Teamtalk;
Olympians Move Clear of Pack
by Winnipeg Fury
Olympians move clear of CPSL pack
21 August 2001 (TEAMtalk)
- Toronto Olympians moved six points clear at the top of the CPSL by beating
closest rivals St. Catharines Roma Wolves.
Olympians saw off their
Ontario rivals 3-2 in one of only two Sunday games to survive the heavy rain.
Their position was made even stronger when Toronto Supra, another of the
main challengers for first place, lost 1-0 away to the Montreal Dynamites.
Striker Bayette Smith was the hero for Olympians, who were trailing to
the Wolves with just four minutes left at Birchmount Stadium.
Smith tied
the scores with his first goal of the game, then produced the winning goal in
the dying seconds. It leaves Olympians on a 9-5-1 record while St. Catharines
and Supra both lie six points behind.
Supra missed a big chance at the
weekend to make ground on their city rivals, being held 0-0 by the Ottawa
Wizards on Saturday before losing at home to Montreal the next day, where
Jocelyn Roy scored the only goal.
A new name has joined the race for
league honours, and the CPSL is set for an exciting finish to the season with
seven of the 12 teams still in with a chance.
Durham Flames leapt into
contention with their 2-0 win over Olympians at Birchmount Stadium in their last
game. Flames moved into sixth place in the standings, just three points behind
second-place Supra and Wolves. The Oshawa team shutout the table-topping
Olympians, Craig Patton scoring his ninth goal of the season with the other goal
coming from Des Humphrey.
Brampton Hitmen, who had looked like ending
the season without a win, have suddenly spurted into life.
Winless in
their first nine games of the season, the expansion team have now won three in a
row and leapfrogged three teams. The last two wins came inside a week, 2-1 over
North York Astros and 3-1 against Montreal Dynamites.
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