Scrosoppi’s senior men’s team earned plaudits on Tuesday night after a gutsy display against the Canadian Premier League leaders, Atlético Ottawa, in the TELUS Canadian Championship.

After an early Andreas Vaikla save, Noah DeDominicis gave the hosts a scare by latching onto a creative Omar Marzouk header that broke through the Ottawa backline. The young striker sprinted towards goal and saw his effort beat the goalkeeper but he was denied by the post.

The action-packed start culminated in the CPL side’s opener through a deflected effort from Kevin Dos Santos. Vaikla then stepped up several times throughout the game to keep the score at 1-0, and Scrosoppi almost found an equalizer in the second half through Omari Cotterell but his deflected effort was cleared off the line.

As SFC pressed to draw level, Ottawa scored their second in the 86th minute through Samuel Salter to book their spot in the next round. 

League matches

There were also Scrosoppi matches in the League1 Ontario League2 Divisions this week, with the men’s team losing to North Toronto but the women’s side coming out on top against Whitby with a 2-1 win.

Both senior Scrosoppi teams have the weekend off and return to regular-season action in League1 Ontario next weekend, starting with visiting Whitby in the Women’s Championship on Friday, May 9. Whitby are off to a winning start in the division and, this Sunday, are taking on an Oakville side who defeated Scrosoppi last time out.

Scrosoppi’s Men’s Premier team are back in action on Saturday, May 10 as they host Alliance United, who are currently second in the standings after a win and a tie from their opening two games. Alliance face North Toronto this weekend.