Medical major Alcindor’s last second surgical strike salvages saw-off with Sherbrooke

By: Earl Zukerman

Derek Drummond

Men's Soccer | 8/29/2018 10:35:00 PM

MONTREAL -- Sophomore Jeremie Alcindor, a 19-year-old medical student from Montreal, operated with scalpel-like precision to score in the 90th minute as the McGill University men's soccer team rallied to settle for a 1-1 tie against Sherbrooke in their RSEQ regular season opener before a boisterous crowd of 312 on a humid night at Percival Molson Stadium, Wednesday.

The Redmen, who registered a 5-2 edge in shots on net, improved their undefeated streak versus Sherbrooke to 7-0-2, dating back to a 4-2 loss on Oct. 6, 2013.

Alcindor, who actually tallied his magical marker in the sixth minute of add-on time, is a 6-foot-2, 168-pound midfielder who wears lucky No. 13 on his jersey. On the goal, he made a spirited run down the field and added a good delivery on the ball, which deflected over the 'keeper.

"That goal showed that we have a team that refuses to give up," said Redmen head coach Marc Mounicot. "We have a young team and played five freshmen. Although some players looked nervous, we had possession of the ball for most of the game. We will need to work a bit on generating more quality offensive plays."

After playing to a scoreless first half, Sherbrooke's Vincent Aubin converted a pass from Etienne Gendron to give the visitors a 1-0 lead in the 68th minute of play.

Goalkeeper Theo Farineau, a 6-foot-2, political science sophomore from France, started between the pipes for McGill and saved one of two shots to salvage the tie. Freshman Thierry Debard, his starting counterpart at the other end of the field, saved four of five shots and was picked as Sherbrooke's player of the game by Mounicot. McGill's player of the game honouree, selected by Sherbrooke coach David Guichard, was Mehdi Ibn-Brahim, a third-year striker who hails all the way from Casablanca.

GAME STATS

Sherbrooke	Game Total	McGill Redmen
1	Goals	1
2	Shots On Goal	5
2	Missed Shot Attempts	4
50	% Shot Attempts On Goal	56
50	% Shot Attempts Scored	20
34:13	Time of Possession	55:47
38%	Time of Possession %	62%
400	First Touches	664
7.9	Average Time of a Possession (sec)	13.1
209	Passes	472
52%	Pass Completion %	71%
25	Number of Pass Strings	70
4.3	Average Pass String Length	5.7
11	Longest Pass String	18
4	Corner Kicks	2
16	Fouls Committed	14
4	Goalkeeper Saves	21
80	Goalkeeper Save %	50
0	Offsides	5

	TIME OF GAME: 2:10