2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season information
Football league season
Canadian Professional Soccer League
Season
2001
Champions
St. Catharines Wolves
Regular Season title
Ottawa Wizards
Matches played
132
Goals scored
441 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer
Kevin Nelson (Ottawa Wizards)
Best goalkeeper
George Azcurra Luciano Miranda
Biggest home win
Montreal Dynamites 9-2 Durham Flames (September 2, 2001)
Biggest away win
Glen Shields Sun Devils 1-8 Toronto Supra (June 3, 2001)
Highest scoring
Montreal Dynamites 9-2 Durham Flames (September 2, 2001)
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The 2001 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the fourth season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 25, 2001 and concluded on October 14, 2001 with St. Catharines Wolves defeating Toronto Supra by a score of 1-0 to win their second CPSL Championship (known as the RogersCPSL Cup for sponsorship reasons) .[1] The final was hosted in St. Catharines with Club Roma Stadium as the venue, while the match received coverage from Rogers TV.[2][3] The season saw the league expand to a total of 12 teams, and went beyond the GTA and Ontario border to include a Montreal and Ottawa franchise.[4] Throughout the regular season the Ottawa Wizards became the first club to end the Toronto Olympians league title dynasty.[5] The CPSL also launched the CPSL Soccer Show with Rogers TV providing the broadcasting, and granting Rogers naming rights to the CPSL Championship.[6][7] Other major sponsors included the Government of Canada, which served as the sole sponsor for the CPSL Rookie of the Year Award.[8] The league also announced a working partnership with the Canadian United Soccer League a task force originally started by the Canadian Soccer Association in order forge a unified professional structure with the cooperation of the Canadian franchises in the USL A-League to launch a Canadian first and second division domestic league.[9][10]
^Rogers, Alison. "Miracle at Roma Park". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. St Catherine Standard. Retrieved 2016-12-30.
^"2001 - Jan. 22 - Wizards Welcome; Roma Wolves Cup; Wild Card Stays". 2002-02-21. Archived from the original on 2002-02-21. Retrieved 2016-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"CPSL - Canadian Professional Soccer League". 2003-01-23. Archived from the original on 2003-01-23. Retrieved 2016-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"2001 - May 20 - Expanded CPSL set to kickoff". 2001-12-24. Archived from the original on 2001-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"2001 - Oct. 7 - Amazing Wizards Win CPSL League Title". 2001-12-25. Archived from the original on 2001-12-25. Retrieved 2016-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"2001 - Aug 3 - CPSL Launches TV Soccer Show". 2002-02-28. Archived from the original on 2002-02-28. Retrieved 2016-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"Rogers Television News Update, June 28, 2002". www.cameronfinlayson.com. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
^"2001 - Sept 17 - CPSL Benefits from Government Sponsorship". 2002-02-24. Archived from the original on 2002-02-24. Retrieved 2016-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"2001 - Nov. 1 - CPSL, CUSL to Join Forces". 2001-12-18. Archived from the original on 2001-12-18. Retrieved 2016-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"CPSL - Canadian Professional Soccer League". 2003-04-23. Archived from the original on 2003-04-23. Retrieved 2016-12-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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