Toronto Croatia Forward
Kingston FC advanced to the semifinals with a 3-0 overtime victory over Serbian White Eagles and Toronto Croatia moved forward following a 4-2 defeat of the current CSL champions SC Waterloo, two games in the CSL Championship playoff series played Saturday night.
There was one game in the Second Division championship series played earlier in the day when Kingston FC B reserve team eliminated Brampton City Utd B by a score of 4-1.
The Kingston vs Serbian White Eagles encounter at Queen’s West Field at Kingston was scoreless through 90 minutes which set the game up for 30 minutes of extra time and it was at 111 minutes when midfielder Edgar Soglo found the net for a 1-0 lead for the home side. Mademba Ba increased the Kingston lead to 2-0 at 113 minutes and Ba struck a second three minutes later for a 3-0 Kingston victory.
Pero Menalo opened the scoring for Toronto Croatia at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga when he found the net past Waterloo goalkeeper Imad Hukara at the 15 minute mark and Ante Zivkovic increased the lead to 2-0 at 33 minutes, the score at half-time.
Midfielder Ramon Bailey struck for Waterloo at 65 minutes to reduce the Toronto side’s lead to 2-1 and Waterloo midfielder Adis Hasecic tied the score 2-2 at the 79 minute mark.
Daniel Niksic put Toronto Croatia into a 3-2 lead at 83 minutes and Zivkovic scored his second and the home side’s fourth goal at 90 minutes for a 4-2 final score.
REMAINING PLAYOFF SCHEDULE FOR THANKSGIVING DAY WEEKEND:
FIRST DIVISION SCHEDULE – Quarterfinals
Sun Oct 12 Esther Shiner Stadium 3.30 pm North York Astros vs Burlington SC
Sun Oct 12 St. Joan of Arc 6 pm York Region Shooters vs Brampton City Utd
SECOND DIVISION SCHEDULE – Quarterfinals
Sun Oct 12 Warrior Field 1.30 pm SC Waterloo B vs Burlington SC
Sun Oct 12 Hershey Centre 6 pm Toronto Croatia B vs Niagara United B
Sun Oct 12 St. Joan of Arc 8.30 pm York Region Shooters B vs Milton SC