2024 USC All American Teams

[SKUD]

Peter Silvester is the best goalie in the nation.

I don't think its close.

He had a great tournament! Must be the intangibles you are referring to.

#22 in Goals against average
#11 in Shutouts
#17 in save %

What are we missing?

[FanofNescac]

Well answer this. Would you want Freddy Rogers over Silvester entering a Final Four?

Clearly you don't want to bet against the goalie that has an impeccable record in the most important games of the season -- knockout games. Take a look at who Conn played starting from Nescac QF all the way to the National Final. Without Silvester, they would have lost to Amherst in the NESCAC QF and lost to Kenyon.

That's why it's not close for me, he's a game changer and shows up on the biggest stage. MW's schedule does not compare to Conn's either

[Kuiper]

Well answer this. Would you want Freddy Rogers over Silvester entering a Final Four?

Clearly you don't want to bet against the goalie that has an impeccable record in the most important games of the season -- knockout games. Take a look at who Conn played starting from Nescac QF all the way to the National Final. Without Silvester, they would have lost to Amherst in the NESCAC QF and lost to Kenyon.

That's why it's not close for me, he's a game changer and shows up on the biggest stage. MW's schedule does not compare to Conn's either

Once Diffley was named first team All Region I and Silvester was second team, it was going to be a difficult task for Silvester to be an All American (not impossible mind you).  Diffley was only 4th team All-American and plenty of regions' first team All Region GKs didn't even make the team.  Silvester would have to have jumped not only Diffley, but a bunch of other first team all region GKs and those voters were unlikely to do that.

[Newenglander]

Well answer this. Would you want Freddy Rogers over Silvester entering a Final Four?

Clearly you don't want to bet against the goalie that has an impeccable record in the most important games of the season -- knockout games. Take a look at who Conn played starting from Nescac QF all the way to the National Final. Without Silvester, they would have lost to Amherst in the NESCAC QF and lost to Kenyon.

That's why it's not close for me, he's a game changer and shows up on the biggest stage. MW's schedule does not compare to Conn's either

Once Diffley was named first team All Region I and Silvester was second team, it was going to be a difficult task for Silvester to be an All American (not impossible mind you).  Diffley was only 4th team All-American and plenty of regions' first team All Region GKs didn't even make the team.  Silvester would have to have jumped not only Diffley, but a bunch of other first team all region GKs and those voters were unlikely to do that.

agreed - one of the intangibles is PK's - which I don't think would show up in the stats or voting? still won 2 of 3 shootouts this season with 3 saves in the finals......

[PaulNewman]

As suggested a day or two ago...D3 is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to GKs.  I can rattle off 10-12 in my head without even being thinking about it...and for the most part I would be unable to clearly differentiate among them.

Do feel bad for Silvester. I mean, he'll go down as a legend, but if Conn pulls that out before PKs or with PKs, he would have been in ultra -legend category. He had to think 3 PK stops should have been enough...and he'd be right.

[SKUD]

He was super in the shootouts!

I think he might be the 2nd or 3rd best keeper in New England.

There is a goalie in New England who in the same categories is #1, #1 & #7.

[SKUD]

He was super in the shootouts!

I think he might be the 2nd or 3rd best keeper in New England.

There is a goalie in New England who in the same categories is #1, #1 & #7.l and Not 1st team!

[FanofNescac]

Who

[FanofNescac]

Assuming you're referring to Diffley. He's good and had his moments in prior seasons but I think the awards he won this season had more to do with previous success.

Wiliams hasn't beat Conn since 2013 too so when it comes down to Silvester v Diffley matchups its not close.

[SKUD]

Nope but Difley is solid too.  Wait now we are talking teams and matchups? 

[SierraFD3soccer]

So many choices and it is an All American team. None or all or maybe 3 are correct. They are just putting names into slots, while trying to have all regions represented somewhere or somehow. Much more subjective as opposed to objective (which is virtually impossible as opposed to baseball).

Some of this sounds like baseball MVP - superstar on a crappy team v. a very good player on a very good team? Which is right? Who knows?  Only one thing that I can say is the AA list represents all regions.

[Kuiper]

He was super in the shootouts!

I think he might be the 2nd or 3rd best keeper in New England.

There is a goalie in New England who in the same categories is #1, #1 & #7.

Walker White from Babson, who was 1st team All Region II three years in a row

https://babsonathletics.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/walker-white/8392

[Ejay]

He was super in the shootouts!

I think he might be the 2nd or 3rd best keeper in New England.

There is a goalie in New England who in the same categories is #1, #1 & #7.

Walker White from Babson, who was 1st team All Region II three years in a row

https://babsonathletics.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/walker-white/8392

He was the best GK I saw play this season.

[Kuiper]

The goalkeeper who was overrated in the All American teams in my eyes (putting aside Christian Burkhart, who I didn't see play because St. John Fisher wasn't really on my radar), was Alex Wolter for Colorado College, who I saw play a lot.  Don't get me wrong.  He's a solid GK with nice size and a good shot stopper, but he's a sophomore and there were a bunch of arguably more deserving seniors.  The Colorado College defense really flattered the GK.  Curtis Hale should have been higher than 4th team All American, but really the entire Colorado College defense played very well together and kept their keepers clean.  Perhaps as evidence of that, Wolter had a great .82 GAA and 30 saves (.750 save percentage) facing 90 shots, but he did that in 12 games.  Wolter's backup Spencer Besselaar played 10 games and had a .20 GAA and 16 saves (.889 save percentage) facing 52 shots.  Wolter faced the stronger teams, but playing only 12 games is already a huge difference for a GK, both physically and mentally.  And facing only 90 shots all season (and 142 between the two CC keepers) shows that Wolter really didn't face that much pressure.  Silvester, for example, faced 24 shots in the Amherst final alone and 216 for the season and he had a better GAA and a better save percentage.  You could argue that Walker White of Babson was also blessed with a great defense (and weaker opposition in some cases) since he only faced 143 shots, but he had a better GAA and Save% and he played 25 games, which is seriously exhausting.  Plus, Wolter had 5 shuyouts, compared to 13 for Walker and 10 for Silvester.  Bottom line for me is that a guy who played half the games isn't a 2nd team All American, especially in his first year playing (he didn't play a minute as a freshman).  And I think Wolter has a bright future.  I just saw that as a head scratcher.

[Kuiper]

CSC released the real DIII All American teams today (i.e., the Academic All-American teams!).  I always enjoy seeing the kids' majors and having their academic successes celebrated.  These aren't bench warmers who brought up the team GPA either.  They legitimately are stars both on and off the field.

Nathan Donovan was named played of the year, which is nice recognition for a kid who had a fantastic season (26 goals and 15 assist) and then suffered an injury that kept him out of Eau Claire's entire NCAA run.

FIRST TEAM
Pos.   Name   School   Yr.   GPA   Major
GK   Zachary Weis   Nebraska Wesleyan University   Sr.   4.00   Political Science, Philosophy & Religion
D   Steven Arthur   MSOE   Sr.   4.00   Electrical Engineering
D   Logan Falzarano(1,@,7)   Johns Hopkins University   Gr.   3.99   Applied Mathematics&Statistics(U)/
               Data Science & Machine Learning (G)
D   Aidan Hallinan   MIT   Gr.   3.92   Nuclear Science and Engineering
D   Ronnie Morgan   Maine Maritime Academy   Jr.   3.96   Power Engineering Technology
M   Etienne Casanova   Caltech   Jr.   3.91   Computer Science
M   Tiago Frazao (3)   Endicott College   Gr.   3.93   International Business
M   Will Shaffer (1)   Ohio Northern University   Sr.   4.00   Finance
F   Shea Bechtel (2)   St. Olaf College   Sr.   3.79   Quantitative Economics
F   Nathan Donovan   UW-Eau Claire   Sr.   3.88   Biology
F   Kade Theunissen   Covenant College   Sr.   3.91   Economics
F   Johnny Troiano   Rowan University   Jr.   3.78   Law & Justice

SECOND TEAM
Pos.   Name   School   Yr.   GPA   Major
GK   Adam Carter (3)   Messiah University   Sr.   3.84   English
D   Curtis Hale (3)   Colorado College   Sr.   3.80   Mathematical Economics
D   Luke Madden   Middlebury College   Sr.   3.78   Spanish
D   Jarec Morlote   Messiah University   Sr.   3.75   Economics
D   Brady West   Ohio Wesleyan University   Sr.   3.66   Finance
M   Koa Kaliebe (2)   Franklin & Marshall   Sr.   3.97   Joint Studies
M   Rafael Otero   Claremont-Mudd-Scripps   Sr.   3.88   Philosophy & Public Affairs
M   Gavin Randolph   Middlebury College   Jr.   4.00   Computer Science & Economics
F   Miguel Konde Gwo   Edgewood College   Sr.   3.87   Criminal Justice & Pre-Law
F   Will Sangpachatanaruk   Johns Hopkins University   Sr.   3.91   Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

THIRD TEAM
Pos.   Name   School   Yr.   GPA   Major
GK   Freddy Rogers   University of Mary Washington   Sr.   3.82   Marketing
GK   Will Joseph   Washington & Lee University   Jr.   3.98   Accounting
D   Jake Atallah   Emory University   Gr.   3.63   Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology (U) /
               Finance (G)
D   Cole Dobson (3)   Pacific Lutheran University   Sr.   3.86   Business
D   Hugo Neborg   North Park University   Jr.   3.92   Finance
D   Alec McCarty   DePauw University   Sr.   3.96   Biochemistry
M   Aidan Dunphy   Johns Hopkins University   Gr.   3.92/4.00   Molecular & Cellular Biology (U) / Stem Cells & Regenerative Tech. (G)
M   Phillip Kostenko   University of Redlands   Sr.   3.52   Business Administration
M   Tracy Moon   Berry College   Gr.   4.00/4.00   Business Administration (G)
F   Branden Dolezal   Aurora University   Sr.   3.66   Sport Management & Exercise Science
F   Hans Haenicke (3)   Macalester College   Sr.   3.97   German Studies & Media & Cultural Studies
F   Victor Naci   St. Joseph's University, NY-Brooklyn   Sr.   3.81   Business Administration

CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Nathan Donovan, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

(1) - 1st team Academic All-America® in 2023
(2) - 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2023
(3) - 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2023
(@) - CSC Academic All-America® Team Member of Year in 2023
(7) - 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2021