LONDON CITY SURVIVE LATE BRAMPTON RALLY TO WIN 3-2, It’s 1-1 Serbian Eagles and Mississauga

A late second half rally by Brampton City Utd failed to overcome a 3-0 deficit leaving London City with a 3-2 victory, and in one other game in the CSL Friday night, Serbian White Eagles battled to a 1-1 tie with Mississauga Eagles FC.

 

London forward Younan Samra opened the scoring at the 11^th minute at Cove Road in London and Nenad Begovic made it 2-0 at 31 minutes with a drive from 16 yards, the score at the break.

 

Forward Dalibor Mitrovic increased the lead to 3-0 for the home side at 56 minutes, but this was followed by a late rally from Brampton which resulted in a  goal  by midfielder David Guzman, he found the net past London City goalkeeper Vladimir Markotic at the 70^th minute, Guzman’s 12^th goal of the season.

 

Brampton continued to press and David Velastagui scored at 86 minutes, a shot from an acute angle on left wing which found the net behind Markotic, but the visitors failed to find an equalizer and the game ended with a 3-2 London win.

 

London City now have a 6-7-6 WLT record for 24 points to recover from their early season set-backs and are in 9^th position in the standings.

 

Brampton are at 6-7-4 for 22 points.

 

It was a close encounter at Centennial Stadium between Serbian White Eagles and nearby Mississauga Eagles FC with the visitors scoring at just three minutes when midfielder Jose Melo found the net from a free kick, it was Melo’s 10^th goal of the season.

 

Serbian Eagles’ Zoran Rajovic struck from 14 yards for the equalizer, his 9^th of the season, and the close game failed to produce a winning goal and the game ended a 1-1 tie.

 

Serbian White Eagles are now at 6-6-4 for 22 points, while Mississauga Eagles FC improve to 7-6-4 for 25 points.

 

Remaining games this weekend:

 

FIRST DIVISION

 

Sun, Sep 2 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd vs Windsor Stars

 

Sun, Sep 2 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs Niagara United

 

SECOND DIVISION

 

Sat, Sep 1 Lions Park 4 PM Brantford Galaxy B vs St. Catharines Wolves B

 

Sat, Sep 1 Eglinton Flats 7 PM Serbian White Eagles B vs Mississauga Eagles FC B

 

Sun, Sep 2 Victoria Park 5:30 PM Brampton City Utd B vs Windsor Stars B