2002 Canadian Professional Soccer League season

Canadian Professional Soccer League
Season	2002
Champions	Ottawa Wizards
Top goalscorer	Darren Tilley (Mississauga Olympians)
← 2001 2003 →

The fifth Canadian Professional Soccer League season began on May 23, 2002 and concluded on October 20, 2002 with the Ottawa Wizards winning the Rogers Cup.

Changes from 2001 season

The Metro Lions were added as an expansion team and played in the Eastern Conference.
The Hamilton Thunder were added as an expansion team and played in the Western Conference
The Mississauga Olympians moved from Toronto.

Purple indicates conference winners
Green indicates playoff berth clinched

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Ottawa Wizards	19	15	2	2	55	13	47
2	Montreal Dynamites	19	11	5	3	44	34	36
3	Metro Lions	19	11	6	2	36	23	35
4	York Region Shooters	19	8	7	4	29	33	28
5	Durham Flames	19	7	10	2	28	44	23
6	Glen Shields Sun Devils	19	6	11	2	27	35	20
7	Toronto Supra	19	4	11	4	23	48	16

Place	Team	P	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points
1	Toronto Croatia	19	10	5	4	36	23	34
2	Mississauga Olympians	19	9	5	5	49	30	32
3	Hamilton Thunder	19	8	7	4	31	24	28
4	St. Catharines Wolves	19	6	7	6	35	41	24
5	North York Astros	19	4	9	6	22	42	18
6	Brampton Hitmen	19	4	10	5	19	27	17
7	London City	19	2	10	7	22	39	13

Quarterfinals

Montreal Dynamites v Metro Lions

October 16, 2002

Montreal Dynamites	1–3	Metro Lions

Oz Optics Stadium:

Hamilton Thunder	2-3	Mississauga Olympians

Semifinals

October 18, 2002

North York Astros	3–0	Mississauga Olympians
Thompson 11' Andrada 58' Salguero 84'

October 19, 2002

Ottawa Wizards	1–0	Metro Lions
Nelson 59' Karaga 83' (og)

October 19, 2002

Toronto Croatia	0–1	North York Astros
		Hall 89'

Rogers Cup final

Ottawa Wizards v North York Astros

October 5, 2002

Ottawa Wizards	2–0	North York Astros
Hart 45+1' Ilic 89' (og)

Canadian Professional Soccer League 2002 Winners
Ottawa Wizards First Title

Full article: CSL Golden Boot^[1]

Position	Player's name	Nationality	Club	Goals
1	Darren Tilley	England	Mississauga Olympians	20
2	Kevin Nelson	Trinidad and Tobago	Ottawa Wizards	18
3	Mladen Dikic	Croatia	Toronto Croatia	14
4	Carlo Arghittu	Canada	St. Catharines Wolves	13
5	Gus Kouzmanis	Canada	Vaughan Sun Devils	13
6	Khalid Mensah	Canada	Montreal Dynamites	13
7	Abraham Osman	Uganda	Ottawa Wizards	12
8	Kevin De Serpa	Canada	Mississauga Olympians	8
9	Tom Kouzmanis	Canada	Vaughan Sun Devils	8
10	Kurt Mella	Canada	Brampton Hitmen	8

↑ "CPSL - Canadian Professional Soccer League". 2003-11-21. Archived from the original on November 21, 2003. Retrieved 2016-03-21.
↑ "CPSL - Canadian Professional Soccer League". 2003-11-19. Archived from the original on November 19, 2003. Retrieved 2016-03-21.

Canadian Soccer League

First Division Clubs	Brantford Galaxy FC Ukraine United Hamilton City Milton SC Scarborough SC Serbian White Eagles Toronto Atomic FC York Region Shooters

Second Division Clubs	Brantford Galaxy SC B London City Serbian White Eagles B Toronto Atomic FC B SC Waterloo Region York Region Shooters B

Former teams	Mississauga Eagles Durham Flames Ottawa Wizards Durham Storm Hamilton Thunder Brampton Stallions Caribbean Selects Laval Dynamites Trois-Rivières Attak Hamilton Croatia Milltown Capital City SC Toronto Mississauga Eagles FC Montreal Impact Academy TFC Academy St. Catharines Wolves Windsor Stars Kingston North York Astros Brampton United Burlington SC Niagara United Toronto Croatia

Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Competitions	Givova Cup Open Canada Cup

Open Canada Cup Seasons	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Other Awards	MVP Award Golden Boot Award

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