Serbian White Eagles clinched a playoff berth with a 1-0 victory at Club Roma in
It was the last regular season home encounter for St. Catharines and the 1-0 defeat means the Garden City team fail to make the playoffs with two away games remaining in their five-month long campaign.
The game was an hour late kicking off due to heavy rains affecting the playing surface and lighting in the region, but referee Mach Maloche got the game underway at 9 pm and it turned into a well-played, close contest despite the conditions underfoot.
The home side had several opportunities to take the lead, particularly by forwards Matthew Contino, the Wolves’ leading scorer and Dana Heimbecker, but the first half ended 0-0.
Serbian White Eagles struck the only goal of the match at 68 minutes following a hesitation in the St. Catharines defence that allowed midfielder Kirie Dimitrov an opportunity to step in to put the ball past goalkeeper Tony Visca into net from close range.
At 76 minutes, the home side were reduced to 10 men when referee Maloche showed the red card to midfielder Rudy Pikuzinski following an untidy challenge that was judged to be Serious Foul Play.
Milos Djurkovic looked solid in the Serbian Eagles goal during late pressure from
Serbian White Eagles move up the table to fifth position with a 11-5-7 WLT record for 40 points and
