A goalmouth miscue by York Region Shooters at 93 minutes gave London City a 2-2 tie at the Hellenic Community Centre ground in London and in one other game played in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night, St. Catharines Roma Wolves handed the home side Serbian White Eagles a 3-1 defeat at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke.
It was a chippy affair in London where three players – two from the visiting Shooters and one from London City were shown the red card by referee Matt McCready for offences which included violent conduct.
Forward Aldin Kukic put London City into the lead at 37 minutes and Nicolas Martinez of York Region Shooters tied the score 1-1 at the 44th minute mark.
Richard West put the visitors in front at 83 minutes when he found the net past London goalkeeper Vladimir Markotic and York Region appeared to have the game won when in added time Shooters goalkeeper Adrian Ibanez was involved in a goalmouth collision. The mishap allowed London midfielder Gent Miftari to pick-up the loose ball and find the net from close range for a 2-2 tie.
The ejections, which left York Region Shooters with nine men, were Andre Stewart and Rickey Herron, while Marin Vucemilovic Grgic of London City was also ordered off.
St. Catharines Wolves were full marks for their first victory of the season in the Garden City’s season opener and it was Calvin Rosario of St. Catharines who opened the scoring at 42 minutes when he headed in a free kick. It was 1-0 at the break.
Antonio Stranges made it 2-0 three minutes into the second half following a breakaway and at the 70th minute a Serbian White Eagles home victory became more unlikely when Daniel Chamale was ordered off on receiving a second yellow card.
The visitors went further ahead on a goal by Brett Larocque at 83 minutes and two minutes later Serbian White Eagles were awarded a penalty kick and Kiril Dimitrov scored with his second attempt from the spot for a 3-1 final score in favour of St. Catharines Wolves.
Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:
FIRST DIVISION
Sat, May 25 Kalar Sports Park 7 PM Niagara United vs Brampton City Utd
Sun, May 26 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC vs Kingston FC
Sun, May 26 St. Joan of Arc 6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs Serbian White Eagles
Sun, May 26 Warrior Field Waterloo 7 PM SC Waterloo vs Burlington SC
Sun, May 26 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs London City
SECOND DIVISION
Sat, May 25 Portuguese/Oriental 11 AM SC Waterloo B vs St. Catharines Wolves B
Sat, May 25 Kalar Sports Park 4 PM Niagara United B vs Brampton City Utd B
Sat, May 25 Hershey Field 5 PM Toronto Croatia B vs Kingston FC B
Sun, May 26 St. Joan of Arc 4 PM York Region Shooters B vs Serbian White Eagles B