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2003 Canadian Professional Soccer League season

Field	Value
competition	Canadian Professional Soccer League
season	2003
winners	Brampton Hitmen
shield
shieldtitle	Regular Season title
league topscorer	Carlo Arghittu (St. Catharines Wolves)
best goalkeeper	Simon Eaddy
matches	117
biggest home win	Toronto Supra 9-1 Durham Flames (September 24, 2003)
biggest away win
total goals	405
prevseason	[2002](2002-canadian-professional-soccer-league-season)
nextseason	[2004](2004-canadian-professional-soccer-league-season)

The 2003 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the sixth season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 24, 2003 and concluded on October 5, 2003 with the Brampton Hitmen defeating Vaughan Sun Devils 1-0 to capture the CPSL Championship (known as the Rogers CPSL Cup for sponsorship reasons). The victory marked Brampton's first championship title, and the final was played at Cove Road Stadium in London, Ontario. During the regular season the Ottawa Wizards and the Hamilton Thunder won their respective conferences. Ottawa became the second CPSL franchise to go undefeated throughout the regular season.

Unfortunately the season was plagued with controversy as the Wizards withdrew from the playoff competition, due to a dispute with the CPSL Executive Committee. Another controversy stemmed from a quarterfinal match between Brampton and Toronto Croatia, where Toronto won the match on penalties, but was reversed by the league due to Toronto using an ineligible coach and general manager. On a positive note the league's television program the CPSL Soccer Show recorded the highest ratings of any other Sunday program shown on Rogers TV.

Changes from 2002 season

The 2003 season saw the league decrease by one team due to the fact that the York Region Shooters merged with the Vaughan Sun Devils to unite the York Region territory. The Montreal Dynamites moved to the Montreal suburb of Laval and changed their team name accordingly.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Brampton Hitmen	Brampton, Ontario (Bramalea)	Victoria Park Stadium	Steve Nijjar
Durham Flames	Oshawa, Ontario (Vanier)	Oshawa Civic Stadium	Steve Hamill
London City	London, Ontario (Westmount)	Cove Road Stadium	Harry Gauss
Hamilton Thunder	Hamilton, Ontario	Brian Timmis Stadium	Manuel Gomes
Metro Lions	Toronto, Ontario (Scarborough)	Birchmount Stadium	Aldwyn McGill
Mississauga Olympians	Mississauga, Ontario (Erin Mills)	Erin Mills Twin Arenas	Darren Tilley
Tony Laferrara
Laval Dynamites	Laval, Quebec	Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne	Jawad El Andaloussi
North York Astros	Toronto, Ontario (North York)	Esther Shiner Stadium	Pavel Zaslavski
Ottawa Wizards	Ottawa, Ontario (Carp)	OZ Optics Stadium	date=11 September 2003	title=Former Wizards Coach Returns	pages=B7	work=Ottawa Citizen}}
St. Catharines Wolves	St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle)	Club Roma Stadium	Lucio Ianiero
Toronto Croatia	Mississauga, Ontario (Streetsville)	Memorial Park	Velimir Crljen
Toronto Supra	Toronto, Ontario (Brockton)	Centennial Park Stadium	José Testas
Vaughan Sun Devils	Vaughan, Ontario (Thornhill)	Dufferin District Field	Dave Benning

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of
departure	Date of
vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of
appointment
Hamilton Thunder	date=22 July 2003	title=Hamilton coach resigns	pages=S8	work=National Post}}	resigned		1st, Western Conference	Ivan Marković
Hamilton Thunder	Ivan Marković	resigned		2nd, Western Conference	Manuel Gomes	August 7, 2003
Ottawa Wizards	Hubert Busby Jr.	resigned	September 10, 2003	1st, Eastern Conference	Klaus Linnenbruegger	September 11, 2003

Final standings

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Rogers CPSL Championship playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Rogers CPSL Championship

Italy Tony De Thomasis

CAN Pernell Mason

2003 scoring leaders

:Full article: CSL Golden Boot

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Carlo Arghittu	Canada	St. Catharines Wolves	18
Danny Amaral	Canada	Toronto Supra
Michael Diluca	Canada	Toronto Supra
3	Jahmo Welch	Canada	Durham Flames	13
4	Phil Ionadi	Canada	Brampton Hitmen	12
Charles Gbeke	Canada	Ottawa Wizards
Hugo Herrera	Argentina	Brampton Hitmen
Joey Todaro	Canada	Vaughan Sun Devils
Darryl Gomez	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Metro Lions
Alen Marcina	Canada	Ottawa Wizards
Kevin Nelson	Trinidad and Tobago	Ottawa Wizards

CPSL Executive Committee

A list of the 2003 CPSL Executive Committee.

Position	Name	Nationality
President & Chairman:	Vincent Ursini	CAN Canadian
League Administrator/Director of Media:	Stan Adamson	England English
Director at Large:	Walter Kirchner	ROM Romanian
Director of Discipline:	Clifford Dell	CAN Canadian
Director of Officials:	Tony Camacho	Portugal Portuguese
Administrative Co-ordinator:	Josie Storto		Canada Canadian
Community Services:	Peter Li Preti	CAN Canadian
Legal Counsel:	Ira Greenspoon	CAN Canadian
Marketing:	Cary Kaplan	CAN Canadian

Individual awards

Carlo Arghittu won the [[CSL Golden Boot

The annual CPSL awards ceremony was held at German-Canadian Club on October 5, 2003 in London, Ontario. The Ottawa Wizards finished on top with the most wins with two awards. The undefeated Eastern Conference champions produced the Rookie of the Year with McDonald Yobe, a former Malawian international. After conceding the lowest number of goals the league voted New Zealand journeyman Simon Eaddy with the Goalkeeper of the Year award. Phil Ionadi a former CNSL and USL A-League veteran captained the Brampton Hitmen to a CPSL Championship, and in returned was named the MVP.

Carlo Arghittu of St. Catharines Wolves another former CNSL and USL A-League veteran was given the Golden Boot for finishing as the league's top goalscorer. Domagoj Sain was given his second consecutive Defender of the Year award. After a disastrous 2002 season Toronto Supra brought in Jose Testas a former Primeira Liga, and Segunda Divisão player to manage the club. Testas immediately changed the club into a championship contender by finishing second in their division, and for his achievement was granted the Coach of the Year award. The Durham Flames received their second Fair Play award for being the most disciplined team. While Michael Lambert who officiated the championship final was given his second Referee of the Year award.

Award	Player (Club)
CPSL Most Valuable Player	Phil Ionadi (Brampton Hitmen)
CPSL Golden Boot	Carlo Arghittu (St. Catharines Wolves)
CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award	Simon Eaddy (Ottawa Wizards)
CPSL Defender of the Year Award	Domagoj Sain (Toronto Croatia)
CPSL Rookie of the Year Award	McDonald Yobe (Ottawa Wizards)
CPSL Coach of the Year Award	José Testas (Toronto Supra)
CPSL Referee of the Year Award	Michael Lambert
CPSL Fair Play Award	Durham Flames

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