Schedule/Game Results

Winter 2009 Ukraina 3rd Team

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. Boro Wolves
Sunday November 8, 2009 @ 6:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 7 - 2 Win
Game Summary: Ukraina were playing against the defending champions of this league, and we were also decimated with injuries and unfortunate players being away. So a few Ukraina players from different teams filled in spots for this encounter against the defending champions of the league. Ukraina did not dissapoint! Ukraina went up 1-0 on a goal by Yuriy Derkach, before giving up 2 goals going down 2-1. With 4 minutes to go in the half, Marc Lapointe-Denysewych turned a defender and curled the ball into the top corner to tie the game at 2 at halftime. The second half, Ukraina's dominance and finishing would come alive. Mike Podgorski, who had a great night in front of goal buried Ukraina's third bfeore Yuriy Derkach struck again to make it 4-2 Ukraina. Nate Lafosse and Mike Podgorski each scored another before Yuriy Derkach struck late for his hatrick! Andrew Panchuk filled in in goal for Ukraina and played a great game.

Man of the Match

Yuriy Derkach
Yuriy scored 3 goals and took them all well with good finishes.

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. Los Gringos
Sunday November 15, 2009 @ 9:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 5 - 2 Win
Game Summary: Ukraina played a very entertaining game today, and came out on top. Ukraina went down 1-0 in this game, before in form Mike Podgorski buried his third of the season. The opposition scored again to go up 2-1 just before half time, but Mike Podgorski was on hand once again just after their goal to put away his 4th of the season to tie the game at 2-2. The second half was all Ukraina, with Yuriy Derkach scoring a great goal to put Ukraina up 3-2, before Matty Kenny and Sergey Minko added 1 each to put the game out of reach. Andriy Popowych played well in goal.

Man of the Match

Danylo Ostash
Danylo recorded a great assist for the first goal, and was battling all game.

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs.INTERNATIONALS FC
Sunday November 22, 2009 @ 10:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 2 - 0 Win
Game Summary: Ukraina had a big match today, and needed a win to keep their undefeated season going. This was a defensive battle, with both goalkeepers playing very well, making big saves. Vince Didkovsky, continuing his return from injury scored both goals in the first half, giving Ukraina a 2-0 lead at halftime. The second half was very defensive, with Ukraina playing some great soccer, defending well, and Andriy Popowych holding firm to earn his shutout!

Man of the Match

Andriy Popowych
Andriy had a solid game in goal making some big saves

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. Seals
Sunday November 29, 2009 @ 8:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 3 - 0 Win
Game Summary: Ukraina, in unstoppable form right now! The earn their second shutout in a row, and continue to have a perfect season. Danylo Ostash, the youngest player in the Club's history and the entire league scored his first of his career and the game winning goal in the first half. That was followed by Nazar Bylen's goal before Sergey Kovalenkov rounded things up and finished the game off. Well done lads. Andriy Popowych played well and earned the shutout in goal.

Man of the Match

Danylo Ostash
Danylo scored his first of the season, and showing the potential to be a top player!

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. Dinamo
Sunday December 6, 2009 @ 11:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 2 - 1 Win
Game Summary: Ukraina had a real test tonight against one of the top team in the League. But once again, the team responded with a big win. Sergey Kovalenkov and Nate Lafosse scored the goals for Ukraina, and Walter Usyk earned the win in net. Ukraina third team are undefeated on the season, and the players are gaining great experience in a very difficult league. This game was a battle from start to finish, with Ukraina picking up 3 yellow cards as well.

Man of the Match

Nelson Pardo
Nelso battled all night in the back stopping multiple attacks with very good marking.

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. Ball Breakers
Sunday December 13, 2009 @ 10:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 4 - 2 Win
Game Summary: Ukraina are on a roll so far this season, and the biggest problem we must fight now is complacency and keeping focus. And this was an issue in the first half as things started well when Marc Lapointe-Denysewych scored off a free kick, but just before the half ended the opposition netted 2 goals and were up 2-1 at halftime. The boys regrouped and came out strong in the second half as Marc Lapointe-Denysewych and Chris Stead combined well before Stead buried home his first of the game to make it 2-2. Not soon after, Chris Stead was on hand again to hit home a good finish to put Ukraina up 3-2. with 8 minutes to go, Ukraina sealed the game when Serg Terekhov made a very smart play, and followed up a long range shot, and was able to get to the rebound quicker then the keeper and slotted home his first career goal for Ukraina. Walter Usyk played well in goal.

Man of the Match

Sergey Terekhov
Sergey worked hard every week and was finally rewarded with the goal he deserved.

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. CNB United
Sunday December 20, 2009 @ 7:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 2 - 2 Tie
Game Summary: Ukraina dropped their first points of the season, but remained undefeated in this massive first place versus second place clash. Ukraina got things going early on when Marc Lapointe - Denysewych scored to make it 1-0 in the 4th minute. The opposition tied the game up before halftime and the game was 1-1 at halftime. 5 minutes into the second half, Ukraina scored to take the lead when a Marc Lapointe- Denysewych free kick came off the post, Yuriy Derkach was on hand to finish it off to make it 2-1 Ukraina. The lead would not last long as the opposition scored 5 minutes later to tie the game at 2. Ukraina had the chances to win it, but couldn't put the game out of reach. Morgan Kenny played well in goal.

Man of the Match

Myk Shaforostov
Myk had a great game on defence, working very hard and putting his body on the line

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. Moose
Sunday January 3, 2010 @ 8:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 4 - 4 Tie
Game Summary: Ukraina did not play well today, and the result showed. Mykhailo Shaforostov got things going to make it 1-0 Ukraina, before Walter Usyk made it 2-0. The opposition was then allowed to tie the game up with 2 goals before halftime. in the second half, the opposition scored to go up 3-2, before Mike Podgorski scored to tie the game up. Ukraina thought they snuck out with a tie after Yuriy Derkach scored, but Ukraina gave up another goal to end the game in a tie.

Man of the Match

Andrij Pawlowsky
Andrij worked his tail off all game, and lead by example.

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. REDS
Sunday January 10, 2010 @ 9:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 4 - 2 Win
Game Summary: Ukraina played a must win game against a weaker team today, and did the job. Scott Makischuk scored 2 goals early, and Yuriy Derkach scored as well but once up 3-0, Ukraina slowed down and allowed the opposition back into the game giving up 2 goals. Serg Terekhov got the game sealing goal, from fantastic hard work. Andriy Popowych played in goal.

Man of the Match

Serg Terekhov
Serg earned his goal, and sealed the game for Ukraina.

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. AFC Centretown
Sunday January 17, 2010 @ 10:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 5 - 4 Loss
Game Summary: Ukraina had a big battle of a game, and came up on the short end of the stick despite taking the lead on goals by Scott Makischuk. Ukraina went down 5-2, before Andriy Panchuk and Mike Podgorski clawed 2 back to make it 5-4, but Ukraina couldn't find the tying goal. Andriy Popowych played well in goal.

Man of the Match

Mike Podgorski
Mike scored a good goal, was a leader on the field

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. Bombay Rockers
Sunday January 24, 2010 @ 6:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 8 - 1 Loss
Game Summary: Sometimes in soccer things don't go your way, and today was one of those days. It wasn't for lack of effort, sometimes it takes a bad result to bounce back from. Ukraina got beat heavily today, but in the end it will just make them stronger and better. Yuriy Derkach got the only goal. Mike Podgorski played in goal.

Man of the Match

Nelson Pardo
Nelson played a solid game in the back and marked well.

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. Red Star
Wednesday February 3, 2010 @ 9:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 10 - 8 Loss
Game Summary: This was an important game for Ukraina coming of back to back losses and trying to get back on the winning track. Ukraina did not start well althought playing against a team who were 1 man short. The opposition scored very quickly as Ukraina did not look like they came to play tonight. Ukraina did manage to get things even and then took a 2-1 lead which again did not last long as Red Started tied it 2-2. Ukraina went ahead again and the opposition made it 3-3. Before the half was over Ukraina scored two more goals and was up 5-3 at the end of second half despite not playing that well. The second half did not start well and Ukraina were outplayed from the start and never really go into the game. Ukraina gave up some very bad goals as the team was not playing as one unit. Red Star scored 5 unaswered goals before Ukraina pulled one back towards the end of the second half, but run out of time and the game ended Ukraina 8 and Red Star 10. The goal scorers were, Scott Makischuk with 3, Alex Zaslavsky 2, Andriy Panchuk 1, Nazar Baylen 1 and Sergey Terekhov 1. Walter Usyk played in goal.

Man of the Match

Scott Makischuk
Scotty scored 3 goals and was a constant threath up front.

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. RandB FC
Sunday February 7, 2010 @ 7:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 4 - 2 Win
Game Summary: Ukraina were in a must win game to keep our place in the standings and with Andriy Popowych out with a knee injury again - both the 3rd and 2nd team do not have regular keepers. But as always, our team overcomes adversity and came out with the win. Ukraina went 1-0 down early in the game, before Andriy Panchuk scored to tie the game 1-1. right before halftime the oppostion scored again to go to halftime 2-1 up. The second half was a different game, as Ukraina came out hard and Marc Lapointe - Denysewych scored early in the second half to make it 2-2. Not too much longer, Marc Lapointe - Denysewych got Ukraina in front 3-2 off a great pass from Andriy Panchuk. Yuriy Derkach was the man to give Ukraina the win off a great pass from Nazar Bylen. Marc Lapointe - Denysewych and Nic Jurchuk each played a half in goal.

Man of the Match

Joey Halka
Joey played a solid game at the back - worked hard and played tough.

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. Boro Wolves
Sunday February 14, 2010 @ 11:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 5 - 3 Win
Game Summary: Ukraina played a top team tonight - and after a few rough weeks of bad results, Ukraina turned it around last week and again this week. Ukraina gave up an early goal to go down 1-0 but from then took over the game and never looked back. Nazar Bylen got things going before Scott Makischuk added one of his own to make it 2-0. Sergey Minko struck his first to make it 3-1, then Scott Makischuk scored his second off a penalty kick to make it 4-1 Ukraina.. Sergey Minko scored the 5th goal to make it 5-1. The opposittion got two late goals on some sloppy play by Ukraina, but the win was never in jeopardy. Nic Jurchuk played well in goal.

Man of the Match

Vince Didkovsky
Vince played a hard solid game on defence and had moved the ball well out of the back.

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. Los Gringos
Wednesday February 24, 2010 @ 9:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 1 - 0 Win
Game Summary: Ukraina were playing the last game of the season, before going into the playoffs. This was a battle for second place and a win would mean just that. Ukraina was in though againts a very good opponent. The game started very fast and Ukraina were a bit on their heels but the defence and some timely saves by Nic Yurchyk kept the game 0-0. Ukraina had a few chances of their own but could not put the ball in the back of the net. The game was back and forth and was getting a little chippy as both teams tried to get the first goal. The Ukraina defence was frustrating the opposition strikers and it was showing by their actions. The first half ended scorless. The seccond half was pretty much the same as the first with both teams having chances but could not score, Nic again made some timely saves to keep us in the game. Finally with about 10 minutes left Yura Derkach struck the back of the net to make it 1-0 Ukraina. With so little time remaining and 2nd place on the line, Ukraina shut down the oppositio and was constantly frustrating thier strikers. The game got even mor chippier and Nelson Pardo and an opposition player got eject with a red card in the last 5 minutes of the game, but Ukraina hung tough and won the game 1-0. Nic Jurchyk played a godd game in goal.

Man of the Match

Nelson Pardo
Nelson had a solid game in the back, marking well and switch to mid-field when was necessary to stop the opposition attack.

 

League Game
Ottawa Ukraina 3rd Team vs. Los Gringos (Semi-final game)
Sunday February 28, 2010 @ 8:00pm
Location: Dome 3
Result: 5 - 4 Loss (Shootout)
Game Summary: Ukraina were playing their rivals from the last game in the sem-fianl game and hoped to keep their winning ways going to move further into the playoffs. The game started at a fast pace and Ukraina were a little disorganized as the 2nd team game had just finished and some players were playing double games. The opposition took advantage early and went up 1-0. Ukraina fought hard and got the goal back to make it 1-1. The game went back and forth and the teams echanged goals and the half ended 2-2. Ukraina went up two goals in the second half. The opposition got a goal back to make the game close at 4-3 Ukraina, but Ukraina could not hold the lead and the opposition scored a very late goal to make the game 4-4 and take the second game in a row into shootout. Ukraina was trying to avange the 2nd team shootout loss and hoping to move into the quater final game. But again, this was not to be the night and Ukraina went down in penalty shootout as the 2nd team team did. Nic Jurchyk played well in goal and again had to face penalties.

Man of the Match

Marc Lapointe-Denysewych
Marc had a strong game as striker and scored 2 very important goals.