Day: July 5, 2015

London City won their first game of the season, a 2-1 defeat of Niagara United, while Milton SC and Scarborough SC fought to a 1-1 draw, two First Division games in the CSL Sunday.

London City opened the scoring at the Hellenic Centre in London with a goal from the penalty spot, the penalty called by referee Gus Espinal following a hand ball by a Niagara United defender inside the box. Forward Aldin Kukic scored from the spot at the 9 minute mark and it was 1-0 at the break.

Edin Kozica increased the lead to 2-0 for London City at the 73 minute and the home side continued on top until Omar Hamadi struck for Niagara United at 81 minutes, beating London goalkeeper  Vladimir Markotic. The game ended 2-1 for London’s first victory in the 2015 campaign.

Scarborough scored first in the game with Milton SC at the Jean Vanier Field in Milton when Jose Goncalves De Sousa beat Milton goalkeeper Zoran Pusica from 15 yards at the 40 minute mark and it was 1-0 at the break.

Rusmir Dizdarevic equalized for the home side at 83 minutes, taking a cross from Zoran Belosevic on the left wing to find the net past Scarborough goalkeeper Mladen Kukrika. It was 1-1 at the final whistle.

There was one game in the CSL Second Division Sunday when Toronto Croatia B defeated Milton SC B 2-1.

Toronto Atomic FC moved into second place in the standings with a 2-0 victory over Burlington SC, the only game in the CSL First Division Saturday night, while earlier in the day Toronto Croatia completed its games on a winning note at  the Croatian World Club Championship by defeating Canberra Croatia of Australia 3-0. The win gave Toronto third position in the eight-team tournament.

Midfielder Stas Honcharuk opened the scoring for Toronto Atomic at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, he found the net at 11 minutes for a 1-0 lead at half-time, and this was followed by a goal by Oleksandr Semeniuk who put the home side ahead 2-0 at the 75th minute mark. It was 2-0 final score and Semeniuk’s 7th goal of the season.

Roberto Galle, Marin Vučemilović-Grgic and Tihomir Maletic were the goalscorers for Toronto Croatia in the 3-0 defeat of the Australian side Canberra Croatia at Zagreb Saturday afternoon, to wrap-up the championship games for the Toronto side. The win gives Toronto Croatia third place in the tournament, which has an upcoming final between Vojvodanski Hrvati of Serbia and Pajde Mohlin of Switzerland to be played.

There were three games in the CSL Second Division Saturday:

Burlington SC B 3, Toronto Atomic FC B 2

Serbian White Eagles B 3, Brampton City Utd B 2

SC Waterloo B 4, Niagara United B  2