Kingston FC

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

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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.

 

 

 

 

WINDSOR STARS DOMINATE KINGSTON 5-0 SATURDAY

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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


 


 

WINDSOR OPENS ON WINNING NOTE, KINGSTON, SHOOTERS TIE 1-1

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Windsor Stars kicked off their home season on a winning note with a 1-0 victory over Brampton City Utd,  while Kingston FC and York Region Shooters played to a 1-1 tie in another  close encounter, both games in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Saturday night.


 


Midfielder David Kadoic struck the only goal of the game at 4 minutes of the first half at Wndsor Stadium when referee Arthur Kobiel awarded a penalty to the home side, but it took two attempts from the spot before Kadoic found the net.


 


Brampton goalkeeper Jason Lopes saved the first attempt, but referee Kobiel ruled the visiting goalkeeper moved off his line too soon and ordered a re-take, which Kadoic scored.


 


It was close for the remainder of the game and Windsor goalkeeper Anthony Santilli preserved the win with some good saves.


 


Kingston FC took the lead after 15 minutes at the Invista Centre when Edgar Soglo took a cross from the right wing just outside the six-yard box to push the ball past York Region goalkeeper Emanuelle Ameltonis.


 


Almost immediately after the re-start, York Region Shooters were on even terms with a goal by Andre Manders who struck the ball from 20 yards to beat Kingston goalkeeper Morgan Kenny.


 


York Region were down to 10 men at the 74th minute mark when defender Ricky Heron received a second caution at 74 minutes and referee Carolanne Chenard then brought out the red.


 


There were scoring chances at both ends during the second half, but the game ended 1-1.


 


Other games on Saturday:


 


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


 


REMAINING WEEKEND GAMES:


 


First Division


Sun, May 13 CS St Jean De Vianney 2 pm Montreal Impact Academy vs. York Region Shooters


Sun, May 13 Centennial Stadium 8 pm Toronto Croatia vs. Brantford Galaxy


 


 


 


 

KINGSTON FC BIDDING TO STAY ON TOP

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Only Kingston FC saw it coming.

The team that lost 17 of 22 games in their inaugural 2012 season in professional soccer were expected once again to struggle in 2013 to make an impression in the tough Canadian Soccer League.

The early signs last season were not good. Welcome to the CSL and professional soccer said Windsor Stars in one early season visit to the Invista Centre ground in Kingston. The visitors then promptly thumped Kingston FC 5-0.

We’ll see, said co-owners Lorne Abugov, the club’s chairman, and Joe Scanlon, its president, as they embarked upon a quiet but determined campaign during the winter months to put Kingston on the map for reasons other than being one of the more attractive tourist destinations in Canada.

Abugov, a lawyer and Scanlon, a journalist, both with a penchant for communications, decided if they were going to be involved in professional soccer it was important to raise the profile of their club, both in and around Kingston, and throughout the CSL.

They were go-getters – Abugov, a top legal expert in communications, founder of Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame and former senior legal counsel for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), and Scanlon, a seasoned journalist and Professor Emeritus at Carleton University in Ottawa who boasts a chronology of impressive lifetime of work in journalism that has brought him a host of awards.

We’ll get it right, promised Abugov to his club and the community looking to have a team in pro sports. We’re going to do it right, he repeated and today, a year later, with Kingston FC perched in a first place tie with Brampton City Utd, the bottle is starting to look more than half full.

“We are not out of the woods yet here in Kingston,” Abugov said recently, “but we have turned the corner this season, and we are making a lot of friends in this community and around the league. Joe and I are pretty proud of what we are building in this city, both on and off the field, and Kingston is showing itself to be a great soccer market full of very knowledgeable soccer folks.

“We’ve worked hard this season to assemble the best soccer team Kingston has ever seen, and our fan base are really getting behind the squad and enjoying an exciting brand of wide-open attack-oriented soccer. We’ll be bidding this weekend to stay on top”
Kingston FC, tied for the top spot in the league table, are at home to a struggling St.Catharines Wolves, tied for a spot at the other end of the league table, but the game at the Queen’s University West Field may still be a test for the home side as St. Catharines show signs of hitting better form.

There are two other First Division games over the weekend, with Astros Vasas FC visiting Waterloo on Friday, while Windsor Stars are at home to the current CSL champions, Toronto Croatia, on Sunday.

BRAMPTON CITY UTD VICTORY ENDS KINGSTON UNBEATEN RUN….Teams level at the top of First Division

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Brampton City Utd scored an important victory against Kingston FC, Toronto Croatia kept pace near the top by defeating St. Catharines Wolves, York Region Shooters won handily over Astros Vasas FC, Windsor scored an emphatic victory over Burlington and SC Waterloo downed London City, five games in the CSL Sunday.

Brampton City Utd were off to a quick start with two goals in the opening 5 minutes of play at Victoria Park in Brampton, the first coming from midfielder Thomas McLean at the 2nd minute mark and Milos Scepanovic made it 2-0 at 5 minutes.

Kingston pressed to get back into the game during the first half and succeeded with a goal at 29 minutes by Jason Massi for a 2-1 score at the interval, and following a well-played scoreless second half the game ended 2-1 in favour of the home side. The win moved Brampton into a tie for top spot in the First Division.

The win increases Brampton’s winning streak to six games going back to May 25. The Toronto area team were defeated 6-2 by Kingston on the league’s opening day May 5 and have won all six games since.

York Region Shooters were full marks for their victory over Astros Vasas FC at Esther Shiner Stadium, taking control in the first half when striker Richard West beat Astros Vasas goalkeeper Laszlo Barna with a low shot at the 35th minute mark, a 1-0 score at the break.

West made it 2-0 at 48 minutes and Ali Hamam increased the lead to 3-0 for the visitors at the 78th minute mark. It was Richard West’s 7th and 8th goals of the season and the second for Ali Hamam.

Midfielder Matthew Rios scored the fourth goal at 87 minutes, driving the ball into the net from a rebound off the crossbar, a 4-0 result for York Region Shooters.

Burlington SC looked strong in the first half to lead 1-0 at 43 minutes against Windsor Stars at Nelson Stadium in Burlington, a goal by Mohammed Mohammed off a rebound from Windsor goalkeeper Dejo Olagbegi, but the visitors took over to score four unanswered goals in their 4-1 win.

The first Windsor goal was scored by midfielder Adam Philp off a corner kick just before the interval, for a 1-1 score at the break, forward Michael Pio put the visitors ahead 2-1 at 55 minutes and Pio scored again at 70 minutes for a 3-1 lead. Midfielder Erik Cirovski rounded the scoring at 4-1 with a goal at the 84th minute and the score held to the final whistle.

Waterloo SC scored a come-from-behind victory after being down 2-0 in the first half against London City at Warrior Field in Waterloo. The visiting London side struck at 30 minutes, a goal by forward Aldin Kukic and this was followed by a goal from midfielder Harris Fazlagic.

Waterloo responded with a goal by Adis Hadesic at 36 minutes and a tying goal from Ranko Golijanin at 54 minutes. Hadesic then scored again at 74 minutes to put Waterloo in front, 3-2, and Predrag Papaz found the net for Waterloo’s 4th goal, a 4-2 final score.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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