FC Vorkuta scored a penalty goal 1-0 victory over Scarborough to stretch its 100 per cent record to eight games, and a hat-trick by midfielder Pavlo Lukianets led FC Ukraine United to a 5-2 defeat of CSC Mississauga, two games in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Sunday.
Vorkuta attacked the Scarborough goal early while Scarborough broke away on the counter at Birchmount Stadium, but both teams failed to score until 22 minutes when Vorkuta was awarded a penalty after Serhii Ursulenko was brought down in the box. Vorkuta captain Liubomyr Halchuk drove the ball into the net at the 22nd minute mark, it was 1-0 at the interval.
Scarborough went on the attack often in the second half and there were close calls including striking the woodwork at 76 minutes, but last season’s championship finalist failed to break through and Vorkuta held on to the 1-0 lead to the final whistle.
Vorkuta increased its winning streak to eight games for a 8-0-0 WLT record for 24 points, while Scarborough remains in second position with a 5-2-1 record for 16 points
CSC Mississauga midfielder Mykhaylo Berezovyy opened the scoring at Centennial Stadium, finding the net past Ukraine United goalkeeper Oleksandar Popravka at the 7th minute mark.
Forward Nazar Milishchuk equalized for Ukraine United at 26 minutes, his third goal of the season, and the home side scored again to take the lead five minutes later when Pavlo Lukianets struck the first of his three goals to make it 2-1.
Lukianets made it 3-1 at 39 minutes and this was followed by CSC Mississauga reducing the lead to 3-2 at 40 minutes, a goal by Pero Menalo who collected a rebound from goalkeeper Popravka off a shot by Mykhaylo Berezovyy and the score was 3-2 at the break.
Lukianets completed his hat-trick at 66 minutes for a 4-2 Ukraine United lead and forward Sviatoslav Dziadykevych completed the scoring at 92 minutes for a 5-2 result at the final whistle.
Ukraine United won its fourth game of the season, has a 4-2-0 record and is now tied in fourth position with SC Waterloo, each team with 12 points. CSC Mississauga has a 1-6-1 record for 4 points in ninth position in the table.
SECOND DIVISION UPDATE
Two goals by Ruslan Honcharuk led FC Vorkuta B to a 5-2 victory over CSC Mississauga B Sunday, giving the Vorkuta reserve team a 3-0-0 record and three points lead over Kingsman B, CSC Mississauga B and Serbian White Eagles B, each team having 6 points.
There are three Second Division games scheduled midweek:
Wednesday, July 17, Cardinal Newman Field 7 pm Brantford Galaxy B vs CSC Mississauga B
Wednesday, Jul 17, Ontario Soccer Centre 9 pm Kingsman B vs FC Vorkuta B
Wednesday, July 17, Iceland Field 9 pm Serbian White Eagles B vs Hamilton City B