Category: 2018
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Stefan Vukovic THEY MADE THE GRADE…. AND MORE
While continuing to recognize and pay tribute to the more than 40 players in the Canadian Soccer League who played for their country, mostly Canada – the most recent being TFC captain Jonathan Osorio – and also those players who were not capped internationally but moved on to play at a higher level, we think…
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Stefan Mitrovic now with Red Star Belgrade HAMILTON CITY’S STEFAN MITROVIC IN DEMAND
It doesn’t take a crystal ball to suggest that midfielder Stefan Mitrovic is well on his way to a strong future on both sides of the Atlantic. Mitrovic played his way through youth soccer in Hamilton followed by a brief period with Toronto FC academy before entering the professional game with the CSL’s Hamilton City…
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ANY ONE OF THREE FOR TOP POSITION – Saturday’s games
It’s a very close race at the top of the standings with just two points separating the top three which means either of these three could end the day at Centennial Stadium on top, or second or could be the trailing team of the three. Scarborough is back on top and continues to be the…
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A GLANCE BACK WHILE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEW SEASON
PICTURE: The CSL meets with Southern Ontario teams recently as interest by new teams entering the league increases. While the Canadian Soccer League is determined to be forward looking, it’s not going to be hard to look back. With the approach of a new season, the league that was launched in the 1920s is forecasting…
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The city’s new professional soccer team is the Mississauga Eagles Football Club (MEFC), an offshoot of the Erin Mills Soccer Club. From left, three of the players are, Ivan Juric, Thierry Mangwa and Andrew Ornoch. Staff photo by Rob Beintema IT’S KICKOFF TIME IN THE CSL
The Canadian Soccer League will kickoff the new season with eight teams on Saturday, August 28 following the postponement of the opening day schedule of August 14 due to an insurance issue at the city-owned Centennial Stadium at Etobicoke in Toronto’s west end. The CSL teams taking part are the defending CSL champions FC Vorkuta,…
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SERBIAN WHITE EAGLES CANADA’S IMPORT CHAMPIONS
It’s been half a century since Serbian White Eagles took a bold step into the Canadian soccer community as an expansion team in the National Soccer League. It was 1970 and in that inaugural year the team, founded in 1968 in Hamilton, Ontario, finished third in the table, winning 17 of its 26-games NSL league…
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CSL PLAYERS SEE ACTION ABROAD
PICTURE: Fadi Salback now recognized by town’s residents as a celebrity. IM PR INC EIN PRESSWIRE Fadi Salback, the university student from Bowmanville Ontario, spotted in 2019 by FC Vorkuta during a winter off-season indoor soccer game and signed for a trial in the Canadian Soccer League team’s reserve squad to score four goals in…
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? CSL players moving up……………Part 2 FROM THE CSL TO EUROPE More CSL players ventured to Europe during the past decade, including Fidan Nika of St. Catharines Roma Wolves to German clubs FC Passau, SG Bogen II, SV Poppenreuth and most recently SV Mitterteich, while Gil Hong and Christian Kusiewicz of…
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THE 2018 CSL SEASON IN REVIEW
ALL SET TO GO Expansion teams CSC Mississauga and Real Mississauga joined Brantford Galaxy, Hamilton City , Scarborough SC, Serbian White Eagles, FC Ukraine United, FC Vorkuta and SC Waterloo to form the 2018 CSL First Division with a new season kickoff date of May 13. Halton United B also entered the CSL, to start…
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW …….CSL players moving up
The first of series. We all know what former Canadian Soccer League player Jonathan Osorio is doing these days as one of the most visible members of the Toronto FC team with a club record of 171 appearances. Osorio, also now a Canadian national team regular with 22 appearances and now on a break from…
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IMPORT PLAYERS FOR A BRIGHTER CANADIAN SOCCER LEAGUE
IMPORT PLAYERS FOR A BRIGHTER CANADIAN SOCCER LEAGUE There is no doubt that Oleh Kerchu, team captain and a leader off the field of play, played a big part in FC Vorkuta’s remarkable success in winning three titles since the York Region-based club became an expansion team in the Canadian Soccer League’s 2017 season. Kerchu,…
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SANY DEY OVERCAME TORRENTIAL RAIN TO WIN SCORING TITLE….Kezic top scorer in CSL Second Division
SANY DEY OVERCAME TORRENTIAL RAIN TO WIN SCORING TITLE….Kezic top scorer in CSL Second Division Striker Sany Dey became the Canadian Soccer League’s First Division top scorer in driving rain during final regular season game at the Heritage Field on September 25. That’s a big achievement in the tough CSL, but it’s become…
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VORKUTA, VORKUTA, VORKUTA SPELLS THREE CSL TITLES
VORKUTA, VORKUTA, VORKUTA SPELLS THREE CSL TITLES Vorkuta, Vorkuta, Vorkuta ! chanted fans at Centennial Stadium in Toronto’s west end, urging their team on in during a hotly contested, entertaining CSL Championship Final against Scarborough SC Saturday afternoon. And the encouragement was for good reason. The York Region-based Vorkuta had already secured the CSL Second…
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HALTON UNITED B ADVANCE TO SECOND DIVISION FINAL WITH 3-1 VICTORY TUESDAY
HALTON UNITED B ADVANCE TO SECOND DIVISION FINAL WITH 3-1 VICTORY TUESDAY Halton United B, a team in its inaugural year in the Canadian Soccer League, defeated Scarborough SC B by a 3-1 score in the playoff semifinal Tuesday night to advance to the Second Division Championship game against FC Vorkuta B this coming Saturday.…