Three teams – Kingston FC, York Region Shooters and Toronto Croatia – have clinched playoff berths and Brampton City Utd will almost certainly be number four this coming holiday weekend or shortly afterwards, leaving four spots to be filled by the eight remaining clubs.
But the race for the First Division title involving these four clubs will take longer to decide, particularly because in the last week of the regular season Toronto Croatia has games against the York Region Shooters and Brampton City Utd and Kingston FC will travel to Maple for a last gasp clash with the Shooters.
The playoffs, for the CSL Championship, will be 1 vs 8 from the final league standings, 2 v 7, 3 v 6 and 4 v 5 with the top four clubs having home advantage.
Windsor Stars have taken their home game with Niagara United on Saturday to Harrow, a community in Essex County which credits Hiram Walker and the Canadian Club whisky for putting the community on the map. Hiram Walker built the railway leading to Harrow 100 years ago and the distillery operated until 2009.
The Windsor Stars vs Niagara United CSL league game introduces pro soccer to the community for the first time. The game will be played in a recently built soccer complex and is the headline feature in the Harrow International Soccer Tournament and Harrow Fair. About 2,000 fans are expected to be in attendance.
The weekend games:
FIRST DIVISION
Fri, Aug 30 Hellenic Centre 8:30 PM London City vs Kingston FC
(Ref: Arthur Korbiel, Assist: Scott Decker, Alex Themistocleous, 4th Jozsef Jr Horvath)
Fri, Aug 30 Centennial Stadium 9 PM Serbian White Eagles vs Brampton City Utd
(Ref: Manuel Orellana, Assist: Michael Bradley, Armando Pereira, 4th Benjamin Jacobs)
Sat, Aug 31 Harrow Soccer Complex 6 PM Windsor Stars vs Niagara United
(Ref: Lucian Burlacu, Assist: John Dutot, Mike Busuttil, 4th Joe Barile)
Sun, Sep 1 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd vs Astros Vasas FC
(Ref: Steve Depiero, Assist: Fabrizio Stasolla, Michael Bradley, 4th Michael Stenbring)
Sun, Sep 1 Warrior Field 7 PM SC Waterloo vs York Region Shooters
(Ref: Scott Decker, Assist: Peter Pendli, Jessica Patton, 4th Manuel Orellana)
SECOND DIVISION
Sat, Aug 31 Portuguese/Oriental 11 AM SC Waterloo B vs Niagara United B
Sat, Aug 31 Hellenic Centre 5:30 PM London City B vs Kingston FC B
Sat, Aug 31 Eglinton Flats 7 PM Serbian White Eagles B vs York Region Shooters B
Sun, Sep 1 Club Roma 6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs Toronto Croatia B
