2003 Canadian Professional Soccer League season

Canadian Professional Soccer League

Season	2003
Champions	Brampton Hitmen
Top goalscorer	Carlo Arghittu (St. Catharines Wolves)
← 2002 2004 →

The sixth Canadian Professional Soccer League season began on May 24, 2003 and concluded on October 4, 2003 with the Brampton Hitmen winning the Rogers Cup.

Changes from 2002 season

• The Montreal Dynamites moved to the Montreal suburb of Laval and changed their team name accordingly.
• The York Region Shooters folded and were absorbed into the Vaughn Sun Devils.

Final standings

Purple indicates conference winners
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Eastern Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Ottawa Wizards	18	13	0	5	53	10	44
2	Toronto Supra	18	10	2	6	50	29	36
3	Vaughn Sun Devils	18	7	4	7	41	30	28
4	Laval Dynamites	18	8	7	3	33	41	27
5	Metro Lions	18	5	10	3	26	29	18
6	Durham Flames	18	1	16	1	28	73	4

Western Conference

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Hamilton Thunder	18	11	3	4	38	19	37
2	Brampton Hitmen	18	10	5	3	38	25	33
3	Toronto Croatia	18	9	8	1	27	30	28
4	St. Catharines Wolves	18	8	8	2	26	34	26
5	North York Astros	18	4	9	5	20	33	17
6	Mississauga Olympians	18	4	10	4	19	30	16
7	London City	18	3	11	4	26	42	13

Rogers Cup playoffs

Quarterfinals

Toronto Croatia v Brampton Hitmen

September 30, 2003

Toronto Croatia	1–1	Brampton Hitmen
Chalmers  3'		Nijjar  29' Flores  36'
	Penalties
Chalmers Zupan Fitzwilliams Rickets Pavic	4 – 3	Herrera Bustamante Andrada A. Mella Ionadi

Victoria Park: 150

Brampton awarded victory due to Toronto Croatia using ineligible coach and general manager.

Vaughan Sun Devils v Toronto Supra

October 1, 2003

Vaughan Sun Devils	4–3 (aet)	Toronto Supra
Hugo  11' Smith  41' Thomas  44' Rollins  90'  100'		Diluca 12'  38' Amaral  73'  90+2'

Centennial Park Stadium: 75

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Semifinals

Brampton Hitmen v London City

October 3, 2003

Brampton Hitmen	1–1	London City
Herrera  37'		Salamon  83'
	Penalties
Blanche A. Mella K. Mella Herrera Flores	5 – 3	Pow Al-Shaibani unknown Elmauer

Cove Road Stadium:

Ottawa Wizards v Vaughn Sun Devils

October 4, 2003

Ottawa Wizards	0–0	Vaughn Sun Devils

N/A

Ottawa Wizards withdrew from competition. Brampton advances to final, while Vaughn plays Hamilton in the semifinal.

Hamilton Thunder v Vaughn Sun Devils

October 4, 2003

Hamilton Thunder	0–2	Vaughn Sun Devils
		Palleschi  10' Smith  44'

Cove Road Field: 175

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Rogers Cup final

Brampton Hitmen v Vaughn Sun Devils

October 5, 2003

Brampton Hitmen	1–0	Vaughn Sun Devils
K. Mella  27'		Turner  18'

Cove Road Field: 175

Canadian Professional Soccer League 2003 Winners
Brampton Hitmen First Title

2003 scoring leaders

Full article: CSL Golden Boot^[1]

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Carlo Arghittu	Canada	St. Catharines Wolves	18
2	Danny Amaral	Canada	Toronto Supra	17
3	Michael Diluca	Canada	Toronto Supra	17
4	Jahmo Welch	Canada	Durham Flames	13
5	Phil Ionadi	Canada	Brampton Hitmen	12
6	Khalid Mensah	Canada	Montreal Dynamites	13
7	Charles Gbeke	Canada	Ottawa Wizards	10
8	Hugo Herrera	Argentina	Brampton Hitmen	10
9	Joey Todaro	Canada	Vaughan Sun Devils	10
10	Darryl Gomez	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Metro Lions	9
11	Alen Marcina	Canada	Ottawa Wizards	9

Individual awards

• CPSL MVP Award: Phil Ionadi, Brampton Hitmen
• CPSL Golden Boot: Carlo Arghittu, St. Catharines Wolves (18)
• CPSL Defender of the Year Award: Domagoj Sain, Toronto Croatia
• CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award: Simon Eaddy, Ottawa Wizards
• CPSL Rookie of the Year Award: McDonald Yobe, Ottawa Wizards
• CPSL Coach of the Year Award: Jose Testas, Toronto Supra
• CPSL Best Official: Michael Lambert
• CPSL Fair Play Award: Durham Flames

References

1. "CPSL - Canadian Professional Soccer League". 2004-12-30. Archived from the original on December 30, 2004. Retrieved 2016-03-26.

External links

• Rocket Robin's Home Page of the 2003 CPSL Season