CPSL: Mancini
Keeps Olympians in the Hunt
by Winnipeg Fury
Monday, September 17, 2001
FOUR-GOAL MANCINI KEEPS OLYMPIANS IN
THE HUNT
Weekend split for Ottawa Wizards
VAUGHAN—Midfielder Dave
Mancini, a late starter who joined Toronto Olympians mid-June following his term
at Fairfield College in the U.S., banged in four goals to lead the defending
CPSL champions to a resounding 6-0 win over Glen Shields Sun Devils at
Birchmount Stadium yesterday. Mancini, a 22 year-old rookie, led his team with a
win that kept the Olympians in first place in the standings, a precarious
one-point edge over Ottawa Wizards. The Wizards suffered a rare loss yesterday,
a 2-0 decision to Brampton Hitmen at Victoria Park to give the team from eastern
Ontario a weekend split following their 1-0 victory over Durham Flames the
previous day. Mancini had previously scored four singles since joining the team.
Other Olympians' scorers in the 6-0 rout, were Danny Ziannis and James Bridge.
Ivan Jurisic and Kurt Mella scored for the Hitmen in their 2-0 surprise
victory.
Olympians now have a 14-5-1 W-L-T record for 43 points,
while the Wizards are at 13-2-3.
Toronto Supra improved their playoff
hopes with a 2-1 win over North York Astros at Brockton Stadium yesterday to
move into third place on an improved 9-4-5 record for 32 points. Ryan Gamble led
the way with two goals for the Supra and they led 2-0 until Bill Androutsos
found the net for the Astros four minutes from time.
THE PLAYOFF
PICTURE
With North York Astros and Durham Flames slipping out of the
playoff picture, there now appears to be four teams fighting for the two of the
four playoff spots available, assuming Toronto Olympians and Ottawa Wizards
occupy the top two.
St. Catharines Roma Wolves registered their
determination to be one of the top four with a 7-1 win over London City on
Friday and that followed a 2-1 win over North York Astros on Wednesday. Toronto
Croatia kept pace with a 2-1 win over Brampton Hitmen at Memorial Park on Friday
and Montreal Dynamites, idle over the weekend, stay in contention with games in
hand over their three rivals. The Dynamites sit in a handy fifth place with 31
points, just two behind St. Catharines.
The Roma Wolves and Dynamites
meet at Club Roma this Saturday.
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