Monday September 2nd, 2001.
CPSL Weekend
Wrap-up
by Bill Spiers
WIZARDS POISED FOR LEAGUE TITLE WIN
Winning streak continues with
7-0 weekend triumph
VAUGHAN—Monday, September 3—Ottawa Wizards kept up their
pursuit of the league title with a resounding 7-0 win over London City yesterday
and this followed a decisive 3-1 triumph over Durham Flames the previous day to
give the first-year CPSL club an impressive 11-1-3 (W-L-T) record for 36 points
and an unbeaten streak stretching back to June 29. It was the Wizards’ second
7-0 victory, having defeated York Region Shooters by the same score on July
1.
Wizards’ Kevin Nelson led the rout of London City with a hat-trick and
this followed his two goals the previous day to vault the Ottawa striker to the
top of the goalscoring race with 18 for the year. Abraham Osman scored a single,
his 15th of the season and Samir Karaga, Sanjeen Parmer and Mario Adrijanic
rounded out the 7-0 win.
With three games in hand, Ottawa now trails Toronto
Olympians (37 points) by just one point following the Olympians’ 3-0 shutout
over Brampton Hitmen at Victoria Park. Eddy Berdusco scored two goals in that
game, his 11th. and 12th of the season, with Dave Mancini notching a
single.
Montreal Dynamites had an impressive 6-point weekend, a 3-0 shutout
of London City on Saturday and followed-up with a 9-2 trouncing of Durham Flames
at Robillard Stadium yesterday. Leo Incollingo, Karl Stephen and Kyriakos
Selaidopoulos each scored two for the Dynamites, with Jose Guerra, Bruno Nue and
Nasson Theosmy scoring singles. Guerra, Nue and Stephen accounted for the three
goals on Saturday. Montreal jumps to third position in the standings with a
9-5-2 record for 29 points, but they trail Ottawa by seven points and have
played a game more.
Toronto Supra squeaked a 2-1 win over Glen Shields Sun
Devils yesterday after Danny Sankar gave the Sun Devils a 1-0 lead at the 37th
minute mark. But Jose Silva tied the game half-way through the second half and
Paulo Waldez scored an all-important winner after 77 minutes, his fourth goal of
the season.
North York Astros scored their fifth win of the season, blanking
York Region Shooters 2-0 at Esther Shiner yesterday. Jose Aniekwe and Dejan
Gluscevic, his sixth of the season, scored for the home team which now has a
5-7-3 record for 18 points. The Shooters lost the game and a coach, with Adam
Pagliaroli stepping down earlier and Dave Rumack taking over for the
inauspicious debut.
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