A late goal by midfielder Vladimir Strizovic was enough to give Serbian White Eagles a narrow 1-0 victory over CSC Mississauga at Centennial Stadium, the only match played in the Canadian Soccer League Friday.
With most of the play in the midfield leaving few opportunities to find either net, a scoreless outcome loomed large until Serbian White Eagles winger Bozidar Tadic found Milos Scepanovic with a free kick. Scepanovic moved the ball to Strizovic who beat Mississauga goalkeeper Akeem Henry for the winning goal at the 79th minute mark.
Scepanovic came close to increasing the score 10 minutes later with a powerful drive that narrowly missed the upper woodwork. Bozidar, a recent acquisition who played top-flight in Greece and other parts of Europe was dangerous on the left wing, but the score held at 1-0 at the final whistle.
CSC Mississauga, which struggled in its inaugural 2018 season, continued with a strong performance that produced a 4-0 victory over Kingsman on June 16.
“Our team played well despite the loss and especially considering we were missing four players in Europe as part of the Toronto Croatia entry in the Croatian World Club Championship,” explained CSC Mississauga GM Mile Milkovic following the final whistle. Milkovic was referring to the games about to be played in Zagreb consisting of Canberra FC (Australia), SC Croat San Pedro (United States), NK Pajde Mohlin (Switzerland), Toronto Croatia (Canada), SV Slavonija Bern (Switzerland) and Vojvodina (Serbia). The competition is played every four years and Toronto Croatia has won two of the three times played to date. The Toronto roster now in the Croatian capital consists of 22 players. The final is played on June 28.
The remaining games in the First Division of the Canadian Soccer League this weekend are:
Saturday, June 22, Heritage Field 6:30 pm Hamilton City vs Brantford Galaxy
Saturday, June 22, Huron Park 7 pm Real Mississauga SC vs Kingsman A
Saturday, June 22, Ontario Soccer Centre 9 pm FC Vorkuta vs SC Waterloo
Sunday, June 23, Centennial Stadium 7:30 pm FC Ukraine United vs Scarborough SC
There is one game in the CSL Second Division:
Saturday, June 22, St. Roberts Field 3 pm FC Vorkuta B vs Serbian White Eagles B
