A third straight shutout victory has put Surrey United in Firefighters a position to defend their Premier Division championship.
United struck twice in the second half for a 2-0 win over Croatia SC in Vancouver Metro Soccer League play Saturday evening at Hjorth Road Park. The win improves the Firefighter’s record to 5-0-4 (won-tied-lost), leaving the team in fourth place, tied with Surrey rival ICST Pegasus having played one more game.
Angus Burke scored the winning goal in the 50th minute, and Sean Einarsson added an insurance goal 15 minutes later. Paul Shepherd earned the shutout.
Surrey will be the visitors Saturday when they face ICSF Inter.
Pegasus collected four points last week, ripping Westside FC 6-2 Friday night, three days after playing to a scoreless tie with the Coquitlam Metro-Ford Wolves. Their record of 4-3-1 leads them four points back of West Van FC with a game in hand.
Andy Singh had the shutout for Pegasus against Coquitlam, then four goals from Sahil Sandhu in the victory over Westside. Carlos Dhaliwal and Azad Palani also scored in the win.
Sandhu’s output left him tied with United’s Burke for the league scoring lead, each with seven goals. Pegasus visits the Richmond Hibernians next Tuesday night.
The Delta United Hurricanes played to a 1-1 tie with first place West Van FC, leaving them in the middle of the pack with a 3-2-3 record which is good for seventh place in the 12-team league. Gagan Josan scored the Delta goal, tying the game in the 65th minute.
The Hurricanes are at home Sunday, hosting Norvan Pacific at John Oliver Park at noon.
– North Delta United sits alone in third place in the Fraser Valley Soccer League’s Premier Division.
North Delta defeated the TWU Titans 3-1 last Saturday at Delsom Park. At 5-1-3, North Delta is one point back of second place Port Moody Gunners. Goals came from Nick Baronian, Dave Burns and Kevan Gaull.
The Gunners defeated Surrey FC Athletic Club 3-1 last Wednesday night (Nov. 2). Scott McDonald tallied for the Athletic Club, which is in seventh place at 3-1-5 and will host Langley United Sunday evening at Newton Athletic Park at 6 p.m.
North Delta will be at home again next weekend, hosting the Chilliwack Rapids Saturday at 6 p.m. at Delsom Park.
