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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The American Athletic Conference announced the men’s soccer awards for the 2014 season, which were voted on by the league’s eight head coaches. UConn, the American regular season champion, took home four major awards.
 
UConn sophomore Cyle Larin was voted the American Offensive Player of the Year, while teammate Sergio Campbell was tabbed American Defensive Player of the Year. Husky senior Adria Beso Marco was named American Midfielder of the Year, while USF’s Spasoje Stefanovic and SMU’s Michael Nelson share American Goalkeeper of the Year honors. UConn freshman Cheikh Stephane Coly was selected as the American Rookie of the Year to round out the major awards. The American all-conference and all-rookie teams were also announced. 
 
Larin earned Offensive Player of the Year honors after scoring a team high nine goals and 21 points for the season. The forward leads the conference in several categories, including points per game (1.40), goals per game (0.60) and shots per game (4.13). Larin, last year’s American Rookie of the Year, also garnered First Team All-Conference honors. The sophomore helped lead UConn to the 2014 American regular season championship as the Huskies tallied 19 points and a 6-1-1 mark in league play.
 
Campbell was awarded American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year honors, leading a UConn backline that allowed just three total goals in conference play. The Huskies were tops in The American with a 0.36 goals against average in league play and recorded eight total shutouts on the year, five of those coming in conference play. The senior also earned the league’s preseason Defensive Player of the Year honor and was a unanimous choice for First Team All-Conference accolades.
 
Beso Marco was named The American’s Midfielder of the Year for the second consecutive season. The senior team captain, a Lleida, Spain native, started in every game for UConn this season and recorded eight points for the Huskies. UConn is riding a six-game win streak entering conference semifinals action. During the regular season, Beso Marco scored his first career-game winning goal in the Huskies’ victory over Yale on Oct. 28. He recorded a season-high two assists in UConn’s quarterfinals win over fifth-seeded Temple on Nov. 8.
 
Stefanovic, the American Athletic Conference Goalkeeper of the Year, started all 18 games for USF and logged 1584:38 minutes in the net with 53 saves. He was named the American Goalkeeper of the Week three times this season. Nelson, a redshirt freshman, was also tabbed Goalkeeper of the Year. He ranks second in the conference in goals against average (0.92) and top-three in total saves (55) and shutouts (5). SMU leads the league in fewest goals allowed per game (0.94) and has yielded a conference-low 16 total goals this season.
 
Coly was tabbed the conference Rookie of the Year after providing defense in the midfield for a UConn team that finished first in the league in goals allowed (3) in conference play. He has started all 18 of UConn’s matches this season and finished his first year in Storrs with two points and one goal. Coly was a unanimous choice for the All-Rookie team and garnered American Rookie of the Week honors twice this season.
 
UConn head coach Ray Reid and his staff garnered Coaching Staff of the Year honors. The Huskies earned their 13th-ever conference regular season title and the top overall seed in the American Men’s Soccer Championship. It was the second regular season crown for UConn in the last three years.
 
USF earned the Team Fair Play Award after totaling 106 points (76 fouls, six yellow cards and zero red cards) during conference play. The Fair Play Award is given to the team with the fewest accumulated fouls, yellow cards and red cards in league action (foul=one point; yellow card=five points; red card =10 points).
 
The 2014 all-conference teams and a complete list of awards are listed below.
2014 American Men's Soccer Awards

Offensive Player of the Year
Cyle Larin, UConn
 
Defensive Player of the Year
Sergio Campbell, UConn
 
Midfielder of the Year
Adria Beso Marco, UConn
 
Goalkeeper of the Year
Spasoje Stefanovic, USF
Michael Nelson, SMU
 
Rookie of the Year
Cheikh Stephane Coly, UConn
 
Coaching Staff of the Year
UConn
 
Team Fair Play Award
USF
 
First Team All-Conference
Romario Williams, F, Jr., UCF*
John Manga, F, Jr. Cincinnati
Adria Beso Marco, M, Sr., UConn
Sergio Campbell, B, Sr., UConn*
Cyle Larin, F, So., UConn
Lucas Baldin, M, Sr., USF
Wesley Charpie, B, Sr., USF
Lindo Mfeka, M, So., USF
Spasoje Stefanovic, GK, So., USF
John Lujano, M, Jr., SMU*
Michael Nelson, GK, R-Fr., SMU
Bradley Bourgeois, B, Jr., Tulsa
 
Second Team All-Conference
Jakob Nerwinski, B, So., UConn
Edwin Moalosi, F, Sr., USF
Idrissa Camara, F, Jr., SMU
Mauro Cichero, M, Fr., SMU
Damian Rosales, M, R-Sr., SMU
Jared Martinelli, M, Jr., Temple
Robert Sagel, B, So., Temple
Dan Scheck, GK, Sr., Temple
Akeil Barrett, M, Sr., Tulsa
Abe Matamoros, M, Sr., Tulsa
Ray Saari, M, So., Tulsa
 
All-Rookie Team
Walker Dawkins, M/F, Fr., UCF
Vebjorn Krovel, B, Fr., Cincinnati
Elliott Ackroyd, B, Fr., UConn
Cheikh Stephane Coly, M, Fr., UConn*
Dylan Greenberg, B, Fr., UConn
Hector Cantele, F, Fr., Memphis
Eduardo Maceira, M, Fr., USF
Jordan Cano, B, Fr., SMU
Mauro Cichero, M, Fr., SMU
Michael Nelson, GK, R-Fr., SMU
Jared Rice, B, Fr., SMU
Felipe Liborio, M, Fr., Temple
Geoff Dee, M, Fr., Tulsa
Aymar Sigue, F, Fr., Tulsa
 
[*] denotes unanimous selection
 
Ties are not broken