SMU freshmen earning national recognition

[PonyPride]

College Soccer Professor: The Freshman 15

Juan Castillo, SMU: 9 goals (4 GW), 3 assists. 14 games played.
If this were any other year, Juan Castillo would be getting this article all to himself. However, he is one of the many talented freshman to have a successful first half of his debut season. (And for that matter, just one of four freshmen at SMU having a stellar start to their careers.) The former Texans SC forward has been among the nation’s leaders in goals all season. And he may be one of the main reasons for the resurgence of the SMU program. It is very rare for a team as successful as SMU to depend on a freshman forward from the get-go, but that was the situation for the Mustangs. Castillo took the challenge and countered with seven goals in SMU’s first eight games! During this streak, SMU rattled off a perfect record and cruised to the top of Conference USA standings. Now, teams have wised up to Castillo and he has hit a bit of a rookie wall with only two goals in the last five games. However, even with his lack of production, opportunities have been created for fellow Mustangs and he helped the team to four wins in their last five. Castillo is definitely one to keep an eye on going forward. He has the killer instinct teams desperately need at the next level.

(Barnes, Derschang and Corrado also mentioned)

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[Harry0569]

He could've played in the MLS already, he's that good. Congrats Juan.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

I hope a lot of people come out and see these guys in their final regular season home game on Saturday night! This team is one of the best things SMU athletics has going right now!