Teamtalk: New
Teams Challenge CPSL Champions
by Winnipeg Fury
New teams challenge CPSL champions
by Andy Morris
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August 2001 (TEAMtalk) -- Two expansion teams are homing in on first place in
the CPSL, as defending champions Toronto Olympians look vulnerable.
Ottawa Wizards and Toronto Supra are well placed, with games in hand on
the top team.
Olympians are under pressure to win their home game
against Durham Flames on Wednesday to try and preserve the gap over the chasing
teams.
Olympians were held to a 1-1 draw by Toronto Croatia in their
last game at Birchmount Stadium. With the Wizards beating Glen Shields Sun
Devils 3-1, it put the team from the capital just five points behind with four
games in hand.
Ottawa look more like potential champions as the season
goes on, earning their sixth victory in nine games with the win over Glen
Shields.
Russell Shaw scored twice. Abraham Osman netted the other for
his 11th of the season, and Gus Kouzmanis replied.
The previous day Glen
Shields had been on the receiving end of another 3-1 scoreline, away to Montreal
Dynamites. The Quebec team kept up their challenge for a high place with a fifth
league win in nine attempts.
Leo Incollingo scored twice for the
Dynamites, Karl Stephen adding the other and Kouzmanis on target for the
visitors. Gerry Pean of Montreal and Agostino Vaglica plus coach David Benning
of the Sun Devils were ejected from the game.
On the same day, Brampton
Hitmen, another of the expansion teams, beat London City 3-2 for their first
league win.
This weekend's action should go a long way towards proving
who will be challenging at the end of the season.
Toronto Supra, four
points behind Olympians with two games in hand, take on the Wizards at home on
Saturday.
St. Catharines Roma Wolves, who gained a valuable point at
Supra last weekend, have another difficult test at Olympians on Sunday. The
Wolves currently lie second in the table, three points behind this weekend's
opponents and having played a game more.
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