Canadian Soccer League

Season	2009
← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Canadian Soccer League regular season will run from 15 May to 20 September, 2009.

Contents 1 Changes from 2008 season 2 Standings 2.1 National Division 2.2 International Division 3 Playoffs 3.1 Bracket 3.2 Quarterfinals 3.3 Semifinals 3.4 Final 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Changes from 2008 season

• League extends playoffs to two games series and reduces regular-season schedule from 22 to 18 and a balanced schedule.
• Top 8 teams qualify for playoffs, without any seeding for division winners.
• CSL receives conditional membership in the Canadian Soccer Association (first league to achieve this in 16 years).
• Rogers TV commits to broadcasting a full 23-game schedule every Saturday night through to the finals.
• Inaria comes on board as official ball, and referee apparel sponsor.
• Windsor Border Stars franchise revoked

[edit] Standings

[edit] National Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Trois-Rivières Attak	18	12	4	2	40	16	+24	38
2	St. Catharines Wolves	18	6	5	7	20	25	−5	25
3	Brampton Lions	18	7	8	3	36	32	+4	24
4	TFC Academy	18	6	7	5	37	33	+4	23
5	North York Astros	18	4	11	3	25	45	−20	15
6	London City	18	1	15	2	14	60	−46	5

[edit] International Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Serbian White Eagles	18	11	4	3	43	19	+24	36
2	Toronto Croatia	18	10	3	5	30	15	+15	35
3	Italia Shooters	18	7	7	4	31	29	+2	25
4	Portugal FC	18	5	5	8	25	27	−2	23

[edit] Playoffs

In 2009, both the quarterfinals and semifinals will be two game series. The winner of the series will be the team with the most points after two games. Should they be tied after the second game, the 2nd game will go into overtime, and if necessary, penalty kicks.

In both the quarter- and semifinals, the team who finished higher in the standings determines which of the two games they prefer to host.

The Championship shall be a one game final on Saturday October 24th at Lamport Stadium in Toronto.

[edit] Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							CSL Finals
	1	Trois-Rivières Attak	3	1
	8	Portugal FC	0	0
								1	Trois-Rivières Attak	3	1
								2	Italia Shooters	3	1
	4	Italia Shooters	5	2
	5	St. Catharines Wolves	0	1
															1	Trois-Rivières Attak	0
														2	Serbian White Eagles	0
	2	Serbian White Eagles	1	4
	7	TFC Academy	0	1
									Serbian White Eagles	3	1
								3	Toronto Croatia	1	7
	3	Toronto Croatia	3	1
	6	Brampton Lions	0	1

[edit] Quarterfinals

September 24, 2009 8:00 PM	St. Catharines Wolves	0 – 5	Italia Shooters	Club Roma St. Catharines, Ontario
	Stillman  36' DelPriore  ??', 43'		Ordell  4' Cisternino  56' Humphrey  80'  86'  87'

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September 26, 2009 8:00 PM	Portugal FC	0 – 3	Trois-Rivières Attak	Brockton Stadium Toronto, Ontario Referee: Geoff Gamble (CAN)
	Annisi  ??', 72' Stewart	(Report)	Tissot Louis-Jeune  44' Ouimette  61' Vitulano Meftouh Saleh  87' Cortese 90'

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September 27, 2009 5:00 PM	Serbian White Eagles	1 – 0	TFC Academy	Centennial Stadium Etobicoke, Ontario Referee: (CAN)
	Viciknez  42'

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September 27, 2009 8:15 PM	Toronto Croatia	3 – 0	Brampton Lions	Centennial Stadium Etobicoke, Ontario Referee: (CAN)
	FitzWilliams  19' Maletic  49' Bustamante  64' (pen.)		Da Silva  38' Cameira  63'

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October 3, 2009 3:00 PM	Trois-Rivières Attak	1 – 0	Portugal FC	Stade de l'UQTR Trois-Rivières, Quebec Referee: (CAN)

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October 3, 2009 3:30 PM	TFC Academy	1 – 4	Serbian White Eagles	Lamport Stadium Etobicoke, Ontario Referee: (CAN)

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October 4, 2009 5:00 PM	Brampton Lions	1 – 1	Toronto Croatia	Victoria Park Stadium Brampton, Ontario Referee: (CAN)

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October 4, 2009 5:00 PM	Italia Shooters	2 – 1	St. Catharines Wolves	St. Joan of Arc Turf Field Vaughn, Ontario Referee: (CAN)

[edit] Semifinals

October 9-12, 2009 5:00 PM	Italia Shooters	3 – 3	Trois-Rivières Attak

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October 9-12, 2009 3:00 PM	Toronto Croatia	1 – 3	Serbian White Eagles	Centennial Stadium Attendance: 1,116
		Hurtis  40' 71' Dimitrov  56'

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October 16-18, 2009 4:00 PM	Serbian White Eagles	1 – 7	Toronto Croatia	Attendance: 1,230

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October 16-18, 2009 3:00 PM	Trois-Rivières Attak	1 – 1	Italia Shooters

[edit] Final

October 24, 2009	Serbian White Eagles	0 – 0 (pk 2 – 3)	Trois-Rivières Attak	BMO Field Toronto, Ontario

[edit] External links

v • d • e Canadian Soccer League National Division International Division Brampton Lions · London City · North York Astros · St. Catharines Wolves · TFC Academy · Trois-Rivières Attak · Italia Shooters · Portugal FC · Serbian White Eagles · Toronto Croatia Miscellaneous Rogers Cup · Open Canada Cup · CSA Seasons 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009

v • d • e 2008–09 in North and Central America, and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF) Domestic leagues Belize · Canada '08 '09 · Costa Rica '08 I '09 V · El Salvador '08 A '09 C · Guatemala '08 A '09 C · Honduras '08 A '09 C · Jamaica · Mexico '08 A '09 C · Panama '08 C '09 A · Trinidad and Tobago '08 '09 · United States '08 '09 Domestic cups Canada '08 '09 · Trinidad and Tobago '08 '09 · United States '08 '09 CONCACAF competitions Champions League (Preliminary round · Group stage · Championship round · Final) North American SuperLiga '08 '09 · CFU Club Championship '09

v • d • e 2009–10 in North and Central America, and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF) Domestic leagues Belize · Canada '09 '10 · Costa Rica '09 I '10 V · El Salvador '09 A '10 C · Guatemala '09 A '10 C · Honduras '09 A '10 C · Jamaica · Mexico '09 A '10 C · Panama '09 C '10 A · Trinidad and Tobago '09 '10 · United States '09 '10 Domestic cups Canada '09 '10 · Trinidad and Tobago '09 '10 · United States '09 '10 CONCACAF competitions Champions League (Preliminary round · Group stage · Championship round · Final) North American SuperLiga '09 '10 · CFU Club Championship '09 '10

[edit] References