Kingston FC are back on top of the CSL standings following a 4-2 victory over SC Waterloo, Windsor gained their second win of the weekend with a 1-0 defeat of York Region Shooters, St. Catharines picked up an away win at Astros Vasas by the same score and Niagara United won 2-0 over Burlington SC in a game cut short by a power failure, four games in the CSL Sunday.
It was scoreless at the Queen’s West Field in Kingston until added time of the first half when Kingston midfielder Catalin Lichioiu took a pass from Kihara Waiganjo to drive the ball into the top corner from 30 yards.
Waterloo’s Drazen Vukovic equalized four minutes into the second half and Kingston took a 2-1 lead on a goal by Guillaume Surot who chipped the ball over Waterloo goalkeeper Imad Hakura at the 68th minute mark. It was Surot’s 16th goal of the season.
Adis Hasecic equalized for Waterloo at the 77th minute mark – goal number 11 for the season – and Lichioiu struck his second of the game at 84 minutes for a 3-2 Kingston lead and this was followed almost immediately with a tap in by Kingston’s Edgar Soglo for a 4-2 Kingston victory.
Kingston take over top position in the standings with 10-3-1 WLT record for 31 points, one point ahead of Toronto Croatia, while SC Waterloo have a 5-5-3 record for 18 points and are in sixth position.
Windsor Stars gained their second win in three days with a 1-0 defeat of York Region Shooters at Windsor Stadium Sunday, to follow the 3-1 victory over London City on Friday.
Returning Wade Allen struck the winner for Windsor at the 9th minute to follow the two goals scored on Friday. The striker re-signed for the Stars last week following a period of time playing in the U.S. Allen scored three goals in seven games for Windsor in 2012.
York Region Shooters (9-3-1 for 28 points) are in third place in the standings following the loss, while Windsor Stars improve to 6-5-3 for 21 points and 5th in the table.
St. Catharines Wolves scored just on half-time to defeat Astros Vasas FC 1-0 at Esther Shiner Stadium, a goal by Mohammed Mohammed who beat Astros’ goalkeeper Antal-Andras Toth with a drive from 10 yards into the bottom right corner. Mohammed was playing his first game after being transferred from Burlington earlier in the week.
Astros Vasas has several near misses in their attempt to change the outcome of the game, but at 71 minutes were down to 10 men when defender Vincenzo Sasso was shown the red card by referee Ramee Arbaji for violent conduct.
Goals by Tyler Hibbs at 32 minutes and Derek Paterson four minutes later came at the right time for Niagara United in their game with Burlington SC at Nelson Stadium in Burlington, a game abandoned at 62 minutes following a power failure in the stadium.
The visitors will gain the 2-0 victory by a league rule that allows a score to stand if a game is abandoned following completion of the first half and the team leading is not responsible for the abandonment.
