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Canadian Soccer League
Season	2008
Champions	Serbian White Eagles
Top goalscorer	Daniel Nascimento (18 goals)
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The 2008 Canadian Soccer League was the eleventh since its establishment. The season began in May 2008, and ended on October 26. The season concluded with Serbian White Eagles claiming their first championship by defeating Trois-Rivières Attak 2-1 on penalty kicks.This was the third consecutive year the White Eagles had reached the CSL finals. Losing respectively to Italia Shooters in 2006, and to rivals Toronto Croatia in 2007.

The significant changes introduced by the league were the creation of the 5 team reserve division in the Toronto region^[1]. An agreement was made between Rogers TV which would broadcast a CSL game on Friday nights^[2].

[edit] Changes from 2007 season

The Canadian Lions of the International Division move to the National Division as the Brampton Lions^[3].
Portuguese Supra change their name to Portugal FC^[4].
TFC Academy, the U-18 Academy team of Major League Soccer's Toronto FC, and owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, enter the National Division^[5].
Playoff format adjusted to seed division winners as #1 and #2, and the next top six teams seeded #3-#8 irrespective of division.
The CSL added a 5 team reserve division involving teams in the Toronto region^[6].
The Ontario Soccer Association grants the CSL 'Operational Independence' from the provincial governing body^[7].
Rogers TV agreed to broadcast a CSL game of the week Friday night, reaching 800,000 Toronto homes. The final was broadcast across Ontario to 1.5 million households^[8].

[edit] Final standings

[edit] National Division

"Blue" denotes division winners (#1 and #2 seats) & "Green" denotes playoff participants

Place	Team	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Trois-Rivières Attak	22	14	3	5	47	12	47
2	North York Astros	22	10	9	3	41	41	33
3	Brampton Lions	22	8	9	5	47	37	29
4	St. Catharines Wolves	22	7	10	5	28	38	26
5	Windsor Border Stars	22	7	10	5	31	46	26
6	TFC Academy	22	6	14	2	26	44	20
7	London City	22	0	19	3	22	81	3

[edit] International Division

Place	Team	G	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Italia Shooters	22	13	6	3	50	32	42
2	Serbian White Eagles	22	12	5	5	43	23	41
3	Toronto Croatia	22	11	6	5	40	35	38
4	Portugal FC	22	9	6	7	42	28	34

[edit] 2008 scoring leaders

Full article: CSL Golden Boot

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Daniel Nascimento	Canada	Brampton Lions	18
2	Andrew Loague	Canada	London City	14
-	Selvin Lammie	Canada	North York Astros	14
4	Dragan Radović	Serbia	Serbian White Eagles	12
5	Hayden Fitzwilliams	Trinidad and Tobago	Toronto Croatia	11
6	Saša Viciknez	Serbia	Serbian White Eagles	10
-	Danny Amaral	Canada	Portugal FC	10
-	Johnathan Hurtis	France	North York Astros	10
9	Tihomir Maletić	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	9

[edit] CSL 2008 Playoffs

QuarterFinals 10 & 11 October 2008			SemiFinals 17 & 18 October 2008			CSL Final 26 October 2008 @ 5:45pm Esther Shiner Stadium, North York, Ontario

1	Trois-Rivières Attak	2
8	St. Catharines Wolves	0
			1	Trois-Rivières Attak	7

			5	Portugal FC	0
4	Toronto Croatia	1

5	Portugal FC	2
						1	Trois-Rivières Attak (AET/PSO)	2 (1)
						3	Serbian White Eagles	2 (2)
2	Italia Shooters (AET)	1
7	Brampton Lions	0
			2	Italia Shooters	0

			3	Serbian White Eagles	3
3	Serbian White Eagles (AET)	2

6	North York Astros	1

Quarterfinals

11-October-2008	Trois-Rivières Attak	2-0	St. Catharines Wolves	UQTR Trois-Rivières, Quebec Attendance: 1500
	Bessé 28' Lesage 65'	(Report)		UQTR Trois-Rivières, Quebec Attendance: 1500

10-October-2008	Portugal FC	2-1	Toronto Croatia	Hershey Centre Mississauga, Ontario Attendance: 350 Referee: Joe Fletcher
	DiLuca 60' Amaral 70' (PK)	(Report)	Maletić 16' Blanche 70'

10-October-2008 20:00 (UTC-4)	Italia Shooters	1-0 (AET)	Brampton Lions	Esther Shiner Stadium North York, Ontario Attendance: 400 Referee: Manuel Orellano
	Terminesi 115'	(Report) (Rocket Robin Report)

11-October-2008 18:00 (UTC-4)	North York Astros	1-2 (AET)	Serbian White Eagles	Esther Shiner Stadium North York, Ontario Attendance: 300 Referee: Vito Curalli
	Lalli 74'	(Report) (Rocket Robin Report)	Šćepanović 10' Braletić 116'

Semifinals

18-October-2008 3:00	Trois-Rivières Attak	7-0	Portugal FC	UQTR Trois-Rivières, Quebec Attendance: 1500
	Sylla 26' 58' Mayard 41' 43' Lesage 75' Boivin 77' Contreras 87'	(Report)	Natt 90+'	UQTR Trois-Rivières, Quebec Attendance: 1500

17-October-2008	Italia Shooters	0-3	Serbian White Eagles	Esther Shiner Stadium North York, Ontario Attendance: 800
		CSL Report	Budalić 40' Braletić 62' Šćepanović 82'	Esther Shiner Stadium North York, Ontario Attendance: 800

CSL Cup final

26-October-2008 5:45	Trois-Rivières Attak	2-2 (a.e.t.)	Serbian White Eagles	Esther Shiner Stadium North York, Ontario Attendance: 1600 Referee: Isaac Raymond
	Lesage 70' Étienne 103'	(Rocket Robin Report)	Braletić 61' Viciknez 95'

		Penalties
	Di Ioia Surprenant Olivieri Étienne Uwimana	1-2	Šćepanović Medić Viciknez Stojčić Milićević

Canadian Soccer League 2008 winners
Serbian White Eagles First Title

[edit] References

[edit] External links

CSL official home page

[0] WELCOME TO A NEW-LOOK CANADIAN SOCCER LEAGUE

[1] Game of the Week on Rogers TV begins June 6

[2] WELCOME TO A NEW-LOOK CANADIAN SOCCER LEAGUE

[3] New Vision for 2008

[4] MLS Toronto FC Academy to compete in CSL

[5] WELCOME TO A NEW-LOOK CANADIAN SOCCER LEAGUE

[6] CSL agreement means more independence

[7] Canadian Soccer League (CSL) Press Conference

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