2024 NAIA Men’s Soccer All-Americans and Player of the Year Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2024 NAIA Men’s Soccer All-America teams on Monday, after the competition of the National Championship in Wichita, Kan. Emilio Cazares of Mobile (Ala.) has been named the NAIA Men’s Soccer Player of the Year.
Cazares ranks first in the country in total goals (23) and added four assists to rank third nationally in total points (50). The senior, forward from Monterrey, Mexico led the Rams of Mobile (Ala.) to the Quarterfinal Round of the 2024 Battle for the Red Banner. He launched 92 shots, put 25% of them on target and scored eight game winning goals across 17 starts. He was 2-2 in penalty kick conversions.
The NAIA All-America committee consists of the NAIA-Men’s Soccer Coaches Association Executive Committee, the National Championship Games Committee and four men’s soccer coaches. Each of the All-America teams is comprised of a goalkeeper, three defenders, three midfielders, three forwards, and one at-large position.
Missouri Valley leads with six winners, besting Mobile (Ala.) who had five award honorees. Oklahoma Wesleyan tallies four followed by three each from Dalton State (Ga.) and William Penn (Iowa); seven programs had two receipients.
The 2024 Select Sport America-NAIA Men’s Soccer National Coach of the Year will be announced later this spring at the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Anaheim, California and then released on NAIA.org.
2024 NAIA Men’s Soccer All-America Teams
FIRST TEAM
| PLAYER | INSITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Sean Bohan | William Penn (Iowa) | GK | Sr. | Dublin, Ireland |
| Nicolas Leite | Dalton State (Ga.) | GK | Sr. | Santo Andre, Brazil |
| Antonio Bittencourt | Dalton State (Ga.) | DEF | Sr. | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Kazuki Hashimoto | Missouri Valley | DEF | Sr. | Yokohama, Japan |
| Henrique Mendes | Mobile (Ala.) | DEF | Jr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Edan Sears | William Penn (Iowa) | DEF | Sr. | Telford, England |
| Emilio Cazares | Mobile (Ala.) | FWD | Sr. | Monterrey, Mexico |
| Sam Green | Missouri Valley | FWD | Sr. | London, England |
| Luke Persenico | Clarke (Iowa) | FWD | Sr. | St. Charles, Ill. |
| Thomas Rodella | Life (Ga.) | FWD | Fr. | Verona, Italy |
| Piero Sabroso | Bethel (Ind.) | FWD | Sr. | Lima, Peru |
| Sami Charaf Amal | Bethel (Ind.) | MID | Sr. | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Yoshiki Igarashi | Missouri Valley | MID | Sr. | Tokyo, Japan |
| Caoimhin McConnell | William Carey (Miss.) | MID | Sr. | Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Kirill Pakhomov | Oklahoma Wesleyan | MID | So. | Moscow, Russia |
SECOND TEAM
| PLAYER | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Cristobal Benitez Delgado | Missouri Valley | GK | Jr. | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
| Javiero Izquierdo | Cumberlands (Ky.) | GK | Jr. | Candás, Asturias, Spain |
| Jacob Adams | Missouri Valley | DEF | Sr. | Nottingham, England |
| Kazuma Ishizuka | Dalton State (Ga.) | DEF | Sr. | Yokohama, Japan |
| Michael Rempel | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | DEF | So. | Asuncion, Paraguay |
| Luis Vergara | Oklahoma Wesleyan | DEF | Jr. | Santiago, Chile |
| Mario Goic | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | FWD | Gr. | Zadar, Croatia |
| Joseph McMahon | Mobile (Ala.) | FWD | Jr. | Liverpool, England |
| Brandon Nyagurungo | Indiana Wesleyan | FWD | Fr. | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Sebastian Tregarthen | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | FWD | So. | Dolores, Uruguay |
| Louis Dolcini | Mobile (Ala.) | MID | So. | Genova, Italy |
| Jose Garcia | Indiana Wesleyan | MID | Fr. | Puerto Montt, Chile |
| Robbie Lyons | Cumberland (Tenn.) | MID | Sr. | Dublin, Ireland |
| Salvador Martinez | Cumberlands (Ky.) | MID | Sr. | Tampico, Tamaulipas Mexico |
| Samuel Mutiri | Mobile (Ala.) | MID | Jr. | Tervuren, Belgium |
THIRD TEAM
| PLAYER | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Claudio Fuentealba | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | GK | Sr. | Rancagua, Chile |
| Henry Hampshaw | William Carey (Miss.) | GK | Fr. | England |
| Juan Muniz Navarrete | Carroll (Mont.) | GK | Sr. | Hermiston, Ore. |
| Tylor Guerrero Castillo | Oklahoma Wesleyan | DEF | Fr. | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Tiago Dias | Indiana Tech | DEF | Sr. | Portimão, Portugal |
| Caleb Marchany | LSU Shreveport (La.) | DEF | Jr. | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
| Omar Murillo | William Woods (Mo.) | DEF | Sr. | Panama City, Panama |
| Daniel Santos Rosa | Grace (Ind.) | DEF | Sr. | Heidelberg, Germany |
| Ronald Aguilar | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | FWD | Jr. | – |
| Daniel Borges | UC Merced (Calif.) | FWD | Sr. | Turlock, Calif. |
| Alejandro Contrera | Georgia Gwinnett | FWD | Fr. | Asuncion, Paraguay |
| Andrea Croce | Governors State | FWD | So. | Rome, Italy |
| Sam Dolobaipu | Huntington (Ind.) | FWD | So. | Sioux Falls, S.D. |
| Marko Dordevic | Missouri Baptist | FWD | Jr. | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Callum Edwards | Union Commonwealth | FWD | So. | Preston, England |
| Manuel Flores | Tennessee Southern | FWD | Sr. | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Rick Hovinga | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | FWD | Sr. | Groningen, Netherlands |
| Katai Mukuka | Brescia (Ky.) | FWD | Fr. | Zambia, Africa |
| Jacobo Obradors | Williams Baptist (Ark.) | FWD | Sr. | Madrid, Spain |
| Trent Rickard | The Master’s (Calif.) | FWD | So. | Valencia, Calif. |
| Ognjen Bozovic | Missouri Baptist | MID | So. | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Hugo Garcia-Rosado Duran | Midland (Neb.) | MID | Jr. | Barcelona, Spain |
| Mathis Guffroy | Texas Wesleyan | MID | Sr. | Saint Germain en Laye, France |
| Pol Mur | Oklahoma Wesleyan | MID | Sr. | Barcelona, Spain |
| Connor O’Reilly | William Penn (Iowa) | MID | Sr. | Letterkenny, Ireland |
| Tate Richards | Missouri Valley | MID | Sr. | London, England |
| Jack Thomas | LSU Shreveport (La.) | MID | Jr. | Whittington, England |