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 Second Division soccer doesn’t necessarily mean second rate soccer.

Check out a game at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough  late Saturday afternoon.

The CSL Second Division championship decider between Toronto Atomic Reserves and York Region Shooters Reserves was a demonstration of how far soccer in Canada has progressed in recent years as several young players on both teams – young teens to late teens –  showed skills beyond their years.

Just so happened the game turned into a highly entertaining encounter for reasons other than good skills, while the fans were treated to a game in doubt right to the final whistle. The entertaining soccer included three goals that counted, another that didn’t when called offside, a missed penalty, shots saved by the woodwork, a player sent off early, two more ejected later  following some rough and tumble, all in an extended game that went 122 minutes in all.

When referee Mike Bradley blasted the final whistle, it was York Region Shooters B 2, Toronto Atomic FC B 1, after extra time.

Atomic had more shots on goal in the first half of the well-played encounter which ended scoreless and with one player shown a red card – Atomic defender Vadim Gorbunov was shown that colour after referee Bradley pulled two yellows on the player for reasons which included Unsportsmanlike Conduct.

Toronto Atomic’s Hassan Abdulmumini struck the first goal following a corner kick at 54 minutes, a cross which ended up at the midfielder’s feet and close to be tapped past York Region goalkeeper Adam Majer.

Abakar Mahamat equalized for York Region Shooters at 75 minutes, a spectacular series of events from a free kick from 20 yards that was saved, rebounded, hit the crossbar then driven into the net by Mahamat past Atomic goalkeeper Andriy Kulik.

It was 1-1 at the end of 90 minutes and the game went into overtime which saw two players red carded at 103 minutes for Violent Conduct. York Region Shooters’ defender David Romano was the first to go and Ihor Fedishyn was also shown the red card after both players became aggressive in a manner not part of the game.

Mahamat scored his second goal to put York Region into 2-1 lead at 106 minutes and minutes later Toronto Atomic were awarded a penalty which was taken by Igor Melnyk and saved by Majer. The 2-1 score held until the final whistle.

Coach of York Region Shooters, Eddy Carowel, praised his players following the trophy presentation, insisting it was a team effort that brought the result against a side that had ended the regular season with 11 points more than his team in the regular season just ended.

“We have a young team and it was very much a team effort. The players kept it up right to the end – I thought they played great and deserved the win”, said Carowel.

CSL PLAYOFFS SUMMARY

The weekend games:

CSL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS

Sun. October 23, Esther Shiner Stadium 5 pm FC Ukraine United vs Serbian White Eagles

Sun. October 23, St. Joan of Arc Stadium 6.30 pm York Region Shooters vs Hamilton City

CSL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS TO DATE

Quarterfinals

York Region Shooters 5, Milton 0

Hamilton City 3, Scarborough SC 0

FC Ukraine United 3, Brantford Galaxy 0

Serbian White Eagles 1, Toronto Atomic FC 0

 

CSL SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

SC Waterloo and Toronto Atomic FC B gained a bye to the semifinals

Quarterfinals

Brantford Galaxy B 3, Serbian White Eagles B 2 (after extra time)

York Region Shooters B 1, London City 0

Semifinals

York Region Shooters B 1, SC Waterloo B 0

Toronto Atomic B 2, Brantford Galaxy B 0

CSL Second Division Championship Final

York Region Shooters B 2, Toronto Atomic FC B 1

 

Semifinals of the CSL Championship will be played this coming Sunday, October 23 when FC Ukraine United will meet SerbianWhite Eagles at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 5 pm and York Region Shooters will take on Hamilton City at the St. Joan of Arc Stadium in Maple, a 6.30 pm start.

York Region are First Division winners in the regular season just ended and are hoping to repeat their CSL Championship victory of 2014, while Hamilton City is bidding for the overall league title for the first time.

Serbian White Eagles won the CSL Championship in 2008 and their opponents, Ukraine United, are in their first year of professional soccer, ending the regular season in the First Division runner-up position and now making this initial bid for CSL post season honours.

The Second Division Championship Final which ends the season for a division of four reserve teams from the First Division clubs together with SC Waterloo and London City, will be played at Esther Shiner Stadium this coming Saturday, October 22 and the finalists are Toronto Atomic B and York Region Shooters B.

Toronto Atomic reserves ended their regular season in second spot in the Second Division, then defeated Brantford Galaxy B in the semifinal, while York Region Shooters reserves finished fourth of six teams, then defeated SC Waterloo in the semifinal.  The 1-0 victory by York Region over top of the table team SC Waterloo on October 16 is a consideration in attempting to decide which team will finish on top of what promises to be an exciting season-end finish.

The CSL Championship Final is being played at Birchmount Stadium on Sunday, October 30, a 2 pm kickoff, following the CSL Awards banquet which takes place Saturday afternoon, October 29. Tickets for both events can be obtained by calling the CSL office at 905 607-0600.

CSL PLAYOFFS SUMMARY

The weekend games:

 SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL

Sat. October 22, Esther Shiner Stadium 3 pm Toronto Atomic B vs York Region Shooters B

 CSL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS

Sun. October 23, Esther Shiner Stadium 5 pm FC Ukraine United vs Serbian White Eagles

Sun. October 23, St. Joan of Arc Stadium 6.30 pm York Region Shooters vs Hamilton City

CSL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS TO DATE

 Quarterfinals

York Region Shooters 5, Milton 0

Hamilton City 3, Scarborough SC 0

FC Ukraine United 3, Brantford Galaxy 0

Serbian White Eagles 1, Toronto Atomic FC 0

CSL SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS TO DATE

SC Waterloo and Toronto Atomic FC B gained a bye to the semifinals

Quarterfinals

Brantford Galaxy B 3, Serbian White Eagles B 2 (after extra time)

York Region Shooters B 1, London City 0

 Semifinals

York Region Shooters B 1, SC Waterloo B 0

Toronto Atomic B 2, Brantford Galaxy B 0

 

 

York Region Shooters and Hamilton City advanced to the semifinals of the CSL Championship playoffs Sunday, York Region scoring an emphatic 5-0 victory over Milton SC while Hamilton City defeated Scarborough SC 3-0.

Gerard Ladiyou opened the scoring for York Region Shooters at the St. Joan of Arc Stadium, the goal coming at 4 minutes, Ainsley Deer made it 2-0 at 13 minutes, Anthony Bahadur increased the lead for the home side to 3-0 at 17 minutes and Tristan Frankson scored for a 4-0 lead at 23 minutes, the score at the interval.

Striker Richard West found the net for York Region at 52 minutes for a 5-0 score which held to the final whistle.

Timotej Zakrajsek scored first for Hamilton City at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough, the goal coming at 23 minutes, forward Zdenko Jurcevic made it 2-0 for the visitors with a goal from the penalty spot following a foul in the box at 31 minutes, a 2-0 score at halftime.

Frane Grbesa completed the scoring for Hamilton at 78 minutes a 3-0 victory for Hamilton.

The reserve teams of York Region Shooters  and Toronto Atomic will meet in the CSL Second Division Championship final following the 1-0 defeat by York Region Shooters B over SC Waterloo and 2-0 victory by Toronto Atomic B over Brantford Galaxy B Sunday.

Simon Petersen scored the only goal for York Region Shooters B at Woodside Park, finding the net at the 12^th minute mark and the goal held up through to the final whistle.

Luija Johnson struck the first goal at 20 minutes for Toronto Atomic  B in the game at Centennial Park and Michael Fayehun made it 2-0 at the 90^th minute.

The CSL Second Division Championship Final venue will be announced early the week of October 17.

CSL PLAYOFFS SUMMARY

CSL Championship – Quarterfinals games played Sunday, October 16

York Region Shooters 5, Milton 0

Hamilton City 3, Scarborough SC 0

Quarterfinal games played October 15:

FC Ukraine United 3, Brantford Galaxy 0

Serbian White Eagles 1, Toronto Atomic FC 0

FC Ukraine United, Serbian White Eagles, York Region Shooters and  Hamilton City advance to the CSL Championship semifinals to be played the weekend October 21-23, venues to be announced.

CSL SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP 

SC Waterloo and Toronto Atomic FC B gained a bye to the semifinals played October 16

CSL Second Division Championship – Semifinal games played October 16:

York Region Shooters B 1, SC Waterloo B 0

Toronto Atomic B 2, Brantford Galaxy B 0

Quarterfinals played October 9

Brantford Galaxy B 3, Serbian White Eagles B 2 (after extra time)

York Region Shooters B 1, London City 0

York Region Shooters B and Toronto Atomic B advance to the CSL Second Division Championship Final, the venue to be announced.

 

 

FC Ukraine United and Serbian White Eagles advanced to the semifinals of the CSL Championship playoffs with quarterfinal victories Saturday night, Ukraine United with a decisive 3-0 result over Brantford Galaxy and Serbian White Eagles with a narrow 1-0 score over Toronto Atomic FC.

Oleksandr Muzychuk was the first to score for Ukraine United at Esther Shiner Stadium in Toronto, taking a right wing pass from midfielder Kostiantyn Derevlov to find the net past Galaxy ‘keeper Luka Besenic to score from 6 yards, the goal coming close to the halftime whistle and it was 1-0 at the break.

Oleh Shutov made it 2-0 for the home side at 49 minutes, a free kick from outside the box that caught the top left corner leaving Besenic with no chance for a save.

Derevlov struck the third goal for Ukraine United driving the ball into the net past substitute goalkeeper Jeff Martins following a breakaway at the 80^th minute mark.

Krum Bigishkrov missed narrowly for Brantford on two occasions in what was otherwise a deserved victory for Ukraine United, a 2016 expansion team in the CSL.

Striker Milos Scepanovic scored the only goal for Serbian White Eagles in the game with Toronto Atomic at Centennial Stadium, the goal coming at 60 minutes following a scoreless first half. Scepanovic picked up the ball following a miscue in the Atomic defence and found the net from four yards past goalkeeper Vasyl Shpuk.

PLAYOFF SUMMARY

CSL Championship – Quarterfinals

FC Ukraine United 3, Brantford Galaxy 0

Serbian White Eagles 1, Toronto Atomic FC 0

Ukraine United and Serbian White Eagles advance to the semifinals to be played the weekend October 21-23

Remaining quarterfinal games: 

Sun. October 16 St. Joan of Arc 6.30 pm York Region Shooters vs Milton SC

Sun. October 16 Birchmount Stadium 7.30 pm, Scarborough SC vs Hamilton City

CSL SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP 

Results to date:

SC Waterloo and Toronto Atomic FC B gain a bye to semifinals October 16

Quarterfinals played October 9

Brantford Galaxy B 3, Serbian White Eagles B 2 (after extra time)

York Region Shooters B 1, London City 0

Winners advance to the semifinals October 16:

Upcoming semifinal games:

Sun. October 16 Woodside Park 6 pm SC Waterloo B vs York Region Shooters B

Sun. Oct. 16 Centennial Stadium 7 pm Toronto Atomic B vs Brantford Galaxy B

 

York Region Shooters  will be aiming this weekend to begin a repeat of their outstanding performance of 2014, a season when the team just north of Toronto won the CSL First Division and went on to capture the CSL Championship.

York Region are at home to lowly Milton in the quarterfinals of the championship this coming Sunday and just three games away in their attempt to achieve the trophy presentation.

With just two defeats and conceding a remarkably low 10 goals in the 21-game regular season schedule, the Shooters enter the playoffs title favourites to again win Canada’s top league.

Much can be said of expansion team FC Ukraine United which finished the runner-up in the First Division table following a tough schedule against some seasoned campaigners. York Region were tops in being the team to concede the least goals,  while Ukraine United excelled in goalscoring in this, their inaugural year in the CSL, scoring the most goals in the top division and having two strikers in the top five positions in the First Division goalscoring chart.

Ukraine United are at home to Brantford Galaxy in Saturday’s quarterfinals, and while the visitors struggled most of the season, finishing 7th of 8 in the standings, they are capable of an upset reminiscent of their surprise championship victory of 2010.

The championship semifinals are set for the weekend October 21 – 23 and the CSL Championship will be played at Birchmount Stadium on Sunday, October 30, a 2 pm kickoff.

The weekend playoff schedule:

CSL CHAMPIONSHIP – Quarterfinals

Sat. October 15 Centennial Stadium 7.30 pm,  Serbian White Eagles vs Toronto Atomic

Sat. October 15 Esther Shiner Stadium 4 pm,  Ukraine United vs Brantford Galaxy

Sun. October 16  St. Joan of Arc 6.30 pm York Region Shooters vs Milton SC

Sun. October 16 Birchmount Stadium 7.30 pm, Scarborough SC vs Hamilton City

CSL SECOND DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP – Semifinals

Sun. October 16 Woodside Park 6 pm SC Waterloo B vs York Region Shooters B

Sun. October 16 Centennial Stadium 7 pm Toronto Atomic B vs Brantford Galaxy B

 

 

York Region Shooters defeated Brantford Galaxy 4-1 to complete their regular season on top of the First Division, FC Ukraine United finished the season with a 6-3 victory over Milton SC to take second spot in the table and Serbian White Eagles ended their season on a winning note, a 2-1 result over Scarborough SC, three games that ended the Canadian Soccer League regular season Sunday.

Midfielder David Schipper opened the scoring at 13 minutes for York Region Shooters in the game against Brantford Galaxy and Camaal Reid made it 2-0 at 38 minutes, a 2-0 score at the break.

Defender Odain Simpson increased the lead for the home side to 3-0 at 59 minutes and David Guzman made it 4-0 at 66 minutes. Brantford’s Dragan Milovic reduced the lead to 4-1 at 86 minutes, the score at the final whistle.

York Region Shooters completed the regular season with an impressive 16-2-3 WLT record to win the First Division, while Brantford Galaxy finished the regular season with a 3-9-9 record for 18 points and seventh in the standings.

Striker Sergii Ivliev opened the scoring for FC Ukraine United against SC Milton at the Jean Vanier Field, the goal coming at six minutes and Kostiantyn Derevlov made it 2-0 with the first of three goals at the 20th minute mark. It was 2-0 at the interval.

Derevlov increased the lead to 3-0 for Ukraine United at 48 minutes and Ivliev made it 4-0 at the 53^rd  minute mark.

Milton’s Scott Daniel Tristan reduced the lead to 4-1 at 56 minutes, Danny Jirta made it 4-2 at 60 minutes and Lucky Maghore reduced the lead further  for Milton,  a 4-3 score at 64 minutes.

Oleksandr Muzychuk increased the score to 5-3 for Ukraine United at 70 minutes and Derevlov completed the scoring at 6-3 and his hat-trick at the 80^th minute mark.

Ukraine United ended their inaugural regular season with an impressive  9-6-6 record for 33 points for second position in the standings , while Milton completed its regular season schedule with a 4-13-4 record for 16 points, finishing at the foot of the standings.

Milos Scepanovic struck twice at 70 and 77 minutes for Serbian White Eagles, while the home side scored at 75 minutes, a goal by Adrian Cann following a hard fought scoreless first half and into the second half that brought three goals in seven minutes at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough.

Scarborough ended the regular season with a 9-8-4 record for 31 points for third position in the table, while Serbian White Eagles ended with a 9-9-3 record for 30 points to be fourth in the standings.

Quarterfinals for the CSL Championship are:

York Region Shooters vs Milton SC

FC Ukraine United vs Brantford Galaxy

Scarborough SC vs Hamilton City

Serbian White Eagles vs. Toronto Atomic FC

Games will be played the weekend October 14 to 16 leading to the semifinals October 21 to 23 and the final at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough on Sunday, October 30.

The Second Division playoff quarterfinals for the Second Division Championship were also played Sunday:

CSL SECOND DIVISION PLAYOFFS

Quarterfinals:

Brantford Galaxy B 3, Serbian White Eagles B 2 (after extra time)

York Region Shooters B 1, London City 0

Semifinals – to be played weekend October 14 – 16

SC Waterloo vs York Region Shooters B

Toronto Atomic FC B vs Brantford Galaxy B

 

 

A goal after 15 minutes of overtime by midfielder Rade Parenta broke a 2-2 deadlock at 90 minutes to give Brantford Galaxy B a 3-2 victory over Serbian White Eagles B in the quarterfinals of the CSL Second Division Sunday. In a one other Second Division quarterfinal playoff game later in the evening at the St. Joan of Arc ground at Maple, York Region Shooters B scored a 1-0 victory over London City to advance with the Galaxy to the semifinals.

Galaxy centre forward Pat Wilson struck two goals at 27 and 40 minutes, while Zarko Tomic found the net twice for Serbian Eagles, at 30 and 68 minutes at the Kiwanis Field at Brantford.

Ricardo Miguel Lonseca found the net past London City goalkeeper Adam Kadri to score the lone goal at 70 minutes for York Region Shooters B.

Brantford Galaxy B will be away to Toronto Atomic FC B and SC Waterloo will host York Region Shooters B in the semifinals.

 

York Region Shooters won their 15^th game of the season with a narrow 1-0 victory over Milton SC, the only game played in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night.

Attacking midfielder Anthony Bahadur struck the only goal of the game at the 89^th minute at the Jean Vanier Field, finding the net past Milton ‘keeper Vladimir Vujasinovic on a breakaway.

It was an even contest for much of the time following the ejection of Richard Edwards of York Region for Violent Conduct at the 35th minute mark. Milton came close to scoring when Adnan Smajic caught the woodwork twice.

Bahadur was also the lone goalscorer when York Region Shooters defeated FC Ukraine United 1-0 on August 28

York Region Shooters improve their season record to 15-2-3 WLT for 48 points, holding a dominant position 17 points clear of second place team Scarborough. Milton has a 4-12-4 record for 16 points at the foot of the standings and both teams have one game remaining in the CSL First Division, to be played on Sunday.

Milton are at home to FC Ukraine United and York Region Shooters host Brantford Galaxy in their final regular season games on Sunday and the last regular season game has Scarborough SC vs. Serbian White Eagles at Birchmount Stadium, an 8 pm kickoff.

The Second Division regular season has been completed and playoffs for teams in that division kickoff on Sunday with two quarterfinal games. Brantford Galaxy B host Serbian White Eagles B  at the Kiwanis Field in Brantford, a 1.30 pm kickoff, and York Region Shooters B  are at home to London City at the St. Joan of Arc ground in Maple, a 4 pm start.

Midfielder Terry Dunfield led Toronto Atomic with three goals to a 4-3 victory over Serbian White Eagles and Scarborough had an easy 4-0 win over Milton for two rare midweek games in the CSL First Division Wednesday night.

Defender Branislav Vukomanovic opened the scoring for Serbian White Eagles, finding the net past Toronto Atomic goalkeeper Ihor Vitiv at 9 minutes at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke.

Terry Dunfield equalized for Atomic from the penalty spot following a foul in the box at 35 minutes and referee Havier Prior pointed to the spot again at 43 minutes for a similar infringement.  Dunfield beat  Serbian Eagles’  ‘keeper Goran Skaric a second time for a 2-1 Atomic lead and the score at halftime.

Serbian White Eagles equalized 2-2 at 69 minutes, a goal by midfielder Goran Svonja and this was followed by Dunfield’s third goal from a free kick that caught the top right corner from 25 yards to put the home side in front, 3-2. Dunfield completed the hat-trick with his 8^th goal of the season.

Ihor Mihalevskyy increased the lead to 4-2 for Atomic, a free kick from 20 yards at 89 minutes and Serbian Eagles reduced the lead to 4-3, a goal by Luka Bojic at 95 minutes and just before the final whistle.

It was Atomic’s eighth win and final game of the regular season, finishing with an 8-7-6 WLT record for 30 points and presently tied for third place in the standings with Ukraine United. Serbian White Eagles are with a 8-9-3 record for 27 points and remain in fifth spot in the table with one regular season game remaining.

Midfielder Dobrin Orlovski struck first for Scarborough, finding the net past Milton goalkeeper Vladimir Vujasinovic at 17 minutes at the Jean Vanier Field.

Aleksander Stojiljkovic scored his eighth goal of the season to make it 2-0 for the visitors, the goal coming at the 43^rd minute and it was 2-0 at the interval.

The prolific Adis Hasecic increased the lead to 3-0 for Scarborough, his 11^th of the season at 54 minutes and Stefan Stojiljkovic  made it 4-0 for Scarborough at 87 minutes, the score at the final whistle.

Scarborough move into second position  in the standings with a 9-7-4 record for 31 points with one game remaining in the regular season, while Milton are at the foot of the standings with a 4-11-4 record for 16 points and two games to play in the regular season.

The CSL First Division regular season will be completed this coming Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend and playoff quarterfinal games will be played the weekend October 14 – 16.

All eight First Division teams will be in the CSL championship playoffs to kickoff the weekend October 14 to 16 and these quarterfinals first round games lead to the CSL Givova Championship final at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough on Sunday, October 30, a 2 pm kickoff.

The top four in the final regular season standings will have home field advantage in the quarterfinals and semifinals. York Region Shooters have secured first place in the First Division table, to play at home against the bottom team, while the runner up in the standings will host the seventh place team, the third place team will be at home to the sixth team in the table and the fourth team will host the fifth team in the standings. It will be 1 vs 8, 2 vs 7, 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5 schedule in the first round quarterfinals.

The Second Division Championship playoffs get underway this coming Thanksgiving Day weekend with two games on Sunday  when Brantford Galaxy B (3) host Serbian White Eagles B (6) at the Kiwanis Field in Brantford, a 1.30 pm kickoff, and York Region Shooters B (4) are at home to London City (5) at the St. Joan of Arc ground in Maple, a 4 pm start.

These are teams 3,4,5 and 6  in the six-team Second Division, the two top teams, SC Waterloo – the Second Division winner – and Toronto Atomic FC B, having received a bye to the semifinals.

First Division winner York Region Shooters defeated Scarborough SC 2-0, Ukraine United held on to second position in the table with a 1-1 result against visiting Hamilton City, and a foot of the table clash between Brantford Galaxy and Milton SC also ended in a 1-1 tie, all three games in the CSL First Division Sunday night.

Richard West scored his 13^th goal of the season to open the scoring for York Region Shooters  at the St. Joan of Arc Stadium, finding the net past Scarborough goalkeeper Imad Hakura at the 16^th minute mark.

York Region midfielder Camaal Reid headed in a cross from the right wing to make it 2-0 at 27 minutes, the score at the break and at the final whistle following a scoreless second half.

It was win number 14 for First Division winner York Region,  a 14-2-3 record for 45 points, while Scarborough SC are in third position in the standings with a 8-7-4 record for 28 points.

Tim Zakrajsek opened the scoring for visiting Hamilton City at the 43st minute against FC Ukraine United for a 1-0 lead at the interval.

Ukraine United midfielder Kostiantyn Derevlov equalized at 48 minutes and the 1-1 tie held to the final whistle.

Ukraine United are holding second position in the standings following the tie, a 8-6-6 record for 30 points, while Hamilton ended its regular season with a 6-10-5 record for 23 points.

Forward Adnan Smajic found the net past Brantford Galaxy goalkeeper Luka Besenic to open the scoring for Milton at 27 minutes at the Kiwanis Field in Brantford. It was Smajic’s  12^th goal of the season.

Bojan Stepanovic tied the game 1-1 at the 34^th minute mark for the Galaxy, the score at the interval and at the final whistle.

Brantford remain in seventh position in the standings with a 3-8-9 record for 18 points, while Milton are at 4-10-4 for 16 points at the foot of the table.

 

 

 

Stefan Vukovic scored the winner for Brantford Galaxy Toronto Atomic FC were defeated 2-1 by foot of the table Brantford Galaxy in the only game played in the Canadian Soccer League Saturday night.
Dorde Stankov opened the scoring from the penalty spot for Brantford Galaxy at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, finding the net past Atomic goalkeeper Vasyl Shpuk at the 45 minute mark. Referee called the penalty following a hand ball infringement in the Atomic defence. It was 1-0 at the break.

Toronto Atomic drew level  1-1 at 77 minutes, a goal by midfielder Ivan Sozanskyi who took a pass from a well-placed corner kick to drive the ball from 28 yards past Galaxy goalkeeper Luka Besenic.
Forward Stefan Vukovic struck the winner for the visiting Brantford Galaxy just one minute following the tying goal, a 2-1 score which held until the final whistle.
The win for the struggling Brantford Galaxy was the third of the season and lifted the team just west of Toronto off the bottom position in the standings with a 3-8-8 WLT record for 17 points, while Atomic remain tied for fourth place in the standings with a 7-7-6 record for 27 points.

Two goals in each half for a 4-0 victory over Milton SC vaulted  FC Ukraine United into second position in the Canadian Soccer League First Division standings, and in one other game Friday night Hamilton City defeated Serbian White Eagles 2-1.

Midfielder Oleh Kerchu opened the scoring for the visiting Ukraine United in the game against Milton at the Jean Vanier ground, the 1-0 lead coming at the 8th minute mark and Sergii Ivliev made it 2-0 twelve minutes later. It was 2-0 at the interval.

The goal was Ivliev’s 13^th of the season and moved the Ukraine United  striker into the top position in the CSL First Division goalscoring chart, one goal ahead of Richard West of York Region Shooters with 12.

Novin Saraci made it 3-0 at the 63^rd minute for Ukraine United and midfielder Kostiantyn Drevlov rounded the scoring 4-0 for the visitors at 73 minutes,  4-0 at the final whistle.

Ukraine United leaped from sixth to second in the table with an improved 8-6-5 WLT record for 29 points, while Milton remain in seventh position with a 4-10-3 record for 15 points.

Hamilton struck twice through Miroslav Cabrillo and Ali Mohammed in the second half to overcome a 1-0 deficit, a Serbian Eagles goal by Branislav Vukomanovic at the Cardinal Newman ground at Stoney Creek.

 

The 2-1 Hamilton win  leaves the Steeltown side one game to complete the CSL regular season, a game against FC Ukraine United on Sunday.

Hamilton City now has a 6-10-4 record for 22 points and are in sixth position in the table, while Serbian White Eagles have a 8-8-3 record for 27 points in fourth.

 

Brantford Galaxy at the foot of the standings, held York Region Shooters, winners of the First Division, to a 2-2 draw, while Serbian White Eagles scored late to come away with a 1-1 tie against FC Ukraine United, two games in the CSL First Division Sunday.

Midfielder Bojan Stepanovic opened the scoring at the 16 minutes for the visiting Brantford Galaxy against York Region Shooters at the St.Joan of Arc Stadium  and Aleksander Stojanovski tied the game 1-1 for York Region at the 24^th minute mark.

Stepanovic scored a second goal for the Galaxy at 31 minutes, a free kick that found the net past York Region goalkeeper Adrian Ibanez and it was 2-1 at the interval. It was Stepanovic’s fourth goal of the season.

Stojanovski scored his second goal of the game and seventh on the season at 71 minutes to tie the game 2-2 and the score held to the final whistle.

York Region Shooters now have a record of 13-2-3 for 42 points, having secured the First Division title on September 18, while Brantford Galaxy now have a 2-8-8 record for 14 points and are at the foot of the table.

Sergii Ivliev opened the scoring for FC Ukraine United at 26 minutes, his 12^th goal of the season for a 1-0 score at the interval.

Milos Scepanovic tied the game 1-1 for Serbian White Eagles at 80 minutes, the score at the final whistle.

Serbian White Eagles improve to a 8-7-3- record for 27 points and are tied with Toronto Atomic for third position in the standings, while Ukraine United are at 7-6-5 for 26 points, fifth in the table.

There was one game in the CSL Second Division, SC Waterloo defeating Toronto Atomic FC B by a score of 6-2.