CIS men's soccer Friday roundup: York's Badat scores two in win over Brock

TORONTO - Alon Badat scored two goals to lead the York University Lions men's soccer team to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Brock Badgers at York Stadium on Friday (Sept. 9).
 
The Thornhill, Ont., native gave his team a 1-0 lead in the 73rd minute when his shot from 15 yards out sailed past Brock goalkeeper Ryan Toale of Brampton, Ont. His second of the game in injury time at the end of the half. He currently leads all players in the OUA with four goals in the first four games.
 
Badat, the reigning OUA West rookie of the year, had a tremendous game against the Badgers with seven shots on goal, including one in the 82nd minute that beat Toale but rolled just wide of the left goalpost.
 
Lions goalkeeper Sotiri Varlokostas of Toronto earned the shutout in net, his third of the season.
 
The Lions controlled the ball for much of the game and gave the Badgers very little opportunity on offence. Brock had multiple free kicks but just one corner and failed to register a shot on goal. In addition to Badat's scoring chances, Jarek Whiteman of Brampton, Ont., and Branko Majstorovic of Mississauga, Ont., each had three shots on goal and Adrian Pena of Woodbridge, Ont., had two.
 
The victory was the Lions' third of the season to go along with a tie in their season opener, putting their record at 3-0-1. They sit atop the OUA West standings with 10 points, while the Badgers dropped to 1-3-0 on the year and are tied for fifth with three points.
 
With their busy opening week now over, the Lions will get a five-day rest before resuming action next Wednesday (Sept. 14) against the UOIT Ridgebacks. Game time is set for 3:15pm at York Stadium.

Source: York Sports Info

LANGLEY, British Columbia – In a game laden with yellow cards, nine in total, the Trinity Western men’s soccer team fell to visiting Fraser Valley 1-0 in both team’s season opening match played at Rogers Park Friday.

In front of a boisterous crowd of 630, the Spartans fell behind in the 17th minute on a goal by Craig Robinson and, in what was a rather sloppy game from both sides, were unable to discover an equaliser.

The victory marked the first time the Cascades have ever taken all three points from CIS match at Trinity Western.

“The game lacked the passion and lacked the passion we needed to display to have success,” said TWU coach Pat Rohla. “I think we were all waiting on someone else to do it instead of going after it. It was too little too late. We created opportunities at the end but nobody really wanted to step and finish it. Collectively it was not good. Individually it was not good. We had a good preseason but this league play and you have to be able to go up another notch to have success.”

The game never really found any sort of consistent flow as the teams combined for 28 fouls and, trudging along, managed to collect more cards – five yellows for TWU and four yellows for UFV – than shots on target, with each team putting just four attempts on net. 

The two rivals, who last time they locked horns at Rogers Park combined for six yellow cards and two red cards, did get off to a bit of see-saw start that struck hope in fans that the game had potential for excitement.

Former Cascades striker Spencer Schmidt – now with the Spartans – who was soundly booed by UFV supporters when his name was announced amongst the TWU starters and then heckled again when he touched the ball in the early stages, looked dangerous in the first few minutes but with tight coverage, notably from UFV’s Ravi Singh, he was slowed as the game progressed and ultimately was unable to generate much substance.

Robinson opened the scoring when he collected a long ball from Juan Pablo Mora Perea and broke in on the right side of the box. Once inside the area, he took a left flowing shot that deflected off a defender and went right, beating Spartans goalie Andrew Fink low and to his left as he could do nothing but watch the ball ricocheted in.

From there, it was a lot of kick and chase as neither team seemed interested in seizing momentum or creating any sort of offensive push.

The last registered shot on net came in the 41st minute when UFV goalie Mark Village stopped a Schmidt attempt. Neither goalie was tested in the final 50 minutes.

The Spartans best chance to tie the game came in the 86th minute when Goran Vitic found the ball at his feet near the penalty kick spot. But, despite Village scrambling to get back in position, giving Vitic an opportunity, the fifth-year midfielder whipped the ball wide right.

That was as close as TWU would come on this night as the Cascades would go on to celebrate a monumental victory.

Game Notes:  The Spartans had 12 total shots while the Cascades had 11…TWU had eight corner kicks while UFV had five…UFV was whistled for five offside calls while TWU wasn’t called offside once.

Source: Trinity Western Sports Info