2012 Canadian Soccer League season

Canadian Soccer League
Season 2012
Champions Toronto Croatia (regular season)
Toronto Croatia (playoffs)
Matches played 176
Goals scored 621 (3.53 per match)
Top goalscorer 20 goals:
Dražen Vuković
Biggest home win MTL 8–1 SCW
(20 May)
WIN 7–0 BNF
(25 August)
Biggest away win STC 0–7 TOR
(19 September)
Highest scoring 10 goals:
BNF 2–8 BRA
(10 June)
MIS 6–4 SER
(10 August)
KFC 3–7 SER
(8 September)
2011
2013

The 2012 Canadian Soccer League season began 5 May and came to an end on 27 October. Toronto Croatia won the championship with a 1-0 victory over Montreal Impact Academy.

Changes from 2011

Each team will play an unbalanced schedule of 22 games for the 2012 season.[1]

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 13 from the 2011 season and three expansion teams.[1] The league will feature three expansion teams which started play in last years second division, Kingston FC which joined the CSL as Prospect FC, Niagara United, and SC Waterloo Region formerly known as KW United FC. Capital City F.C. will not return for the 2012 season after failing to renew their league membership.

Team City Stadium
Brampton United Brampton, ON Victoria Park
Brantford Galaxy Brantford, ON Lions Park
Kingston FC Kingston, ON CaraCo Home Field[2]
London City London, ON Cove Road Stadium
Mississauga Eagles FC Mississauga, ON Hershey Centre
Montreal Impact Academy (U21) Montreal CS St. Jean De Vianney
Niagara United Niagara Falls, ON Kalar Park Sports Field
North York Astros North York, ON Esther Shiner Stadium
SC Toronto Toronto Lamport Stadium
SC Waterloo Region Waterloo, ON Seagram Stadium
St. David's High School
Serbian White Eagles Toronto Centennial Park Stadium
St. Catharines Roma Wolves St. Catharines Club Roma
TFC Academy (U18) Toronto Downsview Park
Toronto Croatia Etobicoke Centennial Park Stadium
Windsor Stars Windsor, ON Windsor Stadium
York Region Shooters Maple, ON St. Joan of Arc High School

Results

Home ╲ Away BRA BNF KFCLONMISMTLNIANYASCTSCWSERSTCTFCATORWINYRS
Brampton United 71 10 33 10 12 60 20 40 12 01 01
Brantford Galaxy 28 23 40 36 30 05 14 11 10 02 10
Kingston FC 14 02 12 12 21 01 37 24 15 05 11
London City 32 42 22 11 10 05 21 20 13 11 22
Mississauga Eagles 30 11 13 51 14 32 64 00 23 01 14
Montreal Impact Academy 02 61 70 22 50 10 31 10 81 10 00
Niagara United 41 12 40 03 40 21 11 02 00 21 00
North York Astros 25 12 23 02 03 04 21 02 06 16 00
SC Toronto 21 61 32 51 11 30 40 31 50 00 01
SC Waterloo Region 20 17 01 50 23 60 10 40 40 10 20
Serbian White Eagles 31 21 22 11 12 61 20 20 20 22 10
St. Catharines Wolves 33 02 10 22 12 13 03 04 05 07 11
TFC Academy 10 60 30 24 21 12 41 25 14 22 01
Toronto Croatia 11 41 30 20 31 11 61 00 30 21 00
Windsor Stars 10 70 41 10 31 01 31 21 41 11 12
York Region Shooters 44 10 62 31 01 31 11 11 11 10 11

Updated to games played on 10 October 2012.
Source: Various Team Websites
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by Round

Team ╲ Round 12345678910111213141516171819202122
Toronto Croatia 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Montreal Impact Academy 9 4 8 5 4 3 2 5 4 4 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2
SC Toronto 1 1 1 3 7 6 6 4 5 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
Windsor Stars 14 10 5 7 10 8 9 8 8 8 7 8 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
York Region Shooters 6 6 9 9 11 10 10 9 9 9 8 6 6 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5
Serbian White Eagles 7 5 3 2 2 2 4 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 10 10 8 9 7 7 7 6
TFC Academy 4 8 4 6 8 7 5 3 2 5 4 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7
Niagara United 10 9 7 10 5 4 7 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 9 8 8
SC Waterloo Region 5 2 6 8 12 9 11 12 12 12 12 10 10 11 11 11 11 8 10 11 10 9
Mississauga Eagles 2 7 10 12 9 12 12 11 11 10 10 11 11 10 9 9 9 10 8 10 11 10
Brampton United 11 11 11 4 3 5 3 2 3 6 5 5 4 5 6 6 7 7 9 8 9 11
London City 7 12 14 15 14 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12
Brantford Galaxy 11 14 12 11 6 11 8 6 6 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 11 12 13 13
Kingston FC 13 12 14 14 13 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 15 14 14 14 14
St. Catharines Wolves 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 16 15 14 14 15 15 15 15
North York Astros 15 15 13 13 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Last updated: 10 October 2012
Source: canadiansoccerleague.com

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 Toronto Croatia (C) (O) (A) 22 15 6 1 57 13 +44 51 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Montreal Impact Academy (A) 22 14 5 3 52 17 +35 47
3 SC Toronto (A) 22 14 4 4 51 16 +35 46
4 Windsor Stars (A) 22 12 4 6 46 21 +25 40
5 York Region Shooters (A) 22 9 11 2 33 19 +14 38
6 Serbian White Eagles (A) 22 10 5 7 48 35 +13 35
7 TFC Academy (A) 22 10 5 7 42 28 +14 35
8 Niagara United (A) 22 10 3 9 34 36 2 33
9 SC Waterloo Region 22 10 1 11 46 37 +9 31
10 Mississauga Eagles 22 8 5 9 42 44 2 29
11 Brampton United 22 8 4 10 49 35 +14 28
12 London City 22 7 7 8 34 55 21 28
13 Brantford Galaxy 22 8 1 13 40 68 28 25
14 Kingston FC 22 4 1 17 23 61 38 13
15 St. Catharines Wolves 22 1 5 16 13 67 54 8
16 North York Astros 22 2 1 19 15 73 58 7

Updated to games played on 10 October 2012.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.com/schedules/1standings.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Tiebreak rules

  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.[3]

Goal scorers

Statistics current as of 7 October 2012

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Croatia Dražen Vuković SC Waterloo Region 20
2 Serbia Zoran Rajović Serbian White Eagles 18
3 Croatia Marin Vučemilović-Grgić Toronto Croatia 16
4 Jamaica Richard West Serbian White Eagles 15
5 Canada David Guzman Brampton United 14
6 Croatia Tihomir Maletić Toronto Croatia 13
Canada Miloš Šćepanović Brampton United 13
8 Canada Joey Melo Mississauga Eagles FC 12
Canada Jarek Whiteman SC Toronto 12
10 Canada Jonathan Osorio SC Toronto 11
11 Senegal Mademba Ba Kingston FC 10
Canada Sergio Camargo TFC Academy 10

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 27 October at Centennial Park Stadium.[4]

Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final
         
1 Toronto Croatia 2
8 Niagara United 0
1 Toronto Croatia 4
6 Serbian White Eagles 0
3 SC Toronto 0
6 Serbian White Eagles 1
1 Toronto Croatia 1
2 Montreal Impact Academy 0
2 Montreal Impact Academy 2
7 TFC Academy 0
2 Montreal Impact Academy 3
5 York Region Shooters 1
4 Windsor Stars 0
5 York Region Shooters 1

Quarterfinals




14 October 2012
8:00 PM
Toronto Croatia 2 0 Niagara United
Bozenko Lesina  78'
Marin Vučemilović-Grgić  90+2'

Semifinals

21 October 2012
2:00 PM
Montreal Impact Academy 3 1 York Region Shooters
Wandrille Lefevre  26' (pen.)
Anthony Jackson-Hamel  46'
Yacine Alt Slimane  90+4'
Kadian Lecky  35'
St Jean de Vianney
Montreal, Quebec

21 October 2012
8:00 PM
Toronto Croatia 4 0 Serbian White Eagles
Josip Keran  19'
Tihomir Maletić  51'
Tihomir Maletić  54'
Andelo Srzentić  86'

Finals


Second Division

The CSL will field 12 teams in its second division, all reserve teams of players mostly under 23 years of age. With emphasis on developing the younger players, the league rule allows for a maximum three players and the goalkeeper to be over 23.[5] The teams will play a 16 game schedule.

Second Division Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
1 TFC Academy II (A) 16 13 3 0 57 9 +48 42 Playoffs
2 Windsor Stars B (A) 16 11 2 3 53 23 +30 35
3 Niagara United B (A) 16 10 1 5 43 31 +12 31
4 SC Toronto B (A) 16 8 4 4 53 19 +34 28
5 SC Waterloo Region B (A) 16 8 3 5 25 22 +3 27
6 Brampton United B (A) 16 8 2 6 40 24 +16 26
7 York Region Shooters B (A) 16 7 3 6 22 31 9 24
8 Mississauga Eagles B (A) 16 5 6 5 26 37 11 21
9 Serbian White Eagles B 16 5 3 8 26 32 6 18
10 St. Catharines Wolves B 16 5 0 11 25 39 14 15
11 Kingston FC B 16 1 1 14 15 72 57 4
12 Brantford Galaxy SC B 16 1 0 15 9 55 46 3

Updated to games played on 10 October 2012.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.com/schedules/res_standings.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Second Division Playoffs

Quarter-Final Semi-Final Final
         
4 SC Toronto B 6
5 SC Waterloo Region B 0
4 SC Toronto B 2 (4)
8 Mississauga Eagles B 2 (3)
1 TFC Academy II 0
8 Mississauga Eagles B 2
4 SC Toronto B 3
6 Brampton United B 1
3 Niagara United B 1
6 Brampton United B 2
6 Brampton United B 2
7 York Region Shooters B 0
2 Windsor Stars B 0
7 York Region Shooters B 2

Outside League Matches

References

External links

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