First Division winners SC Toronto and York Region Shooters battled to a 2-2 tie, while the game between Capital City FC and Mississauga Eagles ended scoreless. In three other games in the CSL Sunday, wins came for TFC Academy, a 7-0 rout of St. Catharines Wolves, Brampton City Utd, defeated Windsor Stars 4-1 and Toronto Croatia gained a 6-2 victory over North York Astros.
Six of the eight playoff spots have now been decided.
Toronto Croatia secured second position in the league standings as a result of their win over North York Astros at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke and the result was never in doubt following the 2-0 score at half time following an own goal after 3 minutes when Astros` John Jung steared the ball into his own net and a second goal scored by Croatia`s Niko Pisa just before the interval.
Hugo Herrera increased the Croatia lead to 3-0 at 47 minutes, Tihomir Maletic made it 4-0 on a breakaway at 62 minutes, his 17th of the season, Pesa struck his second and Croatia`s fifth for a 5-0 lead at 76 minutes and Bozenko Lesina made it 6-0 at 79 minutes.
The Astros scored twice in the closing minutes when Kurt Ramsey scored from the penalty spot after forward Nordo Gooden was fouled in the box, a 6-1 score and defender Steven Craig hit the second for a 6-2 result at the whistle.
York Region Shooters took a 1-0 lead on a goal by midfielder Mario Orestano six minutes into the game at the St. Joan of Arc ground at Maple, just north of Toronto and Alexandros Halis tied the score 1-1 for SC Toronto at 26 minutes, his 10th goal of the season.
The visitors were down to 10 men at the 28th minute mark when referee David Barrie pulled out a red card for midfielder David Alva and almost on half-time Massimo Mirabelli beat York Region goalkeeper Adam Majer for a 2-1 visitors` lead at the interval.
It was an even contest into the second half and the Shooters tied the score 2-2 at 65 minutes when defender Chris Turner found the net past SC Toronto ‘keeper Scott Cliff. The 2-2 score remained to the final whistle.
SC Toronto improve to a 19-2-3 WLT record for 60 points, having secured the CSL First Division title last week, while York Region Shooters are at 12-6-6 for 42 points and with two games remaining, their end of the regular season objective is to capture fourth position in the standings.
It was a windy Sunday at the Terry Fox Stadium in Canada’s capital and the scoreless tie between Capital City FC and Mississauga Eagles produced few opportunities to score due in part to the sound goalkeeping at both ends, Clint Irwin for the home side and Melford James Jr. for Mississauga.
Marcos Nunes increased the Brampton lead with a drive that found the corner of the net past Windsor goalkeeper Justin Danelon, 2-0 at 47 minutes, but the visitors bounced back with a goal by Stephen Ademolu at 62 minutes, he headed into the net past Brampton ‘keeper Roy Blanche, a 2-1 score.
Nunes scored his second of the game, 3-1 for
Forward Tristan Jackman scored the opening goal for
Stefan Vukovic struck his first of two goals to make it 3-0 at 58 minutes, forward Omari Morris made it 4-0 at 60 minutes and Vukovic scored his second 8 minutes later for a 5-0 lead. Vukovic now has 17 goals for the season, tied in the CSL scoring race with Richard West of Brampton City Utd and Tihomir Maletic of
Forward Michael Bilak scored the sixth
Camargo scored his second and number 7 for the academy team when he moved through four players to score from close in, a 7-0 final score.
The six teams to clinch a playoff berth are: SC Toronto, Toronto Croatia, Capital City FC, York Region Shooters, Serbian White Eagles and Montreal Impact Academy. Two more are to be decided.
The weekend’s complete Second Division results:
SECOND DIVISION
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TFC Academy II 9, Prospect FC 1
