BRANTFORD GALAXY, SCARBOROUGH EARN WEEKEND WINS….Serbian Eagles still four points clear

Kiril Dimitrov goal gave Scarborough 1-0 away victory

Serbian White Eagles remain on top of the First Division with a four-point lead following a 1-1 tie with SC Waterloo, Scarborough SC defeated York Region Shooters 1-0, Brantford Galaxy beat Royal Toronto 3-1 and the fourth game over the weekend in the CSL First Division between Milton SC and FC Vorkuta  was abandoned late in the first half due to severe weather conditions at the Milton Community Park.

Serbian White Eagles took a 1-0 lead on a goal at 34 minutes by Dusan Kovacevic at Rim Park in Waterloo on Friday night, but Waterloo tied the game just three minutes later when referee ordered a penalty kick following a hand ball by a Serbian Eagles’ defender. Jure Glavina scored from the spot for the home side, it was 1-1 at the interval and 1-1 at the final whistle.

Kiril Dimitrov of Scarborough drove a low shot from 20 yards just inside the post to beat York Region goalkeeper Adrian Ibanez at the 67 minute mark, a 1-0 away victory  at the St. Joan of Arc Stadium in Maple, also on Friday night.

Miroslav Cabrilo struck twice to lead Brantford Galaxy to its 3-1 home victory at Lions Park on Saturday, one goal coming from a penalty kick late in the second half. The win keeps the Galaxy in fourth position in the standings.

FC Vorkuta were leading 1-0 when the game with Milton was abandoned at 37 minutes during persistent lightning at the Milton Community Park and the game will be replayed.

Brantford Galaxy B defeated London City B by a 3-2 score in weekend CSL Second Division results and Burlington SC B won 4-2 over Serbian White Eagles B.

 

WEATHER KNOCKS OUT WEDNESDAY GAME…..Changes to First Division schedule announced

A downpour in Southwestern Ontario caused the postponement of the Milton SC vs Scarborough SC First Division encounter set for the Wednesday night at the Milton Community Park and the game will be rescheduled at the same location.

The Canadian Soccer League has also announced changes to the First Division schedule beginning with the SC Waterloo vs Serbian White Eagles game this coming weekend originally set for Sunday, July 16, has been brought forward to Friday night, July 14, an 8 pm kickoff at RIM Park in Waterloo.

There is also a change in the kickoff time of the SC Waterloo vs Royal Toronto game scheduled for July 30 at RIM Park which will now start at 8 pm, a change from the original 7 pm kickoff.

A WINNING SERBIAN EAGLES GO THREE POINTS CLEAR……..Weekend action in the CSL

Dusan Kovacevic struck for Serbian White Eagles in 2-0 weekend victory

Undefeated Serbian White Eagles jumped to a three-point lead in the First Division standings following a late scoring 2-0 victory over Brantford Galaxy Friday night to kickoff a busy weekend in the Canadian Soccer League. SC Scarborough won by a 2-0 margin over Royal Toronto over the weekend, while York Region Shooters were held to a 2-2 tie at home by SC Waterloo.

Dusan Kovacevic at 81 minutes and  Goran Svonja at 86 minutes were the scorers for a fourth consecutive win for Serbian White Eagles in the game with the Brantford Galaxy at Centennial Stadium at Etobicoke. There was one red, which means Djordje Jocic of Serbian White Eagles will miss their next game at least after being ejected by referee in the dying minutes of the game.

In a game at Birchmount Stadium, Aleksander Stojiljkovic gave Scarborough an early lead against Royal Toronto, finding the net at the 4 minute mark for a 1-0 score at the break and Krum Bigishkov made it 2-0 at 65 minutes, the final score.

Stojiljkovic was shown the red card by referee at the 87th minute mark.

Midfielder Evan Beutler struck for York Region Shooters at 23 minutes in the game against SC Waterloo played at the St. Joan of Arc Stadium, Maple, and midfielder Jure Glavina tied the game at 44 minutes for the visiting SC Waterloo side. It was 1-1 at halftime.

Defender Odain Omaro Simpson of York Region Shooters was shown the red card by referee at 70 minutes for Serious Foul Play and one minute later Glavina scored a second goal to put  Waterloo into a 2-1 lead with a free kick from 40 yards.

York Region lost a second player at 76 minutes when forward Richard Edwards was ejected by referee, reportedly for dissent, and at 82 minutes York Region tied the game, a second goal by Evan Beutler – 2-2 at the final whistle.

There were four games in the CSL Second Division over the weekend when on Saturday FC Ukraine United B destroyed Royal Toronto B 12-2 and Burlington B defeated Branford Galaxy B 2-1. Taras Hromiak (5) and Pavlo Lukianets (4) accounted for nine of the Ukraine United goals.

This was followed by another Goalfest on Sunday when Vorkuta B demolished Serbian White Eagles B 11-1 and on the same day SC Waterloo B scored a 3-1 victory over London City B.

There will be a rare midweek game in the CSL First Division when Milton SC are at home in the Milton Community Park this coming Wednesday, July 12 at 9 pm for a game against Scarborough SC.

UNBEATEN VORKUTA, SERBIAN EAGLES REMAIN ON TOP….. Weekend games in the CSL

FC Vorkuta and Serbian White Eagles scored narrow victories over the weekend to remain unbeaten at the top of the CSL First Division, while York Region Shooters kept pace with a 3-0 defeat of Royal Toronto FC and Brantford Galaxy defeated SC Waterloo 4-0.

A goal by forward Sergii Lvliev at 13 minutes was all that was needed for Vorkuta to come away with an away victory and three points in the game against Scarborough SC Saturday. The former FC Ukraine United striker lifted the ball from 40 yards over the advancing Milos Djurkovic in the Scarborough goal and the 1-0 lead held until the final whistle.

Vorkuta was reduced to 10 men at the 85 minute mark when Oleksandr Volchkov  was ejected after being shown a second yellow card.

Serbian White Eagles held a two-goal lead at 14 minutes of the first half in the game with Milton at Milton Community Park Sunday, both scored by forward Vukasin Lukic. Milton’s Leandro Aguilar reduced the lead to 2-1 at 21 minutes and Lucky Maghori tied the game for the home side, scoring on the counter attack at the 26 minute mark.

Djordje Jocic put Serbian White Eagles into a 3-2 lead at 30 minutes and Miroslav Jovanovic made it 4-2 for the visitors just before the interval. Maghori struck a second goal for Milton at 51 minutes for a 4-3 score, the result at the final whistle.

Theofanis Sotiris scored twice for York Region Shooters in the Vaughan team’s 3-0 victory over Royal Toronto, also on Sunday, finding the net just before halftime for a 1-0 lead at the break. The second goal by Sotiris came at 50 minutes before Abdulumumini made it 3-0 at the 80 minute mark.

The visiting Brantford Galaxy were in control most of the game against SC Waterloo at RIM Park in Waterloo Sunday, goals coming from Maksim Boksic, Nemaja Simeunovic, Stefan Vukovic and Bojan Samardzija.

There was one CSL Second Division game played over the weekend, a 2-1 victory for Burlington SC B over London City B Friday night.

 

VORKUTA, SERBIAN EAGLES, BRANTFORD ENJOY FIRST DIVISION WINS……..Weekend wrap-up in the CSL

 

Djordje Jocic prominent in Serbian Eagles victory

There were three games in the CSL First Division over the weekend when Vorkuta FC and Serbian White Eagles scored important wins to take first and second position respectively in the standings.  Vorkuta defeated York Region Shooters, 2-1, while Serbian White Eagles came back from an early 1-0 setback to score three goals, ending with a 3-1 victory over Royal Toronto FC, both games played Friday. On Saturday, Brantford Galaxy enjoyed a 4-1 home victory over Milton at the Kiwanis ground in Brantford.

Dario Brezak scored with a flying header from close in at 11 minutes for Royal Toronto in the game against Serbian White Eagles at Centennial Stadium, the ball finding the net inside the right post out of reach of Serbian Eagles goalkeeper Goran Skaric. The 1-0 lead held up until 43 minutes when the home side made it 1-1 with a goal by Goran Svonja. The play started from a corner kick by the ever prominent Djordje Jocic that was cleared by the Royal defence to Filip Velasevic of Serbian Eagles. Velasevic drove the ball from 22 yards and it was diverted by Svonja into the net.

Luka Bojic put Serbian Eagles into a 2-1 lead with a goal at 74 minutes, taking a pass from newcomer Dusan Kovacevic, recently acquired from McMaster University. Kovacevic entered the game as a substitute 10 minutes earlier and was playing his first game for the home side.

Kovacevic made it 3-1 for Serbian White Eagles with a near solo effort when he beat several players at 77 minutes. It was 3-1  the final whistle.

Midfielder Camaal Reid opened the scoring for the home side York Region Shooters against Vorkuta at the Joan of Arc Stadium in Maple, beating visiting goalkeeper Ruslan Zarubin at the 25 minute mark and this was followed up five minutes later with a tying goal by Vorkuta defender Volodymyr Rudyi when he found the net past York Region keeper Adam Majer. It was 1-1 at the break. Vorkuta forward Kristijan Kezic struck the winning goal at 84 minutes for a 2-1 Vorkuta victory.

Brantford Galaxy took a 3-0 halftime lead in the games against Milton SC at the Kiwanis ground in Brantford on goals by Maksim Bosic at 17 minutes, midfielder Dragan Milovic at 35 minutes and Miroslav Cabrilo at the 41 minute mark.

Striker Stefan Vukovic increased the Galaxy lead to 4-0 at 75 minutes before Harris Fazlagic found the net for Milton three minutes later, beating Stefan Avramovic in the Galaxy goal for a 4-1 final score.

There were three games in the CSL Second Division over the weekend with Serbian White Eagles B bouncing back after being crushed 12-0 by  FC Ukraine United B on June 18 to defeat SC Waterloo B 6-3 , Royal Toronto FC B defeated Brantford Galaxy B 5-2, both games on Saturday, while on Sunday,  it was Burlington SC B 2, Vorkuta B 1 at the St. Robert ground in Thornhill.

Shooters, Vorkuta, Serbian Eagles lead CSL First Division…..The Weekend Wrap-up

York Region Shooters are on top of the First Division with a 2-0 defeat of SC Waterloo at RIM Park, Waterloo on goals by Bryan Kevin and Darren Chambers,  FC Vorkuta defeated Royal Toronto 5-1 at Esther Shiner Stadium on 4 goals by Sergii Ivliev goals coming at 10, 13, 16 and 82 minute mark and a single by Vadym Gostiev at the 86 minute mark, Royal Toronto only goal was scored by Jerry Gbodume at the 81 minute mark, Serbian White Eagles also scored a decisive away win, a 6-1 result over Brantford Galaxy at the Kiwanis Field in Brantford goal scorers where Djordjije Jocic with two singles by Filip Velasevic, Zoran Pesic and two goals by Miroslav Jovanovic, to wrap-up games played in the Canadian Soccer League over the weekend.

Vorkuta, Serbian White Eagles and York Region Shooters are the only unbeaten First Division teams, while the Shooters are the only team yet to concede a goal since the season kickoff May 26.

There was one other game scheduled in the CSL First Division over the weekend, the Milton SC vs. Scarborough SC encounter was called off at the Milton Community Park after several Scarborough players were held up due to an incident in traffic en route the game. The game will be rescheduled.

There were two high scoring games in the CSL Second Division when Burlington SC B dominated Royal Toronto FC 9-0 and FC Ukraine B demolished Serbian White Eagles B, 12-0. Amardo Oakley struck four of the nine goals for Burlington.

Two additional games in the CSL Second Division, SC Waterloo B vs Brantford Galaxy B scheduled for Saturday and Vorkuta B vs London City B to be played Sunday, were both postponed.

LATE STEPANIUK GOAL SAVES VORKUTA ….. The CSL Weekend Wrap-up

Midfielder Djordjije Jocic opened the scoring to give Serbian White Eagles a 1-0  lead at 75 minutes in the weekend’s opening game in the CSL First Division played at Centennial Stadium at Etobicoke on Friday night, but Iourii Stepaniuk tied the game 1-1 at 93 minutes for Vorkuta. The goal came following a free kick by the visitors and miscue by the Serbian Eagles’ defense that allowed Stepaniuk to find the net past Serbian Eagles’ goalkeeper  Goran Skaric.

SC Scarborough traveled to the Kiwanis Field in Brantford for the first of two First Division games played Sunday and the Toronto team came away with a 5-2 victory over Brantford Galaxy, while in the late game at Centennial Stadium Royal Toronto were held to a 2-2 draw by  visiting SC Waterloo. Vladimir Zelenbaba and Drazen Vukovic struck first half goals for Waterloo, while Chris Simm scored twice in the second half to salvage a 2-2 draw for the home side.

There is one game scheduled for Monday night when York Region Shooters host Milton SC at the St. Joan of Arc Stadium at Maple, an 8.30 pm start.

There were four CSL Second Division games over the weekend, with Serbian White Eagles B winning a 7-6 squeaker over London City B at the Hellenic Centre in London, FC Vorkuta B also gained an away win with a 4-1 defeat of Royal Toronto B at the Lakeshore Sports Centre in Toronto, Burlington SC B dumped SC Waterloo B 7-2 and FC Ukraine United B dominated Brantford Galaxy B 10-0 at Centennial Stadium on Sunday.

SERBIAN EAGLES, YORK REGION GAIN WEEKEND VICTORIES….Waterloo, Vorkuta tie 2-2

There were three games played in the CSL First Division during the weekend, the first on Friday night when Serbian White Eagles scored a narrow 2-1 victory over Scarborough FC, this was followed by Saturday’s game when York Region Shooters defeated Brantford Galaxy 2-0 and on Sunday FC Vorkuta fought back from a 2-0 deficit to score twice in the second half for a 2-2 tie with SC Waterloo.

Sunday’s  game between Milton SC and Royal Toronto FC was postponed due to ground conditions following heavy rain at the Milton Community Park.

Forward Kiril Dimitrov opened the scoring at 22 minutes for Scarborough SC in the game against Serbian White Eagles at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, but the game was tied 1-1 ten minutes later when Serbian Eagles’ midfielder Zoran Pesic found the net past Scarborough goalkeeper Milos Bjurkovic. It was 1-1 at the interval.

Djordjije Jocic scored the winner for Serbian Eagles from the penalty spot at the 74th minute mark following a hand ball called by referee Remi Arbaji, a 2-1 final score at the final whistle.

Following a scoreless first half at the St. Joan of Arc ground at Maple on Saturday, forward Kevin Bryan drove a low ball inside the right post to give York Region Shooters a 1-0 lead at 54 minutes and the prolific Richard West beat Scarborough ‘keeper Stefan Avramovic late in the second half to make it 2-0, the score at the final whistle.

SC Waterloo took a 2-0 lead into the second half on goals by Brazen Jukovic and Vladimir Zelenbaba in the game against FC Vorkuta at RIM Park on Sunday night, but Valovymyr Pidvirnyi struck twice for the visiting Vorkuta for a 2-2 draw.

In the CSL Second Division over the weekend, Brantford Galaxy B scored a decisive 4-0 victory over Serbian White Eagles B, London City B nipped Royal Toronto B 1-0, FC Ukraine United B won 5-2 over Burlington SC B and FC Vorkuta B defeated SC Waterloo B 4-0.

 

 

EXPANSION TEAM VORKUTA SHINES IN CSL OPENER………the weekend wrap-up

Expansion team FC Vorkuta surprised Milton SC by a 7-0 score at Esther Shiner Stadium Saturday, one of three games played in the opening weekend of a five-month long Canadian Soccer League First Division season.

On Friday night at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, Serbian White Eagles were held to a 1-1 tie at home by SC Waterloo, and on Saturday SC Scarborough were held to a scoreless tie at home by York Region Shooters, a game played at Birchmount Stadium.

A fourth game scheduled in the CSL First Division for the opening weekend, Royal Toronto FC vs Brantford Galaxy, was postponed on Sunday due to ground conditions at Varsity Stadium. The game will be played Monday night at 8 pm.

Vorkuta midfielder and captain Oleh Kerchu struck twice in his team’s dominance, opening the scoring after nine minutes, and scoring the seventh goal at 89 minutes. Defender Danylo Lazar found the Milton net at 16 minutes, midfielder Oleh Shutov scored twice, at 36 and 39 minutes, and it was 4-0 at the break.

Defender Vadym Gostiev made it 5-0 at 52 minutes and midfielder Yaroslav Svorak scored at 82 minutes before Kerchu’s goal to end the scoring seven minutes later.

There were four games to open the CSL Second Division season over the weekend. SC Waterloo B defeated Royals Toronto FC B 6-1, Brantford Galaxy B won 4-1 over London City B, FC Ukraine United B opened its season with a 3-1 defeat of FC Vorkuta B and Burlington SC B sored a 4-0 victory over Serbian White Eagles B to close the CSL opening weekend on Sunday night.

CSL EXPANSION TEAMS VORKUTA AND ROYAL TORONTO GIVE NEW LOOK……End of May kickoff

Two expansion teams, FC Vorkuta and Royal Toronto FC, will give a new-look to the Canadian Soccer League 2017 kickoff set for the weekend May 26 -28.

Eight teams will form a strong CSL First Division for a five-month long regular season campaign, to be followed by playoffs leading to the Givova Championship Cup Final early October.

Vorkuta FC, formed in Toronto in 2008, derives its name from a Russian town situated just north of the Arctic Circle.  The local group adopted the name as a dedication to that Russian community and its troubled past, and to represent the Russian speaking community in Canada.

Vorkuta FC played in the early days in a downtown Toronto senior amateur league before moving to the northern outskirts of Thornhill and Richmond Hill, winning league title wins along the way. Players being signed for the CSL team are from the broader Eastern Europe and Canada.

Samad Kadirov has been an ever present force in the development of the Vorkuta team both on and off the field, while lawyer Igor Demitchev has been a leading sponsor to help move the club into the CSL, Canada’s only professional soccer league.

Royal Toronto FC has a strong academy background with a reputation for skills training and emphasizing a lifestyle for young players aiming to make an impression at higher levels. It’s a ‘total preparation’ attitude at Royal Toronto –  being ready when the opportunity comes along at the professional level in Canada and elsewhere.

Dario Brezak and Luka Majstorovic are the principals in a club that’s now reached a stage of adding a professional dimension to the organization, ready to step into the tough Canadian Soccer League. Each has experience with several CSL clubs, including Toronto Croatia, Milton and Toronto Atomic

“We want our young academy players to be in a position of taking advantage of an opportunity that may come their way from Europe and other parts of the world and playing in the CSL is going to provide that necessary experience as they interface and eventually play with our professionals,” explained Brezak.

Returning teams in the CSL First Division from last season are Brantford Galaxy, Milton SC, Scarborough SC, Serbian White Eagles, York Region Shooters, while SC Waterloo is back after using 2016 to reorganize, and new teams FC Vorkuta and Royal Toronto FC rounding out the eight.

The CSL Second Division, considered a developmental loop for players moving into professional ranks, has in its 2017 league formation Brantford Galaxy B, Burlington SC, London City, Royal Toronto FC B, Serbian White Eagles B, Ukraine United, FC Vorkuta B and SC Waterloo B.

Serbian White Eagles are the current CSL title holders following their championship victory over Hamilton City at Birchmount Stadium last October, while the York Region Shooters reserve squad defeated Toronto Atomic reserves to capture the Second Division championship.