Oleksandr Semeniuk scored a hat-trick to lead Toronto Atomic to a 4-1 victory over Brampton City Utd, and Toronto Croatia defeated Niagara United 3-0, two games in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Saturday.
Semeniuk struck quickly with a goal in the first minute of play for a 1-0 lead at Centennial Stadium and with the score 1-0 at the 31 minute mark Brampton were reduced to 10 men when Francisco Javier Juarez was shown the red card for a foul on an opposing player.
Forward Ihor Mihalevskyy increased the lead to 2-0 for the home side at 36 minutes, the score at the interval.
Semeniuk scored his second goal to increase the Atomic lead to 3-0 at 46 minutes and completed the hat-trick at 54 minutes for a 4-0 Toronto Atomic lead.
Johathan Jebbison put Brampton City Utd on the score sheet at 57 minutes and it was 4-1 for Toronto Atomic at the final whistle.
Forward Darren Chambers opened the scoring to give Toronto Croatia a 1-0 lead at the 59 minute mark against Niagara United at the Kalar Sports Park, Niagara Falls and that was the score at half-time.
Defender Sven Arapovic made it 2-0 at 75 minutes and just two minutes later Chambers found the net for his second goal past Niagara United goalkeeper Gianluca Cardone, a 3-0 score for the visiting Toronto Croatia, the score at the final whistle. The victory moves Toronto Croatia to the top of the standings.
There were two games in the CSL Second Division Saturday with Toronto Atomic B defeating Brampton City Utd B 2-0 and SC Waterloo B scored a 3-0 home victory over Burlington SC B. One other game scheduled for Saturday, Serbian White Eagles B vs Toronto Croatia B, was postponed due to ground conditions at Eglinton Flats.
Remaining games this weekend:
FIRST DIVISION
Sun June 14 Warrior Field SC 7 pm Waterloo vs Burlington SC
SECOND DIVISION
Sun June 14 Jean Vanier Field 5.30 pm Milton SC B vs York Region Shooters B
