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2007 Men's Soccer Season Recap

The Emory University Men's Soccer Team completed one of the best seasons in the program's history in 2007, matching a school record for wins in a season and advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the 11th time in school history.

The Sonny Travis era of Emory soccer began on a high note, as the Eagles finished the season with a 16-3-0 record (the 13th-best winning percentage in the nation in 2007), marking the fifth time in school history that the team has won 16 games, and the most wins by Emory since the 2005 season.  Emory's 62 assists is the third-best total in school history, the 178 points scored are the fifth best mark by an Eagles team, and the Eagles notched the eighth-best mark in school history with 58 goals.  The team went 7-1-0 in home matches during the year.

After finishing the regular season 20th in the nation in goals per game (3.05) and 26th in the country in goals against average (0.67), the Eagles were one of seven teams in the 57-team field of the NCAA tournament to receive a first-round bye.  However, the University of Redlands (Calif.) shocked the Eagles during their second-round match, defeating Emory 1-0 with a goal in the final minute of regulation at the Woodruff P.E. Center. 

The Eagles completed one of their best seasons in conference play.  Despite falling just three points short of the University Athletic Association (UAA) title, Emory won six UAA games for the first time since 1998, marking a four-game improvement from last season.  During the season, the Eagles led all UAA teams in goals scored, while the defense also limited opponents to the fewest scores in the conference.

The 2007 season also saw the Eagles score eight or more goals in a game twice in one year for the first time since 2005, and for just the fourth time in school history.  Emory defeated Piedmont College (Ga.) and the University of the South (Tenn.) in back-to-back games by 8-0 scores.

New head coach Sonny Travis won the 300th match of his career during the Eagles' 4-0 win over Heidelberg College (Ohio), becoming the 27th Division III head coach to do so.  The win came at the Adidas Invitational, hosted by Center College (Ky.), where Travis began his coaching career.

Later in the season, Emory picked up a key in-region overtime win over Greensboro College (N.C.).  In the game, Emory received an Alex Diego game-tying goal in the final two minutes of regulation, followed by Patrick McFarland's second ‘golden goal' of the season in the overtime period.

Offensively, Emory was led by the two ‘Patricks,' junior all-region forwards Patrick Carver and Patrick McFarland.  Carver led all Eagle scorers during the year with 16 goals and 41 points, while McFarland scored 12 goals of his own to go along with 12 assists for 36 points.  The pair was recorded the top-two scoring outputs in the UAA during the season, and Carver became the sixth Emory player to be named the UAA Player of the Year. Carver was also named a first-team All-American, just the fourth player in school history to earn the honor.

On the defensive side of the ball, senior goalkeeper Keith Meehan matched a school record with 16 wins in goal, while the defensive backfield of juniors Jacob Roche, Andre Jakubowski, Jordan Edelman, and Erik Laney held opponents to just 57 shots on goal during the year.

The following Eagles received individual postseason honors in 2007:

National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/ Adidas All-American

Patrick Carver

First Team

Springfield, MO (Parkview)

 

D3Kicks.com All-American

Patrick Carver

First Team

Springfield, MO (Parkview)

 

CoSIDA Academic All-American

Patrick McFarland

Second Team

Franklin, TN (Centennial)

 

NSCAA/ Adidas All-South Region

Patrick Carver

First Team

Springfield, MO (Parkview)

Marc Del Marmol

Second Team

Longwood, FL (Lake Brantley)

Andre Jakubowski

Second Team

Winter Park, FL (Trinity Prep)

Patrick McFarland

Second Team

Franklin, TN (Centennial)

 

D3Kicks.com All-South Region

Patrick Carver

First Team

Springfield, MO (Parkview)

Marc Del Marmol

Second Team

Longwood, FL (Lake Brantley)

Andre Jakubowski

Second Team

Winter Park, FL (Trinity Prep)

Patrick McFarland

Third Team

Franklin, TN (Centennial)

 

University Athletic Association Player of the Year

Patrick Carver

Springfield, MO (Parkview)

 

All-Conference (University Athletic Association)

Patrick Carver

First Team

Springfield, MO (Parkview)

Marc Del Marmol

Second Team

Longwood, FL (Lake Brantley)

Andre Jakubowski

Second Team

Winter Park, FL (Trinity Prep)

Patrick McFarland

Second Team

Franklin, TN (Centennial)

Keith Meehan

Second Team

Tampa, FL (Jesuit)

Alex Diego

Honorable Mention

Santa Cruz, CA (Santa Cruz)

Jordan Edelman

Honorable Mention

Roslyn Heights, NY (The Wheatley School)

 

CoSIDA Academic All-District

Patrick McFarland

First Team

Franklin, TN (Centennial)

Jordan Edelman

First Team

Roslyn Heights, NY (The Wheatley School)

 

University Athletic Association Athlete of the Week

Patrick Carver

Sep. 25th, Oct. 2nd, Nov. 6th

Patrick McFarland

Sep. 18th

Keith Meehan

Oct. 9th

Andre Jakubowski

Oct. 30