2009 Italia Shooters season

Italia Shooters
2009 season
Chairman Tony De Thomasis
Manager Rob Pugliese
Canadian Soccer League 3rd place (International Conference)
CSL Championship Semifinal
Top goalscorer Kadian Lecky (10)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2009 CSL season was the 12th season in Italia Shooters participation in the Canadian Soccer League. The club's season began on May 15, 2009 in a home match against Trois-Rivières Attak, which resulted in a 3-0 defeat. For the seventh consecutive season the Vaughan organization clinched a postseason berth by finishing third in the International Division. In the postseason the Shooters managed to advance to the second round after defeating St. Catharines Wolves 7-1 on goals on aggregate.[1] In the semifinals Italia faced National Division champions Trois-Rivières Attak, where they were eliminated from the playoff competition.[2]

Summary

In 2009, Vaughan became associated with Woodbridge S.C., and Unionville S.C. as a result both organizations began operating as the club's reserve teams in the Reserve Division.[3] Rob Pugliese was recruited as the head coach for the 2009 season after Carmine Isacco resumed his managerial duties with York University. Under Pugliese's tenure the roster went through another fundamental change with the traditional veteran core players returning with the addition of players with USL A-League/First Division experience finalizing the squad.

In the regular season the Shooters produced a mediocre season, but still managed to clinch a postseason berth by finishing third in their division. In the postseason Italia revived their team performance by defeating St. Catharines in a two-game series with 7–1 goals on aggregate.[4][5] In the next round they faced the National Division champions Trois-Rivieres where in both games they tied the series 4–4 on aggregate with the Attak scoring the winning goal in overtime.[6] While in the Reserve division Woodbrige S.C. reached the championship, but were eliminated by TFC Academy II.[7]

Club

Management

Position Staff
Head coach Rob Pugliese
Assistant coach Kris Traykov
Manager Alex Burecci
Team official John Pacione
Strength and conditioning coach Kevin Sims

Last updated: May 24, 2009
Source:

Squad

As of April 11, 2009. [8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Chile GK Camilo Benzi [9]
2 DF Gaston Orique
3 Trinidad and Tobago DF Rick Titus
4 Canada DF Fitzroy Christie [10]
5 Canada MF Stalin Cardenas [11]
6 United States MF Blake Ordell [12]
7 Canada DF Desmond Humphrey [13]
8 DF Nick Cisternino
9 Canada FW Jason De Thomasis [14]
10 Canada FW Joey Todaro [15]
11 FW Vince Forestieri
12 Canada DF Alvaro Yaques [16]
13 Canada FW Kadian Lecky [17]
14 Canada MF Ilya Orlov [18]
15 FW Gianmarco Clotti
16 DF Endri Begaj
17 MF Mario Orestano
18 Canada MF Ryan Dummett [19]
No. Position Player
19 MF Johan Carrera
20 Canada MF Jordan Webb
21 FW Geron Duporte
22 Saint Kitts and Nevis FW Darryl Gomez
23 MF Aundrae Rollins
24 DF Ashton Duporte
25 GK Roberto Scala
26 MF Nico Martinez
27 GK Dave Ragno
MF Christos Myrtos
Canada FW Damien Pottinger
United States MF Dominic Scicluna [20]
Trinidad and Tobago FW Jonathan Westmaas

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee/Notes Source
22 MF Saint Kitts and Nevis Darryl Gomez Canada Serbian White Eagles Free Transfer [21]
6 MF United States Blake Ordell Canada Windsor Border Stars Free Agent [22]
FW Canada Damien Pottinger United States Orlando Sharks Free Agent [23]
MF United States Dominic Scicluna Canada Windsor Border Stars Free Agent [24]
20 FW Canada Jordan Webb Canada Toronto Lynx Free Transfer [25]
FW Trinidad and Tobago Jonathan Westmaas Canada GS United Free Agent [26]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Source
FW Canada Anthony Bahadur Singapore Sengkang Punggol Free Transfer [27]
MF Canada David Diplacido Retired
FW Canada Ryan Fante Canada GS United Free Transfer [28]
23 MF Canada Matthew Palleschi Retired
2 DF Guyana Jamaal Smith Canada SC Toronto Free Transfer [29]
20 DF Guyana Jelani Smith Canada Toronto Lynx Free Transfer [30]
GK Canada Jon Paul Piques Retired
14 FW Canada Marco Terminesi United States Minnesota Thunder Free Transfer [31]
FW Canada Murphy Wiredu Singapore Sengkang Punggol Free Transfer [32]

Competitions summary

Regular season

International Division

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Serbian White Eagles (C) (A) 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 games played on September 21, 2009.
Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports09/09cslw19.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 7 4 7 31 29  +2 25 4 1 4 15 19  −4 3 3 3 16 10  +6

Last updated: April 11, 2010.
Source: 2009 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHHHAAHHAHAHAAAAHAH
ResultLWLWLDLLWWWWDLDWDL

Source: Regular season matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Postseason

Statistics

Goals

Correct as of September 20, 2009

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