FC UKRAINE UNITED ON TOP FOLLOWING 7-1 SATURDAY VICTORY
FK Ukraine United jumped on top of the First Division with 7-1 trouncing of Bradford Galaxy and Real Mississauga defeated Hamilton City 2-1 to for the expansion club’s first win of the season in the Canadian Soccer League Saturday night.
Hamilton City opened the scoring at 26 minutes at Heritage Field when midfielder Timotej Zakrajsek found the net past Real Mississauga goalkeeper Senad Poracanin, but the lead was short-lived before midfielder Miguel Angel Chavez Vejar tied the game 1-1, the score at the interval.
Real Mississauga forward Morgan Copeland struck the winner at the 53 minute mark, beating Hamilton goalkeeper Andrly Kulik for a 2-1 score that held to the final whistle.
The victory gives Real Mississauga an improved 1-2-1WLT record for 4 points, tied with Brantford Galaxy in sixth position in the standings while Hamilton City have a 3-4-0 record for 9 points in fifth position in the table.
Roman Datsiuk struck twice for FC Ukraine United in a match which ended the first half in total collapse by Brantford Galaxy, a team down 5-1 at the break.
Goals were also scored by Vitaliy Bohdanov, Nazar Milishchuk, Pavlo Lukianets, Taras Hromiak and Tevhen Falkovskyi, while Galaxy’s lone goal came from the penalty spot, scored by Slavko Knezevic. It was 7-1 at the final whistle.
Milishchuk and Lukianets lead the Ukraine United scoring, each with 6 goals on the season.
FC Ukraine United, a team that won the CSL Second Division title in 2017, moved into the First Division top spot as a result of Saturday’s victory. With a 6-2-1 record for 19 points, Ukraine United has a superior goal differential while tied on points with Vorkuta FC.
The CSL First Division resumes with four games on Saturday, July 21.
Stan Adamson