The Deacons Dominate Division I Men’s All-America Team. Here are the First Team Selections, 2008 NSCAA/adidas NCAA Division I Men's All-America Team First Team Pos., Name, Class, School, Hometown K, Jovan Bubonja, Jr., Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Ill. D, Calum Angus *, Sr., Saint Louis, Portsmouth, England D, Matthew Besler, Sr., Notre Dame, Overland Park, Kan. D, Omar Gonzalez *, Jr., Maryland, Dallas, Texas D, Tennant McVea, Jr., Loyola (Md.), Belfast, Northern Ireland M, Corben Bone, So., Wake Forest, Dallas, Texas M, Sam Cronin *, Sr., Wake Forest, Winston-Salem, N.C. M, Andrei Gotsmanov, Sr., Creighton, Omaha, Neb. M, Baggio Husidic, Jr., Illinois-Chicago, Libertyville, Ill. F, Andre Akpan *, Jr., Harvard, Grand Prairie, Texas F, Mike Grella *, Sr., Duke, Glen Cove, N.Y. F, Marcus Tracy, Sr., Wake Forest, Newtown, Conn. F, Steve Zakuani, So., Akron, London, England Here is a link to the full story, http://www.nscaa.com/articles/20081212090555402.php
Here are the second and third teamers... Second Team K, Milos Kocic, Jr., Loyola (Md.), Leskovac, Serbia D, Joel Gustafsson, Jr., St. John's, Queens, N.Y. D, Ike Opara, So., Wake Forest, Durham, N.C. D, Chris Schuler, Jr., Creighton, Omaha, Neb. M, Alejandro Bedoya *, Sr., Boston College, Weston, Fla. M, Michael Callahan, Sr., North Carolina, Cary, N.C. M, Richard Jata, Sr., Campbell, Port Richey, Fla. M, J.T. Noone, Jr., Temple, Harrisburg, Pa. F, Quincy Amarikwa, Sr., Cal-Davis, Bakersfield, Calif. F, Doug DeMartin, Sr., Michigan State, Mason, Mich. F, Mike Fucito *, Sr., Harvard, Westford, Mass. F, Daniel Revivo, Sr., Winthrop, Richmond Hill, Ontario F, Chris Salvaggione, Sr., Charlotte, Monument, Colo. Third Team K, Steward Ceus, Sr., Albany, Albany, N.Y. D, Mark Blades, Jr., Northwestern, Lakewood, Ohio D, Michael Holody, Sr., Michigan, Auburn Hills, Mich. D, Yohance Marshall, Sr., South Florida, Tampa, Fla. M, Anthony Ampaipitakwong, So., Akron, Carrollton, Texas M, Joshua Boateng, Sr., Liberty, Lynchburg, Va. M, Dylan Curtis, Sr., Cal-Davis, Pleasanton, Calif. M, Craig Henderson, Sr., Dartmouth, Lower Hutt, N.H. M, Brad Ring *, Sr., Indiana, Rockford, Ill. F, Cody Arnoux *, Jr., Wake Forest, Wilmington, N.C. F, Graciano Brito *, Sr., Quinnipiac, East Haven, Conn. F, Samson Malijani, Jr., Fairleigh Dickinson, Lusaka, Zambia F, Chris Pontius, Sr., UC-Santa Barbara, Yorba Linda, Calif. F, O'Brian White *, Sr., Connecticut, Scarborough, Ontario F, Andrew Wiedeman, So., California, San Ramon, Calif.
Not really a shabby result for UIC as they have two 1st Team All Americans in Bubonja and Huisidic. Before this season, UIC has never had a 1st Team All American. Congrats guys.
Both players are well deserving. Congrats to the UIC Program. I remember last year when I posted on the SLU forum that the NCAA Tournament PK Shootout result against UIC was no shame for SLU as the UIC team was full of outstanding players. A bunch of knuckleheaded posters were upset that SLU couldn't beat a team like UIC. I fully expect UIC to continue to be a very strong program...
Well, I hope that UIC does continue their success. A little worried because it seems as though UIC will have some big shoes to fill if Baggio and Bubonja both leave school a year early to move onto bigger and better things. Either way, they did some great things for UIC.
To be clear, Bubonja is not from Chicago, he's from Belgrade, making the 1st and 2nd team keepers both from Serbia.
Soccer America teams usually more spot on than the NSCAA?? Is this true? Noticed the Alston kid who has been mentioed on this site as a Gen Ad candidate, not an All American