October 31, 2010 CSL Final--Hamilton Croatia vs Brantford Galaxy (from CSL website)
BRANTFORD GALAXY CSL CHAMPS......Fazlagic hits two in decisive win at well-attended game in Toronto
2010-10-31
Brantford Galaxy defeated FC Hamilton Croatia 3-0 to win the CSL championship in a well atended, entertaining encounter at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke Sunday afternoon.
Galaxy midfielder Haris Fazlagic opened the scoring at 22 minutes off a left wing cross by Ranko Golijanin. Golijanin struck Galaxy's second goal at 60 minutes and Fazlagic scored his second goal at 66 minutes for a 3-0 score that held to the final whistle.
Both teams are in their inaugural season in the CSL and Brantford imported seven players from Europe to be competitive.
"It took a long time, weeks before we had the team playing as they did today and that's why we are much better than we showed in those early games," said Galaxy head coach Lazo Dzepina. "We worked very hard to win this game, it all went according to plan and we're very happy."
Brantford finished seventh of 13 teams in the regular season, then defeated Serbian White Eagles over two games in the playoffs and scored a 5-3 win over Portugal FC to reach the final. FC Hamilton Croatia ended the season in third position.
The match ended a more that five-month long season that kicked off May 8
The CSL announced their award winners for 2010 with top scorer with 17 goals Tihomir Maletic of Toronto Croatia receiving the 2010 MVP award.
CSL commissioner Domenic Di Gironimo announced also that teams from Ottawa, Pickering (Pickering Power), the Kitchener area and Erin Mills in Mississauga have received conditional acceptance into the league for 2011.
CSL Annual Awards First Division
CSL Championship - Winner: Brantford Galaxy
CSL Championship - Runners-up: FC Hamilton Croatia
CSL First Division Winner: York Region Shooter
Most Valuable Player (MVP): Tihomir Maletic (Toronto Croatia)
Goalkeeper of the Year: Milos Kocic (Serbian White Eagles)
Defender of the Year : Rick Titus (York Region Shooters)
Rookie of the Year: Thomas Beattie (London City)
Top Goalscorer: Tihomir Maletic (Toronto Croatia)
Coach of the Year: Ron Davidson (FC Hamilton Croatia)
Referee of the Year: Geoff Gamble
Harry Paul Gauss Award: Tony De Thomasis (York Region Shooters)
The Fair Play and Respect Award: TFC Academy
Reserve Division
CSL Reserve Division Champions: Serbian White Eagles Reserves
CSL Reserve Division Runners-up: York Region Shooters Reserves
CSL Reserve Division Winner: Brampton Lions Reserves
Most Valuable Player (MVP): Sergio Camargo (TFC Academy II)
Goalkeeper of the Year: Jesse Castillo (Brantford Galaxy Reserves)
Defender of the Year David Ferreira (Brampton Lions Reserves)
Rookie of the Year: Sergio Camargo (TFC Academy II)
Top Goalscorer: Wesley Cain (Portugal FC Reserves) 7
Jonathan Singh (Brampton Lions Reserves) 7
Coach of the Year Michael DI Matteo (Brampton Lions Reserves)
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