WATERLOO AND SCARBOROUGH ADVANCE IN CSL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS
SC Waterloo scored a late winner in extra time to defeat Serbian White Eagles 2-1 and Scarborough SC also advanced with a 4-1 victory over Hamilton City, two CSL Championship quarterfinal playoff games in the Canadian Soccer League played Saturday.
Midfielder Miodrag Kovacevic opened the scoring for Waterloo at 19 minutes and defender Zoran Pesic found the net for a late second half equalizer for Serbian White Eagles in a well-played encounter, tied at 90 minutes to then go into 15 minutes each way extra time at RIM Park, Waterloo.
The outcome was in doubt to the end when Vladimir Zelenbaba struck from the penalty spot for Waterloo. The winning goal came with just three minutes to the final whistle, to advance the home side into the semifinals.
In the earlier game at Birchmount Stadium, defender Angel Angelov opened the scoring at 33 minutes for Scarborough SC in the quarterfinal match against Hamilton City and Atif Hammud Ali made it 2-0 for the home side at the 42nd minute mark.
Hamilton City struck back just four minutes later when Peter Aleksic found the net past Scarborough goalkeeper John Trye, a 2-1 score at the break.
Scarborough’s Zoran Knezevic increased the lead to 3-1 with a picture goal at the 60th minute mark, a powerful volley from 27 yards that caught the top corner out of reach of Hamilton goalkeeper Stefan Avramovic. Midfielder Neven Radakovic completed the scoring for Scarborough at 70 minutes and it was 4-1 at the final whistle.
Waterloo will meet the winner of the FC Vorkuta vs Real Mississauga quarterfinal clash being played Sunday, September 30 and Scarborough will take on the winner of the FC Ukraine United vs Brantford Galaxy quarterfinal encounter being played the same day.
In the Second Division playoff semifinals for the CSL Second Division Championship, FC Vorkuta B will be at home to Brantford Galaxy B and Halton United B will host Scarborough SC B.
All semifinal venues will be announced early the week October 1, the games to be completed by Sunday, October 7.
The CSL Second Division Championship Final at 1 pm and the CSL Championship Final at 3 pm will be played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke Saturday, October 13.
