The College Soccer News National Team of the Week recognizies the performance of individual players from coast to coast who played a key role in the success that their team enjoyed during the opening weekend of play.
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Anders Engebretsen Senior Forward Saint Mary's |
Engebretsen fournd the back of the net twice during the first half of play to help power Saint Mary's College past a good UC Irvine squad 2-0 in the Gael's season opener. Saint Mary's extends its unbeaten streak to twenty-five games. |
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Stephen Elias Grad. Student Forward Seton Hall |
Elias' first game for Seton Hall was a prodictive one. He scored three times to lead the Pirates past Central Connecticut State 6-0. The six goals were the most that Seton Hall had scored in a game since the 2007 season. The Pirates will be tested when they travel to face FGCU and FIU next weekend. |
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Daniel Trejo Junior Forward CSUN |
Trejo helped the Matadors begin the season with a 2-0-0 record for the first time since the 2013 campaign. He scored twice and contributed an assist in CSUN's 3-1 win over Dayton and added a helper on freshman forward Samuel Salter's game-winning goal in the Matadors 4 to 3 win over Ohio State. |
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Dylan Teves Sophomore Midfielder Washington |
Teves was a catalyst on the offensive side of the ball for Washington. He contributed the assists on the goals scored by teammates Gio Miglietti and Blake Bodily in Washington's 2-1 come from behind win over Devner. |
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Alhaji Tambadu Junior Midfielder Georgia Southern |
Tambadu scored twice in Georgia Southern's 4-2 win over UNCW and once in their 2-0 win over the College of Charleston. He was named the MVP of the Aaron Olitsky Memorial Tournament. Eagle coach John Murph stated, "His work rate, unselfishness, and scoring touch made a big difference in two very tight games." |
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Ryan Medilah Senior Midfielder FGCU |
Medilah drove a header into the back of the net and scored out of a free kick in the first half of play and converted a header in the second half to lead a potent FGCU offense in a 4 to 3 season opening win over Michigan. The Eagles have another big contest on Monday when they travel to East Lansing to face Michigan State. |
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Nicky Hernandez Sophomore Midfielder SMU |
Hernandez scored twice in the first half of play including a picture perfect bicycle kick from the top of the box after receiving a cross from teammate Eddie Munjoma to play a key role in SMU's season opening 3-0 win over Lipscomb. The Mustangs will seek to build on that win when they welcome Houston Baptist to Westcott Field Monday evening. |
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Andrew Booth Senior Midfielder FIU |
Booth helped the Panthers secure a 5-1 win over St. Boneventure and a 3-1 win over James Madison. He scored twice in the game with St. Boneventure and contributed the assist on teammate Stephen Afrifa's goal in the match with James Madison. |
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Patrick Hogan RS Junior Defender Charlotte |
Hogan anchored a solid 49er defensive effort and also drove a header into the back of the net in Charlotte's 3-0 season opening win over Garner-Webb. The 49ers have recorded ten straight regular season shutouts at Transamerica Field. |
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Nabi Kibunguchy Junior Defender UC Davis |
Kibunguchy was part of a solid Aggie defensive effort that shutout Wisconsin 2-0 in Madison and tied Marquette 0-0 in Milwaukee to begin the 2019 season with a 1-0-1 record. He also contributed on the offensive side of the ball. |
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Luke Hansen Sophomore Defender Saint John's |
The Red Storm center back was a key ingredient in a Saint John's defense that shutout Appalachian State 2-0 and North Carolina State 1-0 to begin the season 2-0-0 for the first time since 2008. |
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Noah Heim Junior Goalkeeper SIUE |
Heim had eight saves including a huge stop of a penalty kick in overtime to anchor a bend but don't break SIUE defense that tied Michigan State 0-0 in East Lansing. SIUE head coach Cale Wassermann stated, "He was calm and he came up big in a big moment." |
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Matthew Rosenberg RS Junior Goalkeeper Xavier |
Rosenberg had six saves in goal while anchoring an Xavier defense that opened the 2019 season with an impressive 2-0 win over highly regarded Akron. |
