The 1988 Canadian Soccer League season was the second season of play for the Canadian Soccer League, a Division 1 men's soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid.
Montreal Supra joined the league as an expansion franchise, entering the East Division.
[1] The National Capitals Pioneers went bankrupt in their inaugural season, but the club was re-structured and renamed as the Ottawa Intrepid.
[2] They also moved their home stadium to Ottawa, after playing the previous year in Aylmer, Quebec[3] Similar to the previous season, the teams played an unbalanced schedule with two-thirds of a team's matches coming against teams in their own division.
Following the season, the top three teams in each division would advance to the playoffs, with the division leaders earning a first round bye, to designate a national champion club.