2003 Canadian Professional Soccer League season information
Football league season
Canadian Professional Soccer League
Season
2003
Champions
Brampton Hitmen
Regular Season title
Ottawa Wizards (Eastern Conference)
Hamilton Thunder (Western Conference)
Matches played
117
Goals scored
405 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorer
Carlo Arghittu (St. Catharines Wolves)
Best goalkeeper
Simon Eaddy
Biggest home win
Toronto Supra 9-1 Durham Flames (September 24, 2003)
Biggest away win
Durham Flames 2-5 Metro Lions (September 14, 2003)
Durham Flames 4-5 Vaughan Sun Devils (August 10, 2003)
Durham Flames 2-5 Ottawa Wizards (July 19, 2003)
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The 2003 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the sixth season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 24, 2003 and concluded on October 5, 2003 with the Brampton Hitmen defeating Vaughan Sun Devils 1-0 to capture the CPSL Championship (known as the RogersCPSL Cup for sponsorship reasons).[1] The victory marked Brampton's first championship title, and the final was played at Cove Road Stadium in London, Ontario.[2] During the regular season the Ottawa Wizards and the Hamilton Thunder won their respective conferences. Ottawa became the second CPSL franchise to go undefeated throughout the regular season.
Unfortunately the season was plagued with controversy as the Wizards withdrew from the playoff competition, due to a dispute with the CPSL Executive Committee.[3][4] Another controversy stemmed from a quarterfinal match between Brampton and Toronto Croatia, where Toronto won the match on penalties, but was reversed by the league due to Toronto using an ineligible coach and general manager.[5] On a positive note the league's television program the CPSL Soccer Show recorded the highest ratings of any other Sunday program shown on Rogers TV.[6][7]
^"October 5, 2003 CPSL Rogers Cup Final Brampton vs Vaughan from CPSL website". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
^"October 2, 2003 CPSL setup to Rogers Cup Weekend from CPSL website". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
^"Welcome to the OTTAWA Wizards". 2004-02-02. Archived from the original on 2004-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"October 9, 2003 CPSL disipline [sic] for Ottawa Wizards from CPSL website". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
^"October 1, 2003 CPSL Toronto Croatia vs Brampton (League decision)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-01-01.
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