Midfielder Paul Kihara Waiganjo led Kingston FC with a hat-trick to a 4-2 away victory over Niagara United, while London City continued to climb the CSL First Division with a 2-0 home win against St. Catharines Wolves, two games in the CSL Saturday.
Waiganjo opened the scoring for Kingston at the 22nd minute mark at Kalar Park in Niagara Falls, he found the net off a rebound following a save by Niagara goalkeeper Brad Gemmell and the Kenya-born Waiganjo struck again just six minutes later to give the visitors a 2-0 lead, the score at half-time.
Striker Guillaume Surot increased the lead to 3-0 for Kingston at 56 minutes, again after Gemmell made saves from two attempts on the home goal – it was Surot’s 17th goal of the season.
Niagara’s Andy Tiedt reduced the lead to 3-1 with a goal at the 58th minute mark and following good attacking play at both ends, Waiganjo completed his hat-trick at 73 minutes for a 4-1 Kingston lead following a breakaway by the visiting team.
Tiedt scored his second goal just before the final whistle for a 4-2 victory, the 11th of the season for a league-leading Kingston with 34 points.
Marin Vucemilovic Grgic found the net past St. Catharines goalkeeper Matthew Greco at 66 minutes to open the scoring for London City at the Hellenic Centre in London, a 1-0 lead over St. Catharines Wolves following a well-played, scoreless first half.
Forward Younan Samra made it 2-0 at 77 minutes, a score that held to the final whistle.
It was the sixth win for the southwestern Ontario side, now tied for fifth place in the First Division standings.
There were three games played in the CSL Second Division Saturday night:
SC Waterloo B 1, Brampton City Utd B 0
Niagara United B 2, Kingston FC B 1
St. Catharines Wolves B 1, London City B 0
Serbian White Eagles B vs Toronto Croatia B POSTPONED – GROUND CONDITIONS
REMAINING GAMES THIS WEEKEND:
FIRST DIVISION
Sun, Aug 18 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd vs Windsor Stars
(Ref: Manuel Orellana, Assist: Scott Milliquet, Alex Themistocleous 4th: Zac Taylor)
Sun, Aug 18 St. Joan of Arc 6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs Burlington SC
(Ref: A.N. Other, Assist: Jessica Patton, Fabrizio Stasolla 4th. Michael Izzo)
Sun, Aug 18 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs SC Waterloo
(Ref: Armando Pereira, Assist: Ramee Arbaji, Brian Butler 4th Scott Decker)