(PHOTO BY ANDREW DOBROWOLSKYJ)

 

MONTREAL - Thomas Lucas, a senior defender from Kirkland, Que., scored in injury time to give McGill a surprisingly narrow 2-1 victory at Concordia in men's university soccer on Sunday.

 

Johann Capolungo converted a pass from Jeremy Hurdle to put the Redmen on the scoreboard only two minutes after the opening whistle but the pesky Stingers battled back and beat Redmen 'keeper Jean-Lou Gosselin the equalizer in the 57th minute.

 

Things got hairy some six minutes later, when Gosselin, a third-year veteran from Deux-Montagnes, Que., was injured in a goalmouth collision. Unable to continue, he was replaced by sophomore Matt Gilmour of Vancouver, B.C., who ended up making three saves and was credited with the victory, thanks to the last-minute heroics by Lucas.

 

Concordia had a 12-9 advantage in shots toward net. It was a rough affair, featuring 34 fouls and eight yellow cards, five of which were assessed to McGill.

 

"We we're lucky and won despite being horrendous out there," said David Simon, who was very disappointed with the performance put forth by his troops. "It was a total lack of effort on our part and Concordia deserved a better fate."

 

The Redmen sit third in the QUSL standings with a 2-1 record, six points behind division-leading Laval (4-0) and one point behind second-place Montreal (2-1-1). Fourth-place UQTR (1-1-2) sits just one point behind the Redmen and will visit Molson Stadium on Sept. 25. McGill will then travel around Mt. Royal to take on the Carabins on Sept. 26.

 

 

SCORING SUMMARY

McGill 2, Concordia 1

 

FIRST HALF :

1.McGILL: Yohann Capolungo (Jeremy Hurdle), 2:00

 

SECOND HALF :

2.CONCORDIA: Claude Arthur-Diesse (Ryan Brousseau), 57:00

3.McGILL: Thomas Lucas (unassisted), 90:00

 

 

GOALKEEPERS:

McGILL:

Jean-Lou Gosselin (start, ND, 1GA, 4 SVS, 63:00)

Matt Gilmour (W, 0GA, 3 SVS, 27:00)

 

CONCORDIA:

Nicolas Giannone (L, 2GA, 3SVS, 90:00)

SHOTS TOWARD NET:

McGill (3 on net, 6 off net)

Concordia (5 on net, 7 off net)

 

CORNERS:

McGill 5

Concordia 4

 

CROSSES:

McGill 13

Concordia 9

 

OFFSIDES:

McGill 4

Concordia 5

 

FOULS:

McGill 17

Concordia 17

 

CARDS:

McGill 5 yellows

Concordia 3 yellows

 

Cautions Summary

McGill 1st - 26:06 Yellow card - Alexander Trotsky

McGill 2nd - 48:23 Yellow card - Thomas Lucas

Concordia 2nd - 78:52 Yellow card - Mike Al Tork

McGill 2nd - 78:52 Yellow card - Peter Valente

Concordia 2nd - 82:30 Yellow card - Matthijs Eppinga

McGill 2nd - 82:30 Yellow card - Karl Hantho

McGill 2nd - 87:11 Yellow card - Graeme Tingey

Concordia 2nd - 87:48 Yellow card - Christian Auld

 

PLAYERS OF THE GAME:

McGill: Thomas Lucas

Concordia: Matthijs Eppinga

 

 

McGILL'S STARTING LINEUP:

GK:  Jean-Lou Gosselin

DEF: Stephen Keefe

DEF: Karl Hantho

DEF: Louis Fouquet

DEF: Thomas Lucas

MID: Alex Damianou

MID: Alex Trotsky

MID: Johann Capolungo

MID: Oliver Babineau

MID: Jeremy Hurdle

FOR: Sebastien Munro

 

McGILL SUBSTITUTIONS:

DEF: Axel Dovi for Keefe at 46:00

DEF: Graeme Tingey for Fouquet at 46:00

MID: William Hoyle for Trotsky at 46:00

FOR: Peter Valente for Munro at 63:00

GK:  Matt Gilmour for Gosselin at 63:00 (Gosselin was injured)

MID: Dragos Maftei for Capolungo at  85:00

 

DID NOT PLAY:

MID: Cory Marcon (dressed but DNP)

GK:  Hikaru Bolt

DEF: Taren Roughead (injured)

DEF: James Allester

MID: Sami Obaid (injured)

FOR: Alexander King

FOR: George Banks (injured)

 

Game Length: 1:45

Attendance: na

Referee: Bedik Charchafian

Asst. Referees: Chris Grabas: Pierre-Ch. Lahaye

 

SOURCE:

Earl Zukerman

McGill Athletics & Recreation

514-398-7012

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earl.zukerman@mcgill.ca