2018 Canadian Soccer League season

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The 2018 Canadian Soccer League season was the 21st season under the

FC Vorkuta won their first championship by defeating Scarborough SC in a penalty shootout. Vorkuta found further success in the Second Division by winning their first CSL double after defeating Halton United in the finals. Meanwhile FC Ukraine United
claimed the First Division title.

The First Division saw an increase to 9 teams, while the Second Division decreased in size to 6 teams. The First Division returned to the territories of Hamilton, Mississauga, and the promotion of FC Ukraine United. While new entries to the Second Division included the return of Milton SC and the debut of Scarborough SC's reserve squad.

Summary

Championship race

The main narrative of the season was the race for the First Division title between

CSL Championship.[2] The organization made further advances in the Second Division as its reserve squad secured the double (division title and DII Championship).[2][3] In preparation for the season, Vorkuta managed to secure Ukraine United's general manager Denys Yanchuk and continued in the club's practice of foreign recruitment from the Ukrainian football market.[4][5]

After producing a perfect season in the Second division Ukraine United returned to the top division in 2018. Andrei Malychenkov resumed his coaching duties and retained the majority of his previous roster with additional imports from the Ukraine.[6][7][8] From the onset of the season, the club remained highly competitive and battled with rivals Vorkuta for supremacy of the division.[9] Vorkuta held the top position for sixteen consecutive weeks until Ukraine United usurped the position for the final five weeks of the season.[10] The western Toronto team ultimately reached the second round of the playoffs and succumbed to Scarborough SC.[11]

Playoff contention

The third position in the First Division was a highly contested spot with

Hamilton City, Scarborough SC, Serbian White Eagles, and SC Waterloo Region competing with one another. The White Eagles achieved a five-game undefeated streak and held the spot for two weeks. Shortly their performance dwindled and fluctuated between the fourth and fifth position to conclude the season in the sixth spot. Following their mediocre 2017 season SC Waterloo named Radivoj Panić
as the head coach, and assembled a roster with a mixture of league veterans with European imports from the Western Balkans. After a slow start to the season, the club rebounded to a seven-match undefeated streak and secured the third position on the final match of the regular season.

Scarborough SC continued to develop as an elite club with Zoran Rajović being assigned head coach responsibilities.[12] Rajović took advantage of the influx of European imports to the league, and a player agreement to acquire talent from York Region Shooters was negotiated.[13][14] One notable re-signing was the return of Canadian international Adrian Cann as team captain.[15] The acquisitions produced dividends for the eastern Toronto club as they held the coveted third position for the majority of the season for a total of sixteen weeks until forfeiting it on the final week to Waterloo on an account of a greater goal difference. In the postseason the club reached the championship final for the second consecutive season.[16]

After a year of hiatus from the league, Hamilton City returned under new management with Saša Vuković as owner and head coach.[15] The club experienced a transitional stage with fewer imports from abroad and more reliance on talent from their previous reserve team.[15] Hamilton managed to produce an average season enough to secure a playoff berth with just four points away from the third position.

Other teams

The final two postseason berths were secured by Brantford Galaxy and SC Real Mississauga. After the departure of Vukovic, the Galaxy brought in Milan Prpa as head coach and the team assembled by Prpa remained primarily the same as the previous seasons with many veterans returning.[17]

The season also witnessed the return of professional soccer to the

FC Vorkuta B
. For eleven weeks Halton retained the second position and reached the championship final.

First Division

Changes from 2017

Club membership increased in the First Division from eight members to nine.

Real Mississauga SC. The division also saw the return of Hamilton City SC from its one-year hiatus under new club management.[17] The York Region Shooters failed to feature an active squad for the season as owner Tony De Thomasis became involved with Unionville Milliken SC in League1 Ontario.[20]

Teams

Team City Stadium Manager
Brantford Galaxy
Brantford, Ontario
 Heritage Field Turf Milan Prpa[21]
CSC Mississauga
Mississauga, Ontario
 Iceland Soccer Field Silvester Trograncic[22]
FC Ukraine United
Toronto, Ontario
(Etobicoke)		 Centennial Park Stadium Andrei Malychenkov[23]
FC Vorkuta
Vaughan, Ontario
(Woodbridge)		 Ontario Soccer Centre Samad Kadirov[2]
Hamilton City SC Hamilton, Ontario (Stoney Creek) Heritage Field Turf Saša Vuković[15]
SC Real Mississauga
Mississauga, Ontario
 Paramount Fine Foods Centre Krum Bibishkov[24]
Scarborough SC
Toronto, Ontario
(Scarborough)		 Birchmount Stadium Zoran Rajović[25]
Serbian White Eagles
Toronto, Ontario
(Etobicoke)		 Centennial Park Stadium Milan Mijailović[26]
SC Waterloo Region Waterloo, Ontario (Eastbridge) RIM Park Radivoj Panić[27]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Ukraine United (C) 16 12 2 2 60 16 +44 38 Playoffs
2
FC Vorkuta
(O) 		16 12 2 2 55 16 +39 38
3 SC Waterloo Region 16 9 2 5 34 33 +1 29
4 Scarborough SC 16 8 5 3 34 20 +14 29
5 Hamilton City SC 16 8 1 7 41 38 +3 25
6
Serbian White Eagles
 16 5 4 7 20 20 0 19
7 SC Real Mississauga 16 3 2 11 14 42 −28 11
8 Brantford Galaxy 16 3 2 11 9 37 −28 11
9
CSC Mississauga
 16 1 2 13 9 37 −28 5
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2018-csl-first-division-standings/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners


Positions by Round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021
FC Vorkuta
111111111111111122222
Hamilton City SC599677554554444566655
SC Real Mississauga657999999686677787887
Scarborough SC783453333333333333334
SC Waterloo Region868566777868766654443
Serbian White Eagles976334445445555445566
Updated to match(es) played on September 27, 2018. Source: [1]

Season Statistics

Goals

Rank Player Club Goals[28]
1 Ghana Sani Dey[29] Hamilton City SC 13
2 Ukraine Pavlo Lukyanets FC Ukraine United 12
3 Ukraine Serhiy Ivlyev FC Vorkuta 11
4 Serbia Aleksandar Stojiljković Scarborough SC 10
5 Jamaica Kavin Bryan Scarborough SC 9
6 Ukraine Taras Hromyak FC Ukraine United 8
Ukraine Nazar Milishchuk FC Ukraine United
Ukraine Serhiy Ursulenko FC Vorkuta
7 Canada Hammud Ali Atif Scarborough SC 7
Ukraine Roman Datsiuk FC Ukraine United
Ukraine Yevhen Falkovskyi FC Ukraine United
Ukraine Ihor Malysh FC Ukraine United
Ukraine Yaroslav Solonynko FC Vorkuta

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Serbia Aleksandar Stojiljković Scarborough SC Hamilton City SC 5–1 (H) 27 May 2018
Sergiy Ivliev
FC Vorkuta
 SC Waterloo Region 6–1 (H) 9 June 2018
Ukraine Yevhen Falkovskyi FC Ukraine United SC Waterloo Region 0–9 (A) 30 June 2018
Ukraine Pavlo Lukyanets FC Ukraine United SC Waterloo Region 0–9 (A) 30 June 2018
Ghana Sani Dey Hamilton City SC
CSC Mississauga
 0–9 (A) 27 July 2018
Slovenia Timotej Zakrajsek Hamilton City SC
CSC Mississauga
 0–9 (A) 27 July 2018
Ghana Sani Dey Hamilton City SC
Serbian White Eagles
 3–4 (A) 3 August 2018
Jamaica Kavin Bryan Scarborough SC Hamilton City SC 4–4 (A) 18 August 2018
Ukraine Taras Hromyak FC Ukraine United SC Real Mississauga 8–1 (H) 18 August 2018
Sergiy Ivliev
FC Vorkuta
 Hamilton City SC 1–5 (A) 16 September 2018
Vadym Gostiev
FC Vorkuta
 Brantford Galaxy 5–0 (H) 20 September 2018
Ukraine Pavlo Lukyanets FC Ukraine United
CSC Mississauga
 10–2 (H) 23 September 2018

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Scarborough SC v Hamilton City SC
September 29, 2018
Toronto, Ontario
17:00 Angel Angelov 33'
Atif Hammud Ali 42'
Radaković
70'		 Report Peter Aleksic 46' Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
September 29, 2018
Serbian White Eagles
Waterloo, Ontario
19:30 Miodrag Kovacevic 19'
Zelenbaba 115' (pen.)		 Report Pešić 90' Stadium: RIM Park
September 30, 2018
Toronto, Ontario
16:00 Report Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
September 30, 2018
Vaughan, Ontario
19:00 Melnyk
Solonynko 		Report Bibishkov Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

Semifinals

FC Vorkuta v SC Waterloo Region
October 6, 2018
Vaughan, Ontario
19:00
Gostiev 45'
Ursulenko
117'		 Report Miodrag Kovacevic 42'
Sven Arapovic 		Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
FC Ukraine United v Scarborough SC
October 7, 2018
Toronto, Ontario
14:00 Malysh 89' Report
Stojiljkovic
91'		 Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

CSL Championship

October 13, 2018
Toronto, Ontario
15:00 Halchuk 29' Report Simpson 77' Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium
Referee: Marcos Jaramillo

Second Division

FC Vorkuta B
(May 25)
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→

Changes from 2017

The Second Division decreased in size to six-member as FC Ukraine United was promoted to the First Division, and Royal Toronto FC became inactive for the season. SC Waterloo B, London City were disbanded, and Milton SC returned to the Second Division.[30][31] Another new entry was through Scarborough SC as they began operating a reserve team for the first time. Other changes included the renaming of Burlington SC to Halton United.

Teams

Team City Stadium Manager
Brantford Galaxy B
Brantford, Ontario
 Steve Brown Sports Complex Tomo Dancetovic[32]
FC Vorkuta B
Vaughan, Ontario
 St. Robert S.S. Field
Halton United Burlington, Ontario Norton Park
Milton SC Milton, Ontario Milton Sports Centre Suad Tihak[33]
Scarborough SC B
Toronto, Ontario
 Ontario Soccer Centre Eddy Coronel[34]
Serbian White Eagles B
Toronto, Ontario
 Centennial Park Stadium Goran Bakoc[35]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1
FC Vorkuta B
(C, O) 		15 12 1 2 71 20 +51 37 Playoffs
2 Halton United 15 10 0 5 48 20 +28 30
3
Scarborough SC B
 15 8 0 7 48 40 +8 24
4 Milton SC 15 7 0 8 37 50 −13 21
5
Brantford Galaxy B
 15 5 1 9 25 32 −7 16
6
Serbian White Eagles B
 15 2 0 13 13 80 −67 6
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2018-second-division-standings/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners


Positions by Round

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617
Scarborough SC B
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Serbian White Eagles B86666665566666666
Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2018. Source: [2]

Top Goal Scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[36]
1 Croatia Kristijan Kezic[37] FC Vorkuta B 12
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Mitrušić Milton SC 10
3
Valery Yarmosh
 FC Vorkuta B 8
4 Canada Matthaus Garcia[38] SC Scarborough B 6
Geoff Martinez Halton United
Ukraine Dmytro Polyuhanych FC Vorkuta B
Canada Drilon Salihu[39] Halton United
5 Canada Ryan Khedoo[40] Scarborough SC B 5
Canada Adriano Marques[41] Halton United
Ukraine Serhiy Melnyk FC Vorkuta B
Canada Christian Truyen[42] Halton United
Serbia Vladimir Vujovic Milton SC

Playoffs

Semifinals

October 6, 2018
Vaughan, Ontario
15:00 Kristijan Kezic 8', 45'
Antonenko 90'		 Report Donart Beqiri 17' Stadium: St. Roberts S.S Field
October 9, 2018
Scarborough SC B
Burlington, Ontario
21:00 Christian Truyen 11', 63'
Karl Manzi 47'		 Report Edgar Oswaldo 31' Stadium: Norton Park

Second Division Championship

FC Vorkuta B v Halton United
October 13, 2018
Toronto, Ontario
13:00 Kristijan Kezic 14', 71'
Melnyk 15'		 Report Christian Truyen 13'
Robert Melo 35'		 Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

Awards

Weekly awards

Week CSL Player of the Week Reference
Player Club
Week 1 Alesandar Stojiljkovic Scarborough SC [43]
Week 2
Sergei Ivliev
FC Vorkuta
 [44]
Week 3 Timotej Zakrajsek Hamilton City SC [45]
Week CSL Team of the Week Reference
Club Division
Week 1 FC Ukraine United First Division [46]
Week 2
FC Vorkuta
 First Division [44]
Week 3 SC Real Mississauga First Division [45]

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