York Region Shooters stretched their winning streak to seven games with a 4-1 defeat of Milton SC, while Serbian White Eagles scored a narrow 2-1 victory over Toronto Atomic FC, two games in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night.
Djordje Jocic opened the scoring after 10 minutes for Serbian White Eagles at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, the attacking midfielder capitializing on a play set up by Marko Marovic who moved a long ball to Mirko Medic, on to Jocic who caught the top left corner with a volley from eight yards, well out of reach of Atomic goalkeeper Vasyl Shpuk.
Atomic tied the game on a goal by Ihor Mihalevskyy who found the net past Serbian White Eagles goalkeeper Goran Skaric at the 14th minute mark.
Defender Milan Kusic struck the winner at 24 minutes for the home side, finding the net from five yards off a corner kick taken by Branislav Vukomanovic. It was 2-1 at half time and following a hard-played second half, it was 2-1 at the final whistle.
Serbian White Eagles improve to a 3-5-0 WLT record for nine points in fifth position in the standings, while Atomic remain in second position with a 4-2-2 record for 14 points.
York Region Shooters took a 2-0 lead at the interval on goals by forward Aleksander Stojanovski and Richard West in the game played at the Jean Vanier Field in Milton. Adnan Smajic cut the lead to 2-1 with a goal from the penalty spot for the home side following a hand ball in the box.
Defender Halburto Harris found the net twice for York Region Shooters late in the second half and the visitors controlled the remainder of the game for a 4-1 victory, their seventh since the season opening win on May 29.
The Shooters increase their lead to seven points with a 7-0-0 record for 21 points, while Milton still search for their second win with a 1-6-0 record for three points at the foot of the table.