SATURDAY VICTORIES LIFT VORKUTA, SCARBOROUGH
Vorkuta FC moved two points clear at the top of the table with a 7-1 victory over Real Mississauga, Scarborough SC defeated Brantford Galaxy 4-1 and FC Ukraine United were held to a 1-1 draw at home by SC Waterloo, three games in the CSL First Division Saturday.
Vorkuta midfielder Serhii Ursulenko tapped in a low cross by Iaroslav Solonynko to open the scoring at 13 minutes at the OSA Soccer Center Stadium, and Sergei Ivliev put the ball into the empty net to make it 2-0 after taking a pass from Serhii Ursulenko. It was 2-0 at the break.
Solonynko scored the third goal for Vorkuta to make it Vorkuta 3, Real Mississauga 0 at 50 minutes and five minutes later the returning Oleksandr Lakusta took a cross from Ursulenko to make it 4-0. It was Lakusta’s first game since sustaining an injury two months ago.
Lakusta volleyed to score a picture goal after taking a pass from Maksym Gramm for a 5-0 Vorkuta lead at 60 minutes and with just Mississauga goalkeeper Senad Porcanin to beat, Ursulenko took a rebound to find the top corner of the net for a 6-0 score at the 80th minute mark.
Vorkuta team captain Oleh Kerchu made it 7-0 and Real Mississauga replied with a goal by Krum Bibish who headed in past Vorkuta goalkeeper Oleksandr Musiienko at 88 minutes, a 7-1 score and result at the final whistle.
Vorkuta improves to a 7-1-1 WLT record for 22 points to lead the First Division, while Real Mississauga is in sixth position with a 1-3-1 record for 4 points.
Defender Hammud Ali Atif opened the scoring at Heritage Field following a slip-up in the Brantford Galaxy defence, the goal coming just one minute after kickoff to make it 1-0 for Scarborough, and striker Aleksander Stojiljkovic made it 2-0 for the visitors seven minutes later.
Midfielder Dragan Milovic found the net for Brantford for a 2-1 score at 36 minutes and just on halftime Alen Kucalovic increased the Scarborough lead to 3-1, finding the net past Galaxy goalkeeper Georgi Jovicic off a corner kick.
Stojiljkovic scored a second goal to make it 4-1 for Scarborough at the 80h minute mark, increasing the prolific striker’s season total to 9.
Scarborough has a 6-2-1 record for 19 points and third in the standings, while Brantford Galaxy has a 1-5-1 record for 4 points and seventh in the table.
It was scoreless at half time in the FC Ukraine United 1-1 draw with SC Waterloo at Esther Shiner Stadium and following a 1-0 Ukraine United lead early in the second half, Dzenan Karic equalized for Waterloo at 53 minutes. It was an even contest through to the final whistle.
Ukraine United retains second position in the standings with a 6-2-2 record for 20 points, while Waterloo is in eighth position with a 1-4-1 record for 4 points.
There are three CSL Second Division matches Sunday, with Brantford Galaxy B at home to Halton United B, at Lions Park in Brantford, a 6 pm kickoff, Milton SC B is at home to Serbian White Eagles B at the Milton Sports Centre, a 7.30 pm start and Scarborough SC B is at home to Vorkuta FC B, an 8 pm kickoff at the OSA Soccer Centre Stadium.