Soccer Redbirds miss golden chance, Patriotes cash in late

(VERSION FRANÇAISE SUIT) TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. — Alexandre Marcoux scored in the first half and Simon Lamarche added an insurance marker in the dying moments as the UQTR Patriotes blanked the visiting McGill Redbirds 2-0 in RSEQ men’s soccer action Friday at Stade CAPS. The result dropped McGill to 0-2-0 on the young season, while UQTR won its season opener to improve to 1-0-0. The Patriotes led 1-0 at halftime. Marcoux opened the scoring in the 24th minute, converting a setup from Zakary Minka for his first goal of the campaign. The marker came after UQTR controlled much of the early…