2015 Canadian Soccer League season

Canadian Soccer League

Season	2015
Champions	Serbian White Eagles (First Division regular season) Toronto Croatia (First Division playoffs, 10th title) SC Waterloo B (Second Division regular season) Milton S C B (Second Division playoffs)
Matches played	215
Goals scored	891 (4.14 per match)
Top goalscorer	Richard West (23)
Biggest home win	TOR 7-0 SCB SCW B 12-0 SER B
Biggest away win	NIA 1-9 YRS SER B 0-9 BRG B
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The 2015 Canadian Soccer League season began on May 9, featuring 12 teams in the First Division and 10 teams in the Second Division. The league finished on October 25 with Toronto Croatia winning the First Division title (their 10th) and Milton SC B winning the Second Division title.

First Division

Teams

Of the 10 teams that played in the First Division in 2014, eight returned. Kingston FC and North York Astros left. Brantford Galaxy returned from a two-year hiatus.^[1] Two new teams joined for 2015, Scarborough SC, and Toronto Atomic FC. A third team, Milton SC, joined from the Second Division.

Team	City	Stadium
Brampton United	Brampton	Victoria Park Stadium[2]
Brantford Galaxy	Brantford	Steve Brown Sports Complex[3]
Burlington SC	Burlington	Nelson Stadium[4]
London City	London	Hellenic Centre Stadium[5]
Milton SC	Toronto	Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School[6]
Niagara United	Niagara Falls	Kalar Sports Park[7]
Scarborough SC	Toronto	Downsview Park[8]
SC Waterloo Region	Waterloo	Warrior Field[9]
Serbian White Eagles	Toronto	Centennial Park Stadium[10]
Toronto Atomic FC	Toronto	Centennial Park Stadium[11]
Toronto Croatia	Mississauga	Centennial Park Stadium[12]
York Region Shooters	Vaughan	Joan of Arc Turf Field[13]

Brampton Brantford Burlington London Milton Niagara Falls Waterloo TORONTO Location of teams outside of Toronto for the 2015 CSL season.

Scarborough Toronto Atomic Serbian White Eagles Toronto Croatia York Region Shooters Location of teams in or near Toronto for the 2015 CSL season.

Results

Home ╲ Away

BRA

BRG

BSC

LON

MIL

NIA

SCB

SCW

SER

TAT

TOR

YRS

Brampton United

3–1

2–1

4–1

3–4

0–2

1–1

0–2

1–1

0–1

1–3

0–2

Brantford Galaxy

1–2

0–2

2–0

3–4

3–1

2–4

2–0

0–2

2–0

1–4

3–2

Burlington SC

5–0

1–2

0–2

3–2

4–3

4–3

2–1

0–5

1–3

1–1

0–2

London City

0–0

1–0

1–3

1–3

2–1

3–3

0–1

0–2

3–1

3–2

2–7

Milton SC

0–2

3–3

4–2

3–1

3–0

1–1

1–0

0–2

1–4

0–4

2–0

Niagara United

0–0

3–2

1–8

1–4

0–0

1–2

1–2

1–4

2–6

0–3

1–9

Scarborough SC

0–6

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–4

3–3

2–1

1–1

1–4

2–1

3–1

SC Waterloo Region

2–1

3–0

3–0

1–2

2–0

2–1

2–2

4–2

1–5

4–1

Serbian White Eagles

3–1

2–0

2–2

4–0

2–0

7–1

1–0

0–1

2–1

2–1

0–3

Toronto Atomic

4–1

0–3

2–0

4–2

2–0

3–0

0–0

1–1

1–5

1–2

1–2

Toronto Croatia

1–1

5–0

2–0

1–0

3–1

2–0

7–0

0–0

0–1

4–2

3–1

York Region Shooters

2–1

1–1

2–1

2–3

3–0

4–1

4–1

4–1

1–2

3–2

0–3

Updated to games played on October 4, 2015.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/first-division-schedule/
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

One match between SC Waterloo Region and Niagara United not played

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Serbian White Eagles	22	16	4	2	52	17	+35	52	Qualification for Playoffs
2	Toronto Croatia	22	15	3	4	57	18	+39	48
3	York Region Shooters	22	13	1	8	56	35	+21	40
4	SC Waterloo Region	21	11	3	7	34	27	+7	36
5	Toronto Atomic FC	22	10	2	10	23	37	−14	32
6	Burlington SC	22	8	3	11	41	44	−3	27
7	Milton SC	22	8	3	11	32	43	−11	27
8	London City	22	8	2	12	31	46	−15	26
9	Brampton United	22	7	5	10	31	33	−2	26
10	Scarborough SC	22	6	8	8	32	49	−17	26
11	Brantford Galaxy	22	7	3	12	32	44	−12	24
12	Niagara United	21	2	3	16	23	71	−48	9

Updated to games played on October 4, 2015.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/first-division-standings-2015/
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.
One match between SC Waterloo Region and Niagara United not played

Top Goal Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Richard West [14]	York Region Shooters	23
2	Zdenko Jurčević	Brantford Galaxy	21
3	Sahjah Reid	Serbian White Eagles	18
4	Adis Hasečić	SC Waterloo Region	16
5	Jose Gonçalves de Sousa	Scarborough SC	15
6	Darren Chambers	Toronto Croatia	12
	Vladimir Vujović	Burlington SC
8	Jure Glavina	Toronto Croatia	11
9	Josip Keran [15]	Toronto Croatia	10
	Oleksandr Semeniuk	Toronto Atomic FC

Updated: December 10, 2015
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2015-first-division-stats/

Playoffs

Bracket

The top 8 teams qualified for the one-game quarter final, and a one game semifinal that lead to the championship game played on October 25 at Warrior Field in Waterloo, Ontario.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Serbian White Eagles	1
	8	London City	0
						1	Serbian White Eagles	2
						4	SC Waterloo	3
	2	SC Waterloo	2
	7	Toronto Atomic FC	0
											4	SC Waterloo	0
											2	Toronto Croatia	1
	3	Toronto Croatia	4
	6	Milton SC	0
						2	Toronto Croatia	3
						3	York Region Shooters	2
	4	York Region Shooters	4
	5	Burlington SC	2

Quarterfinals

Serbian White Eagles v London City

October 10, 2015	Serbian White Eagles	1–0	London City	Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
19:00	Vukomanović  69'	Report

SC Waterloo v Toronto Atomic FC

October 11, 2015	SC Waterloo	2–0	Toronto Atomic FC	Warrior Field, Waterloo, Ontario
16:00	Stojiljkovic  38' Milanovic  48' Hasecic  90'	Report	Tischer  60' Mihalevskyy  66' Melnyk  80'

Toronto Croatia v Milton SC

October 11, 2015	Toronto Croatia	4–0	Milton SC	Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
19:00	Glavina  10', 58', 70' Brown  13'	Report

York Region Shooters v Burlington SC

October 11, 2015	York Region Shooters	4–2	Burlington SC	Joan of Arc Turf Field, Maple, Ontario
18:00	West  10', 36', 92' Stojanovski  40'	Report	Veloza  18', 50'

Semifinals

Serbian White Eagles v SC Waterloo

October 17, 2015	Serbian White Eagles	2–3	SC Waterloo	Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
19:00	Vukomanović  ?' Medic  96'	Report	Zeljkovic  4' Heydarpour  71' Hasecic  85'

Toronto Croatia v York Region Shooters

October 18, 2015	Toronto Croatia	3–2 (a.e.t.)	York Region Shooters	Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
19:00	Keran  81' Zadro  107' Fresenga  113'	Report	Edwards  24' Spatary  106'

CSL Championship

SC Waterloo v Toronto Croatia

October 25, 2015	SC Waterloo	0–1	Toronto Croatia	Warrior Field, Waterloo, Ontario
16:00		Report	Cordon  46'

Second Division

Teams

Of the 9 teams that played in the Second Division in 2014, seven returned. Kingston FC B left when their senior team left the First Division. Milton SC moved to the First Division and their reserve team joined the Second Division. Brantford Galaxy B returned when their senior team returned to the First Division after a two-year hiatus. Toronto Atomic FC B joined when their senior team joined the First Division.

Team	City	Stadium
Brampton United B	Brampton	Victoria Park Stadium[2]
Brantford Galaxy B	Brantford	Steve Brown Sports Complex[3]
Burlington SC B	Burlington	Nelson Stadium[4]
Milton SC B	Toronto	Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School[6]
Niagara United B	Niagara Falls	Kalar Sports Park[7]
SC Waterloo Region B	Waterloo	Warrior Field[9]
Serbian White Eagles B	Toronto	Centennial Park Stadium[10]
Toronto Atomic FC B	Toronto	Centennial Park Stadium[11]
Toronto Croatia B	Mississauga	Centennial Park Stadium[12]
York Region Shooters B	Vaughan	Joan of Arc Turf Field[13]

Results

Home ╲ Away	BRA	BRG	BSC	MIL	NIA	SCW	SER	TAT	TOR	YRS
Brampton United		4–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	4–2	1–3	4–2	1–3
Brantford Galaxy	3–2		2–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–2	3–2	1–4	2–1
Burlington SC	2–1	0–1		1–1	4–2	1–0	4–3	2–1	3–1	4–1
Milton SC	4–2	1–0	4–2		1–3	1–1	9–0	4–4	1–2	3–1
Niagara United	2–2	2–3	1–1	0–1		1–4	2–0	2–2	4–1	3–4
SC Waterloo Region	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–2	4–2		12–0	5–5	2–0	2–3
Serbian White Eagles	3–2	0–9	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–2		0–5	3–1	0–0
Toronto Atomic	2–0	2–1	2–3	1–2	2–0	0–3	0–2		5–1	0–3
Toronto Croatia	1–0	3–4	4–1	3–5	3–3	3–3	3–8	1–2		0–2
York Region Shooters	1–0	3–1	4–0	0–5	3–5	1–3	3–2	6–4	6–2

Updated to games played on October 5, 2015.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/second-division-schedule-2/
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	SC Waterloo Region B	18	10	6	2	58	23	+35	36	Qualification for Playoffs
2	York Region Shooters B	18	11	1	6	45	37	+8	34
3	Milton SC B	18	9	5	4	44	31	+13	32
4	Burlington SC B	18	9	3	6	34	34	0	30
5	Brantford Galaxy B	18	9	1	8	36	33	+3	28
6	Toronto Atomic FC B	18	7	3	8	42	39	+3	24
7	Niagara United B	18	6	5	7	38	37	+1	23
8	Serbian White Eagles B	18	5	4	9	31	62	−31	19
9	Toronto Croatia B	18	4	2	12	35	57	−22	14
10	Brampton United B	18	3	4	11	27	37	−10	13

Updated to games played on October 5, 2015.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2015-2nd-division-standings/
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.

Top Goal Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Nicola Miokovic	SC Waterloo Region B	15
2	Amardo Oakley	Burlington SC B	12
	Edward Syllie	SC Waterloo Region B
4	Lucky Maghori	Milton SC B	11
5	Raphael Barboza DaSilva	York Region Shooters B	9
	Adnan Smajić	Milton SC B
7	Camilo Veloza	Burlington SC B	8
8	Matthew Arbin	Brampton United B	7
	Milan Beader	Brantford Galaxy B
	Serhiy Marchak	Toronto Atomic FC B
	Aljay Sharkail Wilson	Toronto Croatia B

Updated: December 17, 2015
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2015-second-division-stats/

Playoffs

Bracket

The top 8 teams qualified for the one-game quarterfinal, and a one game semifinal that lead to the championship game played on October 25 at Warrior Field in Waterloo, Ontario.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	SC Waterloo Region B	5
	8	Serbian White Eagles B	0
						1	SC Waterloo Region B	5
						7	Niagara United B	1
	4	York Region Shooters B	4 (3)
	5	Niagara United B	4 (4)
											1	SC Waterloo Region B	1
											3	Milton SC B	3
	3	Milton SC B	6
	6	Toronto Atomic FC B	0
						3	Milton SC B	3
						3	Brantford Galaxy B	0
	2	Brantford Galaxy B	1
	7	Burlington SC B	0

Quarterfinals

SC Waterloo Region B v Serbian White Eagles B

October 10, 2015	SC Waterloo Region B	5–0	Serbian White Eagles B	Warrior Field, Waterloo, Ontario
16:00	Mirković  ?' Heydarpour  ?' Syllie  ?' Benavides  ?' Luyiga  ?'	Report

York Region Shooters B v Niagara United B

October 11, 2015	York Region Shooters B	4–4 (a.e.t.) (3-4 p)	Niagara United B	Joan of Arc Turf Field, Vaughan
20:00

Milton SC B v Toronto Atomic FC B

October 11, 2015	Milton SC B	6–0	Toronto Atomic FC B	Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School, Toronto, Ontario
15:00

Brantford Galaxy B v Burlington SC B

October 9, 2015	Brantford Galaxy B	1–0	Burlington SC B	Nelson Stadium, Burlington
20:00	Vrakela  88'	Report

Semifinals

SC Waterloo Region B v Niagara United B

October 18, 2015	SC Waterloo Region B	5–1	Niagara United B	RIM Park, Waterloo, Ontario
15:00	Karic  35' Heydarpour  50' Stojiljkovic  65', 89' Syllie  68'	Report	Paterson  ?'

Milton SC B v Brantford Galaxy B

October 18, 2015	Milton SC B	3–0	Brantford Galaxy B	Jean Vanier Catholic Secondary School, Toronto, Ontario
15:30	Mathurin  17' Maghori  41' Keitu Smith  75' Cameron  83'	Report	Vrakela  89'

Second Division Championship

Milton SC B v SC Waterloo Region B

October 24, 2015	Milton SC B	3–1 (a.e.t.)	SC Waterloo Region B	Warrior Field, Waterloo, Ontario
13:00	Jirta  88' Smajić  91' Maghori  106'	Report	Syllie  47'

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