SUNDAY VICTORY BRINGS LEAGUE TITLE DOWN TO VORKUTA’S FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME
FC Vorkuta outplayed Hamilton City 5-1 and Brantford Galaxy scored a narrow 1-0 victory over Real Mississauga, two games in the CSL First Division Sunday night.
Sergii Ivliev scored twice, numbers 11 and 12 on the season, to increase the striker’s lead in the CSL First Division scoring title. Others were singles by Oleh Kerchu (goal number 4 on the season), Mykhailo Riabyi ( 4 on the season) and Valerii Haidarzhi. It was 3-0 at the break.
Midfielder Stefan Blazic struck the lone Hamilton City goal at 55 minutes.
The win places Vorkuta in a tie on points at the top of the table with Ukraine United – each has an 11-2-2 WLT record for 35 points. The teams are tied on two tiebreakers – total wins in regular season and head to head record against each other based on total points. Ukraine United has the two-goal advantage on the next tiebreaker, which is goal difference.
Both teams have one game remaining in the regular season and if still tied on points following these final games, the goal differential will decide the First Division winner. Should the teams be tied on the goal differential, the total goals scored during the regular season will then be the tiebreaker.
Vorkuta’s last regular season match is against Brantford Galaxy is on Thursday, September 20, a 9 pm kickoff at Esther Shiner Stadium and Ukraine United’s final regular season game against CSC Mississauga is on Sunday, September 23 at Centennial Stadium, a 7 pm start.
A goal at 14 minutes by Brantford Galaxy striker Donart Beqiri was enough to give the home side a 1-0 victory over Real Mississauga at the Heritage Field, a result that improved the Galaxy to a 3-8-2 record for 11 points to now tie Real Mississauga (3-8-2 for 11 points) for seventh position in the standings.
There are two rare midweek games scheduled this week when on Tuesday, September 18, Hamilton City is at home at the Heritage Field to visiting CSC Mississauga, an 8 pm kickoff, and on Thursday, September 20 it’s the Vorkuta final regular season match at home to Brantford Galaxy. The venue is Esther Shiner Stadium, a 9 pm start