1987 Canadian Soccer League season

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The 1987 Canadian Soccer League season was the league’s first season. It used two divisions of four teams each: East (National Capital Pioneers, Hamilton Steelers, Toronto Blizzard, North York Rockets) and West (Calgary Kickers, Edmonton Brick Men, Vancouver 86ers, Winnipeg Fury).

Format and schedule
- The league played an unbalanced schedule to ease travel. Each team played its division opponents four times (home and away twice) and the teams in the other division twice (one home, one away) for a total of 20 games.
- The top three teams from each division made the playoffs, with the division leaders getting a first-round bye to the later rounds.

Standings and progress
- East division leaders: Hamilton Steelers
- West division leaders: Calgary Kickers

Season highlights
- The season had 80 matches and 212 goals (about 2.65 per game).
- The top scorer was Nick Gilbert with 10 goals.
- The opening match was on June 7, 1987 in Aylmer, Quebec, where National Capital Pioneers and Hamilton Steelers tied 1–1 in front of about 2,500 spectators.

Playoffs and final
- Calgary Kickers and Hamilton Steelers won their divisions and reached the final.
- Calgary Kickers hosted the final and won 2–1 over Hamilton Steelers to become champions.