Baker scores first goal for Whitecaps youth on German tour

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency continued their winning ways during their two-week trip to Germany, as they defeated the U-19 Junior Bundesliga side of FC Energie Cottbus 3-1 on Saturday.

Building on Wednesday’s 2-0 win over FSV Optik Rathenow, Thomas Niendorf’s side jumped out to a two-goal halftime lead following strikes from Ontario’s Jerome Baker and Alex Semenets on a warm and sunny spring afternoon in eastern Germany. Jamaican youngster Keithy Simpson struck early in the second half for the ‘Caps before Cottbus scored a late consolation goal in the friendly contest. Saturday’s result was particularly notable, as Niendorf gave no less than six U-17 players a run out against their German hosts.

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The million dollar goal

Simeon Jackson, who learned his soccer growing up in Mississauga, scored a dramatic late-match goal Saturday at London’s famed Wembley Stadium as Gillingham beat Shrewsbury 1-0. With the win, Jackson’s club earned a promotion back to League One, just two rungs below the Premier League. Jackson, Gillingham’s top scorer, got free at the back post to head home a corner for his 21st goal of the season. The match appeared to be heading for extra time before Jackson’s 90th-minute goal.The game, played before more than 50,000 spectators, wrapped up the League Two championship for the Kent club.Jackson, 22, was born in Kingston, Jamaica, but grew up in Mississauga. At age 15, he moved to England to live with his grandmother. (From the Mississauga News)

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