Canadian Soccer League

Season	2007
Champions	Toronto Croatia
Top goalscorer	Nicolas Lesage (20 goals)
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The 2007 Canadian Soccer League season was the tenth since its establishment. The first match of the season was played on May 11, 2007, and the season ended on October 28, 2007. The season concluded with Toronto Croatia claiming their third championship by defeating rivals Serbian White Eagles 4-1 on aggregate, thus making Croatia the most successful club in the history of the CSL soccer, having won more league trophies than any other club. Toronto Croatia also celebrated its 50 anniversary in Canadian soccer. Winning the CSL title after losing just one game in the 5-month long campaign, including an unbeaten streak in their international triumph of the Croatian World Club Championship.

The league experienced a major increase in match attendances, with clubs averaging over 1,000 fan support per game. With the Serbian White Eagles and newly expansion Trois-Rivières Attak averaging the most^[1]. The season was also notable with the introduction of the inaugural Locust CSL All Star Game, played on July 28, 2007 at Windsor Stadium^[2]. With the International Conference All-Stars winning over the National Conference All-Stars^[3].

Contents 1 Changes from 2006 season 2 Final standings 2.1 National Conference 2.2 International Conference 3 Rogers Cup playoffs 4 Format change for Rogers Cup finals 5 2007 scoring leaders 6 Individual awards[9] 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Changes from 2006 season

• The Oakville Blue Devils moved to Scarborough, Ontario, became the Canadian Lions, and played in the International Conference.
• The Trois-Rivières Attak began play as an expansion francise, and also absorbed the Laval Dynamites^[4].
• The Brampton Stallions went on hiatus and became a dormant franchise.
• The Caribbean Selects folded after playing one season.

[edit] Final standings

[edit] National Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	St. Catharines Wolves	22	12	4	6	36	19	42
2	Trois-Rivières Attak	22	10	4	8	48	29	38
3	North York Astros	22	5	12	5	32	55	20
4	Windsor Border Stars	22	5	13	4	33	49	19
5	London City	22	3	17	2	15	82	11

[edit] International Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Serbian White Eagles	22	14	5	3	55	31	45
2	Toronto Croatia	22	10	1	11	42	16	41
3	Italia Shooters	22	11	4	7	44	17	40
4	Canadian Lions	22	6	7	9	40	36	27
5	Portuguese Supra	22	4	13	5	31	42	17

	Purple indicates conference winners

	Green indicates playoff berth clinched

[edit] Rogers Cup playoffs

	QuarterFinals 10 & 11 October 2007					SemiFinals 20 & 21 October 2007					CSL Final 27 & 28 October 2007 @ 5:00pm & 3:00pm Esther Shiner Stadium, North York, Ontario
	1	Serbian White Eagles	2
	8	Windsor Border Stars	1
						1	Serbian White Eagles	2
						4	Trois-Rivières Attak	1
	5	Italia Shooters	0
	4	Trois-Rivières Attak	3
											1	Serbian White Eagles	1
											3	Toronto Croatia	4
	2	St. Catharines Wolves (AET/PSO)	0 (10)
	7	Canadian Lions	0 (9)
						2	St. Catharines Wolves
						3	Toronto Croatia
	3	Toronto Croatia (AET)	4
	6	North York Astros	2

Quarterfinals

October 13, 2007	Italia Shooters	0–3	Trois-Rivières Attak	Stade de l'UQTR: 2200
		(Report)	Lesage  22' Mayard  55' Kolić  88'

October 14, 2007	Windsor Border Stars	1–2	Serbian White Eagles	Esther Shiner Stadium: 250
	Byrd  54'	(Report)	Budalić  26' Kokot  61'

October 14, 2007	Canadian Lions	0–0 (aet)	St. Catharines Wolves	Club Roma: 500
		(Report)

		Penalties
	Ncube	9 – 10	Kamendy

October 14, 2007	North York Astros	2–4 (aet)	Toronto Croatia	Hershey Centre: 400
	Vainshtein  17' Lammie  27'	(Report)	Pupić  64'  105' Fitzwilliams  90'  95'

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Semifinals

October 20, 2007	St. Catharines Wolves	2–3	Toronto Croatia	Esther Shiner Stadium: 175
	Aragona  30' Gallagher  41' Magnotta  59' (pk)	(Report)	Fitzwilliams  11' Attard  28' (og) Maletić  44'

October 21, 2007	Serbian White Eagles	2–1	Trois-Rivières Attak	Esther Shiner Stadium: 750
	Kokot  6' Milićević  25' Viciknez 45+2'	(Report)	Lesage  84' Kolić  90+4

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Rogers Cup Final

October 27, 2007	Toronto Croatia	4–1	Serbian White Eagles	Esther Shiner Stadium: 2500
	Bustamante  13'  45' Curić  ??' Fitzwilliams  70'	(Report)	Milićević  14'

October 28, 2007	Serbian White Eagles	0–0	Toronto Croatia	Esther Shiner Stadium: 500
		(Report)

Toronto Croatia wins on total goals 4-1.

Canadian Soccer League 2007 winners
Toronto Croatia Third Title

[edit] Format change for Rogers Cup finals

Due to Toronto Croatia and the Serbian White Eagles playing for the Championship Cup, the CSL decided to change the format to a two-leg game rather than the standard knockout. The first game will be played on Friday, October 27, and will be played in front of only Croatia fans, with the team serving as the home side. The next day, October 28, the White Eagles will be the home side, and their fans will be the only ones permitted at the game^[5][6][7][8].

[edit] 2007 scoring leaders

Full article: CSL Golden Boot

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Nicolas Lesage	Canada	Trois-Rivières Attak	20
2	Gabriel Pop	Romania	Serbian White Eagles	18
3	Evan Milward	Canada	Canadian Lions	15
-	Darko Kolić	Serbia	Trois-Rivières Attak	15
5	Aaron Byrd	United States	Windsor Border Stars	14
6	Saša Viciknez	Serbia	Serbian White Eagles	13
-	Antonio Stranges	Canada	St. Catharines Wolves	13
8	Kadian Lecky	Jamaica	Italia Shooters	10
9	Helio Pereira	Brazil	Portuguese Supra	9
-	Carlo Arghittu	Canada	St. Catharines Wolves	9
-	Tihomir Maletić	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	9

[edit] Individual awards^[9]

• CSL MVP Award: Nicolas Lesage, Trois-Rivières Attak
• CSL Golden Boot: Nicolas Lesage, Trois-Rivières Attak
• CSL Defender of the Year Award: Domagoj Šain, Toronto Croatia
• CSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award: Claudio Perri, St. Catharines Wolves
• CSL Rookie of the Year Award: Tihomir Maletić, Toronto Croatia
• CSL Coach of the Year Award: James McGilivary, St. Catharines Wolves
• Harry Paul Gauss Award: Bruno Ierullo, North York Astros
• CSL Best Official: Joe Fletcher
• CSL Fair Play Award: Trois-Rivières Attak

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• CSL official home page
• Rocket Robin's 2007 CSL Game Reports page

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