2005 Canadian Professional Soccer League season

Canadian Professional Soccer League

Season	2005
Champions	Oakville Blue Devils
Regular Season title	Vaughan Shooters (Eastern Conference) Hamilton Thunder (Western Conference)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	411 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aaron Byrd (Windsor Border Stars)
Best goalkeeper	Haidar Al-Shaïbani
Biggest home win	Toronto Supra 8-2 North York Astros (June 19, 2005)
Biggest away win	Durham Storm 1-12 Oakville Blue Devils (September 22, 2005)
← 2004 CSL 2006 →

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[9]
Laval Dynamites	Laval, Quebec	Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne	Jean Robert Toussaint
North York Astros	Toronto, Ontario (North York)	Esther Shiner Stadium	Dejan Gluščević[10]
Oakville Blue Devils	Oakville, Ontario (Bronte)	Bronte Stadium	Duncan Wilde[11]
St. Catharines Wolves	St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle)	Club Roma Stadium	Tom Bernadi[12]
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

Brampton Vaughan London Mississauga Durham Windsor St. Catharines Hamilton Oakville TORONTO class=notpageimage| Location of CPSL teams outside of Toronto for the 2005 CPSL season. Western Conference Eastern Conference

Toronto Supra North York Astros Vaughan Shooters class=notpageimage| Location of CPSL teams in Toronto for the 2005 CPSL season. Western Conference Eastern Conference

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

Oakville Blue Devils v Windsor Border Stars

October 5, 2005	Oakville Blue Devils	3–1	Windsor Border Stars	Toronto, Ontario
9:00 ET	Shawn Faria 42' Aaron Steele 53' Sergio De Luca 90'	(Report)	Filip Rocca 78'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 30

Toronto Croatia v Laval Dynamites

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

North York Astros v Toronto Croatia

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

Hamilton Thunder v Oakville Blue Devils

October 8, 2005	Hamilton Thunder	0–2	Oakville Blue Devils	Toronto, Ontario
2:00 ET		(Report)	Ian Sinclair 31' Marko Bedenikovic 75'	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium Attendance: 120 Referee: Mike Roeken (Ontario)

Vaughan Shooters v Toronto Croatia

October 8, 2005	Vaughan Shooters	4–0	Toronto Croatia	Toronto, Ontario
5:00 ET	Matthew Palleschi 28' Matthew Palleschi 40' Matthew Palleschi 56' Desi Humphrey 74'	(Report)		Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Joe Fletcher (Ontario)

CPSL Championship

October 10

4:00 ET

Vaughan Shooters	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Oakville Blue Devils
Stalin Cardenas 36'	Report	Sergio De Luca 46' Ryan Gamble 100'

Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 728

Referee: Andre Jasinski (Ontario)

GK 1 Brian Bowes RB 17 Raj Takhar CB 8 Chris Turner CB 2 Angelo Pollastrone[13] (c) LB 11 Fitzroy Christie[14]  19' RM 13 Frank Bruno[15] CM 21 Darryl Gomez CM 12 Danny Sanna LM 19 Desmond Humphrey[16] ST 5 Stalin Cardenas[17]  68' ST 15 Matthew Palleschi Substitutes: GK 0 Pablo Alvarado DF 16 Justin Phillips[18] DF 4 Jorge Molina  19' MF 7 Cameron Medwin FW 9 Jason De Thomasis[19]  68'  98' FW 23 Aundrae Rollins  98' FW 10 Joey Todaro[20] Manager: Carmine Isacco

GK 1 Sa Brahima Traore RB 4 Lovemore Ncube CB 6 Aaron Steele CB 2 Jamie Fairweather[21] LB 5 Marko Bedenikovic RM 3 Nicholas Poku  87' CM 9 Shawn Faria LM 13 Phil Ionadi (c)  73' FM 8 Sergio De Luca FW 17 Jeremy Shepherd  90' FW 15 Ian Sinclair Substitutes: GK 0 Chris Baker MF 7 Omar Samuels MF 14 Dragisa Klisara  56'  83' MF 19 Orlin Chalmers  83' MF 10 Igor Prostran  73' FW 11 Gabriel Pop[22] FW 16 Ryan Gamble  90' Manager: 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.^[23] The game was played at Varsity Stadium, but was closed to the public being only open to people associated to the league.

CPSL All-Stars v Glasgow Rangers FC

July 9, 2005	CPSL All-Stars	1 - 4	Glasgow Rangers FC	Toronto, Ontario
6:00 pm	Gabriel Pop 90'	Report	Ross McCormack 53' Jukka Santala 81' Ross McCormack 82' Steve Thompson 88'	Stadium: Varsity Stadium Attendance: 200

CPSL Selects Pos. Name Team Squad GK Michael Silva Toronto Supra D Fuseini Dauda Hamilton Thunder D Aaron Steele Oakville Blue Devils D Fitzroy Powell Durham Storm D Justin Phillips Vaughan Shooters MF Darren Baxter Oakville Blue Devils MF Igor Prostran Oakville Blue Devils MF Sergio De Luca Oakville Blue Devils MF Eris Tafaj London City F Hugo Herrera Brampton Stallions F Carlo Arghittu St. Catharines Wolves Squad GK Roberto Ferrari Hamilton Thunder DF Johnny Annisi Hamilton Thunder DF Craig Williams Durham Storm DF Danny Gallacher St. Catharines Wolves DF Joseph Feifoo North York Astros MF Dennis Peeters London City MF Marcus Chorvat Windsor Border Stars MF Ricardo Marquez Hamilton Thunder MF Zeljko Dukic Hamilton Thunder MF Daniel Milojevic Hamilton Thunder F Gabriel Pop Oakville Blue Devils Head coach Jorge Armua Hamilton Thunder

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aaron Byrd[24]	Windsor Border Stars	17
2	Gabriel Pop[25]	Oakville Blue Devils	14
3	Radek Papiez	Windsor Border Stars	10
4	Danny Amaral	Toronto Supra	9
5	Jason De Thomasis[26]	Vaughan Shooters	9
6	Karim Ben Sari	London City	9
7	Mike DiLuca[27]	Toronto Supra	9
8	Hugo Herrera	Brampton Stallions	9
9	Mohamed Ridouani	Laval Dynamites	9
10	Hayden Fitzwilliams	Toronto Croatia	8

Updated: September 30, 2005

CPSL Executive Committee

A list of the 2005 CPSL Executive Committee.^[28]

Position	Name	Nationality
Commissioner:	Cary Kaplan	Canadian
Director of Media:	Stan Adamson[29]	English
Director of Discipline:	Clifford Dell[30]	Canadian
Director of Officials:	Walter Kirchner	Romanian
Office Administrator:	Janet Leonard	Canadian
Community Services:	Peter Li Preti	Canadian
Legal Counsel:	Ira Greenspoon	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.^[31] 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.^[32] 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.^[33] 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.^[34] The finals featured London City against York Region Lady Shooters, where York Region won the championship.^[35]

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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External links

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