VUKOVIC GOAL GIVES MONTREAL ACADEMY VICTORY…..Brampton City Utd home game delayed, one game off.

 


A number of late changes to the CSL schedule have been announced by the league office noon Sunday and in the first game played, Montreal Impact Academy forward Stefan Vukovic struck the only goal at 48 minutes to give the Quebec side a 1-0 victory over TFC Academy. 


 


There is a delay in the kickoff time of the Brampton City Utd vs. St. Catharines Wolves First Division match scheduled for Victoria Park in Brampton Sunday. The original 3 pm kickoff time has now been moved to 6 pm.


 


Additionally, the Brampton City Utd. B vs. York Region Shooters B Second Division match scheduled for Victoria Park, a 5.30 pm kickoff Sunday, has been postponed


 


 There was a switch of venue in Montreal for the clash between the two CSL academy teams. The Montreal


 


Impact Academy vs. TFC Academy game was moved to the St Jean de Vianney ground from the Claude Robillard Stadium


 


where the surface was affected by heavy rain. The home side won, 1-0.


 


The revised Sunday schedule:


 


FIRST DIVISION


 


 Montreal Impact Academy 1, TFC Academy 0


 


Sun Jun 3 Victoria Park 6 PM Brampton City Utd vs St. Catharines Wolves


 


Sun Jun 3 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs London City


 


Sun, Jun 3 Seagram Stadium 7 PM SC Waterloo vs Kingston FC


 


 


SECOND DIVISION


 


Sun Jun 3 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs York Region Shooters B POSTPONED


 


Sun Jun 3 Club Roma 6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs SC Waterloo B


 


 


 


 


 

EARLY GOAL ENOUGH TO GIVE SERBIAN WHITE EAGLES THE VICTORY….London City vs. Windsor Stars postponed

A goal in the opening minute of play was enough to earn Serbian White Eagles a 1-0 victory over York Region Shooters in the CSL Friday night, while the London City vs. Windsor Stars clash was washed out by heavy rains.


 


Serbian White Eagles’ forward Sasa Vukoje struck the lone goal shortly after the opening whistle at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, he was on hand to pick up a save by Shooters’ goalkeeper Emanuelle Ameltonis to hit the ball against the crossbar into the net.


 


The play was started by forward Zoran Rajovic who moved the ball to the home side’s Richard West who beat two York Region defenders before shooting for Ameltonis to save. Vukoje scored from five yards and in a game raining from time to time in windy conditions neither side found the net through to the final whistle – a 1-0 win for Serbian White Eagles.


 


The rain was heavy also in southwestern Ontario, causing too much water on the playing surface at Cove Road in London and the London City vs. Windsor Stars match was called off.


 


There was one game played in the Second Division Friday:


 


SECOND DIVISION


 


TFC Academy II 0, SC Toronto B 0


 


The remaining weekend schedule:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Sat Jun 2 Kalar 7 PM Niagara United vs Windsor Stars


Sun Jun 3 Claude Robillard 2 PM Montreal Impact Academy vsTFC Academy


Sun Jun 3 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd vs St. Catharines Wolves


Sun Jun 3 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs London City


Sun, Jun 3 Seagram Stadium 7 PM SC Waterloo vs Kingston FC


 


 


SECOND DIVISION


Sun Jun 3 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs York Region Shooters B


Sun Jun 3 Club Roma 6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs SC Waterloo B


 


 

LONDON CITY VS WINDSOR STARS OFF ..heavy rains wash out Cove Road fixture

The CSL First Division game London City vs. Windsor Stars scheduled for 8.30 pm Friday has been postponed due to an accumulation of water on the playing surface at Cove Road in London.


 


Steady rain has fallen in southern Ontario and southwestern Ontario overnight and the game at London was called off at 3 pm Friday afternoon.


 


There are two remaining games to be played Friday night – at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke where Serbian White Eagles are at home to York Region Shooters and at Downsview Park in North York where the TFC Academy second team is at home to SC Toronto B.  Both games are on the synthetic surface and are expected to be played.


 


The complete weekend schedule:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Fri Jun 1  Cove Road 8:30 PM London City vs Windsor Stars POSTPONED


Fri Jun 1  Centennial Stadium 9 PM Serbian White Eagles vs  York Region Shooters 


Sat Jun 2  Kalar 7 PM Niagara United vs Windsor Stars


Sun Jun 3  Claude Robillard 2 PM Montreal Impact Academy vsTFC Academy 


Sun Jun 3  Victoria Park  3 PM Brampton City Utd  vs St. Catharines Wolves


Sun Jun 3  Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs London City 


Sun, Jun 3  Seagram Stadium 7 PM SC Waterloo vs Kingston FC


 


SECOND DIVISION


Fri Jun 1  Downsview Park 8 PM TFC Academy II vs SC Toronto B 


Sun Jun 3  Victoria Park  5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs York Region Shooters B


Sun Jun 3  Club Roma  6 PM St. Catharines Wolves B vs SC Waterloo B


 

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KINGSTON NOTCH FIRST VICTORY, TFC AND TORONTO CROATIA DOMINATE…the Astros and Shooters play to scoreless tie

Kingston FC gained their first victory in the CSL First Division in a close encounter at Brampton, North York Astros and York Region Shooters played to a scoreless tie, while TFC Academy and Toronto Croatia both scored decisive wins, four games in the CSL Sunday.

 

It was an end-to-end encounter at Victoria Park in Brampton where Kingston FC took the lead from the penalty spot over Brampton City Utd at 28 minutes following a shirt-pulling incident inside the box. Forward Antonios Assaad fired into the net past Brampton goalkeeper Jason Lopes.

 

Brampton midfielder David Velastagui put the home side on equal terms at 55 minutes, but Kingston regained the lead just one minute later when Assaad scored his second for a 2-1 score.

 

Following good play by both sides, Mademba Ba struck a third Kingston goal at 86 minutes for a 3-1 lead by the visitors and three minutes later Brampton’s David Guzman reduced the lead to 3-2 from the penalty spot following a foul inside the 18 yard line. The game ended 3-2.

 

In the game at Downsview Park, TFC Academy midfielder Mario Orestano opened the scoring at the 27th minute mark against a depleted London City side missing key players on their injured list – he found the net past London ‘keeper Zoran Pusica.

 

TFC defender Deon Rose made it 2-0 six minutes later and three minutes later at the 36th minute mark, Toronto midfielder Omari Morris increased the lead to 3-0.

 

TFC’s Ryan James made it 4-0 at 66 minutes, and the home side’s Marko Miketic increased the lead to 5-0 at 72 minutes.

 

Miketic scored his second and the academy team’s sixth goal at 86 minutes, he put the ball past London’s substitute goalkeeper Scott Chalmers and it remained 6-0 to the final whistle.

 

Toronto Croatia dominated in almost every department as the game wore on against SC Waterloo at Centennial Stadium in Toronto’s west-end and it started when midfielder Hayden Fitzwilliams scored for the home side after 18 minutes to make it 1-0.

 

SC Waterloo drew level just one minute later, a goal by forward Shawn Brown, but at 26 minutes Croatia’s Tihomir Maletic struck from the penalty spot after being brought down in the box.

Josip Keran increased the lead to 3-1 for Toronto Croatia at 34 minutes, the score at half-time after Drazen Vukovic missed a penalty kick for SC

Waterloo.

 

Toronto Croatia midfielder Marin Vucemilovic Grgic then struck twice, the first at 72 minutes and again six minutes later for a 5-1 home lead and Maletic rounded out the scoring at 80 minutes, a 6-1 final.

 

It was a well-played scoreless encounter at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York where the Astros and York Region Shooters both came close to scoring despite a game played mostly in midfield.

 

North York goalkeeper Antal Toth made key saves late in the game and the game ended 0-0.

 

There was one game in the CSL Second Division Sunday when Brampton City Utd B defeated Kingston FC B by a score of 13-0.

 

 

 

 

SERBIAN EAGLES DOWN ST. CATHARINES WOLVES…SC Toronto vs. Montreal Impact Academy ends 1-1

Serbian White Eagles scored a goal in each half to secure a 2-0 victory over St. Catharines Wolves, while SC Toronto and Montreal Impact Academy battled to a 1-1 tie, two games in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night.


 


Stefan Vukovic, the 2011 leading goalscorer while with TFC Academy, opened the scoring for Montreal Impact Academy at Lamport Stadium, he scored with a low drive from the left wing to beat SC Toronto goalkeeper Scott Cliff, a 1-0 score at the break.


 


The goal was scored two minutes after Montreal’s Wandrille Lefavre was shown the red card and ejected for serious foul play by referee Richard Oliviera.


 


SC Toronto levelled the score 1-1 at 71 minutes on a goal from the penalty spot by forward Jarek Whiteman. Montreal goalkeeper Jason Beaulieu was red carded by referee Oliviera for preventing an obvious goalscoring opportunity, Whiteman scored from the spot and the game ended 1-1.


 


Serbian White Eagles forward Zoran Rajovic opened the scoring for the home side at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, he beat St. Catharines goalkeeper Claudio Perri with a low shot at the 21st minute mark for a 1-0 score at half-time.


 


Forward Richard West increased the lead to 2-0 at 47 minutes for Serbian White Eagles, he stepped in to pick-up a rebound off goalkeeper Perri following a hard shot on goal from Kirie Dimitrov.


 


St. Catharines lost Nicholas Vecchi at 51 minutes when he was shown the red card for serious foul play in bringing down Viktor Anastavov of Serbian Eagles. The game ended 2-0 for the home side.


 


 


Remaining games in the CSL this weekend :


 


FIRST DIVISION


Sat, May 26 Hershey Centre 7:00 PM Mississauga Eagles FC vs. Montreal Impact Academy


Sat, May 26 Kalar 7:00 PM Niagara United vs. Brantford Galaxy


Sun, May 27 Downsview Park 2:00 PM TFC Academy vs. London City


Sun, May 27 Victoria Park 3:00 PM Brampton City Utd vs.Kingston FC


Sun, May 27 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs. York Region Shooters


Sun, May 27 Centennial Stadium 8:00 PM Toronto Croatia vs. SC Waterloo


 


SECOND DIVISION


Sat, May 26 Kalar 4:00 PM Niagara United B vs. Brantford Galaxy B


Sun, May 27 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs. Kingston FC B


 

MONTREAL ACADEMY AT TORONTO KICKS OFF WEEKEND OF GAMES, TFC Academy game moved to Sunday

Montreal Impact Academy make their first away trip Friday night with a game against SC Toronto and it comes following an 8-1 home victory over St. Catharines Wolves last Sunday. The Montreal team then moves to Mississauga for a game with the Eagles the following day – two games in a full weekend of First Division soccer in the Canadian Soccer League.


 


The TFC Academy vs. London City, previously scheduled for Friday night, will now be played at Downsview Park on Sunday, a 2 pm kickoff.


 


There are two games scheduled in the CSL Second Division this coming weekend and clubs are following with interest the visit to Croatia of Mississauga Eagles FC B which leaves for games in that country on Saturday.


 


The weekend games:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Fri, May 25  Lamport Stadium 8:00 PM SC Toronto vs. Montreal Impact Academy


Fri, May 25  Centennial Stadium 9:00 PM Serbian White Eagles vs. St. Catharines Wolves


Sat, May 26  Hershey Centre 7:00 PM Mississauga Eagles FC vs. Montreal Impact Academy


Sat, May 26  Kalar 7:00 PM Niagara United vs. Brantford Galaxy 


Sun, May 27  Downsview Park 2:00 PM TFC Academy vs. London City 


Sun, May 27  Victoria Park  3:00 PM Brampton City Utd  vs.Kingston FC


Sun, May 27  Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros  vs. York Region Shooters 


Sun, May 27  Centennial Stadium 8:00 PM Toronto Croatia  vs. SC Waterloo 


 


SECOND DIVISION


Sat, May 26  Kalar 4:00 PM Niagara United B vs. Brantford Galaxy B


Sun, May 27  Victoria Park  5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs. Kingston FC B


 

MONTREAL IMPACT ACADEMY TROUNCE ST. CATHARINES WOLVES 8-1…First of four games Sunday


 


Montreal Impact Academy trounced St. Catharines Wolves 8-1, while SC Waterloo scored a 5-0 resounding victory over London City, Brantford Galaxy nipped TFC Academy 1-0 and Brampton City Utd held Toronto Croatia to a 1-1 tie, four games in the CSL Sunday.


 


 The  Impact Academy side quickly overcame an early 1-0 deficit to score eight against St. Catharines Wolves, inflicting an 8-1 trouncing in the opener of four games scheduled in the CSL Sunday.


Forward Calvin Rosario gave St. Catharines an early lead just two minutes into the game at the St. Jean de Vianney Stadium in Montreal when he scored from the penalty spot following a foul inside the 18 yard line called by referee Mathieu Bourdeau.


 


The visitors were reduced to 10 men when Johnny Maurizio was shown the red card following a challenge with excessive force which referee Bourdeau considered serious foul play.


 


Montreal Impact Academy tied the game 1-1 at 29 minutes when awarded a penalty and midfielder Wandrille Lefevre put the ball past St. Catharines goalkeeper Claudio Perri.


 


Defender Maxim Tissot put Montreal in front 2-1 at the 32nd minute mark and found the net again three minutes later to put the home side 3-1 up, the score at the break.


 


Midfielder Zakaria Messoudi increased Montreal’s lead to 4-1 at 54 minutes and at the 75th minute mark substitute Amine Meftouh increased the lead to 5-1 after entering the field in the second half.


The home side continued to attack the St. Catharines goal and at 77 minutes Lefevre struck his second and Montreal’s sixth for a 6-1 lead.


 


Forward Victor Ndiaye added a 7th at 81 minutes and Alexander King entering as a substitute completed the scoring at 86 minutes for an 8-1 final score.


 


There was attractive soccer at Lions Park in Brantford where the result was in doubt until Galaxy forward Dave Simpson scored at the 86th minute to give the home side a 1-0 victory over TFC Academy.


 


The goal came following a three-way passing play started by midfielder Niko Jelicic who crossed from the right wing to Logan Alexander who moved the ball to Simpson to score at 86 minutes.


 


Both teams had opportunities in the closing minutes, but the 1-0 score held until the final whistle.


 


SC Waterloo were very much on top in their game against London City, a 5-0 victory at the Seagram Stadium in Waterloo to record a second shutout following the 2-0 win over Windsor Stars on May 6.


 


Adis Hasecic opened the scoring at the 5th minute mark when he found the net past London goalkeeper Zoran Pusica and midfielder Drazen Vukovic made it 2-0 four minutes later.


 


Hasecic scored a second goal at the 14th minute mark to increase the lead to 3-0, the score at half-time.


 


Midfielder Haris Fazlagic made it 4-0 at 74 minutes and Vukovic struck his second to round out the scoring at 82 minutes for a 5-0 final.


 


Toronto Croatia midfielder Marin Vucernilovic Grgic opened the scoring to put Toronto Croatia in the lead over Brampton City Utd at Centennial Stadium – he sent a low drive to the right of Brampton goalkeeper Jason Lopez for a 1-0 Croatia lead at the 10 minute mark.


 


It was a hard-played close encounter throughout and looking like Croatia’s third early season win until Brampton drew level with a goal by midfielder Andy Garcia.  He took the rebound from a free kick to beat Croatia goalkeeper Panagiotis Koumoulas for the 1-1 draw.


 


Weekend summary:


 


Games in the CSL Friday:


 FIRST DIVISION


Serbian White Eagles 2, North York Astros 0


SC Toronto 4, Mississauga Eagles FC 1


Toronto Croatia 3, London City 1


 


Games in the CSL Saturday:


 FIRST DIVISION


Windsor Stars 5, Kingston FC 0


 SECOND DIVISION


SC Waterloo B 2, Niagara United B 1


SC Toronto B 3, .St. Catharines Wolves B 1


.Windsor Stars B 6, Kingston FC B 1


 


Games in the CSL Sunday:


FIRST DIVISION


Brantford Galaxy 1, TFC Academy 0


Montreal Impact Academy 8, St. Catharines Wolves 1


SC Waterloo 5, London City 0


Toronto Croatia 1 Brampton City Utd 1


 


 


 


 


 


 

WINDSOR STARS DOMINATE KINGSTON 5-0 SATURDAY

Windsor Stars took control early to eventually dominate Kingston FC with a 5-0 victory at the Invista Centre in Kingston, the only game played in the CSL First Division Saturday.


 


The visitors took the lead at the 17th minute mark when forward Stephen Ademolu beat Kingston FC goalkeeper Morgan Kenny with a low shot and Alexander Rickett made it 2-0 four minutes later.


 


Michael Chiandussi increased the Windsor lead to 3-0 with a good individual effort at 37 minutes and that was the score at the break.


 


Kingston FC forwards Edgar Soglo and Antonios Assaad were the most prominent for the home side in the second half, but failed to reduce the lead and Windsor went further ahead with a goal at 89 minutes by midfielder Erik Cirovski.  


 


Windsor forward Michael Pio completed the scoring when he found the net past Kenny just before the final whistle, a 5-0 final score.


 


There were three games in the CSL Second Division Saturday:


 


SC Waterloo B 2, Niagara United B 1


SC Toronto B 3, .St. Catharines Wolves B 1


.Windsor Stars B 6, Kingston FC B 1


 


 


REMAINING GAMES IN THE CSL THIS WEEKEND:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Sun, May 20 CS St Jean De Vianney 2:00 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs. St. Catharines Wolves


Sun, May 20 Lions Park 6:00 PM Brantford Galaxy vs.TFC Academy


Sun, May 20 Seagram Stadium 7:00 PM SC Waterloo vs. London City


Sun, May 20 Centennial Stadium 8:00 PM Toronto Croatia vs.Brampton City Utd


 


 

JAREK WHITEMAN HAT-TRICK SINKS MISSISSAUGA EAGLES….Toronto Croatia and Serbian White Eagles win

SC Toronto forward Jarek Whiteman scored an early season hat-trick to lead his team to a 4-1 defeat of Mississauga Eagles FC at the Hershey Centre Friday night and in two other games in the CSL, Toronto Croatia handed London City a 3-1 home defeat while Serbian White Eagles scored two late goals in a 2-0 victory over North York Astros.

 

Whiteman, who scored 11 goals for the Toronto side in the 2011 season, opened the scoring against Mississauga with a goal at 27 minutes, added a second four minutes later for a 2-0 SC Toronto lead at half-time, then completed his hat-trick 13 minutes into the second half.

 

Mississauga goalkeeper Kofi Oppong was shown the red card for handling the ball outside of the penalty box to reduce the home side to 10 men at 36 minutes of the first half.

 

The lone Mississauga Eagles goal was scored by Jose Melo, while Carlos Nogueira struck the fourth goal for the visitors at 68 minutes and the 4-1 lead remained to the final whistle.

 

The loss was a reversal of form for Mississauga Eagles FC following their 5-1 home opener victory over North York Astros on May 11.

 

Toronto Croatia earned a hard-fought 3-1 win over London City at the TD Waterhouse Stadium in London and it was scoreless until Croatia’s Angelo Srzentic opened the scoring just before the break. London City tied the game 1-1 when Dalibor Mitrovic found the net at 66 minutes, the prolific Tihomir Maletic made it 2-1 for Toronto Croatia at 78 minutes and Boris Tomac completed the scoring when he found the net past London goalkeeper Zoran Pusica at the 82nd minute mark, a 3-1 final.

 

Two late goals, at 82 minutes by midfielder Kirie Dimitrov and at 90 minutes by Zoran Rajovic gave Serbian White Eagles the 2-0 victory at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke.

 

The following are the remaining games in the Canadian Soccer League during the Victoria Day weekend:

 

 

FIRST DIVISION

Sat, May 19 Invista Centre 7:00 PM Kingston FC vs.Windsor Stars

Sun, May 20 CS St Jean De Vianney 2:00 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs. St. Catharines Wolves

Sun, May 20 Lions Park 6:00 PM Brantford Galaxy vs.TFC Academy

Sun, May 20 Seagram Stadium 7:00 PM SC Waterloo vs. London City

Sun, May 20 Centennial Stadium 8:00 PM Toronto Croatia vs.Brampton City Utd

 

SECOND DIVISION

Sat, May 19 Portuguese/Oriental 1:00 PM SC Waterloo vs. B Niagara United B

Sat, May 19 Downsview 4:00 PM SC Toronto B vs.St. Catharines Wolves B

Sat, May 19 Invista Centre 5:00 PM Kingston FC B vs.Windsor Stars B

 

FULL SLATE OF GAMES AND NEW SHOW ON HOLIDAY WEEKEND

The CSL will have a full slate of games in its First Division during the Victoria Day weekend, a weekend  which also features the opening of The CSL This Week, a 30-minute show on Rogers TV which begins on Friday – check your local listing for program time.


 


The CSL This Week, hosted by Alex Bastyovanszky will continue through most of the soccer season to include game highlights, interviews,stories and will profile CSL teams. The opening show on Friday, May 18, will include highlights from four games during the opening two weekends, a visit to the CSL press conference held at the BMO Field on May 1, a studio interview with Phil Ionadi and a player profile of Mississauga Eagles midfielder Joey Melo.


 


Two teams – London City and Brantford Galaxy – have their home opener this weekend. London City open at TD Waterhouse Stadium in London on Friday night under new ownership in Hamilton businessman Andrew Crowe  and  new head coach Stan Svezdic, while Brantford Galaxy are entering the season attempting to regain their 2010 form which won the club the CSL Championship in its inaugural season.


 


The weekend games:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Fri, May 18  Hershey Centre 8:00 PM Mississauga Eagles FC vs.SC Toronto 


Fri, May 18  TD Waterhouse 8:30 PM London City vs.  Toronto Croatia 


Fri, May 18  Centennial Stadium 9:00 PM Serbian White Eagles vs. North York Astros  


Sat, May 19  Invista Centre 7:00 PM Kingston FC vs.Windsor Stars


Sun, May 20  CS St Jean De Vianney 2:00 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs. St. Catharines Wolves


Sun, May 20  Lions Park  6:00 PM Brantford Galaxy  vs.TFC Academy 


Sun, May 20  Seagram Stadium 7:00 PM SC Waterloo vs. London City 


Sun, May 20  Centennial Stadium 8:00 PM Toronto Croatia  vs.Brampton City Utd 


 


SECOND DIVISION


Sat, May 19  Portuguese/Oriental 1:00 PM SC Waterloo vs. B Niagara United B


Sat, May 19  Downsview 4:00 PM SC Toronto B vs.St. Catharines Wolves B


Sat, May 19  Invista Centre 5:00 PM Kingston FC B vs.Windsor Stars B

TORONTO CROATIA OFF TO FLYING START… Montreal Impact Academy and Shooters play to scoreless tie

The current CSL champions were off to a flying start to the new season with a 4-1 home victory over Brantford Galaxy at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, and in one other game played in the Canadian Soccer League Sunday, Montreal Impact Academy and York Region Shooters battled to a scoreless tie in Montreal.


 


It was the visitors who took the lead when Brantford forward Dave Simpson crossed the ball from the right win and found the top corner of the net and out of reach of the Croatia goalkeeper Pan Koumoulas at the 10 minute mark, but nine minutes later Toronto Croatia forward Bozenko Lesina tied the game 1-1.


 


Toronto Croatia’s leading scorer in 2011, striker Tihomir Maletic, struck from the penalty spot, a penalty called by referee David Barrie at 34 minutes, to make it 2-1 and that was the score at half-time.


 


Lesina scored his second goal one minute after the interval and at 79 minutes Croatia’s Marin Grgic  made it 4-1 with a drive from 25 yards to the left of  Galaxy goalkeeper Melford James Jr.


 


It was a well-played, at times physical encounter when Montreal Impact Academy and York Region Shooters failed to find the net to play to a scoreless tie at the at the St. Jean De Vianney ground in Montreal.


 


The best scoring chances came from defender Maxime Tissot and forward Victor Ndiaye of Montreal, but Camilo Benzi in the York Region net preserved the shutout, while Jason Beaulieu looked solid in goal for the home side.


 


The Montreal Impact Academy line-up included last season’s CSL leading goalscorer and former TFC Academy striker Stefan Vukovic after signing a three-month contract


Vukovic led the CSL last year with 18 goals.


“We liked what we saw from Stefan,” said Montreal Academy head coach Philippe Eullaffroy. “This contract is a nice balance for both sides, to see how he fits in here and to see if he likes it here as well. After the three months, we will revisit things then.”


 


The weekend summary of games in the CSL:


 


Friday, May 11:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Mississauga Eagles FC 5, North York Astros 1


SC Toronto 5, St. Catharines Wolves 0


Serbian White Eagles 2, London City 2


 


Saturday, May 12:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Kingston FC 1, York Region Shooters 1


Windsor Stars 1, Brampton City Utd 0


 


SECOND DIVISION


TFC Academy II 2, SC Toronto B 1


Brampton City Utd B 2, Windsor Stars B 0


York Region Shooters B 4, Kingston FC B 2


 


Sunday, May 13:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Montreal Impact Academy 0, York Region Shooters 0


Toronto Croatia 4, Brantford Galaxy 1