Danny Dichio made more than 300 appearances for several top flight clubs in England and Italy before moving to Canada to sign for Toronto FC. He took part in the opening debut match, scoring for the history book with Toronto’s first MLS goal against Chicago Fire on May 12, 2007. Dichio ended his playing career in 2009, remaining with Toronto FC as a coach of the second squad and in 2021 he left Canada to take up coaching with Sacremento of the US-based United Soccer Leagues He was was then appointed to his first head coaching job with Detroit City, also of the USL. Lack of good coaching positi ..read more

Dragan Bakoč, president of the Canadian Soccer League and head of member club Serbian White Eagles, has always considered soccer to be the best sport in the world. It’s a safe sport and relatively inexpensive, he will reason. Bakoc is aware also that no other game has satisfied the spirit of competition more than soccer and more than any other sport soccer has helped to bring together countries kept apart for political reasons. In Canada, he knows soccer has more registered players than any other team sport, including ice hockey. But Bakoč, and his family, have also become engrossed in water ..read more

When Les Anning gives the match ball a thumping kick from the 4th Official touchline area it arrives with some accuracy on a direct kick spot or corner kick location on the other side of the pitch. Anning’s replacement ball for the one that’s lost deep in the end zone of a Canadian Soccer League match sends a message ‘let’s not keep them waiting’. But that impressive accurate kick and the body language of the CSL operations manager reflects a unique set of experiences in sport that goes back several decades and takes place on two continents involving both soccer and ice hockey. It all begins w ..read more

A hat-trick by Scarborough substitute striker Gonzalo Matias led his team to a 6-4 victory to capture the regular season Canadian Soccer League title in the opening match of three at the Paramount Stadium Saturday September 16. The intense, highly attractive clash with Serbian White Eagles was followed by an 8-0 drubbing of a struggling Hamilton City side by Toronto Falcons and in another high-scoring encounter due mostly to the prolific Ivliev Sergii scoring four goals, Dynamo Toronto thrashed Ooty Black Pearl 7-1 in the late game. Defender Marko Johansen’s header opened the scoring for Scarb ..read more

A first half scoring spree of four goals in six minutes at the Mattamy Sports Park Saturday, September 9, lifted Scarborough to an 8-1 trouncing of Ooty Black Pearl and moved the east Toronto side into a league title opportunity when it meets league-leading Serbian White Eagles in the regular season finale September 16. In two other games on Saturday, Toronto Falcons defeated Weston United 2-0 and Hamilton City scored a 2-1 victory over Dynamo Toronto. Edmond Amadeo opened the scoring for Scarborough at 17 minutes, the goal coming from a rebound after Black Pearl goalkeeper Paramveer Singh mad ..read more

PHOTO: Renny Harlan – Serbian White Eagles midfielder Nikola Timotijovic struck four times to lift his side to a 9-2 romp over Weston United, Toronto Falcons also had an easy 8-0 rout of Ooty Black Pearl and in a hotly contested opening game of three, Scarborough held on to a 2-1 early second half lead to win its seventh of the season defeating Dynamo Toronto, three games with an abundance of goals at the Paramount ground on Saturday, August 26. Shaqueil Bradford opened the scoring for Scarborough at the 27th minute mark, helped by a deflection that found the net past Dynamo goalkeeper Ihor V ..read more

Serbian White Eagles increased its lead at the top of the standings with a 4-0 victory over Dynamo Toronto, Hamilton City outplayed Weston United 5-2 and Toronto Falcons scored a narrow 1-0 win over Scarborough, three games in the Canadian Soccer League, August 19 triple header at the Mattamy Sports Park Saturday. Midfielder Vitor de Jesus opened the scoring at 18 minutes for Weston United, beating Hamilton goalkeeper Aleksandar Nikolic from close range for the 1-0 lead and Dragor Zugelj equalized for Hamilton at 37 minutes, a 1-1 score at half-time. Hamilton City went ahead 2-1 when Vladimir ..read more

Scarborough maintained its strong bid for the CSL league title with a 5-0 victory over Hamilton City in the opener of three games at the Mattamy Sports Park Saturday, Serbian White Eagles maintained its good form with a 4-1 defeat of Ooty Black Pearl and Dynamo Toronto trounced Weston United 9-1 in the late game. Scarborough striker Petar Dordevic found the net to beat Hamilton goalkeeper Obrad Bejatovic to open the scoring at the 40th minute mark, a 1-0 lead at the interval. Marvin Morgan made it 2-0 at 65 minutes, followed by goals by midfielder Jordan Webb at 75 minutes, Jaime Grandona at 8 ..read more

Scarborough increased its lead at the top of the standings with a 3-2 defeat of Serbian White Eagles in a well-played encounter in doubt up to the final whistle, the opener of three games at the Paramount ground Saturday. In the second match, Toronto Falcons struck three in the second half to take control with a 3-1 victory over Hamilton City, and in the late game Ooty Black Pearl rallied to score twice and recover from a 3-1 deficit to tie Dynamo Toronto 3-3. Marko Stajic opened the scoring for Serbian White Eagles at the 15th minute mark and Petar Dordevic tied the game for Scarborough at 25 ..read more

A second half hat-trick which included a penalty kick by Dynamo Toronto midfielder Sergii Ivliev lifted his team to a 3-0 victory over Hamilton City in the second game of three played at the Paramount ground in Mississauga Saturday. In the opening game, Toronto Falcons defeated Weston United 3-0 and a more decisive shut-out win gave Scarborough a 5-0 victory over Ooty Black Pearl FC. Ivliev found the net beating Hamilton City goalkeeper Januz Sellaj at 67 minutes to break a scoreless midway in the second half, followed by a second goal three minutes later and the hat-trick strike at 84 minutes ..read more