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Answer» What is Kitchener and District Soccer League mean? Kitchener and District Soccer League is a competitive Canadian men's football (soccer) league based out of southern Ontario, Canada. The league has been in operation as the KDSL since 1975. Historically the league has operated with a first/premier division and a second division. As of 2018, only one 9 team premier division competes for a KDSL title and there hasn't been a second (or lower division) since the 2010 season. In 2017, the KDSL welcomed their first women's premier division. There is also a cup tournament called the Da Silva Cup. In previous decades, the cup was named after the chief sponsor of the tournament - the Molson Cup. It was also called the KDSL Cup. Some teams also participate in the Ontario Cup with the only Ontario winner coming in 1981 when the Greek backed KW Olympics or "big blue machine" collected the honours. The league champion also has the option of joining the Ontario Soccer League (OSL). Most teams are located within or around Kitchener, Ontario as well as other nearby cities such as Stratford, Cambridge, Guelph, and other smaller towns from the area. Playoffs at the end of the season determine the champion of the league. The top 8 teams qualify for the playoffs. Historically daily newspapers like the Waterloo Region Record and Cambridge Reporter had very good coverage of the league. This continued into the 1990s at which point it appears budget cuts at these daily newspapers took KDSL reporting off their pages possibly due to the common problem of the internet impact on the print media. Many feel that losing this type of print media reporting diminished public interest in the leagues. In particular, many of the long-running ethnic clubs had a significant older generation supporter base that followed the league in this manner. Current Romanian backed Banat SFC traces an existence in the league dating back to the 1970s, however there was a number of years in which they had folded or left the league, returning about a decade or so later. The loss of teams from three of the four Portuguese clubs in Kitchener and Cambridge in the 1990s (Leoe's, Oriental, and Torreense) seemed to signal a downturn in the league from its ethnic powered heyday in the 1970s and 1980s. Newer ethnic clubs that have taken the place of those in the previous era did not have the same community support, while non-ethnic clubs have always struggled to maintain long runs in the league. The longest consecutive streak in the league would belong to former participant Hrvat, which was in the top flight for 34 consecutive years, a figure which rises to 46 consecutive years if you account for its formation from the merger of the two Croatian clubs Croatia and Zagreb which were formed in the early 1970s. TMSL Previous Seasons Results 2019: Polwood SC League Winner, Polwood SC Playoff Winner 2018: Polwood SC League Winner, Bridgeport Strikers Playoff Winner
2019: Banat SFC Cup Winner, Stratford City Football Club League Winner, Stratford City Football Club Playoff Winner 2018: Stratford City Cup Winner, Polish Eagles League Winner, Riverside FC Playoff Winner 2017: Stratford City Cup Winner, Polish Eagles League Winner, Polish Eagles Playoff Winner 2016: Supersonics Cup Winner, Bridgeport Strikers League Winners, Polish Eagles Playoff Winner 2015: Supersonics Cup Winner, Polish Eagles League Winners, Hrvat Playoff Winner 2014: Bridgeport Strikers Playoff Champion, Supersonics Regular Season Champion, Supersonics KDSL Cup Winner 2013: Hrvat Playoff Champion, Leoes Regular Season Champion, Leoes KDSL Cup Winner 2012: Hrvat Playoff Champion, Guelph Rangers Regular Season Champion, Hrvat KDSL Cup Winner 2011: Sonny's FC Playoff Champion, Oriental Premier East Regular Season Champion, Sonny's FC Premier West Regular Season Champion, Al's Motors KDSL Cup Winner 2010: Oriental Premier Playoff Champion, Oriental Premier Regular Season Champion, Hrvat KDSL Cup Winner 2009: Hrvat Premier Playoff Champion 2008: Al's Motors Premier Playoff Champion 2007: Hrvat Playoff Champion 2006: Oriental 1st Division League Champions, Hrvat League Champions, Hrvat Cup Champions 2005: Srbija Premier Playoff Champion, Hrvat Regular Season Champion, Hrvat Cup Champions, World Hungarians 1st Division Playoff Champions 2004: Oriental Premier Playoff Champion, Hrvat Regular reference nan |
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