Referees
Referees included Art King (Toronto), Hugh McLean (Guelph, Ontario) and Stan Tait (Montreal, Quebec).
Review of the season
The opening games of the 1966 Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League season were played in Montreal and Hamilton on Sunday May 8. Montreal International and Toronto Inter-Roma played to a 1-1 tie in front of 2,000 fans in Montreal. In Hamilton Toronto Italia defeated Primo Hamilton.
After this season the league folded. Toronto Italia Falcons joined the National Professional Soccer League. Toronto Inter-Roma and Hamilton Primos joined the semi-professional National Soccer League for the 1967 NSL season.
Results and standings
GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | |
Toronto Italia-Falcons | 24 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 16 | 44 |
Toronto Inter-Roma | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 38 | 26 |
Hamilton Primos | 24 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 42 | 14 |
Montreal International | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 39 | 12 |
Leading goalscorers
Name | Team | Goals |
Carlos Metidieri | Toronto Italia | 17 |
Semifinals
August 31, 1966 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 200
Toronto Inter-Roma 3 (Jorge Bentivegna, Dave Demaine 2 pens.)
Hamilton Primos 1 (Bob Williams)
President’s Cup
September 4, 1966 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 2,075
Toronto Inter-Roma 1 (Ron Clayton)
Toronto Italia-Falcons 0
September 7, 1966 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 2,043
Toronto Inter-Roma 2 (Frank Rosati 2)
Toronto Italia-Falcons 0
Inter-Roma won the best-of-three games series 2-0
Exhibition games
May 25, 1966 Civic Stadium, Hamilton
Hamilton Primos 0
Glasgow Celtic 11
Match report
June 16, 1966 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Inter-Roma 0
Bologna 4
Match report
August 30, 1966 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Italia 0
Benfica (Portugal) 1
Match report
Match reports
Date | Home | Away |
08/05/1966 | Hamilton Primos 0 | Toronto Italia 1 |
08/05/1966 | Montreal Inter 1 | Toronto Inter-Roma 1 |
15/05/1966 | Toronto Italia-Falcons 1 | Toronto Inter-Roma 2 |
15/05/1966 | Montreal | Hamilton Primo |
08/06/1966 | Toronto Italia-Falcons 2 | Hamilton Primo 1 |
12/06/1966 | Montreal 0 | Hamilton Primos 0 |
16/06/1966 | Hamilton Primos 0 | Toronto Inter-Roma 1 |
25/06/1966 | Toronto Inter-Roma | Hamilton Primos |
26/06/1966 | ||
02/07/1966 | Toronto Italia-Falcons 2 | Toronto Inter-Roma 1 |
03/07/1966 | ||
06/07/1966 | ||
09/07/1966 | Toronto Inter-Roma 2 | Italia Falcons 4 |
10/07/1966 | Hamilton Primos 0 | Montreal Inter 0 |
13/07/1966 | ||
13/07/1966 | ||
16/07/1966 | Italia Falcons 3 | Hamilton Primo 2 |
17/07/1966 | Montreal 0 | Toronto Inter-Roma 1 |
17/07/1966 | Hamilton Primos 1 | Italia Falcons 3 |