STOJILJKOVIC STRIKES FOUR FOR SCARBOROUGH VICTORY

Scarborough SC striker Alexander Stojiljkovic led his side with four goals to a 5-1 defeat of Hamilton City in the only Canadian Soccer League First Division game played Sunday night.

It was a come-from-behind victory for the home side at Birchmount Stadium after Scarborough trailed 1-0 early. Hamilton’s Luke Rajain found the Scarborough net past goalkeeper John Trye from the penalty spot at just three minutes following a foul inside the box. The visitors kept their lead until Stojiljkovic equalized with a goal from a breakaway at the 40 minute mark and it was 1-1 at the interval.

Stojiljkovic struck again at 55 minutes to put Scarborough 2-1 in front and completed his hat-trick five minutes later with a goal off a corner kick for a 3-1 Scarborough lead at 60 minutes.

Forward Kiril Dimitrov beat Hamilton goalkeeper Stefan Avramovic to increase the lead to 4-1 at 70 minutes and Stojiljkovic scored his fourth goal for a 5-1 score at the 80th minute mark, the score at the final whistle.

Stojiljkovic’s 4-goals continues a goal scoring spree started near the end of the 2017 regular season when the prolific striker scored a hat-trick for Scarborough in a 3-3 tie with Royal Toronto FC on August 27, struck four goals in the 7-0 defeat of Milton SC on September 2 and another four when Scarborough went on to beat Brantford Galaxy 5-0, a total of 17 on the season to capture the 2017 CSL First Division leading goal scorer title.

Hamilton City will meet Brantford Galaxy at the Heritage Field next Saturday, June 2 at 8.30 pm and Scarborough’s next game will be a home encounter against FC Ukraine United at Birchmount Stadium the following night, Sunday, June 3 at 8 pm.

.The Weekend Summary

First Division
Serbian White Eagles 1, Vorkuta FC 1
CSC Mississauga 0, Brantford Galaxy 0
Scarborough SC 5, Hamilton City 1

Second Division
FC Vorkuta B 12, Serbian White Eagles B 1
Scarborough SC B 3, Halton United B 1

Stan Adamson