Northcote City extended their winning streak to five games from the opening five rounds with a convincing win over Port Melbourne on Friday night. South Melbourne were able to keep up the pace with the league-leaders with a 3-2 win over bottom-placed Richmond, while Pascoe Vale SC secured their first away win of 2013 over Southern Stars.
Friday, 10 May 2013
Bentleigh Greens 1 (Aron Wilford 64′)
Oakleigh Cannons 1 (Ricky Diaco 90′)
Venue: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
An injury-time goal for Ricky Diaco at Kingston Heath on Friday night ensured the points were to be shared between Bentleigh Greens and Oakleigh Cannons. Aron Wilford put the home side ahead shortly after the hour mark but the Greens let their concentration slip in the closing moments with Diaco capitalising to score a late equaliser.
Friday, 10 May 2013
Port Melbourne Sharks 0
Northcote City 2 (Michael Catalano 8′, James Kalifatidis 85′)
Venue: SS Anderson Reserve
Northcote City continue on their dream run to the start of the 2013 VPL season with a fifth consecutive victory. Northcote have picked up full points in all of their games so far and continued that streak with an impressive win over Port Melbourne on Friday night. Michael Catalano opened the scoring for Northcote inside the first ten minutes, with James Kalifatidis sealing the points with five minutes remaining. Northcote look the real deal this season.
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Green Gully Cavaliers 1 (Mathew Sanders 57′)
Melbourne Knights 1 (Thomas Fraser 58′)
Venue: Green Gully Reserve
Despite taking the lead right before the hour mark, Green Gully were lucky to escape with a point from Green Gully Reserve on Saturday afternoon. Mathew Sanders opened the scoring after 57 minutes but Gully were pegged back immediately when Thomas Fraser unleashed an unstoppable strike in to the top corner. Rodrigo Vargas conceded a 90th minute penalty that thankfully for him was saved by Kieran Gonzalez, with Thomas Fraser the villain for the Knights despite scoring the equaliser.
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Dandenong Thunder 4 (Steven Topalovic 36, Luke Hopper 63′,67′, Nate Foster 90′)
Hume City 0
Venue: George Andrews Reserve
Dandenong Thunder continued their rise up the table with a dominant 4-0 home win over Hume City. Steven Topalovic’s goal meant the Thunder were 1-0 up at the break, with Luke Hopper scoring a brace and Nate Foster adding a fourth in the second half. Foster now sits equal first in the goal-scoring charts along with Milos Lujic and his former strike partner Luke Sherbon.
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Southern Stars 1 (Rylan Sadler OG 20′)
Pascoe Vale SC 3 (Luca Santilli 28, 76′, Tomislav Milardovic PEN 86′)
Venue: Kingston Heath Soccer Complex
Pascoe Vale turned around a 1-0 deficit to secure their first away of 2013 at the expense of Southern Stars at Kingston Heath Soccer Complex on Saturday evening. Rylan Sadler gave the Stars an early lead thanks to an own-goal. But it did not take long for Pascoe Vale to level the scores, with Luca Santilli scoring the first of his two goals just eight minutes later. His second came in the 76th minute to give Pascoe Vale the lead, before Tomislav Milardovic’s penalty four minutes from time made it 3-1.
Sunday, 12 May 2013
South Melbourne 3 (Tyson Holmes 49′, 69′, Rhys Meredith 73′)
Richmond SC 2 (Taseski 45′, Groenwald 47′)
Venue: Lakeside Stadium
It was only fitting that the first game at Lakeside Stadium in 2013 was a thriller. Richmond SC took a shock lead right before half-time thanks to former Melbourne Heart player Kliment Taseski, before former Melbourne Heart Youth League captain Josh Groenwald made it 2-0 just two minutes into the second-half. But Tyson Holmes pulled one back for South Melbourne almost instantly, before levelling the scores in the 69th minute. Then up stepped Rhys Meredith to score the winner in the 73rd minute. A five-goal thriller at Lakeside and heart-break for Richmond, who are still yet to score a point in 2013.