Canadian Professional Soccer League 2005
League	Canadian Professional Soccer League
Sport	Football (soccer)
Duration	21 May 2005-10 October 2005
League
League champions	Oakville Blue Devils
Runners-up	Vaughan Shooters
Top scorer	Aaron Byrd (Windsor Border Stars)

The 8th Canadian Professional Soccer League season began on May 21, 2005 and concluded on October 10, 2005 with newly expansion franchise Oakville Blue Devils claiming their first Rogers Cup victory.

Contents 1 Changes from 2004 season 2 Final standings 2.1 Eastern Conference 2.2 Western Conference 3 Rogers Cup playoffs 4 Scoring 5 Individual awards 6 External links

[edit] Changes from 2004 season

• The resignation of chairman/president Vince Ursini.
• Laval Dynamites return, after taking a year off in 2004.
• Metro Lions relocate to Oakville to play in Bronte Stadium under the name Oakville Blue Devils.
• Former Hamilton Bulldogs president Cary Kaplan appointed new CPSL Commissioner.

[edit] Final standings

Purple indicates National Conference winners
Yellow indicates International Conference winners
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

[edit] Eastern Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Vaughan Shooters	22	16	3	3	55	16	51
2	Toronto Croatia	22	13	3	6	44	19	45
3	Laval Dynamites	22	11	8	3	36	25	36
4	Toronto Supra	22	7	7	8	39	30	29
5	North York Astros	22	8	10	4	31	42	28
6	Durham Storm	22	1	20	1	10	85	4

[edit] Western Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Hamilton Thunder	22	10	5	7	27	23	37
2	Oakville Blue Devils	22	10	5	7	46	26	35
3	Windsor Border Stars	22	8	10	4	40	35	28
4	St. Catharines Wolves	22	7	10	5	21	26	26
5	London City	22	6	12	4	26	39	22
6	Brampton Stallions	22	5	9	8	36	45	20

[edit] Rogers Cup playoffs

Quarterfinals

October 5, 2005	Windsor Border Stars	1–4	Oakville Blue Devils	Centennial Park Stadium: 30
	Rocca  78'		Faria  42' Steele  53' De Luca  90'

October 6, 2005	Laval Dynamites	0–1	Toronto Croatia	Memorial Park: 125
			Laurito  3'

Wild Card Game

October 7, 2005	Toronto Croatia	1–0 aet	North York Astros	Esther Shiner Stadium:120
	Crljen  102'

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Semifinals

October 8, 2005	Hamilton Thunder	0–2	Oakville Blue Devils	Esther Shiner Stadium: 120
			Sinclair  31' Bedenikovic  75'

October 8, 2005	Vaughan Shooters	4–0	Toronto Croatia	Esther Shiner Stadium: 100
	Palleschi  28'  40',  56' Humphrey  74'

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Rogers Cup final

October 10, 2005	Vaughan Shooters	1–2 (AET)	Oakville Blue Devils	Esther Shiner Stadium: 728
	Cardenas  36'		De Luca  46' Gamble  100'

Canadian Professional Soccer League 2005 winners
Oakville Blue Devils First Title

[edit] Scoring

This table lists the scoring leaders for the regular season.

Player	Team	G
Aaron Byrd	Windsor Border Stars	17
Gabriel Pop	Oakville Blue Devils	14
Radek Papiez	Windsor Border Stars	10
Danny Amaral	Toronto Supra	9
Jason de Thomasis	Vaughan Shooters	9
Karim Ben Sari	London City	9
Mike DiLuca	Toronto Supra	9
Hugo Herrera	Brampton Stallions	9
Mohamed Ridouani	Laval Dynamites	9
Hayden Fitzwilliams	Toronto Croatia	8
Desmond Humphrey	Vaughan Shooters	7

[edit] Individual awards

• CPSL MVP Award:: Desi Humphrey, Vaughan Shooters
• CPSL Golden Boot: Aaron Byrd, Windsor Border Stars (20)
• CPSL Defender of the Year Award: Fil Rocca, Windsor Border Stars
• CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award: Haider Al-Shaibani, London City
• CPSL Rookie of the Year Award: Dennis Peeters, London City
• CPSL Coach of the Year Award: Dejan Gluscevic, North York Astros
• CPSL President's Award: Tony DeThomasis
• CPSL Best Official: Andre Jasinski
• CPSL Fair Play Award: North York Astros

[edit] External links

• Rocket Robin's Home Page of the 2005 CPSL Season

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