A full slate of six First Division games at the St. Joan of Arc ground at Maple, just north of Toronto, will signal the opening of the Canadian Soccer League season on Saturday, May 9, an almost six-month long campaign that will run into November.
It will be noon May 9 when expansion club Toronto Atomic FC will kickoff the new season with Niagara United as the First Division opener , an opening festival-like weekend known as Soccer Fest 15 to celebrate the opening of a new CSL season.
Another new entry in the CSL, SC Scarborough, will play the second game in the top division at 4 pm, they take on London City, one of the oldest professional teams in North America, which launched in 1973. Both Toronto Atomic in the first game and SC Scarborough will be fielding players here from Europe.
The 12 First Division teams will each play 22 games before the top eight in the standings embark upon the CSL playoffs leading to the CSL Championship, won last year by the host of Soccer Fest 15 on May 9 – York Region Shooters. The Shooters won the title undefeated.
Following the Soccer Fest 15 weekend, the teams will continue the schedule on Friday, May 15 with games on Saturday and Sunday, a three-day weekend pattern that will continue each weekend until a rare mid-week encounter on Wednesday, June 10. Then the weekend games resume on Friday, June 12 through to the end of the regular season.
Second Division games of CSL reserve teams will be announced soon.
Sat May 9 St. Joan of Arc 12:00 pm Toronto Atomic FC Niagara United
Sat May 9 St. Joan of Arc 4:00 pm London City Scarborough SC
Sat May 9 St. Joan of Arc 8:00 pm Milton SC Brampton City Utd
Sun May 10 St. Joan of Arc 1:00 pm Serbian White Eagles Burlington SC
Sun May 10 St. Joan of Arc 5:00 pm Brantford Galaxy SC Waterloo
Sun May 10 St. Joan of Arc 7:00 pm York Region Shooters Toronto Croatia
Fri May 15 Jean Vanier Field 8:00 pm Milton SC Niagara United
Sat May 16 Birchmount Stadium 7:30 pm Scarborough SC Toronto Croatia
Sat May 16 Centennial Stadium 8:45 pm Toronto Atomic FC London City
Sun May 17 Victoria Park 5:00 pm Brampton City Utd Serbian White Eagles
Sun May 17 Lions Park Brantford 7:00 pm Brantford Galaxy Burlington SC
Sun May 17 Warrior Field Waterloo 7:00 pm SC Waterloo York Region Shooters