2000 CPSL League Cup
{{infobox football tournament season
|title = League Cup
|year = 2000
|other_title =
|image =
|imagesize =
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|country = Canada
|num_teams = 8
|champions = Toronto Olympians (3rd title)
|runner-up = St. Catharines Roma Wolves
|matches = 31
|goals = 95
|top goal scorer =
|player =
|prevseason = 1999 |||nextseason = 2001
}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0058.htm|title=Canadian Professional Soccer League|website=www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com|access-date=2018-05-12}}{{Cite news |date=25 September 2000 |title=Wolves looking forward to facing Olympians again |pages=C1 |work=St. Catharines Standard}} 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.
Group stage
=Group A=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||
| style="width:175px"|Team
!style="width:20px" abbr="Played"|Pld !style="width:20px" abbr="Won"|W !style="width:20px" abbr="Drawn"|D !style="width:20px" abbr="Lost"|L !style="width:20px" abbr="Goals for"|GF !style="width:20px" abbr="Goals against"|GA !style="width:20px" abbr="Goal difference"|GD !style="width:20px" abbr="Points"|Pts !width=241|Status | ||||||||
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| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left"|Glen Shields |6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 11 | Advanced to the semi-final |
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left"|Toronto Olympians |6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 10 | |
| style="text-align:left"|London City SC
|6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | |
| style="text-align:left"|Oshawa Flames
|6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 19 | −4 | 3 |
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|9|df=y}}
|time=19:00
|team1=Oshawa Flames
|score=3–2
|team2=Toronto Olympians
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0017.htm Report]
|goals1=Jimmy Kuzmanovski {{goal|6}}
David Kohek {{goal|39}}
Omar El-Behairy {{goal|40}}
|goals2=Gus Kouzmanis {{goal|34}}
Danny Sanna {{goal|76}}
|stadium=Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario
|attendance=
|referee=
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|9|df=y}}
|time=19:00
|team1=Glen Shields
|score=1–1
|team2=London City SC
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0017.htm Report]
|goals1=Marco Antonucci {{goal}}
|goals2= Jurek Gebczynski {{goal}}
|stadium=Dufferin District Field, Vaughan, Ontario
|attendance=
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|16|df=y}}
|time=19:00
|team1=Oshawa Flames
|score=1–2
|team2=Glen Shields
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0020.htm Report]
|goals1=Edson Breceda {{goal|28}}
|goals2=Courtney Dennis {{goal|72}}, {{goal|76}}
|stadium=Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|21|df=y}}
|time=20:35
|team1=London City SC
|score=2–0
|team2=Toronto Olympians
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0022.htm Report]
|goals1=Tonino Commisso {{goal|53}}
Chris Picanco {{goal|73}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario
|attendance=
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|23|df=y}}
|time=19:00
|team1=Glen Shields
|score=2–2
|team2=Toronto Olympians
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0024.htm Report]
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|23|df=y}}
|time=19:00
|team1=Oshawa Flames
|score=0–1
|team2=London City SC
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0024.htm Report]
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|stadium=Oshawa Civic Stadium, Oshawa, Ontario
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|28|df=y}}
|time=20:35
|team1=London City SC
|score=3–1
|team2=Oshawa Flames
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0029.htm Report]
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|stadium=Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|30|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1=Toronto Olympians
|score=4–2
|team2=Oshawa Flames
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0029.htm Report]
|goals1= Gus Kouzmanis {{goal}}, {{goal}}, {{goal}}, {{goal}}
|goals2= Jimmy Kuzmanovski {{goal|6}}
John Lawrence {{goal|26}}
|stadium=Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
|attendance=
|referee=
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|8|4|df=y}}
|time=20:35
|team1=London City SC
|score=0–2
|team2=Glen Shields
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0031.htm Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=Mike Glasgow {{goal|75}}
Courtney Dennis {{goal|83}}
|stadium=Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario
|attendance=
|referee=
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|8|6|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1=Toronto Olympians
|score=4–1
|team2=Glen Shields
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0031.htm Report]
|goals1= Gus Kouzmanis {{goal|35}}, {{goal|58}}, {{goal|67}},
Danny Ziannis {{goal|45}}
|goals2= Canute Mylton {{goal|4}}
|stadium=Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|8|9|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1=Glen Shields
|score=7–3
|team2=Oshawa Flames
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0032.htm Report]
|goals1= Phil Ionadi {{goal}}, {{goal}}, {{goal}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Dufferin District Field, Vaughan, Ontario
|attendance=
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|8|9|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1=Toronto Olympians
|score=3–1
|team2=London City SC
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0032.htm Report]
|goals1= Eddy Berdusco {{goal}}, {{goal}}
Gus Kouzmanis {{goal}}
|goals2=
|stadium=Birchmount Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
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=Group B=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||||||||
| style="width:175px"|Team
!style="width:20px" abbr="Played"|Pld !style="width:20px" abbr="Won"|W !style="width:20px" abbr="Drawn"|D !style="width:20px" abbr="Lost"|L !style="width:20px" abbr="Goals for"|GF !style="width:20px" abbr="Goals against"|GA !style="width:20px" abbr="Goal difference"|GD !style="width:20px" abbr="Points"|Pts !width=241|Status | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left"|Toronto Croatia |6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 11 | Advanced to the semi-final |
| bgcolor="#D0F0C0"
|style="text-align:left"|St. Catharines Roma Wolves |6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | |
| style="text-align:left"|York Region Shooters
|6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 9 | |
| style="text-align:left"|North York Astros
|6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 2 |
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|9|df=y}}
|time=19:30
|team1=North York Astros
|score=0–0
|team2=Toronto Croatia
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cpsl09.htm Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
|attendance=100
|referee= Steve DePiero (OSA)
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|12|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1=Toronto Croatia
|score=3–1
|team2=York Region Shooters
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cpsl10.htm Report]
|goals1=Paul Moore {{goal|22}}
Leo Marasovic {{goal|46}}, {{goal|90}}
|goals2= Gary Barbara {{goal|93}}
|stadium=Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
|attendance=150
|referee= Steve Mortimer (OSA)
}}
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|16|df=y}}
|time=19:00
|team1=York Region Shooters
|score=1–2
|team2=St. Catharines Roma Wolves
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0020.htm Report]
|goals1= Mike Mazza {{goal|47}}
|goals2= Gary Hughes {{goal|73}}
Frank Delpriore {{goal|91}}
|stadium= Richmond Green, Richmond Hill, Ontario
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|19|df=y}}
|time=20:15
|team1=St. Catharines Roma Wolves
|score=0–0
|team2=North York Astros
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0024.htm Report]
[{{Cite news |last=Potrecz |first=Bill |date=20 July 2000 |title=Scoreless draw frustrates Wolves: McGuchan, among the league leaders with five goals, is gone for an indefinite period with a hamstring injury |pages=D1 |work=St. Catharines Standard}} Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario
|attendance= 600
|referee=
}}
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|23|df=y}}
|time=19:30
|team1=North York Astros
|score=0–2
|team2=York Region Shooters
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cpsl11.htm Report]
|goals1=
|goals2= Willy Giummarra {{goal|47}}
Michael D'Angelo {{goal|82}}
|stadium= Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
|attendance= 80
|referee= Mike Lambert (OSA)
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|26|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1=Toronto Croatia
|score=0–0
|team2=St. Catharines Roma Wolves
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cpsl12.htm Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
|attendance=150
|referee= Silviu Petrescu (OSA)
}}
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|30|df=y}}
|time=19:00
|team1=York Region Shooters
|score=2–1
|team2=Toronto Croatia
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0029.htm Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium= Richmond Green, Richmond Hill, Ontario
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|7|30|df=y}}
|time=19:30
|team1=North York Astros
|score=1–2
|team2=St. Catharines Roma Wolves
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cpsl13.htm Report]
|goals1= Gaston Bizera {{goal|71}}
|goals2= Gary Hughes {{goal|36}}
Gary McGuchan {{goal|57}}
|stadium=Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
|attendance=100
|referee= Isaac Raymond (OSA)
}}
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|8|2|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1=York Region Shooters
|score=4–1
|team2=North York Astros
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cpsl14.htm Report]
|goals1= John Bottineau {{goal|5}}, {{goal|67}}
Bing Gao {{goal|35}}
Joe Montagnese {{goal|72}}
|goals2= Gaston Bizera {{goal|50}}
|stadium= Richmond Green, Richmond Hill, Ontario
|attendance= 50
|referee= Silviu Petrescu (OSA)
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|8|2|df=y}}
|time=20:15
|team1=St. Catharines Roma Wolves
|score=0–1
|team2=Toronto Croatia
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0031.htm Report]
[{{Cite news |last=Potrecz |first=Bill |date=3 August 2000 |title=Wolves dealt first cup loss: Red card, bad weather, late start -- it just wasn't Club Roma's night |pages=D1 |work=St. Catharines Standard}} Report]
|goals1=
|goals2= Paul Moore {{goal|17}}
|stadium= Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario
|attendance= 250
|referee=
}}
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|8|9|df=y}}
|time=20:15
|team1=St. Catharines Roma Wolves
|score=2–0
|team2=York Region Shooters
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0032.htm Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium= Club Roma Stadium, St. Catharines, Ontario
|attendance=
|referee=
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2000|8|9|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1=Toronto Croatia
|score=3–0
|team2=North York Astros
|report=[http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cpsl15.htm Report]
|goals1= Joe Draganic {{goal|24}}
Gaston Bizera {{goal|32|o.g.}}
Paul Moore {{goal|58}}
|goals2=
|stadium= Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
|attendance=200
|referee= Steve DiPiero (OSA)
}}
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Quarter-final
{{football box collapsible|date = August 16, 2000|time=19:00 ET
|team1 = York Region Shooters |score = 0–4 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0041.htm (Report)]|team2 = Toronto Olympians |goals1 = |goals2 = Peyvand Mossavat {{goal|28}}
Eddy Berdusco {{goal|32}}
Gus Kouzmanis {{goal|76}}
Ron Belfon {{goal|91}} |stadium = Richmond Green|location=Richmond Hill, Ontario | attendance = 40 | referee=Silviu Petrescu (OSA)}}
{{football box collapsible|date = August 25, 2000|time=20:35 ET
|team1 = London City SC |score = 2–3 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0041.htm (Report)]
[{{Cite news |date=26 August 2000 |title=McGuchan lifts Roma Wolves over London |pages=D2 |work=St. Catharines Standard}} Report]|team2 = St. Catharines Roma Wolves |goals1 = Steve Flatt {{goal|4}}
Gentan Dervishi {{goal|43}} |goals2 = Frank Zumpano {{goal|25}}
Pat Dugas {{goal|81}}
Gary McGuchan {{goal|90}} |stadium = Cove Road Stadium|location=London, Ontario | attendance = | referee = }}
{{football box collapsible|date = September 6, 2000|time=20:25 ET
|team1 = St. Catharines Roma Wolves |score = 1–1 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0047.htm (Report)]|team2 = London City SC |goals1 = Gary Hughes {{goal|31}}|goals2 = Genijan Dervishi {{goal|29}} |stadium = Club Roma Stadium|location=St. Catharines, Ontario | attendance = | referee = }}
{{football box collapsible|date = September 8, 2000|time=20:00 ET
|team1 = Toronto Olympians |score = 2–0 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cpsl21.htm (Report)]|team2 = York Region Shooters |goals1 = John Matas {{goal|6}}
Eddy Berdusco {{goal|82}}|goals2 = |stadium = Birchmount Stadium|location=Toronto, Ontario | attendance = 30 | referee = Frank Marciello (OSA)}}
Semi-final
{{football box collapsible|date = September 22, 2000|time=17:45 ET
|team1 = Toronto Olympians |score = 1–1
|aet = yes |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0057.htm (Report)]|team2 = Toronto Croatia |goals1 = Eddy Berdusco {{goal|71}} |goals2 = Joe Draganic {{goal|60}} |stadium = Birchmount Stadium|location=Toronto, Ontario | attendance = | referee =
|penalties1 = Gus Kouzmanis {{pengoal}}
Eddy Berdusco {{penmiss}}
Elvis Thomas {{pengoal}}
Brian Bowes {{pengoal}}
Rick Titus {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 3–2
|penalties2 = Joe Draganic {{pengoal}}
Velimir Crljen {{penmiss}}
Tony Preci {{penmiss}}
Ervin Ryta {{pengoal}}
Milodrag Akmadzic {{penmiss}}
}}
{{football box collapsible|date = September 22, 2000|time=21:00 ET
|team1 = Glen Shields |score = 1–3 |report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cp0057.htm (Report)]|team2 = St. Catharines Roma Wolves |goals1 = |goals2 = Carlo Arghittu {{goal|38}}, {{goal|81}}
Gary McGuchan {{goal|82}} |stadium = Birchmount Stadium|location=Toronto, Ontario | attendance = | referee = }}
Final
{{Football box
|date= September 24
|time= 15:00 ET
|team1=Toronto Olympians
|score= 1–0
|aet =
|report= [http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/00cpsl28.htm Report]
|goals1= Elvis Thomas {{goal|4}}
|goals2=
|team2=St. Catharines Roma Wolves
|stadium=Birchmount Stadium
|location=Toronto, Ontario
|attendance= 200
|referee= Steve Mortimer (Ontario)
}}
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| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{| style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" | ||||
| width="25"| | width="25"| | |||
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| GK | 1 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Brian Bowes | ||
| RB | 16 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Ron Belfon | ||
| CB | 5 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Tony Marshall (c) | ||
| CB | 13 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Danny Sanna | ||
| LB | 8 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Bayete Smith | ||
| RM | 17 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Darren Tilley | ||
| CM | 9 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Elvis Thomas | {{suboff|69}} | |
| CM | 7 | {{flagicon|CAN}} John McNeal | ||
| LM | 14 | {{flagicon|TRI}} Rick Titus | ||
| ST | 11 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Gus Kouzmanis | {{suboff|75}} | |
| ST | 23 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Eddy Berdusco | ||
| colspan=3|Substitutes: | ||||
| GK | 22 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Lee Burrows | ||
| DF | 3 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Simon Black | ||
| DF | 6 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Peyvand Mossavat | {{subon|69}} | |
| DF | 15 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Louis Katsavrias | ||
| MF | 18 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Phil Caporella | {{subon|75}} | |
| FW | 10 | {{flagicon|CAN}} John Matas | ||
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan=4|{{flagicon|ENG}} David Gee |
|valign="top"|
| style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;" | ||||
| width=25| | width=25| | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | 1 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Dino Perri (c) | ||
| RB | 2 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Danny Gallagher | ||
| CB | 16 | {{flagicon|USA}} Andrew McKay | ||
| CB | 19 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Gary Hughes | ||
| LB | 10 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Tony Carbonara | {{suboff|81}} | |
| RM | 13 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Lucio Ianiero | ||
| CM | 6 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Keith Moore | ||
| CM | 17 | {{flagicon|CAN}} John Sozio | ||
| LM | 22 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Gary McGuchan | ||
| ST | 18 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Carlo Arghittu | ||
| ST | 9 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Frank Zumpano | ||
| colspan=3|Substitutes: | ||||
| DF | 21 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Joe Carbonara | ||
| FW | 8 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Pat Dugas | ||
| FW | 11 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Frank Delpriore | {{subon|81}} | |
| colspan=3|Manager: | ||||
| colspan=4|{{flagicon|CAN}} Lucio Ianiero |
|}
| style="width:100%;font-size:90%" |
| Assistant referees:
|style="width:60%; vertical-align:top"| |
References
{{Open Canada Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2000 CPSL League Cup}}