SC Waterloo jumped to a tie for first place in the standings with a 2-1 victory over Brampton City Utd, while Brantford Galaxy were also moved near the top with a 2-0 defeat of London City, two games in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Sunday.
There was also an important win for Toronto Croatia Sunday when the league leader defeated Sydney United 58 FC 5-2 in the first round of the Croatian World Club Championship being played at Zagreb, Croatia June 28 – July 5.
Forward Harris Redzepi opened the scoring for the Galaxy at Lions Park in Brantford, he beat London goalkeeper Vladimir Markotic at 72 minutes and forward Zdenko Jurcevic increased the lead to 2-0 at 81 minutes for the home side, a left foot drive from 15 yards that left Markotic little chance for a save. It was 2-0 at the final whistle.
It was goal number 11 for Jurcevic to lead the CSL First Division goalscorers, and the win moved the Galaxy into a tie for second place with Serbian White Eagles in the standings, Brantford now has a 5-3-0 WLT record for 15 points.
Midfielder Brandon Simon gave Brampton City Utd a 1-0 lead at the 30 minute mark in the game with SC Waterloo at Warrior Field.
Drazen Vukovic missed an opportunity to tie the game for Waterloo from the penalty spot early in the second half, but the forward set-up the play for Adis Hasecic to find the net for a 1-1 score at the 60 minute mark and Vukovic struck the winner at 67 minutes, taking a pass from Ramon Bailey to put the ball past Brampton goalkeeper Cristian Montero Valez.
Waterloo held the 2-1 lead until the final whistle and the victory lifted the Southwestern Ontario side to a tie for top spot with Toronto Croatia in the CSL First Division standings. Waterloo has a 5-1-1 record for 16 points.
Toronto Croatia were taking part in the Croatian World Club Championship at Zagreb and in the opening game the CSL side defeated Sydney United 58 FC by a 5-2 score with midfielder Amir Hosic scoring a hat-trick and striker Tihomir Maletic found the net twice.
A third CSL First Division match between Burlington SC and Milton SC scheduled for Sunday at Nelson Stadium in Burlington was postponed due to wet ground conditions, and the Second Division clash between Toronto Croatia B and Serbian White Eagles B was also called off due to soggy conditions at Karlovac Park.