Crossroads League Announces Men’s Soccer Award Winners
JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League announced its 2022 Men’s Soccer All-League honors on Monday, following No. 6 Bethel securing a third-straight regular season Crossroads League Championship and a second straight CL Tournament Championship.
Bethel’s Tim Noeding claimed the Crossroads League’s top honor, earning CL Player-of-the-Year recognition, with BU’s Joao de Oliveira being named the CL Co-Defensive Player of the Year and BU head coach, Thiago Pinto, claiming CL Coach-of-the-Year honors.
The Crossroads League’s remaining top honors included Martim Sequeira of Grace being named the CL Offensive Player of the Year, Joe Pizarro of Indiana Wesleyan being named the CL Midfielder of the Year, Mateo Conci of Grace being voted the CL Co-Defensive Player of the Year and Nathan Ntalu of Spring Arbor being selected as the CL Newcomer of the Year.
In addition to those major honors, 22 student-athletes were named as Crossroads League First-Team selections, with 16 others taking home Crossroads League Honorable Mention honors.
The All-Crossroads League awards are voted on by the CL’s head men’s soccer coaches.
2022 Crossroads League Coach of the Year
Thiago Pinto, Bethel
2022 Crossroads League Player of the Year
Tim Noeding, Bethel
2022 Crossroads League Offensive Player of the Year
Martim Sequeira, Grace
2022 Crossroads League Defensive Player of the Year
Joao de Oliveira, Bethel
Matteo Conci, Grace
2022 Crossroads League Midfield Player of the Year
Jose Pizarro, Indiana Wesleyan
2022 Crossroads League Newcomer of the Year
Nathan Ntalu, Spring Arbor
2022 First-Team All-Crossroads League
F-Martim Sequeira, Grace
F-Nathan Ntalu, Spring Arbor
F-Luan Bressy, Bethel
F-Higor Barbieri, Huntington
F-Keon Boney, Mount Vernon Nazarene
F-Brandon Nyagurungo, Indiana Wesleyan
F-Lucas Bontreger, Goshen
M-Tim Noeding, Bethel
M-Jose Pizarro, Indiana Wesleyan
M-Felipe Gruber, Grace
M-Andres Latorre, Bethel
M-Abdulrahman Al-Rashed, Spring Arbor
M-Tiago Costa, Huntington
M-Malik Ibrahim, Indiana Wesleyan
D-Joao de Oliveira, Bethel
D-Daniel Santos Rosa, Grace
D-Kyle Rinehart, Indiana Wesleyan
D-Gabriel Villanueva Pacheco, Bethel
D-Flavio Cruz, Grace
D-James McBride, Taylor
G-Matteo Conci, Grace
G-Finn Popescu, Bethel
2022 Honorable Mention All-Crossroads League
F-Piero Sabroso, Bethel
F-Winter Casseus, Indiana Wesleyan
F-Joao Ratinho, Huntington
F-Trevor Kacou, Spring Arbor
M-Nate Van Keulen, Marian
M-Juan Camilo Garcia, Grace
M-Pablo Garcia, Huntington
M-Jeff Victoria, Spring Arbor
M-Sawyer Watterson, Taylor
M-Zack Bowser, Mount Vernon Nazarene
D-Eduardo da Silva, Bethel
D-Ryan Walters, Mount Vernon Nazarene
D-Brayden Gillman, Saint Francis
D-Dylann Merchand, Marian
G-Aaron Carr, Indiana Wesleyan
G-Pedro Moreira, Huntington