QUARTER-FINAL #3: 2009 CIS men’s soccer championship: Redmen prevail on 19th PK

By Trinity Western University & McGill sports information offices

LANGLEY, B.C. (CIS) – Forward Michael Stein came off the bench to score the decisive marker in a wild 10-9 penalty-kick shootout as the McGill Redmen hung on for a 1-0 victory over the McMaster Marauders in the third quarter-final of the CIS men’s soccer championship at Trinity Western University, Thursday afternoon.

Quebec finalist McGill advances to Friday’s second semifinal at 6:30 p.m. Pacific against the winner of Thursday’s late opening-round contest between AUS champion Cape Breton and tournament host Trinity Western.

With the Redmen leading 10-9, goalkeeper Jean-Lou Gosselin of Longueuil, Que., made the only save of the penalty-kick session, diving high to his right and batting the ball out of harm’s way with both fists to thwart a shot by Chris Succi of Ancaster, Ont., and preserve the victory.

“Our coach kept saying throughout the game ‘Believe guys believe’,” explained Stein, a 20-year-old biomedical science junior from Toronto. “We played hard, we believed and we won. We’re very happy.”

“When you get to penalties, it is just a mental thing,” said first-year McGill head coach David Simon. “The game was cautious right from the start. It was a typical first game at Nationals, no one wanted to let a goal in early in the game.”

The teams battled through 120 scoreless minutes to force the shootout. McGill connected on all 10 attempts on Marauder ‘keeper Matt Grant, getting goals from Sami Obaid, Graeme Tingey, Peter Valente, Louis Fouquet, Jeremy Hurdle, Thomas Lucas, Ryan Lauzon, Axel Dovi and Marc-Andre Maillet before Stein calmly addressed the ball and fired what proved to be the winning marker on a drive to the right side as Grant guessed wrong and dove the other way.

The Marauders kept pace with McGill, scoring on their first nine attempts, with goals from Anthony Costa, Monkgogi Moseki, Omar Nakeeb, Marc Reilly, Matt Scudetto, Kyle Grootenboer, Aaron Boothe, Rob Schlosser and Andre Pastoric.

It put a sudden end to the hopes for a Cinderella-type season that McMaster, the OUA champions, had been having, after winning four straight post-season contests in a PK shootout en route to a first conference title since 1992. Relegated to the consolation round, McMaster will play at 1 p.m. on Friday against the loser of the Cape Breton-TWU contest.

SCORING SUMMARY

First Half
No scoring

Second Half
No scoring

Overtime (2 x 15 mins: no golden goal)
No scoring

Penalty Kicks
McGill, Sami Obaid, goal
McMaster, Anthony Costa, goal
McGill, A. Graeme Tingey, goal
McMaster, Monkgogi Moseki, goal
McGill, Peter Valente, goal
McMaster, Omar Nakeeb, goal
McGill, Louis Fouquet, goal
McMaster, Mark Reilly goal
McGill, Jeremy Hurdle, goal
McMaster, Matthew Scudetto, goal
McGill, Thomas Lucas, goal
McMaster, Kyle Grootenboer, goal
McGill, Ryan Lauzon, goal
McMaster, Aaron Boothe, goal
McGill, Axel Dovi, goal
McMaster, Robert Schlosser, goal
McGill, Marc-Andre Maillet, goal
McMaster, Andrew Pastoric, goal
McGill, Michael Stein, goal
McMaster, Christopher Succi, saved

Goalkeepers:
McGill: Jean-Lou Gosselin (W, 0 GA, 0 saves, 120:00 mins)
McMaster: Matt Grant (L, 0 GA, 4 saves, 120:00 mins)

Shots: McGill 10, McMaster 3
Shots on Net: McGill 4, McMaster 0
Corners: McGill 4, McMaster 3
Offsides: McGill 2, McMaster 1
Fouls: McGill 12, McMaster 16
Yellow Cards: McGill (3) (Cory Marcon, 42nd, A.Graeme Tingy, 90th, Ryan Lauzon, 115th), McMaster (Aaron Boothe, 66th, Khalil Rajan, 95th, Matthew Scudetto, 100th)
Red Cards: none

Players of the game:
McGill: Ryan Lauzon
McMaster: Matt Grant

CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE & RESULTS (all times PACIFIC TIME)

Thursday, Nov. 12
Quarter-final 1: Laval 3, UPEI 1
Quarter-final 2: Toronto 2, Victoria 1
Quarter-final 3: McGill 1, McMaster 0 (10-9 PK)
18:30 Quarter-final 4: Cape Breton vs. Trinity Western (SSN Canada webcast)

Friday, Nov. 13
10:30 Consolation 1: UPEI vs. Victoria
13:00 Consolation 2: McMaster vs. Loser QF 4
16:00 Semifinal 1: Laval vs. Toronto (SSN Canada webcast)
18:30 Semifinal 2: McGill vs. Winner QF 4 (SSN Canada webcast)

Saturday, Nov. 14
13:00 Consolation final (5th-place match)

Sunday, Nov. 15
13:00 Bronze medal (SSN Canada webcast)
15:30 Championship final (SSN Canada webcast)

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