Burlington SC

BURLINGTON DROPS SERBIAN WHITE EAGLES 2-1…result advances Windsor Stars, London City to playoffs.

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Burlington SC kept their playoff hopes alive with a 2-1 victory over Serbian White Eagles in the only game played in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night, and the result is also important to Windsor Stars and London City as the two southwestern Ontario teams clinch a berth in the playoffs while on the sidelines.

All three goals were scored in the first half in an entertaining encounter at Nelson Stadium, with the first goal scored by Burlington’s  Milos Vucinic who found the at the 13th minute off a corner kick.

Midfielder Kiril Dimitrov equalized for Serbian White Eagles when he found the net past Burlington goalkeeper Vladimir Vujasinovic at 26 minutes and at the 45th minute mark, Vucinic struck again what turned out to be the winner.  The Burlington defender drove the ball past Serbian Eagles goalkeeper Scott Cliff after intercepting a pass in the penalty box for a 2-1 score at half-time and at the final whistle.

Three players were shown the red card by referee Arthur Korbiel. They are James Stamopoulos of Burlington SC and Nikola Negojevic of Serbian White Eagles following an altercation at 83 minutes, and defender Mario Gavran of Burlington after receiving a second caution just before the final whistle.

The Burlington win prevents Serbian White Eagles from picking up enough points to overhaul Windsor Stars and London City – these two teams have 27 points in the table, Serbian Eagles have two games remaining in the regular season and can only finish with a maximum 26 points if both games are won.

Seven teams now occupy playoff berths. They are Kingston FC, York Region Shooters, Toronto Croatia, Brampton City Utd, SC Waterloo, Windsor Stars and London City. Any one of four teams – St. Catharines Wolves, Astros Vasas FC, Burlington SC and Serbian White Eagles, can win the last playoff spot available.

The eight teams will play quarterfinal games Thanksgiving weekend, October 11 – 14, the semifinals will be played the following weekend with the CSL Championship Final on Sunday, November 3 at Niagara Falls. The CSL Championship will be preceded that day with the Second Division Championship.

Remaining games this weekend:

FIRST DIVISION
Sat, Sep 28  Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC vs  Niagara United 
Sat, Sep 28  Windsor Stadium  7 PM Windsor Stars vs Brampton City Utd 
Sun, Sep 29  Nelson Stadium 5 PM Burlington SC vs Kingston FC
Sun, Sep 29  Warrior Field 7 PM SC Waterloo vs  St. Catharines Wolves
Sun, Sep 29  Hershey Field  9 PM Toronto Croatia vs York Region Shooters

SECOND DIVISION
Sat, Sep 28  Eglinton Flats 3 PM Serbian White Eagles B vs Kingston FC B
Sun, Sep 29  Hershey Field  5 PM Toronto Croatia B vs SC Waterloo B

BURLINGTON SQUEAK THROUGH 4-3 FRIDAY

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With its last game of the regular season coming up on September 20, London City will have to wait for the outcome of other late season games to determine if the side from southwestern Ontario has a berth in the championship playoffs following a 4-3 home defeat in the hands of Burlington SC Friday.
It was a ding-dong struggle at the Hellenic Centre in London with the outcome in doubt until the final whistle and the defeat left the home side needing more points than is available in their regular season finale to be sure of a playoff spot.
The prolific Marin Vucemilovic Grgic had London off to a flying start with two goals, the first at 16 minutes and another seven minutes later for a 2-0 lead, but that was cut to 2-1 when Burlington defender Nikola Stanojevic scored from the penalty spot at 45 minutes, the penalty awarded by referee Justin Tasev following a foul in the box. It was 2-1 at half-time.
The goals by Vucemilovic-Grgic were his 15th and 16th of the season and he leaps into second position in the goalscoring chart.
Stanojevic scored a second goal from the spot, awarded for a hand ball infringement for a 2-2 tie at 71 minutes.
Burlington went ahead 3-2 at the 73rd minute mark, a goal by Nenad Nikolic who found the net past London goalkeeper Corey Laureano, but it took less than two minutes for London to tie the score 3-3 when forward Robert Mutambala put the ball past Burlington goalkeeper Vladimir Vujasinovic.
Midfielder Nicholas Lindsay struck the winner for Burlington at 75 minutes, his 9th of the season.
The win gives Burlington SC an improved 6-11-0 WLT for 18 points and now tied for 8th position in the table, while London City have a 7-11-3 for 24 points in seventh position.

FIRST HALF GOALS GIVE BURLINGTON MIDWEEK VICTORY

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Burlington SC won their fifth game of the season with a 2-0 away victory over St. Catharines Wolves at Club Roma, St. Catharines, the only game played in the CSL Wednesday night.

Burlington were aggressive early and found the net after just five minutes when forward Darko Thomas scored from 10 yards for a 1-0 lead.

Nicholas Lindsay increased the lead to 2-0 just 11 minutes later, collecting the ball well inside the penalty box to drive the ball just inside the left post past St. Catharines goalkeeper Matthew Greco. It was 2-0 at the break and it was the ninth goal of the season for Nicholas.

The second half was a more even contest with Antonio Stranges prominent for the Garden City side and coming close to scoring, but any chance of a serious recovery were lost at 86 minutes when the home side were reduced to 10 men.

Referee Allison Enright showed the red card to Angelo Beatrice of St. Catharines following a second caution. The game ended, 2-0.

Burlington improved their chances of a playoff spot with a win that produced a 5-9-0 record for 15 points and eighth position in the table, while St. Catharines are at 4-10-0 following the loss.

BURLINGTON DEFEAT NIAGARA UNITED SATURDAY…. Full slate of five games in the CSL First Division Sunday.

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Burlington SC scored their second win of the season with a 2-0 away victory over Niagara United at Kalar Park in Niagara Falls, the only game in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Saturday night.
It was a scoreless first half with few opportunities to find the net for either team, and it was midfielder Nicholas Lindsay who opened the scoring for Burlington at the 57th minute, his fourth of the season. Mohammed Mohammed increased the lead to 2-0 when he headed into the net nine minutes later, his third strike of the current campaign.
Burlington SC improve to a 2-3-0 WLT record following Saturday’s win and the team is at home to Windsor Stars in back-to-back games on Sunday, a 5 pm start at Nelson Park in Burlington, while Niagara United return to Kalar Park at home to St. Catharines Wolves on July 6. Niagara has a 1-4-3 record for six points following Saturday’s game.
There was one game in the CSL Second Division Saturday when Waterloo SC B defeated York Region Shooters B 3-1.
Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:
FIRST DIVISION
Sun, Jun 23  Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC  vs York Region Shooters  
Sun, Jun 23  Nelson Stadium 5 PM Burlington SC vs Windsor Stars 
Sun, Jun 23  Victoria Park  5:30 PM Brampton City Utd  vs Kingston FC 
Sun, Jun 23  Warrior Field Waterloo 7 PM SC Waterloo vs London City  
Sun, Jun 23  Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs St. Catharines Wolves 
SECOND DIVISION
Sun, Jun 23  Victoria Park  3 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Kingston FC B 
*Sun, Jun 23  Club Roma Park 3 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs London City B 
(*Note change of kickoff time from 6 PM to 3 PM)

KINGSTON FC SIX POINTS CLEAR FOLLOWING FIFTH VICTORY..Late winner for Burlington SC

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Kingston FC jumped into a six-point lead at the top of the First Division standings on winning their third home game of the season by a 5-2 score, while Burlington SC overcame a 2-1 half-time deficit to defeat SC Waterloo 3-2, two games played in the Canadian Soccer League Saturday night. One other game scheduled, Windsor Stars vs St. Catharines Wolves, was called off Saturday morning following overnight rain that rendered the surface at Windsor Stadium unplayable.

Kingston forward Guillaume Surot scored from the penalty spot at the 13th minute mark at the Queen’s West Field following a foul on the home side’s Edgar Soglo and Nathan Klemencic made it 2-0 for Kingston at 31 minutes. It was Klemencic’s third goal of the season.

Niagara United striker Derek Patterson reduced the lead to 2-1 when he found the net past Kingston ‘keeper Jaroslav Tesar at 37 minutes and it was 2-1 at the break.

  Soglo increased the Kingston lead to 3-1 at 55 minutes and midfielder Jason Massie made it 4-1 before  Niagara midfielder Gary Boughton cut the lead to 4-2 with a low strike at the 84th minute mark.

 Surot scored his second of the game and eighth of the season at 90 minutes, a 5-2 score at the final whistle.

SC Waterloo took the lead after just 3 minutes at Nelson Stadium in Burlington, a goal by Adis Hasecic, but  Nicholas Lindsay tied the game 1-1 for Burlington at the 12th minute mark.

Hasecic scored his second at 36 minutes for a 2-1 lead for the visitors at the interval. It was Hasecic’s fifth goal of the season.

Burlington tied the game at 63 minutes when William Tabi found the net from the penalty spot past Waterloo goalkeeper Imad Hakura and Mohmmed Mohmmed struck the winner for Burlington at 83 minutes, a 3-2 final score.

There were two games in the CSL Second Division Saturday:

Niagara United B 2, Kingston FC B 1
London City B 4, Toronto Croatia B 1

KINGSTON FC DEFEATS BURLINGTON SUNDAY ……Guillaume Surot scores twice in 2-1 victory

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Kingston FC defeated CSL expansion club Burlington SC 2-1 at Queen’s West Field in Kingston, the only game played in the Canadian Soccer League Sunday.

There were several close calls in a scoreless first half, particularly by Kingston forward Guillaume Surot including a goal-line clearance with Burlington ‘keeper Vladimir Vujasinovic well beaten. Surot also caught the goalpost with an attempt just before half-time and it remained scoreless at the break.

Surot put the home side into the lead at 52 minutes, scoring from the penalty spot after Edgar Soglo was pulled down in the box. The penalty was placed just inside the right post out of reach of Vujasinovic for Surot’s third goal of the season.

Burlington drew level at 62 minutes, a goal by striker Nicholas Lindsay who closed in from 50 yards to beat Kingston goalkeeper Jaroslav Tesar with a low drive to the bottom right corner of the net.

Kingston forward Catalin Lichioiu almost put the home side into the lead two minutes later when he caught the crossbar and at 74 minutes Surot struck the winner with Mademba Ba and Soglo involved in the play. It was Surot’s fourth goal of the season.and the game ended 2-1.

Surot, a native of France, was named the WTC Communications man of the match.

There were two games in the CSL Second Division Saturday night, London City B beat Brampton City Utd B 1-0 at the Hellenic Community Centre in London and Niagara United B handed Serbian White Eagles B a 3-0 defeat at Eglinton Flats in Toronto.

BURLINGTON AN ADDITION WHILE ASTROS STRENGTHEN FOR UPCOMING SEASON IN THE CANADIAN SOCCER LEAGUE

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The City of Burlington, strategically located in the centre of the Golden Horseshoe and a region of Canada that abounds with soccer, can now for the first time add a professional team to its many attractions.


 


 Burlington SC is one of 12 teams in the Canadian Soccer League’s First Division for the 2013 season which gets underway with a game between London City and SC Waterloo at the BMO Field in London on Friday, May 3, the beginning of a six-month long campaign through to the league championship at the end of October.


 


“While we are an expansion team in the CSL and will no doubt find it difficult to achieve too many honours in the first year, we do expect to be competitive right from the kickoff,” said Burlington president Dean Milankovic.  Burlington will play their home games at Nelson Stadium on New Street in Burlington’s south-east district and their home opener is scheduled for Sunday, May 12 against Serbian White Eages.


 


The CSL has a Hungarian touch for the upcoming campaign with the introduction of  the Toronto Vasas organization, which has merged with North York Astros to form Astros Vasas FC. North York Astros has been one of the high profile clubs since entering the league in 1990, but has struggled to be competitive during the past two seasons while focussed on player development.


 


That’s all likely to change with the introduction of  the Toronto branch of Vasas,  an offshoot of one of Hungary’s major sports clubs based in Budapest and which boasts a team that dominated Hungarian football in the 60s. Not surprisingly, the Canadian branch has impressive technical and coaching strength, including Laszlo Kiss, a top coach in Europe and a former Tactical Adviser to the Hungarian National Team..


 


There are signs the new-look former Astros will continue to grow their player development program and be more competitive in the CSL with the addition of the coaching and technical skills that is Toronto Vasas. 


 


“We very much look forward to working with the Astros and to the new season,”


 said Laszlo Deak, president of Toronto Vasas.


 


Toronto Croatia will be defending their CSL championship in the upcoming campaign and again this season the top eight teams will qualify for the quarterfinals, a one-game decider to advance to the semifinals and the championship final.


 


Nine teams will compete in the developmental CSL Second Division, which kicks off this coming Sunday, May 5 on the Queen’s University campus in Kingston when the Kingston FC reserve team hosts Brampton City Utd B team.


 


 The Second Division playoffs will also be played in October, leading to the Second Division title game at the end of the month.


 


Brantford Galaxy, Mississauga Eagles FC, SC Toronto have withdrawn from competition in 2013 in the wake of the earlier CSA de-sanctioning, which has now been re-instated. All three have retained membership in the CSL with the intention of returning in 2014, while TFC Academy and Montreal Impact Academy have not returned to CSL competition – Toronto will play their games at the Ontario senior amateur level, while Montreal Impact Academy have arranged exhibition games in the United States.


 


 


 


 


 

BURLINGTON DEFEAT NIAGARA UNITED SATURDAY…. Full slate of five games in the CSL First Division Sunday.

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Burlington SC scored their second win of the season with a 2-0 away victory over Niagara United at Kalar Park in Niagara Falls, the only game in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Saturday night.

It was a scoreless first half with few opportunities to find the net for either team, and it was midfielder Nicholas Lindsay who opened the scoring for Burlington at the 57th minute, his fourth of the season. Mohammed Mohammed increased the lead to 2-0 when he headed into the net nine minutes later, his third strike of the current campaign.

Burlington SC improve to a 2-3-0 WLT record following Saturday’s win and the team is at home to Windsor Stars in back-to-back games on Sunday, a 5 pm start at Nelson Park in Burlington, while Niagara United return to Kalar Park at home to St. Catharines Wolves on July 6. Niagara has a 1-4-3 record for six points following Saturday’s game.

There was one game in the CSL Second Division Saturday when Waterloo SC B defeated York Region Shooters B 3-1.

Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:

FIRST DIVISION
Sun, Jun 23 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC vs York Region Shooters
Sun, Jun 23 Nelson Stadium 5 PM Burlington SC vs Windsor Stars
Sun, Jun 23 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd vs Kingston FC
Sun, Jun 23 Warrior Field Waterloo 7 PM SC Waterloo vs London City
Sun, Jun 23 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs St. Catharines Wolves

SECOND DIVISION
Sun, Jun 23 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Kingston FC B
*Sun, Jun 23 Club Roma Park 3 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs London City B
(*Note change of kickoff time from 6 PM to 3 PM)

KINGSTON FC DEFEATS BURLINGTON SUNDAY ……Guillaume Surot scores twice in 2-1 victory

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Kingston FC defeated CSL expansion club Burlington SC 2-1 at Queen’s West Field in Kingston, the only game played in the Canadian Soccer League Sunday.

There were several close calls in a scoreless first half, particularly by Kingston forward Guillaume Surot including a goal-line clearance with Burlington ‘keeper Vladimir Vujasinovic well beaten. Surot also caught the goalpost with an attempt just before half-time and it remained scoreless at the break.

Surot put the home side into the lead at 52 minutes, scoring from the penalty spot after Edgar Soglo was pulled down in the box. The penalty was placed just inside the right post out of reach of Vujasinovic for Surot’s third goal of the season.

Burlington drew level at 62 minutes, a goal by striker Nicholas Lindsay who closed in from 50 yards to beat Kingston goalkeeper Jaroslav Tesar with a low drive to the bottom right corner of the net.

Kingston forward Catalin Lichioiu almost put the home side into the lead two minutes later when he caught the crossbar and at 74 minutes Surot struck the winner with Mademba Ba and Soglo involved in the play. It was Surot’s fourth goal of the season.and the game ended 2-1.

Surot, a native of France, was named the WTC Communications man of the match.

There were two games in the CSL Second Division Saturday night, London City B beat Brampton City Utd B 1-0 at the Hellenic Community Centre in London and Niagara United B handed Serbian White Eagles B a 3-0 defeat at Eglinton Flats in Toronto.

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