USL PRO News Release
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
TAMPA, Fla. – USL PRO named its Team of the Week for Week 13 of the 2014 season on Tuesday as Dayton Dutch Lions forward Aaron Schoenfeld was named Player of the Week after his pair of goals led the Dutch Lions to a 2-1 victory at Arizona United SC Wednesday night at the Peoria Sports Complex.
Schoenfeld, on loan from Dayton’s MLS affiliate the Columbus Crew, opened the scoring in the match in the fifth minute when he took a through pass from Shintaro Harada, beat a defender and deposited his own rebound into the net after his initial shot struck the post. After an Arizona equalizer, Schoenfeld netted the winner in the 36th minute when his blast from distance tucked inside the right post.
Schoenfeld was joined on the Team of the Week forward line by another two-goal scorer, Richmond’s Matthew Delicate, as well as Harrisburg’s James McLaughlin, who scored in a 3-1 win at Pittsburgh.
Orlando City’s Brad Rusin led the selections on defense after scoring twice against Orange County, and he was joined by Charleston’s Colin Falvey and Rochester’s Johnny Mendoza, who both scored in important wins.
Orange County Blues FC goalkeeper Patrick McLain was selected after shutting out the Charlotte Eagles 1-0 on the road, as was teammate Jiovanni Santana, who scored the winner in the 80th minute. OKC Energy FC had midfielders Adda Djeziri and Michael Thomas after their goals against Sacramento, and rounding out the squad was Wilmington’s Mickael Oliveira, who tallied a goal and an assist as the Hammerheads fought back to tie Richmond 2-2.
The 2014 USL PRO season continues with three matches on Friday night, two featuring MLS Reserve competition as Harrrisburg travels to Montreal at 4 p.m. ET and the Coloroado Rapids Reserves travel to Sacramento at 10:30 p.m. ET. Also on Friday night the Dayton Dutch Lions travel to Rochester to face the Rhinos at 7:35 p.m. ET.
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USL PRO Team of the Week
Honorable Mention – Arizona – Paolo DelPiccolo, Evan Newton, Jonathan Top; Charlotte – Alec Kann; Dayton – Matt Williams; Harrisburg – Yann Ekra, Nick Noble; Orange County – Seth Moses, Sean Okoli; OKC – Mark Howard; Orlando City – Austin da Luz, Corey Hertzog; Pittsburgh – Andrew Marshall; Richmond – Joe Willis; Rochester – Alex Dixon, Kyle Hoffer; Wilmington – Ashani Fairclough.