York Region Shooters’ striker Richard West continued his scoring spree of Friday night to find the net five times in a 7-2 victory over London City on Sunday, resulting in a stunning 10-goal haul in just three days.
In one other game in the CSL First Division Sunday, Burlington SC defeated SC Waterloo 2-1.
West opened the scoring for York Region with a goal just four minutes into the match against London City at the Hellenic Centre in London and scored a second for a 2-0 lead at 24 minutes.
Aldin Kukic scored from the penalty spot for London City for a 2-1 score at 28 minutes, West completed his hat-trick four minutes later, a 3-1 lead for the visitors, and midfielder Shezan Singh increased the lead to 4-1 for York Region at 38 minutes.
West scored his fourth goal at 39 minutes for a 5-1 lead, then scored his fifth goal just before the interval for a 6-1 score.
The five-goal first half outburst repeated the five goals scored by West in the 9-1 domination of Niagara United on Friday night. The 30 year-old prolific striker jumps into the lead in the CSL First Division goalscoring race with 23 to his credit, while Zdenko Jurcevic of Brantford Galaxy drops to second position with 19.
Aleksander Stojanovski increased the York Region lead to 7-1 at 56 minutes and London’s Edin Kozika scored at 65 minutes to make it 7-2.
Referee Gus Espinal ejected a player from each side following an altercation at 68 minutes, the red card shown to forward Brandon Barbosa of London City and to goalscorer Richard West of York Region Shooters. The game ended 7-2 in favour of York Region.
York Region Shooters move up to third position in the First Division with a 12-8-1 WLT record for 37 points, while London City are at 8-11-2 for 26 points in sixth position.
Following a scoreless first half, SC Waterloo took the lead on a goal by Adis Hasecic who beat Burlington goalkeeper Andrew Stringer for a 1-0 score at 57 minutes. It was Hasecic’s 16 goal of the season.
Aaron Willichuck tied the game 1-1 for Burlington at 62 minutes and Silent Nyamushanya collected a cross from the left wing to strike the winner for Burlington at the 85 minute mark, a 2-1 score that held until the final whistle.
Burlington improve to 7-11-3 for 24 points and tied for ninth position in the table with Milton and Brantford Galaxy, while SC Waterloo now have an 11-7-3 record for 36 points, dropping to fourth spot in the standings.
The Brampton City Utd vs Niagara United First Division game scheduled for Sunday was cancelled.
There was one game played in the Second Division, with Burlington SC B defeating SC Waterloo B, 1-0 and the Brampton City Utd B vs. Niagara United B was also cancelled.
