2008 Canadian Soccer League season

Changes from 2007 season

• The Canadian Lions of the International Division move to the National Division as the Brampton Lions.
• Portuguese Supra change their name to Portugal FC.
• 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.
• 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.
• The Ontario Soccer Association grants the CSL 'Operational Independence' from the provincial governing body.
• 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.

Teams

Final standings

International Division

National Division

2008 scoring leaders

:Full article: CSL Golden Boot

CSL 2008 Playoffs

17 & 18 October 2008 26 October 2008 @ 5:45pm Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario | score-width=25px | team-width=175px | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Trois-Rivières Attak | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2=8 | RD1-team2=St. Catharines Wolves | RD1-score2=0 | RD1-seed3=4 | RD1-team3=Toronto Croatia | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4=Portugal FC | RD1-score4=2 | RD1-seed5=2 | RD1-team5=Italia Shooters | RD1-score5=1 | RD1-seed6=7 | RD1-team6=Brampton Lions | RD1-score6=0 | RD1-seed7=3 | RD1-team7=Serbian White Eagles | RD1-score7=2 | RD1-seed8=6 | RD1-team8=North York Astros | RD1-score8=1

| RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Trois-Rivières Attak | RD2-score1=7 | RD2-seed2=5 | RD2-team2=Portugal FC | RD2-score2=0 | RD2-seed3=2 | RD2-team3=Italia Shooters | RD2-score3=0 | RD2-seed4=3 | RD2-team4=Serbian White Eagles | RD2-score4=3 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1=Trois-Rivières Attak | RD3-score1=2 (1) | RD3-seed2=3 | RD3-team2=Serbian White Eagles (a.e.t./PSO) | RD3-score2=2 (2)

Quarterfinals

Danny Amaral |stadium = Hershey Centre |location=Mississauga, Ontario | attendance =| referee = Joe Fletcher (Ontario)

Nicolas Lesage |goals2 = |stadium = Stade de l'UQTR |location=Trois-Rivières, Quebec | attendance = 1500| referee = Alex Braletić |goals2 = Franco Lalli |stadium = Esther Shiner Stadium |location=Toronto, Ontario | attendance = 120| referee = Vito Curalli (Ontario)

Semifinals

Alex Braletić
Miloš Šćepanović |stadium = Esther Shiner Stadium |location=Toronto, Ontario | attendance = 180| referee = Yusir Rudolf (Ontario) Pierre-Rudolph Mayard
Pierre-Rudolph Mayard
Mohamed Sylla
Nicolas Lesage
Francois Boivin
Hector Contreras |goals2 = |stadium = Stade de l'UQTR |location=Trois-Rivières, Quebec | attendance = 1500| referee =

CSL Championship

Jean-Phillipe Étienne Saša Viciknez Alex Surprenant Andrew Olivieri Jean-Phillipe Étienne Davy Uwimana Mirko Medić Saša Viciknez Nenad Stojčić
Dragorad Milićević

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CSL Executive Committee and Staff

A list of the 2008 CSL Executive Committee.

Individual awards

The annual CSL awards were presented before the CSL Championship final on October 26, 2008. All the awards were taken by the National Division teams with the Brampton Lions, North York Astros, and Trois-Rivières Attak receiving the most awards with 2 wins each. Daniel Nascimento of Brampton was chosen by the league as the MVP, and received the Golden Boot. After recording the best defensive record with Trois-Rivières, former Montreal Impact player Andrew Olivieri was named the Goalkeeper of the Year. Trois-Rivières were also recognized with the Fair Play award for being the most disciplined team throughout the season.

The Defender of the Year was given to Carlos Zeballos of North York. After improving his craft in Europe, Rafael Carbajal returned to the North York Astros to achieve the club's highest finish in their club's history. TFC Academy produced the Rookie of the Year with Adrian Pena. While Isaac Raymond was given the Referee of the Year, and down the road in 2015 was appointed the Manager of Canada's Referee Department for the Canadian Soccer Association.

Reserve Division

Reserve Division

In 2008, the league formed the Reserve Division to build a developmental structure within the CSL. The previous time a reserve division was in operation was in the 1990 season in the predecessor league. The intentions of the division was to provide clubs with a supply chain of players with additional playing time, and establish a developmental platform for players in order to make the transition to the professional ranks. The original 5 members of the division were from the Greater Toronto Area with a schedule running from June 2, 2008 to October 6, 2008.

Teams

Final standings

References

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