2010 Canadian Soccer League season

Changes from 2009 season

• Single table structure.
• Four new expansion clubs: Montreal Impact Academy, Milltown FC, Brantford Galaxy SC and Hamilton Croatia.
• Trois-Rivières Attak ended cooperation with Montreal Impact; they announced that they would take a sabbatical year in 2010 and return for the 2011 season.
• Ottawa FC played as a guest team in the Reserve Division.
• Teams played a balanced schedule of 24 games.

Teams

Coaching changes

Results table

All stats as of games played October 9, 2010:

Standings

Playoffs

The postseason format began with a two-leg quarterfinal home and away series, followed by a one-game semifinal for the four surviving teams and a one-game final on Sunday, October 31.

The top four teams had the option to play their first quarterfinal game at home or away and the home venue was awarded to the top seeded teams that advanced to the semifinals. The CSL Championship Final was played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke on October 31 and received coverage from Rogers TV.

In the event teams were tied on points in the final league standings, CSL rules provided for the following tiebreakers in the order listed:

1. Total wins in regular season games.
2. Head-to-head record based on total points in league games.
3. Goal difference in regular season games.
4. Goals scored in regular season games.

In the unlikely event teams were still tied, the rules provided for the lowest number of disciplinary points during regular season games and if necessary, by the luck of the draw.

In the quarterfinals, the two-game home and away series was decided by total points and if tied on points, it was to be total goals over the two games. There was to be a two 15-minute periods of extra time and FIFA penalty kicks in each game, if necessary. The semifinal and CSL Championship Final was one game, with two 15-minute periods of extra time and FIFA penalty kicks, if necessary.

Bracket

| score-width=15px | team-width=260px | RD1-team1=Ontario York Region Shooters | RD1-score1-1=0 | RD1-score1-2=1 | RD1-score1-agg=1 | RD1-team2=Ontario Toronto Croatia | RD1-score2-1=2 | RD1-score2-2=1 | RD1-score2-agg=3

| RD1-team3=Ontario Hamilton Croatia | RD1-score3-1=2 | RD1-score3-2=1 | RD1-score3-agg=3 | RD1-team4=Ontario TFC Academy | RD1-score4-1=1 | RD1-score4-2=0 | RD1-score4-agg=1

| RD1-team5=Ontario Milltown FC | RD1-score5-1=0 | RD1-score5-2=2 | RD1-score5-agg = 2 | RD1-team6=Ontario Portugal FC | RD1-score6-1=1 | RD1-score6-2=2 | RD1-score6-agg = 3

| RD1-team7=Ontario Serbian White Eagles | RD1-score7-1=0 | RD1-score7-2=0 | RD1-score7-agg=0 | RD1-team8=Ontario Brantford Galaxy SC | RD1-score8-1=0 | RD1-score8-2=1 | RD1-score8-agg=1

| RD2-team1=Ontario Toronto Croatia | RD2-score1-1= | RD2-score1-2= | RD2-score1-agg=0 | RD2-team2=Ontario Hamilton Croatia | RD2-score2-1= | RD2-score2-2= | RD2-score2-agg=2

| RD2-team3=Ontario Portugal FC | RD2-score3-agg=3 | RD2-team4=Ontario Brantford Galaxy SC | RD2-score4-agg=5

| RD3-team1=Ontario Hamilton Croatia | RD3-score1 =0 | RD3-team2=Ontario Brantford Galaxy SC | RD3-score2 =3

Quarterfinals

Tihomir Maletic Toronto won the series on goals on aggregate, 3–1.

Brantford won the series on goals on aggregate, 1–0.

Bedenikovic Portugal FC won the series on goals on aggregate, 3–2.

Razumović Hamilton won the series on goals on aggregate, 3–1.

Semifinals

Lombardo
Mirabelli Anđelković
Kyle Grootenboer Adam Leggett

Givova CSL Championship

Golijanin

Goal scorers

CSL Executive Committee and Staff

The 2010 CSL Executive Committee.

Individual awards

The annual CSL awards were presented before the CSL Championship final on October 31, 2010. Toronto Croatia and York Region Shooters accumulated the most awards with 2 wins each. The MVP and Golden Boot was presented to Tihomir Maletic, a veteran striker for Toronto Croatia. The Serbian White Eagles established the best defensive record throughout the season, and as a result Milos Kocic, a Toronto FC player on loan was given the Goalkeeper of the Year. The league chose Trinidadian international Rick Titus with the Defender of the Year, after contributing to York Region's regular season title. Tony De Thomasis was awarded the Harry Paul Gauss award for his commitment and allegiance to the league.

London City produced another Rookie of the Year with Thomas Beattie, who later advanced to the S.League. After leading Hamilton Croatia to the CSL Championship final Ron Davidson was named the Coach of the Year. The CSL Referee Committee voted Geoff Gamble for the Referee of the Year., and TFC Academy received their second Fair Play and Respect award.

CSL Reserve League

Reserve Division Serbian White Eagles B (Second Division playoffs) Jonathan Singh (7) The reserve league expanded for the first time beyond the Greater Toronto Area border to include 11 teams. While the division operated as feeder and youth developmental system it also began to serve as entry-level division to the First Division for clubs with a limited amount of financial resources. All first division clubs operated a reserve team with the except of Toronto Croatia, London City, and the Montreal Impact Academy. Throughout the regular season Brampton Lions won the regular season title, while the Serbian White Eagles claimed the championship.

Teams

Final standings

Final

Vukovic

Individual awards

References

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