The Mohawk men's soccer team built a 3-0 lead then had to hold
on in stoppage time to nip Sheridan 3-2 in OCAA action at Redeemer
University College Wednesday night (Sep. 19).
Nathan Samuel's hard shot was stopped, but Abdullah Abdullah was
right there to drive the rebound home to put the Mountaineers in
front. It was the only goal of the first half. Mohawk took a 2-0
lead after being awarded an indirect free kick in the Bruins area.
Momo Veljko somehow managed to blast the ball home despite a
Sheridan wall that was charging at him. Zachary Waldik seemed to
put the game out of reach when he made it 3-0. It could have been
four when Veljko had two cracks at a penalty shot. Acrobatic
Sheridan goalie Michael Adjei-Kwarteng stopped the Mohawk player,
but it was ruled the keeper had left his line too early. Veljko
tried it again, but was stopped once more.
Three minutes of stoppage time was added at the end of the game
and the Bruins scored not once, but twice. First Manny
Morgado connected on a header. The dust had hardly settled when
David Velastegui got his team back to within one goal. Mohawk
goalkeeper Alex Mickeloff stopped a shot with just seconds to go
and the Mountaineers survived to improve their record to 2-1.
Sheridan now has a draw and a loss.
Earlier, after a scoreless first half, the Sheridan women scored
all their goals in the second half for a 4-0 win over Mohawk.
Kaitlyn MacLellan scored twice, including one on a penalty and
Kaylyn McEathron and Kendra Cooper got the other goals for
the Bruins.
Sheridan is now 2-0 while Mohawk slips to 1-2.
Source: Sheridan I.T.
Photo Credit: Elia Koolsbergen