2005 Canadian Professional Soccer League season

The 2005 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the 8th season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 21, 2005 and concluded on October 10, 2005 with Oakville Blue Devils defeating Vaughan Shooters 2-1 to win their first CPSL Championship.[1] The final was played at Esther Shiner Stadium, which gave North York Astros a playoff wildcard match.[2] In the regular season the Vaughan Shooters won their first Eastern Conference title, while Hamilton Thunder secured their third Western Conference title. The league increased in membership with the return of the Laval Dynamites. For the first time in the league's history the CPSL introduced a Women's Canada Cup tournament, which included 6 district all-star teams from the existing men's soccer districts.[3][4]

Canadian Professional Soccer League
Season2005
ChampionsOakville Blue Devils
Regular Season title
Matches played132
Goals scored411 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorerAaron Byrd (Windsor Border Stars)
Biggest home winToronto Supra 8-2 North York Astros (June 19, 2005)
Biggest away winDurham Storm 1-12 Oakville Blue Devils (September 22, 2005)
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Changes from 2004 season

The season saw the resignation of chairman/president Vince Ursini in order to fully devote his time to his Ontario Soccer Association duties.[5] His replacement was the CPSL management consultant Cary Kaplan to the newly created position of CPSL Commissioner.[6] The league increased to 12 teams with the return of Laval Dynamites, while the Metro Lions relocated to the Halton Region territory to form the Oakville Blue Devils.[7] The Brampton Hitmen were sold to Joe Fuliere, and renamed the team to the Brampton Stallions.[8]

Teams
TeamCityStadiumManager
Brampton StallionsBrampton, Ontario (Bramalea)Victoria Park StadiumKen Dawson
Durham StormOshawa, Ontario (Vanier)Oshawa Civic StadiumDoug Paterson
London CityLondon, Ontario (Westmount)Cove Road StadiumHarry Gauss
Hamilton ThunderHamilton, OntarioBrian Timmis StadiumJorge Armua
Laval DynamitesLaval, QuebecCentre Sportif Bois-de-BoulogneJean Robert Toussaint
North York AstrosToronto, Ontario (North York)Esther Shiner StadiumDejan Gluščević[9]
Oakville Blue DevilsOakville, Ontario (Bronte)Bronte StadiumDuncan Wilde[10]
St. Catharines WolvesSt. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle)Club Roma StadiumTom Bernadi[11]
Toronto CroatiaMississauga, Ontario (Streetsville)Memorial ParkVelimir Crljen
Toronto SupraToronto, Ontario (Brockton)Brockton StadiumCesar Garcia
Vaughan ShootersVaughan, Ontario (Woodbridge)Ontario Soccer CentreCarmine Isacco
Windsor Border StarsWindsor, OntarioWindsor StadiumPat Hilton

Final standings

Eastern Conference
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Vaughan Shooters 22 16 3 3 55 16 +39 51 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Toronto Croatia 22 13 6 3 44 19 +25 45
3 Laval Dynamites 22 11 3 8 36 25 +11 36
4 Toronto Supra 22 7 8 7 39 30 +9 29
5 North York Astros 22 8 4 10 31 42 −11 28 Qualification for Playoffs
6 Durham Storm 22 1 1 20 10 85 −75 4
Updated to match(es) played on October 4, 2005. Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports05/05cpwk21.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 22 10 7 5 27 23 +4 37 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Oakville Blue Devils 22 10 7 5 46 26 +20 37
3 Windsor Border Stars 22 8 4 10 40 35 +5 28
4 St. Catharines Wolves 22 7 5 10 21 26 −5 26
5 London City 22 6 4 12 26 39 −13 22
6 Brampton Stallions 22 5 8 9 36 45 −9 23
Updated to match(es) played on October 4, 2005. Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports05/05cpwk21.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

CPSL Championship playoffs

Quarterfinals
October 5, 2005 Oakville Blue Devils3–1Windsor Border StarsToronto, Ontario
9:00 ET
(Report) Filip Rocca  78' Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Attendance: 30
October 6, 2005 Toronto Croatia1–0Laval DynamitesMississauga, Ontario
8:30 ET Leo Laurito  3' (Report) Stadium: Memorial Park
Attendance: 125
Referee: Vito Curali (Ontario)

Wildcard
October 7, 2005 North York Astros0–1 (a.e.t.)Toronto CroatiaToronto, Ontario
8:00 ET (Report) Velimir Crljen  102' Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 120
Referee: Andrew Jasinski (Ontario)

Semifinals
October 8, 2005 Hamilton Thunder0–2Oakville Blue DevilsToronto, Ontario
2:00 ET (Report)
Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 120
Referee: Mike Roeken (Ontario)
October 8, 2005 Vaughan Shooters4–0Toronto CroatiaToronto, Ontario
5:00 ET
(Report) Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Joe Fletcher (Ontario)

CPSL Championship
Vaughan Shooters1–2 (a.e.t.)Oakville Blue Devils
Stalin Cardenas  36' Report
Attendance: 728
Referee: Andre Jasinski (Ontario)
GK1 Brian Bowes[12]
RB17Raj Takhar
CB8Chris Turner
CB2 Angelo Pollastrone[13] (c)
LB11 Fitzroy Christie[14] 19'
RM13 Frank Bruno[15]
CM21 Darryl Gomez
CM12Danny Sanna
LM19 Desmond Humphrey[16]
ST5 Stalin Cardenas[17] 68'
ST15 Matthew Palleschi
Substitutes:
GK0Pablo Alvarado
DF16 Justin Phillips[18]
DF4Jorge Molina 19'
MF7 Cameron Medwin
FW9 Jason De Thomasis[19] 68'  98'
FW23Aundrae Rollins 98'
FW10 Joey Todaro[20]
Manager:
Carmine Isacco
GK1 Sa Brahima Traore
RB4Lovemore Ncube
CB6 Aaron Steele
CB2 Jamie Fairweather[21]
LB5 Marko Bedenikovic
RM3Nicholas Poku 87'
CM9 Shawn Faria
LM13 Phil Ionadi (c) 73'
FM8 Sergio De Luca
FW17 Jeremy Shepherd 90'
FW15Ian Sinclair
Substitutes:
GK0Chris Baker
MF7Omar Samuels
MF14Dragisa Klisara 56'  83'
MF19 Orlin Chalmers 83'
MF10 Igor Prostran 73'
FW11 Gabriel Pop[22]
FW16 Ryan Gamble 90'
Manager:
Duncan Wilde

Assistant referees:
John Oliva
Cosmo Iavazzi
Fourth official:
Rob Burns

All-Star Game

The 2005 CPSL all-star match was against Rangers F.C. of the Scottish Premier League who were in Canada for a nine-day training camp before kicking off their season.[23] The game was played at Varsity Stadium, but was closed to the public being only open to people associated to the league.

July 9, 2005 CPSL All-Stars1 - 4Glasgow Rangers FCToronto, Ontario
6:00 pm Gabriel Pop  90' Report
Stadium: Varsity Stadium
Attendance: 200

Top goal scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Aaron Byrd[24] Windsor Border Stars 17
2 Gabriel Pop[25] Oakville Blue Devils 14
3 Radek Papiez Windsor Border Stars 10
4 Danny Amaral Toronto Supra 9
5 Jason De Thomasis[26] Vaughan Shooters 9
6 Karim Ben Sari London City 9
7 Mike DiLuca[27] Toronto Supra 9
8 Hugo Herrera Brampton Stallions 9
9 Mohamed Ridouani Laval Dynamites 9
10 Hayden Fitzwilliams Toronto Croatia 8

Updated: September 30, 2005

CPSL Executive Committee

A list of the 2005 CPSL Executive Committee.[28]

Position Name Nationality
Commissioner:Cary Kaplan Canadian
Director of Media:Stan Adamson[29] English
Director of Discipline:Clifford Dell[30] Canadian
Director of Officials:Walter Kirchner Romanian
Office Administrator:Janet Leonard Canadian
Community Services:Peter Li Preti Canadian
Legal Counsel:Ira Greenspoon Canadian

Awards
Fil Rocca was voted the Defender of the Year

The annual CPSL awards ceremony was held at the La Contessa Banquet Hall on October 9, 2005 in North York, Toronto.[31] This was the first awards ceremony where the awards were distributed equally without a majority winner. Vaughan, Windsor, London, and North York each went home with two awards.[32] Vaughan's Desmond Humphrey was voted the MVP, while team owner Tony De Thomasis was given the President of the Year award. London City went home with the Goalkeeper and Rookie of the Year awards with Haidar Al-Shaibani and Dennis Peeters as its recipients.

Former Detroit Titans alumni Aaron Byrd of Windsor Border Stars won the Golden Boot.[33] Windsor's Fil Rocca was voted the Defender of the Year. The Coach of the Year went to former S.League, and USL A-League veteran Dejan Gluscevic, who went on to manage various national youth teams in Asia. North York Astros also received their first Fair Play award. Andrzej Jasinski the match official for the championship final was voted the Referee of the Year.

Award Player (Club)
CPSL Most Valuable Player Desmond Humphrey (Vaughan Shooters)
CPSL Golden Boot Aaron Byrd (Windsor Border Stars)
CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award Haidar Al-Shaïbani (London City)
CPSL Defender of the Year Award Fil Rocca (Windsor Border Stars)
CPSL Rookie of the Year Award Dennis Peeters (London City)
CPSL Coach of the Year Award Dejan Gluscevic (North York Astros)
CPSL President of the Year Award Tony De Thomasis (Vaughan Shooters)
CPSL Referee of the Year Award Andrzej Jasinski
CPSL Fair Play Award North York Astros

Women's Canada Cup

A women's league debuted in 2005 which featured 6 all-star teams from the existing municipal soccer districts where the men's team competed. Throughout the regular season they played in 10 matches with London City Selects winning the regular season title.[34] The finals featured London City against York Region Lady Shooters, where York Region won the championship.[35]

Teams
TeamCity
Durham Region AllstarsOshawa, Ontario
London City SelectsLondon, Ontario
North York District AllstarsToronto, Ontario
Toronto Supra District AllstarsToronto, Ontario
York Region Lady ShootersVaughan, Ontario
Windsor Border Stars WomenWindsor, Ontario

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