2014 Canadian Soccer League season
| Season | 2014 |
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| Champions |
York Region Shooters (regular season) York Region Shooters (playoffs) |
| Matches played | 90 |
| Goals scored | 386 (4.29 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 20 goals: Marin Vučemilović-Grgić |
| Biggest home win |
Serbian White Eagles 6–0 Burlington SC (June 15) |
| Biggest away win |
Niagara United 0–6 Toronto Croatia (August 24) |
| Highest scoring | 9 goals: Kingston FC 5–4 Toronto Croatia (September 21) |
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The 2014 Canadian Soccer League season was the 17th since its establishment where a total of 20 teams from Ontario took part in the league. The season began on May 24, 2014, and concluded on October 26, 2014. York Region Shooters won their second championship in a 5–4 victory in a penalty shootout over Toronto Croatia in the CSL Championship final held at Esther Shiner Stadium in Toronto. York Region became the third club in the league's history to go undefeated the entire season after the Toronto Olympians, and Ottawa Wizards.
The league's strained relationship with the Canadian Soccer Association continued before the launch of the 2014 season with the CSA expelling the CSL from its membership over alleged violations of rules and regulations in order to make way for a lesser structure in Ontario. After failing to specify which rule violations were made and without providing a formal hearing in order to discuss the issues the CSL in response filed litigation against the CSA. The league operated as a private league for the first time since the 1997 season in its predecessor league the Canadian National Soccer League. Though they did join the newly formed Soccer Federation of Canada, which provides private soccer entities the services needed such as administration of players, non-playing personnel, match officials and insurance.
Once the CSL was de-sanctioned the league decreased in membership to 10 teams in the first division with Windsor Stars joining the newly formed League1 Ontario, while founding member St. Catharines Roma Wolves disbanded their professional team while still operating their youth teams. Meanwhile, the second division increased in size to 10 teams with Milton SC joining along with the addition of Winstars Shooters the reserve team for the York Region Shooters after its affiliation arrangement with the highly successful Winstars Soccer Academy. The league formed an working relationship with the American Soccer League in order to assist in areas of competition and business. While its youth development system continued its progress with more than 40 former CSL players being selected for various national teams in recent times. This Week in the CSL the league's weekly television show hosted by producer Alex Bastyovanszky continued covering the CSL with Ethnic Channels Group distributing the program.
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