CSL president Vincent Ursini commented following the championship final and the well-attended awards banquet at the Sheraton Hotel, Niagara Falls on Saturday night that the most successful clubs this season entered the league very recently. He further noted the six-month long season has been one of the CSL’s most successful in recent years, all of which gives impetus to carry out plans to further expand and strengthen the league for the 2014 season and beyond.
“We will certainly accommodate more organizations that meet the requirements and want to step up to professional soccer and we know from discussions over a long period of time now that a new CSL Second Division will be an ideal entry point for some,” said Ursini.
Ursini joined the forerunner CPSL in 1998 and headed the organization until 2005 when elected to be the financial director of the Canadian Soccer Association. He was re-appointed the CSL’s Chairman of the Board in 2011.
“The CSL has been a prominent member of Canada’s soccer community for a long time now and has generally delayed plans to enhance its competition in deference to the wishes of others. But that is changing and the CSL is moving forward to be stronger, with progressive steps that will be positive for the league and for Canadian soccer,” he said.
