2008 Canadian Soccer League season

Canadian Soccer League
Season 2008
Champions Serbian White Eagles
Top goalscorer Canada Daniel Nascimento (18 goals)
2007
2009

The 2008 Canadian Soccer League was the 11th since its establishment. The season began in May 2008, and ended on October 26. The season concluded with Serbian White Eagles claiming their first championship by defeating Trois-Rivières Attak 2-1 on penalty kicks.This was the third consecutive year the White Eagles had reached the CSL finals. Losing respectively to Italia Shooters in 2006, and to rivals Toronto Croatia in 2007.

The significant changes introduced by the league were the creation of the 5 team reserve division in the Toronto region.[1] An agreement was made between Rogers TV which would broadcast a CSL game on Friday nights.[2]

Changes from 2007 season

Final standings

National Division

"Blue" denotes division winners (#1 and #2 seats) & "Green" denotes playoff participants

Place Team G W L T GF GA Points
1 Trois-Rivières Attak 22 14 3 5 47 12 47
2 North York Astros 22 10 9 3 41 41 33
3 Brampton Lions 22 8 9 5 47 37 29
4 St. Catharines Wolves 22 7 10 5 28 38 26
5 Windsor Border Stars 22 7 10 5 31 46 26
6 TFC Academy 22 6 14 2 26 44 20
7 London City 22 0 19 3 22 81 3

International Division

Place Team G W L T GF GA Points
1 Italia Shooters 22 13 6 3 50 32 42
2 Serbian White Eagles 22 12 5 5 43 23 41
3 Toronto Croatia 22 11 6 5 40 35 38
4 Portugal FC 22 9 6 7 42 28 34

2008 scoring leaders

Full article: CSL Golden Boot
Position Player's name Nationality Club Goals
1 Daniel Nascimento  Canada Brampton Lions 18
2 Andrew Loague  Canada London City 14
- Selvin Lammie  Canada North York Astros 14
4 Dragan Radović  Montenegro Serbian White Eagles 12
5 Hayden Fitzwilliams  Trinidad and Tobago Toronto Croatia 11
6 Saša Viciknez  Serbia Serbian White Eagles 10
- Danny Amaral  Canada Portugal FC 10
- Johnathan Hurtis  France North York Astros 10
9 Tihomir Maletić  Croatia Toronto Croatia 9

CSL 2008 Playoffs

QuarterFinals
10 & 11 October 2008
SemiFinals
17 & 18 October 2008
CSL Final
26 October 2008 @ 5:45pm
Esther Shiner Stadium, North York, Ontario
         
1 Trois-Rivières Attak 2
8 St. Catharines Wolves 0
1 Trois-Rivières Attak 7
5 Portugal FC 0
4 Toronto Croatia 1
5 Portugal FC 2
1 Trois-Rivières Attak 2 (1)
3 Serbian White Eagles (a.e.t./PSO) 2 (2)
2 Italia Shooters (a.e.t.) 1
7 Brampton Lions 0
2 Italia Shooters 0
3 Serbian White Eagles 3
3 Serbian White Eagles (a.e.t.) 2
6 North York Astros 1

Quarterfinals



10-October-2008
Portugal FC 2-1 Toronto Croatia
DiLuca  60'
Amaral  70' (PK)
(Report) Maletić  16'
Blanche Red card 70'
Hershey Centre
Mississauga, Ontario

Attendance: 350
Referee: Joe Fletcher


11-October-2008
18:00 (UTC-4)
North York Astros 1-2
(AET)
Serbian White Eagles
Lalli  74' (Report)
(Rocket Robin Report)
Šćepanović  10'
Braletić  116'
Esther Shiner Stadium
North York, Ontario

Attendance: 300
Referee: Vito Curalli

Semifinals


18-October-2008
3:00
Trois-Rivières Attak 7-0 Portugal FC
Sylla  26'  58'
Mayard  41'  43'
Lesage  75'
Boivin  77'
Contreras  87'
(Report) Natt Red card 90+'

CSL Cup final


26-October-2008
5:45
Trois-Rivières Attak 2-2 (a.e.t.) Serbian White Eagles
Lesage  70'
Étienne  103'
(Rocket Robin Report) Braletić  61'
Viciknez  95'
  Penalties  
Di Ioia
Surprenant
Olivieri
Étienne
Uwimana
1-2 Šćepanović
Medić
Viciknez
Stojčić
Milićević
Esther Shiner Stadium
North York, Ontario

Attendance: 1600
Referee: Isaac Raymond


Canadian Soccer League 2008 winners
Serbian White Eagles
First Title

References

External links

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