TFC Academy jumped to the top of the First Division following their 2-1 victory over North York Astros, SC Toronto moved into second spot with a 5-1 trouncing of Mississauga Eagles FC and London City registered a 2-0 win over St. Catharines Wolves, three games in the CSL Friday night.
It was a close encounter in the early stages of the TFC vs. Astros game at Downsview Park, but Academy midfielder Mario Orestano put the home side one-up at the 27th minute mark.
North York equalized at 44 minutes when midfielder Carlos Amorim found the net past TFC goalkeeper Angelo Cavalluzzo for a 1-1 score at the break.
Nikola Paunic struck the winner at 59 minutes and while the Academy had a decided edge in the play, the visitors had late opportunities to tie the game which ended 2-1 in favour of TFC.
TFC Academy improve to 8-3-1WLT for 25 points and lead the First Division standings, but that may change when the weekend games are completed Sunday night.
SC Toronto were outstanding in the 5-1 victory over Mississauga Eagles FC at Lamport Stadium. It was Brennan McNicoll who opened the scoring for Toronto, he scored at 19 minutes, but Mississauga tied the score on a goal by Bohdan Sulypka at the 34th minute mark and it was 1-1 at the interval.
Forward Jarek Whiteman then struck twice for the home side, at 51 minutes – on a penalty kick following a tripping incident in the box – and 59 minutes to increase his tally to 11 for the season.
Defender Gerard Ladilou made it 4-1 for SC Toronto at 66 minutes, then Brennan McNicoll scored his second and SC Toronto’s fifth at 77 minutes for a 5-1 score, the result at the final whistle.
SC Toronto now have a 7-1-3 record for 24 points and second place in the standings, while Mississauga Eagles FC are at 4-6-2 and 14 points.
London City improved their still lowly position in the standings with a 2-0 shutout of even lower St. Catharines Wolves at Cove Road in London. It was midfielder Jasman Halkic who scored the opening goal for London City from a rebound off goalkeeper Claudio Perri of St. Catharines at 30 minutes.
The 1-0 lead almost held up until London forward Dalibor Mitrovic, who came on as a substitute midway through the second half, increased the margin to 2-0 at 92 minutes, the final score.
Michael Marcoccia of London City was shown the red card near the end on receiving his second caution in the game.
Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:
FIRST DIVISION
Sat, Jul 21 St Jean De Vianney 2 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs Brampton City Utd
Sat, Jul 21 Kalar 7 PM Niagara United vs York Region Shooters
Sat, Jul 21 Windsor Stadium 7:15 PM Windsor Stars vs Serbian White Eagles
Sun, Jul 22 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs Kingston FC
Sun, Jul 22 Seagram Stadium 7 PM SC Waterloo vs Serbian White Eagles
Sun, Jul 22 Lions Park 7 PM Brantford Galaxy vs Windsor Stars
Sun, Jul 22 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs SC Toronto
SECOND DIVISION
Sat, Jul 21 Lions Park 4 PM Brantford Galaxy B vs SC Waterloo B
Sat, Jul 21 Kalar 4 PM Niagara United B vs York Region Shooters B
Sat, Jul 21 Windsor Stadium 5 PM Windsor Stars B vs Serbian White Eagles B
Sat, Jul 21 Downsview Park 6 PM SC Toronto B vs Brampton City Utd B
