CSL NEWS

FC Vorkuta kept up its prolific scoring with a 5-1 defeat of SC Waterloo and in one other CSL First Division match played Saturday, Hamilton City were held to a 2-2 draw in their home encounter with Brantford Galaxy.

It was a whirlwind opening at the Ontario Soccer Centre with Vorkuta scoring five goals in the first 20 minutes of play, starting with Mykola Temniuk scoring for Vorkuta at the 3rd minute, beating two defenders before driving the ball into the near corner.  Almost immediately after the re-start Vadym Gostiev made it 2-0 with a powerful drive off a rebound.

Tamniuk increased the Vorkuta lead to 3-0 at six minutes, taking a long throw from Gostiev to side-step oncoming Waterloo goalkeeper Dalibor Ivanovic and find the net.

Temniuk struck again at 17 minutes to complete his hat-trick – his second hat-trick of the season – after taking a low cross from Serhii Melnyk on the right to find the top corner for a 4-0 Vorkuta lead.

Iaroslav Solonynko completed the Vorkuta barrage of scoring at the 20^th minute mark with a picture goal from 23 yards following a good passing play and shot that caught the top corner. It was 5-0 at the interval.

Waterloo reduced the lead at 83 minutes when midfielder Miodrag Kovacevic beat Vorkuta goalkeeper Oleksandr Musiienko to score the visitors’ only goal and it was 5-1 at the final whistle. 

Vorkuta has now scored 29 goals in five regular season games, with Tamniuk leading the way with eight.

Aldin Kukic opened the scoring for Hamilton City at 25 minutes for a 1-0 half-time lead for the home side at Heritage Field and it was 1-0 at the break.  Bojan Samardzija of Brantford Galaxy playing on the left wing equalized with a powerful drive from 25 yards that beat Hamilton goalkeeper Alexandar Nicolic and it was 1-1 at the 50^th minute mark.

Kukic scored a second goal for Hamilton City, finding the net past Brantford goalkeeper Georgi Jovicic following a miscue in the goalmouth, a 2-1 lead for the home side at 76 minutes.  Samardzija struck his second goal at 88 minutes for the Galaxy to tie the game 2-2.

A third match scheduled for Saturday, Real Mississauga vs Kingsman scheduled for Huron Park at 7 pm, was postponed.

In the CSL Second Division, two players each scored four goals for FC Vorkuta B in an 11-1 rout of Serbian White Eagles B at the St. Roberts Field Saturday afternoon. Kris Kezik and Fadi Salback were the 4-goal marksmen in the season opener for both teams.

There is one game remaining in the CSL First Division weekend schedule with FC Ukraine United at home to Scarborough SC at Centennial Stadium, a 7.30 pm kickoff on Sunday evening.

PHOTO: Mykola Temniuk a second half hat-trick

Three goals by Mykola Temniuk led FC Vorkuta to its fourth victory in as many games, cruising to a 7-0 win over Real Mississauga in the only game played in the Canadian Soccer League Saturday.

Central defender Oleksandr Volchkov opened the scoring off a corner kick by Vadym Gostiev at the Ontario Soccer Centre and it was 1-0 at half-time.

Midfielder Iaroslav Solonynko, Kristijan Kezic and Ihor Melnyk added second half singles to the hat-trick by Temniuk for the 7-0 rout which allowed the defending champions to maintain a 100 percent record since the opening game May 25.

There are two First Division weekend games remaining in the CSL with CSC Mississauga visiting Esther Shiner Stadium for a clash with Kingsman A and Scarborough SC will host Brantford Galaxy at Birchmount Stadium on Sunday.

The CSL Second Division gets its season underway on Tuesday, June 18, with CSC Mississauga reserves hosting Kingsman reserves at the Ontario Soccer Centre.

REMAINING WEEKEND FIRST DIVISION SCHEDULE

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

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

 

 

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

 

 

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 37^th 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 88^th 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 8^th 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 29^th 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 33^rd 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.

 

 

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

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 14^th 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 71^st 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

 

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 70^th 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.