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FIVE WINS AND A HAT-TRICK MARK BUSY SUNDAY ACTION LEADING TO FINAL WEEK IN CSL REGULAR SEASON

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Brampton, Mississauga, Serbian White Eagles, TFC Academy and Montreal Impact Academy all recorded wins Sunday, with one week remaining in the CSL regular season before the CSL Championship playoffs get underway Thanksgiving Day Weekend.


 


TFC Academy upset SC Toronto 2-1 at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke to complete the regular season for the First Division winners. TFC defender Evan Brandon John opened the scoring at 43 minutes with a long range attempt from just inside the TFC half which bounced over SC Toronto goalkeeper Matthew Silva into the net.


 


It was a 1-0 score at the break and Brennan McNicoll of SC Toronto equalized with a drive from 25 yards that dropped from the crossbar just over the line and the winning goal was scored by TFC’s Jordan Hamilton at 92 minutes, a 2-1 final score.


 


SC Toronto complete the regular season with a 20-3-3WLT record for 63 points, while TFC are at 8-13-2 for 26 points and three games remaining


 


Brampton City Utd were down to 10 men after just 10 minutes in the game with St. Catharines Wolves when referee Beaudoin showed the red card to Kodzo Awitor for ‘Denying an Obvious Goalscoring Opportunity’.


 


The home side took the lead, however, on a goal at 20 minutes by Giovanni Annisi who headed in from a corner kick, a 1-0 score at half-time.


 


St. Catharines tied the game at 61 minutes on a goal by defender Marc Stenel and the winning Brampton goal came five minutes later from a free kick just outside the box by midfielder Andy Garcia.


 


Brampton City Utd improve to a 14-8-3 record for 45 points and in sixth position in the standings with one game remaining in the regular season schedule – that will be played on Wednesday, October 5th against York Region Shooters. St. Catharines have completed their season with a 5-17-4 record for 19 points.


 


Serbian White Eagles striker Milos Scepanovic scored a hat-trick in his side’s 4-2 defeat of Windsor Stars at Windsor Stadium. He opened the scoring at the 4th minute mark , scored at 19 minutes and again at 42 minutes. Kirie Dimitrov also found the net for the visitors, beating Windsor goalkeeper Anthony Santilli at the 11th minute mark for a 4-0 score at half-time.


 


The hat-trick for Scepanovic was his  9th, 10th, and 11th  goals of the season.


 


Windsor forward Gino Berardi scored twice in the second half at 62 and 67 minutes, for a 4-2 final score.


 


Serbian White Eagles complete their regular season with a 13-6-7 record for 46 points, while Windsor Stars have a 3-19-3 record for 12 points and one game remaining against TFC Academy.


 


Mississauga Eagles FC ended their inaugural regular season in the CSL on a winning note, defeating North York Astros 2-1 in a close contest at Esther Shiner Stadium. The match was decided with all goals scored in the last 12 minutes of play.


 


Jose Melo put Mississauga into the lead at 81 minutes when he found the net past Astros’ goalkeeper Enea Perego from seven yards and Shaun MacDonald made it 2-0 four minutes later.


 


Diego Maradona moved in from the right to drive the ball into the top left corner from 20 yards to reduce the lead to 2-1, the score at the final whistle.


 


Mississauga Eagles FC complete their regular season with a 13-10-3 record for 42 points, while North York Astros have 0-19-6 record for 6 points and one game remaining.


 


Montreal Impact Academy and Brantford Galaxy completed their regular season with the Quebec side cruising to a 6-1 win at the Saputo Stadium in Montreal.


 


The Galaxy opened the scoring at the 10th minute on a penalty kick by Dalibor Mitrovic, then Montreal scored six in succession starting with a goal by Kevin Luarca at 31 minutes – it was 1-1 at half-time –  and Luarca scored a second goal four minutes after the interval.


 


Bastien Bourgault made it 3-1 for the home side at 51 minutes, then Alessandro Riggi struck twice, at the 54th minute mark, then again at 73 minutes to make it 5-1.  The goals were Riggi’s 9th and 10th of the season.


 


Greg Turfan completed the rout with a goal for Montreal at the 88th minute mark, a 6-1 final score.


 


Brantford played with 10-men most of the second half after defender Zvonko Bakula was shown the red card by referee


Mathieu Bourdeau at 61 minutes for holding an opponent and denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity. 

 


Montreal Impact Academy complete their regular season with a 13-8-5 record for 44 points, while Brantford have a final 9-14-3 record for 30 points.


 


There was one game in the CSL Second Division Sunday


 


Brampton City Utd B 2, Serbian White Eagles B 1


 


 

ST. CATHARINES WOLVES FULL MARKS FOR SEASON OPENER VICTORY..London City salvage late tie with Shooters

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A goalmouth miscue by York Region Shooters at 93 minutes gave London City a 2-2 tie at the Hellenic Community Centre ground in London and in one other game played in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night, St. Catharines Roma Wolves handed the home side Serbian White Eagles a 3-1 defeat at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke.

It was a chippy affair in London where three players – two from the visiting Shooters and one from London City were shown the red card by referee Matt McCready for offences which included violent conduct.

Forward Aldin Kukic put London City into the lead at 37 minutes and Nicolas Martinez of York Region Shooters tied the score 1-1 at the 44th minute mark.

Richard West put the visitors in front at 83 minutes when he found the net past London goalkeeper Vladimir Markotic and York Region appeared to have the game won when in added time Shooters goalkeeper Adrian Ibanez was involved in a goalmouth collision. The mishap allowed London midfielder Gent Miftari to pick-up the loose ball and find the net from close range for a 2-2 tie.

The ejections, which left York Region Shooters with nine men, were Andre Stewart and Rickey Herron, while Marin Vucemilovic Grgic of London City was also ordered off.

St. Catharines Wolves were full marks for their first victory of the season in the Garden City’s season opener and it was Calvin Rosario of St. Catharines who opened the scoring at 42 minutes when he headed in a free kick. It was 1-0 at the break.

Antonio Stranges made it 2-0 three minutes into the second half following a breakaway and at the 70th minute a Serbian White Eagles home victory became more unlikely when Daniel Chamale was ordered off on receiving a second yellow card.

The visitors went further ahead on a goal by Brett Larocque at 83 minutes and two minutes later Serbian White Eagles were awarded a penalty kick and Kiril Dimitrov scored with his second attempt from the spot for a 3-1 final score in favour of St. Catharines Wolves.

Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:

FIRST DIVISION
Sat, May 25 Kalar Sports Park 7 PM Niagara United vs Brampton City Utd
Sun, May 26 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC vs Kingston FC
Sun, May 26 St. Joan of Arc 6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs Serbian White Eagles
Sun, May 26 Warrior Field Waterloo 7 PM SC Waterloo vs Burlington SC
Sun, May 26 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs London City

SECOND DIVISION
Sat, May 25 Portuguese/Oriental 11 AM SC Waterloo B vs St. Catharines Wolves B
Sat, May 25 Kalar Sports Park 4 PM Niagara United B vs Brampton City Utd B
Sat, May 25 Hershey Field 5 PM Toronto Croatia B vs Kingston FC B
Sun, May 26 St. Joan of Arc 4 PM York Region Shooters B vs Serbian White Eagles B

TWO GOALS BY ALEX BRALETIC IN BRAMPTON VICTORY SATURDAY

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Two goals by forward Alex Braletic earned Brampton City Utd a 3-1 victory over Niagara United at Kalar Park in Niagara Falls, the only game played in the CSL First Division Saturday.

It was the first victory of the season for the GTA club following a 6-2 loss to Kingston FC in the opener on May 5, while Niagara United are still without a win following early season ties against London City on May 10 and SC Waterloo on May 12.

Niagara midfielder Rudy Pikzinski opened the scoring for the home side at 46 minutes following a scoreless first half. Pikzinski lifted the ball over the head of Brampton goalkeeper Euloge Awitor Kodzo and Braletic tied the game 1-1 with his first goal at the 62nd minute mark.

Brampton’s Marcos Nunes put the visiting side up 2-1 at the 74th minute when he found the net past Niagara goalkeeper Jonathan Buggeling following a breakaway down the right side and Braletic increased the lead to 3-1 at 91 minutes, the score at the final whistle.

There were three games in the CSL Second Division Saturday:

Niagara United B 2, Brampton City Utd 2
SC Waterloo B 3, St. Catharines Wolves B 2
Toronto Croatia B 2, Kingston FC B 1

Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:

FIRST DIVISION
Sun, May 26 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM Astros Vasas FC vs Kingston FC
Sun, May 26 St. Joan of Arc 6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs Serbian White Eagles
Sun, May 26 Warrior Field Waterloo 7 PM SC Waterloo vs Burlington SC
Sun, May 26 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs London City

SECOND DIVISION
Sun, May 26 St. Joan of Arc 4 PM York Region Shooters B vs Serbian White Eagles B

KINGSTON FC ON TOP WITH 3-1 VICTORY…. Serbian White Eagles, Waterloo and Toronto Croatia also win Sunday

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Sunday, May 26 – Kingston FC extended their lead at the top of the CSL First Division with a 3-1 defeat of Astros Vasas FC at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York, and in three other games played in the CSL Sunday night, Toronto Croatia overcame an early 1-0 deficit to beat London City 4-1, Serbian White Eagles nipped York Region Shooters 1-0 and SC Waterloo took control in the second half of their home encounter to down new club Burlington SC, 4-2, four games in the Canadian Soccer League Sunday night.

Following a scoreless, well-played first half, Kingston opened the scoring at 55 minutes with a goal by forward Guilliaume Surot and the French-born striker struck again seven minutes later when he drove the ball from 20 yards past Astros Vasas goalkeeper Erno Bostyan. It was Surot’s 5th and 6th goals of the season.

Kingston FC went further ahead with a goal at 80 minutes by midfielder Kihara Wainganjo and Astros Vasas reduced the lead with a goal by forward Tristan Watson who found the net past Kingston goalkeeper Jaroslav Tesar at the 91st minute mark, a 3-1 final in favour of the visitors.

It was a tough encounter at the Joan of Arc ground in Maple where the home side went down 1-0 to Serbian White Eagles on a picture goal at 77 minutes by Djorjije Strunjas. Serbian Eagles’ Ramon Bailey moved the ball to Kiril Dimitrov on the left wing and after beating two defenders Dimitrov crossed the ball for Strunjas to head into the net from six yards. It was Strunjas second goal of the season.

It was an even first half contest between the home side SC Waterloo and visiting Burlington SC at Warrior Field with the score tied 1-1 at half-time on goals by forward Mohamed Mohamed of Burlington SC at 26 minutes and Drazen Vukovic of Waterloo at 35 minutes, but three second half goals by SC Waterloo, a second by Vukuvic and two from Adis Hasecic, made the difference. Nicholas Lindsey scored the second goal for the visitors for a final score 4-2 in favour of SC Waterloo.

London City led 1-0 at the break in the game with Toronto Croatia at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, a goal at 43 minutes by midfielder Nenad Begovic, but the home side responded with four second half goals by striker Tihomir Maletic at 64 minutes, Kresimir Prgomet five minutes later, Bujamic Mladen at 75 minutes and Ainsley Deer just before the final whistle for a 4-1 final score.

Both teams ended the game with 10 men following the ejection for violent conduct by referee Ben Jacobs of London City’s Younan Samra and Daniel Niksic of Toronto Croatia.

LONDON CITY, NIAGARA UNITED BATTLE TO SCORELESS TIE

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London City and Niagara United battled to a scoreless tie in wet conditions at the TD Waterhouse Stadium in London, the opening game in the new season for both teams and the only game scheduled in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night.

Both teams had opportunities to score, but goalkeepers Vladimir Markotic for the home side and John De Luca for Niagara United were sound through to the final whistle.

Midfielder Marin Vucemilovic Grgic, the league’s MVP while playing for Toronto Croatia in 2012, was always a threat for London City, while Derek Paterson was prominent for the visitors.

London City are at home to York Region Shooters on May 24, while Niagara United will visit SC Waterloo on Sunday.

Remaining games in the CSL this weekend are all First Division games on Sunday:

Sunday, May 12 Nelson Stadium 5 pm Burlington SC vs. Serbian White Eagles
Sunday, May 12 St. Joan of Arc 6.30 pm York Region Shooters vs.Astos Vasas FC
Sunday, May 12 Warrior Field 7 pm SC Waterloo vs. Niagara United
Sunday, May 12 Centennial Stadium 8 pm Toronto Croatia vs. Kingston FC

TORONTO CROATIA, YORK REGION SHOOTERS REGISTER OPENING WINS…..SC Waterloo and Niagara United tie 1-1

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CSL champions Toronto Croatia continued their winning way with a narrow 3-2 defeat of Kingston FC, while York Region Shooters also opened their new season account with a 1-0 victory over Astros Vasas FC, and SC Waterloo played to a 1-1 tie with Niagara United, three games in the CSL First Division Sunday night. One other game scheduled, Burlington SC vs. Serbian White Eagles, was postponed due to ground conditions at Nelson Stadium in Burlington.

Kingston FC opened the scoring with a goal from Catalin Lichioiu at the 23rd minute mark at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke and Roberto Galle tied the score 1-1 for Toronto Croatia five minutes later.

Striker Tihomir Maletic put the home side in the lead at 31 minutes when he intercepted just outside the penalty box to move in and drive a low shot from 18 yards just inside the post and Maletic increased the Croatia lead to 3-1 at 41 minutes, beating Kingston goalkeeper Jaroslav Tesar from 10 yards. It was 3-1 at the break.

Nathan Klemencic struck for the visitors to reduce the Croatia lead to 3-2 at 59 minutes and Kingston’s Jason Massie came close to equalizing when he caught the goalpost with a last minute attempt on goal in added time with Croatia goalkeeper Anton Ilic well beaten. It was 3-2 at the final whistle.

It was looking like a scoreless tie at the St. Joan of Arc ground in Maple until York Region Shooters scored the only goal of the game at 91 minutes by Dino Gardener from a pass by Richard West. Gardiner hit the ball into the roof of the net, beating Astros Vasas goalkeeper Antal-Andras Toth with the hard drive from just outside the box.

Following a scoreless first half, midfielder Adis Hasecic playing on the left wing for SC Waterloo, struck the opening goal from 20 yards, a drive that entered the net off the crossbar to put the home side one-up against Niagara United at Warrior Field in Waterloo.

Niagara struck back with a goal at 80 minutes from midfielder Jordi Amores who collected the rebound from a free kick to find the net and tie the game 1-1, a score that held until the final whistle.

SERBIAN EAGLES CONVINCING IN HOME OPENER … A decided edge in 3-0 victory over Astros Vasas Friday

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Serbian White Eagles opened the season with a convincing 3-0 win over Astros Vasas FC at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, the only game in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night.

Serbian Eagles had a slight edge in play in the early going and took the lead after 21 minutes following a good passing play entering the Astros Vasas penalty box following a free kick. Midfielder Kiril Dimitrov moved the ball to Ivan Stankovic who touched it to Djorjije Strunjas to slot the ball just inside the left post. It was 1-0 at the break.

Ten minutes into the second half Astros Vasas had their first real attempt at scoring when Koroly Csak drove the ball from 16 yards just over the top right corner of the net out of reach of Serbian Eagles’ goalkeeper Stefan Avramovic.

The home side increased their lead at 74 minutes when Stankovic found the top left corner of the net from 15 yards past Astros Vasas goalkeeper Antal-Andras Toth, the goal coming off a right wing cross by Dimitrov.

Serbian White Eagles took a 3-0 lead at the 82nd minute mark on a goal by Dimitrov when he collected a rebound off the crossbar from a shot by Stankovic just inside the box. The score held to the final whistle.

Serbian Eagles’ coach Uros Stamatovic was pleased with his team’s performance for the opening game: “We are developing a number of young players and I’m satisfied with their performance with the win tonight – they did a lot of things right and they know when they play that well they will enjoy the experience,” he said.

Serbian Eagles are looking to improve last season’s sixth place in the 16-team CSL First Division and will be at home on May 24 to St. Catharines Roma Wolves, a 9 pm kickoff at Centennial Stadium.

It was the second defeat for Astros Vasas FC in the new season following a 1-0 loss to York Region Shooters on May 12. “But it will take a few games,” said Laszlo Deak, assistant GM and president of the Toronto Vasas, a branch of the Budapest-based organization, who was instrumental in the merger with North York Astros to form Astros Vasas FC to kickoff the 2013 CSL season.

Astros Vasas FC will play their home opener against Kingston FC at Esther Shiner Stadium on May 26, that’s a 4.30 pm start.

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.

CROATIA, CAPITAL CITY FC WRAP-UP REGULAR SEASON WITH VICTORIES

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Toronto Croatia and Capital City completed their regular season schedule with victories on Saturday night when the Ottawa team came from a 2-0 second half deficit to win 3-2 and Toronto Croatia downed Windsor Stars 4-1.

 

Defender Halburto Harris scored the first of two goals to put the Toronto side in the lead at the 43rd minute at Windsor Stadium and Windsor`s Stephen Edemolu tied the game 1-1.

 

Harris scored his second goal to put the visitors ahead 2-1 at 53 minutes, Bozenko Lesina increased the lead to 3-1 at 55 minutes and forward Hugo Hererra made it 4-1 at 59 minutes.

 

There was no further scoring for a 4-1 final and the win gives Toronto Croatia an 18-3-5 record for 59 points in second place in the First Division. Croatia will meet the team to finish seventh in the two- leg quarterfinals of the CSL playoffs scheduled to get underway on October 7.

 

Capital City FC appeared headed for defeat in their final regular season game at the Terry Fox Stadium in Ottawa on two goals by Brantford Galaxy by Nenad Begovic at 45 minutes – he found the net from close in – and Ranko Golijanin at 53 minutes when he drove the ball from 16 yards following a defensive lapse by Capital City. It was the Galaxy forward`s ninth goal of the season.

 

But the home side recovered and midfielder Mahir Hadziresic scored a picture goal when he struck from 35 yards to catch the top right corner of the net for a 2-1 score at 71 minutes.

 

Forward Sullivan Silva, who came on as a substitute at 63 minutes, tied the game 2-2 when he picked up a pass from Hadziresic almost immediately after the resumption of play and Sullivan scored the winner when he again combined with Hadziresic for a 3-2 score in favour of Capital City FC, the goal coming at the 83rd minute mark.

 

The two goals by Silva were his 11th and 12th of the season.

 

Capital City FC complete their inaugural regular season with an impressive 15-4-7 record for 52 points. The Ottawa-based team is unbeaten in their last eight and will enter the CSL playoffs in pursuit of the CSL Championship meeting the sixth place team in the quarterfinals.

 

Remaining games in the CSL this weekend now have a switch in venue with Sunday`s First Division game between Brampton City Utd and St. Catharines Wolves  and the Second Division clash between Brampton City Utd B vs. Serbian White Eagles B – both games will now be played at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga.

 

FIRST DIVISION

Sun, Oct 2 Saputo Stadium 1:00 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs Brantford Galaxy

Sun, Oct 2 Hershey Centre 3:00 PM Brampton City Utd vs St. Catharines Wolves

Sun, Oct 2 Centennial Stadium 4:30 PM TFC Academy vs SC Toronto

Sun, Oct 2 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs Mississauga Eagles FC

Sun, Oct 2 Windsor Stadium 5:00 PM Windsor Stars vs Serbian White Eagles

 

SECOND DIVISION

Sun, Oct 2 Hershey Centre  5.30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Serbian White Eagles B

 

 

 

MISSISSAUGA EAGLES CLINCH LAST PLAYOFF SPOT TO ELIMINATE CSL CHAMPS BRANTFORD GALAXY

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Mississauga Eagles FC clinched the last playoff berth with a decisive 4-0 victory over North York Astros, while SC Toronto kept up their hot pace with a 2-1 win over York Region Shooters and in one other game in the CSL Friday night, London City surprised Serbian White Eagles with a 2-1 away win.


 


Mississauga defender Shaun MacDonald scored twice in the 4-0 defeat of the Astros at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, but it was Tristan Watson who opened the scoring at 24 minutes when he diverted a cross to score from close in.


 


 MacDonald made it 2-0 at 52 minutes when he struck a volley from 8 yards to catch the corner and eight minutes later Matthew Macri increased the home lead to 3-0.


 


MacDonald scored his second goal and the fourth for Mississauga at 84 minutes for the 4-0 final.


 


Mississauga Eagles FC is one of two teams in their inaugural season in the CSL to secure a 2011 playoff spot (the other is Capital City FC) and the Mississauga entry’s victory puts the current CSL champions Brantford Galaxy out of the post-season competition.


 


SC Toronto gained their 20th regular season victory with the 2-1 defeat of York Region Shooters in an attractve, well-played encounter at Lamport Stadium.


 


Following a scoreless first half in which both teams had opportunities to score, the First Division winners took a 1-0 lead on a goal by forward Alexandros Halis at the 70th minute mark.


 


York Region Shooters drew level at 75 minutes when referee Manuel Orellana ordered a penalty kick for tripping in the box and Kadian Lecky scored off a rebound.  The spot kick was saved by SC Toronto goalkeeper Scott Cliff on the first attempt, but Cliff had little chance to save the second attempt which entered the net It was Lecky’s 15th goal of the season.


 


Halis struck the winner and his second of the game at 79 minutes, a right foot drive from just inside the 18 yard line. With two goals in the game, Halis now has 14 for the season, just three behind the leaders.


 


SC Toronto now has a seven point lead on second place Toronto Croatia.


 


London City played well enough to win 2-1 over Serbian White Eagles at Centennial Stadium despite a lead at 16 minutes by the home side when Milan Rakic opened the scoring. It was 1-0 for Serbian Eagles at the break.


 


Genti Buzali equalized for London with a thunderous drive from 35 yards into the top right corner at 48 minutes, well out of reach of Serbian Eagles goalkeeper Stefan Avramovic. Midfielder Eris Tafaj scored the winner for London City on a free kick that found the net from 17 yards.


 


Serbian White Eagles have secured a playoff berth and are now bidding for a favoured fourth position for the playoffs.


 


Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:


 


FIRST DIVISION


Sat, Oct 1 Terry Fox Stadium 7:00 PM Capital City FC vs Brantford Galaxy


Sat, Oct 1 Windsor Stadium 7: 00 PM Windsor Stars vs Toronto Croatia


Sun, Oct 2 Saputo Stadium 1:00 PM Montreal Impact Academy vs Brantford Galaxy


Sun, Oct 2 Victoria Park 3:00 PM Brampton City Utd vs St. Catharines Wolves


Sun, Oct 2 Centennial Stadium 4:30 PM TFC Academy vs SC Toronto


Sun, Oct 2 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs Mississauga Eagles FC


Sun, Oct 2 Windsor Stadium 5:00 PM Windsor Stars vs Serbian White Eagles


 


SECOND DIVISION


Sat, Oct 1 Budd Park 11:00 AM KW United FC vs Mississauga Eagles FC B


Sat, Oct 1St.Joan of Arc 12:00 PM Serbian White Eagles B vs SC Toronto B


Sat, Oct 1 Norval Park 2:00 PM Toronto Croatia B vs Niagara United


Sat, Oct 1 St. Joan of Arc 2:00 PM North York Astros B vs London City B


Sun, Oct 2 Victoria Park  5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Serbian White Eagles B


 

TFC ACADEMY ELIMINATED FOLLOWING 2-1 LOSS TO TORONTO CROATIA

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Toronto Croatia defeated TFC Academy 2-1 and in doing so eliminated the Toronto FC senior academy team from the playoffs at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke Thursday night.


 


Defender Josip Keran scored the opening goal for Croatia at 9 minutes of the game with a run down the left wing before driving the ball between the goalkeeper and the near post. It was 1-0 at half-time.


 


Forward Bozenko Lesina made it 2-0 at 61 minutes, he put the ball past TFC goalkeeper Chad Bush from close range after collecting the ball from a corner kick.


 


TFC pressed to get back into the game and they did eventually score with a drive by Mchael Bilak from just outside the 18 yard line for a 2-1 score, the goal coming at 76 minute and an equalizer appeared a possibility in the last 20 minutes, but the final whistle came with the score 2-1 in favour of Toronto Croatia.


 


It was Toronto Croatia’s 17th win of the campaign for a 17-3-5 WLT record and they occupy second position in the standings with one game remaining in the regular season. They travel to Windsor for a game with the Stars on Saturday night.


 


The loss put TFC Academy out of the playoffs with four games remaining, they have a 7-13-2 record for 23 points.


 


The eighth spot still open will be filled by Mississauga Eagles FC or Brantford Galaxy and with a six point edge and superior goals, the Mississauga Eagles are strongly favoured to fill the last position.


 


 

BRAMPTON CITY UTD IN POST SEASON PLAYOFFS

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Brampton City Utd made sure of their playoff position with a 2-0 victory over London City at The Cove in London, the only game played in the Canadian Soccer League Wednesday night.


 


Brampton opened the scoring on a goal at the 14th minute by Judah Hernandez, he drove the ball from inside the 18 yard line to catch the top corner out of reach of London goalkeeper Fabian Knezevic.


 


London came close to scoring in the first half, but there were no further goals and it was 1-0 at half-time.


 


Brampton scored a second goal at 52 minutes when Marcos Nunes drove the ball between defenders to catch the bottom left corner and London City missed an opportunity to reduce the lead when awarded a penalty at 91 minutes called by referee Manuel Orellana for hand ball in the box.


 


Gentjan Buzali took the spot kick which was saved by Brampton ‘keeper Kodzo Awitor and it was 2-0 at the final whistle.








 

 


Seven teams have now secured a berth in the post season playoffs leading to the CSL Championship to be played at the


 


end of October. They  are: SC Toronto, Toronto Croatia, Capital City FC, York Region Shooters, Serbian White Eagles,


 


Montreal Impact Academy and Brampton City Utd.


 


There is one more spot to be decided and Mississauga Eagles FC, Brantford Galaxy and TFC Academy are in the


 


running.


 


There were two games in the CSL Second Division Wednesday, SC Toronto B defeated North York Astros B 3-1 and


 


Mississauga Eagles FC B scored a 4-1 victory over St. Catharines Wolves B.


 


 



 

 

SIX PLAYOFF SPOTS DECIDED FOLLOWING WEEKEND RESULTS

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First Division winners SC Toronto and York Region Shooters battled to a 2-2 tie, while the game between Capital City FC and Mississauga Eagles ended scoreless.  In three other games in the CSL Sunday, wins came for TFC Academy, a 7-0 rout of St. Catharines Wolves, Brampton City Utd, defeated Windsor Stars 4-1 and Toronto Croatia gained a 6-2 victory over North York Astros.

Six of the eight playoff spots have now been decided.

 

Toronto Croatia secured second position in the league standings as a result of their win over North York Astros at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke and the result was never in doubt following the 2-0 score at half time following an own goal after 3 minutes when Astros` John Jung steared the ball into his own net and a second goal scored by Croatia`s Niko Pisa just before the interval.

 

Hugo Herrera increased the Croatia lead to 3-0 at 47 minutes, Tihomir Maletic made it 4-0 on a breakaway  at 62 minutes, his 17th of the season, Pesa struck his second and Croatia`s fifth for a 5-0 lead at 76 minutes and Bozenko Lesina made it 6-0 at 79 minutes.

 

The Astros scored twice in the closing minutes when Kurt Ramsey scored from the penalty spot after forward Nordo Gooden was fouled in the box, a 6-1 score and defender Steven Craig hit the second for a 6-2 result at the whistle.

 

York Region Shooters took a 1-0 lead on a goal by midfielder Mario Orestano six minutes into the game at the St. Joan of Arc ground at Maple, just north of Toronto and Alexandros Halis tied the score 1-1 for SC Toronto at 26 minutes, his 10th goal of the season.

 

The visitors were down to 10 men at the 28th minute mark when referee David Barrie pulled out a red card for midfielder David Alva and almost on half-time Massimo Mirabelli beat York Region goalkeeper Adam Majer for a 2-1 visitors` lead at the interval.

 

It was an even contest into the second half and the Shooters tied the score 2-2 at 65 minutes when defender Chris Turner found the net past SC Toronto ‘keeper Scott Cliff. The 2-2 score remained to the final whistle.

 

SC Toronto improve to a 19-2-3 WLT record for 60 points, having secured the CSL First Division title last week, while York Region Shooters are at 12-6-6 for 42 points and with two games remaining, their end of the regular season objective is to capture fourth position in the standings.

 

It was a windy Sunday at the Terry Fox Stadium in Canada’s capital and the scoreless tie between Capital City FC and Mississauga Eagles produced few opportunities to score due in part to the sound goalkeeping at both ends, Clint Irwin for the home side and Melford James Jr. for Mississauga.

 

Capital City will finish third in the standings as a result of the tie, while Mississauga Eagles FC now have an 11-10-3 record for 36 points and are still bidding for a playoff berth while 7th in the standings.

 

Brampton forward Jeremy Shepherd opened the scoring at the 24th minutes mark at Victoria Park in Brampton for a 1-0 lead at half-time.

 

Marcos Nunes increased the Brampton lead with a drive that found the corner of the net past Windsor goalkeeper Justin Danelon, 2-0 at 47 minutes, but the visitors bounced back with a goal by Stephen Ademolu at 62 minutes, he headed into the net past Brampton ‘keeper Roy Blanche, a 2-1 score.

 

Nunes scored his second of the game, 3-1 for Brampton at 64 minutes and Judah Hernandez scored at 87 minutes for 4-1 final score.

 

Brampton have an 11-9-3 record for 36 points, with two games remaining in the regular season schedule.

 

Forward Tristan Jackman scored the opening goal for TFC Academy in the 7-0 rout of St. Catharines Wolves in the game played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, for a 1-0 score at half-time and Sergio Camargo made it 2-0 two minutes after the interval.

 

Stefan Vukovic struck his first of two goals to make it 3-0 at 58 minutes, forward Omari Morris made it 4-0 at 60 minutes and Vukovic scored his second 8 minutes later for a 5-0 lead. Vukovic now has 17 goals for the season, tied in the CSL scoring race with Richard West of Brampton City Utd and Tihomir Maletic of Toronto Croatia.

 

Forward Michael Bilak scored the sixth TFC Academy goal for a 6-0 score at 73 minutes. It was the most spectacular goal of the afternoon catching the top right corner from outside the box and well out of reach of  St. Catharines goalkeeper Tony Visca.

 

Camargo scored his second and number 7 for the academy team when he moved through four players to score from close in, a 7-0 final score.

 

TFC Academy are at 7-12-2 for 23 points and have five games remaining.

 

The six teams to clinch a playoff berth are: SC Toronto, Toronto Croatia, Capital City FC, York Region Shooters, Serbian White Eagles and Montreal Impact Academy. Two more are to be decided.

 

 

The weekend’s complete Second Division results:

 

SECOND DIVISION

 

Brampton City Utd B 2, North York Astros B 0

Brantford Galaxy B 3, Toronto Croatia B 0

London City B 2, Toronto Croatia B 1

SC Toronto B 3, York Region Shooters B 1

St. Catharines Wolves B 2, Niagara United 1

TFC Academy II  9, Prospect FC 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

MONTREAL IMPACT ACADEMY SECURE PLAYOFF SPOT WITH 2-1 VICTORY WHILE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS GALAXY GO DOWN IN WINDSOR

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Current CSL champions Brantford Galaxy received a surprise set-back in their bid for a playoff berth, losing 4-1 in the hands of Windsor Stars at Windsor Stadium Saturday night, while in a game played earlier in the day, Montreal Impact Academy gained an important 2-1 win over Mississauga Eagles FC at the Saputo Stadium in Montreal.


 


Forward Aaron Byrd opened the scoring for Windsor Stars at the 13th minute and increased the lead to 2-0 at the 35th minute mark.


 


Midfielder Nenad Begovic reduced the lead to 2-1 with a goal for the Galaxy at the 54 minutes, but that was short-lived when one minute later at 55 minutes David Kadoic increased the home lead to 3-1, scoring on a breakaway.  Kadoic again beat Brantford goalkeeper Vladimir Markotic at 71 minutes when he found the net with a drive from 20 yards for a 4-1 score which remained to the final whistle.


 


Montreal Impact took the lead on a goal by Kevin Luarca at the 41st minute mark, a 1-0 score in favour of the home side at the interval.


 


Mississauga forward Darragh Roe put the ball past Montreal goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau to equalize at 61 minutes and Chris-Michel Rumuri struck the winner for the Quebec side at the 63rd minute mark and the score remained to the final whistle.


 


The win clinches a playoff berth for Montreal Impact Academy, now involved in a three-way tie for fourth place in the standings. They join SC Toronto, Toronto Croatia, Capital City FC, York Region Shooters and Serbian White Eagles, with two spots still to be decided.


 


 With two games remaining in their regular season schedule (against Montreal Impact Academy and Capital City FC), Saturday’s defeat puts the defending CSL champions Brantford Galaxy in a difficult position to secure one of those two remaining berths. The remaining two positions are being pursued also by Mississauga Eagles FC, Brampton City Utd and TFC Academy.


 


Eight teams will enter into a home and away quarterfinals series, to get underway during October. There will be one game in each of the two semifinals and one game for the CSL Championship Final.


 


 SECOND DIVISION


 Brampton City Utd B 2, North York Astros B 0


LondonCity B 2, Toronto Croatia B 1


SC Toronto B 3, York Region Shooters B 1


TFC Academy II  9, Prospect FC 1


 Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:


 FIRST DIVISION


Sun, Sep 25 Terry Fox Stadium 1:00 PM Capital City FC vs Mississauga Eagles FC


Sun, Sep 25 Victoria Park 3:00 PM Brampton City Utd vs Windsor Stars


Sun, Sep 25 Centennial Stadium 5:00 PM TFC Academy vs St. Catharines Wolves


Sun, Sep 25 St. Joan of Arc 6:00 PM York Region Shooters vs SC Toronto


Sun, Sep 25 Centennial Stadium 8:00 PM Toronto Croatia vs North York Astros


 SECOND DIVISION


Sat, Sep 24   Kalar  7:00 PM Niagara United vs St. Catharines Wolves                      


Sun, Sep 25 Norval Park  4:00 PM Toronto Croatia B vs Brantford Galaxy B


 


 


 

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