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Canadian Soccer League
Season2008
ChampionsSerbian White Eagles
Top goalscorerCanada Daniel Nascimento (18 goals)
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The 2008 Canadian Soccer League was the 11th 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]

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]

Final standings

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

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

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  Montenegro 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

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 2 (1)
3 Serbian White Eagles (a.e.t./PSO) 2 (2)
2 Italia Shooters (a.e.t.) 1
7 Brampton Lions 0
2 Italia Shooters 0
3 Serbian White Eagles 3
3 Serbian White Eagles (a.e.t.) 2
6 North York Astros 1

Quarterfinals

Trois-Rivières Attak2-0St. Catharines Wolves
Bessé 28'
Lesage 65'		 (Report)
Attendance: 1500
Portugal FC2-1Toronto Croatia
DiLuca 60'
Amaral 70' (PK)		 (Report) Maletić 16'
Blanche Red card 70'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Joe Fletcher
Italia Shooters1-0
(AET)		Brampton Lions
Terminesi 115' (Report)
(Rocket Robin Report)
Attendance: 400
North York Astros1-2
(AET)		Serbian White Eagles
Lalli 74' (Report)
(Rocket Robin Report)		 Šćepanović 10'
Braletić 116'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Vito Curalli

Semifinals

Trois-Rivières Attak7-0Portugal FC
Sylla 26' 58'
Mayard 41' 43'
Lesage 75'
Boivin 77'
Contreras 87'		 (Report) Natt Red card 90+'
Attendance: 1500
Italia Shooters0-3Serbian White Eagles
CSL Report Budalić 40'
Braletić 62'
Šćepanović 82'
Attendance: 800

CSL Cup final

Trois-Rivières Attak2-2 (a.e.t.)Serbian White Eagles
Lesage 70'
Étienne 103'		 (Rocket Robin Report) Braletić 61'
Viciknez 95'
Penalties
Di Ioia soccer ball with red X
Surprenant soccer ball with red X
Olivieri soccer ball with check mark
Étienne soccer ball with red X
Uwimana soccer ball with red X		 1-2 soccer ball with red X Šćepanović
soccer ball with red X Medić
soccer ball with check mark Viciknez
soccer ball with red X Stojčić
soccer ball with check mark Milićević
Attendance: 1600
Referee: Isaac Raymond


Canadian Soccer League 2008 winners
Serbian White Eagles
First Title

References

  1. ^ WELCOME TO A NEW-LOOK CANADIAN SOCCER LEAGUE
  2. ^ Game of the Week on Rogers TV begins June 6
  3. ^ WELCOME TO A NEW-LOOK CANADIAN SOCCER LEAGUE
  4. ^ New Vision for 2008
  5. ^ MLS Toronto FC Academy to compete in CSL
  6. ^ WELCOME TO A NEW-LOOK CANADIAN SOCCER LEAGUE
  7. ^ CSL agreement means more independence
  8. ^ Canadian Soccer League (CSL) Press Conference

External links

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