General manager: Connie Leber
President: Walter Freer
Vice-presidents:
Preview
The National Soccer League in Ontario was now an outlawed league. This led to that the Inter-provincial final between the two Western and Eastern Division winners was not played.
Malta United joined the league from the Toronto Metro League. They paid $1,500 for their franchise rights.
Clubs and players
East End Canadians started the season with a number of new recruits from Scotland. The Canadians were coached by Johnny Syme.
Toronto Hungaria were greatly strengthened by the arrival of ten players who had escaped from Hungary. All were in their early 20’s and several with juvenile international experience. The Hungarians were coached by John Kiss who had escaped from Hungary several years ago.
Ulster United signed Peter Himus from Tooting & Mitcham and goalkeeper Frank Schwarz, a refugee from Czechoslovakia.
Review of the season
The season opened in Toronto on May 4.
Toronto Italia won the league and playoff championships.
There was no Inter-Provincial Final as the NSL were not affiliated to the Canadian Soccer Association. Instead two games were staged between the NSL Quebec All-Stars and the NSL Ontario All-Stars for the Labatt Trophy.
Most popular player – Mario Pizutti (Toronto Italia)
19-year old Italia fullback Mario Pizutti was voted as the most popular player in the NSL by the World Soccer magazine in Toronto. Mario joined Toronto Italia in 1953.
Leading goalscorer – Gerhard Borchert (Olympia)
Gerhard Borchert joined Olympia in May 1956. He had spent four years in a Russian prison camp before coming to Canada. In 1957 he was the leading goal scorer in the National Soccer League.
Final standings – Western Division
Leading goalscorer
- Gerhard Borchert (Olympia)
Carling Cup
October 20, 1957 Fred Hamilton Park, Toronto
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Jack Craig
Toronto Italia 1 (Kratochvil)
Toronto Hungaria 0
October 27, 1957 Fred Hamilton Park, Toronto
Toronto Italia 1
Toronto Hungaria 1
November 3, 1957 Fred Hamilton Park, Toronto
Toronto Italia 1
Toronto Hungaria 2 (Aurel Szondi 2)
November 10, 1957 Fred Hamilton Park, Toronto
Toronto Italia 2
Toronto Hungaria 0
Toronto Italia won the National Soccer League playoff championship.
EASTERN DIVISION
President: Dr. Ernest Stastny
Vice-president: M. Nicola Schmidinghen
Secretary:
Review
Soccer in Montreal continued to prosper thanks to the involvement of Nicola Schmidinghen and Dr. Ernest Stastny. The work they put down during the 1957 season led to the top Montreal clubs involvement in an inter-provincial version of the National Soccer League in the 1958 season.
Montreal Cantalia won the 1957 league championship.
Final standings
1. Cantalia
2. Hungaria
3. Sparta
4. Vienna
5. Ukraina
6. Polonia
National Soccer League play-offs – Eastern Division
Semi-finals
September 28/29, 1957
Montreal Hungaria
Montreal Ukraina
September ??, 1957
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Final
September ??, 1957
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N.S.L. Inter-Provincial Final (East vs West)
Play-offs not held between Western and Eastern Division.
Inter-City Challenge games
October 6, 1957 Faillon Stadium, Montreal
Montreal Hungaria 1 (Tibor Stankovics)
Toronto Italia 1 (Pete Cassin)
October 20, 1957 Faillon Stadium, Montreal
Montreal Cantalia 3 (Tibor Fekete 2, Vittorio Santini)
Toronto Polish White Eagles 3 (Alf Lesz, Harold Martin, Cec McCormack)
Labatt N.S.L. Cup Finals
November 3, 1957 Toronto
Ontario National League All-Stars 1 (Alfie Lesz)
Quebec National League All-Stars 0
November 10, 1957 Faillon Stadium, Montreal
Quebec National League All-Stars 3 (Arpad Kiraly 2, Zoltan Teli)
Ontario National League All-Stars 0
Exhibition games
May 25, 1957 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ray Morgan
Ontario All-Stars 0
Tottenham Hotspurs 7 (Bobby Smith 5, Tommy Harmer 2)
Ontario All-Star roster: Goalkeeper Jim Nicholl (Hamilton); fullbacks J. Sexton (Hamilton), A. Shaw (Toronto Thistles); half-backs Ostap Steckiw (Rochester Ukrainians), B. Bennett (Belfast United), Zackaluznyj (Toronto Thistles); forwards J. Giffen (Belfast United), M. Csurgó (Hamilton Hungaria), J. Richmond, F. Gear, Bereza (Rochester Ukrainians). Subs: W. Robinson (Toronto Thistles), J. McManus (Windsor), Lawrie.
June 29, 1957 Hamilton, Ontario
Attendance: 2,500
Hamilton & District All-Stars 2
New York Giuliana 1
