2015 Canadian Soccer League season

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Canadian Soccer League
First Division
Season 2015
Champions Serbian White Eagles (First Division regular season)
Toronto Croatia (First Division playoffs, 10th title)
Matches played 132
Goals scored 444 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer Richard West (23)
Biggest home win Toronto Croatia 7-0 Scarborough SC
(July 25, 2015)
Biggest away win Niagara United 1-9 York Region Shooters
(September 26, 2015)
← 2014
2016 →

The 2015 Canadian Soccer League season was the 18th since its establishment where a total of 22 teams from Ontario took part in the league. The season began on May 9, 2015, and concluded on October 25, 2015. Toronto Croatia won their sixth championship (ninth including Canadian National Soccer League titles) in a 1–0 victory over SC Waterloo in the CSL Championship final held at Warrior Field in Waterloo, Ontario.[1][2] In the regular season, the Serbian White Eagles clinched their fourth regular-season title, while Milton SC won their first second division championship.

The First Division saw an increase to 12 teams, while the Second Division remained the same. New additions to the first division were the return of Brantford Galaxy along with Toronto Atomic, and Scarborough SC as expansion franchises.[3] Founding member North York Astros disbanded their professional team while Kingston FC departed to apply for League1 Ontario.[4][5]

First Division

Changes from 2014

The number of clubs in the First Division saw an increase to 12 teams of the 10 teams that played in the First Division in 2014, eight returned. The departing clubs were North York Astros a charter club with history in the Canadian National Soccer League.[6] The other member included Kingston FC, which had intentions of applying to League1 Ontario.[7] After a two-year hiatus, Brantford Galaxy returned to the fold.[8] Two new teams joined for 2015, Scarborough SC, and Toronto Atomic FC.[6]

Toronto Atomic was granted a franchise after operating an academy in the Canadian Academy of Futbol (CAF).[9][10] The acceptance of Atomic marked the return of a Ukrainian presence in the league since the 1981 season when Toronto Ukrainians played in the predecessor league. Scarborough SC was the brainchild of former player Kiril Dimitrov to provide professional soccer to the Scarborough territory.[11][12] A third team, Milton SC, joined from the Second Division. Notable reforms were accepted at the 2015 annual general meeting of team owners where the allowance of import players was increased.[13] On April 8, 2015, the league unveiled its new logo with the inclusion of the date when the league was formed under the National Soccer League banner.[14]

Teams

Team City Stadium Manager
Brampton United Brampton (Bramalea) Victoria Park Stadium[15] Juan Barreto[15]
Brantford Galaxy Brantford Steve Brown Sports Complex[16] Tomo Dančetović[16]
Burlington SC Burlington Nelson Stadium[17] William Etchu Tabi
London City London Hellenic Centre Stadium[18] Josip Dzale[18]
Milton SC Milton (Timberlea) Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School[19] Jasmin Halkic[19]
Niagara United Niagara Falls Kalar Sports Park[20] David Currie[20]
Scarborough SC Toronto (North York) Downsview Park[21] Kiril Dimitrov[21]
SC Waterloo Region Waterloo Warrior Field[22] Lazo Džepina[22]
Serbian White Eagles Toronto (Etobicoke) Centennial Park Stadium[23] Uroš Stamatović[23]
Toronto Atomic FC Toronto (Etobicoke) Centennial Park Stadium[24] Vasyl Ishchak[24]
Toronto Croatia Mississauga Centennial Park Stadium[25] Velimir Crljen[26]
York Region Shooters Vaughan (Maple) Joan of Arc Turf Field[27] Tony De Thomasis[28]

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of
departure		 Date of
vacancy		 Position in table Incoming coach Date of
appointment
Toronto Atomic FC Ukraine Ihor Yavorskyi[29] Resigned August 15, 2015 6th in August Ukraine Vasyl Ishchak[30] August 15, 2015


Results

Home \ Away BRA BRG BSC LON MIL NIA SCB SCW SER TAT TOR YRS
Brampton United — 3–1 2–1 4–1 3–4 0–2 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–2
Brantford Galaxy 1–2 — 0–2 2–0 3–4 3–1 2–4 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–4 3–2
Burlington SC 5–0 1–2 — 0–2 3–2 4–3 4–3 2–1 0–5 1–3 1–1 0–2
London City 0–0 1–0 1–3 — 1–3 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–2 3–1 3–2 2–7
Milton SC 0–2 3–3 4–2 3–1 — 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–4 0–4 2–0
Niagara United 0–0 3–2 1–8 1–4 0–0 — 1–2 1–2 1–4 2–6 0–3 1–9
Scarborough SC 0–6 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–4 3–3 — 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 3–1
SC Waterloo Region 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 – 2–1 — 2–2 4–2 1–5 4–1
Serbian White Eagles 3–1 2–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 7–1 1–0 0–1 — 2–1 2–1 0–3
Toronto Atomic 4–1 0–3 2–0 4–2 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–5 — 1–2 1–2
Toronto Croatia 1–1 5–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 7–0 0–0 0–1 4–2 — 3–1
York Region Shooters 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 3–0 4–1 4–1 4–1 1–2 3–2 0–3 —
Updated to match(es) played on October 4, 2015. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/first-division-schedule/

Standings

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Season statistics

Goals

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jamaica Richard West[31] York Region Shooters 23
2 Croatia Zdenko Jurčević Brantford Galaxy 21
3 Canada Sahjah Reid[32] Serbian White Eagles 18
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Adis Hasečić[33] SC Waterloo Region 16
5 Jose De Sousa[34] Scarborough SC 15
6 Darren Chambers Toronto Croatia 12
Serbia Vladimir Vujović Burlington SC
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina Jure Glavina[35] Toronto Croatia 11
9 Croatia Josip Keran [36] Toronto Croatia 10
Ukraine Oleksandr Semeniuk Toronto Atomic FC

Updated: December 10, 2015
[37]

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Croatia Marin Vučemilović-Grgić London City Scarborough SC 3–3 (H) 9 May 2015
Croatia Tihomir Maletic Toronto Croatia Toronto Atomic FC 4–2 (H) 30 May 2015
Serbia Vladimir Vujović Burlington SC Brampton City United 5–0 (H) 31 May 2015
Serbia Vladimir Vujović Burlington SC Niagara United 8–1 (A) 6 June 2015
Croatia Zdenko Jurčević Brantford Galaxy Niagara United 3–1 (H) 10 June 2015
Ukraine Oleksandr Semenyuk Toronto Atomic FC Brampton City United 4–1 (H) 13 June 2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina Adis Hasecic SC Waterloo Region Burlington SC 3–0 (H) 14 June 2015
Canada Sahjah Reid Serbian White Eagles London City 4–0 (H) 19 June 2015
Canada Jonathan Jebbison[38] Brampton City United Brantford Galaxy 3–1 (H) 21 June 2015
Jamaica Richard West York Region Shooters SC Waterloo Region 4–1 (H) 26 July 2015
Canada Jonathan Jebbison Brampton City United Scarborough SC 6–0 (A) 15 August 2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jure Glavina Toronto Croatia Brantford Galaxy 5–0 (H) 5 September 2015
Jamaica Richard West York Region Shooters Niagara United 9–1 (A) 25 September 2015
Jamaica Richard West York Region Shooters London City 7–2 (A) 27 September 2015
Armando Oakley Burlington SC Scarborough SC 4–3 (H) 4 October 2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina Adrian Smajic Milton SC Brantford Galaxy 4–3 (H) 5 October 2015

Playoffs

Bracket

The top 8 teams qualified for the one-game quarter final, and a one-game semifinal that lead to the championship game played on October 25 at Warrior Field in Waterloo, Ontario.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                 
1 Serbian White Eagles 1
8 London City 0
1 Serbian White Eagles 2
4 SC Waterloo 3
4 SC Waterloo 2
5 Toronto Atomic FC 0
4 SC Waterloo 0
2 Toronto Croatia 1
2 Toronto Croatia 4
7 Milton SC 0
2 Toronto Croatia 3
3 York Region Shooters 2
3 York Region Shooters 4
6 Burlington SC 2

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

CSL Championship

Individual awards

The annual CSL awards ceremony was held in Kitchener, Ontario.[39] The Most Valuable Player award went to Josip Keran of Toronto Croatia. The York Region Shooters went home with two accolades with the CSL Golden Boot going to former Jamaican international Richard West, and Cyndy De Thomasis was honored with the Harry Paul Gauss award. Burlington SC received the most awards with three wins. Firstly the club was given the Fair Play award, while Andrew Stinger and Nikola Stanojevic were selected as the Goalkeeper and Defender of the Year.

Ihor Melnyk, a former Ukrainian Premier League veteran was named the Rookie of the Year, and Vasyl Ishcak was voted the Coach of the Year after clinching Toronto Atomic's first postseason berth. Goran Babic was voted the Referee of the Year by the CSL Referee Committee.

Award Player (Club)
CSL Most Valuable Player Josip Keran (Toronto Croatia)
CSL Golden Boot Richard West (York Region Shooters)
CSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award Andrew Stinger (Burlington SC)
CSL Defender of the Year Award Nikola Stanojevic (Burlington SC)
CSL Rookie of the Year Award Ihor Melnyk (Toronto Atomic)
CSL Coach of the Year Award Vasyl Ishchak (Toronto Atomic)
Harry Paul Gauss Award Cyndy De Thomasis (York Region Shooters)
CSL Referee of the Year Award Goran Babic
CSL Fair Play Award Burlington SC

Second Division

Canadian Soccer League
Second Division
Season 2015
Champions SC Waterloo B (Second Division regular season)
Milton SC B (Second Division playoffs)
Matches played 90
Goals scored 390 (4.33 per match)
Top goalscorer Nikola Miokovic (15)
Biggest home win SCW B 12-0 SER B
Biggest away win SER B 0-9 BRG B
← 2014
2016 →

Teams

Of the 9 teams that played in the Second Division in 2014, seven returned. Kingston FC B left when their senior team left the First Division. Milton SC moved to the First Division and their reserve team joined the Second Division. Brantford Galaxy B returned when their senior team returned to the First Division after a two-year hiatus. Toronto Atomic FC B joined when their senior team joined the First Division.

Team City Stadium Manager
Brampton United B Brampton Victoria Park Stadium[40] Mike DiMatteo
Brantford Galaxy B Brantford Steve Brown Sports Complex[41] Anthony Giaitzis[42]
Burlington SC B Burlington Nelson Stadium[17]
Milton SC B Toronto Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School[43] Osman Begovic[44]
Niagara United B Niagara Falls Kalar Sports Park[45] James McGillivery[46]
SC Waterloo Region B Waterloo Warrior Field[47] Lazo Dzepina[48]
Serbian White Eagles B Toronto Centennial Park Stadium[49] Goran Bakoc[50]
Toronto Atomic FC B Toronto Centennial Park Stadium[51] Vasyl Ishchak[52]
Toronto Croatia B Mississauga Centennial Park Stadium[25] Daniel Jaksic[53]
York Region Shooters B Vaughan Joan of Arc Turf Field[27] Gilbert Amaral[54]

Results

Home \ Away BRA BRG BSC MIL NIA SCW SER TAT TOR YRS
Brampton United — 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 4–2 1–3 4–2 1–3
Brantford Galaxy 3–2 — 2–1 2–0 1–3 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–4 2–1
Burlington SC 2–1 0–1 — 1–1 4–2 1–0 4–3 2–1 3–1 4–1
Milton SC 4–2 1–0 4–2 — 1–3 1–1 9–0 4–4 1–2 3–1
Niagara United 2–2 2–3 1–1 0–1 — 1–4 2–0 2–2 4–1 3–4
SC Waterloo Region 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 4–2 — 12–0 5–5 2–0 2–3
Serbian White Eagles 3–2 0–9 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–2 — 0–5 3–1 0–0
Toronto Atomic 2–0 2–1 2–3 1–2 2–0 0–3 0–2 — 5–1 0–3
Toronto Croatia 1–0 3–4 4–1 3–5 3–3 3–3 3–8 1–2 — 0–2
York Region Shooters 1–0 3–1 4–0 0–5 3–5 1–3 3–2 6–4 6–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on October 5, 2015. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/second-division-schedule-2/

Standings

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Top goal scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Canada Nikola Miokovic[55] SC Waterloo Region B 15
2 Jamaica Amardo Oakley[56] Burlington SC B 12
Edward Syllie SC Waterloo Region B
4 Lucky Maghori Milton SC B 11
5 Raphael Barboza DaSilva York Region Shooters B 9
Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Smajić[57] Milton SC B
7 Camilo Veloza Burlington SC B 8
8 Matthew Arbin Brampton United B 7
Canada Milan Beader[58] Brantford Galaxy B
Serhiy Marchak Toronto Atomic FC B
Aljay Sharkail Wilson Toronto Croatia B

Updated: December 17, 2015
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2015-second-division-stats/

Playoffs

Bracket

The top 8 teams qualified for the one-game quarterfinal, and a one-game semifinal that lead to the championship game played on October 25 at Warrior Field in Waterloo, Ontario.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                 
1 SC Waterloo Region B 5
8 Serbian White Eagles B 0
1 SC Waterloo Region B 5
7 Niagara United B 1
2 York Region Shooters B 4 (3)
7 Niagara United B 4 (4)
1 SC Waterloo Region B 1
3 Milton SC B 3
3 Milton SC B 6
6 Toronto Atomic FC B 0
3 Milton SC B 3
5 Brantford Galaxy B 0
5 Brantford Galaxy B 1
4 Burlington SC B 0

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Second Division Championship

Individual awards

Award Player (Club)
CSL Most Valuable Player Arsenije Japalak (Brantford Galaxy B)
CSL Golden Boot Nikola Miokovic (Burlington SC B)
CSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award Ihor Vitiv (Toronto Atomic B)
CSL Defender of the Year Award Namanjar Sudar (Brantford Galaxy B)
CSL Rookie of the Year Award Kingma Zach (Brantford Galaxy B)
CSL Coach of the Year Award Amir Osmanlic (Milton SC)

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