Robert Lewandowski, a Bayern Munich striker came on as a substitute against Wolfsburg in the UEFA Champions League match on Tuesday to score five goals in just nine minutes.
Scoring goals in a high level of competition is tough and the sensational performance reminds us that top goalscorers are worth their weight in gold.
Goalkeepers and defenders often prevent sure goals, but such great plays are not seen on the scoresheet. Goalscorers take up most of the limelight, and often viewed as the real stars.
And it’s no different in the Canadian Soccer League
The scoring race in the CSL is usually pretty tight. The First Division has four players at the top, separated by just five goals, while the Second Division has the top three players separated by three goals. Leading in the First Division at this late stage of the season, is Brantford Galaxy’s Zdenko Jurvecic with 18 goals. Jurcevic, a 30 year-old Croatian-born central midfielder with extensive experience in Europe, has dominated the scoring race for most of the season.
After him in second place so far with 16 goals is Adis Hasecic, a native of Bosnia-Herzegovina playing for SC Waterloo, and third is Serbian White Eagles’ forward Sahjah Reid. a 25-year-old striker from Mississauga, with 15.
Reid deserves a special mention because while only three goals behind the leader Jurcevic, he has played five fewer games.
The 28-year-old Hasecic has played 19 games so far for his 16 goals output including hat-tricks.
Richard West, a 30 year old veteran striker with York Region Shooters, standing in fourth spot with 13 and in earlier years rated as one of the rising stars of the CSL, has also scored a hat-trick.
Bunched-up in the Second Division and at the top is 18 year-old SC Waterloo reserves midfielder Nicola Miokovic of nearby Kitchener, with 15. Miokovic scoring makes a statement that young players can play and score goals in the tough CSL.
Just behind him with 12 scored is the Burlington SC reserves forward Amardo Oakley who is 19 years old and a resident of Guelph, also with the same output is SC Waterloo B midfielder Edward Syllie.
The season’s top goalscorer in each division will be honoured at the CSL Annual Awards night at Kitchener on October 24 which is followed the next day by the CSL Championship Finals at Warrior Field in Waterloo.
At the top……
FIRST DIVISION
- Zdenko Jurcevic, Brantford Galaxy 18
- Adis Hasecic, SC Waterloo 16
- 3 Sahjah Reid, Serbian White Eagles 15
- Richard West, York Region Shooters 13
- Jose Goncalves De Sousa, Scarborough 12
- Vladimir Vujovic, Burlington 12
- Jure Glavina, Toronto Croatia 11
- Darren Chambers, Toronto Croatia 10
- Oleksandr Semeniuk, Toronto Atomic 10
- Jonathan Jebbison, Brampton City Utd 9
- Josip Keran, Toronto Croatia 9
- Ihor Melnyk, Toronto Atomic 9
SECOND DIVISION
- Nikola Miokovic, Waterloo B 15
- Amardo Oakley, Burlington B 12
- Edward Syllie, Waterloo B 12
- Adnan Smajic, Milton 9
- Raphael Barboza Da Silva, York Region Shooters B 8
- Milan Beader, Brantford Galaxy B 7
- Lucky Maghori, Milton B 7
- Aljay Sharkail Wilson,Toronto Croatia B 7
- Matthew Arbin, Brampton City Utd B 6
- Tenzin Dhondup,Toronto Atomic B 6
For a complete list of all goalscorers in the CSL, click Schedule & Results, then Stats in the drop-down.
