The Canadian Soccer League Golden Boot is an annual award given to the player who led the league in goals during the regular season, the playoffs, and before 2008 in the Open Canada Cup

Open Canada Cup

The Open Canada Cup was a Canadian soccer competition, similar in concept to tournaments such as the English FA Cup, the Coppa Italia, and the US Open Cup. The competition was held starting with the CSL's first season in 1998 until 2007....

 games. The award has been presented since the 1998 season, when the league debuted as the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The inaugural winner was Toronto Olympians Gus Kouzmanis. The only player to have won the award on more than one occasion, and back to back was Eddy Berdusco

Eddy Berdusco

Eddy Berdusco is a retired professional footballer from Canada.-Club career:The son of Italian immigrants, Berdusco was the original Canadian Soccer League's 3rd all-time highest goal scorer with 54 from 1988 through 1992 as a member of North York Rockets...

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Winners

Season	Player	Team	Goals
1998	Gus Kouzmanis	Toronto Olympians Durham Storm The Durham Storm were a soccer team playing in the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The club changed their name a few times - they were known as the Toronto Olympians from 1998 through 2001 and then the Mississauga Olympians in 2002 and 2003....	36
1999	Eddy Berdusco Eddy Berdusco Eddy Berdusco is a retired professional footballer from Canada.-Club career:The son of Italian immigrants, Berdusco was the original Canadian Soccer League's 3rd all-time highest goal scorer with 54 from 1988 through 1992 as a member of North York Rockets...	Toronto Olympians Durham Storm The Durham Storm were a soccer team playing in the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The club changed their name a few times - they were known as the Toronto Olympians from 1998 through 2001 and then the Mississauga Olympians in 2002 and 2003....	24
2000	Eddy Berdusco Eddy Berdusco Eddy Berdusco is a retired professional footballer from Canada.-Club career:The son of Italian immigrants, Berdusco was the original Canadian Soccer League's 3rd all-time highest goal scorer with 54 from 1988 through 1992 as a member of North York Rockets...	Toronto Olympians Durham Storm The Durham Storm were a soccer team playing in the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The club changed their name a few times - they were known as the Toronto Olympians from 1998 through 2001 and then the Mississauga Olympians in 2002 and 2003....	12
2001	Kevin Nelson Kevin Nelson (soccer) Kevin Nelson is a former Trinidadian footballer who is currently a full time coach for Parmar Sports Training.-Playing career:Nelson started his career playing at the youth level with St. Clair Football School in Trinidad and Tobago...	Ottawa Wizards Ottawa Wizards Ottawa Wizards was a soccer team playing in the Canadian Professional Soccer League.-History:The team won three consecutive regular season championships from 2001 to 2003, and took the Rogers Cup once in 2002 with the Turkish head coach Rasim Kara....	23
2002	Darren Tilley Darren Tilley Darren Tilley is an English football coach for USL-1 club Rochester Rhinos.-Playing career:Tilley played for York City F.C. in the English Third Division from 1991-1993. In 1997, Tilley began the season with the Toronto Lynx before being traded to the Montreal Impact...	Mississauga Olympians Durham Storm The Durham Storm were a soccer team playing in the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The club changed their name a few times - they were known as the Toronto Olympians from 1998 through 2001 and then the Mississauga Olympians in 2002 and 2003....	20
2003	Carlos Arghittu	St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines Wolves, also known as St. Catharines Roma Wolves or simply Roma Wolves, are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1977. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League.- History :...	18
2004	Paul Munster Paul Munster Paul Munster is a professional footballer. His soccer career, once thought over at age 19 due to a severely torn knee ligament, was revived playing in Canada and he went on to sign with Czech giants Slavia Praha....	London City London City (soccer club) London City is a Canadian soccer team founded in 1973. The team is currently a member of the Canadian Soccer League. The team plays home games out of Cove Road Stadium in the city of London, Ontario...	25
2005	Aaron Byrd	Windsor Border Stars	17
2006	Gabriel Pop	Serbian White Eagles Serbian White Eagles Serbian White Eagles Football Club is a Canadian soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League....	27
2007	Nicolas Lesage Nicolas Lesage Nicolas Lesage is a retired Canadian soccer player who played as a striker.Lesage began his career at the college level during his enrollment at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Upon his graduation from university, Lesage would sign with the Montreal Impact...	Trois-Rivières Attak Trois-Rivières Attak Trois-Rivières Attak FC is a Canadian soccer team, taking a sabbatical year from the Canadian Soccer League. They formally served as a reserve/academy team for the USL First Division side Montreal Impact until 2010, when Montreal Impact founded their own academy...	20
2008	Daniel Nascimento	Brampton Lions Brampton Lions Brampton City United FC are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 2002. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, the third tier of competition in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the largest domestic pro league in Canada...	18
2009 2009 Canadian Soccer League season The 2009 Canadian Soccer League regular season ran from 15 May to 20 September 2009. Trois-Rivieres Attak won the championship.-Changes from 2008 season:...	Reda Agourram Reda Agourram Reda Agourram , is a Moroccan-Canadian soccer player currently playing for Montreal Impact in the North American Soccer League.-Professional:...	Trois-Rivieres Attak Trois-Rivières Attak Trois-Rivières Attak FC is a Canadian soccer team, taking a sabbatical year from the Canadian Soccer League. They formally served as a reserve/academy team for the USL First Division side Montreal Impact until 2010, when Montreal Impact founded their own academy...	13
2010 2010 Canadian Soccer League season The 2010 Canadian Soccer League season began on Saturday May 8, 2010 and ended on October 31. Brantford Galaxy SC won their first championship in their inaugural season with a 3-0 win over Hamilton Croatia in the 2010 CSL Championship Final at the Centennial Park Stadium in Etobicoke on October...	Tihomir Maletic	Toronto Croatia Toronto Croatia C.N.S.C. Toronto Croatia is a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1956. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, the highest level soccer league in Canada, and play in the International Division....	17