Allen Community College’s men’s soccer team took down Johnson County Community College in a thrilling back and forth affair on their home turf Saturday, 3-2.
Allen’s (4-1) Patrick Alouidor scored two goals in the first half before Johnson countered with two goals in the second half. That’s when Allen’s Ayoup Bader took a deflected penalty kick and buried it for the 3-2 lead with little time left in the game.
The No. 11 Lady Red Devils (3-1) lost to No. 10 Johnson in the opener, 3-1. The Cavaliers scored twice in the first half to the Lady Red Devils’ one goal. Johnson cushioned its lead with a second goal in the first half.
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It looked early like Johnson was going to control the pace of the game with the ball on their side of the field most of the first half. Allen’s Patrick Alouidor had other plans though and changed the momentum of the game in the Red Devils’ favor early on. 
“I had all of Allen men’s soccer on my back and I made sure I put it in the back of the net,” Allen’s Ayoup Bader said. “We play hard for each other and whoever comes in gives 110%.”
Alouidor drove from the right side of the net and scored an unassisted goal for the 1-0 lead.
Alouidor scored again only a couple of minutes later on an assist by Pedro De Silva for the 2-0 lead.
“Patrick put us in a good position early with the two goals,” Bader said. “I’ve known him since last year, we both played together so we have a really good chemistry between each other. We always talk about situations in the game.”
Though Johnson led Allen 26-10 in shots, they were unable to capitalize on their attempts. 
Johnson’s Ryan Masterson took a pass from Alaa Alamood for a goal. Owen White scored for Johnson when he was fed a pass by Masterson to knot the game at 2-2.
Allen wasn’t going to go down without a fight as Bader found an opening in Johnson’s defense and was fouled on his way to the goal with 13 minutes left in the game.
Bader took a penalty kick but it deflected off Johnson’s goalkeeper which he then poked back into the net for the 3-2 advantage.
“I was just looking at the goal,” said Bader. “I was looking to score for the team, for my family back home who are watching. There was a lot of talk about Johnson but it all comes down to 11 v 11 and who puts more effort in to get the win.”
Gaurav Sandhu was solid at goalkeeper for Allen, making six saves out of eight attempts.
