ATTAK @ SERBIAN WHITE EAGLES AND NORTH YORK ASTROS

The Trois-Rivières Attak (9-3-8) will travel to Toronto to play its last two games of the regular season, first Friday against the Serbian White Eagles (13-4-2), and then Sunday against the North York Astros (4-12-4).

In addition of winning the Open Canada Cup, Marc Dos Santos' men also had a great season, losing only three of their first 20 games.

These defeats -all by one goal to the Serbian White Eagles- occurred early in the season (the last one was on June 17), but since then the young Mauricie team has gained experience and maturity, and may well be able to realize an historical double.

This fourth and last duel with one of the league's top team and actual leader is very important for the Attak players and coach Marc Dos Santos.

"The game against the White Eagles is very special for us because we only lost three times this season, and all against them, but we are a much better team now," explained Dos Santos. "This is very simple: if they beat us again, they are a better team than us. We have a great chance to turn an important page and show everyone what we are made of. If we beat them, the game on Sunday will be very important. If not, I will rotate some players and rest others for the play-offs."

Besides the game against the Serbs on Friday at 8pm, the Attak will also face North York on Sunday at 5pm. On July 7, the Attak defated them 2-1 in Trois-Rivières.

The Astros (20 games, 16 points) are fourth in the national division, well behind the Attak (20 games, 35 points) and the St. Catharines Wolves (21 games, 39 points).

To top St. Catharines and clinch the national division title, the Attak must return from Ontario with six points, and then wait and hope that the Wolves do not win in London on October 5.

In any case, the Attak will play its first play-offs game on home soil on October 13.

Games #21 and #22

Dates: September 28 (#21) and 30 (#22), 2007

Times: 8pm (#21) and 5pm (#22)

Places: Centennial Stadium, Toronto (#21) and Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto (#22)

Opponents: Serbian White Eagles (#21) and North York Astros (#22)

Teams' record (w-l-d): Attak (9-3-8); Serbian White Eagles (13-4-2); North York Astros (4-12-4)

Standings: Attak - second in the national division; Serbian White Eagles - first in the international division; North York Astros - fourth in the national division

Attak games this season:
20- September 22 vs London City, win 6-0 [Attak goalscorers: Joe Di Buono (2,3), Darko Kolic (9,10), Nicolas Lesage (14) and Alpha Bah (3); Attak goalkeepers: Vincent Cournoyer (Adytia Davalia, 67)]
19- September 16 @ Canadian Lions, draw 2-2 [Attak goalscorers: Darko Kolic (8) and Nicolas Lesage (13); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
18- September 14 @ Portuguese Supra, win 1-0 [Attak goalscorer: Elkana Mayard (3); Attak goalkeeper: Jon Paul Piques]
17- September 8 vs Canadian Lions, win 3-0 [Attak goalscorers: Nicolas Lesage (12), Jean-Louis Bessé (4) and Darko Kolic (7); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
16- August 25 vs St. Catharines Wolves, draw 0-0 [Attak goalkeeper: Jon Paul Piques]
15- August 18 vs Italia Shooters, draw 0-0 [Attak goalkeeper: Jon Paul Piques]
14- August 12 vs Windsor Border Stars, win 5-4 [Attak goalscorers: Darko Kolic (5,6), Alpha bah (2) and Nicolas Lesage (10,11); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
13- July 22 @ St. Catharines Wolves, draw 0-0 [Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
12- July 20 @ Toronto Croatia, draw 1-1 [Attak goalscorer: Ibrahim Baldeh (1); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
11- July 14 @ Windsor Border Stars, win 5-1 [Attak goalscorers: Nicolas Lesage (7,8,9), Joe Di Buono (1) and Alex Surprenant (2); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer (Lorenzo Borella, 84)]
10- July 13 @ London City, draw 2-2 [Attak goalscorers: Nicolas Lesage (6) and Alex Surprenant (1); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
9- July 7 vs North York Astros, win 2-1 [Attak goalscorers: Nicolas Lesage (5) and Alpha Bah (1); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
8- June 24 vs Canadian Lions, win 3-1 [Attak goalscorers: Nicolas Lesage (3,4) and Jean-Louis Bessé (3); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
7- June 17 vs Serbian White Eagles, loss 2-1 [Attak goalscorer: Darko Kolic (4); Attak goalkeeper: Gerry Argento]
6- June 10 @ Italia Shooters, draw 2-2 [Attak goalscorers: Jean-Louis Bessé (2) and Elkana Mayard (2); Attak goalkeeper: Gerry Argento]
5- June 3 vs Portuguese Supra, win 4-2 [Attak goalscorers: Darko Kolic (2,3), Guillaume Barrette (1) and Nicolas Lesage (2); Attak goalkeeper: Andrew Weber]
4- May 27 vs Serbian White Eagles, loss 3-2 [Attak goalscorers: Danny Anderson (1) and Darko Kolic (1); Attak goalkeeper: Gerry Argento]
3- May 20 @ Canadian Lions, win 2-1 [Attak goalscorers: Jean-Louis Bessé (1) and Nicolas Lesage (1); Attak goalkeeper: Gerry Argento]
2- May 18 @ Serbian White Eagles, loss 2-1 [Attak goalscorer: Elkana Mayard (1); Attak goalkeeper: Vincent Cournoyer]
1- May 13 vs Toronto Croatia, draw 0-0 [Attak goalkeeper: Andrew Olivieri]

Serbian White Eagles games this season:
19- September 23 @ North York Astros, win 5-0
18- September 21 vs North York Astros, win 2-1
17- September 13 vs Toronto Croatia, draw 1-1
16- September 9 @ North York, win 5-1
15- September 7 vs London City, win 3-1
14- August 26 @ Canadian Lions, loss 3-2
13- August 24 vs Portuguese Supra, win 2-1
12- August 17 vs St. Catharines Wolves, loss 3-1
11- August 12 @ Portuguese Supra, win 3-2
10- August 10 vs North York Astros, win 6-3
9- July 20 @ London City, win 4-0
8- July 7 @ Windsor Border Stars, win 4-0
7- July 4 @ St. Catharines Wolves, draw 1-1
6- June 24 @ Italia Shooters, loss 2-0
5- June 22 vs Italia Shooters, loss 1-0
4- June 17 @ Attak de Trois-Rivières, win 2-1
3- June 1 vs Canadian Lions, win 2-1
2- May 27 @ Attak de Trois-Rivières, win 3-2
1- May 18 vs Attak de Trois-Rivières, win 2-1

Previous meetings between the Attak and the Serbian White Eagles:

1- date and place: May 18, 2007 @ Centennial Stadium, Toronto

• result: Attak loss 2-1
• goalscorers: Gabriel Pop, Sasa Viciknez (Serbian WE) and Elkana Mayard (Attak)
• goalkeepers: Dusan Belic (Serbian WE) and Vincent Cournoyer (Attak)

2- date and place: May 27, 2007 @ UQTR Stadium, Trois-Rivières

• result: Attak loss 3-2
• goalscorers: Danny Anderson, Darko Kolic (Attak), Sasa Viciknez (2) and Milos Tanovic (Serbian WE)
• goalkeepers: Gerry Argento (Attak) and Dusan Belic (Serbian WE)

3- date and place: June 17, 2007 @ UQTR Stadium, Trois-Rivières

• result: Attak loss 2-1
• goalscorers: Darko Kolic (Attak) and Alex Braletic (2, Serbian WE)
• goalkeepers: Gerry Argento (Attak) and Dusan Belic (Serbian WE)

North York Astros games this season:
20- September 23 vs Serbian White Eagles, loss 5-0
19- September 21 @ Serbian White Eagles, loss 2-1
18- September 16 vs Windsor Border Stars, win 4-2
17- September 9 vs Srbian White Eagles, loss 5-1
16- August 26 vs Toronto Croatia, loss 5-0
15- August 24 @ Toronto Croatia, draw 2-2
14- August 19 @ Portuguese Supra, loss 2-1
13- August 12 @ Canadian Lions, draw 2-2
12- August 10 @ Serbian White Eagles, loss 6-3
11- August 1 @ St. Catharines Wolves, loss 2-1
10- July 21 @ Windsor Border Stars, loss 4-2
9- July 15 @ Italia Shooters, draw 1-1
8- July 7 @ Attak de Trois-Rivières, loss 2-1
7- June 24 vs London City, win 2-1
6- June 22 @ London City, loss 2-1
5- June 17 vs Italia Shooters, win 3-2
4- June 10 vs Portuguese Supra, win 3-2
3- June 3 vs Canadian Lions, draw 1-1
2- May 27 vs St.Catharines Wolves, loss 1-0
1- May 20 vs Italia Shooters, loss 4-0

Previous meeting between the Attak and the North York Astros:

• date and place: July 7, 2007 @ UQTR Stadium, Trois-Rivières
• result: Attak win 2-1
• goalscorers: Nicolas Lesage, Alpha Bah (Attak) and Pasubio Seminara (NY Astros)
• goalkeepers: Vincent Cournoyer (Attak) and Haidar Al Shabain (NY Astros)

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