SCARBOROUGH HELD TO 1-1 DRAW SUNDAY BY VISITING REAL MISSISSAUGA
Real Mississauga held Scarborough to a 1-1 draw in the only First Division match played in the Canadian Soccer League Sunday.
The visiting Mississauga side opened the scoring at 30 minutes of the game played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough when Real Mississauga defender Edmond Badal drove the ball into the corner of the net with Scarborough goalkeeper John Trye well beaten. It was 1-0 at the interval.
There were close calls on the Real Mississauga goal with Scarborough’s Aleksander Stojiljkovic and Kiril Dimitrov striking the woodwork, but it was newly signed midfielder Zoran Knezevic who found the net past Real Mississauga goalkeeper Senad Poracanin, the equalizer coming at the 55th minute mark.
Scarborough continued to press in the late stages, but the score held 1-1 at the final whistle.
The result completed a two-game weekend for Real Mississauga following a 1-0 victory over Serbian White Eagles on Friday night, the Mississauga team now has a 2-3-2WLT record for 8 points in sixth position in the standings, while Scarborough has a 6-2-2 record for 20 points and tied for second position with FC Ukraine United.
Real Mississauga is at home to Ukraine United in the next games for both teams, to be played at the Hershey Centre, Mississauga, on Friday, August 3, an 8.30 pm kickoff. Scarborough’s next match is away to Vorkuta FC the following night on Saturday, August 4, a 7 pm kickoff at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York.
