PLAYOFF: SEMI-FINAL AGAINST SERBIAN WHITE EAGLES

The Trois-Rivières Attak and Serbian White Eagles will battle for the fifth and final time of the season, in the semi-finals of CSL playoff, Sunday at 5pm at Esther Shiner Stadium, North York.

Trois-Rivières qualified for the semi-finals following a 3-0 victory over Italia Shooters, last Saturday at UQTR Stadium. Goals from Nicolas Lesage, Elkana Mayard and Darko Kolic permitted the Attak to win its last home game of the season.

The White Eagles defeated Windsor 2-1, following goals from Nikola Budalic, a former Impact player, and Zoran Kokot.

Thanks to his goal last weekend, Nicolas Lesage (19 goals) is actually the league's top goalscorer, whereas White Eagles' Gabriel Pop is second with 18.

Following three defeats in the first three meetings with the Serbs (2-1 on May 18 in Toronto, and then 3-2 on May 27 and 2-1 on June 17 in Trois-Rivières), the Mauricie team won the last duel, 4-2, on September 28 in Toronto.

After winning the Open Canada Cup, on September 3rd, the Attak players aim for another final.

"Our victory against the Serbs at the end of the season gave us a lot of confidence, we know we can beat them again," said François Boivin. "For sure, this will be a very tough and tight game, but we are determined to prolong our season a game further…"

In the other semi-final match-up, St-Catharines will face Toronto Croatia, Saturday at 4pm.

Playoff game #2

Date: October 21, 2007

Time: 5pm

Place: Esther Shiner Stadium, North York

Opponent: Serbian White Eagles

Teams' record in regular season (w-l-d): Attak (10-4-8; 38 points); Serbian White Eagles (14-5-3; 45 points)

Final standings: Attak - second in the national division; Serbian White Eagles - first in the international division

Attak games this season:
Playoff quarterfinal game- October 13 vs Italia Shooters, win 3-0 [Attak goalscorers: Nicolas Lesage (1), Elkana Mayard (1) and Darko Kolic (1); Attak goalkeeper: Jon Paul Piques]
22- September 30 @ North York Astros, loss 3-2 [Attak goalscorers: Nicolas Lesage (16) and Darko Kolic (13); Attak goalkeeper: Adytia Davalia]
21- September 28 @ Serbian White Eagles, win 4-2 [Attak goalscorers: Alpha Bah (4), Darko Kolic (11,12) and Nicolas Lesage (15); Attak goalkeeper: Jon Paul Piques]
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:
Playoff quarterfinal game- October 14 vs Windsor Border Stars, win 2-1
22- October 5 vs Windsor Border Stars, win 3-0
21- October 2 @ Toronto Croatia, draw 2-2
20- September 28 vs Attak de Trois-Rivières, loss 4-2
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 two teams:

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)

4- date and place: September 28, 2007 @ Centennial Stadium, Toronto

• result: Attak win 4-2
• goalscorers: Gabriel Pop, Ricardo Munguia (Serbian WE), Alpha Bah, Darko Kolic (2) and Nicolas Lesage (Attak)
• goalkeepers: George Radan (Serbian WE) and Jon Paul Piques (Serbian WE)

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