TORONTO - What's better than Ontario Colleges Athletic
Association (OCAA) men's soccer? OCAA men's sudden death
soccer.
It is now crunch time for the 12 teams that qualified for the OCAA
post-season, with only four guaranteed of a quarter-final berth.
OCAA East champion Algonquin College (6-0-2), East runner-up
Centennial College (5-1-2), OCAA West champion Humber College
(6-1-1) and West runner-up Fanshawe College (6-1-1) earned
well-deserved byes into the next round, and will have plenty of
time to work off their Thanksgiving meals before they take to the
pitch again.
For the other eight teams, there will be one more match before any
turkey carving. Clubs will compete against division foes for one
more match, as the third place team hosts the sixth-best club in
their respective region, while the fifth seed visits the fourth.
The winners will then crossover and visit those with byes in the
opposite division.
The 2013 OCAA Men's Soccer Championship takes place at Algonquin
College in Ottawa from Oct. 25-26.
St. Lawrence-Kingston (3-3-2, 6th East) at Seneca (5-2-1,
3rd East)
Wednesday, Oct. 9 - 4:30 p.m.
The St. Lawrence Vikings and Seneca Sting are wasting no time
getting the post-season started.
When they last met on Sept. 20 in Kingston, Seneca departed with a
6-0 victory. The Sting had a balanced scoring attack, with five
different players scoring.
Seneca is led offensively by third-year forward Mauricio
Chamale (Stouffville) who scored seven goals in eight
matches. Another third-year forward, Gabe Jones
(Kingston), led all Vikings with six goals in eight matches.
Seneca has struggled in its last two games with a loss and draw.
St. Lawrence is undefeated in its last three matches (one win and
two draws). The winner visits Fanshawe in the quarter-finals.
Niagara (3-3-2, 5th West) at St. Clair (4-2-2, 4th
West)
Friday, Oct. 11 - 6:30 p.m.
The West bracket begins under the lights on the shores of the
Detroit River.
These teams opposed each other on the shores of the Welland
Canal on Sept. 22, where the outcome was a 1-1 draw. That won't
happen this time around, with extra time or penalty kicks being
used to decide a winner.
St. Clair second-year midfielder Luis Cortes
(Leamington) and Niagara first-year player Jordi
Amores (Niagara Falls) were the goal scorers when these
teams last met.
St. Clair has won two straight, while Niagara is coming off a
victory in its regular season finale. The winner travels to
Algonquin for the quarter-finals.
Redeemer (2-4-2, 6th West) at Sheridan (6-1-1, 3rd
West)
Saturday, Oct. 12 - 2 p.m.
Although tied for the best record in the region, Sheridan did not
win the tiebreaker and is forced to play an extra playoff
round.
The Bruins opened the regular season at Redeemer on Sept. 7, with
Sheridan winning 6-1. Fourth-year player Nicholas
Lindsay (Brampton) scored three of his OCAA-leading 11
goals in the match.
Zach Kingma (Ilderton) and Lewis
Tuninga (Orillia) led Redeemer with two goals each during
regular season play.
Sheridan won three of its last four matches to close the season.
Redeemer is winless in four matches, including two draws. The
winner visits Centennial in the quarter-finals.
Fleming (4-3-1, 5th East) at Durham (5-2-1, 4th
East)
Saturday, Oct. 12 - 3 p.m.
Durham edged Fleming 1-0 on the road on Sept. 17. As a result,
Durham gets to host the qualifying match between these clubs.
Second-year players Kashiff DeJonge (Ajax) and
Marco Trotta (Oshawa) led Durham in scoring with
four goals each.
Fleming also had co-leaders in team scoring, with third-year
defender Oshane Hylton (Ajax) and first-year
midfielder Jacob Miller (Mono) scoring two times
during the regular season.
Both Durham and Fleming are undefeated in three matches, including
two wins and a draw. The winner travels to Humber for the
quarter-finals.
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