Picture Goal By Thomas Beattie Gives London City The Tie
2010-06-12
Photo Taken By: Cam Vassallo.
London City and the Serbian White Eagles played to a 1-1 tie at Cove Road Field on Friday night, in front of another impressive crowd.City (1-1-1) fell behind early when Uros Stamatovic opened the scoring for the White Eagles just 3 minutes into the game. Stamatovic drove the ball past London keeper Scott Mueller from 6 yards.
Though it took London a little time to settle, they tied the game on a picture goal by midfielder Thomas Beattie at 28 minutes - the goal was Beattie's second of the early season. Kevin Zimmermann was taken down just outside the 18-yard box and Beattie stepped up and struck an unbelievable free kick, a drive that left Serbian Eagles’ goalkeeper Milos Kocic with no chance on the save.
To see a replay of the goal visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dr-g1_ZW3w
A well played second half saw no scoring by either side, though both sides had opportunities to push the result in their favour.
London City is on the road for the next two weeks for games against Milltown and the Serbian White Eagles. They will return home July 2, 2010 for an encounter with the North York Astros. Kick-off is 8:38PM.
To see pictures from Friday's game, courtesy of London photographer Cam Vassallo, please go to the following link:
http://www.canadasportweb.com/CSL/10/002/news.htm
