Brantford Galaxy 2018 football season
Brantford Galaxy2018 season |
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President | Bosko Borjan |
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Head Coach | Milan Prpa |
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Canadian Soccer League | 8th place (First Division) |
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CSL Championship | Quarterfinal |
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Top goalscorer | Slavko Knezevic (3 goals) |
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The 2018 season was Brantford Galaxy's seventh season in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season began on May 25, 2018 in an away match against CSC Mississauga.[1] Despite the team's mediocre season they still clinched the final playoff berth. Their participation in the postseason was short lived as they were eliminated by FC Ukraine United in the first round. While their reserve squad faced a similar fate in the Second Division after losing to FC Vorkuta B in the opening round. The club's top goalscorer was Slavko Knezevic with three goals.
Summary
After the departure of Sasa Vukovic to Hamilton City SC, the club brought in Milan Prpa as head coach.[2] The roster assembled by Prpa remained primarily the same as the previous seasons with many notable veterans returning.[3] Overall the changes in management achieved little difference in the performance of the club. As the club produced a mediocre season by finishing eighth in the First Division, but still managed to secure the final playoff berth. In the opening round of the postseason Brantford faced FC Ukraine United, but were eliminated in a penalty shootout.[4]
Meanwhile in the Second Division their reserve team managed to secure a postseason berth. In the playoffs they faced division champions FC Vorkuta B, and were defeated by a score of 3-1.[5]
Players
First Division roster
- As of 10 August 2018[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Second Division roster
- As of 19 September 2018[13]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. | Pos. | Nation | Player | 2 | DF | CAN | Arsenije Japalak [14] | 3 | DF | CAN | Michael Dhliwayo [15] | 6 | MF | | Roberto Hogeveen | 7 | FW | | Aleksa Japalak | 11 | MF | | Brandon De Serpa | 15 | MF | | Brandon Beal | 16 | MF | | Dexter Hamilton | 18 | DF | | Rade Parenta | 19 | MF | | John Cordeiro | 20 | DF | | Nemanja Sudar | 27 | FW | | Harold Ranveau | - | DF | CAN | | – | MF | CAN | Ebenezer Adeniran [16] | – | MF | | Mohamed Ali | – | GK | CAN | Alexander Borsos [17] | – | MF | | Nikola Cekic | – | MF | | Paul Chakhov | – | DF | | Matteo Decosimi | | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player | – | DF | | Milan Dvokic | – | DF | | Tyler Froates | – | DF | | Mark Fronda | – | FW | | Kareem Hassanein | – | MF | | Martyn Hookes | – | MF | | Ernest Jones-Hughes | – | MF | CAN | Zach Kingma [18] | – | MF | | Josh Lachini | – | DF | | Charles Lanipekun | – | FW | | Alfonso Loto | – | GK | | Jeff Martins | – | FW | | Joaquim Martins | – | MF | | Andrew Misner | – | MF | | Aleksa Visekruna | – | MF | | Kyle Purcell | – | DF | | Bojan Spajic | – | MF | CAN | Pat Wilson [19] | |
Management
Position | Staff |
Head coach | Milan Prpa |
Assistant coach | Aleksandar Pesic |
Reserve head coach | Nikola Ilic |
Team trainer | Dusan Dujic |
Director | Bosko Borjan |
President | Bosko Borjan |
Game day manager | John Volpe |
Media relations | Andrew Pilkington |
Last updated: August 10, 2018
Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Transfers
In
Out
Canadian Soccer League
First Division
Source: Canadian Soccer League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 37 | −28 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | −14 |
Results by round
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A |
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Result | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L |
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Updated to match(es) played on September 27, 2018. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Postseason
Second Division
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2018-second-division-standings/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away |
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | −7 |
Results by round
Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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Ground | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
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Result | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L |
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Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2018. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
Postseason
Statistics
Goals
Correct as of October 13, 2018[22][23]
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- ^ "2018 Second Division Stats – Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
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