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By Rocket Robin Soccer In Toronto

CSL Result
Friday August 28th, 2009

Final Score
Serbian White Eagles 3, St Catharines Wolves 1

Venue
Centennial Stadium, Etobicoke

Kickoff
8:00 pm

Highlights
27 min … Wolves Tony Mermigas GOAL
Wolves Carlo Arghittu kicked a rebound shot from 18 yards up middle which sprawling goalie Marko Petrovic stopped at 6 yards but Mermigas kicked in rebound from 12 yards over fallen goalie to right side of net.

30 min … White Eagles Sasa Viciknez GOAL
Viciknez blasts 28 yard freekick from left over player wall and into top right corner of net on bending shot.

41 min … White Eagles RED card
Goalie Marko Petrovic earns a direct ejection from referee Manuel Orellano for charging out of his box to the right and tripping Wolves forward Carlo Arghittu when he had trouble clearing the ball and Arghittu got by him. Back-up goalie Marlon Juman subbed in and took the place of an outfield player.

55 min … White Eagles Kiril Dimitrov GOAL
White Eagles Sasa Viciknez cornerkick from left has defender head ball out of box. Dimitrov gets rolled pass up middle and as he was not offside turned and chipped a low 10 yard shot into left side of net over sprawling goalie Claudio Perri.

74 min … White Eagles Sasa Viciknez GOAL
White Eagles Alex Braletic rushes on right and cuts diagonally to center of field and passes ball forward and left to Viciknez who shoots 12 yard shot from sharp left into right corner of net.

Notes
Attendance was about 125 on this mild evening with the temperature dropping quickly and the wind picking up in speed.

The Red card was really unnecessary by Marko Petrovic as it appeared if he’d have let Carlo Arghittu run by him without tripping him up, Arghittu would have retained possession just inside the right side line but two retreating defenders had a good chance of cutting off his angle and stop any cross he had in mind.

It was a great surprise that White Eagles scored two goals in the second half while playing a man down and running into a strong gusty wind. Back up goalie Marlon Juman looked a bit shaky and had defender Marc Jankovic take most of the goal kicks. Wolves put in a lot of pressure at the start of the second half and had five cornerkicks in the first eight minutes after the break.

Sasa Viciknez had two brilliant goals with a bending freekick like David Beckham would take to tie the game and a tough angle shot to put the game out of reach. The White Eagles were frustrated with being called offside so often but tried again with the pass to set up his second goal. Viciknez also set up teammates with freekicks and cornerkicks which weren’t converted.

Wolves’ manager Armand Difruscio says his team is shorthanded right now with a player suspended and some away on vacation. This year they will not lose any players going back to school so they are pretty settled on their roster for the rest of the season. Goals are hard for them to come by with them only scoring their 13th in 14 games this season. Their defence has been outstanding but they have let in three goals in two out of their last three games—both losses against Brampton Lions and White Eagles. They’ve had a 0-0 home game tie against Toronto Croatia in between.

White Eagles jump to first place in the CSL for at least the start of this weekend although Toronto Croatia can leap over them with a home game on Sunday night against London City here at Centennial Stadium.