PICTURE: Temniuk’s 10th goal of the season leads First Division goalscoring.
FC Vorkuta won an abbreviated seventh game of the season by a 3-1 score over Brantford Galaxy – a match cut short late in the second half due to the torrential rains, Serbian White Eagles overcame a 1-0 deficit to score two late goals for a 2-1 win over SC Waterloo, and Scarborough were held to a 1-1 draw by Hamilton City, three games in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Saturday.
Vorkuta attacked early at Heritage Field but Brantford Galaxy struck first with a half volley by Bojan Samardzija, his fifth goal of the season, that caught the corner of the net for a 1-0 lead by the home side at 17 minutes.
Vorkuta equalized at 29 minutes when a rebound from a save by Galaxy goalkeeper Georgi Jovicic from a drive by Serhii Ursulenko was picked up by Bohdan Borovskyi who promptly found the net with a powerful shot.
Liubomyr Halchuk made it 2-1 for Vorkuta from the penalty spot at 47 minutes after Ursulenko was brought down just inside the box and at 50 minutes Mykola Temniuk took a through pass from Pavlo Chornomaz to drive a low shot into the far corner, a 3-1 score in favour of Vorkuta at the final whistle in difficult conditions during a downpour late in the game. It was Temniuk’s 10th goal of the season to lead goalscoring in the First Division.
Vorkuta have a 7-0-0 WLT record for 21 points on top of the First Division, while Brantford Galaxy are at the foot of the table with a 0-6-1 record for one point.
Waterloo opened the scoring at RIM Park with a goal at 10 minutes by midfielder Miodrag Kovacevic, his 5th of the season, and it was an even contest to the break with the score 1-0 for the home side.
There were few opportunities until Serbian White Eagles struck with two goals in the closing stages, the first by Bozidar Tadic who found the net past Waterloo goalkeeper Dalibor Ivanovic at 82 minutes and the winning goal three minutes later by forward Milos Scepanovic, his 4th of the season. Waterloo pressed for an equalizer late but it was 2-1 for the visitors at the final whistle.
Serbian White Eagles are in third position in the standings with a 5-1-0 record for 15 points following the win, while Waterloo are in 4th position with a 4-4-0 for 12 points.
Scarborough took a first half lead on a goal by Hammud Ali Atif and Lucas Raposo equalized for Hamilton City in the 1-1 draw in the early game at Heritage Field. Scarborough now has a 5-1-1 record for 16 points in second position in the table, while Hamilton City has a 1-3-2 record for five points in seventh position.
There are two midweek games upcoming in the Second Division:
Wed. July 10, Cardinal Newman Field 7 pm Hamilton City B vs Kingsman B
Wed. July 10, Iceland Field 9 pm Serbian White Eagles B vs Brantford Galaxy B
