1999 CPSL League Cup

1999 League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Toronto Olympians (2nd title)
Runner-up	Toronto Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	111 (3.83 per match)

The 1999 CPSL League Cup was the 2nd edition of the Canadian Professional Soccer League's league cup tournament running from July through late September. Toronto Olympians successfully defended their league cup title after defeating Toronto Croatia 3–0 at Centennial Park Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, which resulted in the establishment of their league cup dynasty.^[1]^[2] The format used in the competition was the traditional group stage with the two top clubs advancing to the semi-finals.^[3]^[4]

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Toronto Olympians	6	6	0	0	30	7	+23	18	Advanced to the semi-final
Oshawa Flames	6	3	1	2	11	12	−1	10
York Region Shooters	6	1	2	3	14	17	−3	5
North York Astros	6	0	1	5	9	28	−19	1

7 July 1999

20:30

York Region Shooters	1–1	North York Astros
John Bottineau 63'	Report	Alex Nardi 73'

Richmond Green, Richmond Hill, Ontario

11 July 1999

19:30

Toronto Olympians	4–1	North York Astros
Gus Kouzmanis 10', 24' Berdusco 72' John Matas 75'	Report	Chris Ewers

Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

18 July 1999

19:30

North York Astros	2–10	York Region Shooters
Courtney Dennis 31' Adam Lee 71'	Report	Giummarra 11', 32' John Bottineau 15', 23', 74' Mich D'Angelo 35', 48' Adrian Sciarra 54', 60' Damian Puranda 86'

Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 100

Referee: Bill Teeuwen (OSA)

18 July 1999

19:30

Toronto Olympians	2–0	Oshawa Flames
Ron Belfon 27' Thomas 34'	Report

Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

21 July 1999

20:30

Oshawa Flames	3–0	North York Astros
	Report

Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario

22 July 1999

20:30

York Region Shooters	1–6	Toronto Olympians
Adrian Sciarra 45'	Report	Berdusco 12', 29' Gus Kouzmanis 20', 36', 66' Smith 37'

Richmond Green, Richmond Hill, Ontario

Attendance: 80

Referee: Glenn Sharkey (OSA)

25 July 1999

19:30

York Region Shooters	1–1	Oshawa Flames
	Report

Richmond Green, Richmond Hill, Ontario

28 July 1999

20:30

North York Astros	2–3	Oshawa Flames
Sean O'Connell 58', 66'	Report	Terrance Lazarus 30', 59' Gomez 80'

Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 125

Referee: Andrew Jasinski (OSA)

28 July 1999

20:00

Toronto Olympians	4–1	York Region Shooters
John Matas , Thomas ,	Report	Suhail Mirza

Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

1 August 1999

19:00

Oshawa Flames	1–7	Toronto Olympians
	Report

Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario

4 August 1999

20:30

North York Astros	3–7	Toronto Olympians
Seamus O'Connell 49' Osman Jiminez 53' Courtney Dennis 84'	Report	Gus Kouzmanis 20' Tony Marshall 25' Berdusco 28' Ron Belfon 63' Danny Sanna 69' Thomas 74', 79'

Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 79

Referee: Lyon Tipovski (OSA)

4 August 1999

20:30

Oshawa Flames	3–0	York Region Shooters
John Lawrence Jay Bricknell Pat Dickerson	Report

Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Toronto Croatia	6	4	1	1	8	3	+5	13	Advanced to the semi-final
St. Catharines Roma Wolves	6	4	0	2	11	9	+2	12
London City SC	6	1	3	2	7	8	−1	6
Glen Shields Sun Devils	6	0	2	4	8	14	−6	2

7 July 1999

19:30

St. Catharines Roma Wolves	3–1	Glen Shields Sun Devils
Tony Carbonara 26' Patrick Kelman 62' Cipriani 77'	Report [^[5] Report]	Eric Ranaldo 68'

Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario

Attendance: 500

7 July 1999

20:30

Toronto Croatia	1–1	London City SC
Ivica Sola 65'	Report	Gebczynski 62'

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 200

Referee: Gordon Arrowsmith (OSA)

14 July 1999

20:15

St. Catharines Roma Wolves	1–0	Toronto Croatia
Gary McGuchan 9'	Report [^[6] Report]

Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario

Attendance: 1000

18 July 1999

19:00

Glen Shields Sun Devils	0–2	Toronto Croatia
	Report	Andy Madeiros Robert Mandekic 37'

Dufferin District Field, Vaughan, Ontario

23 July 1999

20:30

London City SC	3–2	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
Patrick Burney 16' Justin Lawrence 18' Ludio Bertand 70'	Report [^[7] Report]	Ianiero 28' Patrick Kelman 60'

Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario

25 July 1999

19:00

Glen Shields Sun Devils	2–2	London City SC
	Report

Dufferin District Field, Vaughan, Ontario

28 July 1999

20:30

St. Catharines Roma Wolves	1–0	London City SC
Patrick Kelman 35'	Report [^[8] Report]

Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario

Attendance: 400

28 July 1999

20:30

Toronto Croatia	2–1	London City SC
	Report

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

30 July 1999

20:30

London City SC	0–1	Toronto Croatia
	Report

Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario

1 August 1999

19:00

Glen Shields Sun Devils	3–4	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
Mike Glasgow Marco Bonofiglio David McDonald	Report [^[9] Report]	Cipriani Gus Marcho Frank Del Priore ,

Dufferin District Field, Vaughan, Ontario

4 August 1999

20:30

Toronto Croatia	2–0	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
Andy Madeiros 75' Anton Musa 89'	Report [^[10] Report]

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

6 August 1999

20:30

London City SC	2–2	Glen Shields Sun Devils
Mesanovic ,	Report	Jeff Brown Benning

Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario

Semi-finals

25 August 1999

20:15

St. Catharines Roma Wolves	0–2	Toronto Olympians
	Report [^[11] Report]	Kouzmanis 4' Berdusco 65'

Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario

Referee: Glen Starkey

3 September 1999

20:30

Toronto Olympians	4–2	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
Handsor 58' Berdusco 76' Arte Alkatov 78' Ron Belfon 89'	Report [^[12] Report]	Campbell 63' Frank Delpriore 71'

Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 100

Referee: Tony Camacho (OSA)

Toronto won 6–2 on aggregate.

25 August 1999

20:30

Oshawa Flames	0–0	Toronto Croatia
	Report

Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario

Attendance: 300

Referee: Neil Schofield (OSA)

1 September 1999

19:00

Toronto Croatia	2–0	Oshawa Flames
Tom Granic 23' Andy Madeiros 59'	Report

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Toronto won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

September 26

15:00 ET

Toronto Croatia	0–3	Toronto Olympians
	Report	Handsor 40' Thomas 62', 66'

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 857

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Ontario)


GK	1	George Azcurra
RB	2	Daniel Pilas
CB	4	Domagoj Sain
CB	3	Ivica Sola
LB	20	Anton Granic
RM	7	Robert Fran		67'
CM	16	Anton Musa
CM	8	Czeslaw Zajac		58'
LM	10	Tomislav Granic		(c)
ST	9	Andy Madeiros		74'
ST	17	Denny Draganic
Substitutes:
	18	Ivica Jelic		67'
	21	Nikola Marketic
	22	Robert Madekic		74'
	5	Frane Sain
	23	Alen Majstorovic
	10	Franjo Ljubanovic
	19	Josip Draganic		58'
Manager:
Bruno Pilas


GK	1	Brian Bowes
RB	8	Bayete Smith
CB	6	Peyvand Mossavat
CB	4	Ian Cardey		81'
LB	5	Tony Marshall		76'
RM	20	Danny Ziannis		(c)
CM	9	Elvis Thomas
CM	17	Chris Handsor
LM	7	Daryl Holmes
ST	3	Phil Caporella		63'
ST	23	Eddy Berdusco		76'
Substitutes:
GK	22	Tom Bianci
DF	12	Louie Ouroutzaglou		81'
DF	15	Louie Katsavrias
MF	16	Ron Belfon
MF	13	Danny Sanna		76'
FW	10	John Matas		76'
FW	11	Gus Kouzmanis		63'
Manager:
David Gee

Assistant referees:
Zoran Krisco
Neil Scofield
Fourth official:
Norma Clarke

References

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↑ Glover, Robin. "1999 CPSL Schedule". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
↑ "1999 - August 7 - Mid-Season Review". 2001-11-26. Archived from the original on 2001-11-26. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
↑ "Roma back on track with league cup win". St. Catharines Standard. 8 July 1999. pp. D3.
↑ De Wolfe, Alexis (15 July 1999). "Wolves put together two wins in a row: Roma matches season record with second cup win". St. Catharines Standard. pp. D3.
↑ "Wolves tamed by London". St. Catharines Standard. 24 July 1999. pp. B3.
↑ De Wolfe, Alexis (29 July 1999). "Wolves battle back: Roma moves into tie for first with slim win over London". St. Catharines Standard. pp. D3.
↑ "Shorthanded Wolves take victory over Glen Shields". St. Catharines Standard. 3 August 1999. pp. C6.
↑ "Wolves tamed by Croatia". St. Catharines Standard. 5 August 1999. pp. D6.
↑ De Wolfe, Alexis (26 August 1999). "Shorthanded Wolves given rough time by game official: St. Catharines player on receiving end of obscene gesture, then given the boot". St. Catharines Standard. pp. D7.
↑ "Wolves tamed in cup semifinal". St. Catharines Standard. 4 September 1999. pp. B3.

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