Men’s Soccer Players of the Week (Sept. 19)
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Javier Carbonell, Georgia Southern
F, Junior, Madrid, Spain
Carbonell assisted on both of Georgia Southern's goals in Saturday's 2-1 win over preseason Sun Belt Conference favorite Coastal Carolina in both teams' league opener ... Delivered a free kick to the far post in the second minute of the match that was headed in by teammate Gonzalo Talavera for an early 1-0 lead ... Followed up with a perfect through ball into the box on Aldair Cortes' goal in the fourth minute ... Carbonell now has four assists on the season and all four assists have come in the Eagles' three wins this year.
| gp |
gs |
g |
a |
pts |
sh |
sh% |
sog |
sog% |
yc |
rc |
pk |
gw |
| 1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
.000 |
1 |
.333 |
0 |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Gonzalo Talavera, Georgia Southern
D, Freshman, Madrid, Spain
Talavera played all 90 minutes at center back and produced his first collegiate goal in Georgia Southern's 2-1 win over preseason Sun Belt favorite Coastal Carolina on Saturday in both teams' league opener ... The true freshman has played every minute on the back line this season for the Eagles and his goal came on a header off a corner kick in the second minute of the match.
| gp |
gs |
g |
a |
pts |
sh |
sh% |
sog |
sog% |
yc |
rc |
pk |
gw |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1.000 |
1 |
1.000 |
0 |
0 |
0-0 |
0 |
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Aug. 29 – (O) Daniel Avila, Appalachian State and Hannes Burmeister, Georgia State | (D) Yannic Horn, Georgia State
Sept. 5 – (O) Juan Hernandez, Appalachian State | (D) Kervin Fadel, Coastal Carolina
Sept. 12 – (O) Rashid Alarape, Georgia State | (D) Miguel Gutierrez, Coastal Carolina
Sept. 19 – (O) Javier Carbonell, Georgia Southern | (D) Gonzalo Talavera, Georgia Southern