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2004 Canadian Professional Soccer League season

Field	Value
competition	Canadian Professional Soccer League
season	2004
winners	Toronto Croatia
shield
shieldtitle	Regular Season title
league topscorer	Paul Munster (London City)
best goalkeeper	George Azcurra
matches	110
biggest home win
biggest away win	DS 0-8 TC
total goals	415
prevseason	2003
nextseason	2005

The 2004 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the seventh season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 24, 2004 and concluded on October 11, 2004 with Toronto Croatia defeating Vaughan Shooters 4–0 to capture their second CPSL Championship (known as the Rogers CPSL Cup for sponsorship reasons). The championship was hosted for the first time at Victoria Park Stadium in Brampton, Ontario, which granted the Brampton Hitmen a wildcard berth. In the regular season the Toronto Supra clinched their first Eastern Conference title, while Hamilton Thunder secured their second Western Conference title. Though the league decreased in membership they managed to expand to the Windsor - Detroit territory with the addition of the Windsor Border Stars.

Changes from 2003 season

The 2004 season saw the league decrease from 13 to 11 teams. The Ottawa Wizards, and the Durham Flames had their franchises revoked. The Laval Dynamites went on hiatus as they awaited the completion of their home venue the Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne. Though the CPSL lost 3 franchises they managed to expand to the Essex County with the addition of the Windsor Border Stars. Founding member the Mississauga Olympians were sold to John O'Neill and replaced the Durham Flames under the name Durham Storm. Vaughan Sun Devils changed their name to the Vaughan Shooters, while the North York Astros joined them in their move to the Ontario Soccer Centre. Director of Officials Tony Camacho resigned and was replaced by former Director at Large Walter Kirchner.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Brampton Hitmen	Brampton, Ontario (Bramalea)	Victoria Park Stadium	Steve Nijjar
Durham Storm	Oshawa, Ontario (Vanier)	Oshawa Civic Stadium	Derek Bean
London City	London, Ontario (Westmount)	Cove Road Stadium	Harry Gauss
Hamilton Thunder	Hamilton, Ontario	Brian Timmis Stadium	Jorge Armua
Metro Lions	Toronto, Ontario (Scarborough)	Birchmount Stadium	Goran Miscevic
North York Astros	Toronto, Ontario (North York)	Ontario Soccer Centre	Vittorio Villacis
St. Catharines Wolves	St. Catharines, Ontario (Vansickle)	Club Roma Stadium	Lucio Ianiero
Toronto Croatia	Mississauga, Ontario (Streetsville)	Memorial Park	Aldo Krajcar
Toronto Supra	Toronto, Ontario (Brockton)	Centennial Park Stadium	José Testas
Vaughan Shooters	Vaughan, Ontario (Woodbridge)	Ontario Soccer Centre	Sam Mederios
Windsor Border Stars	Windsor, Ontario	Windsor Stadium	Pat Hilton

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of
departure	Date of
vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of
appointment
Hamilton Thunder	John Di Pasquale	replaced		date=4 August 2004	title=Thunder host Toronto Supra tonight	work=Hamilton Spectator}}

Final standings

Eastern Conference

Western Conference

Rogers CPSL Championship playoffs

Quarterfinals

Wildcard

Semifinals

Rogers CPSL Championship

Italy Tony De Thomasis

CRO Theo Krajacic

All-Star game

In the 2004 All-Star game Boavista F.C. of the Primeira Liga conducted a North American tour where one of their opponents were a CPSL Select team assembled by Harry Gauss, and Steve Nijjar. The match was played at Cove Road Stadium in London, Ontario.{{Football box collapsible

Pos.	Name	Team
Squad
GK	George Azcurra	Toronto Croatia
D	Peter Zorba	North York Astros
D	Mason Greene	Durham Storm
D	Bayete Smith	Brampton Hitmen
D	Marko Peeters	London City
MF	Sasha Kosanovic	Metro Lions
MF	Kosta Stojkovic	Metro Lions
MF	Justin Medeiros	London City
MF	Caswain Mason	Metro Lions
F	Darryl Gomez	Metro Lions
F	Paul Munster	London City
Squad
GK	Haidar Al-Shaïbani	London City
MF	Gentjan Dervishi	London City
MF	Kareem Reynolds	Metro Lions
MF	Phil Ionadi	Brampton Hitmen
MF	Billy Ninopoulos	Metro Lions
F	Marko Janjicek	Metro Lions
Head coach
	Harry Gauss
Steve Nijjar	London City
Brampton Hitmen

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	1	25	2	15	3	10	4	9	5	8
Northern Ireland Paul Munster	London City
CAN Danny Amaral	Toronto Supra
CAN Alex Braletic	North York Astros
CAN Michael Diluca	Hamilton Thunder
ARG Tati Errecalde	Windsor Border Stars
Haiti Maxim Elie Dorneval	Metro Lions
TRI Hayden Fitzwilliams	Metro Lions
TRI Kevin Nelson	Hamilton Thunder
CAN Matthew Palleschi	Vaughan Shooters
USA Aaron Byrd	Windsor Border Stars
CAN Paul Daccobert	Brampton Hitmen
Daniel Jaroch	North York Astros
Leo Laurito	Toronto Croatia
CRO Sasa Milaimovic	Hamilton Thunder
Craig Patton	Metro Lions
Joey Todaro	Vaughan Shooters

Updated: September 11, 2017

Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports04/04cpsl2x.htm

CPSL Executive Committee

A list of the 2004 CPSL Executive Committee.

Position	Name	Nationality
President & Chairman:	Vincent Ursini	CAN Canadian
League Administrator/Director of Media:	Stan Adamson	England English
Director of Discipline:	Clifford Dell	CAN Canadian
Director of Officials:	Walter Kirchner	ROM Romanian
Administrative Co-ordinator:	Janet Leonard	Canada Canadian
Community Services:	Peter Li Preti	CAN Canadian
Legal Counsel:	Ira Greenspoon	CAN Canadian
Marketing Consultant:	Cary Kaplan	CAN Canadian
Marketing Manager:	Jess Krajacic	CAN Canadian

Individual awards

North York Astros owner Bruno Ierullo received the President of the Year award

The annual CPSL awards ceremony was held on October 9, 2004 at the La Contessa Banquet Hall in North York, Toronto. London City and Windsor Border Stars were both tied with the most wins with 2 awards. London City's Paul Munster had a tremendous season where he captured both the Golden Boot and Rookie of the Year, which later spring boarded his career back to Europe to sign with Slavia Prague in the Czech First League. After leading expansion franchise Windsor Border Stars to an Open Canada Cup, former English football player Pat Hilton was given the Coach of the Year. While Windsor's Justin Marshall was voted the Defender of the Year.

The league chose Danny Amaral as its MVP after making his return to Canadian soccer with Toronto Supra after several seasons in Portugal. George Azcurra of Toronto Croatia won his fourth Goalkeeper of the Year. The Referee of the Year went to Amato De Luca, which marked his second CPSL accolade. The most disciplined team throughout the season were Durham Storm. The league also introduced the President of the Year award in order to recognize the top executive or organizer, and the inaugural recipient was North York Astros Bruno Ierullo.

Award	Player (Club)
CPSL Most Valuable Player	Danny Amaral (Toronto Supra)
CPSL Golden Boot	Paul Munster (London City)
CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award	George Azcurra (Toronto Croatia)
CPSL Defender of the Year Award	Justin Marshall (Windsor Border Stars)
CPSL Rookie of the Year Award	Paul Munster (London City)
CPSL Coach of the Year Award	Pat Hilton (Windsor Border Stars)
CPSL President of the Year Award	Bruno Ierullo (North York Astros)
CPSL Referee of the Year Award	Amato De Luca
CPSL Fair Play Award	Durham Storm

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