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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