IVLIEV HAT-TRICK PUTS FC VORKUTA ON TOP
Three goals by FC Vorkuta forward Sergii Ivliev led his team to a 6-1 victory over SC Waterloo for top position in the standings, FC Ukraine United defeated Hamilton City 3-1 and Brantford Galaxy scored three second half goals for a 3-0 win over CSC Mississauga, three games in the Canadian Soccer League Saturday night.
FC Ukraine United’s Ivan Kucherenko opened the scoring against Hamilton City at the Heritage Field in Hamilton, finding the net past goalkeeper Stefan Avramovic at the 41 minute mark for a 1-0 lead at the interval.
Vukasin Kovacevic leveled the score 1-1 for Hamilton at 75 minutes and Ukraine regained the lead on a goal by Ihor Malysh six minutes later.
Ukraine’s Vasyl Chornyi was ejected following a second caution midway through the second half, but Ukraine United went further ahead for a 3-1 lead at the 91 minute, a goal by Nazar Milishchuk and the score held to the final whistle.
FC Ukraine United improve to a 3-1-0 WLT record for 9 points and second in the First Division table, while Hamilton City suffered its third defeat for a 1-3-0 record for 3 points and 7 in the standings.
Midfielder Slavko Knezevic caught the corner of the net from 10 yards to open the scoring for Brantford Galaxy at the 63 minute following a well-played, scoreless first half against visiting CSC Mississauga.
Adam Villella took a long pass from Miljan Milovic to make it 2-0 for the Galaxy at 68 minutes, and at the 82 minute mark Bojan Stepanovic moved the ball to forward Sasa Jelovac for a third goal for the home side and it was 3-0 at the final whistle.
It was Brantford Galaxy’s first victory of the new season for a 1-1-1 record for 4 points in fourth position in the standings, while new club CSC Mississauga has a 0-2-1 record for one point in eighth position.
Sergei Ivliev took a pass from Ihor Melnyk to open the scoring at 13 minutes for FC Vorkuta against SC Waterloo at the OSA Soccer Centre Stadium in Vaughan, and Ivliev struck a second goal at 30 minutes following a cross by midfielder Serhii Ursulenko, 2-0 for the home side.
A low cross from defender Volodymyr Bidlovskyi found Melnyk who scored the third Vorkuta goal, tapping in from three yards at the 37 minute mark and four minutes later midfielder Mykhailo Riabyi took a pass from Ivliev to find the right corner of the Waterloo net with a drive from the edge of the 18 yard line for a 4-0 Vorkuta lead, the score at the break.
Ursulenko tapped the ball into an empty net at 58 minutes after taking a low pass from Oleksandr Yaremchuk to make the score 5-0, and two minutes later SC Waterloo reduced the lead to 5-1 on a counter attack, a goal by Ivan Cutura who beat Vorkuta goalkeeper Aleksandr Musiienko on a one and one before placing the ball into the corner of the net.
Ivliev completed his hat-trick at 68 minutes, a 6-1 final score for FC Vorkuta.
FC Vorkuta gained its third victory with a 3-0-1 record for 10 points at the top of the table, while SC Waterloo has a 1-1-0 record for three points in sixth position in the table.
There are two Second Division games on Sunday with FC Vorkuta B at home to Milton SC B at St. Roberts HS, that’s a 2 pm kickoff, and Scarborough B are at home to Brantford Galaxy B, a 6 pm kickoff at the OSA Soccer Center Stadium.