Serbian White Eagles defeated Milton SC 2-0 and in doing so won the CSL First Division title, York Region Shooters demolished Niagara United 9-1, which included five goals by Richard West, and Scarborough SC played to a 1-1 draw with visiting Brantford Galaxy, three games in the CSL Friday night.
Serbian White Eagles’ forward Sahjah Reid opened the scoring with a goal after seven minutes at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, he took a long pass from Milos Scepanovic to drive the ball from 16 yards into the bottom corner of the net. It was goal number 16 on the season for Reid.
Scepanovic increased the lead to 2-0 at 39 minutes following a play started by Marko Krasic who crossed to Branislav Vukomanovic. A pass to Scepanovic close in and the Belgrade-born forward lobbed the ball across the goalmouth over Milton goalkeeper Zoran Pusica and inside the far post. It was the eighth goal of the season for Scepanovic and the game ended 2-0.
Serbian White Eagles have won the CSL First Division as a result of the victory. With just one game remaining, the Mississauga-based club has a 15-3-4 WLT record for 49 points and will complete the regular season with a game at Centennial Stadium on October 3 against Toronto Atomic FC.
Milton SC now has a 7-10-3 record for 24 points and is ninth in the standings.
“We’ve had a great season with a great team and look forward to the playoffs and will do whatever we can to be at Waterloo for the championship, “ said Dragan Bakoc, president of Serbian White Eagles following the win against Milton.
York Region Shooters’ striker Richard West did most of the damage with five goals in the 9-1 victory over Niagara United at the Kalar Sports Park at Niagara Falls. West scored at 18, 42, 59, 62 and 66 minutes to bring his tally for the season to 18, now just one short of scoring leader Zdenko Jurcevic with 19.
Aleksander Stojanovski, defender Odain Simpson, Steven McDougall and Adrian Pena all scored singles.
Derek Paterson scored the only Niagara United goal. It was 4-1 at the interval.
York Region Shooters are in fourth position in the standings with an 11-8-1 record for 34 points, while Niagara United are at 1-16-3 for six points.
Following a scoreless first half at Downsview Park in north Toronto, Scarborough SC took the lead at 52 minutes, a goal by midfielder Jose Goncalves De Sousa, his 13 goal of the season.
Zdenko Jurcevic equalized for the visiting Brantford Galaxy at 62 minutes, goal number 19 this season to continue leading the CSL First Division goalscoring chart.
Scarborough now have a 6-7-8 record for 26 points and are in a three-way tie for sixth position in the standings, while Brantford Galaxy are 7-11-3 for 24 points and in a two-way tie for ninth position.
There are two game cancellations this weekend, both at Victoria Park in Brampton.
Brampton City Utd B vs. Niagara United B in the Second Division and scheduled for 3 pm has been cancelled, and so has the Brampton City Utd vs Niagara United fixture in the First Division, scheduled for Victoria Park with a 5 pm kickoff, been cancelled.
