For the first time in the league’s history a club captured both the CSL Championship and the championship of the reserve division in 2013. It was an exceptional achievement by SC Waterloo, a new team which entered the Second Division of the Canadian Soccer League as K-W United just two years earlier.
This weekend, Kingston FC enter the semifinals as the only club with an opportunity to pull-off what Waterloo did last year – win both titles.
Kingston FC followed a similar path as SC Waterloo, entering Prospect FC in the Second Division and the club from eastern Ontario re-branded with a complete new look and new management as Kingston FC to win the First Division table in 2013 and go on to be a finalist in the CSL Championship Final game.
It’s not going to be easy for Kingston, they travel to Mississauga on Saturday to meet Toronto Croatia, the most successful CSL team in recent years, and the Kingston reserve team are at home to Niagara United reserves on Sunday.
Of interest also, this weekend, is York Region Shooters’ 20 game of the season after an unbeaten run of 19 going back to the kickoff last May. The Shooters are at home in Maple to North York Astros, a team that enjoyed a long overdue stretch of fine form during the second half of the regular season.
In the Second Division, Milton SC reach the semifinals in their inaugural year, to meet last year’s Second Division champions, SC Waterloo, an intriguing encounter at RIM Park in Waterloo on Sunday.
The winners advance to the CSL Championship and Second Division Championship at Esther Shiner Stadium on October 26.
CSL CHAMPIONSHIP- Semifinals
Sat Oct 18 Hershey Centre 7 pm Toronto Croatia vs Kingston FC
Sun Oct 19 St. Joan of Arc 6 pm York Region Shooters vs North York Astros
CSL SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP – Semifinals
Sun Oct 19 RIM Park 1 pm SC Waterloo B vs Milton SC
Sun Oct 19 Queen’s West Field 5.30 pm Kingston FC B vs Niagara United B
