{"id":359234,"date":"2025-12-21T06:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/359234\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T06:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:51:13","slug":"mens-soccer-announces-annual-team-awards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/359234\/","title":{"rendered":"Men’s Soccer Announces Annual Team Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

SYRACUSE, N.Y.- The Orange men’s soccer team has named six players to its annual team awards,\u00a0head coach Ian McIntyre<\/a>\u00a0announced.\u00a0\u00a0

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Most Improved Player: Garrett Holman<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The defender from Hamburg, New Jersey,\u00a0has played a key role this season.\u00a0The sophomore started in all 19 matches he appeared in, playing a total of\u00a01,609 minutes.\u00a0Holman also recorded his first\u00a0career goal in the Orange’s 2-0 win over California on Sept. 27.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recent winners of this award include Andre Cutler-DeJesus<\/a>, Jackson Glenn,\u00a0and Tomas Hut<\/a>.\u00a0

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Rookie of the Year: Landon Darko<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0freshman\u00a0midfielder\u00a0made his career debut in the Orange’s home opener against Connecticut. Darko made his first career start against Stanford, playing 41 minutes. The Fairburn, Georgia,\u00a0native\u00a0recorded three goals and two\u00a0assists\u00a0this season, accounting for eight points.\u00a0

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Previous\u00a0players with this title include Chimere Omeze<\/a>, Ryan Raposo, Deandre\u00a0Kerr,\u00a0and Mo Adams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Golden Boot: Carlos Zambrano<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zambrano was the leading scorer this season, tallying a total of\u00a013 points through five goals and three assists.\u00a0The senior from Miami, Florida,\u00a0saw action in all 20 matches while making 11 starts. Zambrano recorded a hat-trick against Colgate on Sept.\u00a023, marking a pivotal turning point in the season and helping McIntyre towards his 251st\u00a0win with SU, the most by a head coach in program history. The midfielder found unique ways to score, collecting two Olimpico goals this season as well.\u00a0

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In the past, Nate Opoku, Miles Robinson, Levonte Johnson, Deandre\u00a0Kerr\u00a0and Tajon\u00a0Buchanan\u00a0have been recipients of this award.\u00a0

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Most Valuable Player: Tomas Hut<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Playing the entirety of every match, Hut starred in 20 matches this season, making 76 saves. The goalkeeper has had a remarkable season, breaking his career-high saves in a game three times, his most being nine against No.\u00a04 NC State in a crucial ACC playoff match.\u00a0The graduate student has been named to the All-ACC Third Team as well as the ACC All-Tournament team.\u00a0Additionally, he has received the CSC All-America Academic Award, being named to the Third Team\u00a0and has earned a spot on the 2025 United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Second Team.\u00a0Hut has recently been drafted by Red Bull New York in the 2026 MLS SuperDraft to continue his playing career professionally.\u00a0

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Previous\u00a0winners of this award include Nathan Opoku, Miles Robinson, Kamal\u00a0Miller\u00a0and Alex Bono\u00a0

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Dean Foti Award: Kyle Jansen<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

This award is given annually to the ‘Cuse soccer player with the most positive influence on the team’s attitude. Jansen, a sophomore from Marietta, Georgia, has displayed\u00a0a strong team\u00a0spirit throughout this season through practices and at matches.\u00a0\u00a0

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Recent recipients of this award include Stephen Betz, Stephen\u00a0Hasse\u00a0and Andre Cutler-DeJesus<\/a>.\u00a0

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SUcceSS\u00a0Award: Santiago Frias<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

The\u00a0SUcceSS\u00a0Award recognizes the individual who best personifies courage, desire, and an unselfish devotion to his teammates. Frias spent his graduate season at Syracuse after previously playing at UAlbany and Akron in his undergraduate years.\u00a0The defender appeared in 12 matches this season, making his\u00a0Orange\u00a0debut against Connecticut on Aug. 21. Throughout his career, Frias collected two goals and stared in 45 matches in total.\u00a0

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Previously, Noah\u00a0Singelmann, Julio Fulcar, Jason Smith<\/a>\u00a0and Max Kent have won this award.\u00a0

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For complete coverage of Syracuse men’s soccer, follow us on Facebook (\/cusemsoc), X (@CuseMSOC) and Instagram (@cusemsoc).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SYRACUSE, N.Y.- The Orange men’s soccer team has named six players to its annual team awards,\u00a0head coach Ian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-359234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}