Brampton City Utd scored an important victory against Kingston FC, Toronto Croatia kept pace near the top by defeating St. Catharines Wolves, York Region Shooters won handily over Astros Vasas FC, Windsor scored an emphatic victory over Burlington and SC Waterloo downed London City, five games in the CSL Sunday.
Brampton City Utd were off to a quick start with two goals in the opening 5 minutes of play at Victoria Park in Brampton, the first coming from midfielder Thomas McLean at the 2nd minute mark and Milos Scepanovic made it 2-0 at 5 minutes.
Kingston pressed to get back into the game during the first half and succeeded with a goal at 29 minutes by Jason Massi for a 2-1 score at the interval, and following a well-played scoreless second half the game ended 2-1 in favour of the home side. The win moved Brampton into a tie for top spot in the First Division.
The win increases Brampton’s winning streak to six games going back to May 25. The Toronto area team were defeated 6-2 by Kingston on the league’s opening day May 5 and have won all six games since.
York Region Shooters were full marks for their victory over Astros Vasas FC at Esther Shiner Stadium, taking control in the first half when striker Richard West beat Astros Vasas goalkeeper Laszlo Barna with a low shot at the 35th minute mark, a 1-0 score at the break.
West made it 2-0 at 48 minutes and Ali Hamam increased the lead to 3-0 for the visitors at the 78th minute mark. It was Richard West’s 7th and 8th goals of the season and the second for Ali Hamam.
Midfielder Matthew Rios scored the fourth goal at 87 minutes, driving the ball into the net from a rebound off the crossbar, a 4-0 result for York Region Shooters.
Burlington SC looked strong in the first half to lead 1-0 at 43 minutes against Windsor Stars at Nelson Stadium in Burlington, a goal by Mohammed Mohammed off a rebound from Windsor goalkeeper Dejo Olagbegi, but the visitors took over to score four unanswered goals in their 4-1 win.
The first Windsor goal was scored by midfielder Adam Philp off a corner kick just before the interval, for a 1-1 score at the break, forward Michael Pio put the visitors ahead 2-1 at 55 minutes and Pio scored again at 70 minutes for a 3-1 lead. Midfielder Erik Cirovski rounded the scoring at 4-1 with a goal at the 84th minute and the score held to the final whistle.
Waterloo SC scored a come-from-behind victory after being down 2-0 in the first half against London City at Warrior Field in Waterloo. The visiting London side struck at 30 minutes, a goal by forward Aldin Kukic and this was followed by a goal from midfielder Harris Fazlagic.
Waterloo responded with a goal by Adis Hadesic at 36 minutes and a tying goal from Ranko Golijanin at 54 minutes. Hadesic then scored again at 74 minutes to put Waterloo in front, 3-2, and Predrag Papaz found the net for Waterloo’s 4th goal, a 4-2 final score.