BRANTFORD GALAXY AND WATERLOO SCORE HOLIDAY WEEKEND VICTORIES
Brantford Galaxy scored a 1-0 away victory over Serbian White Eagles and SC Waterloo defeated Hamilton City 3-0, two games in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Friday.
Following an even, scoreless first half at Centennial Stadium in Toronto’s west-end, Brantford Galaxy went ahead at 59 minutes when defender Filip Cvetic took a pass from Donart Baqiri to find the net past Serbian White Eagles’ goalkeeper Nemanja Radenkovic.
Serbian Eagles attempted to get on even terms late in the second half, but the score held to the final whistle for a home defeat that left the fourth place team with a rapidly fading opportunity to challenge for regular season First Division honors.
Serbian Eagles held on to fourth place in the table with a 5-4-3 WLT record for 18 points following the loss, trailing Vorkuta and Ukraine United at the top of the standings, each with 29 points and Scarborough with 22 points in third position.
It was Brantford Galaxy’s second win of the season and an important one in the late-season effort to gain a spot in the post season championship where eight of the nine First Division teams will qualify for a playoff berth.
Brantford has a 2-7-2 record for eight points in eighth position compared to winless CSC Mississauga with a 0-10-2 record for two points in ninth position at the foot of the table.
Midfielder Miodrag Kovacevic struck two goals in the 3-0 Waterloo victory over Hamilton City at RIM Park, the first coming just before the interval on a rebound off Hamilton goalkeeper Stefan Avramovic for a 1-0 Waterloo lead at the break.
Forward Adis Hasecic made it 2-0 from the penalty spot at 50 minutes, his fourth goal of the season, and Kovacevic scored his second of the match at 70 minutes for a 3-0 lead for the home side, a score that held until the final whistle.
Waterloo improved to 5-4-2 for 17 points in fifth position following the win, while Hamilton City now has a 5-5-1 record for 16 points in sixth position.
There is one CSL First Division game remaining over the Labour Day Weekend, with FC Vorkuta at home in Esther Shiner Stadium to FC Ukraine United on Saturday, that’s a 7 pm kickoff.
There is one Second Division over the holiday weekend with Milton SC B at home to Scarborough B at the Milton Sports Centre on Sunday, a 7.30 pm kickoff.