already posted under the TFC thread but this forum is where I post CSL news:


CSL News Release and the attached 2008 season schedule.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TFC Academy in CSL schedule

TORONTO – Friday, March 28 - The Canadian Soccer League is proud to announce that the top Toronto FC Academy team, TFC Academy, will play a full schedule of 22 games against all 10 teams of the CSL through the 2008 season.

The newest MLS franchise pledged several months ago to launch an academy program that would help support the growth and development of Canadian soccer.

In announcing the addition of TFC Academy to the CSL season, CSL Commissioner Cary Kaplan said he was thrilled to have the team competing in his league. "Toronto FC has built a powerful sports brand in a very short time in Toronto, and has done wonders for the growth of soccer in this region. The CSL is pleased to establish a relationship with Toronto FC, and looks forward to being instrumental in the development of some of Canada's great young talent. The games between TFC Academy and the CSL clubs are sure to be exciting.”

Paul Beirne, Toronto FC Director of Business Operations, explained his club’s reason for selecting the CSL as the league in which the academy team will play. “The goal of Toronto FC is, of course, to one day hoist the MLS Cup but another goal has always been to have an indelible mark of the soccer landscape in Canada, and specifically Ontario. It is our hope that Toronto FC not only be the aspirational choice for young soccer players in Canada, but an academy that has a real effect on the development of young, talented players. When we needed to find a league that would test the mettle of the best players in the academy we wanted something that would test them technically, physically, and tactically – after all, in most countries in the world, U18s are in professional environments – but at the same time wouldn’t jeopardize their amateur status and the CSL was an ideal fit.”

Guy Bradbury, the chief executive officer for the Ontario Soccer Association has expressed his pleasure at Toronto FC Academy team becoming a member of the CSL. “The co-operative relationship between TFC Academy and the Canadian Soccer League is a model for the improvement and development of soccer in Ontario and Canada. This initiative should be applauded as it provides the opportunity for the Academy players to compete at a high level while at the same time it will showcase the standards of the CSL”, he explained.

The CSL will kickoff its new season on May 16, with regular season games through to early October. The playoffs will follow and the CSL Championship game will be played late October.

The complete schedule is attached.

Please refer: Stan Adamson
The Canadian Soccer League Inc.,
The Soccer Centre, 7601 Martin Grove Road, Vaughan, Ontario L4L 9E4
Tel: 905 856-5439 Fax: 905 856-9325 email: csl@canadiansoccerleague.ca
www.canadiansoccerleague.ca

Well there's the CSL schedule. In there are the TFC academy games:

2008 Season Schedule

Game
No. Home Team Away Team
1 Fri May 16 Lamport Stadium 8 pm TFC Academy Toronto Croatia
2 Sat May 17 LaSalle 7 pm Windsor Border Stars London City
3 Mon May 19 Maple 4 pm Italia Shooters Serbian White Eagles
4 Fri May 23 Centennial Stadium 8 pm Serbian White Eagles North York Astros
5 Fri May 23 Hershey Centre 8 pm Toronto Croatia Portugal FC
6 Fri May 23 Lamport Stadium 8 pm TFC Academy St. Catharines Wolves
7 Sun May 25 Esther Shiner Stadium 3 pm North York Astros TFC Academy
8 Sun May 25 Maple 4 pm Italia Shooters Trois-Rivieres Attak
9 Fri May 30 Centennial Stadium 8 pm Serbian White Eagles Portugal FC
10 Fri May 30 Cove Road 8.45pm London City Windsor Border Stars
11 Fri May 30 Hershey Centre 8 pm Toronto Croatia Brampton Lions
12 Fri May 30 Lamport Stadium 8 pm TFC Academy Italia Shooters
13 Sat May 31 Trois-Rivieres 4 pm Trois-Rivieres Attak St. Catharines Wolves
14 Sun Jun 1 Esther Shiner Stadium 3 pm North York Astros Windsor Border Stars
15 Sun Jun 1 Victoria Park 2:30pm Brampton Lions TFC Academy
16 Sun Jun 1 Maple 4 pm Italia Shooters London City
17 Fri Jun 6 Centennial Stadium 8 pm Serbian White Eagles Italia Shooters
18 Fri Jun 6 Cove Road 8.45pm London City Trois-Rivieres Attak
19 Fri Jun 6 Lamport Stadium 8 pm Portugal FC TFC Academy
20 Fri Jun 6 Victoria Park 8:30pm Brampton Lions Windsor Border Stars
21 Sat Jun 7 Chippewa Valley, Mich. 7 pm Windsor Border Stars Trois-Rivieres Attak
22 Sun Jun 8 Club Roma 4 pm St. Catharines Wolves Serbian White Eagles
23 Sun Jun 8 Esther Shiner Stadium 3 pm North York Astros Brampton Lions
24 Sun Jun 8 Maple 4 pm Italia Shooters Toronto Croatia
25 Fri Jun 13 Cove Road 8.45pm London City Italia Shooters
26 Fri Jun 13 Hershey Centre 8 pm Toronto Croatia Trois-Rivieres Attak
27 Fri Jun 13 Lamport Stadium 8 pm Portugal FC North York Astros
28 Sat Jun 14 Windsor Stadium 7 pm Windsor Border Stars St. Catharines Wolves
29 Sun Jun 15 TBD 2 pm TFC Academy Serbian White Eagles
30 Sun Jun 15 Esther Shiner Stadium 3 pm North York Astros Trois-Rivieres Attak
31 Sun Jun 15 Victoria Park 2:30pm Brampton Lions Italia Shooters
32 Fri Jun 20 Centennial Stadium 8 pm Serbian White Eagles St. Catharines Wolves
33 Fri Jun 20 Cove Road 8.45pm London City Brampton Lions
34 Fri Jun 20 Lamport Stadium 8 pm Portugal FC Toronto Croatia
35 Sat Jun 21 Windsor Stadium 7 pm Windsor Border Stars Brampton Lions
36 Sat Jun 21 Trois-Rivieres 4 pm Trois-Rivieres Attak TFC Academy
37 Sun Jun 22 Club Roma 4 pm St. Catharines Wolves Toronto Croatia
38 Sun Jun 22 Esther Shiner Stadium 3 pm North York Astros London City
39 Fri Jun 27 Cove Road 8.45pm London City St. Catharines
40 Fri Jun 27 Victoria Park 8:30pm Brampton Lions Windsor Border Stars
41 Fri Jun 27 Lamport Stadium 8:30pm Portugal FC Serbian White Eagles
42 Fri Jun 27 TBD 8 pm TFC Academy Trois-Rivieres
43 Sat Jun 28 TBD 4 pm TFC Academy Trois-Rivieres
44 Sun Jun 29 Esther Shiner Stadium 3 pm North York Astros Toronto Croatia
45 Sun Jun 29 Club Roma 4 pm St. Catharines Wolves Brampton Lions
46 Fri Jul 4 Cove Road 8.45pm London City TFC Academy
47 Fri Jul 4 Hershey Centre 8 pm Toronto Croatia Portugal FC
48 Fri Jul 4 Victoria Park 8:30pm Brampton Lions Serbian White Eagles
49 Sat Jul 5 Trois-Rivieres 4 pm Trois-Rivieres Attak Italia Shooters
50 Sat Jul 5 Windsor Stadium 7 pm Windsor Border Stars North York Astros
51 Sun Jul 6 Club Roma 4 pm St. Catharines Wolves TFC Academy
52 Sun Jul 6 Victoria Park 2:30pm Brampton Lions Toronto Croatia
53 Fri Jul 11 Cove Road 8.45pm London City Windsor Border Stars
54 Fri Jul 11 Lamport Stadium 8 pm Portugal FC St. Catharines Wolves
55 Sat Jul 12 Trois-Rivieres 7 pm Trois-Rivieres Attak North York Astros
56 Sat Jul 12 Windsor Stadium 7 pm Windsor Border Stars TFC Academy
57 Sun Jul 13 Club Roma 4 pm St. Catharines Wolves London City
58 Sun Jul 13 Maple 4 pm Italia Shooters Brampton Lions
59 Sun Jul 13 Lamport Stadium 1 pm Toronto Croatia Serbian White Eagles
60 Fri Jul 18 Cove Road 8.45pm London City Toronto Croatia
61 Fri Jul 18 Lamport Stadium 8 pm Portugal FC Trois-Rivieres Attak
62 Sat Jul 19 Windsor Stadium 7 pm Windsor Border Stars Serbian White Eagles
63 Sun Jul 20 Club Roma 4 pm St. Catharines Wolves North York Astros
64 Sun Jul 20 Victoria Park 2:30pm Brampton Lions Trois-Rivieres
65 Sun Jul 20 Maple 4 pm Italia Shooters Portugal FC
66 Wed Jul 23 Club Roma 8:30pm St. Catharines Wolves Windsor Border Stars
67 Fri Jul 25 Cove Road 8.45pm London City North York Astros
68 Fri Jul 25 Lamport Stadium 8 pm Portugal FC Brampton Lions
69 Fri Jul 25 Centennial Stadium 8 pm Serbian White Eagles TFC Academy
70 Fri Jul 25 Hershey Centre 8 pm Toronto Croatia Italia Shooters
71 Sun Aug 3 Maple 4 pm Italia Shooters North York Astros
72 Fri Aug 8 Cove Road 8.45pm London City St. Catharines Wolves
73 Fri Aug 8 Victoria Park 8:30pm Brampton Lions North York Astros
74 Fri Aug 8 Centennial Stadium 8 pm Serbian White Eagles Windsor Border Stars
75 Sat Aug 9 Windsor Stadium 7 pm Windsor Border Stars Italia Shooters
76 Sat Aug 9 Trois-Rivieres 4 pm Trois-Rivieres Attak Toronto Croatia
77 Sun Aug 10 Lamport Stadium 3 pm TFC Academy London City
78 Fri Aug 15 Centennial Stadium 8 pm Serbian White Eagles Trois-Rivieres Attak
79 Fri Aug 15 Cove Road 8.45pm London City Portugal FC
80 Fri Aug 15 Lamport Stadium 8 pm TFC Academy North York Astros
81 Fri Aug 15 Hershey Centre 8 pm Toronto Croatia Windsor Border Stars
82 Sat Aug 16 Windsor Stadium 7 pm Windsor Border Stars Portugal FC
83 Sun Aug 17 Club Roma 4 pm St. Catharines Wolves Trois-Rivieres Attak
84 Sun Aug 17 Victoria Park 2:30pm Brampton Lions North York Astros
85 Fri Aug 22 Centennial Stadium 8 pm Serbian White Eagles Portugal FC
86 Fri Aug 22 Hershey Centre 8 pm Toronto Croatia Italia Shooters
87 Sat Aug 23 Windsor Stadium 8 pm Windsor Border Stars London City
88 Sat Aug 23 Trois-Rivieres 4 pm Trois-Rivieres Attak Brampton Lions
89 Sun Aug 24 TBD 2 pm TFC Academy Portugal FC
90 Sun Aug 24 Club Roma 4 pm St. Catharines Wolves North York Astros
91 Sun Aug 24 Maple 4 pm Italia Shooters Serbian White Eagles
92 Fri Sep 5 Lamport Stadium 8 pm Portugal FC Italia Shooters
93 Fri Sep 5 Centennial Stadium 8 pm Serbian White Eagles Brampton Lions
94 Sat Sep 6 Trois-Rivieres 4 pm Trois-Rivieres Attak TFC Academy
95 Sat Sep 6 Windsor Stadium 7 pm Windsor Border Stars St. Catharines Wolves
96 Sun Sep 7 Esther Shiner Stadium 3 pm North York Astros Serbian White Eagles
97 Sun Sep 7 Victoria Park 2:30pm Brampton Lions Portugal FC
98 Fri Sep 12 Lamport Stadium 8 pm Portugal FC Serbian White Eagles
99 Fri Sep 12 Hershey Centre 8 pm Toronto Croatia London City
100 Sat Sep 13 Trois-Rivieres 4 pm Trois-Rivieres Attak Windsor Border Stars
101 Sun Sep 14 TBD 2 pm TFC Academy Brampton Lions
102 Sun Sep 14 Club Roma 4 pm St. Catharines Wolves London City
103 Sun Sep 14 Esther Shiner Stadium 3 pm North York Astros Italia Shooters
104 Sun Sep 14 Lamport Stadium 3 pm Serbian White Eagles Toronto Croatia
105 Fri Sep 19 Lamport Stadium 8 pm Portugal FC Toronto Croaia
106 Fri Sep 19 Centennial Stadium 8 pm Serbian White Eagles Italia Shooters
107 Sat Sep 20 Trois-Rivieres 7 pm Trois-Rivieres Attak London City
108 Sat Sep 20 Esther Shiner Stadium 3 pm North York Astros Brampton Lions
109 Sun Sep 21 Club Roma 4 pm St. Catharines Wolves Portugal FC
110 Sun Sep 21 Maple 4 pm Italia Shooters TFC Academy
111 Fri Sep 26 Hershey Centre 8 pm Toronto Croatia St. Catharines Wolves
112 Fri Sep 26 Lamport Stadium 8 pm Portugal FC London City
113 Sat Sep 27 TBD 2 pm TFC Academy Windsor Border Stars
114 Sat Sep 27 Trois-Rivieres 4 pm Trois-Rivieres Attak Serbian White Eagles
115 Sun Sep 28 Esther Shiner Stadium 3 pm North York Astros St. Catharines Wolves
116 Sun Sep 28 Maple 4 pm Italia Shooters Windsor Border Stars
117 Sun Sep 28 Victoria Park 2:30pm Brampton Lions London City
118 Fri Oct 3 Hershey Centre 8 pm Toronto Croatia TFC Academy
119 Sat Oct 4 Trois-Rivieres 4 pm Trois-Rivieres Attak Portugal FC
120 Sun Oct 5 Esther Shiner Stadium 3 pm North York Astros St. Catharines Wolves
121 Sun Oct 5 Maple 4 pm Italia Shooters Toronto Croatia

Looks like early 'home' games for TFC Academy will be played at Lamport Stadium on Friday nights. The CSL will use Lamport as their home stadium for Portugal (Supra) FC as well.

worst CSL schedule in recent memory.

Any reason for calling it their worst schedule?

Only thing I can see (and it's a big one) is Sunday night games have been replaced with Sunday afternoon games and that could be brutal in the 30C 90F degree weather could be breathless during the endless summers we've had in recent year.

my thoughts exactly. Tony's wife said the league said they wished to have all games under 4pm kickoff on Sundays but that was refuted by the league a few weeks back.

What would've been great is having 2 matches on Friday night and then Sunday starting at 2PM followed by a 4:30 and then capped off with a 6PM nightcap. This 3 games within a 2 hr start time is going to make their attendances slip even further

Wow, the CSL website is really lacking in any kind of up-to-date or useful information.

S.

Also the fact that teams play back to back matches is a repulsive idea. Watching Trois Rivieres vs TFC academy on Friday and then Saturday is ridiculous at best Robin.

This league needs to scrap the notion that Wednesday night games for inter-Toronto teams don't work. As long as they don't invite St Cat's and Trois Rivieres into town on weeknight games they should've been fine. Or they could've worked out something with the Lynx PDL for a double header ticket on particular matchdays.

They dropped the ball here as they did with last season's championship imho.

Have the layed new turf at Lamport. I watched a few of my sisters fiedl hockey games there last summer and there were holes in the turf. It was borderline dangerous for field hcokey i can't imagine how bad it would be for someone to go into a tackle and get their foot stuck is a hole.

I wonder if part of my eyebrow is still embedded in the tuf from the OFSSA Rugby semi-finals in 2000....

They imported a new turf from Italy for Lamport. Halfway between Astro and Fieldturf. It burns though, ill tell ya that match. It'll be good to have TFC reserves there that's about the best move this league made this off-season. But the schedule is bewildering at best.