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CSL CAMPAIGN HEADS INTO SECOND HALF OF SEASON….The Weekend Games

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With the CSL First Division campaign now past the half-way point teams are beginning to take a more serious look at their chances for regular season honours and a berth in the playoffs. The 22-game regular season will end early October and the top eight in the final standings will progress to the playoffs leading to the CSL Championship, won in 2011 by Toronto Croatia.


 


Toronto Croatia continues to be prominent at or near the top of the CSL table and this weekend they travel to Niagara United for a game at Kalar Park on Saturday evening.


 


TFC Academy, second in the standings, are without a game this weekend, while SC Toronto play twice, at home to Kingston on Friday night and away to North York Astros on Sunday. While these top teams are in contention, so are a number of others with so few points separating the top half of the league standings.


 


One game in the CSL Second Division, SC Toronto B vs. Kingston FC B scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed.



 The weekend schedule:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Fri, Aug 10  Hershey Centre 8 PM Mississauga Eagles FC vs Serbian White Eagles 


Fri, Aug 10  Lamport Stadium 8 PM SC Toronto vs Kingston FC


Fri, Aug 10  Cove Road 8:30 PM London City vs Montreal Impact Academy


Sat, Aug 11  Kalar 7 PM Niagara United  vs Toronto Croatia 


Sat, Aug 11  Windsor Stadium  7:15 PM Windsor Stars vs Montreal Impact Academy


Sun, Aug 12  Victoria Park  3 PM Brampton City Utd vs Mississauga Eagles FC


Sun, Aug 12  Esther Shiner Stadium 5:30 PM North York Astros vs SC Toronto 


Sun, Aug 12  St. Joan of Arc  6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs Serbian White Eagles 


Sun, Aug 12  Club Roma  8 PM St. Catharines Wolves vs Windsor Stars


 


SECOND DIVISION


Sat, Aug 11  Portuguese/Orient 1 PM SC Waterloo B vs Serbian White Eagles B


Sat, Aug 11  Hershey Centre 4 PM Mississauga Eagles FC B vs Niagara United B


Sat, Aug 11  Downsview Park 6 PM SC Toronto B vs Kingston FC B – POSTPONED – To be rescheduled


Sun, Aug 12  Victoria Park  5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Mississauga Eagles FC B


Sun, Aug 12  Club Roma  6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs Windsor Stars B


Sun, Aug 12  St. Joan of Arc  8:30 PM York Region Shooters B vs Brantford Galaxy B

SHORT-HANDED ASTROS DEFEAT ST. CATHARINES WOLVES WEDNESDAY

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A short-handed North York Astros survived a second half send-off to defeat St. Catharines Wolves by a decisive 3-0 score at Club Roma in St. Catharines, the only game played in the Canadian Soccer League Wednesday night.


 


Following an evenly played, scoreless first half, North York took the lead at the 50th minute mark when defender Lorence Notaro drove the ball from 30 yards to the left of the St. Catharines goal to hit the crossbar before entering the net off Wolves’ goalkeeper Claudio Perri.


 


Seven minutes later, Astros’ midfielder Allan Fernando Cordon was handed a second caution and red card by referee Armando Pereira following an untidy challenge, but while playing short-handed the visitors pressed and increased their lead when forward Sean Beck came off the bench to find the net from 15 yards, a 2-0 score at 83 minutes.


 


St. Catharines came close to narrowing the score, with forward Abu Kamara being the most prominent, but it was North York that found the net in the closing minutes when Beck struck his second from a breakaway to score at the 88th minute mark.


 


The Astros exchange the bottom position with St. Catharines as a result of the victory with the Garden City side now at the foot of the table with a 1-11-1 WLT record for 4 points, while North York Astros improve to 2-12-1 for 7 points and 15th in the standings.


 


Both teams are at home this coming Sunday when the Astros host SC Toronto at Esther Shiner Stadium, that’s a 5.30 pm kickoff and St. Catharines are visited by Windsor Stars at Club Roma, that’s an 8 pm start.

BRAMPTON CITY UTD CRUSH GALAXY 7-1……David Guzman hat-trick

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Midfielder David Guzman showed the way with a hat-trick in Brampton City Utd’s   crushing 7-1 defeat of Brantford Galaxy at Victoria Park in Brampton, the only game in the Canadian Soccer League’s First Division Sunday.

 

Guzman got things underway with a goal just five minutes into the game when he took a pass from Milos Scepanovic who moved the ball into the middle for Guzman to drive into the net.

 

It was Scepanovic who set up the second goal for Guzman to head home at 19 minutes for a 2-0 Brampton lead and Scepanovic scored the third nine minutes later, his 12th of the season and it was 3-0 at the interval.

 

Defender Mark Jankovic scored Brampton’s fourth goal 5 minutes into the second half for a 4-0 lead and Brantford reduced the lead to 4-1 at 68 minutes when Erwin Uzunovic scored from the penalty spot following a hand ball by the home side inside the box.

 

David Guzman struck his third goal at 72 minutes for a 5-1 Brampton lead and Ardit Xhameni made it 6-1 at the 82nd minute mark.

 

Xhameni completed the scoring at 89 minutes for a 7-1 final score.

 

It was Brantford’s third defeat in succession in 7 days following a period when the Galaxy appeared as a serious contender for First Division honours and the loss to Brampton is almost a repeat of the June 10 game when Brampton travelled to Lions Park to come away with an 8-2 victory.

 

Brampton improve to 6-4-3 WLT for 21 points and sixth in the standings, while the Galaxy are at 8-6-0 for 24 points in fifth place.

 

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

 

Niagara United B 4, St. Catharines Wolves B 0

 

And the following game was postponed in the Second Division on Sunday and will be rescheduled:

 

Brampton City Utd B  vs  Brantford Galaxy B

 

Summary of the weekend results:

 

Sunday, August 5:

 

FIRST DIVISION

 

Brampton City Utd 7, Brantford Galaxy 1

 

SECOND DIVISION

Niagara United B 4, St. Catharines Wolves B 0

 

Saturday, August 4:

 

FIRST DIVISION

Toronto Croatia 5, Kingston FC 1

 

SECOND DIVISION

SC Toronto B 2, Mississauga Eagles FC B 2

Serbian White Eagles B 1, York Region Shooters B 1

 

Friday, August 3:

 

FIRST DIVISION

London City 4, Brantford Galaxy 2

Mississauga Eagles FC 2, North York Astros 0

Serbian White Eagles 6, Niagara United 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TORONTO CROATIA ON TOP FOLLOWING 5-1 DEFEAT OF KINGSTON FC SATURDAY

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Toronto Croatia will retain the top position in the CSL First Division standings this weekend following the side’s 5-1 defeat of Kingston SC at the CaraCo Field Invista Centre in Kingston Saturday night.

 

Despite an early 1-0 lead by the home side, the victory was rarely in doubt as the game progressed and the current CSL champions dominated the play in the final stages.

 

Kingston forward Mademba Ba opened the scoring at the 15th minute mark when he beat Croatia goalkeeper Antonio Ilic with a shot from  8 yards, but nine minutes later Croatia’s Tihomir Maletic tied the score 1-1.

 

Three minutes later Ba had an opportunity to put his side ahead from the penalty spot, but hit the post and the score remained 1-1 to the break.

 

Four minutes into the second half Toronto Croatia went ahead 2-1 on a goal by Andelo Srznetic and Srznetic scored his second and Croatia’s third for a 3-1 lead at the 55th minute mark.

 

Maletic made it 4-1 at 67 minutes, his 10th of the season and Bozenko Lesina rounded the scoring for a 5-1 lead at 89 minutes and the score remained to the final whistle.

 

Toronto Croatia now has a 9-1-3 WLT record for 30 points, four points ahead of TFC Academy in second place with 26 points.

 

Second Division games in the CSL Saturday ended:

 

SC Toronto B  2,  Mississauga Eagles FC B  2

Serbian White Eagles B  1,  York Region Shooters  B 1

 

Remaining games this weekend:

 

FIRST DIVISION

Sun, Aug 5 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd vs Brantford Galaxy

 

SECOND DIVISION

Sun, Aug 5 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Brantford Galaxy B POSTPONED- To be re-scheduled

 

Sun, Aug 5 Club Roma 6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs Niagara United B

 

SERBIAN EAGLES, LONDON CITY AND MISSISSAUGA EAGLES SCORE VICTORIES….Richard West hits hat-trick for Serbian Eagles

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Striker Richard West led Serbian White Eagles with a first half hat-trick to a 6-1 defeat of Niagara United, London City came from behind to register three late goals for a 4-2 victory over Brantford Galaxy and Mississauga Eagles FC blanked North York Astros 2-0, three games in the CSL Friday.

 

West opened the scoring at the 9th minute mark at Centennial Stadium from a pass by Ivan Seankovic, Zoran Rajovic made it 2-0 at 14 minutes when he intercepted the ball to chip over the head of Niagara goalkeeper John De Luca and West scored his second at 21 minutes for a 3-0 lead by the home side. West took a pass from Seankovic before placing the ball in the left corner of the net.

 

Kirie Dimitrov increased the Serbian Eagles lead to 4-0 at 27 minutes, he took a pass from Veljko Lukovic and at 39 minutes West scored his hat-trick, he took a pass from Zoran Rajovic for a 5-0 lead.

 

Rajovic scored his second goal and the 6th for Serbian White Eagles at 46 minutes for a 6-0 lead at half-time and Niagara United scored a consolation goal at 67 minutes, a goal by Derek Paterson from a free kick just outside the box. It was 6-1 for Serbian White Eagles at the final whistle.

 

Niagara played the last few minutes shorthanded when Anthont Fruci was shown the red card by referee Jeff Fearnall after receiving a second caution at 86 minutes.

 

Brantford forward Jacek Przednowek opened the scoring at 8 minutes in the game against London City at the TD Waterhouse ground in London and Neven Vujinovic made it 2-0 five minutes later.

 

London cut the lead to 2-1 on a goal by Younan Samra at 29 minutes and it was 2-1 at half-time.

 

The City tied the game 2-2 at 78 minutes when Nenad Nikolic cut in from the left wing to score from the top of the box and the home side went on to claim the victory with goals by Nikolic, his second at 81 minutes and Samra also scored his second two minutes later for a 4-2 final score.

 

Mississauga Eagles scored their sixth victory of the regular season at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York and it was the Mississauga team’s Bohdan Sulypka who opened the scoring at 31 minutes for a 1-0 at half-time.

 

Eagles’ Sanjar Kairosh increased the lead to 2-0 when he found the net past North York goalkeeper Enea Perego at 63 minutes and while the Astros pressed to gat back into the game it ended 2-0 in favour of the visitors.

 

 

Remaining games this weekend:

 

FIRST DIVISION

 

Sat, Aug 4 Invista Centre 7 PM Kingston FC vs Toronto Croatia – televised TV Cogeco, Kingston – check your local listings

 

Sun, Aug 5 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd vs Brantford Galaxy

 

SECOND DIVISION

 

Sat, Aug 4 Downsview Park 6 PM SC Toronto B vs Mississauga Eagles FC B

 

Sat, Aug 4 Eglinton Flats 7 PM Serbian White Eagles B vs York Region Shooters B

 

Sun, Aug 5 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Brantford Galaxy B POSTPONED- To be re-scheduled

 

Sun, Aug 5 Club Roma 6 PM St. Catharines Roma Wolves B vs Niagara United B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TORONTO CROATIA FAVOURED TO HOLD TOP SPOT OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND

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The top of the table standings in the CSL First Division at the end of this coming weekend rests with Toronto Croatia and Brantford Galaxy. Croatia are on top with a narrow one-point margin over second place TFC Academy, while  Brantford Galaxy, moves into the holiday weekend in fifth place.


 


 Only these two teams of the top five will see action – Toronto Croatia visits Kingston FC on Saturday, while the Galaxy have two games, a trip to London with a game against the City at the TD Waterhouse Stadium on Friday night and a visit to Victoria Park for a clash with Brampton City Utd on Sunday afternoon.


 


TFC Academy, SC Toronto and York Region Shooters are off, so there is every good chance the current CSL champions Toronto Croatia will keep the top spot, although the Galaxy have an outside chance if they pick up enough points and Croatia falters.


 


The weekend games


 


FIRST DIVISION


 


Fri, Aug 3  TD Waterhouse 8:30 PM London City vs Brantford Galaxy 


Fri, Aug 3  Esther Shiner Stadium 8:30 PM North York Astros vs Mississauga Eagles FC – televised Rogers TV, Toronto, check your local listings.


Fri, Aug 3  Centennial Stadium 9 PM Serbian White Eagles vs Niagara United 


Sat, Aug 4  Invista Centre 7 PM Kingston FC vs Toronto Croatia – televised TV Cogeco, Kingston – check your local listings 


Sun, Aug 5  Victoria Park  3 PM Brampton City Utd vs Brantford Galaxy 


 


 


SECOND DIVISION


 


Sat, Aug 4  Downsview Park 6 PM SC Toronto B vs Mississauga Eagles FC B


Sat, Aug 4  Eglinton Flats 7 PM Serbian White Eagles B vs York Region Shooters B


Sun, Aug 5  Victoria Park  5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Brantford Galaxy B


Sun, Aug 5  Club Roma  6 PM St. Catharines Roma Wolves B vs Niagara United B


 

TORONTO CROATIA BACK ON TOP….SHOOTERS, SC WATERLOO ALSO REGISTER WINS SUNDAY

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A first half strike by Tihomir Maletic gave Toronto Croatia a 1-0 victory and top

position in an ever-changing CSL standings, while York Region Shooters cruised to an easy 6-2 win over Kingston FC and SC Waterloo slammed Brantford Galaxy 5-0, three games in the CSL First Division Sunday.

LATE GOAL GIVES MISSISSAUGA VICTORY, LONDON CITY NIPS NIAGARA 1-0 AND A TIE MOVES TFC TO THE TOP

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A late goal gave Mississauga Eagles FC a 2-1 victory over St. Catharines Wolves, London City nipped Niagara United 1-0 and TFC Academy also scored a late goal to salvage a 2-2 tie in their home game against Windsor Stars, three games in the CSL Friday night.

 

Jose Melo scored at the 17th minute mark to put Mississauga Eagles into the lead at Club Roma in St. Catharines, he beat the Wolves goalkeeper Nicholas Palazzi from 12 yards, but the home side drew level at 38 minutes when midfielder William Janetos took a pass from the right wing to score from 12 yards and it was 1-1 at the break.

 

Antoine Paul struck the winner for the visitors at 89 minutes, the Mississauga defender headed home off a free kick out of reach of Palazzi and the 2-1 score held to the final whistle.

 

It was a well-played scoreless first half between London City and Niagara United at the TD Waterhouse ground in London, but the second half turned into a chippy affair in the second half following a goal at 50 minutes by defender Zvonko Bakula who found the net from close in off a corner kick.

 

Following several cautions, referee Rich Oliveira brought out the red card to dismiss Rudy Pikzinski of Niagara United following his second yellow card at 84 minutes and Bakula was shown the red card at 88 minutes following an untidy challenge on an opposing player. The game ended 1-0 in favour of London City.

 

Sergio Camargo opened the scoring for TFC Academy at the 20th minute mark at Downsview Park in Toronto, his first of two goals, but Windsor’s Joel Kabula tied the game 7 minutes later when he found the net from close in.

 

Windsor Stars took the lead at 41 minutes, a goal by forward Michael Eio and it was 2-1 at the interval.

 

TFC pressed for an equalizer in the latter stages of the game and the effort was rewarded with a tying goal from the penalty spot and the second goal for Sergio Camargo. Referee Yusri Rudolf ordered the kick when a TFC forward was brought down in the box and Windsor goalkeeper Anthony Santilli had little chance on the kick.

 

TFC Academy move up to the top position in the CSL First Division standings, they now have a 8-3-2 WLT record for 26 points, while Windsor Stars improve to 6-5-2 for 20 points. 

 

Remaining games this weekend:

 

FIRST DIVISION

Sun, Jul 29 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd vs Toronto Croatia

Sun, Jul 29 St. Joan of Arc 6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs Kingston FC

Sun, Jul 29 Lions Park 7 PM Brantford Galaxy vs SC Waterloo

 

SECOND DIVISION

Sat, Jul 28 Portuguese/Oriental 1 PM SC Waterloo B vs SC Toronto B

Sat, Jul 28 Kalar 4 PM Niagara United B vs Windsor Stars B

Sat, Jul 28 Eglinton Flats 7 PM Serbian White Eagles B vsTFC Academy II

Sun, Jul 29 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs St. Catharines Wolves B

Sun, Jul 29 St. Joan of Arc 8:30 PM York Region Shooters B vs Kingston FC B

 

 

 

TOP POSITION UP FOR GRABS IN FIRST DIVISION….Leader SC Toronto off this weekend

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Leader in the CSL First Division standings SC Toronto are idle this coming weekend, which provides ample opportunity for several teams to move to the top spot, including TFC Academy, Toronto Croatia and Brantford Galaxy, all separated by just one point as the CSL moves into the second half of a closely contested campaign.


 


It will be Sunday evening before the top positions are established in the First Division, with Toronto Croatia visiting Victoria Park to play Brampton and the last top division game of the weekend has Brantford Galaxy at home to SC Waterloo.


 


The weekend games:


 


FIRST DIVISION


 Fri, Jul 27  Club Roma 8 PM St. Catharines Wolves vs Mississauga Eagles FC


Fri, Jul 27  Downsview Park 8 PM TFC Academy vs Windsor Stars


Fri, Jul 27  TD Waterhouse 8:30 PM London City vs Niagara United 


Sun, Jul 29  Victoria Park  3 PM Brampton City Utd vs Toronto Croatia 


Sun, Jul 29  St. Joan of Arc  6:30 PM York Region Shooters  vs Kingston FC


Sun, Jul 29  Lions Park  7 PM Brantford Galaxy vs SC Waterloo 


 


SECOND DIVISION


Sat, Jul 28  Portuguese/Oriental 1 PM SC Waterloo B vs SC Toronto B


Sat, Jul 28  Kalar 4 PM Niagara United B vs Windsor Stars B


Sat, Jul 28  Eglinton Flats 7 PM Serbian White Eagles B vsTFC Academy II


Sun, Jul 29  Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs St. Catharines Wolves B


Sun, Jul 29  St. Joan of Arc  8:30 PM York Region Shooters B vs Kingston FC B


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

BRANTFORD, KINGSTON, WATERLOO WIN SUNDAY…Toronto Croatia held to 1-1 tie

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TFC Academy and SC Toronto share the top position in the CSL following a 1-1 tie between Toronto Croatia and SC Toronto and in three other games played in the CSL First Division Sunday, SC Waterloo scored an emphatic 4-0 victory over Serbian White Eagles, Kingston FC overcame a 1-0 deficit to defeat North York Astros 2-1 and Brantford Galaxy nipped Windsor Stars, 1-0.


 


The Toronto Croatia 1-1 tie with SC Toronto lived up to its billing in a hard, well-played encounter at Centennial Stadium, a game that was scoreless until Marin Vucemilovic Grgic found the net at 80 minutes. He took a pass from forward Tihomir Maletic while closing in and it turned out to be a tap in for the go-ahead goal.


 


SC Toronto were reduced to 10 men at a crucial time of 87 minutes when Garard Ladiyou was cautioned for a second time to be shown the red card and sent off.


 


Despite the disadvantage, the visitors fought back and were rewarded with a tying goal by forward Alon Badat who scored at 93 minutes after receiving a cross from the left wing.


 


SC Toronto improve to a 7-1-4 WLT record for 25 points and are tied for the top position with TFC Academy in the CSL First Division standings, while Toronto Croatia drop to third position with a 7-1-3 record for 24 points.


 


SC Waterloo had a field day in defeating Serbian White Eagles at the Seagram Stadium in Waterloo and it was Adis Hasecic who opened the scoring for the home side at 19 minutes and that was followed nine minutes later when Drazen Vukovic made it 2-0 and Slavisa Ubiparipovic increased the score to 3-0 at 39 minutes –  the score at the interval.


 


Vukovic added a second goal at 52 minutes for a 4-0 score, which held to the final whistle.


 


Midfielder Carlos Amorim opened the scoring for North York Astros at 37 minutes against Kingston FC at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York, the score at half-time.


 


Kingston forward Alex Campbell tied the game 1-1 at 52 minutes and Mademba Ba struck the winner from the penalty spot at 69 minutes following a pushing incident on Kingston’s Edgar Soglo inside the 18 yard line.


 


North York were reduced to 10 men when referee Scott Decker showed the red card to Davier Walcott at 72 minutes for serious foul play and the remainder of the game was scoreless to the final whistle, 2-1 in favour of Kingston FC.


 


A goal at 63 minutes by Brantford Galaxy midfielder Damion Scott was enough to earn his side three points in the game against Windsor Stars at Lions Park. Scott took a pass from Marco Machado to drive the ball from 20 yards into the bottom left corner past Windsor goalkeeper Anthony Santilli.


The goal broke open a game with few chances throughout, with Santilli and Galaxy’s Melford James Jr. both playing a solid game.


 


The win moved Brantford into a tie for third place in the standings, it was the Galaxy’s eighth win and they now have an 8-3-0 record for 24 points.


 


The weekend summary:


 


Sunday’s results:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Brantford Galaxy 1, Windsor Border Stars 0


Kingston FC 2, North York Astros 1


SC Waterloo 4, Serbian White Eagles 0


Toronto Croatia 1, SC Toronto 1


 


SECOND DIVISION


TFC Academy II 3, St. Catharines Wolves B 1


 


Games played Saturday, July 21


 


FIRST DIVISION


Brampton City Utd 2, Montreal Impact Academy 0


Niagara United 0, York Region Shooters 0


Windsor Stars 2, Serbian White Eagles 1


 


SECOND DIVISION


Niagara United B 2, York Region Shooters B 1


Windsor Stars B 5, Serbian White Eagles B 2


SC Toronto B 5, Brampton City Utd B 1


SC Waterloo B 3, Brantford Galaxy B 1


 


Games played Friday, July 20


 


FIRST DIVISION


London City 2, St. Catharines Wolves 0


SC Toronto 5, Mississauga Eagles FC 1


TFC Academy 2, North York Astros 1


 


 

BRAMPTON, WINDSOR SCORE SATURDAY VICTORIES….Niagara United, York Region Shooters play to scoreless tie

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Brampton City Utd handed Montreal Impact Academy just their second defeat of the season and the first at home in CSL action Saturday, while Windsor Stars edged past Serbian White Eagles 2-1 and Niagara United played to a scoreless tie to give York Region Shooters their seventh tie of the season.


 


Following a well-played, almost scoreless first half, forward Alex Braletic put Brampton City Utd in the lead at 45 minutes against Montreal Impact Academy at the St Jean De Vianney ground in Montreal. It was a picture goal, a strong drive from 22 yards to the right of goalkeeper Jason Beaulieu for a 1-0 half-time in favour of the visitors.


 


Midfielder David Guzman increased the lead to 2-0 for Brampton, he struck from 12 yards to find the net and the score held to the final whistle in favour of the Toronto area team.


 


Windsor Stars struck early with a goal by Michael Lepera after just four minutes in the game with Serbian White Eagles at Windsor Stadium and that score held in a close contest until Viktor Anastasov equalized for the Toronto team at 68 minutes.


 


It was nine minutes later that Windsor forward Christian Mayorga collected the ball on the six yard line to find the net past Serbian Eagles’ goalkeeper Nikola Marojevic and that proved to be the winner with the score 2-1 at the final whistle.


 


Niagara United played most of the second half with 10 men to battle to a scoreless tie with York Region Shooters at Kalar Park after Rudy Pikzinski was shown the red card by referee Pereira for serious foul play ten minutes into the second half.


 


It was a hard played encounter with both goalkeepers John De Luca for the home side and Emanuelle Ameltonis for York Region Shooters playing a big part in a scoreless game.


 


SECOND DIVISION


 


Niagara United B 2, York Region Shooters B 1


Windsor Stars B 5, Serbian White Eagles B 2


SC Toronto B 5, Brampton City Utd B 1


 


 Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:


 


FIRST DIVISION


 


Sun, Jul 22 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs Kingston FC


 


Sun, Jul 22 Seagram Stadium 7 PM SC Waterloo vs Serbian White Eagles


 


Sun, Jul 22 Lions Park 7 PM Brantford Galaxy vs Windsor Stars


 


Sun, Jul 22 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs SC Toronto


 


SECOND DIVISION


 


Sun, Jul 22 Club Roma 6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs TFC Academy II


 


 


 


 


 


 

TFC ACADEMY ON TOP FOLLOWING 2-1 VICTORY FRIDAY

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TFC Academy jumped to the top of the First Division following their 2-1 victory over North York Astros, SC Toronto moved into second spot with a 5-1 trouncing of Mississauga Eagles FC and London City registered a 2-0 win over St. Catharines Wolves, three games in the CSL Friday night.

 

It was a close encounter in the early stages of the TFC vs. Astros game at Downsview Park, but Academy midfielder Mario Orestano put the home side one-up at the 27th minute mark.

 

North York equalized at 44 minutes when midfielder Carlos Amorim found the net past TFC goalkeeper Angelo Cavalluzzo for a 1-1 score at the break.

 

Nikola Paunic struck the winner at 59 minutes and while the Academy had a decided edge in the play, the visitors had late opportunities to tie the game which ended 2-1 in favour of  TFC.

 

TFC Academy improve to 8-3-1WLT for 25 points and lead the First Division standings, but that may change when the weekend games are completed Sunday night.

 

SC Toronto were outstanding in the 5-1 victory over Mississauga Eagles FC at Lamport Stadium. It was Brennan McNicoll who opened the scoring for Toronto, he scored at 19 minutes, but Mississauga tied the score on a goal by Bohdan Sulypka  at the 34th minute mark and it was 1-1 at the interval.

 

  Forward Jarek Whiteman then struck twice for the home side, at 51 minutes – on a penalty kick following a tripping incident in the box –  and 59 minutes to increase his tally to 11 for the season.

 

Defender Gerard Ladilou made it 4-1 for SC Toronto at 66 minutes, then Brennan McNicoll scored his second and SC Toronto’s fifth at 77 minutes for a 5-1 score, the result at the final whistle.

 

SC Toronto now have a 7-1-3 record for 24 points and second place in the standings, while Mississauga Eagles FC are at 4-6-2 and 14 points.

 

London City improved their still lowly position in the standings with a 2-0 shutout of even lower St. Catharines Wolves at Cove Road in London. It was midfielder Jasman Halkic who scored the opening goal for London City from a rebound off goalkeeper Claudio Perri of St. Catharines at 30 minutes.

 

The 1-0 lead almost held up until London forward Dalibor Mitrovic, who came on as a substitute midway through the second half,  increased the margin to 2-0 at 92 minutes, the final score.

 

Michael Marcoccia of London City was shown the red card near the end on receiving his second caution in the game.

 

Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:

 

FIRST DIVISION

 

Sat, Jul 21 St Jean De Vianney 2 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs Brampton City Utd

 

Sat, Jul 21 Kalar 7 PM Niagara United vs York Region Shooters

 

Sat, Jul 21 Windsor Stadium 7:15 PM Windsor Stars vs Serbian White Eagles

 

Sun, Jul 22 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs Kingston FC

 

Sun, Jul 22 Seagram Stadium 7 PM SC Waterloo vs Serbian White Eagles

 

Sun, Jul 22 Lions Park 7 PM Brantford Galaxy vs Windsor Stars

 

Sun, Jul 22 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs SC Toronto

 

SECOND DIVISION

 

Sat, Jul 21 Lions Park 4 PM Brantford Galaxy B vs SC Waterloo B

 

Sat, Jul 21 Kalar 4 PM Niagara United B vs York Region Shooters B

 

Sat, Jul 21 Windsor Stadium 5 PM Windsor Stars B vs Serbian White Eagles B

 

Sat, Jul 21 Downsview Park 6 PM SC Toronto B vs Brampton City Utd B

 

 

 

FIVE CLUBS BID FOR TOP SPOT IN CSL FIRST DIVISION …separated by just two points

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Toronto Croatia will probably need a win over SC Toronto to hold the top position in the First Division standings following this weekend’s games in the Canadian Soccer League.


 


Only two points separate five teams – Croatia, TFC Academy, SC Toronto, Brantford Galaxy and York Region Shooters – so the current CSL champions are in a precarious position, but can still retain top spot with a victory over the impressive SC Toronto side in what is an important game for both teams at Centennial Stadium Sunday night.


 


York Region Shooters have an impressive 5-game unbeaten streak going back to June 10 and they will be looking to stretch that even more at Kalar Park against Niagara United on Saturday.


 


There are 10 First Division games to be played through Sunday night and five games in the CSL Second Division.


 


 


FIRST DIVISION


 


Fri, Jul 20  Lamport Stadium 8 PM SC Toronto vs Mississauga Eagles FC


Fri, Jul 20  Downsview Park 8 PM TFC Academy vs North York Astros 


Fri, Jul 20  Cove Road 8:30 PM London City vs St. Catharines  Wolves


Sat, Jul 21 St Jean De Vianney 2 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs Brampton City Utd 


Sat, Jul 21  Kalar 7  PM Niagara United vs York Region Shooters 


Sat, Jul 21  Windsor Stadium  7:15 PM Windsor Stars vs Serbian White Eagles 


Sun, Jul 22  Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs Kingston FC


Sun, Jul 22  Seagram Stadium 7 PM SC Waterloo vs Serbian White Eagles 


Sun, Jul 22  Lions Park  7 PM Brantford Galaxy vs Windsor Stars


Sun, Jul 22  Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs SC Toronto 


 


SECOND DIVISION


 


Sat, Jul 21  Lions Park  4 PM Brantford Galaxy B vs SC Waterloo B


Sat, Jul 21  Kalar 4 PM Niagara United B vs York Region Shooters B


Sat, Jul 21  Windsor Stadium  5 PM Windsor Stars B vs Serbian White Eagles B


Sat, Jul 21  Downsview Park 6 PM SC Toronto B vs Brampton City Utd B


Sun, Jul 22  Club Roma  6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs TFC Academy II

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M9W 6L9

Contact

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416.675.6256

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