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Serbian White Eagles won the CSL First Division title in 2015, losing just two regular season games in the club’s most  impressive campaign since  their  memorable championship victory of 2008.

But the Toronto west-end organization has struggled thus far since kicking off on May 28, failing to find the net for three games and the first 10 minutes of a home encounter at Centennial Stadium Friday night.

Serbian Eagles defeated new club FC Ukraine United  to open their account with a 4-1 victory in this new season and in one other game Toronto Atomic FC scored a narrow 3-2 away victory over Milton SC.

It was Serbian White Eagles’ striker Milos Scepanovic who led the way with a goal at the 10 minute mark, but Ukraine came back six minutes later when Sergii Ivliev tied the game 1-1. The home side responded with a goal five minutes later by defender Milos Ljubenovic, a 2-1 score at the 21st minute mark.

Miroslav Jovanovic increased the lead to 3-1 for Serbian White Eagles, the score at half-time.

The home side took control in the second half and at 79 minutes a picture goal by former Romanian Second Division midfielder Marko Marovic settled the game by lifting the ball over Ukrainian United goalkeeper Mazar Lytvyn at close range following a sparkling run that started with a midfield pass from Scepanovic. The goal came at 79 minutes and held until the final whistle.

Serbian Eagles goalkeeper Goran Skaric  played a part in the opening victory with three saves at point blank range earlier in the game.

Tristan Scott opened the scoring for Milton in their home encounter with Toronto Atomic at the Jean Vanier Field, the goal coming at 13 minutes, and Filipe Souza tied the game 1-1 for Atomic at the 40th minute mark. It was 1-1 at the break.

Souza scored his second for the visitors at 62 minutes for a 2-1 lead and Adnan Smajic tied the score 2-2 from the penalty spot for Milton at 81 minutes.

Atomic’s Dario Brezak struck the winner at 89 minutes for the 3-2 victory which repeats the result of  June 11 when Toronto Atomic defeated Milton 3-2 at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke.

 

 

 

 

FC Ukraine United forward Sergii Ivliev led his team with two goals for a 3-2 victory over Hamilton City, the only game in the CSL First Division on Sunday played in windy conditions at the St. Joan of Arc ground, just north of Toronto.

Former Waterloo prolific striker Drazen Vukovic opened the scoring for Hamilton City  at the 10 minute mark, a drive from outside the box that entered the net out of reach of Ukraine United goalkeeper Nazar Lytvyn.

Ukraine United midfielder Kostiantyn Derevlov scored at 44 minutes to tie the game 1-1, the score at the interval.

Ivliev put the home side 2-1 up at 60 minutes and beat Hamilton goalkeeper Adrian Becic again at 75 minutes for a 3-1 Ukraine United lead.

Vukovic struck again for Hamilton with a free kick, a low drive that beat Lytvyn at 89 minutes and the 3-2 Ukraine lead held up to the final whistle.

It was Ukraine United’s first win in its inaugural season in the CSL following a 2-0 loss to Scarborough on June 5.

There was one game in the CSL Second Division Sunday, a scoreless tie between SC Waterloo and York Region Shooters B played at Woodside Park.

Brantford Galaxy played a come-from-behind game to defeat Scarborough SC 4-3, while Toronto Atomic FC scored a 3-2 victory over Milton SC, two games in the CSL First Division Saturday night.

Forward Jonathan Jebbison opened the scoring for Scarborough after 10 minutes at Lions Park in Brantford and  Marco Machado tied the game 1-1 from a rebound off a free kick, finding  the net past Scarborough goalkeeper Imad Hakura  at the 17 minute mark.

Midfielder Dobrin Orlovski  struck for Scarborough from a free kick from 24 yards at 19 minutes to put the visitors into a 2-1 lead, the score at the break.

Forward Haris Redzepi  equalized  for the Galaxy at 46 minutes, taking a pass from Machado to make it 2-2, and at the 60 minute Jebbison caught the bottom right corner  for  his second goal to put Scarborough into a 3-2 lead.

Scarborough’s Aleksander Stojiljkovic drove a penalty kick over the bar at 68 minutes and four minutes later Brantford tied the game 3-3 at 72 minutes on a goal from the penalty spot by Krum Bigishkrov.

Memanja Simeunovic received a second caution and was ejected to reduce the visitors to 10 men, and at the 80 minute mark Brantford took the lead for the first time in the game with a volley by Stefan Vukovic, a 4-3 victory at the final whistle.

Erin Reeves opened the scoring after five minutes for Milton SC in their game with Toronto Atomic at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke and forward Ihor Melnyk tied the game 1-1 for Atomic at the 21 minute, scoring from the penalty spot and a rebound off Milton goalkeeper Zoran Pusica.

Toronto Atomic went ahead 2-1 on a goal at 38 minutes by Dario Brezak and it was 2-1 at the interval.

Dario Brezak struck again at 81 minutes to give the home side a 3-1 lead and Milton reduced the lead to 3-2 with a goal by Jefferson Agata just before the final whistle.

There was one game in the CSL Second Division with Toronto Atomic B dominated London City 6-0 at Centennial Park in Etobicoke

 

 

 

York Region Shooters scored their third early season victory with a 1-0 defeat of Serbian White Eagles at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, the only game played in the CSL First Division Friday.

It was the third season loss for the 2015 First Division title winners following a 3-0 defeat to Scarborough SC on May 28 and a 1-0 loss to Brantford Galaxy on June 3.

York Region’s Marcos Rodriguez scored the game’s only goal at the 13 minute mark. A cross by Serbian White Eagles’ midfielder Filip Velasevic was intercepted and the visitors moved straight into the attack resulting in Rodriguez finding the net from 15 yards past Serbian Eagles goalkeeper Goran Skaric.

Serbian Eagles showed life in the final 15 minutes in an effort to find an equalizer and there were two opportunities to score, but it was 1-0 for Shooters at the final whistle.

THE REMAINING WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Saturday, June 11, Lions Park 7 pm Brantford Galaxy vs Scarborough SC

Saturday, June 11, Centennial Stadium 7.30 pm Toronto Atomic FC vs Milton SC

Sunday, June 12, St. Joan of Arc 6.30 pm FC Ukraine United vs Hamilton City

SECOND DIVISION

Saturday, June 11, Centennial Park 2 pm Toronto Atomic B vs  London City

Sunday, June 12, Woodside Park, 8 pm SC Waterloo vs York Region Shooters B

Saturday, June 11, Centennial Park 5 pm Serbian White Eagles B vs Brantford Galaxy POSTPONED

A full slate of First Division games are scheduled for the upcoming weekend, beginning with a Friday night home encounter by Serbian White Eagles against York Region Shooters at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke. Serbian Eagles have suffered two defeats in their opening games, a 3-0 loss to Scarborough on May 28 and a 1-0 defeat at home to Brantford Galaxy on June 3, a contrast to their winning form of 2015 which led to capturing the First Division title.

There are two games on Saturday, with Brantford Galaxy at home to Scarborough.    The east Toronto side has been impressive in the opening two winning games of the season, while not conceding a goal. The Galaxy have a 1-1-1 record from the opening three games. It’s a 7 pm kickoff at Lions Park, while 30 minutes later in  Toronto’s west-end, Toronto Atomic will start its game at Centennial Stadium against Milton.

There is one game on Sunday, a 6.30 pm evening kick off at Maple just north of Toronto where FC Ukraine United will be at home at the St. Joan of Arc Stadium against visiting Hamilton City.

THE WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Friday, June 10 Centennial Stadium 7 pm Serbian White Eagles vs York Region Shooters

Saturday, June 11, Lions Park 7 pm Brantford Galaxy vs Scarborough SC

Saturday, June 11, Centennial Stadium 7.30 pm Toronto Atomic FC vs Milton SC

Sunday, June 12, St. Joan of Arc 6.30 pm FC Ukraine United vs Hamilton City

SECOND DIVISION

Saturday, June 11, Centennial Park 2 pm Toronto Atomic B vs  London City

Saturday, June 11, Centennial Park 5 pm Serbian White Eagles B vs Brantford Galaxy B   POSTPONED

Sunday, June 12, Woodside Park, 8 pm SC Waterloo vs York Region Shooters B

Scarborough SC struck twice late in the game to defeat FC Ukraine United 2-0, while York Region Shooters scored a come from behind 3-1 victory over  Hamilton City, two games in the CSL First Division Sunday.

Midfielder Dobrin Orlovski opened the scoring for Scarborough from a cross from the left wing to Orlovski on the far post, the goal coming at the 82 minute mark, and Kiril Dimitrov assured the visitors of the victory, collecting the ball from a breakaway to beat oncoming Ukraine United goalkeeper Nazar Lytvyn, a 2-0 score at 87 minutes and at the final whistle.
It was the second victory for Scarborough in as many games following a 3-0 win over Serbian White Eagles on May 28.

Zdenko Jurcevic opened the scoring for Hamilton City in the second game of a double-header at St. Joan of Arc game at Maple, finding the net past York Region goalkeeper Emanuelle Ameltonis at 23 minutes.

Shooters’ Marcos Rodriguez tied the game from the penalty spot following a foul in the Hamilton penalty area at 37 minutes and it was 1-1 at the break.

Striker Richard West put York Region into the lead with a well taken header into the net past Hamilton ‘keeper Adrian Becic at 74 minutes and Alexsander Stojanovski increased the Shooters’ lead to 3-1 three minutes later.

 

 

 

Brantford Galaxy defeated Serbian White Eagles by a 1-0 score and Hamilton City recorded their first victory with a 2-1 win over Toronto Atomic, two games in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night.

Galaxy striker Stefan Vukovic struck the game’s only goal midway through the first half at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke after collecting an attempted clearance by Serbian Eagles’ defender Vitomar Jelic. The ball came from a free kick on the left wing, Jelic’s clearance rebounded off a defender leaving Vukovic to beat goalkeeper Goran Skaric from close range. It was 1-0 at the interval.

Galaxy’s Camilo Veloza was ordered off by referee Garfield McPharlane  shortly after halftime following a second caution.

Serbian White Eagles’ best opportunity to tie the game came with  at 86 minutes when defender Branislav Vukomanovic struck the crossbar. The home side continued to press for an equalizer, but the game ended with a 1-0 victory for Galaxy,  their first win following a scoreless tie in the opener followed by a 3-2 defeat in the hands of York Region Shooters on May 29.

Hamilton City forward Nika Fidan opened the scoring for the home side for a 1-0 lead at the interval in the game at the Cardinal Newman ground in Stoney Creek, and Terry Dunfield tied the game for Toronto Atomic from a free kick at 74 minutes.

Zdenko Jurcevic struck the winning goal for Hamilton at 84 minutes for the team’s first victory of the season following a 2-1 loss to Milton on May 27.

 

Hamilton City will kickoff a weekend of attractive First Division games in the Canadian Soccer League with their home opener against Toronto Atomic FC on Friday night, an 8 pm start at the Cardinal Newman ground at Stoney Creek. Hamilton were defeated in the first game of the new season, a 2-1 loss at Milton on May 27.

Serbian White Eagles also play their home opener Friday, a 7 pm clash with the visiting Brantford Galaxy at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke. It will be the second game of the new season for Serbian Eagles following their 3-0 defeat by Scarborough on May 28. Brantford will play its third game of the campaign following a scoreless draw in the league opener at Lions Park in Brantford on May 21, and this was followed by a 3-2 loss to York Region Shooters on May 29.

There is a First Division doubleheader at the St. Joan of Arc  ground in Maple on Sunday when FC Ukraine United start their inaugural season in the CSL by hosting Scarborough  at 4 pm, and this game will be followed by a York Region Shooters vs Hamilton City encounter at 6.30 pm.

There are two Second division matches in the CSL on Sunday. with London City opening the season at the Hellenic Centre in London against Waterloo – that’s a 6.30 pm kickoff, while in the GTA York Region Shooters reserves host Serbian White Eagles B at the St.Joan of Arc ground in Maple, an 8.30 pm start.

 

York Region Shooters opened their season with a 3-2 victory over Brantford Galaxy in a tough encounter at Lions Park in Brantford, the only First Division match in the Canadian Soccer League Sunday.

It was Brantford’s second game of the 2016 campaign following the scoreless tie against Toronto Atomic FC on May 21.

York Region midfielder Richard Edwards opened the scoring for the visitors at 17 minutes, a blistering free kick from 25 yards that caught the top corner of the net out of reach of Galaxy goalkeeper Luka Besenic.

Brantford tied the score 1-1 at 24 minutes, a goal by midfielder Stefan Vukovic who beat York Region goalkeeper Emanuelle Ameltonis,   and York Region took a 2-1 lead five minutes later when referee Tony Amaral pointed to the penalty spot following a foul in the Galaxy box.  Marcos Rodriguez struck the penalty kick and found the net. It was 2-1 for York Region Shooters at the interval.

Forward Richard West increased the visitors’ lead to 3-1 at 79 minutes after coming on as a substitute and Vukovic scored his second goal for Brantford at 82 minutes, reducing the Shooters’ lead to 3-2.

York Region Shooters were reduced to 10 men at the 86^th minute mark when defender Marcelo Capozzolo was shown the red card by referee Amaral for what was reported as Serious Foul Play.

There was one game in the Second Division Sunday afternoon when the Galaxy reserve team, Brantford Galaxy B defeated York Region Shooters B, 3-1.

 

 

Adis Hasecic scored twice to lead Scarborough SC to a 3-0 victory over Serbian White Eagles in the season opener for both teams played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough Saturday night.

It was a well-played scoreless first half with few scoring opportunities, but Hasecic found the net shortly after entering the game as a substitute following the interval. The prolific midfielder, who found the net 16 times for Waterloo in 2015, took a pass from Dobrin Orlovski to beat the advancing White Eagles’ goalkeeper Goran Skaric on a one-on-one play, the goal coming at 47 minutes.

Aleksander Stojiljkovic made it 2-0 for Scarborough at the 78 minute mark and Hasecic scored his second to make it 3-0 for the home side at 82 minutes. Orlovski again played a part before Hasecic struck for a 3-0 final score.

Scarborough will visit the St. Joan of Arc ground in Maple for a game against FC Ukraine United on Sunday June 5, while Serbian White Eagles will play their next game hosting Brantford Galaxy at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke on Friday, June 3.

 

A last minute strike by midfielder Adnan Smajic gave Milton SC a 2-1 victory over Hamilton City at the Jean Vanier Field at Milton, the only game in the Canadian Soccer League Friday night.

Hamilton City, playing the opening game in their inaugural season in the CSL, took an early lead when midfielder Santiago Pestrepo found the net past Milton goalkeeper Zoran Pusica, the goal coming at 10 minutes into the game. It was 1-0 at the interval.

Milton defender Mike Greco tied the game 1-1 for the home side at 56 minutes, the goal coming off a rebound from a free kick and following several attempts to take the lead, Milton went ahead at 89 minutes when Smajic scored from four yards.

“It was a tough  opening game going almost to the final whistle before we scored the winner and I’m pleased with the way my team kept going right to the end.” said Milton’s  Jasmin Halkic following the game.

Milton will travel to Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke for their next game with Toronto Atomic FC on Saturday, June 11, while Hamilton City will be at home to Atomic on Friday, June 3.

There are two remaining games in the CSL this weekend with Scarborough SC at home at Birchmount Stadium against the visiting Serbian White Eagles on Saturday night, that’s an 8 pm start, and  on Sunday Bradford Galaxy are at home to York Region Shooters, a 7 pm kickoff at Lions Park.

 Brantford Galaxy and Toronto Atomic FC fought to a scoreless draw in an otherwise entertaining encounter in the Canadian Soccer League season opener at Lions Park, Brantford Saturday night.

Galaxy, now in its seventh season since stepping into the CSL in 2010 to win the championship in stunning fashion that inaugural year, were at home to second year Toronto Atomic. The Toronto team finished last season in fifth spot in the 2015 standings, while Galaxy struggled most of last season to end in 11^th position .

It was an even first half with few scoring opportunities, but goals appeared more likely following the interval when the home side almost found the net at 50 minutes when forward Milan Beader crossed the ball for Krum Bigishkrov to head just wide of the post with Atomic goalkeeper Ihor Vitiv beaten.

Atomic came close to going ahead at 55 minutes when Mateo Fajardo set up an goalmouth opportunity, and 18 minutes later the visitors’ Tighana Alexander Thompson had a shot cleared off the goal line by Brantford’s Miljan Milovic.

Galaxy head coach Tomo Dancetovic considered neither team deserved to lose and that his team needed more time on the training field. “ It was a fair result,”  he said following the final whistle. “Our side needs to do a lot of work to get where we need to be to be competitive, but that will come together as the new players get to know each other on the field.”

Midfielder Sasa Vidovic, a player with the Galaxy since the club launched six years ago, competed the first half before being substituted at halftime.

In an afternoon clash, the home reserve side Brantford Galaxy B nipped Toronto Atomic FC B, 3-2.

Galaxy are back at Lions Park for a home game against York Region Shooters next Sunday, May 29, while Toronto  Atomic FC visit Hamilton for a game with the City at the Cardinal Newman ground Friday, June 3. Both games kickoff at 7 pm.

 

 

Lions Park in Brantford will be the site of the 2016 Canadian Soccer League opener, a clash between Brantford Galaxy and visiting Toronto Atomic to kickoff a four-month long regular season leading to the playoffs and the CSL Championship late October. It’s a 7 pm kickoff that Saturday night on May 21, the beginning of a season of Saturday home games for the Galaxy, a preferred change from the Sunday fixtures of 2015. Tomoslav Dancetovic resumes as head coach.

Atomic ended the inaugural 2015 season in a respectable fifth position of 12 in the CSL First Division standings, but owner/GM Ihor Prokipchuk is looking to improve the team’s performance this upcoming campaign by emphasizing a greater team effort than was apparent in 2015. “I was really quite happy with our performance last year, and we do have some very good players, but I think we can improve this season,” he said.  Vasil Ischak has been named head coach, with midfielder Michael Tischer the team captain.

Other changes for a new season in the CSL include the relocation of Scarborough SC to the attractive Birchmount Stadium with its increased capacity seating. Other announcements by Scarborough GM Kiril Dimitrov include the appointment for 2016 of Ricardo Munguia Perez as the new head coach. Munguia, nicknamed El Ringo, a product of the fames Veracruz organization, is a former Mexican youth international, having played in the FIFA 1993 World Youth Championship. He was also in the side that won a silver medal for Mexico in the 1995 Olympic Games.

Munguia, a defender, has played his entire career between Mexico and Canada, having turned out 23 times for the Toronto Lynx in 1999 and following a period  in Mexico, he appeared in the CSL with Serbian White Eagles in 2011 and turned out for expansion team Scarborough in 2015.

FC Ukraine United, a CSL expansion team this year, has enjoyed prominence in Ontario for more than 10 years, won the Annual Olympiakos Soccer Tournament in Toronto last month. Ukraine will play its upcoming CSL home games at the St. Joan of Arc ground at Maple, just north of the city.

Hamilton City spokesperson Kathleen Nurse reports high local interest in the new Hamilton City team playing out of the Cardinal Newman ground at Stoney Creek on the out outskirts of the city. “There are a lot of very good players in the city and it’s been a busy time conducting tryouts,” she explains. Home games in Steeltown are scheduled Friday and Saturday evenings.

Coming up next: Milton, Serbian White Eagles, York Region Shooters prepare for First Division action, while London City and SC Waterloo will accompany CSL reserve teams for kickoff in the Second Division

 League Formation – 2016

 FIRST DIVISION                              SECOND DIVISION                       

Brantford Galaxy                            Brantford Galaxy ‘B’

Hamilton City                                  London City

Milton SC                                          Serbian White Eagles ‘B’

Scarborough SC                              Toronto Atomic ‘B’

Serbian White Eagles                    SC Waterloo

Toronto Atomic SC                        York Region Shooters ‘B’

Ukraine United FC

York Region Shooters