DurhamRegion:
Flames Return to Action at Civic Stadium
September 6, 2002
Flames return to action at Civic Stadium...finally
After
almost a month away, soccer squad returns for key game
Saturday
OSHAWA - After nearly a month away from home, the Durham
Flames return to play at Civic Stadium on Saturday.
And it's a big game
for the Canadian Professional Soccer League club.
Needing to pass two
teams in the Eastern Conference in order to make the playoffs, the Flames
(5-6-2) will almost certainly need a win to keep those hopes alive when they
face the Vaughan Sun Devils (3-7-2) Saturday at 6 p.m.
The Flames have
17 points in 13 games this season and currently sit in fifth place in the
conference, one point back of the York Region Shooters, four back of both the
Montreal Dynamites and the Metro Lions, and 20 back of the first-place Ottawa
Wizards.
The top three teams qualify for playoffs.
The Flames
have a big home-and-home set next weekend with the Shooters, in York Sept. 13
and in Oshawa Sept. 14 at 6 p.m.
In their most recent league action, the
Flames fell 5-2 in Toronto to Supra Aug. 29 and beat the Wolves 1-0 in St.
Catharines Aug. 21.
In Cup play, the Flames were eliminated in the
quarterfinals after a loss and a tie with the Brampton Hitmen.
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