CSL

SCORELESS TIE GIVES CAPITAL CITY 11 UNDEFEATED WHILE GALAXY SCORE FIVE IN 30 MINUTES TO DEFEAT ST. CATHARINES WOLVES

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Capital City FC  stretched their unbeaten string to 11 games with a scoreless tie against York Region Shooters, while in one other game played in the CSL Sunday, seven goals were scored in the second half when Brantford Galaxy defeated St. Catharines Wolves, 5-3. A third game, Toronto Croatia vs. TFC Academy was postponed at the ground.


 


It was an even, well-played contest between two teams bidding for the top position in the standings, but a temperature of 36 degrees at ground level may have played a part in a limp performance by both sides in front of goal at the St. Joan of Arc ground in Maple.


 


The scoreless tie between York Region Shooters and Capital City means the Shooters trail league-leading Montreal Impact Academy by one point and the Ottawa team is one point behind York Region. Capital City FC, with 12 games played, have two games in hand over the top two.


 


It was a contrast at Lions Park in Brantford where the Galaxy scored five goals in the last 30 minutes of play to defeat St. Catharines.


 


St. Catharines forward Aaron Vanvelzen opened the scoring with a goal at 29 minutes, he found the net past Galaxy goalkeeper Vladimir Markotic from 15 yards for a 1-0 score at half-time.


 


The Garden City side went ahead 2-0 at 50 minutes on a goal by Matthew Cain, but Brantford reduced the lead at the 63rd minute mark when Dalibor Mitrovic collected a clearance from his goalkeeper Markotic to score from 25 yards.


 


Brantford forward Ranko Golijanin evened the score at 2-2 just three minutes later and at 73 minutes referee Sylviu Petrescu pointed to the penalty spot when Golijanin was tripped in the box and Rade Novkovic found the net past Wolves’ goalkeeper Claudio Perri, a 3-2 Brantford lead.


 


Brantford’s Mitrovic scored his second goal when he picked up a rebound from an attempt by Nenad Begovic for a 4-2 score at 75 minutes.


 


St. Catharines struck their third goal at 88 minutes by midfielder Nicks Kinsi to make it 4-3 in favour of the home side and Brantford went further ahead on a goal by Stefan Dancetovic for a 5-3 score at the final whistle.


 


One other game scheduled for Sunday afternoon, Toronto Croatia vs. TFC Academy, was postponed and will be rescheduled.


 


The following games were played in the CSL second Division over the weekend:


 


SECOND DIVISION


Saturday:


TFC Academy II  5, Serbian White Eagles  B  0


York Region Shooters  B  2, North York Astros  B 2


Niagara United 2, SC Toronto B  2


Brampton City Utd   B  2, Toronto Croatia B  1


Sunday:


London City B 2, KW United FC 2


Mississauga Eagles FC  B  7, St. Catharines Wolves B  2


 


 


 


 


 

CAPITAL CITY FC MARCH ON WITH 10 GAMES UNBEATEN WHILE MONTREAL IMPACT ACADEMY CRASH 4-0 AT BRAMPTON

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Capital City FC kept up their unbeaten streak which now stands at 10 games following a cliffhanger 2-2 tie with Windsor Stars, while Montreal Impact Academy crashed 4-0 at Brampton to bring their 10-game unbeaten streak to an abrupt end, the only two games in the CSL First Division Saturday.


 


The Capital City result was in doubt until the dying seconds following a game in which the Ottawa team had most of the play and most of the chances in a well-played game at Windsor Stadium.


 


Capital City opened the scoring on a goal by midfielder Emir Zrnic who headed home past Windsor ‘ keeper Anthony Santilli at 12 minutes.


 


Capital City missed an opportunity to increase their lead when at 20 minutes Sullivan Silva missed a penalty, the shot saved by goalkeeper Santilli. Junior Ellis also had a chance to score for Capital City, but Santilli made the save.


 


Windsor equalized at 44 minutes when forward Aaron Byrd found the net and the 1-1 tie was the score at the break.


 


Windsor went ahead against the run of play at 82 minutes on a goal by midfielder Danny Dragoi, Windsor Stars 2, Capital City 1


 


At 91 minutes and close to the final whistle, Capital City FC were awarded a corner kick and goalkeeper Clinton Irwin joined his attackers in an attempt to score an equalizer. The move paid off as Irwin’s diving header from 10 yards flew into the home net to make the score 2-2 and that was the score at the final whistle.


 


Montreal Impact Academy’s 10-game unbeaten run ended at Victoria Park in Brampton where the Quebec side ran into a buzz saw Brampton City Utd  for a 4-0 result which means the league-leading team ended its swing into Ontario with just one point following the 1-1 tie with London City Friday night.


 


Following a scoreless first half, Richard West opened the scoring for Brampton at


49 minutes and this was followed by the first of two goals by midfielder Andy Garcia who put the home side two-up at 74 minutes.


 


Brampton defender Denny Velastegui increased the lead to 3-0 at 86 minutes and Garcia drove a free kick into the top corner of the net from 20 yards to score his second in the dying minutes and the game ended 4-0.


 


Brampton City Utd lost forward Daniel Nascimento on being shown the red card at 72 minutes and referee Justin Tasev ordered Brampton coach Armando Costa out of the game for dissent minutes later.


 


Montreal Impact Academy are still on top of the standings with 27 points, two ahead of York Region Shooters with 25 and Capital City has 24.


 


Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:


 


FIRST DIVISION


 


Sun, Jul 17   Centennial Stadium 5:00 PM Toronto Croatia vs TFC Academy


 


Sun, Jul 17   St. Joan of Arc  5:00 PM York Region Shooters vs Capital City FC


 


Sun, Jul 17   Lions Park  6:00 PM Brantford Galaxy vs St. Catharines Wolves


 


SECOND DIVISION


 


Sun, Jul 17 Club Roma  2:00 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs Mississauga Eagles FC B


 


Sun, Jul 17 Cove Road 4:00 PM London City B vs KW United FC


 


 


 

BRALETIC HAT-TRICK IN SERBIAN EAGLES ROMP WHILE ASTROS TIE WITH TFC AND MONTREAL HELD BY LONDON

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Last minute goals can be cruel when you are sitting at the bottom of the standings searching for the first win and never was that more demonstrated than with North York Astros in a 1-1 tie with TFC Academy in CSL action Friday night.

 London City held First Division leaders Montreal Impact Academy to the same 1-1 score and in one other game, a hat-trick by Alex Braletic helped his Serbian White Eagles to a 7-1 trouncing of St. Catharines Wolves, three games in the CSL.

 

Braletic opened the scoring for Serbian Eagles at the 5th minute mark at Centennial Stadium, he struck his second at 40 minutes and completed the hat-trick just after the interval.

 

Other goals by the home side came from midfielder Kirie Dimitrov at the 29th minute mark, a goal by Viktor Anastasov at 71 minutes and two goals by Serbian White Eagles youth player, 17 year old Sasa Vukoje who rounded out the scoring at  in his first game for the First Division side.

 

St. Catharines Wolves’ player-coach Carlo Arghittu scored the lone goal for the visitors at 65 minutes after coming on as a substitute.

 

It was a crushing blow for North York Astros at Lamport Stadium when after leading 1-0 for most of the game following a gritty and determined effort to win their first game of the campaign, TFC Academy tied the score with just seconds remaining. The tying goal came from a thumping header inside the box by league-leading scorer Stefan Vukovic, his 10th goal of the season.

 

The Astros opened the scoring, a goal by forward Nordo Gooden at 24 minutes for a 1-0 lead at half-time. Both sides came close to scoring as the game moved through the second half and there were spectacular saves by North York goalkeeper Enea Perego who helped maintain the lead until Vukovic’s goal in the 94th minute.

 

London City suffered a similar fate on their home ground at Cove Road when after leading 1-0  against the league leaders Montreal Impact Academy on a goal at 52 minutes by Michael Marcoccia. The goal came  followed a  scoreless first half  during which London’s Younan Samra drove a shot on the underside of the crossbar at 39 minutes, but the ball stayed out.

 

Montreal tied the score in added time on a goal by midfielder Bastien Bourgault to give the league-leading Montreal Impact Academy an extended 10-game unbeaten streak  and a 2-point lead over second place York Region Shooters in the standings.

 

Remaining games in the CSL this weekend are:

 

FIRST DIVISION

 

Sat, Jul 16     Victoria Park  4:00 PM Brampton City Utd vs Montreal Impact Academy

 

Sat, Jul 16     Windsor Stadium  7:00 PM Windsor Stars vs   Capital City FC

 

Sun, Jul 17   Centennial Stadium 5:00 PM Toronto Croatia vs TFC Academy

 

Sun, Jul 17   St. Joan of Arc  5:00 PM York Region Shooters vs Capital City FC

 

Sun, Jul 17   Lions Park  6:00 PM Brantford Galaxy vs St. Catharines Wolves

 

SECOND DIVISION

 

 Sat, Jul 16 St. Joan of Arc  2:00 PM TFC Academy II vs Serbian White Eagles B

 

Sat, Jul 16 St. Joan of Arc  4:00 PM York Region Shooters B vs North York Astros B

 

Sat, Jul 16 Norval Park 6:00 PM Toronto Croatia B vs Brampton City Utd B

 

Sat, Jul 16 Kalar 7:00 PM Niagara United vs SC Toronto B                                      

 

Sun, Jul 17 Club Roma  2:00 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs Mississauga Eagles FC B

 

Sun, Jul 17 Cove Road 4:00 PM London City B vs KW United FC

 

 

 

MISSISSAUGA EAGLES DROP ST.CATHARINES 4-0 Carol Anne Chenard busy at Women’s World Cup

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Mississauga Eagles FC midfielder Ivan Juric led his side with two second half goals to a 4-0 victory over St. Catharines Wolves at Club Roma, the only game in the Canadian Soccer League Wednesday.


 


The Mississauga team, from the Erin Mills Soccer Club in that community, looked in command early with a 1-0 lead just two minutes into the game when midfielder Jose Melo beat St. Catharines goalkeeper Claudio Perri with a free kick from 19 yards.


 


Tristan Scott increased the lead to 2-0 at 14 minutes, a drive that appeared to take a deflection on its way past Perri into the net, a 2-0 score at half-time.


 


Juric struck his first goal at 62 minutes, a shot that entered the lower right corner of the net and the midfielder scored his second just three minutes later for a 4-0 score that held to the final whistle.


 


Mississauga Eagles improve to a 6-6-1 WLT record for 19 pts, still in fifth position but closer to being in contention for a top of the table opportunity over the next few games.


 


St. Catharines Wolves remain in 10th position in the standings with a 3-4-2 record for 11 points.


 


                                               CSL REF DOES WORLD CUP  SEMI-FINAL


 


CSL match official Carol Anne Chénard had a good game as the referee of the Women’s World Cup semi-final between


 


Japan and Sweden played at Frankfurt, Germany Wednesday, a game won by Japan by a 3-1 score.


 


 Chénard was in the middle of the Colombia vs. Sweden match on June 28, was the 4th Official for the Brazil vs. Norway clash


 


on July 3 and the 4th Official in the Japan vs. Germany quarter-final game at Wolfsburg July 9.


 


 Chénard gained her FIFA badge in 2006 and is the only Canadian appointed to officiate in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World


 


Cup. The appointment follows her selection last year when she was in the middle of the championship final of the FIFA U-20


 


Women’s World Cup Germany 2010.


 


 

CAPITAL CITY FC EXTEND UNBEATEN STREAK, MISSISSAUGA EAGLES DEFEAT BRAMPTON CITY UTD AND ASTROS STILL WINLESS WITH LOSS TO BRANTFORD GALAXY

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Capital City FC kept up their unbeaten streak which now stretches to nine games with a 4-1 defeat of London City, Mississauga Eagles scored a 3-1 victory over Brampton City Utd and Brantford Galaxy scored a late winner to defeat North York Astros 2-1, three games in the CSL Sunday.


 


Midfielder Emir Zrnic opened the scoring at nine minutes for Capital City FC in the game against London at the Terry Fox Stadium in Ottawa, he drove the ball from 25 yards inside the right post.


 


Forward Will Beauge made it 2-0 five minutes later and at 25 minutes London had an opportunity to reduce the lead when awarded a penalty kick. Forward Michael Marcoccia scored from the spot, but the penalty had to be re-taken when London’s Yo Matsuo encroached in the penalty area. Capital City FC goalkeeper Clint Irwin saved on the second attempt.


 


Sullivan Silva scored his sixth of the season just before the half-time whistle to increase the Capital City score to 3-0 and Beauge struck his second goal for the home side at make it 4-0 at 76 minutes.


 


Defender David Harriman Duke scored for London City at 84 minutes for a 4-1 final score.


 


Forward Shawn Brown led Mississauga Eagles FC with two goals in the game against Brampton City Utd at the Hershey Centre, he scored at 44 and 76 minutes, while Dave Simpson scored the home team’s third at the 66th minute mark.


 


Brampton’s lone goal was scored by Kevin Omokhua at 53 minutes when Brampton were playing with 10 men following the ejection of  goalkeeper Roy Blanche 27 minutes. He was shown the red card after bringing down an opposing forward to prevent an obvious goalscoring opportunity.


 


North York Astros took the lead at Esther Shiner Stadium in an attempt to win their first game of the campaign –  the goal was scored by midfielder Re Ishikawa at the 20th minute mark.


 


Galaxy forward Patryk Misik equalized for the visitors at 48 minutes, he beat Astros’ goalkeeper Enea Perego with a left foot drive from 17 yards and Dalibor Mitrovic scored the winner at the 85th minute mark when he drove the ball from 25 yards through several players.


 


Saturday’s Second Division Results:


 


Serbian White Eagles B  1, TFC Academy II  0


 


 KW United FC  4,  London City B  4


 


 North York Astros B  3, St. Catharines  Wolves B 0


 


 Prospect FC 2,  Toronto Croatia B  0


 


 Brampton City Utd B  2, York Region Shooters 0


 


 Mississauga Eagles FC B  6, Brantford Galaxy B  2


 


 SC Toronto B  6  Prospect FC 0


 


 


 


 


 

MONTREAL IMPACT ACADEMY AND YORK REGION SHOOTERS TAKE TOP POSITIONS FOLLOWING WINS SATURDAY. TFC ACADEMY DOWN TORONTO CROATIA

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Montreal Impact Academy and York Region Shooters both scored 2-0 victories to occupy the top two positions in the First Division standings and one other game in the CSL Saturday, TFC Academy were an improved team with the return of players from international duty,  they defeated Toronto Croatia by a 2-0 score.


 


Montreal Impact Academy are on a nine-game unbeaten streak since May 13 and kept up their success with a 2-0 victory over London City at the Saputo Stadium in Montreal.


 


 Following a scoreless tie at the interval, the Quebec side went ahead on a goal by midfielder Zakaria Messoudi at 48 minutes, then took a 2-0 lead at 80 minutes when forward Victor Ndiaye beat London ‘keeper Fabian Knezevic from the penalty spot. The score carried to the final whistle.


 


York Region Shooters kept pace in the standings with their away win at Windsor and it was striker Kadian Lecky who found the net on both occasions. Lecky struck at 21 minutes when he directed a cross from the left wing into the net past Anthony Santilli in the Windsor goal for his eighth of the season.


 


Lecky scored his ninth at 41 minutes for a 2-0 score at halftime and at the final whistle. York Region Shooters lost defender Marcelo Capazolo who was shown the red card by referee Arthur Korbeil at the 89th minute mark.


 


TFC Academy looked a much improved side following a series of losses to defeat a Toronto Croatia side returning from their Croatian World Club Championship trophy win last week.


 


Striker Stefan Vukovic opened the scoring for TFC at 35 minutes, his ninth of the season and it came on a penalty kick rebound before finishing up in the net. TFC were awarded a penalty by referee Steve Senderovich when Vukovic was brought down in the box by Toronto Croatia goalkeeper Antonio Ilic. Vukovic took the kick, it was saved by Ilic, but the Academy forward placed the ball in the next from the rebound.


 


TFC midfielder Sergio Camargo increased the lead at the 63rd minute mark for a 2-0 final score.


 


Remaining games in the CSL First Division this weekend:


 


Sun, Jul 10 Esther Shiner  4:30 PM North York Astros vs Brantford Galaxy


 


Sun, Jul 10  Terry Fox Stadium  5:00 PM  Capital City FC vs London City


 


Sun, Jul 10  Hershey Centre 8:00 PM Mississauga Eagles FC vs Brampton City Utd


 

BRAMPTON GAIN SECOND WIN IN FOUR DAYS

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A goal in each half gave Brampton City Utd their fifth win of the season with a 2-0 victory over St. Catharines Wolves at Club Roma in St. Catharines, the only game in the CSL Wednesday night.


 


Forward Kevin Omokhua drove the ball from 12 yards to beat St. Catharines ‘keeper Craig Yanni at 25 minutes of the first half to open the scoring for the visitors and with few opportunities to score by either team during the first half, it was 1-0 in favour of Brampton at the interval.


 


Brampton went further ahead at 84 minutes on a goal by Mohamed Karanough, a goal Yanni almost saved but the ball finished up in the back of the net for a 2-0 score.


 


St. Catharines were reduced to 10 men in the closing minutes of the game when defender Joe Conte received a second caution and was then shown a red card.


 


It’s Brampton’s second win in four days to move the GTA team into fifth position in the CSL First Division standings with a 5-4-1 WLT record for 16 points, while St. Catharines have a 3-3-2 record for 11 points


 


There was one game in the CSL Second Division Wednesday:


 


Brantford Galaxy B  4, Toronto Croatia B  2

MONTREAL ACADEMY AND YORK REGION SHOOTERS ON TOP FOLLOWING SATURDAY VICTORIES

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Montreal Impact Academy trounced North York Astros 7-2, York Region Shooters squeaked past TFC Academy 1-0 and the winners took over the first two positions in the CSL First Division Saturday.


 


North York opened the scoring just two minutes into the game at the Saputo Stadium when forward Nordo Gooden put the ball past Montreal goalkeeper Samuel Dufort, but the Astros were always under pressure as the half progressed until Academy midfielder Zakaria Messoudi equalized at 27 minutes.


 


 Astros then conceded three quick goals just before half-time when midfielder Alessandro Riggi scored at 40 minutes, then Michelot Hyacinthe found the net at 44 minutes and midfielder Felix Cardin beat the Toronto goalkeeper Enea Perego at 45 minutes, for a 4-1 score at the interval.


 


North York fought back in the second half, but despite losing Diego Maradona on being ejected at 59 minutes, the visitors were rewarded when Gooden struck his second at 65 minutes for a 4-2 lead.. Just three minutes later midfielder Kevin Luarca-Echeverria made it 5-2 for the home side and this was followed by two goals in seven minutes by Montreal’s Victor NDiaye who found the net past substitute Astros goalkeeper Christian Rizeski at 82 and 89 minutes, a 7-2 final score.


 


The Astros were reduced to nine men when Diego Benzi was also shown a red card at the 90 minute mark.


 


Montreal Impact Academy are in top position Saturday night with 23 points from 11 games. They dislodged SC Toronto  from top position following their Canada Day 4-1 win over Brantford Galaxy. Montreal Academy are now just a point in front of York Region Shooters with 22 points from 12 games.


 


The Shooters held on to a goal at 13 minutes in their game against TFC Academy at Lamport Stadium, scored by the prolific Kadian Lecky who out-raced a TFC defender down the middle to drive home past TFC ‘keeper Angelo Cavalluzzo from 17 yards.


 


Results in the CSL Second Division Saturday:


 


Brampton City Utd B  2, TFC Academy II  0


SC Toronto B  2, York Region Shooters B  1


Toronto Croatia B  1, KW United FC  1


Brantford Galaxy B  3, Niagara United 2


 


REMAINING HOLIDAY WEEKEND GAMES IN THE CSL


 


FIRST DIVISION


 


Sun, Jul 3 Lions Park 6 PM Brantford Galaxy vs Brampton City Utd


 


 Sun, Jul 3 Hershey Centre 8 PM Mississauga Eagles vs FC Serbian White Eagles


 


SECOND DIVISION


 


Sun, Jul 3 Club Roma  2 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs London City B


 


Sun, Jul 3 Twin Arenas 9 PM Mississauga Eagles FC B vs Serb White Eagles B


 

CAPITAL CITY FC AND SC TORONTO STROLL TO EASY HOME WINS ON CANADA DAY

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Capital City FC increased their unbeaten streak to eight games following a 5-0 easy victory over winless North York Astros in Ottawa Friday and this was followed by a second game in the CSL Canada Day when SC Toronto gained a 4-1 home win over the current CSL champions, Brantford Galaxy.


 


Capital City forward Sullivan Silva struck twice for the home side at the Terry Fox Stadium in Ottawa, he beat Astros’ goalkeeper Enea Perego at 22 minutes for his first and the opening goal after taking a pass from midfielder Emir Zrnic and it was Zrnic who increased the lead to 2-0 at 43 minutes with a header.


 


North York Astros were reduced to 10 men when midfielder Francisco Mendez was shown the red card at 25 minutes of the first half and the half ended 2-0.


 


The Ottawa side increased their lead to 3-0 when Silva scored from the penalty spot at 53 minutes, Akil Defreitas tapped home the fourth goal at 66 minutes and midfielder Collin Harrison rounded out the scoring to make it 5-0 at the 87th minute mark.


 


SC Toronto also had the edge in their game at Lamport Stadium in Toronto and it was SC Toronto forward Jarek Whiteman who opened the scoring, he found the net at 20 minutes in a game televised live on Rogers.


 


Midfielder Sasa Vidovic scored an equalizer for Brantford at the 39th minute mark, but Brennan McNicoll struck at 45 minutes for SC Toronto for a 2-1 lead at the interval.


 


Carlos Nogueira put SC Toronto ahead 3-1 shortly after the resumption and midfielder Alex Halis, selected for Canada’s U-17 squad, made it 4-1 when he beat Galaxy substitute goalkeeper Cam McKay at the 74th minute mark for a 4-1 final score.


 


REMAINING HOLIDAY WEEKEND GAMES IN THE CSL


 


FIRST DIVISION


Sat, Jul 2 Saputo Stadium 1 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs North York Astros


 


Sat, Jul 2 Lamport Stadium 6 PM TFC Academy vs York Region Shooters


 


Sun, Jul 3 Lions Park 6 PM Brantford Galaxy vs Brampton City Utd


 


Sun, Jul 3 Hershey Centre 8 PM Mississauga Eagles vs FC Serbian White Eagles


 


SECOND DIVISION


Sat, Jul 2 St. Joan of Arc  4 PM TFC Academy II vs Brampton City Utd B


 


Sat. Jul 2 St. Joan of Arc  6 PM SC Toronto B vs York Region Shooters B


 


Sat, Jul 2 Norval Park 6 PM Toronto Croatia B vs KW United FC  


 


Sat, Jul 2 Kalar 7 PM Niagara United vs  Brantford Galaxy B


 


Sun, Jul 3 Club Roma  2 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs London City B


 


Sun, Jul 3 Twin Arenas 9 PM Mississauga Eagles FC B vs Serb White Eagles B


 


 


 


 

TORONTO CROATIA – EUR-IN AT CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS……NIAGARA UNITED LOSE BUT WIN WITH EXHIBITION….Weekend games in the CSL

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Niagara United went down 4-1 to a generally older, more experienced Bedlington Terriers FC from England in an exhibition match at Kalar Park in Niagara Falls June 28, while in Europe, another CSL team,Toronto Croatia, are hitting their stride with opening wins against NK Croatia Zurich and Croatia Dinamo Ottakring (Austria) in the Croatian World Club Championship being played at Split, Croatia.

CAPITAL CITY FC ON UNBEATEN STREAK WHILE MONTREAL ACADEMY DOWN YORK REGION SHOOTERS 3-1 SATURDAY.. Windsor battle London City to scoreless tie

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Capital City FC are on a 4-game unbeaten streak with the  4-1 defeat of TFC Academy at the Terry Fox Facility in Ottawa Saturday and in two other games Montreal Impact Academy, playing with 10 men most of the second half scored a 3-1 victory over York Region Shooters. In a southwestern Ontario clash,  London City visited Windsor to hold the Stars to a scoreless tie before a good crowd at Windsor Stadium.

 

 Capital City FC forward Sullivan Silva opened the scoring for the home side when he found the net past TFC goalkeeper Angelo Cavalluzzo at the 18th minute mark.

 

TFC striker Stefan Vukovic tied the game 1-1, scoring from the penalty spot after he was brought down in the box at 24 minutes, but Akil DeFreitas of Capital City put his side up 2-1 just four minutes later.

 

The Ottawa side’s William Beauge made it 3-1 just before the interval and there was one goal in the second half when Casey Condray headed home after the ball came off the crossbar – it all came from a corner kick at 58 minutes – the final score 4-1.

 

The eastern Ontario team now has a 5-1-1 WLT record for 16 points and will be bidding for the top position when they meet  York Region Shooters in Ottawa Sunday.

 

Forward Victor Ndiaye opened the scoring at the 17th minute mark for Montreal Impact Academy in the game with York Region Shooters at the Marie Victorin Stadium in Montreal and Des Humphrey equalized for the visitors at 42 minutes, a 1-1 tie at the interval.

 

Academy defender Kai Morton was ejected from the game on receiving a second caution at 58 minutes, but the 10-men home side continued to press, resulting in a goal at 69 minutes by midfielder Alessandro Riggi, a 2-1 lead for Montreal.

 

York Region Shooters lost midfielder Nicolas Martinez when he was shown a red card at 90 minutes and Riggi struck his second goal to make it 3-1 for Montreal Impact Academy in the closing minutes, the final score in favour of the Quebec side.

 

Windsor Stars and London City played to a scoreless, but well-played and well attended encounter at Windsor Stadium in the late game Saturday.

 

It was an even contest throughout with both teams missing chances to take the lead – Windsor forward Robbie Malbasic headed just wide in the first half and midfielder Christian Mayorga also came close. Thomas Beattie had a near miss which almost put London ahead mid-way through the second half, but his snap drive on the turn in the box was saved by Windsor ‘keeper Anthony Santilli.

 

There were seven games played in the CSL Second Division Saturday:

 

SC Toronto B 1, Brampton City Utd B 1

KW United 1, St. Catharines Wolves B 0

Serbian White Eagles B 3, Toronto Croatia B 2

TFC Academy II  2, Prospect FC 1

Brantford Galaxy  B 4, York Region Shooters B  0

Mississauga Eagles FC  B  7,London City  B 3

Niagara United 7, Prospect FC 0

 

SC TORONTO ON TOP WITH 4-0 VICTORY WHILE SERBIAN EAGLES DEFEAT BRAMPTON CITY UTD 3-1 Capital City FC vs. TFC Academy off

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SC Toronto scored an emphatic 4-0 victory over North York Astros to jump to the top of the CSL First Division and in one other game played in the CSL Friday night, Serbian White Eagles defeated Brampton City Utd 3-1. There was one game postponed, the Capital City FC home encounter with TFC Academy was called off due to a waterlogged surface following heavy rains in Ottawa.


 


It was SC Toronto’s second win in three days following a 2-0 away triumph at St. Catharines Wednesday night and the Toronto side opened the scoring against the Astros at Lamport Stadium with a goal after 30 minutes by midfielder Dane Roberts for a 1-0 score at the interval.


 


Roberts struck again at 52 minutes when he beat North York goalkeeper Enea Perego to make it 2-0 and 12 minutes later Brennan McNicoll increased the SC Toronto lead to 3-0.


 


Raphael Nisci completed the scoring for the Toronto west-end side when his drive entered the net to the right of Perego, a 4-0 score at 90 minutes and that was the final result.


 


SC Toronto are enjoying a good run of success under the Head Coach Carmine Isacco and the team’s next game is against Brantford Galaxy at Lamport Stadium on Canada Day, July 1.


 


Serbian White Eagles also looked strong in their home encounter with Brampton City Utd at Centennial Stadium and following some early misses the home side took the lead on a goal at 4 minutes by Kiril Dimitrov following a good play be Alex Braletic and Milos Scepanovic.


 


 Brampton tied the score 1-1 on a penalty kick scored by Denny Velastegui at 26 minutes after Eagles’ goalkeeper Milos Djurkovic misjudged a long ball to foul the Brampton forward inside the 18 yard line. The incident resulted in Djurkovic being red-carded by referee John Oliva and substitute goalkeeper Stefan Aramovic faled to stop the shot from the spot by Velastegui.


 


Brampton forward Daniel Nascimento was sent off by referee Oliva at 38 minutes following a second caution for dissent.


 


Forward Alex Braletic struck at 59 minutes to put Serbian White Eagles ahead 2-1 and at the 85th minute mark Scepanovic increased the Serbian lead to 3-1 following a good move by Sasa Viciknez.


 


Serbian White Eagles will now meet Mississauga Eagles FC at the Hershey Centre on Sunday, July 3.


 


One other match in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night was postponed when heavy rains flooded the ground at the Terry Fox Facility Centre in Ottawa. An attempt will be made to play the Capital City vs.TFC Acaemy game the next day, Saturday, June 25 at 1 pm


 


 

SC TORONTO 2-0 VICTORY OVER ST. CATHARINES WEDNESDAY

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A goal in each half gave SC Toronto a 2-0 victory over St. Catharines Wolves at Club Roma, St. Catharines, the only game played in the CSL Wednesday.


 


SC Toronto defender Branko Majstorovic opened the scoring for the visitors at 44 minutes, a goal from the penalty spot when referee Sylviu Petrescu judged a Toronto forward was brought down in the box, a 1-0 score at the break.


 


Midfielder Kasey Kiarosh made it 2-0 at 71 minutes when he found the net past St. Catharines goalkeeper Craig Yanni.


 


While the home side pressed to get back into the game, SC Toronto appeared to have the edge through to the final whistle when the game ended 2-0.


 


The win moves SC Toronto to a tie for second place with Toronto Croatia in the First Division standings with both teams three points behind the league-leading York Region Shooters.


 


SC Toronto are at home to North York Astros at Lamport Stadium on Friday, that’s an 8 pm kickoff, while St. Catharines are idle until their next home game against Brampton City Utd on Wednesday, July 6.

CARDS AND GOALS A-PLENTY IN CSL ACTION SUNDAY

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There were plenty of goals but more cards in Canadian Soccer League games Sunday, some of which resulted in ejection of players, coaches and one manager while Montreal Impact Academy tied Capital City FC 1-1, Brampton City Utd  defeated North York Astros 5-0, Mississauga Eagles FC downed Brantford Galaxy 2-0 and Toronto Croatia gave up a 2-0 lead to tie York Region Shooters, 2-2.


 


There were no less than 13 cautions issued by referee Chris Grabas in the game at the Marie Victorin Stadium in Montreal and eight of the yellow cards resulted in four players – two from each side – being shown a red card on their second caution.


 


Montreal defender Karl Ouimette opened the scoring at the 19th minute mark when he took a pass from Wandrille Lefevre to beat Capital FC goalkeeper Clint Irwin for a 1-0 lead at half-time.


 


Capital FC lost coach Shaun Harris at 55 minutes when ordered out of the game and that was followed by the ejection of midfielder Collin Harrison following a second yellow at 82 minutes and Academy goalkeeper Jason Beaulieu was shown the red card, also at 82 minutes following his second caution.


 


Substitute Joel Bagby – in the game for just three minutes – struck the equalizer for the visitors at 85 minutes to tie the game 1-1.


 


There were two more ejections when Ottawa’s Julien Edwards was shown the red card at 85 minutes following his second caution and Academy midfielder Wandrille Lefevre picked up his second yellow card and was ejected at the 90 minute mark.


 


The tie gave the Ottawa team their fifth game in succession without a loss.


 


Brampton City Utd gave their fans plenty to cheer about with five goals without a response from North York Astros at Victoria Park. Striker Richard West led the way with two goals in a game which left the Astros still searching for their first win of the season.


 


Brampton forward Jeremy Shepherd opened the scoring at 12 minutes when he collected a pass from West to drive the ball from 15 yards past Astros goalkeeper Enea Perego and the home side took a 2-0 lead when midfielder Denny Velastegui scored from a penalty  awarded by referee Justin Tasev. It was 2-0 at the interval.


 


West scored  his goals at 56 and 85 minutes and Blazej Skoczylas completed the scoring when he struck the fifth goal at the 87th minute, a 5-0 victory for Brampton.


 


Mississauga Eagles FC won their fifth game of the season with a 2-0 victory over the current CSL champions, Brantford Galaxy at the Hershey Centre. Forward Dave Simpson opened the scoring at 19 minutes for the home side, a play that started on the left wing, then came across for Simpson to tap in from three yards past Galaxy ‘keeper Vladimir Markotic.


 


Shawn Brown made it 2-1 for Mississauga, his second goal in two games after opening the scoring for his side in a 4-2 defeat of London City on Friday night. The 2-0 score at the interval remained to the final whistle.


 


York Region Shooters came back from a 2-0 deficit to tie Toronto Croatia 2-2 in a tough contest at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke.


 


Croatia midfielder Augustin De Medina opened the scoring at 39 minutes on a penalty awarded by referee John Oliva, a call against York Region defender Chris Turner for pushing in the box and Lee Hagerdon made it 2-0 for the home side at 44 minutes.


 


Jason De Thomasis of York Region reduced the lead to 2-1 at the 45th minute mark, the score at half-time and Kadian Lecky scored the equalizer at 72 minutes and the game ended 2-2.


 


Hayden Fitzwilliams of Toronto Croatia was shown the red card for Violent Conduct at 78 minutes. Kadian Lecky and Jason De Thomasis of York Region were also  red-carded following a second caution in each case near the end of the game. Both head coach Filipe Bento and manager John Pacione of York Region Shooters were ordered from the game during the second half by referee Oliva.


 


Weekend Second Division results:


 


North York Astros  B 3, Mississauga Eagles FC B  3


Serbian White Eagles  B 2, Niagara United 1


SC Toronto B 2, Brantford Galaxy B 0


London City  B  5, York Region Shooters  B 2


TFC Academy II  3, Toronto Croatia  B 1


Brampton City Utd  B 2, KW United FC 1

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