Four Cobra Men's Soccer Players earn recognition
Four members of the Men's Soccer team have earned recognition by the coaches as both the All-Region and All-Conference teams were announced today.
The lone player earning both First Team All-Conference and Region honors is freshman forward Dhani Cerra. The Brazil native led the Cobras in scoring with 11 goals and 8 assists on the season. He had three multiple goal games with a high of three in the match vs Daley College.
Earning Second team All-MWAC are a trio of Cobras, sophomores Gregg Flores (Edwardsville) and Douglas Andrade (Brazil) and freshman Ben Flodstrom (Champaign Centennial). Andrade finished second on the team in scoring with 10 goals and 5 assists. He came on strong at the end of the season scoring six goals in the final three games. Flodstrom was third on the team finishing with 8 goals for the Cobras, Flores was the hard-nosed leader of the Cobras on defense while also chipping in 5 assists this season.
Flodstrom and Flores also earned Honorable Mention All-Region recognition for the (10-9-1) Cobras.
Region 24 and M-WAC Champions Lincoln College swept the top awards while ICC's Amara Soumah was Freshman of the Year.
M-WAC:
Player of the Year Edwin Moalosi Lincoln College
Freshman of the Year Amara Soumah Illinois Central
Goalkeeper of the Year Mario Alfario Lincoln College
Coach of the Year Ben Massena Lincoln College
Region 24 Awards:
Player of the Year Edwin Moalosi Lincoln College
Coach of the Year Ben Massena Lincoln College
Midfielder of the Year Rafael Ramos Lincoln Land
Forward of the Year Amara Soumah Illinois Central
Defender of the Year Anders Madsen Lincoln College
Goalkeeper of the Year Conor Knox Southwestern Illinois
Parkland Awards:
M-WAC: First Team Dhani Cerra
Second Team Douglas Andrade, Ben Flodstrom, Gregg Flores
Region: First Team Dhani Cerra
Honorable Mention Ben Flodstrom and Gregg Flores
Men's Soccer season comes to an end in Semi's
The Parkland Men's Soccer but up a valiant effort but fell to top seed and #13 Lincoln College 4-1 in a Region 24 Semi-Final played in wet and cool conditions in Lincoln on Wednesday afternoon.
Lincoln jumped on top early scoring on a goal off of a corner kick. Adrien Sathler picked up a deflection and put the ball into the back of the net to put the Lynx up 1-0. In the 20th minute, freshman standout Dhani Cerra was fouled from behind just outside the penalty area. Douglass Andrade bent the ball around the Lincoln wall and into the bottom corner of the goal to tie the match. It was Andrade sixth goal in the last three games.
It seemed that PC had grabbed the momentum in the match but the results of the next 15 minutes would determine the outcome. In the 25th minute, off another corner kick, Lincoln's leading scorer and Region 24 Player of the Year Edwin Moalosi found the rebounding ball and put it in the net to regain the lead for the Lynx. Just 10 minutes later, midfielder Julio Velasquez slotted a ball through the Cobra defense setting up a Moalosi break away goal.
Trailing 3-1 at the half, PC kept up the pressure creating several scoring opportunities but could not convert them into goals. The Cobras actually out shot the host's 10-9 for the match but were unable to capitalize against a tough Lincoln defensive line. The Lynx added their final goal on a penalty kick with just 8 seconds remaining.
PC finishes the season at (10-9-1) with six of their nine losses coming against ranked opponents. Lincoln (16-3) will host Illinois Central College (13-4-1) at noon on Saturday for the Region 24 championship. ICC advance to the finals with a 2-1 win over Lincoln Land.
Andrade scores twice to help Cobra Men advance in Region Tournament
The Parkland College Men's Soccer team (10-8-1) beat Southwestern Illinois College (9-6-4) 2-1 today to advance to the Region 24 semifinals. The first 24 minutes of the match went scoreless, despite several scoring chances from both sides. In the 25th minute, the Cobras scored the first goal of the match when Gregg Flores passed the ball to Khody Ellis just outside the SWIC penalty area. Ellis dribbled around a SWIC defender and played a ball across to find Douglass Andrade, who banged the ball into the net. The 1-0 Cobra lead didn't last long however, as SWIC freshman Alex Novy was able to recover a rebound in the Parkland box and scored to tie the match in the 29th minute. Then, just before halftime, Andrade would ensure the Cobras would take a lead into halftime. Dhani Cerra played a ball from the half line in front of a streaking Andrade, who took a touch to position the ball and struck a fantastic shot in stride to beat the diving SWIC goalkeeper and score in the 43rd minute. The second half was back and forth, with SWIC outshooting the Cobras 16-6 on the day, but 15 saves by goal keeper Jason Saucedo and and key stops by Cobra defenders helped secure the win.
With the victory, PC moves on to face the #1 seed in Region 24 and NJCAA #17 ranked Lincoln College (15-3-0). The match will be played at Lincoln on Wednesday at 2pm. The winner will advance to the Region 24 Championship game a week from today.
'25 Parkland goal by Douglass Andrade (Khody Ellis)
'29 SWIC goal by Alex Novy (ua)
'43 Parkland goal by Douglass Andrade (Dhani Cerra)