PHOTO: Renny Harlan
The opening match of three played in the Canadian Soccer League at the Mattamy Sports Park on Saturday was suspended by the referee at 57 minutes due to misconduct on the field of play. In the second game, Serbian White Eagles controlled the play to defeat Weston United 4-0 and in the late game, an early first half goal gave Toronto Falcons a 1-0 result over Ooty Black Pearl.
There were eight yellow cards and three players ejected in a rough and tumble affair that got out of hand with verbal abuse including threats, all of which was enough for referee Milodrag Akmadzic to end the Dynamo Toronto vs Scarborough opener in the second half. An additional red card was shown following the whistle that abandoned the encounter. Dynamo Toronto led 2-0 from goals by forward Mykola Temniuk at 24 minutes, and defender Vadym Gostiev’s strike at the 47th minute mark.
The league has indicated there will be an inquiry by its discipline panel to decide the disposition of the match and discipline considerations for a game which ended with more than 30 minutes remaining on the clock.
Serbian White Eagles’ prolific scorer Maro Stajic opened the scoring with a quick goal from inside the box just two minutes after the kickoff against Weston United. Forward Stefan Milosevic then found the net past Weston goalkeeper Vinicius Pinto de Carvalho at the 12th minute mark for a 2-0 lead at the break. Nikola Durkovic scored twice in a six minute period halfway through the second half when Serbian White Eagles controlled most of the play.
Weston United was reduced to 10 men when midfielder Joao Emmanuel Matos was shown the red card at 56 minutes. It was 4-0 in favour of Serbian White Eagles at the final whistle for the Toronto area team to lead the CSL standings.
There were three attempts including two rebounds before Denys Diachenko put the ball into the net at 14 minutes for Toronto Falcons, a goal almost saved by Oooty Black Pearl goalkeeper MacLean Hawkins-Olinskie in the late game. The goal held to the final whistle for a 1-0 result to give the Falcons its first victory in the campaign, while Ooty Black Pearl is without a win.
The Canadian Soccer League resumes its 2023 schedule on July 8 with three games at a new location Paramount Field 2 in Mississauga.
2PM Toronto Falcons vs Weston United FC
4PM Hamilton City 1 vs FC Dynamo
6PM Scarborough SC vs OOTY Black Pearl FC