CROATIA, MONTREAL ACADEMY AND SC WATERLOO WIN SUNDAY….Drazen Vukovic hits hat-trick

Toronto Croatia extended their lead at the top of the First Division with a 2-0 victory over Brantford Galaxy, Montreal Impact Academy blanked Serbian White Eagles 1-0, league title contenders York Region Shooters and TFC Academy tied 1-1 and later in Sunday evening action in the CSL SC Waterloo romped 6-0 including a Drazen Vukovic hat-trick over North York Astros.

 

Following a scoreless first half during which Toronto Croatia had most of the play against Brantford Galaxy at Lions Park in Brantford, midfielder Boris Tomac came on as a substitute to open the scoring for the visitors at 69 minutes. Toronto Croatia defender Josip Bonacin headed the ball into the net from a corner past Galaxy goalkeeper Zoran Pusica at 91 minutes for a 2-0 score which remained to the final whistle.

 

Toronto Croatia increase their lead at the top of the First Division, they now have a 13-1-5 WLT record for 44 points, seven points clear of second place SC Toronto. Brantford are at 8-9-1 for the season for 25 points in 10^th place.

 

Midfielder Wandrille Lefevre scored the only goal from a free kick in the 1-0 victory for Montreal Impact Academy over Serbian White Eagles at the Claude Robillard Sports Complex in Montreal, the prolific Lefevre found the net with a low drive from 20 yards past Serbian Eagles goalkeeper Milos Durkovic, the goal coming at the 55^th minute mark.

 

The game was physical and chippy from time to time and Serbian White Eagles midfielder Ramon Bailey was shown the red card at 43 minutes for serious foul play.

 

Montreal are in 6^th place in the standings following the win, they have a 8-3-5 record for 29 points, while Serbian White Eagles have a 7-7-4 record for 25 points.

 

TFC Academy went ahead 1-0 at the 83^rd minute against York Region Shooters at the St. Joan of Arc ground in Maple, a goal by midfielder Joshua Janniere and just when it appeared the visitors were heading for a narrow victory, York Region`s Andre Rollins headed the ball into the net for a 1-1 tie.

 

York Region Shooters now have a 9-1-9 record for 36 points in third position following the tie, while TFC Academy are in fourth position with a 10-4-4 record for 34 points.

A late second half hat-trick by SC Waterloo attacking midfielder Drazen Vukovic sealed the victory for the home side against North York Astros at the St. David SS ground in Waterloo, he found the net at the 84, 86 and 89 minutes for his 15^th of the season.

 

It was Adis Hasecic who opened the scoring for the Waterloo Region side, he found the net a just six minutes into the game for a 1-0 lead at half-time. Mirza Colic increased the lead to 2-0 at 50 minutes and Nemanja Simeunovic made it 3-0 10 minutes later before Vukovic scored his hat-trick.

 

Eric Batchanou of North York Astros was ejected at the 62nd minute.

 

SC Waterloo improve to 7-9-0 for 21 points over the season, while the Astros are at 2-15-1 for 7 points.

 

There were two games in the CSL Second Division Sunday:

 

Brampton City Utd 4, St. Catharines Wolves 2

 

TFC Academy II  3, York Region Shooters B 0