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	Brampton United !BRA	Brantford Galaxy !BNF	Kingston FC !KFC	London City !LON	Mississauga Eagles !MIS	Montreal Impact Academy !MTL	Niagara United !NIA	North York Astros !NYA	SC Toronto !SCT	SC Waterloo Region !SCW	Serbian White Eagles !SER	St. Catharines Wolves !STC	TFC Academy !TFCA	Toronto Croatia !TOR	Windsor Stars !WIN	York Region Shooters !YRS
Brampton United !Brampton United		7–1	1–0	3–3	1–0		1–2	6–0		2–0		4–0	1–2	0–1	0–1
Brantford Galaxy !Brantford Galaxy	2–8		2–3	4–0	3–6		3–0			0–5	1–4	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–0
Kingston FC !Kingston FC				1–4	0–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–1		3–7		2–4	1–5	0–5	1–1
London City !London City	3–2	4–2			2–2	1–1	1–0		0–5	2–1		2–0		1–3	1–1	2–2
Mississauga Eagles !Mississauga Eagles			3–0			1–1	1–3	5–1	1–4	3–2	6–4		0–0	2–3	0–1	1–4
Montreal Impact Academy !Montreal Impact Academy	0–2	6–1	7–0		2–2			5–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	8–1	1–0			0–0
Niagara United !Niagara United	4–1	1–2		4–0		0–3		4–0		2–1		1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–0
North York Astros !North York Astros		2–5	1–2	2–3	0–2	0–3			0–4		2–1		0–2	0–6	1–6	0–0
SC Toronto !SC Toronto	2–1	6–1	3–2		5–1	1–1	3–0	4–0			3–1	5–0	0–0			0–1
SC Waterloo Region !SC Waterloo Region	2–0	1–7	0–1	5–0			2–3	6–0	1–0		4–0	4–0		1–0	2–0
Serbian White Eagles !Serbian White Eagles	3–1		2–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	6–1	2–0	2–0			2–0	2–2			1–0
St. Catharines Wolves !St. Catharines Wolves	3–3	0–2	1–0	2–2	1–2		1–3	0–3		0–4			0–5	0–7	1–1
TFC Academy !TFC Academy			1–0	6–0	3–0	2–4		2–1	1–2	4–1	2–5			1–4	2–2	0–1
Toronto Croatia !Toronto Croatia	1–1	4–1		3–0		2–0	3–1		1–1	6–1	0–0	3–0			2–1	0–0
Windsor Stars !Windsor Stars	1–0	7–0		4–1		1–0	3–1		0–1	3–1	2–1	4–1		1–1		1–2
York Region Shooters !York Region Shooters	4–4	1–0	6–2		3–1	0–1		3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Toronto Croatia !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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

Total wins in regular season games.
Head-to-head record based on total points in league games.
Goal difference in regular season games.
Goals scored in regular season games.^[3]

Goal scorers

Statistics current as of 7 October 2012

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

SC Toronto v Serbian White Eagles

13 October 2012
7:00 PM

SC Toronto	0 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Serbian White Eagles
		Richard West 103'

Lamport Stadium
Toronto, Ontario

Montreal Impact Academy v TFC Academy

14 October 2012
2:00 PM

Montreal Impact Academy	2 – 0	TFC Academy
Mircea Ilcu 10' Mircea Ilcu 63'

Saputo Stadium
Montreal, Quebec

Windsor Stars v York Region Shooters

14 October 2012
4:00 PM

Windsor Stars	0 – 1	York Region Shooters
		Darryl Gomez 75' (pen.)

Windsor Stadium
Windsor, Ontario

Toronto Croatia v Niagara United

14 October 2012
8:00 PM

Toronto Croatia	2 – 0	Niagara United
Bozenko Lesina 78' Marin Vučemilović-Grgić 90+2'

Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Ontario

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

Toronto Croatia v Serbian White Eagles

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'

Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Ontario

Finals

27 October 2012
3:00 PM

Toronto Croatia	1 – 0	Montreal Impact Academy
Marin Vučemilović-Grgić 83'

Centennial Park Stadium
Toronto, Ontario

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

12 May 2012 (2012-05-12) Friendly	TFC Reserves	4-0	UConn Huskies	Toronto
16:00 EDT		UConn Report		Stadium: TFC Training Centre

16 May 2012 (2012-05-16) Friendly	Hamilton FC Rage	2-3	UConn Huskies	Guelph
		UConn Report		Stadium: Guelph Soccer Complex

19 May 2012 (2012-05-19) Friendly	Sigma FC	v	UConn Huskies

30 May 2012 (2012-05-30) Friendly	Windsor Stars	0-1	Detroit City FC	Windsor Stadium
19:30 EDT

18 July 2012 (2012-07-18) Friendly	Detroit City FC	0-0	Windsor Stars	Detroit, MI
19:00 EDT		pre Report		Stadium: Cass Tech High School Attendance: 1,032

27 July 2012 (2012-07-27) Friendly	Troyes AC Reserves	v	Montreal Impact Academy	France

29 July 2012 (2012-07-29) Friendly	AJ Auxerre Reserves	v	Montreal Impact Academy	France

1 August 2012 (2012-08-01) Friendly	Stade de Reims Reserves	v	Montreal Impact Academy	France

References

1 2 "Record 16 Teams Shape CSL'S Six-month Long First Division Campaign". official website. Canadian Soccer League. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
↑
↑ "SERBIAN EAGLES IN PLAYOFFS WITH FRIDAY VICTORY....SC Toronto and Niagara United win". Canadiansoccerleague.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
↑ "CSL CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE HEADER ANNOUNCED". Canadian Soccer League. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
↑ "CSL ANNOUNCES RECORD 16 TEAMS IN 2012 FIRST DIVISION.......Details unveiled at well-attended press conference". Canadian Soccer League. Retrieved 3 May 2012.

External links

Canadian Soccer League

First Division Clubs	Brantford Galaxy FC Ukraine United Hamilton City Milton SC Scarborough SC Serbian White Eagles Toronto Atomic FC York Region Shooters

Second Division Clubs	Brantford Galaxy SC B London City Serbian White Eagles B Toronto Atomic FC B SC Waterloo Region York Region Shooters B

Former teams	Mississauga Eagles Durham Flames Ottawa Wizards Durham Storm Hamilton Thunder Brampton Stallions Caribbean Selects Laval Dynamites Trois-Rivières Attak Hamilton Croatia Milltown Capital City SC Toronto Mississauga Eagles FC Montreal Impact Academy TFC Academy St. Catharines Wolves Windsor Stars Kingston North York Astros Brampton United Burlington SC Niagara United Toronto Croatia

Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Competitions	Givova Cup Open Canada Cup

Open Canada Cup Seasons	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Other Awards	MVP Award Golden Boot Award

2012 in Canadian soccer

Men's Leagues

Women's Leagues

WPS
W-League
WPSL

Cups

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2011–12
- 2012–13

National teams

Men	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification Men's Summer Olympic Qualifier

Women	Women's Summer Olympic Qualifier 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Team seasons

Club seasons

2011–12 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)

« 2010–11 Club tournaments in CONCACAF member countries between July 2011 and June 2012 2012–13 »

Domestic leagues	Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Belize '12 Bermuda Canada '11 '12 Cayman Islands Costa Rica Curaçao '10–11 El Salvador '11 A '12 C Guatemala Haiti '11 Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico '11 Saint Lucia '11 Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States '11 '12

Domestic cups	Canada '11 '12 Trinidad and Tobago United States '11 '12

CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Preliminary round, Group stage, Championship round, Final) CFU Club Championship

2012–13 in North and Central America and Caribbean association football (CONCACAF)

« 2011–12 Club tournaments in CONCACAF member countries between July 2012 and June 2013 2013–14 »

Domestic leagues	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados '12 '13 Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada '12 '13 Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Curaçao '12 '13 Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador '12 A '13 C French Guiana Grenada '12 '13 Guadeloupe Guatemala Guyana Haiti '12 '13 Honduras Jamaica Martinique Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico '12 '13 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia '12 '13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname '11–'12 '12–'13 Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States '12 '13 United States Virgin Islands

Domestic cups	Canada Mexico '12 A '13 C Trinidad and Tobago United States '12 '13

CONCACAF competitions	Champions League (Group stage, Championship stage, Finals) CFU Club Championship

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