Canadian Soccer League Awards

The Canadian Soccer League Awards is an annual awards ceremony for several individual performances at the end of the season. The event was established in 1998, when the Canadian National Soccer League merged with the stillborn Ontario Professional Soccer League to form the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The ceremony has been traditionally held at awards banquet at the end of the season with the exception in 2008, 2009, and 2010 where they were given out before the CSL Championship final.[1][2][3] In 2010, the league began distributing awards to the Second Division for the first time.[4]

First Division awards

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Most Valuable Player Award

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Marin Vučemilović-Grgić won the award in 2012 and 2014 becoming the second Croatian footballer to win the award

The league's MVP award.

Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
1998 Rene Martin   Canada North York Astros [5]
1999 Elvis Thomas   Canada Toronto Olympians [6]
2000 Willy Giummarra   Canada York Region Shooters [7]
2001 Abraham Osman   Uganda Ottawa Wizards [8]
2002 Abraham Osman   Uganda Ottawa Wizards [9]
2003 Phil Ionadi   Canada Brampton Hitmen [10]
2004 Danny Amaral   Canada Toronto Supra [11]
2005 Desmond Humphrey   Canada Vaughan Shooters [12]
2006 Saša Viciknez   Serbia Serbian White Eagles [13]
2007 Nicolas Lesage   Canada Trois Rivieres Attak [14]
2008 Daniel Nascimento   Canada Brampton Lions [15]
2009 Saša Viciknez   Serbia Serbian White Eagles [16]
2010 Tihomir Maletic   Croatia Toronto Croatia [17]
2011 Tihomir Maletic   Croatia Toronto Croatia [18]
2012 Marin Vučemilović-Grgić   Croatia Toronto Croatia [19]
2013 Guillaume Surot   France Kingston FC [20]
2014 Marin Vučemilović-Grgić   Croatia London City [21]
2015 Josip Keran   Croatia Toronto Croatia [22]

Golden Boot Award

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The Golden Boot is the league's leading scorer.

Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
1998 Gus Kouzmanis   Canada Toronto Olympians [5]
1999 Eddy Berdusco   Canada Toronto Olympians [6]
2000 Gus Kouzmanis   Canada Toronto Olympians [7]
2001 Kevin Nelson   Trinidad and Tobago Ottawa Wizards [8]
2002 Darren Tilley   England Mississauga Olympians [9]
2003 Carlo Arghittu   Canada St. Catharines Wolves [10]
2004 Paul Munster   Northern Ireland London City [11]
2005 Aaron Byrd   USA Windsor Border Stars [12]
2006 Gabriel Pop   Romania Serbian White Eagles [13]
2007 Nicolas Lesage   Canada Trois Rivieres Attak [14]
2008 Daniel Nascimento   Canada Brampton Lions [15]
2009 Reda Agourram   Canada Trois Rivieres Attak [16]
2010 Tihomir Maletic   Croatia Toronto Croatia [17]
2011 Stefan Vukovic   Canada TFC Academy [18]
2012 Dražen Vuković   Croatia SC Waterloo Region [19]
2013 Guillaume Surot   France Kingston FC [20]
2014 Marin Vučemilović-Grgić   Croatia London City [21]
2015 Richard West   Jamaica York Region Shooters [22]
2016 Sergiy Ivliev   Ukraine FC Ukraine United
2017 Aleksandar Stojiljković   Serbia Scarborough SC
2018 Sani Dey   Ghana Hamilton City SC [23]
2019 Mykola Temniuk   Ukraine FC Vorkuta [24]

Goalkeeper of the Year Award

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George Azcurra has won the most Goalkeeper of the Year awards with five
Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
1998 Dino Perri   Canada St. Catharines Wolves [5]
1999 George Azcurra   Canada Toronto Croatia [6]
2000 Piotr Libicz   Canada North York Astros [7]
2001 George Azcurra
Luciano Miranda
  Canada
  Canada
Toronto Croatia
North York Astros
[8]
2002 George Azcurra   Canada Toronto Croatia [9]
2003 Simon Eaddy   New Zealand Ottawa Wizards [10]
2004 George Azcurra   Canada Toronto Croatia [11]
2005 Haidar Al-Shaïbani   Canada London City [12]
2006 George Azcurra   Canada Toronto Croatia [13]
2007 Claudio Perri   Canada St. Catharines Wolves [14]
2008 Andrew Olivieri   Canada Trois-Rivières Attak [15]
2009 Dan Pelc   Canada Serbian White Eagles [16]
2010 Milos Kocic   Serbia Serbian White Eagles [17]
2011 Scott Cliff   Canada SC Toronto [18]
2012 Antonio Ilic   Croatia Toronto Croatia [19]
2013 Antonio Ilic   Croatia Toronto Croatia [20]
2014 Vladimir Vujasinović   Serbia Burlington SC [21]
2015 Andrew Stinger   Canada Burlington SC [22]

Defender of the Year Award

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Maxim Tissot won the Defender of the Year in 2012
Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
2000 Bayete Smith   Canada Toronto Olympians [5]
2001 Kurt Ramsey   Canada North York Astros [6]
2002 Domagoj Sain   Croatia Toronto Croatia [7]
2003 Domagoj Sain   Croatia Toronto Croatia [8]
2004 Justin Marshall   Canada Windsor Border Stars [9]
2005 Fil Rocca   Canada Windsor Border Stars [10]
2006 Fil Rocca   Canada Windsor Border Stars [11]
2007 Domagoj Šain   Croatia Toronto Croatia [12]
2008 Carlos Zeballos   Uruguay North York Astros [13]
2009 Mirko Medic   Serbia Serbian White Eagles [14]
2010 Rick Titus   Trinidad and Tobago York Region Shooters [15]
2011 Sven Arapovic   Canada Toronto Croatia [16]
2012 Maxim Tissot   Canada Montreal Impact Academy [17]
2013 Sven Arapovic   Canada Toronto Croatia [18]
2014 Josip Keran
Nikola Stanojevic
  Croatia
  Serbia
Toronto Croatia
Burlington SC
[21]
2015 Nikola Stanojevic   Serbia Burlington SC [22]

Rookie of the Year Award

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Jonathan Osorio was the CSL Rookie of the Year in 2012
Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
1998 Tom Bianchi   Canada London City [5]
1999 Semir Mesanovic   Canada London City [6]
2000 Jimmy Kuzmanovski   Canada Oshawa Flames [7]
2001 Kevin Nelson   Trinidad and Tobago Ottawa Wizards [8]
2002 Darren Tilley   England Mississauga Olympians [9]
2003 McDonald Yobe   Malawi Ottawa Wizards [10]
2004 Paul Munster   Northern Ireland London City [11]
2005 Dennis Peeters   Canada London City [12]
2006 Uarlem Castro   Brazil Toronto Supra Portuguese [13]
2007 Tihomir Maletić   Croatia Toronto Croatia [14]
2008 Adrian Pena   Canada TFC Academy [15]
2009 Reda Agourram   Canada Trois Rivieres Attak [16]
2010 Thomas Beattie   England London City [17]
2011 Akil DeFreitas   Trinidad and Tobago Capital City F.C. [18]
2012 Jonathan Osorio   Canada SC Toronto [19]
2013 Guillaume Surot   France Kingston FC [20]
2014 Aleksandar Stojiljković   Serbia SC Waterloo Region [21]
2015 Ihor Melnyk   Ukraine Toronto Atomic [22]

Coach of the Year Award

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Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
1998 David Gee   England Toronto Olympians [5]
1999 David Gee
Tony LaFerrara
  England
  Canada
Toronto Olympians
London City
[6]
2000 Lucio Ianiero   Canada St. Catharines Wolves [7]
2001 Zoran Jankovic   Serbia Montreal Dynamites [8]
2002 Aldwyn McGill   Trinidad and Tobago Metro Lions [9]
2003 José Testas   Portugal Toronto Supra [10]
2004 Pat Hilton   England Windsor Border Stars [11]
2005 Dejan Gluščević   Montenegro North York Astros [12]
2006 Tony De Thomasis   Italy Italia Shooters [13]
2007 James McGilivary   Canada St. Catharines Wolves [14]
2008 Rafael Carbajal   Uruguay North York Astros [15]
2009 Philippe Eullaffroy   France Trois Rivieres Attak [16]
2010 Ron Davidson   Canada Hamilton Croatia [17]
2011 Velimir Crljen   Croatia Toronto Croatia [18]
2012 Stefano Vagnini   Canada Windsor Stars [19]
2013 Colm Muldoon   Ireland Kingston FC [20]
2014 Darryl Gomez   Saint Kitts and Nevis York Region Shooters [21]
2015 Vasyl Ishchak   Ukraine Toronto Atomic [22]

Harry Paul Gauss Memorial Award

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First introduced in 2004 as the CPSL President's Award, but was renamed in 2006 in honor of Harry Gauss. The award is presented to the individual who has shown allegiance, commitment and support to the league and its member clubs.

Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
2004 Bruno Ierullo   Argentina North York Astros [11]
2005 Tony De Thomasis   Italy Vaughan Shooters [12]
2006 Isac Cambas   Canada Toronto Supra Portuguese [13]
2007 Bruno Ierullo   Argentina North York Astros [14]
2009 Armand Di Fruscio   Canada St. Catharines Wolves [15]
2010 Tony De Thomasis   Italy York Region Shooters [16]
2011 Joe Pavicic   Croatia Toronto Croatia [17]
2012 Ryan Gauss   Canada London City [18]
2013 Pino Jazbec   Canada CSL League Administrator [19]
2014 Phil Ionadi   Canada CSL Director for Youth [21]
2015 Cyndy De Thomasis   Canada York Region Shooters [22]

Referee of the Year Award

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The Referee of the Year award is voted on by the CSL Referee Committee.

Year Name Nationality Ref.
1998 Bill Teeuwen   Canada [5]
1999 Silviu Petrescu   Romania [6]
2000 Steve Cahoon   Canada [25]
2001 Amato De Luca   Canada [8]
2002 Michael Lambert   Canada [9]
2003 Michael Lambert   Canada [10]
2004 Amato De Luca   Canada [11]
2005 Andre Jasinski   Canada [12]
2006 Mercey Watfa   Canada [13]
2007 Joe Fletcher   Canada [14]
2008 Isaac Raymond   England [15]
2009 Justin Tasev   Canada [16]
2010 Geoff Gamble   Canada [17]
2011 David Barrie   Canada [18]
2012 David Barrie   Canada [19]
2013 Justin Tasev   Canada [20]
2014 Marco Jaramillo   Canada [21]
2015 Goran Babic   Serbia [22]

Fair Play and Respect Award

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The Fair Play and Respect Award is awarded to the club which, in the opinion of the CSL Discipline Committee, has demonstrated good discipline on the field of play and has exhibited a high level of respect for the game officials in the regular playing season

Year Name Ref.
1998 London City [5]
1999 Toronto Olympians [6]
2000 Toronto Olympians [7]
2001 Durham Flames [8]
2002 Mississauga Olympians [9]
2003 Durham Flames [10]
2004 Durham Storm [11]
2005 North York Astros [12]
2006 Caribbean Selects [13]
2007 Trois-Rivières Attak [14]
2008 Trois-Rivières Attak [15]
2009 TFC Academy [16]
2010 TFC Academy [17]
2011 Niagara United [18]
2012 TFC Academy [19]
2013 SC Waterloo Region [20]
2014 Kingston FC [21]
2015 Burlington SC [22]

Media and Broadcaster Award

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The Media and Broadcaster Award is awarded to the individuals who have shown interest and loyalty in reporting CSL news and matches.

Year Name Role Ref.
2011 Jeremy Milani Television producer for Rogers TV. [18]
2012 Robin Glover Covering and providing game reports for the CNSL, CPSL and the CSL since 1995. [19]
2012 Enio Perruzza For announcing CNSL, CPSL and the CSL matches for 26 years. [19]

Second Division awards

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Most Valuable Player Award

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The league's MVP award.

Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
2010 Sergio Camargo   Canada TFC Academy II [17]
2011 Jorgo Nika   Canada SC Toronto B [18]
2012 Gino Berardi   Canada Windsor Stars B [19]
2013 Younan Samara   Iraq London City B [20]
2014 Mademba Ba   Senegal Kingston FC B [26]
2015 Arsenije Japalak   Croatia Brantford Galaxy B [27]

Golden Boot Award

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Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
2010 Wesley Cain
Jonathan Singh
  Canada
  Canada
Portugal FC B
Brampton Lions B
[17]
2011 Jorgo Nika   Canada SC Toronto B [18]
2012 Gino Berardi   Canada Windsor Stars B [19]
2013 Mademba Ba   Senegal Kingston FC B [20]
2014 Mademba Ba   Senegal Kingston FC B [26]
2015 Nikola Miokovic   Canada Burlington SC B [27]
2016 Mohammad-Ali Heydarpour   Canada SC Waterloo Region
2017 Taras Hromyak   Ukraine FC Ukraine United
2018 Kristijan Kezic   Croatia FC Vorkuta B [23]

Goalkeeper of the Year Award

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Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
2010 Jesse Castillo   Canada Brantford Galaxy B [17]
2011 Ryan Pumier   Canada Kitchener Waterloo United FC [18]
2012 Mark Rogal   Canada TFC Academy II [19]
2013 Roy Seaboyer   Canada Brampton United B [20]
2014 Adrian Ibanez   CAN York Region Shooters B [26]
2015 Ihor Vitiv   Ukraine Toronto Atomic B [27]

Defender of the Year Award

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Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
2010 David Ferreira   Canada Brampton Lions B [17]
2011 Oliver Spring   Canada SC Toronto B [18]
2012 Malcolm Mings   Canada Niagara United B [19]
2013 Daniel Stoker   Canada Toronto Croatia B [20]
2014 Danilo Richards   CAN Burlington SC B [26]
2015 Namanjar Sudar   Canada Brantford Galaxy B [27]

Rookie of the Year Award

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Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
2010 Sergio Camargo   Canada TFC Academy II [17]
2011 Jeremy Caranci   Canada London City B [18]
2012 Mark Wadid   Canada TFC Academy II [19]
2013 Mykola Chachula   Canada Toronto Croatia B [20]
2014 Nikola Miokovic   CAN SC Waterloo Region B [26]
2015 Kingma Zach   Canada Brantford Galaxy B [27]

Coach of the Year Award

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Year Name Nationality Club Ref.
2010 Michael DI Matteo   Canada Brampton Lions B [17]
2011 James McGillivray   Canada Niagara United [18]
2012 James McGillivray   Canada Niagara United B [19]
2013 George Jenkins   Canada Toronto Croatia B [20]
2014 Thomas Moran   Canada Kingston FC B [26]
2015 Amir Osmanlic   Bosnia and Herzegovina Milton SC B [27]

Awards by club

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Rank Club Total
1
Toronto Croatia
24
2
London City
14
3
Toronto Olympians
13
4
York Region Shooters
12
5
North York Astros
10
6
TFC Academy
9
SC Toronto
9
Kingston FC
9
7
Trois Rivieres Attak
8
Windsor Stars
8
8
Brampton United
7
Burlington SC
7
9
Serbian White Eagles
6
St. Catharines Wolves
6
Ottawa Wizards
6
9
SC Waterloo
5
10
Brantford Galaxy
4
Niagara United
4
11
Toronto Atomic
3
Durham Flames
3
12
FC Ukraine United
2
FC Vorkuta
2
13
Brampton Hitmen
1
Capital City F.C.
1
Caribbean Selects
1
Hamilton Croatia
1
Hamilton City SC
1
Milton SC
1
Montreal Dynamites
1
Montreal Impact Academy
1
Scarborough SC
1
York Region Shooters
1
Total 180

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