McGill's Mehdi masterful as soccer squad sinks Sherbrooke

By: Kirsten Whelan

Derek Drummond

Men's Soccer | 10/1/2017 11:47:00 PM

SHERBROOKE -- Sophomore Mehdi Ibn-Brahim of Montreal, tallied twice including the winning goal as the visiting McGill University men's soccer team came from behind to upend Sherbrooke 3-2 in a wild RSEQ game, Sunday, at Stade Nouveau Concorde.

The Redmen improved their undefeated streak versus Sherbrooke to 7-0-1, dating back to a 4-2 loss on Oct. 6, 2013.

Ibn-Brahim, a 5-foot-6, 155-pound striker, broke a 1-1 tie in the 49th minute then snapped a 2-2 deadlock in the 73rd to give McGill the win.

The Vert & Or had opened the scoring on a goal by Othmane El Fathi in the 37th minute of play, but Mohamed Kleit, a fifth-year electrical engineering senior from Outremont, Que., evened things up at 1-1 in the dying seconds of the first half.

Sherbrooke defender Mathieu Loyer knotted the score at 2-2 in the 61st minute but Ibn-Brahim saved the day for McGill with his second tally of the half.

Rookie goalkeeper Theo Farineau, a native of France, made two saves on four shots and earned Game MVP honours for McGill. Midfielder Alexandre Cadier was named player of the match for the Vert & Or. Losing 'keeper Guillaume Proulx also had a pair of saves, on five shots.

The Redmen had a 6-3 advantage in corners, a 5-4 edge in shots on goal and drew 13 fouls while committing eight.

The league has a one-week break for the Thanksgiving break before teams return to play on Oct. 13, when fourth-place McGill puts their 3-3-1 record to the test with a home game against UQTR, which sits just two points behind with a 2-3-2 record. Kickoff is slated for 8:15 p.m. at Percival Molson Stadium. Sherbrooke (0-7-0) visits Montreal (7-0-0) that same evening.

LINK TO BOXSCORE

SoccerMeter Pro Game Data

Sherbrooke	Game Total	McGill
2	Goals	3
4	Shots On Goal	5
15	Missed Shot Attempts	13
21	% Shot Attempts On Goal	28
11	% Shot Attempts Scored	17
36:48	Time of Possession	53:12
41%	Time of Possession %	59%
378	First Touches	510
9.6	Average Time of a Possession (sec)	13.7
216	Passes	348
57%	Pass Completion %	68%
32	Number of Pass Strings	50
4.3	Average Pass String Length	5.2
12	Longest Pass String	12
3	Corner Kicks	6
13	Fouls Committed	8
2	Goalkeeper Saves	2
50	Goalkeeper Save %	60
0	Offsides	0
0	Statistic 1	1
0	Statistic 2	0

Scoring Summary

Sherbrooke 2	McGill 3
37' Othmane El Fathi (Thomas Clerget) 61' Mathieu Loyer (Thomas Clerget)	45' Mohamed Kleit (unassisted) 50' Mehdi Ibn-Brahim (unassisted) 73' Mehdi Ibn-Brahim (unassisted)