2005 Canadian Professional Soccer League season
The 2005 Canadian Professional Soccer League season was the 8th season for the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The season began on May 21, 2005 and concluded on October 10, 2005 with Oakville Blue Devils defeating Vaughan Shooters 2-1 to win their first CPSL Championship. The final was played at Esther Shiner Stadium, which gave North York Astros a playoff wildcard match. In the regular season the Vaughan Shooters won their first Eastern Conference title, while Hamilton Thunder secured their third Western Conference title. The league increased in membership with the return of the Laval Dynamites. For the first time in the league's history the CPSL introduced a Women's Canada Cup tournament, which included 6 district all-star teams from the existing men's soccer districts.
Changes from 2004 season
The season saw the resignation of chairman/president Vince Ursini in order to fully devote his time to his Ontario Soccer Association duties. His replacement was the CPSL management consultant Cary Kaplan to the newly created position of CPSL Commissioner. The league increased to 12 teams with the return of Laval Dynamites, while the Metro Lions relocated to the Halton Region territory to form the Oakville Blue Devils. The Brampton Hitmen were sold to Joe Fuliere, and renamed the team to the Brampton Stallions.Teams
Final standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
CPSL Championship playoffs
Quarterfinals
Wildcard
Semifinals
CPSL Championship
All-Star Game
The 2005 CPSL all-star match was against Rangers F.C. of the Scottish Premier League who were in Canada for a nine-day training camp before kicking off their season. The game was played at Varsity Stadium, but was closed to the public being only open to people associated to the league.Top goal scorers
Updated: September 30, 2005CPSL Executive Committee
A list of the 2005 CPSL Executive Committee.| Position | Name | Nationality |
| Commissioner: | Cary Kaplan |  Canadian |
| Director of Media: | Stan Adamson |  English |
| Director of Discipline: | Clifford Dell | Canadian |
| Director of Officials: | Walter Kirchner |  Romanian |
| Office Administrator: | Janet Leonard |  Canadian |
| Community Services: | Peter Li Preti | Canadian |
| Legal Counsel: | Ira Greenspoon | Canadian |
Awards
The annual CPSL awards ceremony was held at the La Contessa Banquet Hall on October 9, 2005 in North York, Toronto. This was the first awards ceremony where the awards were distributed equally without a majority winner. Vaughan, Windsor, London, and North York each went home with two awards. Vaughan's Desmond Humphrey was voted the MVP, while team owner Tony De Thomasis was given the President of the Year award. London City went home with the Goalkeeper and Rookie of the Year awards with Haidar Al-Shaibani and Dennis Peeters as its recipients.Former Detroit Titans alumni Aaron Byrd of Windsor Border Stars won the Golden Boot. Windsor's Fil Rocca was voted the Defender of the Year. The Coach of the Year went to former S.League, and USL A-League veteran Dejan Gluscevic, who went on to manage various national youth teams in Asia. North York Astros also received their first Fair Play award. Andrzej Jasinski the match official for the championship final was voted the Referee of the Year.
| Award | Player |
| CPSL Most Valuable Player | Desmond Humphrey |
| CPSL Golden Boot | Aaron Byrd |
| CPSL Goalkeeper of the Year Award | Haidar Al-Shaïbani |
| CPSL Defender of the Year Award | Fil Rocca |
| CPSL Rookie of the Year Award | Dennis Peeters |
| CPSL Coach of the Year Award | Dejan Gluscevic |
| CPSL President of the Year Award | Tony De Thomasis |
| CPSL Referee of the Year Award | Andrzej Jasinski |
| CPSL Fair Play Award | North York Astros |