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El-Shafei lifts DePaul over Butler in double overtime

After 109 minutes played and double overtime against the Butler Bulldogs (9-5-1), it looked as though the DePaul men’s soccer team (8-6-2) would only take a single point away from their final home game Wednesday. However, DePaul freshman forward Zach El-Shafei found a deflected ball with less than 10 seconds left, and buried it into top left-hand corner of the goal.

“We got a free kick in the last 10 seconds or so, (. . .) the ref stopped the clock, Simon hit it over the wall, keeper made a save and it just popped out to me and I just hit it as hard as I could and hoped for the best,” El-Shafei said.