A total of 32 teams have been selected to this high honor by the largest group of soccer coaches in the world, United Soccer Coaches, among them 23 High School & 9 College sides, for the 2019-'20 academic year.
A trio of women's college teams, Eastern CT State U, SUNY Geneseo & Webster U. along with a quartet of female HS teams.
Christ Presbyterian Academy TN, Mt Vernon HS IN, South River HS MD & Poly Prep in Brooklyn, the last pair have reached this milestone the last 2 years.
readEvery Tues., yes even during this abbreviated and with far fewer teams playing season, a Men's & Women's Player of the Week is to be chosen. This week, both are Goalkeepers, and both underclassmen.
Jr. Alec is from North Carolina, his Tar Heels got going in great style with his 9th blank sheet and 8th in his last 19 starts with a 2-0 win over Duke.
readThis is going to be big, with just under 40 MLS & USL clubs in attendance from Nov. 13-15 at Swope Soccer Village for this new 2020 College Invitational Combine, a new product of MLS & USL. Attendees will be mostly seniors mixed in with chosen underclassmen involved with many games over this trio of days.
readThere are of course many fewer teams playing soccer in the fall, for the Men's side there are but 5 ranked as the women feature 3x that. First is the rank, school name then last weeks rank.
Men's Rankings:
1 Wake Forest 1
2 Pitt. 4
3 Clemson 2
4 Kentuky n/a
5 Virginia 3
Women's Rankings:
1 NC 1
2 FSU 2
3 Clemson 3
4 Oklahoma St. 6
5 Texas A&M 5
6 Kansas 9
7 West Virginia 4
8 GA 8
9 Arkansas 13
10 Virginia 11
11 Duke 7
12 TCU 14
13 Vanderbilt 13
readArkansas soph. fwd., Anna Podojil took last week's honor it was made known today. The Razorback out of Cincinnati played a role in all 4 goals as they beat UK 4-1. She had the initial goal at 8', assisted in the 49', hit for a brace at 54' and as full time came to a close at 90' had her 2nd assist of the match. Alone, her 5 shots surpassed the total of the opponents as she enjoyed her 3rd game with more than one goal in her college experience.
The honor will be announced each week after the 10 a.m. CT deadline for nominees.
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