Kansas City, KS - The National Soccer Coaches Association of America has announced the 2013 NSCAA/Continental Tire All-West Region team and three Simon Fraser University men's soccer players have earned spots, all on the first team.
Chris Bargholz (Fuessen, Germany),
Magnus Kristensen (Stavenger, Norway) and
Alex Rowley (Maple Ridge, BC) made the squad.
Bargholz and Kristensen were named All-Americans in the Daktronics voting last week, which is chosen by the NCAA's sports information director's while all three players made the Daktronics regional team.
The trio led the Clan to the "Final Four" in the NCAA Championship tournament that saw Simon Fraser bow out to the Carson Newman Eagles with a 3-2 loss in the semi-finals in Evans, GA
last Thursday after SFU clinched their second straight NCAA West Region Championship and fourth consecutive Great Northwest Athletic Conference crown during the 2013 season.
In 2013, Bargholz was named the player of the year in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in a season that saw the junior score four goals and record seven assists in 17 games played.
Kristensen was named the freshman of the year in the GNAC and first team all-conference, starting all 23 games he played in for the Clan while recording three goals and an assist while helping the Clan defence all 0.87 goals per game, the third lowest total in the conference.
Rowley appeared in 22 games for the Clan in 2013, starting 20 of them and recording two goals and seven assists while earning a spot on the first team of conference all-stars and was named the GNAC Defensive Player of the Year.
First Team
Goalkeeper - Josh Cohen, UC San Diego (Sr., Sunnyvale, CA) Defenders - Alec Arsht, UC San Diego (Sr. Oak Park, CA);
Magnus Kristensen, Simon Fraser (Fr. Stavenger, Norway); Bryson Pavel, Seattle Pacific (So. Boise, Idaho) Midfielders - Andisheh Bagheri, UC San Diego (Sr. Davis, CA);
Chris Bargholz, Simon Fraser (Jr., Fuessen, Germany); Tyson Crim, Chico State (Sr. Boise, Idaho);
Alex Rowley, Simon Frase (So., Maple Ridge, B.C.) Forwards - Oktay Bulut, Azusa Pacific (Sr., Ruesselsheim, Germany); Taylor Varnadore, Sonoma State (Sr., Sebastapol, CA), Andrew Weishaar, Western Washington (Sr., Puyallup, WA)
Second Team
Goalkeepers - Cody Lang, Seattle Pacific (Fr. Spokane, WA) Defenders - Gavin Lamming, UC San Diego (Sr., San Juan Captistrano, CA); Dane Nielsen, Cal State Los Angeles (Jr., Sandy, Utah); Lee Nishanian, Cal State San Bernardino (Sr., Rancho Cucamonga, CA) Midfielders - Octavio Guzman, Chico State (Sr., Bay Point, CA); Anthony Mohammed, Seattle Pacific (Sr., Litchfield Park, AZ); Juan Ochoa, Cal State Los Angeles (Sr., Paramount, CA); Gustavo Silva, Fresno Pacific (Sr., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Forwards - Andre Bissmark, Cal State Los Angeles (So., Gothenburg, Sweden); Fredy Razo, Northwest Nazarene (Jr., Irvine Valley, CA); Aaron Salazar, Cal State Dominguez Hills (Sr. West Covina, CA); Felipe Silva, Hawaii Pacific (Sr., Belo Horizonte, Brazil);
Third Team
Goalkeepers - Mike Beigarten, Cal State Los Angeles (Jr., Livermore, CA); Keegan Rogers, Western Washington (Jr., Portland, OR) Defenders -Davis Karaica, Seattle Pacific (Fr., Snoqualmie, WA); Tyler Matas, Notre Dame De Namur (So., Honolulu, Hawaii), Ivan Mirkovic, Fresno Pacific (Sr., Belgrade, Serbia); Olivier Rolland, Hawaii Pacific (Jr., Lorient, France) Midfielders - Alejandro Covarrubias, Cal State Dominguez Hills (Jr., Cudahy, CA), Luke Palmer, Chico State (Sr., Davis, CA); Trenton Titus, Azusa Pacific (Sr., Chino Hills, CA) Forwards - Alex Anderson, California Baptist (Sr., Palmdale, CA); Alessandro Canale, UC San Diego (Jr., Venice, CA); Brais Garcia, Hawaii Pacific (Jr., Madrid, Spain), Zach Hammond, Humboldt State (Sr., Redmond, WA), Servando Perez, Cal State Monterey Bay (Sr., Guadalupe, CA)
