All ACC teams announced

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  1. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    2004 All-ACC First Team
    Jorge Gonzalez Jr. Goalkeeper NC State

    Hunter Freeman Jr. Defender Virginia
    Matt Oliver Sr. Defender Virginia
    Michael Parkhurst Jr. Defender Wake Forest

    Blake Camp Jr. Midfield Duke
    Domenic Mediate Sr. Midfield Maryland
    Marcus Storey Sr. Midfield North Carolina

    Jason Garey Jr. Forward Maryland
    Aaron King Jr. Forward NC State
    Scott Sealy Sr. Forward Wake Forest
    Abe Thompson Sr. Forward Maryland

    2004 All-ACC Second Team
    Noah Palmer Sr. Goalkeeper Maryland
    Justin Trowbridge Sr. Goalkeeper Duke

    Tim Merritt Sr. Defender North Carolina
    Justin Moore Jr. Defender Clemson

    Nico Colaluca Fr. Midfield Virginia
    Stuart Holden So. Midfield Clemson
    Amir Lowery Sr. Midfield Wake Forest
    Ben Nason So. Midfield Virginia Tech
    Michael Videira Fr. Midfield Duke

    Corey Ashe So. Forward North Carolina
    Justin Moose Jr. Forward Wake Forest
    Steven Rhyne Sr. Forward Clemson

    2004 All-ACC Freshmen Team (no specific positions)
    Patrick Phelan Defender Wake Forest
    Andre Sherard Defender North Carolina
    Adam Sloustcher Defender North Carolina
    Nathan Sturgis Defender Clemson
    Ian Taylor Defender Virginia Tech
    Julian Valentin Defender Wake Forest

    Jeremy Barlow Midfield. Virginia
    El Hadj Cisse Midfield NC State
    Nico Colaluca Midfield Virginia
    Stephen King Midfield Maryland
    Michael Videira Midfield Duke

    Spencer Wadsworth Forward Duke

    Sealy is the Offensive Player of the Year, Parkhurst the Defensive Player of the Year, Videira Freshmen of the Year and Wake's Jay Vidovich Coach of the Year.
     
  2. ChrisE

    ChrisE Member

    Jul 1, 2002
    Brooklyn
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    American Samoa
    Thanks for posting this, Sandon

    I hope you don't mind me sort of hijacking your thread, Sandon. I'll certainly understand if everyone wants to ignore this.

    Here's something of a comparison between last year and this year's teams, and what making them means.

    2003 All-ACC First Team
    Code:
    Name		School			Position
    Scott Buete Sr.	Maryland		Midfield
    Blake Camp So.	Duke			Midfield
    Kenny Cutler Sr.?	Clemson		Midfield
    Will Hesmer Sr.	Wake Forest		Goalkeeper
    Sumed Ibrahim Sr.	Maryland	Midfield
    Aaron King So.	NC State		Forward
    Matt Oliver Jr.	Virginia		Defender
    Michael Parkhurst So. Wake Forest		Defender
    Seth Stammler Sr.	Maryland		Defender
    Marcus Storey Jr.	North Carolina		Forward
    Jeremiah White Sr.	Wake Forest		Forward
    2003 All-ACC Second Team
    Code:
    Name		School			Position
    V. Bastidas Sr.	Wake Forest		Midfield
    C. Goodson Jr.	Maryland		Defender
    M. Littlefield Jr.	Virginia	Forward
    Amir Lowery Jr.	Wake Forest		Midfield
    D Mediate Jr.	Maryland		Forward
    Tim Merritt Jr.	North Carolina		Defender
    J Moose So.	Wake Forest		Midfield
    Noah Palmer Jr.	Maryland		Goalkeeper
    Scott Sealy Jr.	Wake Forest		Forward
    Abe Thompson Jr.	Maryland	Forward
    Jamie Watson Fr.	North Carolina	Forward
    The only seniors on either list not to be drafted were (bradenton alumnus) Kenny Cutler and Vicente Bastidas. The others went at positions 9, 17, 18, 20, 23. Goodson was the only one to go P-40, though Watson was apparently wooed. However, none of these players saw much playing time in MLS in 2004. Bodes well for Marcus Storey et al.'s draft chances, at least.

    Only two underclassmen who were on the lists in 2003 weren't on them in 2004. Jamie Watson, who for whatever reason didn't start much at UNC, and Mike Littlefield, who started even less at UVA (I'm sure somebody knows why?). Of the 5 undercclassmen who made the first-team in 2003, all remained on it in 2004. Of the 10 who made the 2nd team, one is in MLS, two fell off, three, Mediate, Sealy, and Thompson, moved up, and 4 stayed on the second team.

    Below are the class distributions for 2003 and 2004. They remained remarkably similar.

    Code:
    	2003	2004
    Sr	7	10
    Jr	10	8
    So.	4	3
    Fr.	1	1
    


    All-Freshman Team 2003
    Code:
    Corey Ashe	North Carolina		Forward
    Ryan Burke	Virginia	          Goalkeeper
    Adam Cristman	Virginia		Forward
    Steven Curfman	Wake Forest		Midfield
    S. Fusilier	NC State		Midfield
    Will Hall		Virginia	Midfield
    M. Harrington North Carolina		Midfield
    Kyle Helton	Duke			Defender
    Chris Loftus	Duke			Forward
    Wells Thompson	Wake Forest		Midfield
    Jamie Watson	North Carolina		Forward
    
    The All-freshman team showed a very different pattern. Of the 11 players on the All-freshman team last year, only one made it onto either All-ACC team this year (1 made it last year too), while two different freshmen both jumped in front of them. Ben Nason, who was actually statistically better as a freshman, and Stuart Holden, who didn't play too much his first year.
     
  3. Kubby

    Kubby Member

    Apr 28, 2004
    I'm curious as to why Duke freshman Tomek Charowski did not make the All-Freshman Team -- any insight?
     
  4. FritoBandito

    FritoBandito New Member

    Sep 2, 2003
    US
    UVA's Ryan Burke got EFF'd....
     
  5. nojoke

    nojoke New Member

    Oct 28, 2004
     
  6. Sammys

    Sammys New Member

    Mar 5, 2002
    Virginia
     
  7. NGV

    NGV Member+

    Sep 14, 1999
    Storey probably made the first team because of his assists. Watson would be a justifiable choice for the second team, but so is Ashe, and I don't think there's any way they'd choose all three forwards from UNC.

    He showed very good skills, but little defensive or ball winning ability, and didn't seem to mesh well with the rest of the team. After the early season meltdowns, it was clear that Carolina needed more defense and physical presence in the midfield, so Dax ended up on the bench.

    It's nice to see Andre Sherard get a little recognition on the freshman team. He looked pretty shaky in central defense in the first couple games I saw, but seemed to get a lot more comfortable after that - definitely a prospect.
     
  8. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    Story sure as hell didn't earn this honor based on what he did in ACC games, this year, or for his career.

    Story finished with six goals and six assists in 17 games overall. But, in seven ACC games, he had 0 goals and 1 assist.

    For his career, in 83 games overall, he has 29 goals and 21 assists, pretty good stats for a midfielder. But, almost all of those stats were posted against non-ACC teams.

    In 29 games against ACC teams prior to tonight's ACC Tournament contest, Story has two goals and four assists. This includes four ACC Tournament games his first three seasons.

    Both his ACC goals came against NC State before they got their act back together last season. He scored as a freshman vs. State in the ACC Tournament then as a soph. in the regular season. So, no goals the past two years in ACC play.

    Two of the assists also came when he was a freshman, one each against Duke and Maryland. His lone ACC point as a junior was an assist against Maryland and is lonly ACC point this year was an assist vs. Virginia.

    In six games vs. Clemson and four games vs. Wake and one ACC game this year against Tech, he never had a goal or an assist.

    The weird thing is that in 54 non-ACC games, he's scored 27 goals - one every other game - and got 17 assists so he has shown potential. Just not against the conference teams.

    Since UNC plays State tonight, maybe Story will get one more ACC goal!
     
  9. FeverNova1

    FeverNova1 New Member

    Sep 17, 2004
    Plano
    Yeah but he's fast!!!

    BTW, I thought Storey was a forward.
     
  10. harttbeat

    harttbeat Member+

    Dec 29, 1998
    New York
    i'll go with Hunter... acc champ and best full back this yr
     
  11. FritoBandito

    FritoBandito New Member

    Sep 2, 2003
    US
    uva's best back

    freeman is not even the best back on the team. that would be matt oliver.
     
  12. terp fan

    terp fan New Member

    Nov 21, 2000
    Re: uva's best back

    These comments may be off track for the ACC discussion but here are some thoughts comparing Matt Oliver and Hunter Freeman.
    Although Matt Oliver will go to the combine his pro potential is very low while Freeman will be P-40 and will likely be drafted fairly high (10-15 range).
    Hunter is excellent with the ball coming forward for crosses and set pieces. Matt has ZERO attacking skills, he is a destroyer but at the next level a defender must be able to play both ways. Oliver may be more important to UVA is the college kick ball game but in the MLS they try to play soccer at times and poor Matt will be lost while Freeman should eventually flourish (2 years?).
     

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