Men's Team of the Week: September 2

by TopDrawerSoccer

September 3, 2024

Chris Meyers earns the Player of the Week honor after playing all but seven minutes and providing assists in matches versus No. 5 Oregon State, No. 4 Denver, and Air Force. The week began with 83 minutes played and a brilliant in-swinging corner to assist the lone goal in a defeat of Oregon State.

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Myers was at it again three days later with a hand in the 86th-minute equalizer to draw Denver 2-2. That culminated in Sunday night's performance, where the Huskie captain played all 90 minutes while assisting the opening goal on another well-struck corner kick. Thanks to Myers, the West Coast power survived a gruesome stretch of the schedule with two wins and a draw, thus climbing into the national ranking.

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Player of the Week: Chris Meyers, Washington

Men’s Team of the Week: August 26-September 1

GK: Viktor Engh, UNC Wilmington - The freshman earned his first career clean sheet in outstanding fashion as his nine saves led to a 1-0 defeat of American.

D: Chris Meyers, Washington - The California native delivered assists in all three appearances to help the Huskies survive a hectic week.

D: Kyle Cusimano, Bowling Green - Cusimano was in fine form through two games, assisting the lone goal in a 1-0 defeat of Michigan State, then adding a goal and another assist to help the team past IU Indianapolis.

D: Deylen Vellios, Ohio State - In an outstanding display of attacking from the full-back, Vellios scored once and assisted twice in victories over SIUE and UNLV.

M: Simon Carlson, West Virginia - One of the most in-form players in the country continued on that path this week as Carlson contributed three goals and two assists in identical 4-0 defeats of St. Francis (Pa.) and George Washington.

M: Richard Fleming III, Wisconsin - UIC had no answers for the Illinois native as his hat trick and assist paced a 5-1 Wisconsin victory.

M: Joseph Melto Quiah, Dayton - The Dayton attacker was in fine form over the week with one goal and three assists to lead the team past UNLV and SIUE.

M: Cesar Bahena, San Diego - Three days after scoring against San Diego assist, Bahena managed an impressive hat trick and assist in a dominant 8-1 defeat of Lipscomb.

F: Mamadou Diarra, Florida Atlantic - With his goal and two assists to defeat Belmont 3-1, Diarra would have had Player of the Week honors locked up if not for a rain delay pausing the Stetson game where he had a first-half hat trick.

F: Victor Stromsten, Elon - The Phoenix dominated the week largely thanks to the Swedish striker, who scored a hat trick plus an assist versus Radford, then added another helper against Coastal Carolina.

F: Oje Ofunrein, Denver - The Texas native found his form to score twice and assist another in a week where the Pioneers earned identical away 2-2 draws with Washington and No. 16 SMU.

Honorable Mention: GK Tobias Jahn (Northeastern), D Shakir Nixon (UCLA), D Leo Burney (Penn), D Nikos Clarke-Tosczak (Rhode Island), M Fletcher Bank (Stanford), M Michael Adedokun (Ohio State), M Francesco Pettinaroli (Bradley), M Beaux Lizewski (Lafayette), F Mikey Johnson (Delaware), F Sergio Ors Navarro (West Virginia), F Omar Mora (Oral Roberts)