1957 National Soccer League
General manager: Connie Leber
President: Walter Freer
Vice-presidents:
Review of the season
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.
The season opened in Toronto on May 4.
In a novel development Sunday afternoon NSL games were broadcast on Buffalo (N. Y.) channel WGR-TV. There is an article about this here.
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
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Toronto Italia | 27 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 31 | 41 |
| White Eagles | 27 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 74 | 44 | 39 |
| Olympia | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 74 | 48 | 36 |
| Toronto Hungaria | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Ulster United | 27 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 54 | 28 |
| Tridents | 27 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 49 | 47 | 27 |
| Malta United | 27 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 52 | 24 |
| Toronto Ukraina | 27 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 37 | 48 | 21 |
| East End Canadians | 27 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 35 | 65 | 13 |
| Toronto Sparta | 27 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 36 | 80 | 12 |
Leading goalscorer
- Gerhard Borchert (Olympia)
Carling Cup
October 20, 1957 Fred Hamilton Park, Toronto
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Jack Craig
Toronto Italia 1
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
November 10, 1957 Fred Hamilton Park, Toronto
Toronto Italia 2
Toronto Hungaria 0
Toronto Italia won the National Soccer League playoff championship.
N.S.L. 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
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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 22, 1957 Windsor Stadium, Windsor, Ontario
Attendance: 4,193
Referee: Al McDermott
Essex County F. A. All-Stars 1
Tottenham Hotspurs 11
Read about the match here
May 25, 1957 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Ray Morgan
Ontario All-Stars 0
Tottenham Hotspur 7
Read about the match here
June 29, 1957 Hamilton, Ontario
Attendance: 2,500
Hamilton & District All-Stars 2
New York Giuliana 1
Other Leagues and Cups
1957 Toronto & District Football Association
Senior League – First Division
Teams: Arsenal “A”, East York, Etobicoke, Estonians, Hotspurs, Mimico, Neerlandia, Saracen, Scarboro, Toronto Irish, USFC and Vikings
Senior League – Second Division
Teams: Arsenal “B”, Cooksville, Eintracht “B”, Hellas “B”, Latvia Hawks, Neerlandia “B”, Piccadilly, Regals and Royals
1957 Metro League
The league decided to operate with 18 teams in the 1957 season. The teams were divided into nine teams in the First Division and nine teams in the Second Division.
First Division
All games played at St. Clair Stadium
Teams (9): Belfast United, Caledonian, Croatia, Danforth, Estonia, 7000 Club, Scottish, Thistles and Victoria
Second Division
Teams (9): Avro, C.N.R.A., Danforth, Germania, Maple Leafs, Oakville Athletics, Silverthorn, Udinese and Vikings
1957 Continental League
Teams: Alexander, Austria, ASC Toronto, Blackpool, Eintracht, Hellas, Latvian Hawks, FC Lions, Lithunia Vytis, Mt Carmel, Puglia and St Thomas.
Hamilton City Soccer League
All games were played at H.A.A.A. Grounds, Charlton St. W., Hamilton, Ontario
Teams: British Imperials, Hamilton City, Hamilton Hungaria, Hamilton United, Italo-Canadians, Slovakia, Turuls, Ukraina
1957 Essex County Football Association
“A” Division
Teams:
Champions: Windsor Italia
“B” Division
Teams:
Champions: Windsor Hungaria
Windsor Star Cup
Champions: Windsor Italia
1957 Western Ontario Cup
No competition
1957 Dominion Cup
Semifinals
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Final
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