Eagles Earn Five Spots on All-GSAC Team

All-GSAC Team 

(10/30/07 - Men's Soccer) IRVINE - Three-time honorees Mike Borst and Jeff Clark highlighted a fivesome of Concordia men's soccer players named to the 2007 Men's Soccer All-GSAC Team.

Borst and Clark were joined on the team by sophomore defender Joel Smith, his second-straight selection to the team, as well as first-time choices Josh Bickel and Mike Mirzadeh.

Borst, a 2005 all-American, claimed several school records in his final season with the Eagles. He eclipsed the career shutouts mark held by current assistant coach Ryan Hopkins, which Borst has now stretched to 23. He will also finish his career as the program leader in goals against average for his career while holding single-season marks for shutouts, goals against average and consecutive minutes played without allowing a goal.

Clark joined his graduating teammate on the list for the third-consecutive term after earning GSAC Player of the Year honors last season. The all-American ran his career goals total to 41 with nine more this season, besting the previous mark of 39 held by Kyle Carroll. Clark is also just one point from matching the career points mark of Carroll at 103 and will take over the top spot with his next goal.

Smith anchored the Concordia backline for the second-straight season and helped the team to an even better statistical season that the year prior. The Eagles have set season marks for shutouts (12) and a shutout streak that reached nearly 1,000 minutes as they recorded nine-straight clean sheets. Smith has also scored a pair of goals this season, both of which turned out to be game-winners.

Bickel moved back into the midfield and was a steadying presence for the Eagles both in attack and on defense. He tallied a pair of goals and added three assists for seven points while playing just in front of the defensive line. He also has a pair of game-winning goals to his credit, including a header to help run the Eagles to a 12-0 mark with a 1-0 win over Vanguard.

Mirzadeh rounds out the Concordia contingency as a mainstay at right back for the Eagles. He has started all 36 games of his Concordia career after playing two seasons at Cypress College and has registered a pair of goals and two assists. His only goal of this season was a crucial one as he blasted home the only goal of a 1-0 overtime win at California Baptist in the GSAC opener.

Concordia (14-2-0) is the #3 seed in the NAIA Region II Playoffs and will host 6th-seeded Point Loma Nazarene on Thursday, November 1 at 1:00 p.m. The two teams met last Thursday in Irvine with Clark providing the only goal in a 1-0 Concordia triumph.