2013 Southern Connecticut State University Men's Soccer Notes

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Southern Connecticut vs. Mercy College Sept. 7 • 7 p.m. • New Haven, Conn. Southern Connecticut State University Athletic Communications 125 Wintergreen Avenue • New Haven, CT 06515 Phone: 203-392-6005 • Fax: 203-392-6967 • Website: www.southernctowls.com THE WEEK AHEAD The Southern Connecticut State University men’s soccer team 2013 Southern Connecticut State opens its 2013 season on Saturday night. The Owls will host University Men’s Soccer Schedule/Results Mercy College under the lights on Jess Dow Field at 7p.m. Date Opponent Time/Result ALL-TIME VS. MERCY 9/7 Mercy 7 p.m. The Owls lead the all-time series versus Mercy by a 4-1-0 9/14 Bentley * 1 p.m. margin. 9/18 Assumption * 7 p.m. 9/24 Saint Rose * 7 p.m. BLISS NAMED CREW’S HEAD COACH 9/27 Merrimack * 7 p.m. Former Southern Connecticut State University men’s soccer 10/2 Le Moyne * 7 p.m. All-American Brian Bliss was named Interim Head Coach of 10/5 Stonehill * 7 p.m. the Columbus Crew earlier this week. Bliss had previously 10/8 AIC * 4 p.m. served as the team’s Technical Director. Bliss joins another 10/12 So. New Hampshire * 7 p.m. former Owl, Mike Petke, as current head coaches in Major 10/15 Bridgeport 6 p.m. League Soccer. 10/19 Saint Anselm * 1 p.m. 10/22 New Haven * 7 p.m. IN THE PRESEASON NE-10 COACHES POLL 10/26 Saint Michael’s * 1:30 p.m. SCSU was picked fifth in the NE-10 preseason coaches poll. 10/29 Adelphi * 7 p.m. The Owls received 122 points. Southern New Hampshire was 11/1 Franklin Pierce * 7 p.m. chosen as the conference favorite. Home Games in Bold THE CAPTAINS * Denotes Northeast 10 Conference match Head Coach Tom Lang announced that redshirt senior Ross McGibney and sophomore Jonas Folstad will captain the Owls this fall.

WELCOME BACK PETKE NAMED HEAD COACH OF RED BULLS Sophomore Daquan King is the Owls’ returning leading Mike Petke, a former All-American and standout on the 1995 scorer. The forward was named to the Northeast-10 Southern Connecticut State University men’s soccer National Conference Men’s Soccer All-Rookie team after having a Championship squad, was named the head coach of the New strong freshman season. King finished the year with four York Red Bulls during the Owls’ off-season. goals and 10 total points, which was good enough for second on the team. DIKRANIAN INDUCTED Former Southern Connecticut State University men’s soccer WELCOME TO THE CLUB coach Bob Dikranian was selected for induction into the The Owls welcome nine newcomers to the squad for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s Hall of 2013 season - Sebastian Brems, Adam DiCiccio, Kevin Joslyn, Fame Class of 2013. The induction took place on Jan. 18 during Leandro Medel, Ignacio Navarro, Brandyn Rowlinson, the NSCAA Awards Banquet at the 2013 NSCAA Convention Christian Samaniego, Alex Soriano and Marby Veasquez. in Indianapolis. • Dikranian founded the Southern Connecticut State men’s IN SEASON OPENERS soccer program in 1966 and in 21 seasons, amassed a 227-94-21 The Owls are 30-9-6 in season openers. overall record while setting the foundation for the benchmark Division II program in the nation. His teams appeared in 14 DiMICELI JOINS CFC AZUL NCAA Division II tournaments, including six straight trips Former Southern Connecticut State University men’s soccer to the semifinals (1978-83). He guided the Owls’ to their first- standout Mario DiMiceli joined CFC Azul last spring following a stellar senior season with the Owls. 2013 Southern Connecticut State University Men’s Soccer Notes Match 1

DiMICELI EARNS ALL-REGION HONORS Senior Mario DiMiceli of the Southern Connecticut State University men’s soccer team has been named to the NSCAA Division II Men’s All-East Region Second Team. • DiMiceli finished a fantastic senior campaign for the Owls with 12 goals and 27 total points. DiMiceli finished 23rd in the nation in total points per game, 15th in goals per game, 31st in total goals and 38th in total points.

FOUR EARN ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS Seniors Mario DiMiceli, Mario Costa, Francisco Lara and freshman Daquan King of the Southern Connecticut State University men’s soccer team all took home Northeast-10 Conference yearly awards. • DiMiceli was named to the Northeast-10 Conference Men’s Soccer First Team after finishing the season ranked second in goals with 12 and third in points with 27 in the conference. DiMiceli was named Northeast-10 Player Of The Week once and named to the weekly conference honor roll three times. • Costa and Lara were selected to the Northeast-10 Conference Men’s Soccer Third Team. Costa captained the team to the conference quarterfinals and finished the season with five points. Lara anchored the back end for the Owls this year where they were in the top half of the conference in goals against. • King was named to the Northeast-10 Conference Men’s Soccer All-Rookie team after having a strong freshman season for Southern Connecticut. King finished the year with four goals and 10 total points, which was good enough for second on the team.

DUO EARNS ACADEMIC HONORS Mario Costa and Francisco Lara were honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America with College Division Scholar All-East Region honors. 2013 Southern Connecticut State University Men’s Soccer Notes Match 1

Olivier Occean – played with Canadian National Team, Odd OWLS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCCER Grenland, Lillestrøm (Norway); Offenbach, Greuther Furth (Germany)

Andrew Olivieri – played with Canadian National Team and Montreal Impact (Canada)

Paul Oyuga – played with Ørebro (Sweden), Ålgård FK (Norway), Kenyan National Team

Bonaventure Maruti – played with Ørebro (Sweden), Fram Larvik (Norway), Kenyan National Team

Gilbert Jean-Baptiste – played with Charleston Battery (USA), Haitian National Team

Brian Bliss - 1990 U.S. World Cup men’s soccer team; 1988 U.S. Olympic team; played in Major League Soccer with Columbus, New York/New Jersey and Kansas City; played with Carl Jeiss Jena; currently the Head Coach for the Co- lumbus Crew (MLS)

Shawn Boney - played with the Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)

Chris Houser - played with the Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS)

Alejandro Rincon - played with the Chicago Fire (MLS)

Kevin Anderson - played with the Colorado Rapids and Tampa Bay Mutiny (MLS) Bo Oshoniyi - winner of Golden Boot Award as top goal- keeper in collegiate soccer in 1993; played with Kansas City John Ball - played with the Chicago Fire (MLS) of Major League Soccer (MLS); 1993 U.S. World University Games team and 1995 U.S. Cup team; currently an assistant John Debrito - played with the U.S. National Team, Metro- men’s soccer coach at Penn State University Stars, New England Revolution, Kansas City Wizards and Columbus Crew (MLS)

Juan Carlos Osorio - former head coach of Red Bull New York (MLS) 2013 Southern Connecticut State University Men’s Soccer Notes Match 1

Southern Connecticut State University has won six national championships. Mike Petke - current head coach of New York Red Bulls (MLS); two-time Major League Soccer all-star with New 1987, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999 York/New Jersey MetroStars; played with Red Bull New York of MLS

Christian daSilva - played with the MetroStars (MLS)

Jordan Russolillo – played with Chicago Fire (MLS)

Ancil Farrier – played with Trinidadian National Team

Carlos Rocha - played with the New England Revolution (MLS) 2013 Southern Connecticut State University Men’s Soccer Notes Match 1

2013 Southern Connecticut State University Men’s Soccer Roster

No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Previous School 3 Marby Veasquez Jr. D 5-9 155 Brooklyn, N.Y./Brentwood/Monroe CC 5 Christian Samaniego Fr. M 5-7 167 Toronto, Ontario/Dante Academy 6 Igancio Navarro Fr. M 5-8 160 Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk 7 Ross McGibney R-Sr. M 5-10 150 Dublin, Ireland/Staples/Quinnipiac 9 Kevin Joslyn Fr. F 5-10 150 Norwalk, Conn./Nowalk 10 Sebastian Brems Fr. M 5-11 160 Odense, Denmark/Tietjen Business School/Odense University 11 Markus Jacobsen Fr. M 6-0 180 Oslo, Norway/Lambertseter V.G.S. 13 Tyler Naef R-So. M 5-8 150 Hasbrouck Heights, N.J./Hasbrouck Heights 14 Josh Abromaitis So. M 5-7 150 Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug 17 Mads Larsen So. F 5-10 165 Trondheim, Norway/KVT/Norwegian U. of Science and Tech 18 David Igreja Fr. GK 6-0 185 Missassauga, Ontario/Montor College 19 Danny Quintero Jr. D 5-8 155 Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk 20 Jonas Folstad So. D 5-10 165 Trondheim, Norway/KVT/Norwegian U. of Science and Tech 21 Leandro Medel Fr. M 6-3 180 Stamford, Conn./Stamford 22 Stephen Sasso R-Jr. GK 6-2 180 Orange, Conn./Amity 23 Daquan King So. F 5-8 155 Plainville, Conn./Plainville 24 Matthew Gilmore Sr. D 6-2 190 Cheshire. Conn./Cheshire/Sacred Heart University 25 Eric Rothbart Jr. D 5-8 180 Cheshire, Conn./Cheshire 26 Brandyn Rowlinson Fr. F 6-5 230 East Islip, N.Y./East Islip 27 Steven Smith So. M 5-11 165 Westport, Conn./Staples 28 Alex Soriano Fr. D 5-9 155 Wallingford, Conn./Sheehan 29 Josh Gustafson So. M 5-7 130 Lebanon, Conn./Lyman Memorial 30 Adam DiCiccio Jr. GK 5-9 170 Naugatuck, Conn./Naugatuck/Naugatuck Valley CC

Head Coach: Tom Lang Assistant Coach: Tom Mattera 2013 Southern Connecticut State University Men’s Soccer Notes Match 1