September 4, 2006 CSL Brampton Stallions vs Ottawa St Anthony Italia Open Canada Cup semi-final (from CSL website)
DESERVED 3-1 WIN FOR OTTAWA ITALIA
Monday - September 4, 2006
A Lynx vs. Ottawa final
Ottawa St. Anthony Italia are heading to the Open Canada Cup Final for the second time in the brief four-year existence of the competition following their 3-1 defeat of Brampton Stallions at the Cove Road ground in London Monday.
The Ottawa team earned full marks for the 3-1 victory, the score being a reflection of the play with Ottawa having a decided edge throughout.
The capital city team will meet the Toronto Lynx in the final and the venue is yet to be announced.
Ottawa St. Anthony Italia, which has been a prominent member of the Ottawa soccer community for more than 50 years, lost the 2004 Open Canada Cup Final to Windsor Border Stars on penalty kicks following a 1-1 tie after regulation 90 minutes and 30 minutes of overtime. The Ottawa team has also reached this year's Ontario Cup Final and a win means a berth with the other provincial champions for the Canadian Challenge Cup and the national amateur title.
Ladislas Kikunda opened the scoring for Ottawa Italia on a free kick at the 28th minute in Monday's semifinal and Abraham Osman made it 2-0 four minutes later. Brampton forward Hugo Herrera scored five minutes after the interval to make it 2-1, but Alain Njima increased the lead to 3-1 for Ottawa at 74 minutes, the final score.
Results to date in the 2006 Open Canada Cup: FIRST ROUND Hamilton Serbians 1, GS United 0 London AEK 5, Hamilton Argentina 78 0 SECOND ROUND Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 4, Laval Dynamites 2 Italia Shooters 2, vs. Oakville Blue Devils 0 Brampton Stallions 5, North York Astros 0 London AEK 1, St. Catharines Wolves 0 Hamilton Serbians 3, Toronto Supra Portuguese 2 London City 4, Caribbean Selects 1 Serbian White Eagles 2. Toronto Lynx 2 (Toronto Lynx win 4-3 on penalty kicks) THIRD ROUND: London AEK 2, London City 1 Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 1, Windsor Border Stars 0 Brampton Stallions 1, Italia Shooters 0 Toronto Lynx 1, Hamilton Serbians 0 WILD CARD GAME Ottawa St.Anthony Italia 3, London City 1 FIRST SEMI-FINAL Toronto Lynx 1, London AEK 0 SECOND SEMI-FINAL Ottawa St. Anthony Italia 3, Brampton Stallions 1
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