2000 CPSL League Cup

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The 2000 CPSL League Cup was the 3rd 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 the St. Catharines Roma Wolves 1-0 at Birchmount Stadium in Toronto, Ontario, thus establishing a tournament record of most consecutive title wins.^[1]^[2] The format used in the competition was the traditional group stage with the winners of each group receiving an automatic bye to the semi-finals.

2000 League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Canada
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Toronto Olympians (3rd title)
Runner-up	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	95 (3.06 per match)
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Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Glen Shields	6	3	2	1	15	11	+4	11	Advanced to the semi-final
Toronto Olympians	6	3	1	2	15	11	+4	10
London City SC	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1	10
Oshawa Flames	6	1	0	5	10	19	−4	3

9 July 2000

19:00

Oshawa Flames	3–2	Toronto Olympians
Jimmy Kuzmanovski 6' David Kohek 39' Omar El-Behairy 40'	Report	Gus Kouzmanis 34' Danny Sanna 76'

Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario

9 July 2000

19:00

Glen Shields	1–1	London City SC
Marco Antonucci	Report	Jurek Gebczynski

Dufferin District Field, Vaughan, Ontario

16 July 2000

19:00

Oshawa Flames	1–2	Glen Shields
Edson Breceda 28'	Report	Courtney Dennis 72', 76'

Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario

21 July 2000

20:35

London City SC	2–0	Toronto Olympians
Tonino Commisso 53' Chris Picanco 73'	Report

Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario

23 July 2000

19:00

Glen Shields	2–2	Toronto Olympians
	Report

Dufferin District Field, Vaughan, Ontario

23 July 2000

19:00

Oshawa Flames	0–1	London City SC
	Report

Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario

28 July 2000

20:35

London City SC	3–1	Oshawa Flames
	Report

Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario

30 July 2000

20:00

Toronto Olympians	4–2	Oshawa Flames
Gus Kouzmanis , , ,	Report	Jimmy Kuzmanovski 6' John Lawrence 26'

Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

4 August 2000

20:35

London City SC	0–2	Glen Shields
	Report	Mike Glasgow 75' Courtney Dennis 83'

Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario

6 August 2000

20:00

Toronto Olympians	4–1	Glen Shields
Gus Kouzmanis 35', 58', 67', Danny Ziannis 45'	Report	Canute Mylton 4'

Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

9 August 2000

20:00

Glen Shields	7–3	Oshawa Flames
Phil Ionadi , ,	Report

Dufferin District Field, Vaughan, Ontario

9 August 2000

20:00

Toronto Olympians	3–1	London City SC
Eddy Berdusco , Gus Kouzmanis	Report

Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
Toronto Croatia	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5	11	Advanced to the semi-final
St. Catharines Roma Wolves	6	3	2	1	6	3	+3	11
York Region Shooters	6	3	0	3	10	9	+1	9
North York Astros	6	0	2	4	2	11	−9	2

9 July 2000

19:30

North York Astros	0–0	Toronto Croatia
	Report

Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 100

Referee: Steve DePiero (OSA)

12 July 2000

20:00

Toronto Croatia	3–1	York Region Shooters
Paul Moore 22' Leo Marasovic 46', 90'	Report	Gary Barbara 93'

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 150

Referee: Steve Mortimer (OSA)

16 July 2000

19:00

York Region Shooters	1–2	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
Mike Mazza 47'	Report	Gary Hughes 73' Frank Delpriore 91'

Richmond Green, Richmond Hill, Ontario

19 July 2000

20:15

St. Catharines Roma Wolves	0–0	North York Astros
	Report [^[3] Report]

Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario

Attendance: 600

23 July 2000

19:30

North York Astros	0–2	York Region Shooters
	Report	Willy Giummarra 47' Michael D'Angelo 82'

Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 80

Referee: Mike Lambert (OSA)

26 July 2000

20:00

Toronto Croatia	0–0	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
	Report

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 150

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (OSA)

30 July 2000

19:00

York Region Shooters	2–1	Toronto Croatia
	Report

Richmond Green, Richmond Hill, Ontario

30 July 2000

19:30

North York Astros	1–2	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
Gaston Bizera 71'	Report	Gary Hughes 36' Gary McGuchan 57'

Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 100

Referee: Isaac Raymond (OSA)

2 August 2000

20:00

York Region Shooters	4–1	North York Astros
John Bottineau 5', 67' Bing Gao 35' Joe Montagnese 72'	Report	Gaston Bizera 50'

Richmond Green, Richmond Hill, Ontario

Attendance: 50

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (OSA)

2 August 2000

20:15

St. Catharines Roma Wolves	0–1	Toronto Croatia
	Report [^[4] Report]	Paul Moore 17'

Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario

Attendance: 250

9 August 2000

20:15

St. Catharines Roma Wolves	2–0	York Region Shooters
	Report

Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario

9 August 2000

20:00

Toronto Croatia	3–0	North York Astros
Joe Draganic 24' Gaston Bizera 32' (o.g.) Paul Moore 58'	Report

Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 200

Referee: Steve DiPiero (OSA)

Quarter-final

August 16, 2000	York Region Shooters	0–4	Toronto Olympians	Richmond Hill, Ontario
19:00 ET		(Report)	Peyvand Mossavat 28' Eddy Berdusco 32' Gus Kouzmanis 76' Ron Belfon 91'	Stadium: Richmond Green Attendance: 40 Referee: Silviu Petrescu (OSA)

August 25, 2000	London City SC	2–3	St. Catharines Roma Wolves	London, Ontario
20:35 ET	Steve Flatt 4' Gentan Dervishi 43'	(Report) [^[5] Report]	Frank Zumpano 25' Pat Dugas 81' Gary McGuchan 90'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

September 6, 2000	St. Catharines Roma Wolves	1–1	London City SC	St. Catharines, Ontario
20:25 ET	Gary Hughes 31'	(Report)	Genijan Dervishi 29'	Stadium: Club Roma Stadium

September 8, 2000	Toronto Olympians	2–0	York Region Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
20:00 ET	John Matas 6' Eddy Berdusco 82'	(Report)		Stadium: Birchmount Stadium Attendance: 30 Referee: Frank Marciello (OSA)

Semi-final

September 22, 2000	Toronto Olympians	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2 p)	Toronto Croatia	Toronto, Ontario
17:45 ET	Eddy Berdusco 71'	(Report)	Joe Draganic 60'	Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
	Penalties
	Gus Kouzmanis Eddy Berdusco Elvis Thomas Brian Bowes Rick Titus		Joe Draganic Velimir Crljen Tony Preci Ervin Ryta Milodrag Akmadzic

September 22, 2000	Glen Shields	1–3	St. Catharines Roma Wolves	Toronto, Ontario
21:00 ET		(Report)	Carlo Arghittu 38', 81' Gary McGuchan 82'	Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

Final

September 24

15:00 ET

Toronto Olympians	1–0	St. Catharines Roma Wolves
Elvis Thomas 4'	Report

Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 200

Referee: Steve Mortimer (Ontario)


GK	1	Brian Bowes
RB	16	Ron Belfon
CB	5	Tony Marshall (c)
CB	13	Danny Sanna
LB	8	Bayete Smith
RM	17	Darren Tilley
CM	9	Elvis Thomas		69'
CM	7	John McNeal
LM	14	Rick Titus
ST	11	Gus Kouzmanis		75'
ST	23	Eddy Berdusco
Substitutes:
GK	22	Lee Burrows
DF	3	Simon Black
DF	6	Peyvand Mossavat		69'
DF	15	Louis Katsavrias
MF	18	Phil Caporella		75'
FW	10	John Matas
Manager:
David Gee


GK	1	Dino Perri (c)
RB	2	Danny Gallagher
CB	16	Andrew McKay
CB	19	Gary Hughes
LB	10	Tony Carbonara		81'
RM	13	Lucio Ianiero
CM	6	Keith Moore
CM	17	John Sozio
LM	22	Gary McGuchan
ST	18	Carlo Arghittu
ST	9	Frank Zumpano
Substitutes:
DF	21	Joe Carbonara
FW	8	Pat Dugas
FW	11	Frank Delpriore		81'
Manager:
Lucio Ianiero

Assistant referees:
Neal Schofield
Frank Marciello
Fourth official:
Eugene Doulev

References

^ "Canadian Professional Soccer League". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
^ "Wolves looking forward to facing Olympians again". St. Catharines Standard. 25 September 2000. pp. C1.
^ Potrecz, Bill (20 July 2000). "Scoreless draw frustrates Wolves: McGuchan, among the league leaders with five goals, is gone for an indefinite period with a hamstring injury". St. Catharines Standard. pp. D1.
^ Potrecz, Bill (3 August 2000). "Wolves dealt first cup loss: Red card, bad weather, late start -- it just wasn't Club Roma's night". St. Catharines Standard. pp. D1.
^ "McGuchan lifts Roma Wolves over London". St. Catharines Standard. 26 August 2000. pp. D2.

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