Below is biographical information for players in the 2003 MLS SuperDraft player pool, courtesy of MLSnet.com. The 2003 MLS SuperDraft takes place Friday at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Guy Abrahamson
Position: Midfielder College: Rutgers University Ht: 5-10 Wt: 165 Hometown: Livingston, NJ Born: January 3, 1981
- A three-time all-region selection and earned Second Team All-America status
in 2001
- Named to the 2000 All-BIG EAST First team as well as NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Second
team.
- In 1999, spent part of the offseason training with the U.S. U-20 National
Team.
- Played extensively with the U.S. U-18 National Team during his high school.
Arturo Alvarez
Position: Forward College: NA – Project 40 Ht: 5-9 Wt: 145 Hometown: Houston, TX Born: June 28, 1985
- Led the U.S. Under-18s with seven goals in 2002
- The tournament’s second leading scorer as the U-18s’ won the Talence
International Tournament (France)
- A natural finisher, he combines skill and poise near the goal
Valentine Anozie
Position: Forward College: Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison Ht: 5-9 Wt: 150 Hometown: Imo State, Nigeria Born: May 20, 1980
- In 2002, tallied four goals, three assists for 11 points for a career total
of 12 goals, 13 assists, 37 points
- 2002 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for Oct. 7 and a two-time academic
All-Big Ten selection
- Two-time Big Ten Player of the Week and a 2000 second-team All-Big Ten selection
at UW
- A world traveler who was born in Romania and attended high school in Toronto,
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Kenny Arena
Position: Midfielder/Defender College: Virginia Ht: 6-1 Wt: 175 Hometown: Fairfax, VA Born: February 6, 1981
- In 2002, started 16 of the 17 games as a defender notching three assists
and one goal
- In 2002, named Second Team All-ACC
- In 2001, recorded 1,624 minutes of playing time, scoring m three goals (including
one game-winner) and three assists
- In 2001, selected to the NSCAA/Adidas All-South Atlantic Region First Team
and named Second Team All-State by the Virginia Sports Information Directors
(VaSID)
Matias Asorey
Position: Forward College: Florida International University Ht: 5-7 Wt: 150 Hometown: Miami, FL Born: February 10, 1980
- Two-time league player of the year; Atlantic Soccer Conference MVP (2002
and 2001)
- Tied for ninth among FIU’s career scoring leaders with 65 points
- Scored 26 goals and recorded 13 assists in 75 games spanning four years
- The lone Golden Panther to start all 20 games
Mehdi Ballouchy
Position: Midfielder College: Creighton University Ht: 5-10 Wt: Hometown: Casablanca, Morocco Born: April 6, 1983
- Named to the 2002 NSCAA All-Midwest Region First-Team
- Selected to the 2002 First-Team All-Freshman by College Soccer News
- Member of the Morocco U-17 and U-16 National Teams and named first-team all-league
in 1998 and 1999
- Named Most Valuable Player for his club team in Raja, Morocco
Sheldon Barrett
Position: Defender College: Oral Roberts Ht: 5-5 Wt: 130 Hometown: Manchester, Jamaica Born: February 27, 1978
- 2002, named to the Centenary Classic all-tournament team (Sept. 9) and the
Ameritas Classic
- 2001, earned Mid-Continent Conference all-tournament and academic all-conference
honors
- 2000, named Mid-Continent Conference first team all-conference
- Member of Jamaica U-23 team in 1998
Ralph Bean
Position: Midfield/ Forward College: William and Mary Ht: 6-0 Wt: 145 Hometown: Devonshire, Bermuda Born: May 20, 1980
- In 2002, First team All-CAA and All-South Atlantic Region selection
- In 2002, ninth-best single season mark with 33 points and tied for eighth
with 11 shots
- In 2002, led team in goals, points and game-winning goals and tied Carlos
Garcia for team-lead in assists
- In 2001, opened the season on a hot streak with 10 points (four goals and
two assists) in the first six matches
Michael Behonick
Position: Goalkeeper College: American University Ht: 6-2 Wt: 180 Hometown: Bohemia, NY Born: January 3, 1981
- Named to 2002 Penn State/Nike Classic All-Tournament Team.
- 2001 All-Patriot League Second-Team honors
- In 2002, posted a 1.07 goals-against average and a .817 save percentage and
six shutouts
- Stopped decisive PK in 2001 Patriot League Championship match against Holy
Cross to help American to first NCAA appearance since 1997
Kris Bertsch
Position: Midfielder College: American University Ht: 5-9 Wt: 155 Hometown: Clinton, NJ Born: September 20, 1980
- 2001 All-Patriot League First Team
- Started 59 of 63 matches last three seasons
- In 2000, tied for the team lead in scoring with 18 points on a team-best eight
goals and two assists
- Member of the 1999 Under-19 National Championship team and received the Golden
Boot award as the national tournament's leading scorer in Orlando
Alex Blake
Position: Forward College: Williams College Ht: 6-1 Wt: 176 Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica Born: October 14, 1980
- All-time leading goal scorer at Williams (81) and all-time leader in points
with 195
- Holds the Williams record for most goals in a season (26), points in a season
(61) and most consecutive games scoring at least one goal (12)
- Two-time NESCAC Player of the Year selection and was the 2001 NSCAA Div III
National Player of the Year.
- First Team All-American for 2000 and 2001, four-time First Team All-NESCAC
honoree, NESCAC Rookie of the Year, NESCAC Player of the Year (junior and sophomore
years)
Nat Borchers
Position: Midfielder College: Denver University Ht: 6-2 Wt: 185 Hometown: Pueblo, CO Born: April 13, 1981
- In 2001, named MPSF All-Conference First-team for his outstanding defensive
play, earning all-conference honors for the second consecutive season
- In 2002, scored five goals and registered a team-best six assists on the season
- Started all 74 games in his career at Denver.
- Named to the 2001 MPSF All-Academic team for his 3.595 GPA in accounting.
Scott Bowman
Position: Midfielder College: University of California-Irvine Ht: 6-2 Wt: 180 Hometown: Chatsworth, CA Born: February 14, 1980
- 2002 and 2001 All-Big West first team
- 25 career assists, second most in school history and 47 career points is sixth
most in school history
- Started in every match he played at UCI
- Member of the US Amateur National team and played in the PDL final
Rich Bradley
Position: Defender/Midfielder College: St. John’s University Ht: 5-8 Wt: 155 Hometown: Bayport, NY Born: June 26, 1980
- Had seven assists to lead team in 2002 and earned Second team All-BIG EAST
and second-team NSCAA/adidas New York Region honors.
- Injury in second game of 2001 season forced him to miss rest of campaign.
- Finished second on Red Storm in scoring in 2000 (5g, 5a).
- Transferred to St. John’s from Marist College, where in two seasons
he started 30 games (5g, 8a).
Dustin Branan
Position: Midfielder/Defense College: Brown University Ht: 6-3 Wt: 195 Hometown: Lakeville, MN Born: May 21, 1983
- First-Team All-Ivy Selection in 2002 and 2001 and an All-Ivy Honorable Mention
in 2000
- Led the Bears to 21 shutouts and two Ivy Championships and two NCAA Tournament
appearances
- 2002 Third Team All-New England honors
- Member of the U.S. National U-18 men’s soccer team in 1998-99, where
he was selected as an ODP All-American
Erich Braun
Position: Forward College: University of Notre Dame Ht: 5-9 Wt: 176 Hometown: Frankfurt, Germany Born: September 16, 1979
- Two-time 2001 first team all-BIG EAST selection
- Named to the 2002 adidas/NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America)
Great Lakes all-regional teams
- 2001 first team all-Great Lakes Region honoree
- In high school played with the Under-16 German National Team
Oskar Bringsbed
Position: Midfielder College: Clemson University Ht: 5-9 Wt: 160 Hometown: Lidkoping, Sweden Born: March 20, 1978
- 2001 second-team All-ACC
- Named to Furman Invitational All-Tournament team in 2001.
- Involved with the Olympic Development Experience as a member of Team Vastergotlands,
"state team" in Sweden
- Played in 65 matches and started of 63 matches at Clemson
Byron Carmichael
Position: Forward College: Marshall University Ht: 6-1 Wt: 170 Hometown: Lumberton, NJ Born: October 11, 1981
- Two-time Mid-American Conference Player of the Year (2000 & 2002)
- 2001 & 2002 first team All-MAC
- MAC's career leader in goals (58) and points scored (128)
- In 2001, named second team NSCAA All-Great Lakes Regional Team
Brian Carroll
Position: Midfield College: Wake Forest (Project 40) Ht: 5-10 Wt: 150 Hometown: Springfield, VA Born: July 20, 1981
- NSCAA First Team All-South, First Team All-ACC, one of 15 finalists for the
Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy
- Has not missed a game in his Wake Forest, starting in all 61 games since his
freshman year
- Competed during the spring and summer 2002 in Italy, England and Portugal
with the U-23, scoring twice vs Bolton
- spring of 2001 with the U-20 National Team competing in Trinidad, France and
at the World Youth Championships in Argentina
Ricardo Clark
Position: Midfielder College: Furman University (Project 40) Ht: 5-10 Wt: 140 Hometown: Jonesboro, GA Born: February 10,1983
- Member of the youth national team since 1999 and currently is a starting
midfielder on the U-20 National squad.
- In 2002, named first team All-America honors and first team NSCAA and College
Soccer News All-American
- Named to the 2002 All-Southern Conference first team and the NSCAA All-South
Region first team.
- As a member of the U-20 National Team, started in 11 of the team’s first
13 internationals
Paulo Coelho
Position: Defender College: Lafayette College Ht: 6-1 Wt: 186 Hometown: Whippany, NJ Born: April 26, 1981
- Named 2002 adidas Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team selection
- 2002 All-Patriot League First Team
- In 2002, led the team in scoring with eight goals and two assists and racked
up four game-winning goals
- Team tri-captain for Lafayette as a senior
Ryan Coiner
Position: Forward College: University of San Diego Ht: 6-2 Wt: 192 Hometown: Aliso Viejo, CA Born: September 7, 1979
- Named the 2002 West Coast Conference Player of the Year
- 2002 First Team NSCAA All-Far West Region and 2002 First Team All-West Coast
Conference
- In 2001, named to the First Team NSCAA All-Far West Region & 1st Team
All-WCC
- In 2000, named 2nd Team NSCAA All-America; the co-West Coast Conference Player
of the Year; and a 1st Team All-West Coast Conference pick
Jason Cole
Position: Back/ Midfield College: St. Louis University Ht: 5-10 Wt: 180 Hometown: Raytown, MO Born: September 26, 1980
- In 2002, C-USA’s Player of the Year and C-USA All-Tournament team
- In 2002, moved into a forward’s role after three years as a defender
and is C-USA’s leading scorer with 42 points (18G, 6A), tied for ninth
nationally at 2.21 ppg through Nov. 25
- In 2002, netted the winner in the C-USA final and named to Soccer America’s
Team of the Week for Nov. 17
- In 2001, NSCAA third-team All-Midwest Region selection, collegesoccer.com
honorable mention All-American and C-USA first-team All-Conference
Jonathan Cole
Position: Defender College: University of Virginia Ht: 6-0 Wt: 175 Hometown: Annapolis, MD Born: October 10, 1980
- Named to the 2002 Virginia Sports Information Director's (VaSID) Second Team
- Two-time selection to the Virginia Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team, 2001
and 2002
- In 2001, named to the First Team All-ACC
- 2000 named to the ACC All-Tournament team
- Selected First Team Virginia Sports Information Director's (VaSID) in 2000
and 2001
David Comfort
Position: Goalkeeper College: Univ. of Virginia Ht: 6-5 Wt: 200 Hometown: Richmond, VA Born: July 27, 1981
- Second all-time at UVa for most minutes as keeper (5442), second all-time
for most games played as keeper (60)
- In 2002, recorded a team-high 64 saves and three solo shutouts and had a goals
against average of 1.
- In 2001, named Second Team All-State by the Virginia Sports Information Directors
(VaSID)
- A four-year member of the Virginia state ODP team
Stephen Command
Position: Defender College: Jacksonville University Ht: 6-0 Wt: 176 Hometown: Brighton, MI Born: October 24, 1980
- Two-time Atlantic Sun All-Tournament Team, 2001 & 2002
- Vital part of a defense that led the conference allowing 1.08 goals per game,
the best GAA in school history
- Atlantic Sun Defensive Player-of-the-Week honors twice during the regular
season (9/16 & 11/11)
- 2001 Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference honors and made the Dean's List
Tyler Conley
Position: Forward College: University of San Diego Ht: 5-7 Wt: 162 Hometown: Golden, CO Born: September 9, 1979
- 2002 West Coast Conference Honorable Mention
- In 2000, named to the All-WCC honorable mention
- Selected to the 2002 Verizon 2nd Team Academic All-American
Matt Crawford
Position: Midfielder College: University of North Carolina Ht: 5-10 Wt: 160 Hometown: Durham, NC Born: August 20, 1980
- 2002 First-team All-ACC
- UNC team co-captain in 2002
- Started 81 of 89 matches, career 12 goals, 35 assists (second in UNC history)
and 59 total points
- First-team Academic All-America in 2002
Guido Cristofori
Position: Midfield/ Forward College: Syracuse Ht: 6-0 Wt: 185 Hometown: Fairport, NY Born: June 27, 1981
- In 2002, second on the team in scoring with 15 points (4 goals, 7 assists),
scored three game-winning goals
- In 2002, First-team All-New York Region, Third-team All-BIG EAST, and Verizon
Academic All-District I First Team
- In 2002, tied for fourth in the BIG EAST in assists and assists per game in
18 games
- Was a member of the BIG EAST All-Rookie Team while playing for West Virginia
his freshman year
Anthony Curtis
Position: Midfielder College: University of Connecticut Ht: 5-11 Wt: 155 Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica Born: September 9, 1978
- 2002 Big East Midfielder of the Year and to the All-Big East First Team
- Selected to the 2002 NSCAA/adidas All-New England First Team
- Named to the 2002 UConn/adidas Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2001 All-BIG EAST Second Team and All-New England First Team
- At Rhode Island, a two-time First Team All-Atlantic 10 Performer and 1999
Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year
Chris Dadaian
Position: Goalkeeper College: Univ. Wisconsin-Milwaukee Ht: 6-1 Wt: 190 Hometown: New Berlin, WI Born: August 4, 1980
- UWM's all-time leader in wins (42) and shutouts (21)
- Posted school single season records with 16 wins and 0.54 Goals Against average
- In 2002, he went 16-1-0, with nine shutouts
- In 2002, two-time First Team All-Horizon League Player, Second-Team All-Great
Lakes Region Performer, and selected to the MCC All-Newcomer Team in 1999
Chris Daniels
Position: Midfielder College: Oral Roberts Ht: 5-9 Wt: 165 Hometown: Edmond, OK Born: September 17, 1980
- 2002, played and started in all 17 games in more of a defensive role his
senior year
- 2001, appeared in all 18 games and tied for second on the team with seven
goals scored.
- 2000, played in 16 games and led the team with five goals and 10 points.
- Played club soccer for Tulsa Hurricane ’81 which were state champions
six straight years and reached nationals.
Luiz Del Monte
Position: Midfielder/Forward College: Creighton University Ht: 5-6 Wt: 150 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Born: March 9, 1980
- 2002 first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference
- Finished second on the team with seven assists in 2002
- In 2001, named to the Maryland Fila Classic All-Tournament Team
- Started 44 of 38 matches in which he appeared after transferring from Harris-Stowe
State College
Jeff Deren
Position: Forward College: University of Massachusetts Ht: 5-8 Wt: 165 Hometown: Chicopee, MA Born: July 22, 1981
- College Soccer News All-America third team
- Two-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Year in 2001 and 2002, first team All-Atlantic
10, named to Atlantic 10 All-Tournament team
- First team All-New England
- School record 113 points, becoming the first UMass player to surpass the century
mark.
Rhian Dodds
Position: Midfielder College: Robert Morris University Ht: 5-10 Wt: 165 Hometown: Hamilton, Ontario Born:
- Earned 2002 NCAA Mid-Atlantic All Region First Team accolades
- Named the 2002 Northeast Conference Player of the Year
- A Two-time all-NEC first team member
- Led the NEC in assists (11 / 0.68 per game) and ranked eighth nationally assists
Tom Dolan
Position: Defender College: Southern Methodist University (SMU) Ht: 5-10 Wt: Hometown: St. Louis, MO Born: September 20, 1980
- Team co-captain his senior year (2002)
- In 2001, named to the All-MVC second team
- Named to the 1999 Saint Louis Nike Classic All-Tournament team and the 1999
SMU Nike Classic All-Tournament team
Chad Dombrowski
Position: Defender College: Univ. Wisconsin-Milwaukee Ht: 6-1 Wt: 175 Hometown: West Allis, WI Born: August 5, 1980
- Fourth on the team with 18 points in 2002 (six goals, six assists)
- Scored 62 points in his four-year career 24 goals, 14 assists
- In 2002, Second Team NSCAA All-American, Two-Time First Team All-Great Lakes
Region Player, and Two-Time First Team All-Horizon League Performer
- All-MCC Second Team and All-Newcomer Team in 1999
Matthew Domingo
Position: Midfielder College: Portland Ht: 5-8 Wt: 180 Hometown: San Jose, CA Born: June 11, 1980
- National Team Pool, 1994-97 and Region IV ODP Team, 1994-98.
- In 2002, NIKE Portland Invitational Outstanding Defensive Player and honorable
mention all-West Coast Conference, his third all-WCC award
- In 2000, started 17 games and played in 18 and all-tournament award at adidas/IU
Credit Union Classic.
- twice was named to All-Central Coast Section first team while at Bellarmine
Prep
Alberto Duenas
Position: Defender/midfielder College: St. John’s University Ht: 5-7 Wt: 155 Hometown: Hawthorne, CA Born: Sept. 23, 1981
- Helped lead Red Storm to No. 1 national ranking for five-straight weeks as
a member of defense that posted school record 13 shutouts and had a Division
I best 0.44 goals-against average.
- A specialist on set pieces for St. John’s, Duenas started 68 of 71 career
games in four-year career at the school.
- Named to BIG EAST All-Rookie team in his freshman season.
- Lists playing for Mexican Under-17 team as most thrilling experience.
Todd Dunivant
Position: Defender College: Stanford Ht: 6-0 Wt: 174 Hometown: Wheat Ridge, CO Born: December 26, 1980
- Played in 81 games at Stanford, fourth-best in school history
- In 2002, first team All-American NSCAA/adidas, first team NSCAA/adidas All
Far-West, second team AllPac-10, named first team All Pac-10 Academic, selected
to the all-tournament team at the NCAA College Cup
- In 2002, tallied 15 points, fourth-best on the Cardinal, his eleven assists
were second-best on the Cardinal
- In 2001, first team All Pac-10 selection, fourth on the team in scoring with
19 points, All-Academic first team selection and made the all-tournament team
at the NCAA College Cup
- 2002 second team All-Big Ten selection and All-Big Ten Tournament team, All-Ohio
- 2002 recorded two goals and one assist this season, strengths being causing
opponent turnovers at midfield and keeping possession
- 2001 All-Big Ten and All-Ohio Second Team selection and an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
- 2000 As a sophomore, named to the Penn State/NIKE Classic All-Tournament Team
Sept. 16 for his outstanding play
Sherif El Bialy
Position: Forward College: Rutgers University Ht: 5-11 Wt: 170 Hometown: Cairo, Egypt Born: February 10, 1980
- First team all-region pick in 2001 and 2002.
- In 2001, named to the First Team All-BIG EAST
- Played with the U-20 National Team the year prior to arriving at Rutgers
- Started 53 of 55 possible matches for Rutgers
Alecko Eskandarian
Position: Forward College: University of Virginia (Project 40) Ht: 5-8 Wt: 160 Hometown: Montvale, NJ Born: July 9, 1982
- In 2002, recorded a team-high 54 points resulting from a team-high 25 goals
and four assists
- In 2002, named the 2002 ACC Player of the Year, named to the First Team All-ACC,
ACC All-Tournament team, M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Award finalist and selected to
the NSCAA/adidas All-South Atlantic Region First Team
- In 2001, recorded 1,321 minutes of playing time, second on the team with 21
points from a team-high nine goals with three assists
- Selected as the 2000 Gatorade National Player of the Year and named a NSCAA/adidas
All-American
Anthony Esquivel
Position: Forward College: Furman University Ht: 5-11 Wt: 181 Hometown: San Antonio, TX Born: December 5, 1980
- First team All-Southern Conference selection.
- Furman never lost a conference match in his four year career as it set an
NCAA record with a 43 match conference unbeaten streak as Esquivel scored game-winners
in several of those matches.
- Led team in scoring with 13 goals and four assists for 30 points.
- Third team NSCAA All-South Region pick.
Rui Fernandes
Position: Midfielder College: University of Connecticut Ht: 5-6 Wt: 145 Hometown: Bridgeport, CT Born: September 1, 1979
- Named to the 2002 UConn/adidas Classic All-Tournament Team
- 2002 tri-captain has played in 68 career games and recorded five goals and
13 assists for 23 points in that span
- 1999 transfer to Connecticut from Western Connecticut State University
- Played key role in 2000 NCAA National Championship run
Patrick Fisher
Position: Midfielder College: University of California Ht: 5-10 Wt: 165 Hometown: Saratoga Born: April 9, 1981
- 2001 All-Pac-10 honorable mention and second team Pac-10 All-Academic recognition
- Game-winning goal in the adidas Cal Legacy Classic title for the first time
in University of California history
- Played in all 57 matches and started 52 matches the last three seasons
- In high school, member of the Region IV U18 Olympic Development Program team
Jimmy Frazelle
Position: Midfielder College: UCLA Ht: 5-10 Wt: 150 Hometown: Folsom, CA Born: April 10, 1980
- In 2002, second-team All-Pac-10 selection, ranks fifth on the team in goals
scored with five and points with 16
- In 2002 he tied his career high with six assists, which rank fourth on the
squad
- In 2002, he was selected the Pac-10 Player of the Week and earned Soccer America
Team of the Week honors Oct. 22 after his heroics against Stanford
- Had a two-assist game in the NCAA second round win over LMU
Kevin Friedland
Position: Defender College: Southern Methodist University (SMU) Ht: 5-8 Wt: 154 Hometown: Irvine, CA Born: Oct. 3, 1981
- Was one of three players to start every game for SMU (22) in 2002 on his
way to NSCAA/adidas Second Team All-America and All-MVC first team honors in
2002.
- His SMU career started slow in 1999 but by 2001 he was playing in ever game,
earning recognition to Jewish All-America Team.
- The 1999 L.A. Times Player of the Year was also team captain for renowned
Irvine Strikers Soccer Club over past six years
- Four-year starter and letterwinner at Woodbridge High School helping lead
his team to the state championship and No. 4 national ranking
Robert Friend
Position: Forward College: University of California-Santa Barbara Ht: 6-4 Wt: 205 Hometown: Kelowna, British Columbia Born: January 23, 1981
- 2002 NSCAA/adidas All-American
- Member of the Canadian Olympic Team, he recently signed a professional contract
with the Moss Football Club of the Norwegian First Division
- In 2001, named the Big West¹s Co-Offensive Player of the Year and First
Team All-Big West and led the conference in five offensive categories (points,
goals, goals per game, shots, and game-winning goals)
- Played on both the national under-20 and under-23 squads and member of Canada¹s
under-23 team for the past two seasons
Ryan Futagaki
Position: Midfielder College: UCLA Ht: 5-7 Wt: 150 Hometown: Fountain Valley, CA Born: January 17, 1980
- In 2002, finalist for the M.A.C. Hermman Trophy, named to the NSCAA All-Far
West third team and Honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection
- 2002 NSCAA All-Far West first team honoree and first-team All-Pac-10 selection
for the second consecutive year
- In 1999, member of the bronze medal-winning U.S. Pan American Games team where
he earned five U-23 caps
- Assisted on a goal in the U.S. U-20’s 5-1 victory over Canada in CONCACAF
qualifying for the World Youth Championships and also played with the U-16 and
U-17 National Teams
Mike Gabb
Position: Goalkeeper College: Creighton University Ht: 6-2 Wt: 205 Hometown: Omaha, NE Born: October 27, 1980
- 2002 second-team all-MVC
- 41 career wins, 1.02 career goals against average, 196 career saves, .802
career winning percentage and over 5,000 career minutes played all rank in the
top four in school history
- Started every game in 2002 and played every minute in net after coming off
a medical redshirt in 2001
- In 2000, named to the College Cup All-Tournament Team
Carlos Garcia
Position: Forward College: William and Mary Ht: 5-9 Wt: 170 Hometown: Cali, Colombia Born: May 13, 1981
- Among the top-three career leaders at W&M in every offensive statistic,
including points (121, second), goals (45, third), assists (31, third), shots
(311, first) and game-winning goals (12, tied for third).
- In 2002, First team All-CAA and All-South Region selection and picked to the
CAA All-Tournament team
- In 2002, second on team in scoring with 29 points and goals with 9 and tied
for first with 11 assists
- In 2001, led the CAA in points (38), tied for the league lead with 15 goals
and second in the conference with eight assists
Rafael Garcia
Position: Forward College: University of Notre Dame Ht: 5-10 Wt: 160 Hometown: Palmdale, CA Born: April 8, 1981
- Member of the California South State Olympic Developmental Program since
1997
- As a Junior, played in 12 games and earned only start of the season against
Clemson
- Led Palmdale club team to Under-16 USA Cup championship in 1997
Eddie Gaven
Position: Midfielder College: NA – Project 40 Ht: 6-0 Wt: 145 Hometown: Hamilton, NJ Born: October 25, 1986
- At the age of 16 years and 2 months, he becomes the youngest player ever
to sign with MLS
- Recently began his fourth semester in U.S. Soccer’s Full-Time U17 Residency
Program in Bradenton, FL
- A creative player whose size and athleticism make him an excellent ball-winner
on both offense and defense
Bobby Gehring
Position: Defender College: Wake Forest Ht: 5-10 Wt: 175 Hometown: Amsterdam, Netherlands Born: November 6, 1979
- Played in 71 games in four-year Wake Forest career with 58 starts, with 14
career goals and 10 career assist
- Made the ACC All-Tournament team as a freshman
- Captained several Dutch Youth National Teams from 1994-96, captaining the
U-14, U-15, and U-16 squads
- In 2001, played in all 21 games, starting 19 moving to the flank defender
position
- Played with the Ajax from 1992-98, scored 148 goals career, winning two Dutch
championships
Ryan Gibbs
Position: Forward College: Virginia Ht: 5-11 Wt: 165 Hometown: West Chester, PA Born: April 8, 1981
- In 2002, recorded 23 points (second on the team) resulting from eight goals
and seven assists
- In 2002, named to the ACC All-Tournament Team and in 2001, named First Team
All-ACC
- In 2001, scored a team-high 23 points resulting from a team-high nine goals
and five assists (third on the team) and scored a team-high five game-winning
goals
- Played with the U.S. under-18 national team
Tim Glowienka
Position: Defender College: University of South Carolina Ht: 5-9 Wt: 165 Hometown: Oak Ridge, TN Born: August 10, 1980
- 2002 Named to the Pre-rehab-Aces Classic All-Tournament Team.
- In 2001, member of the defense that allowed only 22 goals in 19 matches, averaging
1.2 goals per match
- Started all but three matches in his collegiate career
- Member of the 2001 NSCAA/adidas Third Team All-South and 2001 UCLA Invitational
All-Tournament team.
Michael Goldman
Position: Midfield/Forward College: George Washington University Ht: 5-9 Wt: 160 Hometown: Bethesda, MD Born: July 29, 1980
- 2002 Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team
- Named to the 2002 Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team
- Tallied 24 career assists, third all-time for Colonial assist leaders.
- Third in assists in the conference and 11th total points for the 2002 season.
Guillermo “Memo” Gonzalez
Position: Midfielder College: NA – Project 40 Ht: 5-11 Wt: 145 Hometown: Paramount, CA Born: January 4, 1986
- Recently began his fourth semester in U.S. Soccer’s Full-Time U17 Residency
Program in Bradenton, FL
- Led the team in scoring last year, tallying 21 goals and seven assists in
the team’s first 45 matches in 2002
- Plays predominantly in central midfield for John Ellinger due to his ability
to change the point of attack
Chris Goos
Position: Midfielder College: University of North Carolina-Greensboro Ht: 5-9 Wt: 145 Hometown: Houston, TX Born: April 16, 1981
- 2002 Southern Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Year
- Two-time First-Team All-Southern Conference in 2001 & 2002
- Just the 25th player in NCAA history to record 20 goals and 20 assists in
a single season
- In 2002, led the nation in points (2.73) and assists per game (0.91)
Taylor Graham
Position: Defender College: Stanford Ht: 6-4 Wt: 190 Hometown: Fair Oaks, CA Born: June 3, 1980
- Arrived at Stanford as a walk-on and developed into a two-year starter
- In 2002, Named All Pac-10 first team and named third team All-Far West by
NSCAA/adidas
- In 2002, named a first team Academic All-American, District-8 Academic first
team selection and first team All-Pac-10 Academic
- In 2001, an honorable mention All Pac-10 selection, first team All-Academic
Pac-10 honoree while starting all 22 games
Rusty Guidici
Position: Defender College: College of Holy Cross Ht: Wt: Hometown: Highlands Ranch, CO Born: January 27, 1981
- 2002 NSCAA All-New England First Team
- Named 2002 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year
- Patriot League First Team honors for an unmatched fourth consecutive season
- In 2001, named to the All-New England second team
Adam Guren
Position: Midfield/ Def. College: Duke Ht: 5-10 Wt: 175 Hometown: Kirtland Hills, OH Born: November 3, 1981
- 2002, started 14 of 16 games played on the defensive end for the Blue Devils
- 2001, started 12 of his 14 games played as a junior and took six shots and
assisted on one goal on the season
- 2000, provided valuable minutes off the bench in 17 Blue Devil contests, while
getting the nod for two starts
- Earned All-Conference honors three times and All-County recognition twice
Joe Hammes
Position: Midfield/ Back College: St. Louis Ht: 6-0 Wt: 170 Hometown: Cedarburg, WI Born: May 9, 1979
- In 2002, was named C-USA first-team All-Conference
- In 2002, had a career-high 10 points (4G, 2A) surpassing his point total for
his first three years combined
- In 2002, was a starter for the Milwaukee Bavarians U.S. Open Amateur Cup championship
team this summer
- In 2000, NSCAA All-Midwest Region, named to the first-team All-Conference
and was named Most Valuable Defender in the C-USA tournament
D.J. Harrington
Position: Defender/Forward College: Western Illinois Ht: 5-9 Wt: 175 Hometown: Sarasota, FL Born: July 16, 1980
- In 2002, recorded four goals and one assist and named First-Team All-Conference
- In 2002, named Mid-Con Player of the Week on November 11th after goals against
Wofford and #17/11 Clemson.
- In 2000, named to the All-Mid-Con Second Team and Mid-Con Player of the Week
on October 9
- In 2000, Played in all 18 matches, starting 16 as a sophomore
Shaun Higgins
Position: Midfield/Forward College: Hofstra University Ht: 5-10 Wt: 165 Hometown: Whitestone, NY Born: June 10, 1981
- Led Hofstra in scoring with five goals and seven assists for 17 points in
only 15 games played
- Converted to forward from his outside midfield position, which he held his
first three seasons
- Played in every game his first three years.
- Had two goals, including a golden-goal in overtime, as Hofstra defeated UMBC
2-1
Tom Hoff
Position: Midfielder College: Drury University Ht: 5-9 Wt: 160 Hometown: Fenton, MO Born: April 2, 1981
- First all-time at Drury in career assists with 15
- Started 70 of 71 matches he has played in for Drury
- One of Drury’s top players since his freshman season
- Member of two state championships with Christian Brothers High School
Brent Jacquette
Position: Defender/Midfielder College: Penn State Ht: 6-0 Wt: 167 Hometown: Wallingford, PA Born: January 16, 1981
- Tri-captain as a senior in 2002, consistently playin to a 1.25 goal and 10.5
shots per game average
- NSCAA/adidas Div I All-America Third Team.
- NSCAA/adidas Mid-Atlantic All-Region first team, All Big-Ten First team for
second consecutive season
- Started all 22 games, finishing fifth on team in points (7) and tied for fourth
in goals (2), including one game-winner
Nate Jaqua
Position: Midfielder/Forward College: University of Portland (Project 40) Ht: 6-3 Wt: 180 Hometown: Eugene, OR Born: October 28, 1981
- Named to the 2002 NSCAA All-Far West second team
- Two-time All-West Coast Conference in 2002 and 2001
- 2001 third-team NSCAA All-America
- Member of the under-20 national team pool since 2000
Jack Jewsbury
Position: Midfield/ Forward College: St. Louis Ht: 6-0 Wt: 185 Hometown: Springfield, MO Born: April 13, 1981
- In 2002, was named C-USA first-team All-Conference and is a Verizon third-team
Academic All-American
- Is the Bills’ second-leading scorer with 29 points (10G, 9A) and is
second on the team in assists
- C-USA Offensive Player of the Week and to Soccer America’s Team of the
Week for the period ending Oct. 13
- Drilled the winner vs. New Mexico in the NCAA second round and assisted on
Mike Kirchhoff’s goal in the C-USA final
Soren Johnson
Position: Goalkeeper College: Davidson College Ht: 6-3 Wt: 200 Hometown: Blowing Rock, NC Born: June 25, 1981
- Finished career with a goals against average of 1.50, including 1.07
- In 2002 tallied 20 career shutouts, tying the school all-time record and earning
first team all-conference honors
- Trained with Chicago Fire reserve squad during the summer of 2001
- Spent two weeks during the 2001 summer training with AC Allianssi in Finland
Bret Jones
Position: Midfield College: Wright State Ht: 5-8 Wt: 155 Hometown: Xenia, OH Born: December 8, 1980
- In 2002, First Team All-Horizon League and All-Ohio and started every game
- In 2001, Team MVP and selected First Team All-Horizon League and All-Ohio
- In 1999, Team MVP and Rookie of the Year and conference Newcomer of the Year
and Second Team All-Ohio
- competed during the summer of 2000 for the Dayton Gemini of the Premier Development
League, where he recorded one goal and two assists
Michael Jones
Position: Midfield College: Oral Roberts Ht: 5-8 Wt: 155 Hometown: Tulsa, OK Born: January 4, 1981
- In 2002, Second on the team in assists (4) and played and started 16 games
- 2001, Named to the Mid-Continent Conference all-tournament team
- 2001, Played in 17 games and led the team with four assists
- 1999 As a freshman, played in all 21 games and helped team advanced to NCAA
Tournament
Ian Joy
Position: Defender College: N/A Ht: 5-8 Wt: 160 Hometown: Manchester, England Born: July 14, 1981
- Began career as youth trainee at Tranmere Rovers (ENG) at age 16.
- After one year in youth ranks signed two-year pro contract.
- Success with the U.S. under-18sr reserve team.
Boureima Kante
Position: Forward College: Community College of Baltimore County-Essex, MD Ht: Wt: Hometown: Born: July 20, 1981
Ryan Kenyon
Position: Defender College: Southern Methodist University Ht: 5-10 Wt: 160 Hometown: Lake Forest, CA Born: July 8, 1979
- Kenyon did not waste any time getting his career on track, starting all 21
games in his freshman 1998 season.
- Second-Team All-WAC selection in 1999 as he helped Mustang defense to 11 shutouts.
- Returned from medical redshirt 2001 season to play in 21 games in 2002 and
scored first career goal.
- Hobbies include surfing and snowboarding.
Michael Kirchhoff
Position: Defender College: St. Louis Ht: 6-2 Wt: 175 Hometown: Fenton, MO Born: May 25, 1981
- In 2002, C-USA third-team All-Conference
- In 2002, had a career-high 12 points (4G, 4A) and scored a goal and assisted
on the winner in the C-USA final
- In 2002, named to the North Carolina Nike Classic All-Tournament team after
scoring his first goal of the year at UNC
- In 2001, led the Billiken defenders with 10 points (4G, 2A)
Ryan Kneipper
Position: Forward/Midfielder College: University of North Carolina Ht: 6-3 Wt: 195 Hometown: Dallas, TX Born: September 24, 1980
- 2002 First-team All-ACC
- Led UNC with 45 points in 2002 (18 goals, nine assists both were career highs)
- 81 games/33 starts · 39 goals (fifth in UNC history), 17 assists, 95
total points (fifth in UNC history)
- Scored the game-winning goal against Indiana in the 2001 NCAA College Cup
championship match and named Offensive MVP
- 2001 Second-Team All-ACC
Hjalti Kristjansson
Position: Defender College: California State University-Sacramento Ht: 6-0 Wt: 178 Hometown: Kopavogur, Iceland Born: March 1, 1978
- Three-time all-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation honors
- Named to the 2001 second team all-MPSF as one of the top defenders in the
conference
- Had 52 career starts and ties him for fourth all-time at California State
University-Sacramento
Kris Kuykendall
Position: Midfielder College: American University Ht: 5-9 Wt: 150 Hometown: Fairfax, VA Born: June 2, 1980
- Named 2002 Penn State/Nike Classic Tournament MVP
- 2002 First-Team All-Patriot League selection
- Scored the lone goal in the 2001 Patriot League Championship against Holy
Cross
- Played two years with a senior amateur club, Top Oss, in Holland
- In the U.S. Soccer Under-17 national pool and spent four seasons on the Regional
Olympic Development program in high school
Steve Lawrence
Position: Defender College: Marquette University Ht: 5-10 Wt: 150 Hometown: Brookfield, WI Born: November 22, 1980
- Three-time All C-USA selection, earning second team honors each of the last
two seasons.
- First-team All-Great Lakes Region selection by the National Soccer Coaches
Association of America.
- In his four seasons at Marquette, the Golden Eagles have recorded 19 shutouts,
including five in 2002 season.
- Marquette's starting central defender for the past four seasons.
Jacob LeBlanc
Position: Midfield College: University of Virginia (Project 40) Ht: 5-11 Wt: 180 Hometown: Palo Alto, CA Born: February 2, 1981
- In 2002, scored eight points resulting from a team-high eight assists and
half of his assists (four) on the season were game-winners
- In 2002, named to the ACC All-Tournament Team and selected Second Team All-State
by the Virginia Sports Information Directors of America (VaSID)
- In 2001, recorded 1,592 minutes of playing time after starting all 20 games
(team-high) he appeared in, finishing fourth on the team with 10 points resulting
from six assists (second on the squad) and two goals
- Played on the under-18 U.S. National Team and was a member of the under-20
pool.
Roger Levesque
Position: Forward College: Stanford Ht: 6-2 Wt: 174 Hometown: Portland, ME Born: January 22, 1981
- Played in 76 games at Stanford, ninth-best in school history
- Chalked up 30 career assists, third all-time at Stanford and ranks sixth all-time
in points with 88
- In 2002, Selected third team All-America by NSCAA/adidas, named first team
NSCAA/adidas All-Far West and named first team All Pac-10 selection, named to
the all-tournament team at the NCAA College Cup
- In 2001, NSCAA second team All-American, Pac-10 Player of the Year, Second
team All-Academic Pac-10 and voted the Stanford Pac-10 Conference Male Athlete
of the Year, presented to the Stanford athlete who distinguishes himself in
conference competition
Eric “Ricky” Lewis
Position: Defense/Forward College: Clemson University (Project 40) Ht: 6-0 Wt: 170 Hometown: Spring, TX Born: May 29, 1982
- 2001 ACC All-Tournament Team
- In 2002, had four goals and six assists for 14 points
- Named to the 2001 All-Tournament team at Clemson Invitational
- Involved in Olympic Development Experience (1998-Present)
Pat Lonergan
Position: Defender College: St. John’s University Ht: 5-8 Wt: 150 Hometown: Millington, NJ Born: Sept. 2, 1980
- One of top defenders in BIG EAST, who often marks opposition’s top
threat, Lonergan anchored best defensive unit in country which recorded school
record 13 shutouts, allowing just 10 goals.
- Third-team NSCAA/adidas New York Region selection and First-team Verizon Academic
All-American selection in 2002.
- Started 53 of 77 career games in which he played for the Red Storm.
- In high school was first-team all state in 1998-99 at The Delbarton School
Tim Lynch
Position: Defender/ Midfield College: U.S. Military Academy Ht: 5-8 Wt: 165 Hometown: Aurora, CO Born: January 24, 1980
- In 2002, started first seven games of season before sustaining an injury
- In 2001, only Black Knight to start all 17 matches ... played in both the
defense and midfield
- In 2000, started seven of first eight games before succumbing to a season-ending
injury
- Colorado ODP State team member from 1993-96 and Region IV ODP member 1995,
1997
Ryan Mack
Position: Midfielder/Forward College: Indiana University Ht: 5-10 Wt: 160 Hometown: Beverly Hill, MI Born: November 13, 1979
- One of 15 finalists for the 2002 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy and
preseason All-American.
- 2000 All-American
- Four-time All-Big Ten selection
- Finished career among the top 10 in school history in assists with 34
Mike Magee
Position: Forward College: NA – Project 40 Ht: 5-9 Wt: 150 Hometown: Long Grove, IL Born: September 2, 1984
- As an 18-year old, led the U.S. Under-20s with 14 goals in 2002
- In 2002 following tryouts with Ajax (Holland) and Viking (Norway) he frequently
trained with Chicago Fire
- Scored four times in a 5-2 win over Ukraine to put the U.S. into the semifinals
of the C.O.T.I.F. Torneig Internacional in Spain
- In 2002, honorable mention all-West Coast Conference
- second on the team in scoring with seven goals, five assists and 19 points
in 2002
- In 2000, Canadian U-20 National Team and made U-20 trip to Germany in summer
- played for Vancouver Metro-Ford Jr. Wolves in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League,
running a 13-1-4 in 1999
Johanes Maliza
Position: Midfielder College: Stanford Ht: 5-8 Wt: 160 Hometown: Chicago, IL Born: September 10, 1981
- Played in 79 games, sixth-best in school history
- In 2002, first team All-Far West by NSCAA/adidas All Pac-10 first team, first
team All Pac-10 Academic, third team All-America by NSCAA/adidas, first team
NSCAA/adidas All-Far West, first team All Pac-10 selection and all-tournament
team at the NCAA College Cup
- In 2002, scored 22 points (8 goals, 6 assists), second-best on the Cardinal
and attempted 44 shots
- A second team All Pac-10 selection and All-Academic Pac-10 first team who
tied for third on the team with seven goals scored and fifth on the club with
five assists
Alen Marcina
Position: Forward College: Barry University Ht: 5-10 Wt: 171 Hometown: Surrey, BC (Canada) Born: July 30, 1979
- 2002 Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year and Offensive Player of
the Year
- Named to the 2002 First team All-SSC
- NSCAA All-American first team for the third straight year
- Leading scorer in school history with 62 goals
Michael Mariscalco
Position: Midfielder College: Butler University Ht: 5-11 Wt: 170 Hometown: Dayton, OH Born: August 27, 1980
- 2002 & 2001 first team All-Horizon League and Horizon League All-Tournament
team
- Named to the 2002 second team All-Great Lakes Region
- Started every match in Butler career
- Butler’s all-time leader in assists, fourth for points and fifth on
the all-time list for goals
Roger Marvinney
Position: Goalkeeper College: East Carolina University Ht: 6-1 Wt: 180 Hometown: Chatham, NJ Born: April 11, 1980
- Led Conference USA in saves per game for two consecutive seasons and overall
saves
- Finished career with the fourth most career saves in school history, 325 and
registered over 100 saves last two seasons.
- In 2002, only player in NCAA to have two 15-save games during the season.
- Started 58 of 59 games played during his career
Chris McClellan
Position: GoalKeeper College: Colorado Christian University Ht: 6-1 Wt: Hometown: Broomfield, CO Born: May 9, 1981
- First team All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference pick as a sophomore, junior,
and senior
- Named 2000, 2001, 2002 first team NSCAA All-Midwest Region team selection
- Recorded the most saves in the RMAC in '00, '01, '02
- Holds CCU's records for Career Saves, Career Shutouts, Career Goals Against
Average, and single season GAA
Larry McDonald
Position: Midfielder College: American University Ht: 6-2 Wt: 190 Hometown: Waddel Village, Trinidad Born: October 5, 1977
- 2002 D.C. College Cup MVP
- Earned a spot on the 2002 Penn State/Nike Classic All-Tournament squad
- 2001 All-Patriot League First-Team
- Started 72 of 77 games in four years
- Member of the Trinidad Senior National Team Under-23 Olympic team pool in
high school
Aaron McHardy
Position: Midfield College: Oregon State Ht: 5-9 Wt: 170 Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia Born: February 20, 1980
- 2002 Verizon Academic All-America second team, as well as to the all-region
first-team, honorable mention All-Pac-10
- ranks third all-time in scoring at OSU with 53 points on 22 goals and nine
assists
- 22 goals is third all-time, nine assists is tied for ninth on the career list
- played in Jamaica for Under-23 team
-2001 First-team NSCAA Scholar All-American, first-team Verizon Academic All-Region,
second-team All-Pac-10, first-team Academic Pac-10, second-team NSCAA All-Region
Donald McIntosh
Position: Midfielder College: Duke University Ht: 6-1 Wt: 175 Hometown: Lake Mary, FL Born: June 1, 1981
- Two-time first team All-ACC in 2001 and 2002
- Finished his career with 80 games played, including 74 starts
- The 2002 co-captain registered four goals and four assists for 12 points as
a senior.
- In 1999, named to ACC All-Tournament team
Andrew McLeod
Position: Defense College: University of Connecticut Ht: 6-0 Wt: 175 Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica Born: April 10, 1979
- Started 44 of a possible 45 games and helped hold opponents to 0.95 goals
per game and 9.8 shots per game at UConn
- 2001 transfer to UConn from Meridian Community College
- At Meridian Community College, named 2000 National Junior College Athletic
Association (NJCAA) Player of the Year
- Represented Jamaica on the Jamaican Youth National Team.
Hamid Mehreioskouei
Position: Forward College: Bradley University Ht: 5-11 Wt: 160 Hometown: Schaumburg, IL Born: February 15, 1981
- Two-time NSCAA All-Midwest Region
- Two-time All-Missouri Valley Conference
- 2000 College Soccer Online All-American
- 2001 Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete
Machel Millwood
Position: Forward College: Towson Ht: 6-3 Wt: 190 Hometown: College Park, MD Born: June 28, 1979
- Scored 22 goals with 21 assists in 41-game Towson career, starting 36 of
41 games for a total of 65 points
- In 2002, Tigers’ leading scorer with 10 goals and 11 assists in 19 games
- In 2002, named first team All-South Atlantic region and earned first team
All-Colonial Athletic Association honors
- A Kingston, Jamaica native, named as junior college All-American while at
Prince Georges Community College where he played for two years
Randall Moate
Position: Goalkeeper College: Hartwick College Ht: 6-5 Wt: 200 Hometown: Lititz, PA Born: March 20, 1981
- 2002 Atlantic Soccer Conference All-Conference first team
- Named to the 2002 NSCAA/Adidas Division I Men's Soccer New York Region first
team.
- Started 18 matches and played 1,683 minutes for the Hawks
- Posted a league-best six shutouts
Flavio Monteiro
Position: Forward College: University of Alabama at Birmingham Ht: 6-3 Wt: 189 Hometown: Houston, TX Born: March 21, 1978
- 2002 First-team All-Conference in Conference USA
- Scored 30 goals in 45 career games played for an average of .67 goals per
game
- 2001 second-team all-conference accolades
- 1999 Conference USA Freshman of the Year
Yuri Morales
Position: Forward College: University of Massachusetts Ht: 5-11 Wt: 170 Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA Born: September 30, 1981
- First team All-Atlantic 10
- Second team All-New England
- Started all 20 matches in 2002
- Ranks first all-time in career assists with 28 at UMass
Joe Morelli
Position: Defender College: University of Illinois-Chicago Ht: 6-1 Wt: 171 Hometown: Holly, MI Born: June 4, 1981
- 2002 All-Horizon League First Team
- Named to the 2001 All-Horizon League Second Team and NSCAA All-Region Third
Team.
- In 2000, named to the All-Midwestern Collegiate Conference Second Team and
MCC All-Tournament Team
- Played in every match he played at UIC and started every match over the last
three seasons.
Andres Murriagui
Position: Midfielder College: Loyola Marymount University Ht: 5-6 Wt: 150 Hometown: Laguna Hills, CA Born: February 22, 1981
- Four-straight appearances on the All-WCC list, his first as a first-team
member in 2002
- NSCAA All-Far West First-Team honors
- Nike Goal Rush Classic Offensive MVP
- Finished LMU career ranked second all-time in assists (17) and third in goals
(18) and points (53)
Matt Ney
Position: Forward College: Holy Cross Ht: Wt: Hometown: McLean, VA Born: April 25, 1981
- Member of the 2002 NSCAA All-New England First Team
- Leading point and goal scorer in Holy Cross men's soccer history
- Named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive
season
- First Team All-Patriot League selection the past three years.
- In 2001, received second team All-New England honors
Pat Noonan
Position: Forward College: Indiana University Ht: 6-0 Wt: 170 Hometown: Ballwin, MO Born: August 2, 1980
- 2002 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy runner-up
- Three-time All-American
- Selected the Big Ten Player of the Year in both 2001 and 2002
- Became the 14th player in Indiana soccer history to score 100 points in a
career, ranks in the seventh in goals scored (48), 12th in assists (31), sixth
in points (127), and second in shots (324) in IU history
- Helped the Hoosiers to a 36-0 record in Big Ten regular season play over the
last four seasons and played on IU’s 1999 National title team and in three
College Cups.
- Started every game at Indiana in his four seasons
Matthew Osborne
Position: Forward College: George Washington University Ht: 5-10 Wt: 165 Hometown: Bingham, Nottingham (England) Born: October 12, 1980
- Two-time Atlantic 10 Conference First-Team selection in 2000 and 2002
- 2002 Verizon Academic All-America Player of the Year
- Member of the 2002 NSCAA Adidas All-South Atlantic Regional Second Team.
- 2001 NSCAA-Adidas All-South Atlantic Regional Third Team
- Second overall in George Washington University men’s soccer history
in career goals with 45 and career points with 110
Logan Pause
Position: Defender College: University of North Carolina (Project 40) Ht: 5-10 Wt: 155 Hometown: Hillsborough, N.C. Born: August 22, 1981
- Earned All-ACC honors as a defender in 2002
- Helped lead North Carolina to the 2001 National Championship
- A member of the U.S. U-23 & U-20 National Teams
- Played his first two seasons at midfield, where he started for the Tar Heels
John Pedroli
Position: Forward College: Drury University Ht: 5-9 Wt: 159 Hometown: St. Louis, MO Born: June 5, 1981
- All-time career goals and points with 37 goals and 80 points at Drury
- Finished 6th all-time at Drury with 12 career assists.
- Started 63 of 66 games in which he played
- In 2001, second on the team in scoring with sixteen points
Mike Peplinski
Position: Midfielder College: University at Buffalo Ht: 5-9 Wt: 170 Hometown: Syracuse, NY Born: April 2, 1981
- Two-time All-MAC First Team (2001 & 2002)
- 2001 second-team All-Region honors
- Ranked second on the team in goals, assists and points with four goals and
two assists in 2002 campaign
- 2002 team captain for Buffalo
Dan Perciballi
Position: Midfielder College: Lehigh University Ht: 6-1 Wt: 180 Hometown: Augusta, NJ Born: March 15, 1981
- Two-time team captain, selected to regional All-American in 2002 and 2001
- Four time All-League selection
- Has started every match in which he has played
- Named MVP of the 2000 Patriot League Tournament
Trevor Perea
Position: Midfielder College: Duke University Ht: 5-3 Wt: 135 Hometown: Dallas, TX Born: August 19, 1981
- 2002 first team All-ACC
- In 2001, named to the All-ACC second team
- Named, to the 2001 Perkins/Adidas Classic All-Tournament team
- Member of the under-20 national team residence program and under-18 national
team.
Tim Pierce
Position: Forward College: UCLA Ht: 5-10 Wt: 160 Hometown: Dana Point, CA Born: December 8, 1979
- In 2002, team-leader in goals scored (12), assists (7), points (31) and game-winning
goals (5)
- 2002 NSCAA All-Far West first team honoree and First-team All-Pac-10 selection
for the second consecutive year
- In 2002, he recorded his first career hat trick with a three goal, one assist
effort against San Diego State
- In 2001, First-team All-Pac-10 and third-team NSCAA All-Far West selection
and voted the team’s Offensive MVP, while leading the team in goals scored
(10) and points (22)
Jordan Quinn
Position: Forward College: University of South Carolina Ht: 6-3 Wt: 180 Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Born: January 28, 1981
- Currently is sixth all-time leader in points scored at South Carolina with
37 goals and 13 assists for a total of 87 points
- Team’s leading scorer for the three consecutive years
- 2002 Gamecock Soccer Classic Offensive MVP
- Member of the 2002 Pro-rehab-Aces Classic All-Tournament Team.
Damani Ralph
Position: Forward College: University of Connecticut Ht: 6-0 Wt: 170 Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica Born: November 6, 1980
- Named the 2002 Big East Offensive Player of the Year and to the All-Big East
First Team
- 2002 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Finalist
- Member of the 2002 UConn/adidas Classic All-Tournament Team and NSCAA/adidas
All-New England First Team
- 2001 All-BIG EAST Second Team and All-New England Third Team
- MVP of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)
Tim Regan
Position: Defense/Midfielder College: Bradley University Ht: 6-1 Wt: 170 Hometown: Orland Hills, IL Born: June 27, 1981
- 2002 First-Team All-American, NSCAA and College Soccer News.com
- Named the 2002 MVC Defensive Player of the Year
- Member of the 2002 First-team NSCAA All-Midwest Region
- 2001 and 2002 First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference
- In 2001, named Second Team NSCAA All-Midwest Region
Derek Rhodes
Position: Defender College: University of Massachusetts Ht: 5-9 Wt: 150 Hometown: DePere, WI Born: January 1, 1981
- First team All-Atlantic 10 and third team All-New England
- Started in 77 of 80 matches in four years
- Preseason All-Atlantic 10 selection
- In 2002, switched to a defense and guided a vastly-improving UMass defense
Evan Richardson
Position: Defender College: Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Ht: 6-0 Wt: 170 Hometown: St. Paul, MN Born: September 15, 1979
- In 2002, Second-Team All-Horizon League
- In 2002, scored eight points on the season with three goals and two assists
- In 2002, scored the game-winning goal on a PK versus Detroit on 10/19…
collected one goal and two assists as a junior in 2001
- Started all 11 games as a junior before being sidelined with a foot injury
Michael Ritch
Position: Forward College: Auburn University Montgomery Ht: 6-3 Wt: Hometown: Tallassee, AL Born: April 26, 1981
- At AUM, currently second with goals scored with 64 ... currently second in
assists with 48
- 2002, First-Team NAIA All-American, First-Team All-Region selection, First-Team
All-GACC team and Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Conference Player of the Year
- In 2002, led the team in goals scored with 29 and points with 73 and was second
in assists with 15.
- 2001, Second-Team NAIA All-American, All-Region selection, First-Team All-GACC
- 2001 scored second-most goals with 23 as a junior.
T.J. Rolfing
Position: Forward College: Radford University Ht: 5-11 Wt: 170 Hometown: Sioux Falls, SD Born:
Andy Rosenband
Position: Forward College: Ohio State Ht: 5-7 Wt: 160 Hometown: Hammond, IN Born: April 16, 1980
- 2002 second team All-Big Ten selection, NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region second
team and first team All-Ohio selection
- led the team in points (14), shots (36) and shots on goal (19) in his first
season after transferring from Wake Forest.
- 2001 recorded three assists for three points, including an assist in the Big
Ten tournament
- Colorado Rush/Riverside Renegades/ODP Participated in the ODP at the regional
level and helped Colorado Rush win the U-20 National Championship in 2000
Brian Rowland
Position: Goalkeeper College: Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Ht: 5-11 Wt: 175 Hometown: Toronto, Ontario Born: December 30, 1980
- In 2002, earned First Team All Northeast Conference honors in his senior
season
- Set the school record for shutouts in a career with 25 and in a season with
11 in 2002
- In 2002, led the NEC and was third in the South Atlantic region with a goals
against average of 0.81
- Member of both the under-18 and under-20 Team Canada squads and included in
the Canadian Olympic Team Pool
Frank Sanfilippo
Position: Midfielder College: San Jose State University Ht: 5-11 Wt: Hometown: San Diego, CA Born: September 8, 1981
- 2002 selection to the NSCAA first team “Far West” All-American
team
- Member of the First team “All-MPSF” and was named to the MPSF
“All-Tournament” team
- Earned 2002 third team All-American recognition from Collegesoccernews.com
- Mountain Pacific Sports Federation “Player of the Year” runner-up
in 2002
- In 2002, anchored a defense that allowed an average of 1.34 goals per game
Josh Saunders
Position: Goalkeeper College: University of California Ht: 6-4 Wt: 210 Hometown: Lake Forest Born: March 2, 1981
- Named the 2002 Pac-10 Player of the Year
- Member of the 2002 First team All-Far West
- 2001 All-Pac-10 first team and adidas Cal Legacy Classic all-tournament team
- Started every game possible the last two years
Casey Schmidt
Position: Forward College: Boston College Ht: 6-0 Wt: 175 Hometown: Newbury Park, CA Born: June 16, 1981
- Two-time team captain named to the 2002 All-BIG EAST First Team and the NSCAA
All-New England Second Team
- 2001 All-BIG EAST Third Team honoree, despite playing in only four of 10 league
games
- Selected to the 2001 NSCAA All-New England Regional All-America third team
- Started 61 of 65 matches played
Christopher Schmidt
Position: Defender College: University of Memphis Ht: 6-3 Wt: 180 Hometown: Clarksville, TN Born: December 29, 1980
- Named to the 2002 Third-Team All Conference-USA selection
- 2002 NSCAA/adidas All-Midwest Region and NSCAA/adidas Third-Team Scholar All-American
- Member of 2002 Verizon Academic All-District IV team
- Started in all 51 matches he has appeared in dating back to the final three
games of the 1999 season
Kyle Singer
Position: Goalkeeper College: Boston College Ht: 5-11 Wt: 175 Hometown: Plymouth, MN Born: August 6, 1980
- Named the 2002 Big East Goalkeeper of the Year
- In 2002, received First Team All-BIG EAST and NSCAA First Team All-New England
honors
- Transferred from the University of Virginia in 2002
- In high school played two years with the U.S. Under-17 national team and named
"Man of the Match" in contests against Uruguay and Costa Rica
Curtis Spiteri
Position: Goalkeeper College: Portland Ht: 6-1 Wt: Hometown: Vista, CA Born: March 15, 1981
- In 2002, First-team all-West Coast Conference for his fourth all-WCC award,
third-team NSCAA all-Far West Region and WCC Player of the Week and Soccer America
Team of the Week
- In 2001, second-team all-West Coast Conference, his third all-WCC award and
second-team NSCAA all-Far West Region
- U-20 in 2000, taking 2001 spring semester off to train with team and alternate
for 2001 U.S. U-20 World Youth Championships.
- U-18 National Team, 1998-99, team’s MVP in Slovakia tournament
David Stokes
Position: Defense College: University of North Carolina (Project 40) Ht: 6-3 Wt: 195 Hometown: Dumfries, VA Born: May 28, 1982
- Played with the U.S. U-23 National Team in February 2002 in Portugal and
Italy
- Started every UNC game in his three-year career (71 in a row) and led a defensive
unit allowing just 0.73 goals per game
- Named Defensive MVP of the 2001 NCAA College Cup
- In 2002, named one of 15 finalists for the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann
Trophy
Alfredo “Toti” Suarez
Position: Defender College: Southern Methodist University (SMU) Ht: 6-0 Wt: Hometown: Miami, FL Born: April 21, 1981
- 2002 All-MVC first team selection
- Started 79 of 85 matches played at SMU
- Member of the National Olympic Development Program Pool in 1997 and 1998
- Named to the 2002 MVC Scholar-Athlete men’s soccer team
John Swann
Position: Defense College: Indiana University Ht: 5-10 Wt: 180 Hometown: Brownsburg, IN Born: September 27, 1979
- 2002 first-team All-American
- Three-time first-team All-Big Ten selection and a unanimous choice as a senior.
- A Three-year starter and team co-captain.
- Member of the Hoosiers’ 1999 National Championship team.
Phil Swenda
Position: Forward College: Seton Hall University Ht: 5-8 Wt: 165 Hometown: Downingtown, PA Born: April 22, 1981
- Two-time NSCAA All-Region Selection (2002 First Team, 2001 Second Team)
- Three-time All-BIG EAST Selection (2002 First Team, 2001 Third Team, 1999
All-Rookie)
- Selected to the Region 1 Boys Olympic Development Program Player Pool
- 2002 Seton Hall Tri-Captain finished with 61 Career Points (26 goals, 11 assists)
Fabio Tambosi
Position: Forward College: Clemson University Ht: 5-5 Wt: 145 Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil Born: April 1, 1980
- In 2002, finished with 12 assists and two goals for 16 points
- 2001 second-team All-ACC
- 29 career assists, ninth place in Clemson history.
- 2000 First-Team All-ACC and All-South performer
Andrew Terris
Position: Goalkeeper College: Stanford Ht: 6-2 Wt: 185 Hometown: Newton, MA Born: September 26, 1981
- Started 29 of 35 games played at Stanford and ranks eighth all-time in saves
with 87
- In 2002, started eight games, giving up 1.04 goals per game and producing
27 saves
- In 2002, named a District-8 All-Academic selection and a first team All Pac-10
Academic choice
- In 2001, an honorable mention All Pac-10 selection, first team All-Academic
Pac-10 selection and a third team All-America Academic selection while starting
21 games
David Testo
Position: Forward College: University of North Carolina Ht: 5-10 Wt: 165 Hometown: Arden, NC Born: August 7, 1981
- 2002 Second-Team All-ACC
- Invited to training camp with the U.S. U-23 National Team in 2002
- Started 72 of 75 matches (24 goals · 26 assists · 74 total points)
- Transferred to UNC for the spring 2001 semester from University of S. Carolina
Shavar Thomas
Position: Defense College: University of Connecticut Ht: 6-1 Wt: 195 Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica Born: January 29, 1981
- In 2002, named to the All-Big East First Team
- 2002 NSCAA/adidas All-America Second Team and NSCAA/adidas All-New England
First Team
- Member of the Jamaican Olympic National Team and represented Jamaica in Pan-American
Games in Vancouver in 1999
- Started and played in a possible 36 games
Bobby Thompson
Position: Midfielder College: Boston College Ht: 5-9 Wt: 170 Hometown: Framingham, MA Born: May 7, 1981
- Named 2002 First Team All-BIG EAST
- Finished career tied for third in BC history in career assists (20), tied
for seventh in career points (48) and tied for ninth in career goals (14)
- Played and started all 23 matches in 2002
- In 2000, named BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors after netting
two goals and two assists in three tournament games
Jason Thompson
Position: Midfielder College: University of California-Irvine Ht: 5-8 Wt: 150 Hometown: Pasadena, CA Born: January 30, 1980
- 2002 NSCAA/All-Far West Region third team
- Member of the 2002 All-Big West first team
- Started 15 matches his senior season
- In 2002, scored one goal and had four assists for six points
Jason Thompson
Position: Forward College: Eastern Illinois University (Project 40) Ht: 6-1 Wt: 185 Hometown: Garland, TX Born: November 22, 1981
- In 2002, named to First Team All-Midwest Region (NSCAA) and First Team All-Missouri
Valley Conference
- Named to the Second Team All-American by College Soccer Online and SoccerAmerica
Freshman All-American in 2000
- Unanimous pick as 2000 Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year
- Selected to 2000 Second Team All-Midwest Region and second team All-MVC
- Spent part of summer 2002 playing for the United States U-23 team on its tour
of England
Scot Thompson
Position: Defender College: UCLA Ht: 6-0 Wt: 180 Hometown: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Born: February 11, 1981
- In 2002, Second-team NSCAA All-Far West and first-team All-Pac-10 selection
and named a pre-season All-American by Soccer America
- In 2002 he was Defensive MVP at the Cal State Fullerton SoccerTown Classic
- In 2001, Honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection for the second-straight year
and voted team’s Defensive MVP
- Member of the U.S. U-18 National Team pool, Soccer America Top 25 Recruit
Will Thornton
Position: Defense College: University of Connecticut Ht: 5-10 Wt: 150 Hometown: York, PA Born: January 27, 1981
- Named to the 2002 All-Big East Third Team
- 2002 UConn/adidas Classic All-Tournament Team member
- Helped hold the opposition to 0.95 goals per game and 9.8 shots per game
- Member of the U-18 U.S. National Team and plays on the Region I ODP team
Arturo Torres
Position: Forward College: Loyola Marymount University Ht: 6-1 Wt: 165 Hometown: Wilmington, CA Born: December 11, 1980
- All-America candidate and earned his fourth-straight All-WCC first-team award,
the fifth player to do so in WCC history
- NSCAA All-Far West First-Team
- Career points (114), goals (46) and assists records (22) at LMU
- Tied for sixth on the WCC all-time goals chart with 46 and fourth on the all-time
points list with 114
Jake Traeger
Position: Midfield College: Ohio State Ht: 5-11 Wt: 165 Hometown: Littleton, CO Born: April 27, 1981
- 2002 first team All-Big Ten selection, NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region second
team and first team All-Ohio selection
- can play offensive midfield and defensive midfield equally as well
- 2000 Academic All-Big Ten selection
- 2001, Led the team in points (14), shots (36) and shots on goal (19) in his
first season after transferring from Wake Forest
Mike Tranchilla
Position: Forward College: Creighton University Ht: 5-10 Wt: 165 Hometown: Barnhart, MO Born: June 9, 1981
- Missouri Valley Conference all-time leading goal-scorer with 55 and point-scorer
with 140
- Two-time finalist for the Missouri Athletic Club’s Hermann Trophy
- In 2002, named to the First-Team NSCAA All-American and All-Midwest Region
First-Team
- 2002 and 2001 MVC first-team selection
- Named the 2002 MVC Tournament Most Valuable Player
Marco Velez
Position: Defender College: Barry University Ht: Wt: Hometown: Born: June 26, 1980
- Two-time All-Sunshine State Conference
- Tied for sixth in school history with 16 assists
- 2001, earned third-straight All-SSC selection and career-high seven assists
- Graduated from Bradenton Academy in Bradenton, Florida and was an All-Conference
selection as a freshman and sophomore at Colegio San Jose in Rio Piedras, Puerto
Rico.
Chris Vorenkamp
Position: Midfielder/Defender College: Ohio Wesleyan University Ht: 6-0 Wt: 185 Hometown: Brutus, MI Born: November 12, 1980
- Named to the 2002 NSCAA/adidas All-America men’s soccer team
- 2002 third-team All-America selection
- Selected as the 2002 North Coast Athletic Conference’s Defensive Player
of the Year.
- Member of second-team All-NCAC team in 2001.
Francis “Franco” Wakhisi
Position: Forward College: Winthrop Ht: 5-9 Wt: 160 Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya Born: March 11, 1979
- In 2002, First Team All-Big South Conference, second In Big South Scoring
(21 goals, 7 assists, 49 points), All-Big South Tournament, Winthrop MVP, First
Team All-South Region, and 10th in nation in scoring
- In 2002, Academic All-American and Dean’s List who graduated with degree
in business
- In 2001, First Team All-Big South Conference, Top Scorer In Big South (13
goals, 6 assists, 32 points), All-Big South Tournament, Winthrop MVP, Third
Team All-South Region, 30th in Nation in Scoring
- Won Green Card in Kenya National Lottery
Jamil Walker
Position: Defender College: Santa Clara Ht: 5-11 Wt: 165 Hometown: Pittsford, NY Born: April 21, 1981
- In 2002, NSCAA/adidas All-Far West Squad, All-West Region honors, first team
All-WCC honors
- In 2002, 14 goals and four assists; six goals scored in league play led the
WCC and earned, while his 14 total goals gave him the third highest single-season
goal total in SCU history
- In 2001, named WCC Player of the Week on October 29 for his two goal performance
against Gonzaga.
- In 2001, Started all 19 of the matches he appeared in and led the team in
shot with 52
Brian Wallace
Position: Midfielder College: Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Ht: 5-9 Wt: 135 Hometown: Overland, KS Born: January 30, 1981
- Started in 17 matches, scoring 3 goals and 3 assists for 9 points, finishing
fifth-leading scorer on team
- Named second-team all-Mid-Continent Conference
- In 2001, played nine matches, starting eight but sustained a season-ending
knee injury at Butler Oct. 14.
- In 2000, played in all 18 matches, starting 16 as a sophomore
Nick Walls
Position: Forward/ Midfield College: St. Louis Ht: 5-11 Wt: 180 Hometown: Milwaukee, WI Born: March 13, 1981
- In 2002, was named C-USA second-team All-Conference and to the C-USA All-Tournament
team
- In 2002, was the Bills’ third-leading scorer with a career-high 21 points
(8G, 5A) and set a career high with eight goals
- In 2001, tied with Mike Hill and Mike Kirchhoff as the Bills’ fourth-leading
scorer with 10 points
- In 2000, named Most Valuable Forward at the C-USA tournament and was the club’s
third-leading scorer with 16 points
Diego Walsh
Position: Midfielder College: Southern Methodist University (SMU) Ht: 6-0 Wt: Hometown: Miami, FL Born: December 8, 1979
- Two-time NSCAA/adidas All-America first team selection in 2002 and 2001
- 2002 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year
- Finalist for the 2002 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy
- Selected to the NSCAA All-Midwest Region team (2001 first team, 2000 second
team)
- In 2000, named MVC Player of the Year
Mike Walsh
Position: Midfielder College: Manhattan College Ht: 6-0 Wt: 180 Hometown: Chatham, NJ Born: April 18, 1980
- Member on the 2002 First Team All-MAAC
- 2002 NSCAA/adidas All-New York Second Team
- In 2002, ranked fourth in MAAC in assists
- Transferred from Rutgers University
Doug Warren
Position: Goalkeeper College: Clemson University Ht: 6-0 Wt: 165 Hometown: Palatine, IL Born: March 18, 1981
- 2002 First team National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-Americans
- Selected to the 2002 second-team All-ACC
- Member of the U.S. Under 23, U19 and U17 National Teams
- Two-time first-team All-ACC in 2001 and 2000
Daniel Watson
Position: Defender College: Southwest Missouri State Ht: 6-0 Wt: 170 Hometown: Blue Springs, MO Born: May 3, 1981
- Captured numerous honors after starting all 20 matches in back for Bears:
all-conference, academic all-conference, all-MVC tournament first team and all-Midwest
region third team.
- After playing his first two seasons with Bears in midfield, he moved to defender
in 2001 and started 20 games.
- Versatility dates back to prep days when he played five different positions
on Missouri State Championship team that ranked fourth in the nation
- Named to MVC all-newcomer team after starting all 21 matches in SMS midfield
as freshman in 2000.
Mitchell Watson
Position: Goalkeeper College: NC State Ht: 6-2 Wt: 185 Hometown: Modesto, CA Born: March 26, 1981
- At NC State, has 70 starts under his belt (missing only three starts with
injury)
- In 2002, became NC State’s all-time career leader in saves total of
138 his senior season is second all-time
- In 2000, Named to the ACC All-Tournament team, leading the ACC in saves with
121
- Competed for the under-18 U.S. National Team based out of San Diego and earned
wins in both matches he played for the National Team, recording shutouts in
each contest
Dimelon Westfield
Position: Forward College: Clemson University Ht: 5-9 Wt: 165 Hometown: Morvant, Trinidad Born: October 5, 1979
- 2002 National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Second-Team All-American
- Selected to the 2002 first-team All-ACC
- Involved with Trinidad & Tobago U-20 National Team (1996-1998)
- In 2002, scored goals in nine consecutive matches, which tied for second in
Clemson history
Jason White
Position: Goalkeeper College: Princeton University Ht: Wt: Hometown: Maple Glen, PA Born:
- Holds the Princeton record for career shutouts with 26 shutouts, twice as
many as the previous record holder
- Named to the 2001first-team All-Ivy and the 2001 first-team All-Mid-Atlantic
squads.
- In 2001, broke his record of eight shutouts by recording 10 en route to another
Ivy title and registered a 0.69 GAA.
- In 2000, he recorded a goals-against average of 1.01 while being named honorable
mention All-Ivy and second team All-Mid-Atlantic
- 1999 named to the All-Ivy first team and Soccer America All-Freshman team
- White has spent time with the U-18 and U-20 National Teams.
Joe Wieland
Position: Midfielder/Defense College: Creighton University Ht: 5-8 Wt: 155 Hometown: Omaha, NE Born: December 20, 1980
- Named to the 2002 College Cup All-Tournament Team
- Earned all-tournament honors at the 2002 Diadora Challenge and 2002 Furman
Invitational
- 2002 Furman Invitational Defensive MVP
- Played in 87 career matches, the second all-time in Creighton history and
started every match in 2002
- In 2001, named to the Ohio State Nike Classic All-Tournament Team
Beau Williams
Position: Goalkeeper College: University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Ht: 6-3 Wt: 190 Hometown: Prairire Village, KS Born: June 27, 1980
- In 2002, started in 17 matches, allowed 29 goals and posted a 1.70 goals-against
average and recorded two shutouts while
- In 2002, made 12 saves in 1-0 shutout of Drake Aug. 31, third-most saves in
a single match in school history
- Finished UMKC career as school leader in wins (31), shutouts (14), goals-against
average (1.49), minutes played (5,674), and saves (289)
- In 2001, played every minute of all 20 matches, helping Kangaroos to first-ever
Mid-Con title and NCAA Tournament berth
Hayden Woodworth
Position: Midfielder College: Messiah College Ht: 5-9 Wt: 155 Hometown: Boothwyn, PA Born: December 12, 1980
- 2002 Division III Player of the Year
- 2-time NCAA Division III All-American in 2000 & 2002
- Led Messiah to national championships in ’00 (SO) and ’02 (SR)
- Led Messiah to wins over the A-League Hershey Wildcats in April ’01
and a mixed reserve and 1st team squad from Dutch club BVO Emmen in August ’01,
as well as a draw against the A-League Charlotte Eagles (April ’02).
Igor Yatsenko
Position: Goalkeeper College: Adelphi University Ht: 6-0 Wt: 180 Hometown: Brooklyn, NY Born: January 27, 1981
- Two-time second-team Verizon Academic All-District in 2002 and 2001.
- Career 1.42 goals against average and a total of eight career shutouts.
- Appeared in a total 30 games in goal
- Recorded three-shutouts on the 2002 season
Richard Zinter
Position: Goalkeeper College: Rutgers University Ht: 6-3 Wt: 190 Hometown: Penfield, NY Born:
- In 2002, posted a 1.23 GAA with five shutouts
- Started 30 of 31 matches played in the last three years
- Allowed just one goal in 127 minutes of action in a 2-1 3OT win over Connecticut
in the 2001 NCAA second round
Eric Zobrist
Position: Defender College: University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Ht: 5-10 Wt: 160 Hometown: St. Louis, MO Born: July 29, 1980
- In 2002, appeared in 15 matches, starting 14 and named second-team all-Mid-Continent
Conference.
- In 2001, named second-team all-Mid-Con
- While at Meremac CC, scored five goals and added 10 assists for 20 points
- Three-year letterwinner at Chaminade College Prep and earned all-conference
and all-state honors and named to St. Louis Post-Dispatch all-metro team in
1999