto Harris Toronto Croatia MF Helio Pereira Portuguese Supra MF Nikola Budalic Serbian White Eagles MF Milos Scepanovic Serbian White Eagles MF Robert Grnja Toronto Croatia F Evan Milward Canadian Lions F Sasa Viciknez Serbian White Eagles Squad GK Matthew Willis Canadian Lions D Fitzroy Christie Italia Shooters MF Bill Androutsos Italia Shooters F Tomislav Ples Toronto Croatia F Alex Braletic Serbian White Eagles Head coach Sinisa Ninkovic Serbian White Eagles 2007 scoring leaders Full article: CSL Golden Boothttp://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/content.asp?c=53 Canadian Soccer League - Articles 2007-12-15 2017-01-15 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071215234424/http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/content.asp?c=53 2007-12-15 Position Player's name Nationality Club Goals 1 Nicolas Lesage Trois-Rivières Attak 20 2 Gabriel Pophttp://www.prostarssoccer.com/coaches/ Coaches ProStars FC en-CA 2019-10-20 2019-10-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20191012164445/http://www.prostarssoccer.com/coaches/ dead Serbian White Eagles 18 3 Evan Milward Canadian Lions 15 - Darko Kolić 2004 Trois-Rivières Attak 15 5 Aaron Byrd Windsor Border Stars 14 6 Saša Viciknez 2004 Serbian White Eagles 13 - Antonio Strangeshttps://www.goknights.ca/sports/msoc/2014-15/bios/stranges_anthony_65b3?view=career&pos=kickers Anthony Stranges Niagara College en 2019-10-22 St. Catharines Wolves 13 8 Kadian Leckyhttps://www.tcdsb.org/schools/BlessedArchbishopRomero/Cocurricular/Athletics/Pages/Hall-Of-Fame.aspx Toronto Catholic District School Board tcdsb.org en-us 2018-10-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20180908092909/https://www.tcdsb.org/schools/BlessedArchbishopRomero/Cocurricular/Athletics/Pages/Hall-Of-Fame.aspx 2018-09-08 dead Italia Shooters 10 9 Helio Pereira Portuguese Supra 9 - Carlo Arghittu St. Catharines Wolves 9 - Tihomir Maletić Toronto Croatia 9 CSL Executive Committee and Staff A list of the 2007 CSL Executive Committee.http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/contacts.asp Canadian Soccer League - Contact Information 2007-12-06 2017-01-15 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071206010051/http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/contacts.asp 2007-12-06 PositionNameNationalityCommissioner: Cary Kaplan CAN CanadianExecutive Director: Stan Adamsonhttp://cpsl.org/releases/2001/2001may8.htm 2001 - May 8 - Stan Adamson May 8, 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20011124153933/http://cpsl.org/releases/2001/2001may8.htm November 24, 2001 live 2019-08-27England EnglishDirector of Discipline: Clifford Dellhttp://cpsl.org/releases/2001/2001apr17.htm 2001 - April 17 - Message from DOO; Volunteers; Dell April 17, 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20011108100130/http://cpsl.org/releases/2001/2001apr17.htm November 8, 2001 live 2019-08-27CAN CanadianDirector of Officials: Walter Kirchner ROM RomanianMarketing Manager: Brian Krinberg CAN CanadianOffice Manager: Janet Leonard Canada CanadianLeague Administration/PR: Chelsea McAllister Nadler Canada CanadianReferee-in-Chief: Hugh Elliott Canada CanadianLegal Counsel: Ira Greenspoon CAN CanadianFinancial Auditor: John Morgan CAN Canadian Individual awards thumb|upright|Claudio Perri was named the Goalkeeper of the Year The annual CSL awards ceremony was held on November 4, 2007 at the La Contessa Banquet Hall in North York, Toronto.http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl166.htm November 4, 2007 CSL Awards Banquet (by Rocket Robin) Glover Robin rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com 2017-06-10 For the second straight season the International Division teams accumulated the majority of the awards.http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07csl168.htm November 5, 2007 CSL Award Ceremony 2007 (from CSL media release) rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com 2017-06-10 Trois-Rivières Attak went home with the most awards with 3 wins. Former Montreal Impact player Nicolas Lesage received both the Golden Boot and MVP, and the club was given the Fair Play award. The league champions Toronto Croatia produced both the Defender and Rookie of the Years. Domagoj Sain became the first player in CSL history to win the Defender of the Year three times. Former 2.HNL veteran Tihomir Maletic was chosen as the Rookie of the Year. Claudio Perri, former Atlanta University alumni was named the Goalkeeper of the Year after helping St. Catharines Wolves post the best defensive record throughout the season. James McGilivary was recognized with the honor of Coach of the Year after leading St. Catharines to their first trophy the National Division title in five years. The President of the Year award was renamed the Harry Paul Gauss award in honor of Harry Gauss, and its inaugural recipient was Bruno Ierullo. Joe Fletcher, who later went on to officiate matches at the international level and Major League Soccer was recognized with the Referee of the Year award.http://www.proreferees.com/roster-joe-fletcher.php Profiles PRO - Professional Referee Organization proreferees.com 2017-06-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20170610152359/http://www.proreferees.com/roster-joe-fletcher.php 2017-06-10 dead Award Player (Club) CSL Most Valuable Player Nicolas Lesage (Trois-Rivières Attak) CSL Golden Boot Nicolas Lesage (Trois-Rivières Attak) CSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award Claudio Perri (St. Catharines Wolves) CSL Defender of the Year Award Domagoj Šain (Toronto Croatia) CSL Rookie of the Year Award Tihomir Maletić (Toronto Croatia) CSL Coach of the Year Award James McGilivary (St. Catharines Wolves) Harry Paul Gauss Award Bruno Ierullo (North York Astros) CSL Referee of the Year Award Joe Fletcher CSL Fair Play Award Trois-Rivières Attak References External links CSL official home page Rocket Robin's 2007 CSL Game Reports page 2007 Category:2007 in domestic association football leagues Category:2007 in Canadian soccer