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)
Best goalkeeperHaidar Al-Shaïbani
Biggest home winToronto Supra 8-2 North York Astros (June 19, 2005)
Biggest away winDurham Storm 1-12 Oakville Blue Devils (September 22, 2005)
← 2004

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]

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

Team City Stadium Manager
Brampton Stallions Brampton, Ontario (Bramalea) Victoria Park Stadium Ken Dawson
Durham Storm Oshawa, Ontario (Vanier) Oshawa Civic Stadium Doug Paterson
London City London, Ontario (Westmount) Cove Road Stadium Harry Gauss
Hamilton Thunder Hamilton, Ontario Brian Timmis Stadium Jorge Armua
Laval Dynamites Laval, Quebec Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne Jean Robert Toussaint
North York Astros Toronto, Ontario (North York) Esther Shiner Stadium Dejan Gluščević[9]
Oakville Blue Devils Oakville, Ontario (Bronte) Bronte Stadium Duncan Wilde[10]
St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle) Club Roma Stadium Tom Bernadi[11]
Toronto Croatia Mississauga, Ontario (Streetsville) Memorial Park Velimir Crljen
Toronto Supra Toronto, Ontario (Brockton) Brockton Stadium Cesar Garcia
Vaughan Shooters Vaughan, Ontario (Woodbridge) Ontario Soccer Centre Carmine Isacco
Windsor Border Stars Windsor, Ontario Windsor Stadium Pat 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 Devils 3–1 Windsor Border Stars Toronto, Ontario
9:00 ET
(Report) Filip Rocca 78' Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Attendance: 30
October 6, 2005 Toronto Croatia 1–0 Laval Dynamites Mississauga, Ontario
8:30 ET Leo Laurito 3' (Report) Stadium: Memorial Park
Attendance: 125
Referee: Vito Curali (Ontario)

Wildcard

October 7, 2005 North York Astros 0–1 (a.e.t.) Toronto Croatia Toronto, Ontario
8:00 ET (Report) Velimir Crljen 102' Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 120
Referee: Andrew Jasinski (Ontario)

Semifinals

October 8, 2005 Hamilton Thunder 0–2 Oakville Blue Devils Toronto, Ontario
2:00 ET (Report)
Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 120
Referee: Mike Roeken (Ontario)
October 8, 2005 Vaughan Shooters 4–0 Toronto Croatia Toronto, 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
Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance: 728
Referee: Andre Jasinski (Ontario)
GK 1 Canada Brian Bowes
RB 17 Raj Takhar
CB 8 Chris Turner
CB 2 Canada Angelo Pollastrone[12] (c)
LB 11 Canada Fitzroy Christie[13] downward-facing red arrow 19'
RM 13 Canada Frank Bruno[14]
CM 21 Saint Kitts and Nevis Darryl Gomez
CM 12 Danny Sanna
LM 19 Canada Desmond Humphrey[15]
ST 5 Canada Stalin Cardenas[16] downward-facing red arrow 68'
ST 15 Canada Matthew Palleschi
Substitutes:
GK 0 Pablo Alvarado
DF 16 Canada Justin Phillips[17]
DF 4 Jorge Molina upward-facing green arrow 19'
MF 7 Canada Cameron Medwin
FW 9 Canada Jason De Thomasis[18] upward-facing green arrow 68' downward-facing red arrow 98'
FW 23 Aundrae Rollins upward-facing green arrow 98'
FW 10 Canada Joey Todaro[19]
Manager:
Canada Carmine Isacco
GK 1 Burkina Faso Sa Brahima Traore
RB 4 Lovemore Ncube
CB 6 England Aaron Steele
CB 2 Canada Jamie Fairweather[20]
LB 5 Canada Marko Bedenikovic
RM 3 Nicholas Poku downward-facing red arrow 87'
CM 9 Canada Shawn Faria
LM 13 Canada Phil Ionadi (c) downward-facing red arrow 73'
FM 8 Canada Sergio De Luca
FW 17 Canada Jeremy Shepherd downward-facing red arrow 90'
FW 15 Ian Sinclair
Substitutes:
GK 0 Chris Baker
MF 7 Omar Samuels
MF 14 Dragisa Klisara upward-facing green arrow 56' downward-facing red arrow 83'
MF 19 Canada Orlin Chalmers upward-facing green arrow 83'
MF 10 Serbia Igor Prostran upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW 11 Romania Gabriel Pop[21]
FW 16 South Africa Ryan Gamble upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
England 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.[22] 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-Stars 1 - 4 Glasgow Rangers FC Toronto, Ontario
6:00 pm Gabriel Pop 90' Report
Stadium: Varsity Stadium
Attendance: 200

Top goal scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 United States Aaron Byrd[23] Windsor Border Stars 17
2 Romania Gabriel Pop[24] Oakville Blue Devils 14
3 Radek Papiez Windsor Border Stars 10
4 Canada Danny Amaral Toronto Supra 9
5 Canada Jason De Thomasis[25] Vaughan Shooters 9
6 Karim Ben Sari London City 9
7 Canada Mike DiLuca[26] Toronto Supra 9
8 Argentina Hugo Herrera Brampton Stallions 9
9 Mohamed Ridouani Laval Dynamites 9
10 Trinidad and Tobago Hayden Fitzwilliams Toronto Croatia 8

Updated: September 30, 2005

CPSL Executive Committee

A list of the 2005 CPSL Executive Committee.[27]

Position Name Nationality
Commissioner: Cary Kaplan Canada Canadian
Director of Media: Stan Adamson[28] England English
Director of Discipline: Clifford Dell[29] Canada Canadian
Director of Officials: Walter Kirchner Romania Romanian
Office Administrator: Janet Leonard Canada Canadian
Community Services: Peter Li Preti Canada Canadian
Legal Counsel: Ira Greenspoon Canada 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.[30] 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.[31] 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.[32] 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.[33] The finals featured London City against York Region Lady Shooters, where York Region won the championship.[34]

Teams

Team City
Durham Region Allstars Oshawa, Ontario
London City Selects London, Ontario
North York District Allstars Toronto, Ontario
Toronto Supra District Allstars Toronto, Ontario
York Region Lady Shooters Vaughan, Ontario
Windsor Border Stars Women Windsor, Ontario

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