PICTURE: Despite early and relentless attacks on the Hamilton City goal, Vorkuta was kept off the scoresheet for most of the first half due to outstanding goalkeeping by Aleksandar Nikolic.
FC Vorkuta stretched its unbeaten streak to 16 games with a 3-1 victory over Hamilton City, SC Waterloo defeated Real Mississauga 4-0 and Scarborough SC dominated Brantford Galaxy 6-1, three games in the Canadian Soccer League First Division Saturday night.
FC Vorkuta was on the attack from the kickoff at Heritage Field, but top goalkeeping by Hamilton City’s Alexandar Nikolic kept the game scoreless until the 43rd minute when Vorkuta midfielder Valerii Yarmosh found the net, a tap in from a low cross by Mykola Temniuk. It was 1-0 at the break.
Temniuk made it 2-0 at 49 minutes after breaking through the Hamilton defence on his way to sending a hard drive into the corner of the net. Temniuk struck again at 55 minutes after taking a pass from Bohdan Borovskyi to beat goalkeeper Nikolic to the ball, then placing it into the net for a 3-0 Vorkuta lead. Temniuk’s two goals were his 15th and 16th of the season and the Ukrainian-born striker continues to lead the CSL First Division scoring.
Hamilton City reduced the lead to 3-1 at 80 minutes, a penalty kick following a foul in the box by Vorkuta’s Oleksandr Volchkov and Ilija Bajcetic scored for Hamilton from the spot. The 3-1 Vorkuta lead held to the final whistle.
Vorkuta remains unbeaten with a 13-0-3 WLT record for 42 points at the top of the First Division, six points clear of Scarborough in second place following the east Toronto team’s 6-1 victory over Brantford Galaxy in the late game played at the Heritage Field. Scarborough has an 11-2-3 record for 36 points, while Brantford Galaxy has a 2-12-1 record for 7 points at the foot of the standings.
Aleksandar Milovanovic opened the scoring for Waterloo against Real Mississauga at RIM Park at the 17th minute mark and midfielder Miodrag Kovacevic made it 2-0 at 41 minutes, the score at the break. It was Kovacevic’s 8th goal of the season.
Milovanovic scored a second goal for a 3-0 score at 48 minutes and defender Milos Urta completed the scoring at 59 minutes, a 4-0 result in favour of Waterloo at the final whistle.
Waterloo has an 8-7-1 record for 25 points in fourth position in the table, while Real Mississauga is in 9th position with a 2-10-1 record for 7 points.
FC Vorkuta, Scarborough SC, Serbian White Eagles, FC Ukraine United and SC Waterloo have clinched a position in the post season playoffs for the CSL Championship. Three additional teams will qualify
REMAINING FIRST DIVISION GAMES DURING THE WEEKEND:
Sunday, Sept. 15 Centennial Stadium 5 pm FC Ukraine United vs Kingsman A
UPCOMING SECOND DIVISION GAMES:
Wednesday, Sept. 18 12 pm Serbian White Eagles B vs Brantford Galaxy B
Wednesday, Sept. 18 9 pm Hamilton City B vs Kingsman B
