Last week’s home defeat of Kingston FC to Burlington confirms the 2013 First Division title winner in unlikely to be back in the catch-me-if-you-can mode demonstrated throughout last season and which brought eventual success.
An additional three players – Nathan Klemencic, Akil DeFreitas and Michel Paulin – are returning from injuries to bring Kingston almost back to full strength, which is bound to make a difference starting with Saturday’s home encounter with Brampton City Utd. That’s a 6.45 pm. kickoff.
Much of the attention on Saturday will be on York Region Shooters, however, as the team from north of Toronto faces a tough proposition while visiting Toronto Croatia in a bid to extend an unbeaten streak to six games.
Toronto Croatia appears to have found their stride following a slow early season start and will looking to break the impressive run that has Shooters on top of the standings, and that’s unlikely to change given the superior goal differential of York Region, whatever the outcome of Saturday’s match. The game goes at 8 pm.
The current CSL champions, SC Waterloo, are struggling under a slow start to the season with just one win in their six games and are hoping to improve that record at home to Serbian White Eagles, a 7 pm kickoff on Sunday at Warrior Field at Waterloo.
The weekend games were underway Friday night when last year’s Second Division title winner, Toronto Croatia B, nudged past York Region Shooters B by a 3-2 score.
FIRST DIVISION
Sat July 5 Queen’s West Field 6.45 pm Kingston FC vs Brampton City Utd
Sat July 5 Kalar Sports Park 7 pm Niagara United FC vs North York Astros
Sat July 5 Hershey Centre 8 pm Toronto Croatia vs York Region Shooters
Sat July 5 Hellenic Centre 8.30 pm London City vs Burlington FC
Sun July 6 Warrior Field 7 pm SC Waterloo vs Serbian White Eagles
SECOND DIVISION
Fri July 4 Hershey Centre Toronto Croatia B 3, York Region Shooters B 2
Sat July 5 Warrior Field 10 am SC Waterloo B vs Serbian White Eagles B
Sat July 5 Kalar Sports Park 4 pm Niagara United B vs Milton FC
Sat July 5 Queen’s West Field 4.30 pm Kingston FC B vs Brampton City Utd B
Sat July 5 Sherwood East Field 6.30 pm Burlington SC B vs Winstars Shooters