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Soccer players were robbed!!!

Postby PonyFan » Tue Dec 12, 2000 12:28 pm

Congratulations to the men's soccer team for reaching the Final 4. PonyFans everywhere are proud of you.

Having said that ....

Carl Bussey is first-team all-America, and deservedly so. But he was honored as a forward, a position he played LAST YEAR. He was a defensive midfielder this year, and the best one in the country, I might add.

Mohamed Fahim is third-team All-America? He was named to the first team last year. He was the second-leading goal-scorer in America this year. He scored every one of SMU's goals in the postseason. He had FOUR hat tricks this season, even though opposing defenses built their schemes to double- and triple-team him.

HOWEVER ...

Diego Walsh is just a sophomore, but it was Walsh -- not Bussey or Fahim -- who was named Player of the Year for the Missouri Valley Conference. Walsh is nothing short of an artist in terms of the way he can weave through opposing defenses, and he's the best passer in America. How does he not make at least some level of All-America recognition?

And Byron Foss is an unbelievable goalkeeper. He's huge and lightning-quick, has tremendous instincts and reactions, is very physical and clears crosses from the penalty box as well as any keeper in the country. Gave up less than a goal a game. Foss should be AT LEAST third-team All-America, if not higher.


Congratulations to Bussey and Fahim, even though Mishou (Fahim) absolutely should have first-team. And Walsh and Foss are special players who should have been up there, too.
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