VORKUTA NEEDS GOALS TO ACHIEVE REGULAR SEASON DOUBLE FOLLOWING SECOND DIVISION TITLE WIN
FC Vorkuta B, the club’s reserve squad, has won the CSL Second Division with two games remaining in the regular season.
It’s the second league title victory following the First Division triumph in Vorkuta’s inaugural 2017 campaign.
The club is presently in a see-saw battle with FC Ukraine United for the top spot in the First Division. Vorkuta has two games remaining – against Hamilton City and Brantford Galaxy, while Ukraine United, with a three-points lead over Vorkuta, has just one remaining game (against CSC Mississauga) to complete its regular season schedule.
Ukraine United or Vorkuta will win the First Division. Each team may end the season with 38 points, in which case tie-breakers will be employed to decide the First Division title.
The teams are tied when the first tie-breaker – the head-to-head results between the two teams – is applied. The next tie-breaker, goal difference in regular season games, gives Ukraine United an edge with a goal differential of 36 compared to 30 for Vorkuta.
Vorkuta needs goals to achieve a regular season double and will travel to the Heritage Field for the match with Hamilton City on Sunday, that’s a 6.30 pm kickoff. Vorkuta’s last regular season match against Brantford Galaxy is on Thursday, September 20, a 9 pm kickoff at Esther Shiner Stadium. Ukraine United’s final regular season game against CSC Mississauga is on Sunday, September 23 at Centennial Stadium, a 7 pm start.
There is one First Division match this Saturday when SC Waterloo hosts Scarborough SC at RIM Park, a 6.30 pm kickoff and in addition to the Hamilton City vs FC Vorkuta game on Sunday, there is Brantford Galaxy at home to Real Mississauga, an 8.30 pm start at the Heritage Field.
There is one Second Division game this weekend when Milton SC B meets Brantford Galaxy B, a 7.30 pm start at Lions Park on Friday.