Category: CSL NEWS

Many fans will say that some goals were great goals worth the price of admission.  Last minute winners even more so. Some goal scorers score goals that are never foregotten. They are goals that win championships, important trophies. There are goals that are controversial while others are picture goals, goals we see just once in…

PICTURE: This was Scarborough SC’s third attempt in the past three years at winning the CSL Championship following two narrow defeats in the 2017 and 2018 finals. Just being there yet again was a highlight in itself for 2019 and the perseverance paid off with victory.   Some of the season’s highlights:  The biggest home…

PICTURE: It was on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at the Ontario Soccer Centre ground that 2018 CSL champions FC Vorkuta was the first team to be eliminated from the 2019 post-season playoffs. It was a shock defeat by Kingsman SC, an expansion team that squeaked into the playoffs after finishing eighth of ten in the…

PICTURE: Kingsman (red) earned the distinction of eliminating  the 2018  CSL champions FC Vorkuta from the 2019 playoffs, a penalty kicks shocker following a 2-2 tie at the end of extra time on October 12. With a 100 per cent record from seven victories, Vorkuta faced a big test on July 14 against Scarborough and…

PICTURE: Scarborough was a known quantity in the bid for 2019 honours, having finished third in the  2016 First Division standings and was a championship finalist in 2017 and 2018, losing by the narrowest of margins in a penalty kick shootout decider. On May 31 at the beginning of the 2019 season FC Ukraine United…

Nikola (Niki) Budalic, the former player and later coach of Serbian White Eagles in the Canadian Soccer League, is one of the busiest individuals in soccer these days after joining David Beckham in the launch of  new team Inter Miami CF.  Club Internacional de Fútbol Miami, which is referred to as Inter Miami CF or…

PICTURE: Kiril Dimitrov (right) overcomes an FC Vorkuta challenge during the regular season. The Scarborough player-coach missed the semifinal and final championship games but was busy on the other side of the touch-line to assist in the Toronto east-end team’s first championship victory. He’s been through the heavy going that is the Canadian Soccer League…

PICTURE: Mykola Temniuk, the CSL’s top goalscorer for 2019, was the top scorer  for Ukrainian club FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk in the 2016-17 season. Mykola Temniuk of FC Vorkuta led the CSL First Division scoring in the regular season just ended and Marko Stajic of Serbian White Eagles was the leading goalscorer in the Second Division.…

PICTURE: Aleksander Stojiljkovic drives the ball past Ukraine United goalkeeper Vladimir Dragicevic, one of 48 goals scored during the striker’s three seasons with with now CSL champions Scarborough. Scarborough striker Aleksander Stojiljkovic made his mark in the CSL sometime ago when he became known as the 4-goal man, scoring four goals in a 7-0 victory…

PICTURE: A jubilant Scarborough SC are the 2019 champions following a decisive 2-0 victory over FC Ukraine United in a well played CSL Championship Final at Centennial Stadium Saturday.   It was Scarborough’s first CSL Championship win and follows two narrow  final game defeats in penalty kick shootouts, 2017 and 2018.           …

PICTURE: Scarborough (green) on the offensive winning 4-2 over Kingsman in the CSL Championship semifinal at Birchmount Stadium Saturday. It will be Scarborough’s third final in three years on October 26, and will be against semifinalists FC Ukraine United or SC Waterloo. PHOTO: Oleg Kalyadin Scarborough SC advanced to the Canadian Soccer League Championship Final…

Semifinal games for both the CSL Championship and the CSL Second Division Championship will be played this coming weekend with the following schedule: CSL CHAMPIONSHIP – Semifinals (First Division teams) Saturday, Oct 19 Birchmount Stadium 4 pm Scarborough SC vs Kingsman A Sunday, Oct 20 Centennial Stadium 4pm FC Ukraine United vs  SC Waterloo SECOND…

CSC Mississauga B and Hamilton City B advanced to the semifinals of the Second Division Championship following wins in the quarterfinals played Tuesday night. CSC Mississauga B scored a narrow 1-0 victory over Brantford Galaxy B at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, while at the same time Hamilton City B defeated Kingsman B by a…