2006 Canadian Soccer League season

Changes from 2005 season

The Canadian Professional Soccer League changed their name to the Canadian Soccer League. Two new conferences were created International, and National, replacing the Eastern, and Western conferences. The Vaughan Shooters changed their name to Italia Shooters and Toronto Supra changed their name to Toronto Supra Portuguese. Both joined the newly created international division, re-kindling the spirit of the National Soccer League. The Serbian White Eagles, and the Caribbean Selects began play as an expansion franchise in the International Conference. The White Eagles played under the same name in the CSL's predecessor league the National Soccer League in 1974. The Hamilton Thunder, and the Durham Storm had their franchises revoked. Most of the matches were scheduled for the weekend in order to save travel expenses for the clubs, and the league eliminated the playoff wildcard match for the host club.

Teams

Final standings

International Division

National Division

CSL Championship playoffs

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| RD1-seed1=3 | RD1-team1=Toronto Croatia | RD1-score1-1=1 | RD1-seed2=6 | RD1-team2=Laval Dynamites | RD1-score2-1=0

| RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Oakville Blue Devils | RD1-score3-1=1 | RD1-seed4=7 | RD1-team4=Windsor Border Stars | RD1-score4-1=2

| RD1-seed5=4 | RD1-team5=Brampton Stallions | RD1-score5-1=0 | RD1-seed6=5 | RD1-team6=Italia Shooters | RD1-score6-1=2

| RD1-seed7=1 | RD1-team7=Serbian White Eagles | RD1-score7-1=3 | RD1-seed8=8 | RD1-team8=Toronto Supra Portuguese | RD1-score8-1=0

| RD2-seed1=3 | RD2-team1=Toronto Croatia | RD2-score1-1=0 | RD2-seed2=5 | RD2-team2=Italia Shooters | RD2-score2-1=1

| RD2-seed3=1 | RD2-team3=Serbian White Eagles | RD2-score3-1=6 | RD2-seed4=7 | RD2-team4=Windsor Border Stars | RD2-score4-1=1

| RD3-seed1=5 | RD3-team1=Italia Shooters | RD3-score1-1=1 | RD3-seed2=1 | RD3-team2=Serbian White Eagles | RD3-score2-1=0

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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CSL Championship

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All-Star Game

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Top goal scorers

Updated: September 30, 2006

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20070203180901/http://cpsl.org/stats.asp

CSL Executive Committee and Staff

The 2006 CSL Executive Committee.

Awards

The annual CSL awards ceremony was held at the La Contessa Banquet Hall on October 22, 2006 in North York, Toronto. The majority of the awards were taken by the International Division teams. The league chose Sasa Viciknez as its MVP, a former Serbian football veteran who played in the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League. Romanian import Gabriel Pop took the Golden Boot for the White Eagles. The Goalkeeper of the Year went to George Azcurra of Toronto Croatia, which marked his fifth award a record amount.

Due to his longstanding dedication to the league Toronto Supra Portuguese owner Isac Cambas was given the President of the Year award. Supra's Uarlem Castro was named the Rookie of the Year after finishing as the third highest goalscorer in the league. After defying the odds in the championship final by defeating a team stacked with European football experience, Tony De Thomasis was presented with the Coach of the Year award. Expansion franchise Caribbean Selects were given the Fair Pay award, and Mercy Watfa was named the Referee of the Year.

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