MISSISSAUGA, SERBIAN EAGLES, SC TORONTO AND SHOOTERS ALL WIN….four games kickoff busy CSL weekend

Mississauga Eagles FC, SC Toronto and Serbian White Eagles all recorded home wins, while York Region Shooters scored an away victory, all in the CSL Friday night to kick off a busy weekend schedule.

 

It was a close encounter at the Hershey Centre where Mississauga Eagles FC edged past SC Waterloo midway through the second half to win 3-2 on a tying goal, then a winning goal, by Jose Melo.

 

Drazen Vukovic opened the scoring for SC Waterloo at the 6^th minute, Shaun MacDonald tied the game 1-1 one minute later for the home side, but Vukovic came back just two minutes later to beat Mississauga goalkeeper Kofi Oppong for the second time, a 2-1 Waterloo lead after nine minutes. It was 2-1 at half-time.

 

Melo broke the game open with a tying goal firstly at 46 minutes, then at the 55^th minute mark he took a pass from MacDonald to beat Waterloo goalkeeper Imad Hakura and win the game 3-2 for Mississauga Eagles.

 

Forward Jarek Whiteman opened the scoring for SC Toronto over Niagara United  at Lamport Stadium, he struck from inside the box to beat Niagara goalkeeper John De Luca at 14 minutes and Alon Badat made it 2-0 at 20 minutes later, the score at the break.

 

Kyle Hall increased the home lead to 3-0 at 85 minutes and at the final whistle it was 3-0 in favour of SC Toronto.

 

It was a close, hard fought first half at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, with Kingston goalkeeper Phill Fernandez making good saves to keep the home side off the scoresheet, but Serbian White Eagles defender Misel Klisara broke through at the 67^th minute mark to put the home side into a 1-0 lead.

 

The visitors were playing with 10 men during the second half after losing Olivier Rieutord who was shown the red card by referee Michael Izzo following a second caution at the 45^th minute mark.

 

Kingston’s Mademba Ba equalized from the penalty spot at 69 minutes when Serbian Eagles goalkeeper Nikola Marojevic brought down Edgar Soglo of Kingston and referee  Izzo had no hesitation in awarding the penalty for a 1-1 tie.

 

Zoran Rajovic struck the winner at 76 minutes when a took a cross from Andre Orlando to beat Fernandez from close in, a 2-1 Serbian White Eagles lead that held to the final whistle.

 

York Region Shooters forward Jason De Thomasis drove a left foot shot into the net after taking a pass from Des Humphrey to score the all-important lone goal for the 1-0 away victory over TFC Academy. The goal came at 69 minutes of a well-played encounter at Downsview Park and the win lifted the Shooters within two points of the league-leading Toronto Croatia.

 

Remaining games in the CSL this weekend:

 

 

FIRST DIVISION

 

Sat, Jul 14 Windsor Stadium 7:15 PM Windsor Stars vs London City

 

Sun, Jul 15 Victoria Park 3 PM Brampton City Utd vs TFC Academy

 

Sun, Jul 15 Esther Shiner Stadium 4:30 PM North York Astros vs Serbian White Eagles

 

Sun, Jul 15 St. Joan of Arc 6:30 PM York Region Shooters vs Mississauga Eagles FC

 

Sun, Jul 15 Lions Park 7 PM Brantford Galaxy vs Niagara United

 

Sun, Jul 15 Windsor Stadium 7:15 PM Windsor Stars vs SC Toronto

 

Sun, Jul 15 Centennial Stadium 8 PM Toronto Croatia vs St. Catharines Wolves

 

 

SECOND DIVISION

 

Sat, Jul 14 Budd Park 1 PM SC Waterloo B vs Brampton City Utd B – Change of ground to Budd Park, Kitchener

 

Sat, Jul 14 Hershey Centre 4 PM Mississauga Eagles FC B vs TFC Academy II

 

Sat, Jul 14 Lions Park 4 PM Brantford Galaxy B vs Niagara United B

 

Sun, Jul 15 Windsor Stadium 4 PM Windsor Stars B vs SC Toronto B

 

Sun, Jul 15 St. Joan of Arc 8:30 PM York Region Shooters B vs Serbian White Eagles B – This game is on – omitted

 

from an earlier weekend schedule