PICTURE: Ivan Kucherenko opens the scoring from the penalty spot for Ukraine United, but Kingsman struck twice for a 2-1 victory.
PHOTO: Oleg Kalyadin
Expansion team Kingsman A upset current First Division title holder Ukraine United 2-1, while in the local Mississauga encounter CSC Mississauga and Real Mississauga fought to a 1-1 draw, two games in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Friday night.
Follwing a scoreless first half, forward Ivan Kucherenko opened the scoring for visiting Ukraine United at Esther Shiner Stadium, the goal coming from a penalty at 59 minutes when Kingsman defender Oleksandar Alieksieiev brought down a Ukraine United player in the box and referee Afsar Khan has no hesitation in pointing to the spot.
Kingsman equalized on a goal by forward Viktor Raskov five minutes later. Raskov, who entered as a substitute at halftime, took a good cross from Andrii Kovalchuk to head into the net.
Raskov also struck the late winner for the home side, taking a long ball from Hlib Kiselov to find the net with a chip shot at the 86th minute mark.
Kingsman were reduced to 10 men at 88 minutes when Stanislav Katana was shown the red card by referee Khan following a second caution and the 2-1 score in favour of Kingsman held to the final whistle.
Real Mississauga led after six minutes at the Hershey Centre, the 1-0 score judged an own goal when a dangerous cross by forward Danilo Richards was partially blocked by CSC Mississauga midfielder Ivan Sozanski, but then entered the net past CSC goalkeeper Ivan Koko.
CSC Mississauga equalized at 14 minutes when Amador Torres was brought down in the box on a counter attack and defender Peter Vukadin struck from the penalty spot into the bottom right corner of the net. It was 1-1 at the break.
Real Mississauga were reduced to 10 men at 67 minutes when forward Mohamed Elsabahy was given a second caution and shown the red card by referee Marco Jaramillo.
It was end to end with both sides on the attack in the second half and CSC Mississauga found the net from close range at 83 minutes but the goal was ruled offside. The 1-1 draw held to the final whistle.
There are three First Division matches scheduled for Saturday:
Saturday July 6, Heritage Field 6.30 pm Hamilton City vs Scarborough SC
Saturday Jul 6, RIM Park 7 pm SC Waterloo vs Serbian White Eagles
Saturday, July 6, Heritage Field 8:30 pm Brantford Galaxy vs FC Vorkuta
There are two midweek games upcoming in the Second Division:
Wednesday, July 10, Cardinal Newman Field 7 pm Hamilton City B vs Kingsman B
Wednesday, July 10, Iceland Field 9 pm Serbian White Eagles B vs Brantford Galaxy B
