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MONTREAL ACADEMY, MISSISSAUGA EAGLES, SC WATERLOO ALL REGISTER LATE SEASON VICTORIES…..Shooters hold Toronto Croatia to scoreless tie

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With only one position of the top four in the CSL standings decided – that of Toronto Croatia – the schedule for the quarterfinals rests on the outcome of the upcoming midweek clash between the academy teams of TFC and the Impact from Montreal.

 

That conclusion follows Sunday’s results that saw Montreal Impact Academy defeat SC Toronto, 1-0 and York Region Shooters hold Toronto Croatia to a scoreless tie. In the two other games, Mississauga Eagles FC pulled away from Brantford Galaxy 6-3, and SC Waterloo downed St. Catharines Wolves, 4-0.

 

SC Toronto travelled to Mont Royal, Quebec for their final game of the regular season, a clash with Montreal Impact Academy looking for an opportunity to take over second position in the CSL First Division standings.

 

The 1-0 defeat of SC Toronto by the Quebec side puts the Impact academy team in a position of taking the runner-up position if they can defeat TFC Academy on Wednesday, October 10.

 

Kai Morton struck the winner for Montreal Academy at the 30 minute mark in a chippy encounter that saw a player from each side ejected. Dominic Roberts of SC Toronto was the first to be shown a red card at the 70th minute mark and Wandrille Lefevre picked up two cautions to be shown a red five minutes later.

 

Montreal Impact Academy has a 13-3-5 WLT record for 44 points in third position in the standings, two points behind SC Toronto with a completed regular season record of 14-4-4 for 46 points. Both teams begin playoff competition the weekend October 12 – 14.

 

Mississauga Eagles FC outlasted the Galaxy 6-3 in the final game for both sides played at Lions Park in Brantford, with Anthony Smith scoring the opening goal for Mississauga at the 7th minute mark.

 

Nick Charles tied the game 1-1 for Brantford at 17 minutes, he put the ball past the Mississauga goalkeeper Antoine Paul from seven yards off a corner kick, but immediately after the restart Andrew Samuels regained the lead for Mississauga, taking the ball down the right side to score from 20 yards.

 

Simo Vrakela scored from 10 yards to tie the game 2-2 for the Galaxy, the goal coming at 25 minutes, before the visitors scored twice – Anthony Smith, his second at 39 minutes and midfielder Kunle Fayehun to make it 4-2 at the interval.

 

Mississauga’s Andrew Samuels increased the lead to 5-2 soon after the break, followed by a goal from Aleks Zwierzynski who drove the ball just under the crossbar for a 6-2 Mississauga lead,

 

Damion Scott scored from five yards for Brantford Galaxy at the 85th minute mark to complete the scoring, 6-3 in favour of Mississauga Eagles.

 

Mississauga Eagles FC complete their season with a 8-9-5 record for 29 points, while Brantford Galaxy finish with an 8-13-1 record for 25 points.

 

 Drazen Vukovic scored three goals in the 4-0 SC Waterloo victory over St. Catharines Wolves at Worrier Field in the University of Waterloo, to put the striker into the lead position in the CSL goalscoring title race that ends October 10.

 

Croatia-born Vukovic, who previously played for Brantford Galaxy and for several clubs in Europe including HNK Hajduk Split, scored at 9, 72 and 80 minutes for 20 goals in this season’s campaign. Mohammad-Ali Heydarpour struck the other SC Waterloo goal at 59 minutes.

 

SC Waterloo has a 10-11-1 record for 34 points and ninth place in the standings to just miss the playoffs in their inaugural CSL season, while St. Catharines Wolves completed their schedule with a 1-16-5 record for 8 points.

 

 In the late game Sunday night, Toronto Croatia were held to a scoreless tie by York Region Shooters at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, a game that was played largely in the midfield with few opportunities for either side to find the net.

 

Toronto Croatia completed their regular season on top with a 15-1-6 record for 51 points, while York Region Shooters complete the regular season with a 9-2-11 record for 38 points and are presently in fifth position in the standings.

 

There is one game remaining in the CSL First Division – Montreal Impact Academy travel to Downsview Park on Wednesday, October 10, that’s an 8 pm kickoff.

 

The following eight teams have qualified for the First Division playoffs:

 

Toronto Croatia, SC Toronto, Montreal Impact Academy, Windsor Stars, York Region Shooters, TFC Academy, Serbian White Eagles and Niagara United.

 

The following eight reserve teams have qualified for the CSL Second Division playoffs:

 

TFC Academy II, Windsor Stars B, Niagara United B, SC Toronto B, SC Waterloo B, York Region Shooters B, Brampton City Utd B and Mississauga Eagles FC B.

 

The top four teams in the final standings will have the home advantage in the quarterfinal games yet to be announced.

 

 

NIAGARA UNITED CLINCH PLAYOFF BERTH WITH 4-1 VICTORY…Windsor Stars, London City also win

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Niagara United clinched the last playoffs spot with a 4-1 victory over Brampton City Utd, Windsor Stars defeated North York Astros 6-1 to end the season in fourth position in the standings and  London City completed their season with a 4-1 defeat of Kingston FC, three games in the CSL Saturday.


 


Niagara United’s Rudy Pikuzinski opened the scoring at Kalar Park in Niagara Falls, he drove a direct free kick straight into the net at the 14th minute mark and Mohammed Mohammed headed home past Brampton goalkeeper Jason Lopes off a corner kick to make it 2-0 at 34 minutes. It was Mohammed’s 9th goal of the season.


 


Brampton City Utd scored in their own net for an own-goal to increase the Niagara lead to 3-0 at 40 minutes and


Mark Jankovic of Brampton City Utd was shown the red card by referee Manuel Orellano at 41 minutes for Vilolent Conduct. It was 3-0 at half-time.


 


Matthew Cain made it 4-0 for the home side at 80 minutes and at 89 minutes defender Merko Medic struck for Brampton City Utd, a 4-1 score at the final whistle.


 


Niagara United end the regular season with a 10-9-3 record for 33 points, eighth position in the standings for the final playoff berth, and will now meet Toronto Croatia in a quarterfinal game in Toronto during the weekend October 12 – 14.


 


Brampton City Utd completed their season with a 8-10-4 record for 28 points.


 


Wade Allen opened the scoring for Windsor Stars in the game against the Astros at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York, he struck at 22 minutes for a 1-0 lead and defender Emilio Giorgi made it 2-0 12 minutes later.


 


North York defender Jongwon Jung was shown the red card by referee Jeff Fennell just before the break, he was ejected for Serious Foul Play. It was 2-0 at the interval.


 


Astros midfielder Wiktor Janik beat Windsor goalkeeper Anthony Santilli for a 2-1 score at 49 minutes, but Stephen Ademolu increased the lead to 3-1 for the border team at 58 minutes, a picture goal from close to 40 yards, he found the net past North York goalkeeper Alberto Rocha.


 


Giorgi scored his second and Windsor’s fourth at 63 minutes, Ademolu scored his second and Windsor’s fifth at 78 minutes and David Kadoic made it 6-1 for the visitors at 83 minutes, his 7th goal of the season. It was 6-1 at the final whistle.


 


Windsor finished the season strongly with an impressive 12-6-4 WLT for 40 points for fourth position in the standings, which means a home draw in the quarterfinals of the upcoming playoffs.


 


North York Astros completed their season with a 2-19-1 record for 7 points.


 


London City’s Boban Stojanovic struck twice in the game with Kingston FC at the CaraCo Home Field at the Invista Centre in Kingston, the former professional at a high level in Europe scored at 23 and 45 minutes, while Nenad Nikolic scored for London at 36 minutes, it was 3-0 at half-time.


 


London City went ahead 4-0 on a goal by Mahir Hadziresic at 62 minutes and Kingston reduced the lead to 4-1 with a goal at 70 minutes by Mademba Ba, his tenth of the season. It was 4-1 at the final whistle.


 


Kingston FC’s Alex Campbell was ejected by referee Decker at the 87th minute mark.


 


London City completed their season with a 7-8-7 record for 28 points, while Kingston FC ended their inaugural campaign in the CSL First Division with a 4-17-1 for 13 points.


 


There was one game in the CSL Second Division Saturday, with Mississauga Eagles FC  B and  Windsor Stars B playing to a 3-3 tie.


 


Remaining games this Thanksgiving Weekend are:


 


FIRST DIVISION


 


Sun, Oct 7 Mont Royal 2 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs SC Toronto


 


Sun, Oct 7 Lions Park 6 PM Brantford Galaxy vs Mississauga Eagles FC


 


Sun, Oct 7 Warrior Field 7 PM SC Waterloo vs St. Catharines Wolves


 


Sun, Oct 7 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs York Region Shooters


 


 


 

RAJOVIC HAT-TRICK ENDS REGULAR SEASON ON WINNING NOTE FOR SERBIAN EAGLES

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Forward Zoran Rajovic scored three goals to lead Serbian White Eagles in their final regular season game of the season to a 5-2 victory over TFC Academy, the only game in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night.

 

Forward Richard West opened the scoring for Serbian White Eagles at Downsview Park, his left foot drive from 10 yards found the net just to the right of  TFC goalkeeper Alexander Tothemunt. The goal, scored at the 13th minute mark, was West’s 15th of the season.

 

TFC Academy tied the score 1-1 four minutes later, a goal by Nicolas Lindsay who found the net past Serbian Eagles goalkeeper Milos Durkovic

 

The academy side went ahead 2-1 at 26 minutes, a goal by midfielder Adrian Abila, but Serbian Eagles drew level 2-2 with a goal by midfielder Kirie Dimitrov at the 33rd minute mark.

 

Rajovic scored the first of three at 41 minutes for a 3-2 Serbian Eagles lead, struck again at 79 minutes and followed up with a third goal at 89 minutes to complete the hat-trick

 

The hat-trick moved the prolific forward’s tally to 18 goals for the season.

 

Serbian White Eagles completed their regular season of 22 games with the win, ending with a 10-7-5 WLT record for 35 points, to finish 6th or 7th in the standings depending on the outcome of the TFC Academy game of Wednesday, October 10.

 

TFC Academy have a 10-6-5 WLT record for 35 points, with one game remaining in the regular season schedule, a home encounter with Montreal Impact Academy..

 

Seven First Division teams go into this Thanksgiving Weekend with a berth in the playoffs. They are Toronto Croatia, SC Toronto, Montreal Impact Academy, Windsor Stars, York Region Shooters, TFC Academy and Serbian White Eagles. The final playoff spot will go to Niagara United, Brampton City Utd or SC Waterloo, depending on the games being played October 6, 7.

 

There was one game played in the CSL Second Division Thursday:

 

Brampton City Utd  B  4, York Region Shooters  B  0

 

The remaining games this Thanksgiving Weekend are:

 

FIRST DIVISION

 

Sat, Oct 6 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs Windsor Stars

 

Sat, Oct 6 Kalar 7 PM Niagara United vs Brampton City Utd

 

Sat, Oct 6 Invista Centre 7 PM Kingston FC vs London City

 

Sun, Oct 7 Mont Royal 2 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs SC Toronto

 

Sun, Oct 7 Lions Park 6 PM Brantford Galaxy vs Mississauga Eagles FC

 

Sun, Oct 7 Warrior Field 7 PM SC Waterloo vs St. Catharines Wolves

 

Sun, Oct 7 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs York Region Shooters

 

 

SECOND DIVISION

 

Sat, Oct 6 Hershey Centre 4 PM Mississauga Eagles FC B vs Windsor Stars B

 

Sat, Oct 6 Invista Centre 5 PM Kingston FC B vs Brantford Galaxy CANCELLED

 

 

 

 

 

FINAL WEEKEND OF REGULAR SEASON WILL DECIDE LAST PLAYOFF SPOT….Playoffs begin next weekend

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This last slate of weekend games in the CSL regular season (there will be midweek games to complete the schedule), moves the Canadian Soccer League into the playoffs, which leads to the CSL Championship Final and the CSL Second Division title on Saturday, October 27.


 


The quarterfinal games will be played the weekend October 12 to 14 and the semifinals during the weekend October 19 to 21.


 


Seven First Division teams go into this Thanksgiving Weekend with a berth in the playoffs and they are Toronto Croatia, SC Toronto, Montreal Impact Academy, Windsor Stars, York Region Shooters, TFC Academy and Serbian White Eagles. The final playoff spot will go to Niagara United, Brampton City Utd or SC Waterloo, depending on the outcome of this weekend’s games. If teams are tied on points, the following tie-breakers are applied:


 


1. Total wins in regular season games.


2. Head-to-head record based on total points in league games.


3. Goal difference in regular season games.


4. Goals scored in regular season games.


 


The top four teams in the final standings will have the home advantage in the quarterfinals.


 


Eight teams have qualified for the playoffs in the CSL Second Division and they are:


TFC Academy II, Windsor Stars B, Niagara United B, SC Toronto B, SC Waterloo B, York Region Shooters B, Brampton City Utd B and Mississauga Eagles FC B and these teams will follow a similar playoff schedule leading to the final on October 27.


 


The upcoming Thanksgiving Weekend games are:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Fri, Oct 5  Downsview Park 8 PM TFC Academy  vs Serbian White Eagles 


Sat, Oct 6  Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs  Windsor Stars


Sat, Oct 6  Kalar 7 PM Niagara United vs Brampton City Utd 


Sat, Oct 6  Invista Centre 7 PM Kingston FC vs London City 


Sun, Oct 7  Mont Royal 2 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs SC Toronto 


Sun, Oct 7  Lions Park  6 PM Brantford Galaxy vs  Mississauga Eagles FC


Sun, Oct 7  Warrior Field 7 PM SC Waterloo vs St. Catharines Wolves


Sun, Oct 7  Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs York Region Shooters 


 


 


SECOND DIVISION


Sat, Oct 6  Hershey Centre 4 PM Mississauga Eagles FC B vs Windsor Stars B


Sat, Oct 6  Invista Centre 5 PM Kingston FC B vs Brantford Galaxy B – CANCELLED


 


 

TORONTO CROATIA WINS CSL FIRST DIVISION…….2-1 victory clinches title

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Toronto Croatia won the CSL First Division with a 2-1 victory over Windsor Stars, Montreal Impact Academy made a clean sweep of their two weekend games in Toronto with a 1-0 defeat of York Region Shooters, SC Waterloo kept their playoff hopes alive with a 1-0 win over SC Toronto and Kingston FC gained an away win over Brantford Galaxy, four games in the CSL Sunday.


 


Defender Josip Keran opened the scoring for Toronto Croatia at the 11th minute mark at Centennial Stadium, but Windsor forward Michael Lepera tied the game just four minutes later and it was 1-1 at half-time.


 


Marin Vucemilovic Grgic struck the winner for the home side at the 53rd minute mark and the score held to the final whistle. It was Grgic’s 16th goal of the campaign.


 


The victory gave Toronto Croatia a 15-1-5 WLT record for 50 points with one game remaining in the regular season, while Windsor Stars have an 11-6-4 record for 37 points and currently in fourth position in the standings, also one game remaining. Both teams have qualified for the playoffs.


 


Montreal Impact Academy are assured of a top four placing following their 1-0 victory over York Region Shooters at the St. Joan of Arc ground in Maple, just north of Toronto. The top four of eight teams to qualify for the playoffs have home game advantage in the quarterfinal games.


 


Mircea Ilcu scored the winning goal for the Quebec side, he drove the ball into the net to beat Shooters’ goalkeeper Emanuelle Ameltonis at 26 minutes following a breakaway.


 


Fitzroy Christey of York Region Shooters was shown the red card by referee David Bailey for a violent conduct offence at the 78th minute and there was no further scoring, 1-0 for Montreal Impact Academy.


 


Montreal Impact Academy have a 12-3-5 record for 41 points and are in third position in the standings with two games remaining in the regular season, while York Region Shooters have a 9-2-10 record for 37 points, are in fifth position with one game remaining.


Midfielder Drazen Vukovic scored in the 23rd minute to give SC Waterloo their ninth win of the season, a 1-0 defeat of SC Toronto at the St. David ground. It was Vukovic’s 17th goal of the season and the victory kept the home side’s playoff hopes alive with Niagara United and Brampton City Utd to decide the eighth position in the standings and final playoff berth.


The Waterloo Region side now has a 9-11-1 record for 28 points, 10th in the standings, while SC Toronto are at 14-3-4 for 46 points and second in the table.


Kingston FC came from behind for the 3-2 away victory over Brantford Galaxy at Lions Park in Brantford, with defender Dragan Oluic of the Galaxy scoring the opening goal from the penalty spot at 11 minutes following a hand ball infringement called by referee Michael Anthony Izzo.


Kingston’s Mademba Ba tied the game five minutes later, a picture goal from 30 yards that caught the top corner of the net.


Brantford took a 2-1 lead on a goal by Ranko Golijanin at 24 minutes, he headed into the net off a cross by Sasa Jelovac and it was 2-1 at the break.


Mademba Ba struck the equalizer for Kingston FC at 61 minutes, he found the net from 15 yards on a counter attack after taking possession from a Brantford attack down the left wing, and midfielder Vitaliy Siderov also dispossessed the home side to go in alone and beat Galaxy goalkeeper Zoran Tusica at the 75th minute mark, a 3-2 final score.


Kingston FC have a 4-16-1 record for 13 points, while Brantford Galaxy are at 8-12-1 for 25 points, both teams have one game remaining.


The following seven teams have secured a playoff berth, with one team still to be decided: Toronto Croatia, SC Toronto, Montreal Impact Academy, Windsor Stars, York Region Shooters, TFC Academy and Serbian White Eagles. The eighth team will be one of Niagara United, Brampton City Utd and SC Waterloo.


 


The eight teams entering the playoffs will play their quarterfinal games leading to the CSL Championship the weekend October 12 – 14. The Championship Final is set for October 27.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

MONTREAL ACADEMY 3-0 VICTORY OVER NORTH YORK ASTROS…..Quebec side continues its fine form

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Montreal Impact Academy continued its good form with a 3-0 victory over North York Astros, the only game in the CSL First Division Saturday.


 


Defender Felix Cardin opened the scoring at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York, he struck after just eight minutes for a 1- 0 Montreal Academy lead.


 


Midfielder Vacine Ait Slimane made it 2-0 at the 13th minute mark, the score at the break.


 


Ait Slimane scored a second and Montreal’s third goal just after the interval, a drive from 20 yards to beat North York goalkeeper Alberto Domenico Rocha at the 46th minute mark, and the 3-0 score held to the final whistle.


 


Astros’ defender Omar Jose Ron Cabrera received a second caution and was ejected at 93 minutes, just before the final whistle.


 


The win moves Montreal Impact Academy into third position in the standings with an 11-3-5 WLT record for 38 points, behind top team Toronto Croatia and SC Toronto in second. North York Astros are at 2-18-1 for seven points.The top four teams in the final table have a home field advantage in the quarterfinals to be played mid-October.


 


Results from the Second Division games played Saturday:


 


SC Waterloo B 1, Kingston FC B 1


Mississauga Eagles FC B 2, Brampton City Utd. B 1


Windsor Stars B 7, Brantford Galaxy B 0


Niagara United B 3, Serbian White Eagles 2


 


Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:


 


FIRST DIVISION


 


Sun, Sep 30 Lions Park 6 PM Brantford Galaxy vs Kingston FC


Sun, Sep 30 St. Joan of Arc 6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs Montreal Impact Academy


Sun, Sep 30 St. David 7 PM SC Waterloo vs SC Toronto


Sun, Sep 30 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs Windsor Stars


 


SECOND DIVISION


 


Sun, Sep 30 Downsview Park 2 PM TFC Academy II vs Kingston FC B – CANCELLED


 


IN THE STANDINGS – IN THE EVENT OF A TIE ON POINTS


 


In the event teams are tied on points in the final regular season standings, the CSL rules apply the following tie breakers in this order:


 


1. Total wins in regular season games.


2. Head-to-head record based on total points in league games.


3. Goal difference in regular season games.


4. Goals scored in regular season games.


 


 


 


 


 


 

SERBIAN EAGLES IN PLAYOFFS WITH FRIDAY VICTORY….SC Toronto and Niagara United win

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Serbian White Eagles clinched a playoff spot with a 3-1 victory over Brampton City Utd, Niagara United kept its playoff hopes alive with a 3-1 defeat of Mississauga Eagles FC and in one other game in the CSL Friday night SC Toronto defeated TFC Academy 2-1.


 


Serbian Eagles midfielder Djorjije Strunjas opened the scoring at 3 minutes at Centennial Stadium, he found the net off a free kick from Zoran Rajovic and at 36 minutes the prolific Richard West made it 2-0 with Rajovic again involved in the play. It was West’s 14th goal of the season.


 


Serbian White Eagles went ahead 3-0 when Rajovic drove a free kick into the bottom corner of the net from 25 yards, well out of reach of Brampton goalkeeper Jason Lopes, and at 81 minutes Brampton City Utd reduced the lead to 3-1 when David Guzman intercepted a back pass to Serbian Eagles goalkeeper Milos Durkovic to place the ball into the net for his 14th goal of the season. It was goal number 15 for Rajovic.


 


 It was 3-1 at the end and Serbian White Eagles take the seventh playoff position with a 9-7-5 WLT record for 32 points. Brampton City Utd have a 8-9-4 record for 28 points and currently ninth in the standings.


 


The eighth and final playoff spot will be taken by one of four clubs – Niagara United, Brampton City Utd, SC Waterloo or Brantford Galaxy.


 


TFC Academy opened the scoring against SC Toronto at Downsview Park, a goal by forward Nicolas Lindsey at the 15th minute mark, but the visitors tied the game at 26 minutes on a goal by midfielder Jonathan Osorio. It was 1-1 at the break.


 


SC Toronto defender Evan Brandon John scored the game winner for SC Toronto, he drove the ball from eight yards into the top right corner of the net out of reach of TFC Academy goalkeeper Alexander Pothemount and the score remained to the final whistle.


 


SC Toronto now have a 14-2-4 record for 46 points, just one point behind league leading Toronto Croatia, while TFC Academy are at  10-5-5, tied for sixth place in the standings.


 


It was an important victory for Niagara United at the Hershey Centre where the first half ended scoreless and Niagara defender Malcom Mings opened the scoring against Mississauga Eagles FC at the 58th minute mark.


 


The home side tied the game 1-1 six minutes later on a goal by forward Jose Melo, his  12th of the season.


 


Matthew Waddington put Niagara into the lead at the 68th minute and Matthew Cain assured Niagara of the victory at 92 minutes, it was 3-1 at the final whistle.


Niagara United have a 9-9-3 record for 30 points in eighth place in the standings to stay in the race in pursuit of the one remaining playoff spot, while Mississauga are eliminated from the playoffs following the defeat. Mississauga has a 7-9-5 record for 26 points.


 


Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:


 


FIRST DIVISION


 


Sat, Sep 29 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs Montreal Impact Academy


Sun, Sep 30 Lions Park 6 PM Brantford Galaxy vs Kingston FC


Sun, Sep 30 St. Joan of Arc 6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs Montreal Impact Academy


Sun, Sep 30 St. David 7 PM SC Waterloo vs SC Toronto


Sun, Sep 30 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs Windsor Stars


 


SECOND DIVISION


 


Sat, Sep 29 Portuguese/Oriental 1 PM SC Waterloo B vs Kingston FC B


Sat, Sep 29 Terry Fox Stadium 2 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Mississauga Eagles FC B


Sat, Sep 29 Lions Park 4 PM Brantford Galaxy B vs Windsor Stars B


Sat, Sep 29 Eglinton Flats 7 PM Serbian White Eagles B vs Niagara United B


Sun, Sep 30 Downsview Park 2 PM TFC Academy II vs Kingston FC B – CANCELLED


 


IN THE EVENT OF A TIE IN THE STANDINGS


 


In the event teams are tied on points in the final regular season standings, the CSL rules apply the following tie breakers in this order:


 


1. Total wins in regular season games.


2. Head-to-head record based on total points in league games.


3. Goal difference in regular season games.


4. Goals scored in regular season games.


 


 


CAF CELEBRATION


 


The CAF U-15 teams are celebrating the academy’s first year this weekend with a festive day at the St. Joan of Arc ground in Maple. It’s a one-day tournament, there are sponsors on hand, prizes, a free lunch and an opportunity to be photographed with an FC Barcelona jersey signed by every member of a team that is one of the top clubs of the world.


The day kicks off at 9.15 am and goes through to late afternoon.


 


 

BRAMPTON DEFEATS MISSISSAUGA EAGLES 1-0 WEDNESDAY

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Brampton City Utd nudged closer to a playoff berth with a 1-0 victory over Mississauga Eagles FC at the Terry Fox Stadium in Brampton, the only game played in the Canadian Soccer League Wednesday night.


 


Forward Milos Scepanovic struck the all-important goal for the home side at 64 minutes following a scoreless first half during which both sides came close to finding the net with frequent attacks at both ends. Scepanovic collected a pass from the right wing to drive the ball from 25 yards just inside the right post, out of reach of Mississauga goalkeeper Fiore Costa. The goal, which was Scepanovic’s 13th of the season, stood up through to the final whistle.


 


Referee Michael Anthony Izzo showed the red card to Defender Denny Velastagui of Brampton and Brandon Wellington of Mississauga following an altercation late in the first half.


 


The win improves Brampton to an 8-8-4 WLT record for 28 points, eighth position in the standings with two games remaining. The team from north-west of Toronto is one of seven teams bidding for one of the two remaining spots in the CSL Championship playoffs. The top eight enter the quarter-finals mid-October.


 


Mississauga Eagles FC have a 7-8-5 record for 26 points, still in the running for a playoff berth, but with a diminished chance of being one of the top eight following Wednesday’s loss.


 


 

MONTREAL IMPACT ACADEMY IN PLAYOFFS WITH 6-1 VICTORY…Niagara defeats SC Waterloo

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Montreal Impact Academy became the sixth CSL First Division team to secure a playoff berth following their 6-1 rout of Brantford Galaxy at the Claude Robillard ground in Montreal Sunday afternoon, and in one other game in the CSL, Niagara United defeated SC Waterloo 3-2. Both of these teams remain on the fringes of a spot in the upcoming CSL Championship post regular season games.

 

It was Montreal Impact Academy’s fifth win in a row, while Brantford Galaxy have gone eight games without a win and it was a one-sided contest in Quebec with the academy side’s  Mircea Ilcu opening the scoring at 17 minutes after collecting a cross from Maxime Tissot.

 

 Wandrille Lefevre made it 2-0 for the home side at 57 minutes, Zakaria Messoudi increased the lead to 3-0 two minutes later and Ilci struck his second and Montreal’s fourth goal at the 60th minute mark. Victor Ndiaye came on as a substitute to score at 71 and 87 minutes, while Shane Trembley scored Brantford’s lone goal at the 79th minute mark, a 6-1 final score.

 

Montreal Impact Academy improve to 10-3-5 WLT for 35 points and fifth place in the standings, while Brantford Galaxy are at 8-11-1 for 25 points.

 

It was an important win for Niagara United at the St. David ground in Waterloo as both teams look for a playoff spot.

 

Waterloo took a 1-0 lead almost immediately following the kickoff on a goal by midfielder Drazen Vukovic, his 15th of the season, but the visitors took the lead on goals by Rudy Pikzinski at 19 minutes and Derek Paterson at the 30th minute mark for a 2-1 Niagara lead at the break.

 

Niagara went 3-1 ahead on a goal by Lucas Folino at 47 minutes and Vukovic scored his second at 76 minutes for his 16th of the season.  Niagara’s 3-2 lead  held up to the final whistle.

 

Niagara remain in contention for a playoff spot with a 8-9-3 record for 27 points and SC Waterloo can still squeeze into the playoffs while they go into the last two regular season games with an 8-11-1 record for 25 points.

 

There was one game in the CSL Second Division Sunday, with St. Catharines Wolves B defeating Mississauga Eagles FC B by a 5-1 score.

 

 

 

 

 

WINDSOR STARS DEFEAT WATERLOO 3-1, TWO GAMES TIE…..Shooters, TFC and Windsor clinch playoff berths

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Windsor Stars continued their relentless move up the standings with a 3-1 victory over SC Waterloo, Serbian White Eagles and TFC Academy fought to a 2-2 tie and in one other game played in the CSL Friday night, London City and Mississauga Eagles also tied 2-2.


 


Midfielder Wade Allen opened the scoring for Windsor Stars at Windsor Stadium, he found the net past Waterloo goalkeeper Imad Hakura at the 29th minute mark, but Waterloo tied 1-1 on a goal by forward Adis Hasecic six minutes later.


 


Midfielder Keith Lough put the home side ahead 2-1 at 75 minutes and Stephen Ademolu made it 3-1 for Windsor at 84 minutes, the final score.


 


Windsor Stars have secured a playoff berth as a result of Friday’s victory, which lifted the border team into a tie for third place with their improved 11-5-4 WTL record for 37 points.


 


TFC Academy opened the scoring at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke when Nikola Paunic scored at the 40th minute off a free kick taken on the edge of the box and it was 1-0 at half-time.


 


Midfielder Djordjije Strunjas equalized for Serbian White Eagles, he took a pass from Kirie Dimitrov find the net, a 1-1 score at the 49th minute mark.


 


Zoran Rajovic of Serbian White Eagles hit the post with a shot at 79 minutes, but found the net five minutes later to put the home side into a 2-1 lead.


 


TFC tied the score at 90 minutes, a goal by Mario Orestano – it was 2-2 at the final whistle.


 


TFC Academy now have a 10-4-5 record for 35 points and clinch a playoff spot, while Serbian White Eagles are at 8-7-5 for 29 points.


 


Laudelino Jose De Sousa opened the scoring for Mississauga Eagles FC in their game with London City at Cove Road in London, he struck at 14 minutes for a 1-0 lead at the break.


 


Boban Stojanovic tied the game 1-1 for London City at the 60th minute mark, but Thomas McLean made it 2-1 for the visitors five minutes later.


 


Zvonko Bakula tied the game for London City at 89 minutes, a volley that left Mississauga goalkeeper Varun Singh with no chance and the game ended 2-2.


 


London City improve to 6-8-7 with 25 points, while Mississauga are at 7-7-5 for 26 points.


 


York Region Shooters – idle tonight – together with TFC Academy and Windsor Stars have all secured playoff spots as a result of Friday’s results. They join Toronto Croatia and SC Toronto, leaving three more teams to make the top eight in the CSL Championship playoffs that get underway with the quarterfinals mid-October.


 


There was one game played in the CSL Second Division Thursday, it was


SC Waterloo B 4, Brantford Galaxy B 4.


 


Remaining games this weekend:


 


FIRST DIVISION


 


Sat, Sep 22 Invista Centre 7 PM Kingston FC vs SC Toronto


Sun, Sep 23 Claude Robillard 2 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs Brantford Galaxy


Sun, Sep 23 St. David 7 PM SC Waterloo vs Niagara United


 


 


SECOND DIVISION


 


Sat. Sep 22 Downsview Park 3 PM TFC Academy II vs Serbian White Eagles B – (Rescheduled game)


Sat, Sep 22 Invista Centre 5 PM Kingston FC B vs SC Toronto B


Sun, Sep 23 Club Roma 6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs Mississauga Eagles FC B


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

TEAMS BID FOR PLAYOFF BERTH IN WIDE-OPEN LATE SEASON CONTEST…The weekend games

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With Toronto Croatia and SC Toronto assured of  playoff competition, the remaining six spots are up for grabs by no less than 11 other First Division clubs all in a position mathematically of securing a berth leading to the CSL Championship Final to be played October 27.


 


While there are the probables and the possibles in a wide open contest, it is clear this upcoming weekend will probably be a time of elimination for some.


 


One Second Division game has been postponed – the TFC Academy II vs. Serbian White Eagles B encounter scheduled for Friday night at Downsview Park, has been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date.


 


FIRST DIVISION


 


Fri, Sep 21  Windsor Stadium  8 PM Windsor Stars vs SC Waterloo 


Fri, Sep 21  Cove Road 8:30 PM London City vs Mississauga Eagles FC


Fri, Sep 21  Centennial Stadium 9 PM Serbian White Eagles vs TFC Academy 


Sat, Sep 22  Invista Centre 7 PM Kingston FC vs SC Toronto 


Sun, Sep 23  Claude Robillard 2 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs Brantford Galaxy 


Sun, Sep 23  St. David Sec. School 7 PM SC Waterloo vs Niagara United 


 


 


SECOND DIVISION


 


Fri, Sep 21  Downsview Park 8 PM TFC Academy II vs Serbian White Eagles B –  POSTPONED


Sat, Sep 22  Invista Centre 5 PM Kingston FC B vs SC Toronto B


Sun, Sep 23  Club Roma  6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs Mississauga Eagles FC B

CSL CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE HEADER ANNOUNCED

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The Canadian Soccer League has announced the venue for the 2012 CSL Championship Final, to take the form of a double-header attraction with the big game to be preceded by the championship match for the CSL Second Division.

 

The twin-bill will take place at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke on Saturday, October 27, with the Second Division championship at 12.30 pm to be followed by the CSL League Championship kickoff at 3 pm.

 

“We have received a lot of encouraging comments about the standard of play in our Second Division and we believe the Second Division title now deserves a higher profile than in the past,” explained CSL Administrator Pino Jazbec.

 

The CSL Second Division consists of reserve teams from 12 clubs playing in the league’s 16-team First Division.

 

The top eight teams in the standings in each of these divisions enter the playoffs, to consist of the quarterfinals, the semifinals and the final game.

 

The quarterfinals will begin October 12, the semifinals will start on October 19 and the two final games will be played on October 27.

 

The top four teams in each division will have the home game advantage that follows a format of the top team at home to the 8th team, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5.

 

Toronto Croatia won the 2011 CSL Championship, defeating Capital City of Ottawa 1-0 in the final, while Mississauga Eagles B are the current Second Division title holders having defeated Brampton City Utd B in the 2011 Second Division Final on penalty kicks following a 1-1 tie in regular play and overtime.

 

Further announcements will be made from time to time, including ticket prices for the Championship Day on October 27.

 

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