SC TORONTO KEEPS UP BID FOR FIRST DIVISION TITLE, WINDSOR STARS SPARKLE WITH 4-0 VICTORY, WHILE CROATIA VS BRAMPTON AND LONDON VS BRANTFORD FINISH IN TIES

SC Toronto continued their bid for the First Division title win with a late winner against TFC Academy, Windsor Stars sparkled 4-0 at Club Roma in St. Catharines, Croatia and Brampton battled to a 2-2 tie and Brantford rescued their game with a late goal for a 1-1 result at London, games played in the CSL Friday.


 


SC Toronto enjoyed an edge in play at Lamport Stadium, outshooting TFC Academy 11-2 in the first half, but the scoreless first half continued well into the second half until the TFC defence failed to clear their lines twice inside the box at 89 minutes.


 


 Forward Massimo Mirabelli picked up the loose ball and with a left foot drive caught the top left corner of the next for a 1-0 lead, which held to the final whistle.


 


Referee Manuel Orellana dismissed SC Toronto player Domenic Roberts for Violent Conduct in added time.


 


It was SC Toronto’s eighth victory of the campaign and now tied for third position in the standings with 25 points, but with games in hand over the top clubs also bidding for the title.


 


Windsor Stars sparkled at Club Roma with their decisive 4-0 victory over St. Catharines Wolves. Forward Robert Malbasic struck two goals, the first to open the scoring at nine minutes and the second to finish the scoring at 68 minutes.


 


Windsor’s other goals were scored at 56 minutes by midfielder Christian Mayorga and at 63 minutes by Christian Dragoi.


 


Toronto Croatia scored late to tie the game with Brampton City Utd at


Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, a goal at 84 minutes by midfielder Alex Arbelo..


 


Marin Vucemilovic-Grgic opened the scoring  for the home side at three minutes and Richard West tied the game for Brampton at 42 minutes, a 1-1 score at the interval.


 


Brampton’s Judah Hernandez struck a 25 yard volley to put his side in the


 lead at 48 minutes before Arbelo scored the equalizer.


 


Brampton lost defender Danny Velastegui who was sent off by referee


Richard Oliveira at 92 minutes.


 


London City were heading for a narrow 1-0 win until Brantford tied the


game at 88 minutes at Cove Road in London.


 


Following some early pressure by the home side, London went ahead


at 14 minutes, a goal by forward Younan Samra who held back to avoid


 being offside, then collected the ball to drive into the net, a 1-0 at half-time.


 


Although London hit the post, Brantford looked stronger in the second half,


and missed two chances to equalize before forward Mark Reilly found the


 bottom left hand corner of the net to make it 1-1, the final score.


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The following are the remaining games in the CSL during the weekend:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Sat, Jul 23 Saputo Stadium  1:00 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs Serbian White Eagles 


Sun, Jul 24 Terry Fox Stadium 1:00 PM Capital City FC vs Serbian White Eagles 


Sun, Jul 24 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs Windsor Stars


Sun, Jul 24 Victoria Park  6:00 PM Brampton City Utd  vs Brantford Galaxy 


Sun, Jul 24 St. Joan of Arc  6:00 PM York Region Shooters  vs Toronto Croatia 


 


SECOND DIVISION


Sat, Jul 23 Budd Park  11:00 AM KW United FC  vs Niagara United 


Sat, Jul 23 St. Joan of Arc  2:00 PM North York Astros B vs Prospect FC


Sat, Jul 23 St. Joan of Arc  4:00 PM SC Toronto B vs Serbian White Eagles B


Sat, Jul 23 Cove Road 4:00 PM London City B vs Toronto Croatia B


Sat, Jul 23 St. Joan of Arc  6:00 PM York Region Shooters B vs Prospect FC

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

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


 


 


 

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

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


 


 


 


 


 

BRAMPTON GAIN SECOND WIN IN FOUR DAYS

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

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

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