2009 Canadian Soccer League season

Changes from 2008 season

• League extends playoffs to two games series and reduces regular-season schedule from 22 to 18 and a balanced schedule.
• Top 8 teams qualify for playoffs, without any seeding for division winners.
• CSL receives conditional membership in the Canadian Soccer Association (first league to achieve this in 16 years).
• Rogers TV commits to broadcasting a full 23-game schedule every Saturday night through to the finals.
• Inaria comes on board as official ball, and referee apparel sponsor.
• Windsor Border Stars franchise revoked.

Teams

Results table

All Stats Current as of games played Sep 20, 2009.

Standings

International Division

National Division

Playoffs

In 2009, both the quarterfinals and semifinals will be two game series. The winner of the series will be the team with the most points after two games. Should they be tied after the second game, the 2nd game will go into overtime, and if necessary, penalty kicks.

In both the quarter- and semifinals, the team who finished higher in the standings determines which of the two games they prefer to host.

The Championship shall be a one-game final on Saturday October 24 at Lamport Stadium in Toronto.

Bracket

| score-width=15px | team-width=260px | RD1-seed1=1 | RD1-team1=Quebec Trois-Rivières Attak | RD1-score1-1=3 | RD1-score1-2=1 | RD1-score1-3= | RD1-seed2=8 | RD1-team2=Ontario Portugal FC | RD1-score2-1=0 | RD1-score2-2=0 | RD1-score2-3= | RD1-seed3=4 | RD1-team3=Ontario Italia Shooters | RD1-score3-1=5 | RD1-score3-2=2 | RD1-score3-3= | RD1-seed4=5 | RD1-team4=Ontario St. Catharines Wolves | RD1-score4-1=0 | RD1-score4-2=1 | RD1-score4-3= | RD1-seed5=3 | RD1-team5=Ontario Toronto Croatia | RD1-score5-1=3 | RD1-score5-2=1 | RD1-score5-3= | RD1-seed6=6 | RD1-team6=Ontario Brampton Lions | RD1-score6-1=1 | RD1-score6-2=1 | RD1-score6-3= | RD1-seed7=2 | RD1-team7=Ontario Serbian White Eagles | RD1-score7-1=1 | RD1-score7-2=4 | RD1-score7-3= | RD1-seed8=7 | RD1-team8=Ontario TFC Academy | RD1-score8-1=0 | RD1-score8-2=1 | RD1-score8-3= | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Quebec Trois-Rivières Attak | RD2-score1-1=3 | RD2-score1-2=1 | RD2-score1-3=1 | RD2-seed2=4 | RD2-team2=Ontario Italia Shooters | RD2-score2-1=3 | RD2-score2-2=1 | RD2-score2-3=0 | RD2-seed3=3 | RD2-team3= Ontario Toronto Croatia | RD2-score3-1=1 | RD2-score3-2=7 | RD2-score3-3=0 | RD2-seed4=2 | RD2-team4=Ontario Serbian White Eagles | RD2-score4-1=3 | RD2-score4-2=1 | RD2-score4-3=1 | RD3-seed1=1 | RD3-team1= Quebec Trois-Rivières Attak | RD3-score1-1= | RD3-score1-2= | RD3-score1-3=0 (3) | RD3-seed2=2 | RD3-team2=Ontario Serbian White Eagles | RD3-score2-1= | RD3-score2-2= | RD3-score2-3=0 (2)

Quarterfinals

Nick Cisternino
Desmond Humphrey , , Italia Shooters won the series on points.

Ouimette
Shady Saleh Trois-Rivières won the series on points.

Viciknez , Tismenar Serbian White Eagles won the series on points.

Tihomir Maletic
Jonathan Bustamante Toronto Croatia won the series on points.

Semifinals

(Report) Jason De Thomasis
Pottinger Yannik Rome-Gosselin
Trois-Rivières won the series on points.

Dimitrov Fitzwilliams
Medić Serbian White Eagles won the series on points.

CSL Championship

James Louis-Jeune Serge Dinkota Chris-Michel Rumuri Felix Cardin Mirko Medić Nikola Budalic Jonathan Hurtis
Dragorad Milićević

Goal scorers

Updated: November 25, 2016

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20090917202856/http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/league_leaders_CSL.php?league_id=4346

CSL Executive Committee and Staff

A list of the 2009 CSL Executive Committee.

Individual awards

The annual CSL awards were presented before the CSL Championship final on October 24, 2009. The majority of the awards were taken by the National Division teams. The Serbian White Eagles and Trois-Rivières Attak went home with the most awards. Serbian team captain Sasa Viciknez became the second player in CSL history to be named the MVP twice. After recording one of the best defensive records throughout the season Dan Pelc took the Goalkeeper of the Year. Mirko Medic a former Serbian football veteran also contributed to Serbia's strong defensive performance, and as a result was voted the Defender of the Year.

Reda Agourram of Trois-Rivières received both the Golden Boot and Rookie of the Year honors, which subsequently promoted him to the USL First Division with the Montreal Impact. After leading Trois-Rivières to their first double Philippe Eullaffroy was given the Coach of the Year. Armand Di Fruscio the veteran general manager of St. Catharines Wolves was presented with the Harry Paul Gauss award for his constant commitment and allegiance to the league. TFC Academy were given their first Fair Play and Respect award. The Referee of the Year went to Justin Tasev, a veteran match official who refereed numerous USL and NASL matches.

Reserve Division

Reserve Division

TFC Academy II (Second Division playoffs)

The 2009 season saw the division increase to 7 teams with all the matches being played St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field in Vaughan, Ontario. The division was still primary based in the Greater Toronto Area with the senior clubs establishing relationships with the top provincial youth clubs in order to compete in the reserve division to provide a player development structure.

Final standings

Final

Matias Naalband
Cristian Rodrigues Marcus Lees
Andrew Sereduik

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