2013 Canadian Soccer League season

The 2013 Canadian Soccer League season was the 16th since its establishment where a total of 21 teams from Ontario took part in the league. The season began on May 3, 2013, and concluded on November 3, 2013. SC Waterloo captured their first championship in a 3–1 victory over regular season champions Kingston FC in the CSL Championship final at Kalar Sports Park in Niagara Falls, Ontario.^[1] Waterloo became the first club to win both the First and Second Division championships in one season. While Toronto Croatia B won the second division regular season title.

Canadian Soccer League
First Division

Season	2013
Champions	Kingston FC (regular season) SC Waterloo (playoffs)
Matches played	132
Goals scored	477 (3.61 per match)
Top goalscorer	28 goals: Guillaume Surot
Best goalkeeper	Antonio Ilic
Biggest home win	SCW 9–0 STC (September 29)
Biggest away win	AST 0–4 YRS (June 23) SCW 0–4 TOR (August 4) BRA 0–4 TOR (September 14)
Highest scoring	9 goals: KFC 6–3 LON (June 16) SCW 9–0 STC (September 29)
← 2012 2014 →

The 2013 season was a controversial year where the Canadian Soccer Association announced that they would de-sanction the CSL just two months before the commencement of their season. The CSA's stated reasons were in order to implement the James Easton Report (Rethink Management Group Report) for the adoption of a new semi-professional soccer structure.^[2][3] In response to the move conducted by the CSA the league appealed to the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC), where the sport arbitrator ruled that the CSA have the right to de-sanction the CSL, but ruled that the immediate decisions and actions conducted by the CSA were unreasonable and coercive.^[4][5] The governing body was required to reinstate sanctioning to the CSL until the next season in order for the CSA to work with all existing leagues to fairly implement the Easton Report.^[6][7][8] Another controversial moment occurred when the CBC issued an article written by Ben Rycroft in which anonymous sources from the CSA claimed that the CSA decided to no longer sanction the CSL primarily based on the alleged reports of match fixing in the league.^[9][10] During the SDRCC hearing, CSA president Victor Montagliani stated that the decision to de-sanction the CSL was not made on any alleged grounds of match fixing in the CSL but strictly on the decision made by the CSA board of directors to adopt a new soccer structure in Canada.^[11]

The aftermath of the sanctioning issue resulted in a decrease in teams in both the first and second divisions as the two MLS academy clubs along with Brantford Galaxy, Mississauga Eagles FC, and SC Toronto left the league.^[12] Though the league did return to the Halton region with the addition of Burlington SC.^[13] Both Rogers TV and Cogeco TV continued broadcasting CSL matches throughout Southern Ontario.^[14] The CSL youth development system continued its success with four Montreal Impact Academy players being signed to the first team in the MLS before their departure from the league.^[15]

First Division

Teams

Out of the 12 teams this season, 11 returned from the 2012 season. The only expansion team was Burlington SC. The academy clubs of Toronto FC and Montreal Impact, as well as SC Toronto, quit the league, while two teams - Mississauga Eagles FC and Brantford Galaxy - will skip the current season, but retained their membership and hope to rejoin the league in 2014.^[16] While North York Astros merged with Toronto Vasas to form Astros Vasas FC.

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Astros Vasas FC	Toronto, ON (North York)	Esther Shiner Stadium	László Kiss[17]
Brampton United	Brampton, ON (Bramalea)	Victoria Park Stadium	Juan Barreto
Burlington SC	Burlington, ON	Nelson Stadium	William Etchu Tabi[18]
Kingston FC	Kingston, ON	Queens West Field	Colm Muldoon[19]
London City	London, ON (Westmount)	Hellenic Com Centre	Tomo Dancetovic
Niagara United	Niagara Falls, ON	Kalar Sports Park	James McGillivray[20]
SC Waterloo Region	Waterloo, ON	Warrior Field	Lazo Džepina[21]
Serbian White Eagles	Toronto (Etobicoke)	Centennial Park Stadium	Uroš Stamatović[22]
St. Catharines Roma Wolves	St. Catharines (Vansickle)	Club Roma Park	Carlo Arghittu[23]
Toronto Croatia	Toronto (Etobicoke)	Centennial Park Stadium	Velimir Crljen[24]
Windsor Stars	Windsor, ON	Windsor Stadium	Steve Vagnini[25]
York Region Shooters	Vaughan, ON (Maple)	St. Joan of Arc Stadium	John Pacione[26]

Burlington Vaughan London St. Catharines TORONTO Brampton Niagara Falls Kingston Waterloo Windsor Location of CSL teams outside of Toronto for the 2013 CSL season.

Astros Vasas FC Serbian White Eagles Toronto Croatia York Region Shooters Location of CSL teams in Toronto for the 2013 CSL season.

Results

Home \ Away	AST	BRA	BSC	KFC	LON	NIA	SCW	SER	STC	TOR	WIN	YRS
Astros Vasas		2–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	3–3	1–4	1–0	0–1	0–3	4–1	0–4
Brampton United	1–2		1–0	2–1	0–2	3–0	4–1	1–0	3–0	0–4	3–1	2–3
Burlington SC	1–2	1–3		3–5	3–2	0–2	3–2	2–1	1–2	2–3	1–4	0–3
Kingston FC	6–0	6–2	2–1		6–3	5–2	4–2	6–0	5–1	0–1	2–1	2–1
London City	2–0	4–2	3–4	1–3		0–0	3–2	2–2	2–0	0–2	3–1	2–2
Niagara United	2–4	1–3	0–2	2–4	2–3		0–2	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–4	1–2
SC Waterloo Region	0–0	3–2	4–2	0–2	4–2	1–1		4–0	9–0	0–4	2–0	5–0
Serbian White Eagles	3–0	0–2	6–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	1–2		1–3	1–0	3–1	1–2
St. Catharines Wolves	2–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–3	1–3	2–1		2–1	1–0	0–1
Toronto Croatia	3–3	2–0	4–1	3–2	4–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	3–0		2–1	2–2
Windsor Stars	4–1	1–2	3–0	2–2	3–1	3–2	2–2	0–3	2–0	2–2		1–0
York Region Shooters	1–0	1–2	4–1	1–0	3–0	5–1	1–0	0–1	6–1	2–0	3–0

Updated to match(es) played on October 6, 2013. Source: Various Team Websites
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Kingston FC	1	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
York Region Shooters	5	3	6	7	7	5	4	4	4	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Toronto Croatia	4	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Brampton United	12	7	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
SC Waterloo Region	6	2	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5
Windsor Stars	9	5	7	5	4	4	6	6	6	9	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
London City	7	9	11	12	9	11	9	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Serbian White Eagles	2	6	3	6	6	7	7	9	10	10	9	10	8	10	10	8	8	8	9	10	8	8
Astros Vasas	11	12	12	9	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	11	10	9	9	9
Burlington SC	9	11	8	8	8	8	10	7	8	6	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	11	11	10	10
St. Catharines Wolves	3	8	9	10	11	9	11	8	9	8	10	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	11	11
Niagara United	7	10	10	11	12	10	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Source: canadiansoccerleague.com

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kingston FC (C)	22	16	2	4	69	30	+39	50	Qualification for Playoffs
2	York Region Shooters	22	15	2	5	47	22	+25	47
3	Toronto Croatia	22	14	5	3	48	21	+27	47
4	Brampton United	22	13	1	8	43	36	+7	40
5	SC Waterloo Region (O)	22	11	4	7	52	33	+19	37
6	Windsor Stars	22	8	3	11	37	40	−3	27
7	London City	22	8	3	11	39	48	−9	27
8	Serbian White Eagles	22	8	2	12	30	36	−6	26
9	Astros Vasas FC	22	7	4	11	29	48	−19	25
10	Burlington SC	22	7	0	15	34	56	−22	21
11	St. Catharines Wolves	22	7	0	15	22	53	−31	21
12	Niagara United	22	3	4	15	27	54	−27	13

Updated to match(es) played on October 7, 2013. Source: Canadian Soccer League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Goal scorers

Statistics final as of October 7, 2013

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Guillaume Surot	Kingston FC	28
2	Marin Vučemilović Grgić	London City	19
3	Richard West	York Region Shooters	19
4	Adis Hasečić	SC Waterloo Region	17
5	Miloš Šćepanović [27]	Brampton United	16
6	Dražen Vuković	SC Waterloo Region	15
7	Marcos Nunes	Brampton United	13
8	Nicholas Lindsay	Burlington SC	11
9	Catalin Lichioiu	Kingston FC	10
	Krešimir Prgomet	Toronto Croatia	10

Updated: April 30, 2017
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2013-csl-first-division-stats/ Archived 2017-06-19 at the Wayback Machine

Playoffs

Bracket

The top 8 teams will qualify for the one-game quarter final, and a one-game semi-final leading to the championship game to be played on November 3 at Kalar Sports Park.^[28]

	Quarter-Final					Semi-Final					Final
	1	Kingston FC	2
	8	Serbian White Eagles	1
						1	Kingston FC	4
						7	London City	2
	2	York Region Shooters	1 (2)
	7	London City	1 (4)
											1	Kingston FC	1
											5	SC Waterloo Region	3
	3	Toronto Croatia	2
	6	Windsor Stars	0
						3	Toronto Croatia	1 (4)
						5	SC Waterloo Region	1 (5)
	4	Brampton United	0
	5	SC Waterloo Region	4

Quarterfinals

York Region Shooters v London City

October 11, 2013	York Region Shooters	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	London City	Maple, Ontario
8:00 ET	Mario Orestano 119'	(Report)	Aldin Kukic 110'	Stadium: St. Joan of Arc Field Attendance: 120 Referee: Manuel Orellano (Ontario)
	Penalties
	Francisco Javier Perez Gardner Fitzroy Christey Gomez		Vučemilović-Grgić Pirija Vukomanović Younan Samra

Toronto Croatia v Windsor Stars

October 12, 2013	Toronto Croatia	2–0	Windsor Stars	Toronto, Ontario
7:00 ET	Jarek Whiteman 100', 106'	(Report)		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 120 Referee: Michael Anthony Izzo (Ontario)

Kingston FC v Serbian White Eagles

October 13, 2013	Kingston FC	2–1	Serbian White Eagles	Kingston, Ontario
1:00 ET	Nathan Klemencic 51' Kihara Waiganjo 104'	(Report) (Report)	Stefan Racic 90'	Stadium: Queens West Field Attendance: 300 Referee: Pierre Acouri (Ontario)

Brampton United v SC Waterloo

October 14, 2013	Brampton United	0–4	SC Waterloo	Brampton, Ontario
7:00 ET		(Report)	Fazlagić 30' Hasečić 44' Vuković 88' Zoran Kukić 90+4'	Stadium: Terry Fox Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Ramee Arbaji (Ontario)

Semifinals

Toronto Croatia v SC Waterloo

October 19, 2013	Toronto Croatia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	SC Waterloo	Toronto, Ontario
7:00 ET	Fitzwilliams 62'	(Report)	Vuković 54'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Lyes Arfa (Quebec)
	Penalties
	Keran Hrvoje Perkovic Boze Poljak Jarek Whiteman Roberto Galle		Hasečić Inglis Mirza Colic Fazlagic Vuković

Kingston FC v London City

October 20, 2013	Kingston FC	4–2	London City	Kingston, Ontario
6:30 ET	Lichioiu 23' Surot 42', 80' Edgar Soglo 90'	(Report) (Report)	Vučemilović-Grgić 12' Younan Samra 54'	Stadium: Queens West Field Attendance: 700

CSL Championship

November 3, 2013

2:30 PM

Kingston FC	1 – 3	SC Waterloo Region
Nathan Klemencic 60'	Report	Zelenbaba 30', 74' Fazlagić 81'

Kalar Sports Park
Niagara Falls, Ontario

Attendance: 400

Referee: Justin Tasev (Ontario)

GK 30 Jaroslav Tesar RB 3 Rory Kennedy CB 6 Austin White (c) CB 5 Ryan McCurdy LB 17 Hugo Delmaire  73' RM 7 Nathan Klemencic  85' CM 32 Kenny Caceros  88' CM 15 Jason Massie LM 12 Edgar Soglo ST 23 Guillaume Surot ST 16 Catalin Lichioiu Substitutes: GK 1 Yasuto Hoshiko DF 2 Taylor Benjamin  73' MF 11 Michael Smith  85' MF 21 Tony El-Asmar  88' MF 28 Joey Pineo MF 29 Kihara Waiganjo FW 9 Mademba Ba Manager: Colm Muldoon

GK 1 Imad Hukara RB 9 Shawn Brown CB 5 Dado Hadrovic CB 3 Nemanja Simeunovic LB 8 Mirza Colic RM 14 Adis Hasečić CM 4 Haris Fazlagić CM 6 Vladimir Zelenbaba CM 7 Jake Inglis LM 11 Ranko Golijanin  73' FW 10 Dražen Vuković (c) Substitutes: GK 12 Zoran Pusica DF 13 Dale Cudmore DF 21 Thomas Sackor MF 17 Darragh Roe MF 18 Edward Syllie MF 20 David Muir  73' FW 19 Mohammed-Ali Heydarpour Manager: Lazo Dzepina

Assistant referees: Michael Stenbring Fabrizio Stasolia Fourth official: David Barrie

Individual awards

Colm Muldoon was voted the Coach of the Year

The annual CSL awards ceremony was held at the Sheraton on the Falls Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario on November 2, 2013.^[29] The majority of the awards went to regular season champions Kingston FC.^[30] Guillaume Surot became the first player in CSL history to claim three individual awards in a season. The Frenchman took home the MVP, Golden Boot, and the Rookie of the Year.^[31] While head coach Colm Muldoon with coaching credentials from Ireland was given the Coach of the Year award.

After establishing the best defensive record within the league Antonio Illic and Sven Arapovic of Toronto Croatia were voted the Goalkeeper and Defender of the Year for the second time in their careers. The league champions SC Waterloo received their first Fair Play and Respect award. Former Toronto Croatia club executive and CSL league administrator Pino Jazbec was given the Harry Paul Gauss award for his years of commitment and allegiance to the league. The CSL Referee Committee voted in favor of Justin Tasev as the best match official throughout the season.^[32]

Award	Player (Club)
CSL Most Valuable Player	Guillaume Surot (Kingston FC)
CSL Golden Boot	Guillaume Surot (Kingston FC)
CSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award	Antonio Ilic (Toronto Croatia)
CSL Defender of the Year Award	Sven Arapovic (Toronto Croatia)
CSL Rookie of the Year Award	Guillaume Surot (Kingston FC)
CSL Coach of the Year Award	Colm Muldoon (Kingston FC)
Harry Paul Gauss Award	Pino Jazbec (CSL League Administrator)
CSL Referee of the Year Award	Justin Tasev
CSL Fair Play Award	SC Waterloo

Second Division

Canadian Soccer League
Second Division

Season	2013
Champions	Toronto Croatia B (Second Division regular season) SC Waterloo B (Second Division playoffs)
Matches played	72
Goals scored	280 (3.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mademba Ba (17)
← 2012 2014 →

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Brampton City United B	Brampton, Ontario	Victoria Park Stadium	Juan Barreto[33]
Kingston FC B	Kingston, Ontario	CaraCo Home Field Invista Centre	Gabriel Cassis[34]
London City B	London, Ontario	Cove Road Stadium	Jasmin Halkic[35]
Niagara United B	Niagara Falls, Ontario	Kalar Sports Park	James McGillivray[36]
SC Waterloo B	Waterloo, Ontario	Seagram Stadium	Lazo Dzepina[37]
Serbian White Eagles B	Toronto, Ontario	Centennial Park Stadium	Sasa Vukovic[38]
St. Catharines Wolves B	St. Catharines, Ontario	Club Roma Stadium	Chris Kijak[39]
Toronto Croatia B	Toronto, Ontario	Centennial Park Stadium	George Jenkins[40]
York Region Shooters B	Vaughan, Ontario	St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field	Sam Medeiros[41]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toronto Croatia B (A)	16	9	3	4	37	27	+10	30	Playoffs
2	Niagara United B (A)	16	8	5	3	40	30	+10	29
3	London City B (A)	16	9	1	6	39	25	+14	28
4	St. Catharines Wolves B (A)	16	8	2	6	33	33	0	26
5	Brampton United B (A)	16	7	4	5	31	20	+11	25
6	SC Waterloo Region B (A)	16	6	3	7	23	30	−7	21
7	York Region Shooters B (A)	16	5	5	6	29	26	+3	20
8	Kingston FC B (A)	16	5	2	9	32	42	−10	17
9	Serbian White Eagles B	16	2	1	13	16	46	−30	7

Updated to match(es) played on October 7, 2013. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.com/schedules/res_standings.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round

Second Division Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarter-Final					Semi-Final					Final
	1	Toronto Croatia B	2
	8	Kingston FC B	1
						1	Toronto Croatia B	2
						7	York Region Shooters B	0
	2	Niagara United B	2 (3)
	7	York Region Shooters B	2 (4)
											1	Toronto Croatia B	0
											6	SC Waterloo Region B	2
	4	St. Catharines Wolves B	3
	5	Brampton United B	5
						5	Brampton United B	1
						6	SC Waterloo Region B	5
	3	London City B	1
	6	SC Waterloo Region B	3

CSL D2 Championship

November 3, 2013

12:00 PM

Toronto Croatia B	0 – 2	SC Waterloo B
	Report	Erwin Uzunovic 11' Mohammed-Ali Heydarpour 88'

Kalar Sports Park
Niagara Falls, Ontario

Attendance: 100

Referee: Ramee Arbaji (Ontario)

GK 36 Fiore Costa RB 9 Ivan Beram CB 22 Ivica Sunjka CB 6 Daniel Stoker (c) LB 3 Alexander Manta  84' RM 24 Ahmed Salama CM 7 Jack Crawford  32' CM 10 Peter Vidovic LM 8 Mykola Chachula ST 15 Josip Stanic  67' ST 11 Bohdan Sulypka Substitutes: GK 1 Ivan Skoko DF 16 Arthur Kopycki MF 14 Nikola Bosnjak  32' MF 20 Mark Grzesiowski  84' MF 21 Patrick Dolowicz  67' FW 4 Luke Sperr Manager: George Jenkins

GK 12 Zoran Pusica RB 2 Zoran Kukic CB 6 Terel Christian CB 9 Stefan Brisevac LB 3 Dale Cudmore (c) RM 8 Erwin Uzunovic  81' CM 19 Mohammed-Ali Heydarpour CM 4 Xavier Gillespe LM 17 Darragh Roe  92' FW 10 Mohamed Aborig  59' FW 10 Kevin Benavides  77' Substitutes: DF 5 Marko Djukic DF 15 Luis Cordero Monroy DF 21 Thomas Sackor  77' MF 7 Saul Campos  81' MF 18 Edward Syllie  59' MF 13 Mohammad Hassan Syed FW 16 Thomas Ang  92' Manager: Lazo Dzepina

Assistant referees: Benjamin Jacobs Scott Bowman Fourth official: Brian Butler

Individual awards

Award	Player (Club)
CSL Most Valuable Player	Yonan Samara (London City B)
CSL Golden Boot	Mademba Ba (Kingston FC B)
CSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award	Roy Seaboyer (Brampton City Utd B)
CSL Defender of the Year Award	Daniel Stoker (Toronto Croatia B)
CSL Rookie of the Year Award	Mykola Chachula (Toronto Croatia B)
CSL Coach of the Year Award	George Jenkins (Toronto Croatia B)

CSL Executive Committee and Staff

The 2013 CSL Executive Committee.^[42]

Position	Name	Nationality
Chairman:	Vincent Ursini	Canadian
Director of Media and PR:	Stan Adamson[43]	English
League Administrator:	Pino Jazbec	Canadian
Director of Officials:	Tony Camacho	Portuguese
Director for Youth:	Phil Ionadi	Canadian