Stan Adamson

WEEKEND GAMES AND SECOND DIVISION KICKOFF

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FC Vorkuta and Scarborough SC both enter early season weekend games at home in the Canadian Soccer League and both are determined to maintain a 100 per cent record following impressive victories since the mid-May regular season kickoff.  Only FC Ukraine United is in the same position, not having conceded a point, but the 2018 First Division champions are idle until a home match with Scarborough on June 23.

The weekend games start at Centennial Stadium on Friday night when Serbian White Eagles host SC Waterloo. Serbian Eagles are coming off a 3-2 loss to Hamilton City on June 8 following two decisive victories, while SC Waterloo won its last game 3-1 over new club Kingsman, a win that placed the Southwestern Ontario team third in the standings.

There are two matches Sunday with Kingsman at home to CSC Mississauga at Esther Shiner Stadium and Scarborough pursue its title ambitions at home to Brantford Galaxy.

THE WEEKEND FIRST DIVISION  SCHEDULE

Friday, June 14, Centennial Stadium 9 pm Serbian White Eagles vs SC Waterloo

Saturday, June 15, Ontario Soccer Centre 7 pm FC Vorkuta vs Real Mississauga

Sunday, June 16, Esther Shiner Stadium 6 pm Kingsman A  vs CSC Mississauga

Sunday, June 16, Birchmount Stadium 8 pm Scarborough SC vs Brantford Galaxy

The CSL Second Division of six teams kick off its new season on Tuesday, June 18, each playing 15 games through to September 25. The teams are Brantford Galaxy B, Hamilton City B,  Kingsman B, CSC Mississauga B, Serbian White Eagles B and FC Vorkuta B,

OPENING GAMES IN THE CSL SECOND DIVISION

Tuesday, June 18, Ontario Soccer Centre 9 pm  CSC Mississauga B vs Kingsman B

Wednesday, June 19, Cardinal Newman Field 7:30 pm Brantford Galaxy B vs Hamilton City B

Saturday, June 22, St. Roberts HS 3 pm FC Vorkuta B vs Serbian White Eagles B

 

 

MATIAS HAT-TRICK LIFTS SCARBOROUGH TO VICTORY

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A Gonzalo Matias hat-trick led Scarborough SC to a 5-1 victory over Real Mississauga, FC Vorkuta scored seven for a 7=2 victory over CSC Mississauga, Aleksandar Bozovic struck twice in a SC Waterloo 3-1 defeat of  Kingsman, Hamilton City scored a narrow 3-2 win over Serbian White Eagles and in the late game in the Canadian Soccer League on Saturday night, FC Ukraine United nipped Brantford Galaxy 2-1.

It was Scarborough’s third win in as many games with Kiril Dimitrov and Aleksander Stojiljkovic adding to to the Gonzalo Matias hat-trick in the game with Real Mississauga at Huron Park, while Lyubomir Nyagolov found the net past Scarborough goalkeeper John Trye from the penalty spot in the first half to register the only goal for the home side in the 5-1 score.

FC Vorkuta also won its third game of the early season for an easy victory at the Ontario Soccer Centre beginning at 3 minutes when Pavlo Chornomaz back-healed a cross from Vadym Gostiev into the corner of the net and this was followed at 26 minutes when Iaroslav Solonynko struck his fourth goal of the season for a 2-0 score. Mykola Temniuk headed into an empty CSC Mississauga net to make it 3-0 for the current CSL champions after collecting a rebound off the crossbar from a drive by  Volodymyr Bidlovskyy. It was Bidlovskyy who struck goal number 4 when at the 37th minute mark his free kick went over the wall to find the net.

CSC Mississauga reduced the Vorkuta lead to 4-1 at 47 minutes, a goal by Morgan Copeland and three minutes later Vorkuta made it 5-1 when Dmytro Polyuhanych scored from a right wing cross by Bohdan Borovskyi. CSC Mississauga reduced the lead to 6-2 at 66 minutes and Olexandr Yaremchuk completed the scoring for the home side at the 88th minute mark and it was 7-2 at the final whistle.

Hamilton City midfielder Lucas Raposo scored twice and Stefan Mitrovic got the late winner in Hamilton’s 3-2 victory over Serbian White Eagles at Heritage Field. Milan Kusic scored twice for Serbian White Eagles.

SC Waterloo forward Aleksandar Bozovic opened the scoring at the 8th minute mark in the home victory over Kingsman at RIM Park. Bozovic then scored again for a 2-0 Waterloo lead at 63 minutes.

Substitute forward Sayid Belmokhtar scored for Kingsman to reduce the lead to 2-1 at 73 minutes, but Miodrag Kovacevic assured the home side of victory with the goal at 85 minutes, a 3-1 final score in favour of Waterloo.

Forward Sviatoslav Dziadykevych put FC Ukraine United into a 1-0 lead at the 29th minute in the game with Brantford Galaxy at Heritage Field and Taras Kryvyy beat Galaxy goalkeeper Georgi Jovicic to make  it 2-0 at the 33rd minute, the score at halftime.

Brantford  Zeljko Dokic reduced the lead to 2-1 at 53 minutes and Ukraine United held on to  for a 2-1 victory at the final whistle.

 

 

FULL SLATE OF DIV 1 GAMES ON SATURDAY

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A full slate of CSL First Division games are scheduled for the coming weekend, all to be played on Saturday.

FC Vorkuta have burst into the new season scoring a total of 10 goals in  two decisive victories including a 6-0 dominance of Brantford Galaxy on June 1, to continue where the 2018 champions left off at the end of last season. A home encounter with CSC Mississauga at the Ontario Soccer Centre is expected to be a real test for Mississauga which now appears to be a stronger side playing attractive soccer and attempting to improve its lowly position during the inaugural 2018 season.

Serbian White Eagles, another team making an impressive start to the season with two decisive wins including a 5-1 home result over Hamilton City on May 31, now visit Hamilton for a quick return match against the City at Heritage Field.

Scarborough SC impressed with a 3-0 defeat of Waterloo on June 2 for its second win in as many games, travel to Huron Park in west Mississauga for a match against Real Mississauga, a team that lost 2-0 in an entertaining encounter to new club Kingsman A, also on June 2.  Kingsman travel to Rim Park on Saturday for the game with SC Waterloo and in the late game FC Ukraine United, First Division champion in 2018, will be looking for its second victory of the season following an opening 3-0 away victory against CSC Mississauga on May 31.

The weekend games:

Sat. June 8, Ontario Soccer Centre 6 pm   FC Vorkuta vs CSC Mississauga

Sat. June 8, Heritage Field 6:30 pm Hamilton City vs Serbian White Eagles

Sat. June 8, Huron Park 7 pm Real Mississauga SC vs Scarborough SC

Sat. June 8, RIM Park 7 pm SC Waterloo vs Kingsman A

Sat. June 8, Heritage Field 8:30 pm  Brantford Galaxy vs FC Ukraine United

KINGSMAN, SCARBOROUGH SCORE SUNDAY VICTORIES

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PICTURE: Kingsman attack at Esther Shiner Stadium – Photo  Oleg Kalyadin

Kingsman SC, the expansion team in the CSL this season, gained its first win in professional soccer with a 2-0 victory over Real Mississauga in breezy conditions at the Esther Shiner Stadium in North York, and in one other game in the Canadian Soccer League Sunday, Scarborough SC defeated SC Waterloo 3-0 at Birchmount Stadium.

Defender Pavlo Shulhan opened the scoring at 31 minutes for Kingsman after collecting a cross from Maksym Gramm on the right wing, a 1-0 score at the interval.

Kingsman midfielder Denys Diachenko struck a well taken goal at 75 minutes, a strong low drive from 25 yards that entered the net just inside the left post for a 2-0 lead for the home side. The 2-0 score held to the final whistle.

SC Waterloo travelled to Scarborough for the late game with two decisive 4-0 early season wins,  but the  home side opened the scoring at 25 minutes when forward Kavin Bryan beat Waterloo goalkeeper Dalibor Ivanovic for a 1-0 score. It was 1-0 at the break.

Midfielder Neven Radakovic increased the lead to 2-0 at 72 minutes, collecting a pass from Kiril Dimitrov, and both players were involved in a third goal when Dimitrov found the net at 85 minutes for a 3-0 score at the final whistle.

It was Scarborough’s second win of the early season following a 3-1 victory over CSC Mississauga on May 26.

 

 

VORKUTA DOMINATE GALAXY 6-0 SATURDAY

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FC Vorkuta, led by Iaroslav Solonynko with a hat-trick, dominated visiting Brantford Galaxy 6-0 at the Ontario Soccer Centre Saturday night.

Serhii Ursulenko opened the scoring for Vorkuta at the 3rd minute with a strong left foot drive off  repeated rebounds following a cross by  Vadym Gostiev which Brantford failed to clear.

Solonynko struck his first goal to give Vorkuta a 2-0 lead at 13 minutes, the goal coming off a low cross by Gostiev for an easy tap in at close range.

Solonynko increased the lead for Vorkuta at the 33rd minute mark, a low drive into the corner of the net for a 3-0  score at the break, and the Ukrainian-born midfielder completed his hat-trick after beating  two Galaxy defenders for a 4-0 Vorkuta lead at the 53 minutes.

Vorkuta continued to press and substitute Dmytro Polyuhanych collected a pass from Serhii Ursulenko to find the net at 71 minutes for a 5-0 lead and this was followed 8 minutes later when Polyuhanych struck again after picking up the ball on the left wing to cut in for a powerful shot from 24 yards, a 6-0 score at the final whistle.

It’s the second win for the defending CSL champions Vorkuta following a 4-2 opening win over Kingsman on May 25 and it’s the second defeat for Brantford Galaxy following a 4-2 loss to Serbian White Eagles also on May 25.

There are two First Division games to be played in the Canadian Soccer League on Sunday to complete the weekend schedule:

Sunday June 2, Esther Shiner Stadium 6 pm Kingsman A vs Real Mississauga

Sunday June 2, Birchmount Stadium 8 pm Scarborough SC vs SC Waterloo

KRYVYY HAT-TRICK SPELLS UKRAINE UTD VICTORY

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A hat trick by FC Ukraine United midfielder Taras Kryvyy gave the 2018 First Division champions a 3-0 victory in their season opener against CSC Mississauga Friday and in one other match played in the Canadian Soccer League, Serbian White Eagles won their second game of the new season,  a 5-1 result over Hamilton City.

Kryvyy opened the scoring at the 14th minute for the visiting Ukraine United in a well-played first half at the Hershey Centre and it was 1-0 at the interval. Kryvyy beat CSC Mississauga goalkeeper Artem Latifi for his second goal at 78 minutes and struck his third goal to complete the hat-trick at 84 minutes, a drive that was deflected into the net for a 3-0 score in favour of Ukraine United at the final whistle.

Ukraine United were reduced to 10 men when defender Ivan Kucherenko was shown the red card for hand ball and dissent at the 71st minute mark.

Forward Misel Klisara took a pass from the left wing to put Serbian White Eagles into the lead at 31 minutes in an even first half that went from end to end at Centennial Stadium in Toronto’s west end. It was 1-0 at halftime.

Defender Radenko Kamberovic made it 2-0 with a low shot just inside the post for the home side at 65 minutes and Klisara cut in from the right wing to beat the advancing Hamilton City goalkeeper Alexandar Nicolic for his second goal at 73 minutes, a 3-0 lead for Serbian Eagles.

Hamilton City reduced the lead to 3-1 at 81 minutes with a drive just inside the right post by defender Vukasin Kovacevic and this was followed just two minutes later when Vladimir Strizovic made it 4-1  for Serbian White Eagles from the penalty spot after Klisara was brought down in the box.

Serbian White Eagles’ forward Dusan Kovacevic  completed the scoring at 88 minutes and it was 5-1 at the final whistle.

There are three games remaining in the CSL First Division weekend schedule:

Saturday June 1, Ontario Soccer Centre 9 pm FC Vorkuta vs Brantford Galaxy

Sunday June 2, Esther Shiner Stadium 6 pm Kingsman A vs Real Mississauga

Sunday June 2, Birchmount Stadium 8 pm Scarborough SC vs SC Waterloo

 

UPCOMING WEEKEND IN THE CSL

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during Canadian Soccer League match between FC Ukraine United and FC Vorkuta at Centennial Park Stadium on May 13, 2018 in Etobicoke, Ontario Canada. Photo: Michael Fayehun/F10 Sports Photography

FC Ukraine United and Real Mississauga have yet to kickoff the new season, but both teams start their 2019 campaign this coming weekend, with CSL First Division winners Ukraine United visiting CSC Mississauga at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga on Friday night, while Real Mississauga goes to Esther Shiner Stadium in North York  for their opening match against Kingsman FC Sunday evening.

Life is not expected to get any easier for CSC Mississauga on Friday despite a promising strong showing against SC Waterloo in the first half of the league season opener on May 19, a match eventually won 4-0 by the visiting Waterloo, but which gave CSC Mississauga reason for optimism that a turnaround is in the works following a 2018 inaugural season-long struggle at the foot of the standings.

Ukraine United won the First Division in 2018 by a superior goal output, finding the net 60 times in the regular season with five players occupying a spot in the CSL First Division goal scorer chart. Of the five, only midfielder Pavlo Lukianets (12 goals in the 2018 regular season) and forward Nazar Milishchuk (8 goals in the 2018 regular season) will be in the line-up during the early part of the 2019 campaign at least, which raises the question of the effectiveness of Ukraine United’s firepower in the early games.

Real Mississauga’s season opener against new team Kingsman SC is played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York, a 6 pm kickoff on Sunday, bringing particular interest in terms of Real’s strength in the First Division following an inaugural 2018 season. It will take another game or two to assess Kingsman, a side which  looked promising while holding a half time lead against CSL champions Vorkuta in their opener on May 25. Vorkuta eventually prevailed, 4-2.

Serbian White Eagles go into their second game of the season against Hamilton City at Centennial Stadium on Friday night following an opening 4-2 victory over Brantford Galaxy, FC Vorkuta hosts the Galaxy at the Ontario Soccer Centre on Saturday and on Sunday, and a motivated SC Waterloo with two 4-0 early victories travel to Birchmount Stadium for what should be an interesting tussle with Scarborough SC.

The weekend games:

Friday May 31, Centennial Stadium 7 pm  Serbian White Eagles vs Hamilton City

Friday May 31, Hershey Centre, 9 pm CSC Mississauga vs FC Ukraine United

Saturday June 1, Ontario Soccer Centre 9 pm FC Vorkuta vs Brantford Galaxy

Sunday June 2, Esther Shiner Stadium 6 pm Kingsman A vs Real Mississauga

Sunday June 2, Birchmount Stadium 8 pm Scarborough SC vs SC Waterloo

SCARBOROUGH 3-1 VICTORY IN SEASON OPENER

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Scarborough SC defeated CSC Mississauga 3-1 at Birchmount Stadium in the only game played in the Canadian Soccer League Sunday. It was the season opener for the east Toronto team and the second game of the season for CSC Mississauga following their 4-0 loss to SC Waterloo on May 19.

Recently signed Eduardo Jesus Gonzalez opened the scoring for Scarborough at 30 minutes with a free kick from 25 yards that beat CSC Mississauga goalkeeper Artan Zatifi. It was 1-0 at the break.

Player-coach, midfielder Zoran Rajovic increased the lead for the home side, driving the ball from inside the box and finding the net past Zatifi to make it 2-0 at the 70th minute mark.

Neven Radakovic struck the third goal for Scarborough, scoring from a rebound for a 3-0 lead at 78 minutes until Mississauga’s Morgan Copeland found the net past Scarborough goalkeeper John Trye at 86 minutes, a 3-1 score at the final whistle.

“It was a very good game, closer in the first half that the score suggests. We were pleased to kickoff the season on a winning note and expect to be bidding for the championship again this season after losing on penalty kicks in last year’s final,” said midfielder Kiril Dimitrov who also plays a part in management of the club.

Scarborough will be at home to SC Waterloo at Birchmount Stadium  on Sunday, June 2, an 8 pm kickoff, while CSC Mississauga will host FC Ukraine United on Friday, May 31 at the Hershey Centre, a 9 pm start.

 

WEEKEND WINS FOR VORKUTA, WATERLOO, SERBIAN EAGLES

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during Canadian Soccer League match between FC Ukraine United and FC Vorkuta at Centennial Park Stadium on May 13, 2018 in Etobicoke, Ontario Canada. Photo: Michael Fayehun/F10 Sports Photography

Two goals by midfielder Dmytro Polyuhanych gave FC Vorkuta a 4-2 come-from-behind victory over expansion team Kingsman FC, SC Waterloo gained a second victory in as many games  by defeating Hamilton City 4-0, and in a third match in the Canadian Soccer League Saturday night, Serbian White Eagles opened their season with a 4-2 away victory over Brantford Galaxy.

Vorkuta took a 1-0 lead at 26 minutes at the Ontario Soccer Centre when striker Mykola Temniuk picked up a loose ball to score from six yards. The score stood for just three minutes when Kingsman’s Valerii Yarmosh beat two defenders in a solo effort to find the open net and Yarmosh struck a second goal for Kingsman at 31 minutes, a picture goal from a volley just inside the box. It was 2-1 for Kingsman at the break.

Each team had a player ejected following a second caution for both players in the second half. F Vorkuta’s Mykola Temniuk was shown a second yellow card and this was followed by Kingsman midfielder Stanislav Katana also being sent off.

Vorkuta, the defending CSL champions, took control as the second half progressed and substitute Dmytro Polyuhanych headed in the equalizer from a rebound off Kingsman goalkeeper Hryhorii Krasovskyi, a 2-2 score at 82 minutes.

Midfielder Ihor Melnyk put Vorkuta into a 3-2 lead at 93 minutes, finding the net from a cross by Vadym Gostiev and Dmytro Polyuhanych made it 4-2 for the home side at 95 minutes, just before the final whistle.

Midfielder Aleksander Milovanovic opened the scoring for SC Waterloo at the 8th minute mark at the Heritage Field in Hamilton and Miodrag Kovacevic scored the first of his two goals at 40 minutes to give the visitors a 2-0 lead over Hamilton City at the interval.

Kovacevic struck his second goal at 75 minutes, defender Gregor Zugelj completed the scoring at 87 minutes and it was 4-0 at the final whistle.

It was Waterloo’s second 4-0 victory following the same result in the season opener over CSC Mississauga at the Hershey Centre Sunday.

Borjan Samardzija put home side Brantford Galaxy into the lead at 8 minutes against Serbian White Eagles at the Heritage Field and Milos Scepanovic of Serbian Eagles beat Galaxy goalkeeper Georgi Jovicic to tie the score 1-1 four minutes later.

Samardzija made it 2-1 for Brantford at the 42nd mark and Scepanovic scored an equalizer for the visitors one minute later, it was 2-2 at the break.

Zoran Pesic put Serbian White Eagles 3-2 up five minutes into the second half and Vladimir Strizovic completed the scoring for the visitors at 60 minutes, 4-2 at the final whistle.

There is one game in the CSL Sunday when Scarborough SC host CSC Mississauga at Birchmount Stadium, that’s an 8 pm kickoff.

ATTRACTIVE WEEKEND GAMES IN THE CSL

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during Canadian Soccer League match between FC Ukraine United and FC Vorkuta at Centennial Park Stadium on May 13, 2018 in Etobicoke, Ontario Canada. Photo: Michael Fayehun/F10 Sports Photography

Following a third place finish in the 2018 CSL First Division standings and strengthened by the recent addition of five players from Europe, SC Waterloo kicked off a new campaign with a 4-0 victory over CSL Mississauga at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga Sunday night.

While the result was decisive enough, the pace and overall good performance of the recent arrivals also sent signals that the Eastern Ontario side will not be content with a third place finish in 2019. While it can be said that CSL champions FC Vorkuta and top-of-the-table and FC Ukraine United dominated the league’s top division last year, they can expect a strong challenge from more than one club during the coming season.

Waterloo will play its second game of the season at the Heritage Field in Hamilton on Saturday, one of four attractive games in the CSL over the weekend, while Vorkuta are at home at the Ontario Soccer Centre to expansion team Kingsman.

Hamilton City 1, under head coach Sasa Vukovic, will be also looking for an improvement in the team’s fifth place in the 2018 standings, highlighted by an impressive contribution by live wire striker Sani Dey who found the net 13 times in the regular season to lead the league’s First Division scoring.

Scarborough SC, at home to CSC Mississauga at Birchmount Stadium on Sunday, are expected to be prominent again after finishing the regular season in fourth position and were even closer to top honors in the post season, losing a heart-breaking penalty kicks decider following a 1-1 draw in in the championship final with Vorkuta. By contrast, their CSC Mississauga opposition this coming Sunday ended its inaugural 2018 CSL season with just one victory, although under new head coach Josip Raguz  Mississauga  appears to be an improved side despite the 4-0 opening game defeat.

Scarborough have retained goalscorers Aleksander Stojiljkovic and Kavin Bryan who accounted for 19 of the 34 goals scored during the regular season and prominent midfielder Zoran Knezevic for the upcoming campaign will also be in the line-up on Saturday.

Brantford Galaxy will be looking to improve their lowly eighth position in the 2018 standings when they kickoff the season at home to Serbian White Eagles on Saturday. Both sides have solid rosters to draw from and Galaxy head coach Milan Prpa will be counting on midfielder Sasa Vidovic, Miljan Milovic and Dragan Milovic to be prominent while bidding for honors during the regular season and in the playoffs.

Opposition Serbian White Eagles are in the same position as the Galaxy, searching for the former glory which brought the CSL championship in 2016 (Brantford were CSL champions in 2010), and Uros Stamatovic will be attempting to improve the low goal scoring record of 2018 which contributed to the White Eagles ending last season in an uncharacteristic sixth position in the First Division. Luka Bojic is one of several players expected to be prominent in the upcoming campaign.

The weekend games:

Saturday, May 25, The Ontario Soccer Centre 6 pm FC Vorkuta vs Kingsman A

Saturday, May 25, Heritage Field 6.30 pm Hamilton City vs SC Waterloo

Saturday, May 25, Heritage Field, 8.30 pm Brantford Galaxy vs Serbian White Eagles

Sunday, May 26, Birchmount Stadium, 8 pm Scarborough SC vs CSC Mississauga

An additional match, FC Ukraine United vs Real Mississauga SC originally scheduled for this Sunday, has been postponed.

 

 

 

 

WATERLOO VICTORY IN SEASON OPENER

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Josip Raguz, the newly-appointed head coach for home team CSC Mississauga was gracious in defeat following a 4-0 victory by SC Waterloo in the season opener at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, just west of Toronto Sunday night.

There were times after visiting Waterloo took an early 1-0 lead that Mississauga played well enough in the first half to get back on even terms in a contest that may go either way, but the visitors, gradually and methodically took charge following the interval to soon add three more and the game was a foregone conclusion with less than 30 minutes remaining to the final whistle.

“They were the better team,” said Raguz following the final whistle. “But we can and will do better as we move into the season,” he said, explaining that his side is not yet up to full strength and with new players it’s going to take a little while to get jt together.”

It was forward Petar Dordevic who opened the scoring for SC Waterloo at just three minutes, heading in off a corner kick by Aleksander Milovanovic for the 1-0 score at halftime. Dordevic struck again at 54 minutes, taking a pass from midfielder Miodrag Kovacevic to tap in from close range just inside the right post and well out of reach of Mississauga goalkeeper Artan Zatifi.

Milovanovic made it 3-0 for the visitors at 60 minutes, a drive from six yards, and five minutes later Ivan Cutura rounded the scoring to 4-0, driving from 25 yards into the corner of the net.

SC Waterloo played with five players that are new arrivals from Serbia, all with high level experience in Eastern and Central Europe.

There are three CSL First Division matches scheduled for the coming weekend:

Saturday, May 25, The Ontario Soccer Centre 6 pm FC Vorkuta vs Kingsman A

Saturday, May 25, Heritage Field 6.30 pm Hamilton City vs SC Waterloo

Saturday, May 25, Heritage Field, 8.30 pm Brantford Galaxy vs Serbian White Eagles

Sunday, May 26, Birchmount Stadium 8 pm, Scarborough SC vs CSC Mississauga

An additional match, FC Ukraine United vs Real Mississauga SC originally scheduled for Sunday, May 26 at Centennial Stadium, a 7.30 pm kickoff, has been postponed.

 

OPENING MATCH WILL START WATERLOO CHALLENGE

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The season opener on Sunday will see CSC Mississauga, a team in its second year in the CSL after struggling to find its feet during their inaugural 2018 season, take on SC Waterloo, a team that has been consistent and successful since first entering the CSL Second Division as KW United FC in 2011.

Waterloo’s most outstanding season came in 2013 when the Southwestern Ontario club won both the CSL Championship and the CSL Second Division Championship, a double never previously won by a CSL club in the same season. In 2018 Waterloo finished an impressive third in the standings behind the runaway leaders FC Ukraine United and FC Vorkuta.

CSC Mississauga was taking its first step into professional soccer in the 2018 campaign, finishing the season with just one victory and an average scoring rate of less than one goal per game.

“But you will find our team a little different this season,” said CSC Mississauga’s Mile Milkovic, GM of Sunday’s home side playing out of the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. “We learned a lot last year, our fitness level will be improved this season and we now have new players that will make a difference”.

Kristian Puljic, 23, an attacking midfielder recently transferred from Hamilton City, who beforefore entering the CSL attracted the attention of several European clubs and made nine appearances for Hrvatski Dragovoljac in the Druga HNL league of Croatia, and Peter Vukadin, a central defender also from that country, have been signed.

CSC Mississauga continues its development of young players and has entered a reserve team in the CSL Second Division in support of the first team.  “And we have other options for strengthening our First Division side for the upcoming season,” said Milkovic.

SC Waterloo GM Vojo Brisevac is beaming with confidence while facing the five-month regular season campaign and the prospect of breaking what is developing into a dominance of the CSL First Division by current CSL champions FC Vorkuta and FC Ukraine United, both finishing nine points clear of third place Waterloo in 2018.

Brisevac is ready to challenge the dominant top two, explaining: “ I’m very pleased with our team for the upcoming season. We have retained very good players from last year and we now have the addition of several outstanding players arriving this week from Serbia. They are going to make a difference,” he said.

Brisevac was referring to the arrival of Alexandar Milovanovic who played for FC Loznica and FK Buducnost, Petar Djordjevic, played for FK Sloga 33 and First Division OFK Petrovac in Montenegro,  Dalibor Ivanovic, was with OFK Divci and FK Buducnost, Nikola Milinkovic, with FK Buducnost and FK Loznica, and Vladimir Dojcinovic for liptovski Mikulas in Slovakia and  Dubocica.

But the club’s immediate focus is this coming holiday weekend’s opening game on Sunday, May 19 between CSC Mississauga and SC Waterloo with a kick off at 9 pm.

There will be a full slate of five CSL First Division matches scheduled for the following weekend, May 25 and 26.

Canadian Soccer League Relocates

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The Canadian Soccer League has moved offices from Mississauga, Ontario to 75 International Blvd near Toronto International Airport. The move is effective immediately, with a change of telephone number. The new location is considered more central to the Greater Toronto Area.

The complete address is:

Canadian Soccer League

75 International Blvd.

Suite 203

Toronto, Ontario

M9W 6L9

Tel: 416 675-6256

CSL OWNERS UPBEAT AT ANNUAL MEETING

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Krum Bibishikov in UEFA Europa League play represented Real Mississauga at Annual General Meeting

PICTURE: In earlier years Krum Bibishikov made an appearance in UEFA Europa League play, represented Real Mississauga at the CSL’s AGM

It’s a new season in a new location for the Canadian Soccer League which kicked off 2019 business in earnest at the Annual General Meeting held on Sunday, two weeks before the opening match between CSC Mississauga and SC Waterloo, a First Division encounter at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga on May 19.

Team owners and representatives met at 75 International Blvd at Toronto May 5, a fitting address for a group with several members in attendance with high level soccer experience in many countries.  Krum Bibishikov, now 36, who drew the interest of Bayern Munich in his early playing days in Bulgaria and played top soccer in Portugal, Romania and Israel, represented Real Mississauga at the meeting, a team facing its second season in the CSL. An outstanding forward, Bibishikov also played in UEFA’s Europa League while in Romania.

The upbeat meeting confirmed 10 teams in the First Division this coming season, with the top eight advancing to the playoffs. Six reserve teams will make up the league’s Second Division, the top two teams in the Second Division gaining automatic entry into the playoff semifinals.

About 300 players will take part in the 16 teams this coming season, some of which will be experiencing a first step entry into professional soccer, while ten First Division sides will also include high level players signed from other countries, mostly from Europe.

First Division teams are: Brantford Galaxy, CSC Mississauga, Hamilton City, Kingsman SC, Real Mississauga SC, Scarborough SC, Serbian White Eagles, FC Ukraine United, FC Vorkuta and SC Waterloo.

Second Division: Brantford Galaxy B, CSC Mississauga B,  FC Vorkuta B, Hamilton City B, Kingsman B, Serbian White Eagles B, Vorkuta B.

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