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Canadian Professional Soccer League
Season2001
ChampionsSt. Catharines Wolves
Regular Season titleOttawa Wizards
Matches played132
Goals scored441 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorerKevin Nelson (Ottawa Wizards)
Biggest home winMD 9-2 DF
Biggest away winGS 1-8 TS
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The 2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the fourth season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 25, 2001 and concluded on October 14, 2001 with St. Catharines Wolves defeating Toronto Supra by a score of 1-0 to win their second CPSL Championship (known as the Rogers CPSL Cup for sponsorship reasons) .[1] The final was hosted in St. Catharines with Club Roma Stadium as the venue, while the match received coverage from Rogers TV.[2][3] The season saw the league expand to a total of 12 teams, and went beyond the GTA and Ontario border to include a Montreal and Ottawa franchise.[4] Throughout the regular season the Ottawa Wizards became the first club to end the Toronto Olympians league title dynasty.[5] The CPSL also launched the CPSL Soccer Show with Rogers TV providing the broadcasting, and granting Rogers naming rights to the CPSL Championship.[6][7] Other major sponsors included the Government of Canada, which served as the sole sponsor for the CPSL Rookie of the Year Award.[8] The league also announced a working partnership with the Canadian United Soccer League a task force originally started by the Canadian Soccer Association in order forge a unified professional structure with the cooperation of the Canadian franchises in the USL A-League to launch a Canadian first and second division domestic league.[9][10]

Changes from 2000 season

All 8 clubs from the previous season returned, and the league expanded to include 4 new entries the Brampton Hitmen, Montreal Dynamites, Ottawa Wizards, and Toronto Supra all began play this year.[11][12] Oshawa Flames changed their name to the Durham Flames in order to represent the entire Durham Region, and received sponsorship from Danone.[13][14] Toronto Croatia transferred their home venue from Centennial Park Stadium to Memorial Park in Streetsville, Mississauga.[15] Changes to the CPSL executive management committee saw former Director of Media Relations for the Toronto Lynx Stan Adamson appointed to the position of CPSL Director of Media and Public Relations.[16]

Teams

Team City Stadium Manager
Brampton Hitmen Brampton, Ontario (Bramalea) Victoria Park Stadium Paul Kitson[17]
Durham Flames Oshawa, Ontario (Vanier) Oshawa Civic Stadium Danny Stewart[18]
Glen Shields Sun Devils Vaughan, Ontario (Thornhill) Dufferin District Field Dave Benning[19]
London City London, Ontario (Westmount) Cove Road Stadium Jurek Gebczynski[20]
Montreal Dynamites Laval, Quebec Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne Zoran Jankovic[21]
North York Astros Toronto, Ontario (North York) Esther Shiner Stadium Tony LaFerrara[22]
Ottawa Wizards Ottawa, Ontario (Carp) OZ Optics Stadium Rasim Kara[23]
St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle) Club Roma Stadium Lucio Ianiero
Toronto Croatia Mississauga, Ontario (Streetsville) Memorial Park Bruno Pilas
Toronto Olympians Toronto, Ontario (Scarborough) Birchmount Stadium David Gee[24]
Toronto Supra Toronto, Ontario (Brockton) Brockton Stadium Cesar Garcia
York Region Shooters Richmond Hill, Ontario (Crosby) Crosby Field Adam Pagliaroli

Final standings

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Rogers CPSL Championship playoffs

Wildcard

October 12, 2001 St. Catharines Wolves 2–1 Montreal Dynamites St. Catharines, Ontario
8:15 ET Frank Zumpano 45'
Gary McGutchan 65'		 (Report) Kyriakos Selaidopoulos 18' Stadium: Club Roma Stadium

Semifinals

October 13, 2001 Toronto Olympians 2–3 (a.e.t.) Toronto Supra St. Catharines, Ontario
1:00 ET Courtney Denis 63'
Elvis Thomas 70'		 (Report) Michael Diluca 74'
Samuel Afriyie 78' 97'		 Stadium: Club Roma Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mike Lambert (Ontario)
October 13, 2001 Ottawa Wizards 0–1 St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines, Ontario
3:00 ET (Report) Gary McGutchan 43' Stadium: Club Roma Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Amato De Luca (Ontario)

Consolation final

October 14, 2001 Ottawa Wizards 2–5 Toronto Olympians St. Catharines, Ontario
12:00 ET Kevin Nelson 43'
Gilbert Iloanusi 82'		 (Report) Danny Sanna 62'
Danny Ziannis 70'
John Williams 75'
Dave Mancini 82'
Mario Andrijanic 90' (og)		 Stadium: Club Roma Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Gord Arrowsmith (Ontario)

Rogers CPSL Championship

St. Catharines Roma Wolves1–0Toronto Supra
John Sozio 116' Report
Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario
Attendance: 300
Referee: Steve Mortimer (Ontario)
GK 1 Canada Dino Perri (c)
RB 13 Canada Lucio Ianiero downward-facing red arrow 27'
CB 2 Canada Dan Gallagher
CB 19 Canada Gary Hughes
LB 10 Canada Tony Carbonara
RM 4 Canada Salvatore Borgh downward-facing red arrow 58'
CM 16 United States Andrew McKay downward-facing red arrow 72'
CM 14 Canada John Sozio
LM 22 Canada Gary McGutchan
ST 9 Canada Frank Zumpano
ST 18 Canada Carlo Arghittu downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutes:
GK 20 Canada Jay Mason
DF 3 Canada Al Reinhart
DF 7 Canada Jerry Cipriani upward-facing green arrow 76'
DF 21 Canada Joe Carbonara upward-facing green arrow 27'
MF 11 Canada Andrew Weiring upward-facing green arrow 72'
MF 6 Canada Keith Moore upward-facing green arrow 58'
FW 12 Canada Simon Gatti
Manager:
Canada Lucio Ianiero
GK 1 Canada Garrett Caldwell
RB 21 Canada Jason Faria (c)
CB 4 Canada Mike Fedoruk downward-facing red arrow 116'
CB 3 Canada Leonardo Simon
LB 14 Canada Amilcar Pascoal
RM 15 Canada Fred Perreira downward-facing red arrow 45'
CM 6 Canada Peyvand Mossavat
CM 8 Canada Christian Lombardo downward-facing red arrow 57'
LM 10 Canada Pedro Dias
CF 9 Canada Christopher Santos downward-facing red arrow 24'
CF 13 Canada Samuel Afriyie
Substitutes:
GK 12 Canada Michael Silva
DF 7 Canada Paulo Valdez upward-facing green arrow 45'
DF 5 Canada Alford James
MF 20 Canada Francis Righault upward-facing green arrow 57'
MF 18 Canada Selmir Sehic
FW 11 Canada Ryan Gamble upward-facing green arrow 24'
FW 16 Canada Steven Coito upward-facing green arrow 116'
Manager:
Canada Victor Cameira

Rogers CPSL Championship MVP:

Garrett Caldwell (Toronto Supra)
Danny Gallagher (St. Catharines Roma Wolves)

Assistant referees:
Steve Cahoon
Domenic Rossetto
Fourth official:
Vito Curalli

All-Star Game

For the 2001 season the CPSL administration arranged two all-star matches for the league. In order to prepare for the 2001 Jeux de la Francophonie the Morocco national under-23 football team expressed a desire to play a solid Canadian team. Subsequently, the Canadian Soccer Association requested the CPSL to arrange a select team for the match.[25] The second match consisted of a CPSL All-Star team against C.S. Marítimo of the Primeira Liga.[26]

July 6, 2001 CPSL Selects 1 - 1 Morocco U-23 Carp, Ontario
7:30 pm Willy Giummarra 61' Report Omar Share 53' Stadium: OZ Optics Stadium
July 25, 2001 CPSL All-Stars 0 - 4 C.S. Marítimo London, Ontario
7:30 pm Report Gaúcho 15'
Bruno Fernandes 45'
Richardson 50'
Joaquim Ferraz 74'		 Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

2001 scoring leaders

Full article: CSL Golden Boot[27]
Position Player's name Nationality Club Goals
1 Kevin Nelson  Trinidad and Tobago Ottawa Wizards 23
2 Abraham Osman  Uganda Ottawa Wizards 17
3 Samuel Afriyie  Canada Toronto Supra 15
4 Frank Zumpano  Canada St. Catharines Wolves 14
5 Eddy Berdusco  Canada Toronto Olympians 12
6 Bruno Nue  Canada Montreal Dynamites 12
7 Ryan Gamble  Canada Toronto Supra 11
8 Gary Hughes  Canada St. Catharines Wolves 10
9 Peter Curic  Canada Toronto Croatia 9
10 Dejan Gluscevic  Serbia North York Astros 9

CPSL Executive Committee

The 2001 CPSL Executive Committee.[28]

Position Name Nationality
Chairman: Vincent Ursini Canada Canadian
Director of Operations: Chris Bellamy Canada Canadian
Director of Discipline: Clifford Dell Canada Canadian
Director of Officials: Tony Camacho Portugal Portuguese
Treasurer: Peter Li Preti Canada Canadian
Legal Counsel: Ira Greenspoon Canada Canadian

Individual awards

Kurt Ramsey was voted the Defender of the Year

The annual CPSL awards ceremony was held on October 14, 2001 at Club Roma in St. Catharines, Ontario.[29] Expansion franchise Ottawa Wizards received the most awards with 3 wins.[30] Trinidadian journeyman Kevin Nelson went home with both the Golden Boot, and the Rookie of the Year.[31][32][33] While his teammate Abraham Osman was given the MVP.[34] George Azcurra shared his second Goalkeeper of the Year award with Luciano Miranda.

Kurt Ramsey of the North York Astros won the Defender of the Year, and former Montreal Impact manager Zoran Jankovic went home with the Coach of the Year. Amato De Luca who later refereed matches at the international level and Major League Soccer was named the Referee of the Year.[35] Durham Flames received the Fair Play award.

Award Player (Club)
CPSL Most Valuable Player Abraham Osman (Ottawa Wizards)
CPSL Golden Boot Kevin Nelson (Ottawa Wizards)
CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award George Azcurra (Toronto Croatia)
Luciano Miranda (North York Astros)
CPSL Defender of the Year Award Kurt Ramsey (North York Astros)
CPSL Rookie of the Year Award Kevin Nelson (Ottawa Wizards)
CPSL Coach of the Year Award Zoran Jankovic (Montreal Dynamites)
CPSL Referee of the Year Award Amato De Luca
CPSL Fair Play Award Durham Flames

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