August 6, 2007 CSL Open Canada Cup Quarterfinal results (from CSL media release)
OPEN CANADA CUP UPDATE
Monday - August 6, 2007
Italia, Windsor advance
Italia Shooters and Windsor Border Stars will join Trois-Rivieres Attak, London City and a winner from British Columbia in the Open Canada Final Weekend following Third Round victories Monday.
Italia Shooters won 1-0 in a squeaker at The Soccer Centre in Vaughan following an earlier more decisive 4-0 result by the visiting Border Stars over Portuguese Supra at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke.
It was an entertaining contest at The Soccer Centre despite few opportunities for goals resulting in a scoreless tie at the interval. But that soon changed when play resumed and midfielder Joshua Jaramillo broke through the Astros’ defence from outside the penalty box to beat goalkeeper Ratko Ivanovic from close range at the 46th minute mark.
North York pressed for an equalizer, but Italia Shooters held on for the 1-0 win.
It all went wrong early for Portuguese Supra expecting to advance in the Open Canada Cup following a number of disappointing league results, when at 22 minutes defender Ron Nicholas was red carded for a professional foul hand ball and Windsor striker Aaron Byrd made no mistake from the spot.
Byrd added a second eight minutes later and forward Gino Berardi struck a third at 39 minutes for a 3-0 lead at half-time.
Portuguese fought in the second half to get back into the game, but at 66 minutes Windsor’s Robbie Nelson put the game out of reach at 4-0, the eventual score at the final whistle.
Italia shooters and London City will meet in a wild card game on Friday, August 31 at Cove Road in London and the winner will join Trois-Rivieres Attak, Windsor Border Stars and the winner of the playdowns underway in British Columbia involving 24 Open Canada Cup Western Qualifier teams.
The wild card game becomes necessary to meet the Open Canada Cup Rules and Regulations, Rule 4.1.4, that provides for the Open Canada Cup Final Weekend host team if defeated during the rounds a further opportunity to enter the last four.
The wild card game will be followed during the weekend by the semi-finals and the Open Canada Cup Final game on Labour Day, Monday, September 3.
The Western Canada Qualifier Teams are: ACBC cat, Western United, Hilane Auto, F.C. Euro Selects, Poco Pacific SC, Europa FC, Green Devils FC, Langley United Nomads FC, ACBC, EA Sports, Mission United, Poco City FC, Cliff Avenue United, UCFV Alumni, Croatia SC, GN Sporting, Punjab Hurricanes, ICSF Inter, Nigeria,Wickam FC, Vancouver Olympic United, AFC, Fiji FC, Columbus Clan.
Open Canada Cup Summary: Preliminary Round Results Jean-Talon 2007 (Montreal)5,Capital City Ambass(Ottawa)1 GS United (Toronto) 2, AEK London (London) 1 Second Round Results Portuguese Supra 2 Canadian Lions 1 Windsor Border Stars 2, St. Catharines Wolves 1 Italia Shooters 2, GS United 0 North York Astros 3, Serbian White Eagles 3 (North York Astros won 5-4 on penalty kicks) Trois-Rivieres Attak 3, Jean-Talon 2007 1 Third Round Results Trois-Rivieres Attak 6, London City 0 Italia Shooters 1, North York Astros 0 Windsor Border Stars 4, Portuguese Supra 0
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