FC UKRAINE UNITED BACK ON TOP FRIDAY WHILE DEY LEADS HAMILTON CITY TO VICTORY WITH A HAT-TRICK

FC UKRAINE UNITED BACK ON TOP FRIDAY WHILE DEY LEADS HAMILTON CITY TO VICTORY WITH A HAT-TRICK

A hat-trick by midfielder Sani Dey led Hamilton City to a 4-3 victory over Serbian White Eagles, and in one other game in the Canadian Soccer League Friday, FC Ukraine United struck a second half winner from the penalty spot to defeat Real Mississauga 2-1.

Serbian White Eagles went ahead 1-0 at 3 minutes, a goal by defender Radenko Kamberovic in the match at Centennial Stadium and 10 minutes later the home side went 2-up with a goal by forward Luka Bojic.

Hamilton City cut the lead to 2-1 with a goal at 24 minutes by Lucas Raposo who found the net past Serbian Eagles’ goalkeeper Goran Skaric and that was followed at 26 minutes by Dey’s first of three goals for Hamilton and it was 2-2 at the break.

Dey scored second at 75 minutes and completed his hat-trick at 89 minutes to increase his season tally to 9 goals while giving the visitors a 4-2 lead.

Serbian Eagles’ defender Branislav Vukomanovic beat Hamilton goalkeeper Stefan Avramovic at 92 minutes to cut the score to 4-3 in favour of Hamilton.
Hamilton City moves into fourth position in the standing with a 5-4-0 WLT record for 15 points, while Serbian White Eagles drop to fifth position with a 3-3-3 record for 12 points.

Forward Taras Hromiak opened the scoring at 7 minutes for FC Ukraine United at the Hershey Centre for a 1-0 halftime lead for the visitors against Real Mississauga.

Mississauga’s Brennan McNicol found the net past Ukraine United goalkeeper Oleksandr Popravka to tie the game 1-1 at 75 minutes and eight minutes later following a foul inside the box, Ihor Malysh drove a penalty kick low and inside the right post, a 2-1 winner that held to the final whistle.
FC Ukraine United return to the top position in the standings with a 7-2-2 record for 23 points following the victory, while Real Mississauga have a 2-4-2 record for 8 points in sixth position.

There are two CSL First Division matches on Saturday with SC Waterloo at home to CSC Mississauga, a 6.30 pm kickoff at RIM Park and it’s FC Vorkuta vs Scarborough SC at Esther Shiner Stadium, a 7 pm kick off.

In the Second Division on Saturday, it’s Scarborough B vs FC Vorkuta B, a 1 pm kickoff at the OSA Soccer Centre Stadium, and on Sunday it’s Brantford Galaxy B vs Milton B at Lions Park, that’s a 6 pm start.