2016 TDS Men’s Division I Best XI teams
The TopDrawerSoccer Men’s Division I Player of the Year is Ian Harkes. The Wake Forest midfielder adds to a laundry list of awards he has compiled from conference and national play. Harkes led Wake Forest to the Men’s College Cup in Houston this month. He is one of four Wake Forest members to make one of the TDS Team of the Year.
North Carolina midfielder Cameron Lindley is the TopDrawerSoccer Freshman of the Year. Lindley was the leader of the Tar Heels midfield this season. He finished the season with seven assists in 21 games. Lindley played 1713 minutes this season for North Carolina, which was fifth best on the team.
Player of the Year: Ian Harkes, Wake Forest
Freshman of the Year: Cameron Lindley, North Carolina
TDS Men’s Division I Best XI
First Team
GK: Andrew Epstein (Stanford)
D: Reagan Dunk (Denver), Tomas Hilliard-Arce (Stanford), Miles Robinson (Syracuse), Brandon Aubrey (Notre Dame), Tim Kubel (Louisville)
M: Jackson Yueill (UCLA), Ian Harkes (Wake Forest)
F: Gordon Wild (Maryland), Albert Ruiz (Florida Gulf Coast(m)), Wuilito Fernandes (Massachusetts-Lowell)
Second Team
GK: Alec Ferrell (Wake Forest)
D: Grant Lillard (Indiana), Kortne Ford (Denver), Alex Crognale (Maryland)
M: Julian Gressel (Providence), Jean-Christophe Koffi (Virginia), Jose Hernandez (UCLA), Jacori Hayes (Wake Forest)
F: David Goldsmith (Butler), Mohamed Thiaw (Louisville), Afonso Pinheiro (Albany)
Third Team
GK: Ben Lundgaard (Virginia Tech)
D: Wyatt Omsberg (Dartmouth), Grant Stoneman (Loyola-Chicago), Cory Brown (Xavier)
M: Eddie Sanchez (Portland), Adam Najem (Akron), Tanner Thompson (Indiana), Cameron Lindley (North Carolina)
F: Foster Langsdorf (Stanford), Marcelo Acuna (Virginia Tech), Brian Wright (Vermont)
TDS Men’s Division I Freshman Best XI
First Team
GK: Elliot Panicco (Charlotte)
D: Reggie Cannon (UCLA), Will Mejia (Virginia Tech), Mauricio Pineda (North Carolina)
M: Malick Mbaye (Clemson), Jared Gilbey (Stanford), Luka Prpa (Marquette), Tommy McCabe (Notre Dame)
F: Benji Michel (Portland), Ema Twumasi (Wake Forest), Ivan Abramovic (Massachusetts-Lowell)
Second Team
GK: Parker Siegfried (Ohio State)
D: Daniel Amo (UC Santa Barbara), Marius Kullmann (Loyola-Chicago), Matthew Powell (UCLA)
M: Pablo Pelaez (San Diego State), Terrell Lowe (Virginia), Suniel Veerakone (Duke), Vana Markarian (Columbia), Giuseppe Barone (Michigan State)
F: Handwalla Bwana (Washington), Jonathan Lewis (Akron)
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