COQUITLAM, B.C. - The first game of the 2012 CCAA Men's Soccer
National Championship kicked off with OCAA wild card representative
Seneca Sting upseting the No. 1-seeded SAIT Trojans of ACAC
1-0.
The Trojans player of the game was Piotr Pestka, and for Seneca it
was Lamin Kamara.
The Sting took the lead just minutes into the game when
Jorge Perez sunk a floater over the Trojans keeper
after a hand ball call against the Trojans. The Trojans defence was
a little shaky coming out of the gate but found their feet deeper
into the game.
Pressure by the Trojans almost saw a turn-around 20 minutes into
the game, when the offence got in their first clean shot, which was
scooped up by the goalkeeper. Another shot was brilliantly
deflected over the net by Seneca defence.
Seneca has several good scoring opportunities late in the half but
failed to capitalize again. Forward Michael Duran
was a stand-out, pressuring the left side and peeling off a shot
just wide of the net a half hour in.
The Trojans cranked up the heat in the second half, forward Jaron
Broom dominating on the left side. He cranked in a dramatic shot
off Seneca keeper Peter Durst, but failed to get
past him.
Gbenga Ajibulu of the Trojans had a couple of opportunites in
front of an open net, but failed to get on target.
The intense game concluded with a yellow card against Seneca and
two red cards against the Trojans.
Seneca will face Humber in an all-OCAA national semifinal on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET. Humber defeated François-Xavier-Garneau 2-0 in its quarter-final match.
Humber defeated Seneca 2-0 in the OCAA gold medal match last month.
Championship Website: www.ccaa.ca/menssoccer2012
Source: Douglas College with files from OCAA Communications