MONTREAL – Mohammad Reza-Nafar of Montreal scored the game-winner and assisted on another to spark a second-half rally as Concordia edged visiting McGill 2-1 in a key men's university soccer matchup, Sunday.

With one game remaining, the result clinched the final playoff berth in the RSEQ conference for Concordia (5-3-3) and eliminated fifth-place McGill (3-6-2) from a chance at post-season play.

The Redbirds appeared poised for a much-need victory just six minutes into the contest. Midfielder Nicolas Destaing, a freshman midfielder from France, converted a pass from Montrealer Younes Lachgar.

But the Stingers rose from the dead early in the second half when Reza-Nafar set up striker Simon Spenard-Lapierre for the equalizer in the first minute after the intermission, then tallied the deciding marker 18 minutes later.

Collecting the victory between the pipes for Concordia was Jordy Kerlegrand, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound 'keeper from Montreal, who saved one of the two shots fired his way. For McGill, senior Chris Cinelli-Faia of Dollard des Ormeaux, Que., kicked out eight of 10 shots in a losing cause.

The Redbirds will close out their schedule at sixth-place Sherbrooke (1-8-1) on Oct. 29 in an 8:15 p.m. kickoff. That game will mark the final appearance in a McGill uniform for three graduating seniors, namely Cameron Butterfield, Chris Flores and Juliano Cobuzzi.

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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
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McGill University
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