September 17, 2004 CPSL games from CPSL website
NEWS
WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFF CONTENDERS TIE IN CRUCIAL GAMES FRIDAY NIGHT
The three top teams from each conference of the Canadian Professional Soccer League will qualify for the playoffs scheduled to get underway the first week of October, but if Brampton Hitmen as host of the weekend championship finals finish out of the first three in the Western Conference, they will be provided with a wild card second opportunity to be included.
The two games played Friday night were crucial to the playoff picture in the Western Conference and the three teams from the west taking part all came away with a point.
Toronto Croatia and Hamilton Thunder fought to a 2-2 tie at Memorial Park in Mississauga, while to the east of Toronto at the Civic Stadium in Oshawa, London City dropped two valuable points to tie 1-1 in their crucial game with winless Durham Storm.
Hamilton Thunder forward Sasa Milaimovic opened the scoring to put the team from Steeltown one-up at the 39th minute mark and Hamilton increased their lead to 2-0 on a penalty kick by midfielder Blazenko Bekevac.
Following a 2-0 score at half-time, Toronto Croatia came back with a goal by Zvjezdan Kresic at 72 minutes and Marko Milicevic scored a second five minutes later for a 2-2 tie that held up to the final whistle.
Hamilton Thunder remain on top of the Western Conference with a 9-3-6 WLT record for 33 points, six points ahead of Border Stars with 27 points from 16 games played. Hamilton have two games remaining, against Metro Lions and St. Catharines Wolves.
Toronto Croatia now have a 7-7-4 record for 25 points with games against London City and Brampton Hitmen remaining.
Durham Storm picked up their first point of the season at the Civic Stadium and took the lead with a goal at the 11th minute mark by Domico Coddington, but Fred Nunziata tied the score for London City almost on half-time for a 1-1 tie at the break and which held up to the end.
London City remain in the playoff picture with a 6-8-3 record for 21 points, with games against Brampton Hitmen, Toronto Supra and Toronto Croatia remaining.
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