Mississauga News: A Great Day for Croatia Fans
THE MISSISSAUGA NEWS
A great day for Croatia fans
Jun 12, 2002
Mississauga's Croatian community was in
soccer seventh heaven Saturday after a pair of great wins.
Car horns
were honking and flags were waving Saturday afternoon along Queen St. after
Toronto Croatia downed the Montreal Dynamite, 4-2, at Streetsville Memorial
Park.
That exciting Canadian Professional Soccer League victory came on
the heels of the national team's upset win over Italy at the World Cup, sending
local Croatian soccer fans into orbit.
Toronto Croatia is now perfect in
three starts, thanks mostly to an improved offensive attack that has already
netted 10 goals this season.
Mladen Dikic scored twice for Croatia with
Peter Curic and Brian Seljan also counting. Stephen Karl and Karl Eduard scored
for Montreal.
As for the Mississauga Olympians, they pulled off an upset
Friday night when they beat CPSL title contenders Toronto Supra, 3-2, at the
Erin Mills Twin Rinks.
According to Olympians head coach David Gee, the
Supra were still able to launch a potent offensive attack despite being handed
four red cards.
"I couldn't believe they were getting opportunities with
only seven guys," Gee said. "I couldn't wait for the final whistle."
Olympian midfielder Aaron Benjamin scored twice while striker Kevin De
Serpa also scored.
Croatia travels to meet London City this Friday while
the Olympians play the Vaughan Sun Devils Friday before taking on the North York
Astros on Sunday.
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