Kingston FC jumped into a three-point lead at the top of the CSL First Division following another decisive victory, a 5-1 win over St. Catharines Wolves at the Queen’s West Field in Kingston Sunday, while Toronto Croatia faltered 2-2 against Windsor …
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SC WATERLOO HELD TO A SCORELESS TIE BY IMPROVING ASTROS VASAS FC
Astros Vasas FC showed signs of turning their season around by holding SC Waterloo to a scoreless tie in the only game played in the CSL Friday night.
It was a well-played encounter at the Warrior Field in Waterloo with the home side on the fringes of the upper positions in the standings and Astros Vasas FS at the foot of the table with just one win in seven games played in the season so far.
Waterloo have a 3-2-2 WLT record for 11 points as a result of the tie, while Astros Vasas FC are now 1-6-1 for four points in the standings
There is one postponement in the Second Division this weekend – the SC Waterloo B vs Serbian White Eagles B game set for Saturday, has been called off due to wet ground conditions.
Astros Vasa FC can be seen on Rogers TV on Saturday, a tape delay of the Astros Vasas FC vs. York Region Shooters game played last Sunday, June 23. The tape delay can be seen on Saturday, June 29 at 8pm in Toronto – check your local listings in other regions of Ontario.
Remaining games scheduled this weekend:
FIRST DIVISION
Sun. Jun 30 Queen’s West Field 1 PM Kingston FC vs St. Catharines Wolves
(Ref.Alexis Vaughan, Assist. Peter Pendli, Matthew Mendonca, 4th. Fabrizio Stasolla)
Sun. Jun 30 Windsor Stadium 5 PM Windsor Stars vs Toronto Croatia
(Ref.Arthur Korbiel, Assist. Mike Busuttil, Joe Barile, 4th Angelo Gertsakis)
SECOND DIVISION
Sat. Jun 29 Portuguese/Oriental 11 AM SC Waterloo B vs Serbian White Eagles B POSTPONED DUE TO WET GROUND CONDITIONS
Sat. Jun 29 Hershey Field 5 PM Toronto Croatia B vs Brampton City Utd B
Sun. Jun 30 Queen’s West Field 3:15 PM Kingston FC B vs St. Catharines Wolves B
Sun. Jun 30 Hellenic Com Centre 5:30 PM London City B vs York Region Shooters B
HOLIDAY WEEKEND GAMES IN THE CSL….Tape delay of Astros Vasas FC vs York Region Shooters game shown Saturday
Rogers TV are showing a tape delay of the Astros Vasas FC vs. York Region Shooters game played last Sunday, June 23 this holiday weekend. The tape delay can be seen on Saturday, June 29 at 8pm in Toronto – check your local listings in other regions of Ontario.
The weekend games:
FIRST DIVISION
Fri. Jun 28 Warrior Field 8:15 PM SC Waterloo vs Astros Vasas FC
(Ref.Scott Decker, Assist. David Di Pasquale, Armando Pereira, 4th David Barrie)
Sun. Jun 30 Queen’s West Field 1 PM Kingston FC vs St. Catharines Wolves
(Ref.Alexis Vaughan, Assist. Peter Pendli, Matthew Mendonca, 4th. Fabrizio Stasolla)
Sun. Jun 30 Windsor Stadium 5 PM Windsor Stars vs Toronto Croatia
(Ref.Arthur Korbiel, Assist. Mike Busuttil, Joe Barile, 4th Angelo Gertsakis)
SECOND DIVISION
Sat. Jun 29 Portuguese/Oriental 11 AM SC Waterloo B vs Serbian White Eagles B
Sat. Jun 29 Hershey Field 5 PM Toronto Croatia B vs Brampton City Utd B
Sun. Jun 30 Queen’s West Field 3:15 PM Kingston FC B vs St. Catharines Wolves B
Sun. Jun 30 Hellenic Com Centre 5:30 PM London City B vs York Region Shooters B
KINGSTON FC BIDDING TO STAY ON TOP
Only Kingston FC saw it coming.
The team that lost 17 of 22 games in their inaugural 2012 season in professional soccer were expected once again to struggle in 2013 to make an impression in the tough Canadian Soccer League.
The early signs last season were not good. Welcome to the CSL and professional soccer said Windsor Stars in one early season visit to the Invista Centre ground in Kingston. The visitors then promptly thumped Kingston FC 5-0.
We’ll see, said co-owners Lorne Abugov, the club’s chairman, and Joe Scanlon, its president, as they embarked upon a quiet but determined campaign during the winter months to put Kingston on the map for reasons other than being one of the more attractive tourist destinations in Canada.
Abugov, a lawyer and Scanlon, a journalist, both with a penchant for communications, decided if they were going to be involved in professional soccer it was important to raise the profile of their club, both in and around Kingston, and throughout the CSL.
They were go-getters – Abugov, a top legal expert in communications, founder of Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame and former senior legal counsel for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), and Scanlon, a seasoned journalist and Professor Emeritus at Carleton University in Ottawa who boasts a chronology of impressive lifetime of work in journalism that has brought him a host of awards.
We’ll get it right, promised Abugov to his club and the community looking to have a team in pro sports. We’re going to do it right, he repeated and today, a year later, with Kingston FC perched in a first place tie with Brampton City Utd, the bottle is starting to look more than half full.
“We are not out of the woods yet here in Kingston,” Abugov said recently, “but we have turned the corner this season, and we are making a lot of friends in this community and around the league. Joe and I are pretty proud of what we are building in this city, both on and off the field, and Kingston is showing itself to be a great soccer market full of very knowledgeable soccer folks.
“We’ve worked hard this season to assemble the best soccer team Kingston has ever seen, and our fan base are really getting behind the squad and enjoying an exciting brand of wide-open attack-oriented soccer. We’ll be bidding this weekend to stay on top”
Kingston FC, tied for the top spot in the league table, are at home to a struggling St.Catharines Wolves, tied for a spot at the other end of the league table, but the game at the Queen’s University West Field may still be a test for the home side as St. Catharines show signs of hitting better form.
There are two other First Division games over the weekend, with Astros Vasas FC visiting Waterloo on Friday, while Windsor Stars are at home to the current CSL champions, Toronto Croatia, on Sunday.
TORONTO CROATIA KEEP PACE WITH SUNDAY VICTORY……..Weekend summary
Toronto Croatia kept pace with Kingston FC and Brampton City Utd at the top of the CSL First Division by defeating St. Catharines Roma Wolves 3-0 at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke Sunday.
Following a scoreless first half during which both sides missed scoring opportunities, forward Kresimir Prgomet struck at 53 minutes for Toronto Croatia and this was followed by a goal at 69 minutes by Daniel Niksic to make it 2-0 for the home side.
Prgomet scored a second goal at 85 minutes for a 3-0 final score which gave Toronto Croatia a 5-0-1 unbeaten record for 16 points. St. Catharines Wolves have a 1-3-0 record for 3 points.
The Weekend Summary
Friday, June 21
FIRST DIVISION
London City 3, Windsor Stars 1
Saturday. June 22
FIRST DIVISION
Burlington SC 2, Niagara United 0
SECOND DIVISION
Waterloo SC B 3, York Region Shooters B 1
Sunday, June 23
FIRST DIVISION
York Region Shooters 4, Astros Vasas FC 0
Brampton City Utd 2, Kingston FC 1
Windsor Stars 4, Burlington SC 1
Waterloo SC 4, London City 2
Toronto Croatia 3, St. Catharines Wolves 0
SECOND DIVISION
Brampton City Utd B 4, Kingston FC B 2
London City B 3 St. Catharines Wolves B 0
Remaining Sunday games report ……………..
BRAMPTON CITY UTD VICTORY ENDS KINGSTON UNBEATEN RUN….Teams level at the top of First Division
Brampton City Utd scored an important victory against Kingston FC, Toronto Croatia kept pace near the top by defeating St. Catharines Wolves, York Region Shooters won handily over Astros Vasas FC, Windsor scored an emphatic victory over Burlington and SC Waterloo downed London City, five games in the CSL Sunday.
Brampton City Utd were off to a quick start with two goals in the opening 5 minutes of play at Victoria Park in Brampton, the first coming from midfielder Thomas McLean at the 2nd minute mark and Milos Scepanovic made it 2-0 at 5 minutes.
Kingston pressed to get back into the game during the first half and succeeded with a goal at 29 minutes by Jason Massi for a 2-1 score at the interval, and following a well-played scoreless second half the game ended 2-1 in favour of the home side. The win moved Brampton into a tie for top spot in the First Division.
The win increases Brampton’s winning streak to six games going back to May 25. The Toronto area team were defeated 6-2 by Kingston on the league’s opening day May 5 and have won all six games since.
York Region Shooters were full marks for their victory over Astros Vasas FC at Esther Shiner Stadium, taking control in the first half when striker Richard West beat Astros Vasas goalkeeper Laszlo Barna with a low shot at the 35th minute mark, a 1-0 score at the break.
West made it 2-0 at 48 minutes and Ali Hamam increased the lead to 3-0 for the visitors at the 78th minute mark. It was Richard West’s 7th and 8th goals of the season and the second for Ali Hamam.
Midfielder Matthew Rios scored the fourth goal at 87 minutes, driving the ball into the net from a rebound off the crossbar, a 4-0 result for York Region Shooters.
Burlington SC looked strong in the first half to lead 1-0 at 43 minutes against Windsor Stars at Nelson Stadium in Burlington, a goal by Mohammed Mohammed off a rebound from Windsor goalkeeper Dejo Olagbegi, but the visitors took over to score four unanswered goals in their 4-1 win.
The first Windsor goal was scored by midfielder Adam Philp off a corner kick just before the interval, for a 1-1 score at the break, forward Michael Pio put the visitors ahead 2-1 at 55 minutes and Pio scored again at 70 minutes for a 3-1 lead. Midfielder Erik Cirovski rounded the scoring at 4-1 with a goal at the 84th minute and the score held to the final whistle.
Waterloo SC scored a come-from-behind victory after being down 2-0 in the first half against London City at Warrior Field in Waterloo. The visiting London side struck at 30 minutes, a goal by forward Aldin Kukic and this was followed by a goal from midfielder Harris Fazlagic.
Waterloo responded with a goal by Adis Hadesic at 36 minutes and a tying goal from Ranko Golijanin at 54 minutes. Hadesic then scored again at 74 minutes to put Waterloo in front, 3-2, and Predrag Papaz found the net for Waterloo’s 4th goal, a 4-2 final score.
BURLINGTON DEFEAT NIAGARA UNITED SATURDAY…. Full slate of five games in the CSL First Division Sunday.
Burlington SC scored their second win of the season with a 2-0 away victory over Niagara United at Kalar Park in Niagara Falls, the only game in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Saturday night.
It was a scoreless first half with few opportunities to find the net for either team, and it was midfielder Nicholas Lindsay who opened the scoring for Burlington at the 57th minute, his fourth of the season. Mohammed Mohammed increased the lead to 2-0 when he headed into the net nine minutes later, his third strike of the current campaign.
Burlington SC improve to a 2-3-0 WLT record following Saturday’s win and the team is at home to Windsor Stars in back-to-back games on Sunday, a 5 pm start at Nelson Park in Burlington, while Niagara United return to Kalar Park at home to St. Catharines Wolves on July 6. Niagara has a 1-4-3 record for six points following Saturday’s game.
There was one game in the CSL Second Division Saturday when Waterloo SC B defeated York Region Shooters B 3-1.
Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:
FIRST DIVISION
Sun, Jun 23 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC vs York Region Shooters
Sun, Jun 23 Nelson Stadium 5 PM Burlington SC vs Windsor Stars
Sun, Jun 23 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd vs Kingston FC
Sun, Jun 23 Warrior Field Waterloo 7 PM SC Waterloo vs London City
Sun, Jun 23 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs St. Catharines Wolves
SECOND DIVISION
Sun, Jun 23 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Kingston FC B
*Sun, Jun 23 Club Roma Park 3 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs London City B
(*Note change of kickoff time from 6 PM to 3 PM)
TWO GOALS BY VUCEMILOVIC GRGIC DRIVES LONDON CITY TO FIRST VICTORY
London City gained their first victory of the current campaign with a 3-1 defeat of southwestern Ontario rivals Windsor Stars in a well-played encounter at the Hellenic Community ground in London Friday.
Marin Vucemilovic Grgic was a big part of the victory with two goals, the first when last season’s MVP in the CSL found the net past Windsor goalkeeper Anthony Santilli at 28 minutes and the second at 42 minutes on a penalty awarded by referee Scott Decker. The goals were the 3rd and 4th of the season for Vucemilovic Grgic. It was 2-0 at the interval.
Forward Younan Samra increased the London lead to 3-0 at 58 minutes and 10 minutes later Windsor midfielder Adam Philp cut the lead to 3-1 with his second goal of the season – it was 3-1 in favour of London City at the final whistle.
The win lifts London away from the foot of the table with a 1-3-3 WLT record for 6 points, while Windsor Stars are at 1-2-0 for 3 points.
Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:
FIRST DIVISION
Sat, Jun 22 Kalar Sports Park 7 PM Niagara United vs Burlington SC
Sun, Jun 23 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC vs York Region Shooters
Sun, Jun 23 Nelson Stadium 5 PM Burlington SC vs Windsor Stars
Sun, Jun 23 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd vs Kingston FC
Sun, Jun 23 Warrior Field Waterloo 7 PM SC Waterloo vs London City
Sun, Jun 23 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs St. Catharines Wolves
SECOND DIVISION
Sat, Jun 22 Portuguese/Oriental 11 AM SC Waterloo B vs York Region Shooters B
Sun, Jun 23 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Kingston FC B
*Sun, Jun 23 Club Roma Park 3 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs London City B
(*Note change of kickoff time from 6 PM to 3 PM)
MARCOS NUNES HAT-TRICK GIVES BRAMPTON VICTORY….Visitors overcome first half deficit
A second half hat-trick by Brampton City Utd striker Marcos Nunes lifted his side to a 3-1 away victory over St. Catharines Wolves at Club Roma in St. Catharines Wednesday night.
It was a second half blitz by the visitors to overcome a first half 1-0 deficit after Calvin Rosario of St. Catharines drove the ball into the net to the left of Brampton goalkeeper Camilo Benzi at the 26th minute mark, a score that held to the interval.
Brampton pressed for an equalizer early in the second half and at 52 minutes Nunes struck his first when he found the net from close range.
Nunes, 20, who plays also for Humber College and is considered one of the most promising young prospects in the region, beat St. Catharines ‘keeper Chris Kurdzeil at 84 minutes to put Brampton ahead 2-1 and he scored again five minutes later to complete the hat-trick. It was 3-1 at the final whistle in favour of the Toronto area team.
It was goals 7, 8 and 9 in the current campaign for Marcos Nunes to lift the Brampton native to second place in the CSL goalscoring race.
The win improves Brampton to a 5-1-0 WLT record for second place in the First Division standings, three points behind league leaders Kingston FC. It was the home opener for the Garden City team which now has a 1-2-0 record for three points and it was the first mid-week encounter in the 2013 season CSL schedule.
The upcoming weekend games:
FIRST DIVISION
Fri, Jun 21 Hellenic Com Centre 8:30 PM London City vs Windsor Stars
Sat, Jun 22 Kalar Sports Park 7 PM Niagara United vs Burlington SC
Sun, Jun 23 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC vs York Region Shooters
Sun, Jun 23 Nelson Stadium 5 PM Burlington SC vs Windsor Stars
Sun, Jun 23 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd vs Kingston FC
Sun, Jun 23 Warrior Field Waterloo 7 PM SC Waterloo vs London City
Sun, Jun 23 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs St. Catharines Wolves
SECOND DIVISION
Sat, Jun 22 Portuguese/Oriental 11 AM SC Waterloo B vs York Region Shooters B
Sun, Jun 23 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Kingston FC B
Sun, Jun 23 Club Roma Park 6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs London City B
KINGSTON FC MARCHES ON…Surot hits four as unbeaten streak extended to five games
Kingston FC scored six goals to open the CSL season on May 5 and they have not looked back. Playing in one of the most picturesque settings in Canada, the eastern Ontario team scored another six in a 6-3 defeat of London City Sunday and extended thei…
TORONTO CROATIA HELD TO 1-1 TIE SUNDAY
CSL champions Toronto Croatia were held to a 1-1 tie with Niagara United at Centennial Stadium and it was the visiting Niagara team that took the lead on an own goal from a header by defender Sven Arapovic into his own net. The goal came at 24 minute…
TWO GOALS BY MIDFIELDER CRISTIAN DRAGOI PROPELS WINDSOR TO FIRST WIN
Two first half goals by midfielder Cristian Dragoi moved Windsor Stars to their first win of the new season, opening their account with a 4-1 defeat of Astros Vasas FC at Windsor Stadium, the only game in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Saturday.
Dragoi opened the scoring for the home side at 22 minutes with a hard low drive that beat Astros Vasas goalkeeper Erno Bostyan and Windsor hit again with two goals in quick succession. The first by David Kadoic – he headed into the net at 25 minutes – and immediately after the re-start Drogoi struck his second of the night to make it 3-0 at the
interval.
Astros Vasas reduced the lead in the second half when Jose Melo scored on a penalty after referee Hassane Rifai pointed to the spot when a visitors’ forward was brought down inside the 18 yard line, the goal coming at the 58th minute mark and it was 3-1 in favour of Windsor.
Windsor Stars increased the lead to 4-1 on a goal by Adam Philp who drove the ball into the net at the 87th minute mark and the score held to the final whistle.
There was one game in the Second Division Saturday:
Niagara United B 4, Toronto Croatia B 1
Remaining games in the Canadian Soccer League this weekend:
FIRST DIVISION
Sun, Jun 16 Queen’s West Field 1 PM Kingston FC vs London City
Sun, Jun 16 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd vs SC Waterloo
Sun, Jun 16 St. Joan of Arc 6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs St. Catharines Wolves
Sun, Jun 16 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs Niagara United
SECOND DIVISION
Sun, Jun 16 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd B vs SC Waterloo B
Sun, Jun 16 Queens West Field 3:15 PM Kingston FC B vs London City B
Sun, Jun 16 St. Joan of Arc 4 PM York Region Shooters B vs St. Catharines Wolves B
NIAGARA UNITED GAIN FIRST VICTORY FRIDAY
Niagara United gained their first victory of the season with a 1-0 defeat of Serbian White Eagles at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, the only game in the CSL Friday night.
It was a game of missed opportunities, particularly with Serbian Eagles when Kiril Dimitrov came close at 36 minutes and Djorjije Strunjas at 70 minutes when he faced an empty net after Niagara ‘keeper John DeLuca was well beaten.
The visitors did find the net from one of their chances when forward Keith Makubuya scored at the 80th minute mark. Defender Malcolm Mings started the play in midfield, moved the ball to forward Derek Paterson whose shot was saved by Serbian Eagles’ goalkeeper Stefan Avramovic. He directed the ball onto the goalpost but the ball reached Makubuya to score from three yards.
The win gives Niagara United a 1-3-2 WLT record for 5 points, while Serbian White Eagles suffered their fourth loss of the current campaign for a 2-4-1 record for 7 points.
Remaining games in the Canadian Soccer League this weekend:
FIRST DIVISION
Sat, Jun 15 Windsor Stadium 7 PM Windsor Stars vs Astros Vasas FC
Sun, Jun 16 Queen’s West Field 1 PM Kingston FC vs London City
Sun, Jun 16 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd vs SC Waterloo
Sun, Jun 16 St. Joan of Arc 6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs St. Catharines Wolves
Sun, Jun 16 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs Niagara United
SECOND DIVISION
Sat, Jun 15 Hershey Turf Field 5 PM Toronto Croatia B vs Niagara United B
Sun, Jun 16 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd B vs SC Waterloo B
Sun, Jun 16 Queens West Field 3:15 PM Kingston FC B vs London City B
Sun, Jun 16 St. Joan of Arc 4 PM York Region Shooters B vs St. Catharines Wolves B
