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Career Accolades | Career Statistics and Single-Game Highs

  • Second overall pick by the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft
  • 2017 MAC Hermann Trophy Finalist
  • 2017 United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American
  • 2017 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2017 Top Drawer Soccer Division I Men’s Soccer Player of the Year
  • 2017 Top Drawer Soccer Best XI First Team
  • 2017 Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American
  • 2017 College Soccer News First Team All-American
  • 2017 College Cup Defensive Most Outstanding Player
  • 2017 Top Drawer Soccer College Cup Best XI
  • 2017 United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team
  • 2017 All-Pac-12 First Team
  • 2017 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
  • Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Dec. 5, 2017)
  • College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 16, 2017)
  • 2016 College Cup All-Tournament Team
  • 2016 MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist
  • 2016 NSCAA First Team All-American
  • 2016 Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2016 NSCAA All-Far West Region First Team
  • 2016 Top Drawer Soccer Best XI First Team
  • 2016 All-Pac-12 First Team
  • 2016 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
  • Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Nov. 22, 2016)
  • College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 21, 2016)
  • College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 17, 2016)
  • Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Oct. 11, 2016)
  • 2015 Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Second Team
  • 2015 All-Pac-12 Second Team
  • 2015 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
  • 2014 NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Far West Region Third Team
  • 2014 All-Pac-12 Second Team
  • 2014 Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman First Team
  • 2014 Soccer America Men's All-Freshman Second Team
  • 2014 College Soccer News Second Team Freshman All-American
  • Started in each of his 87 appearances at center back, second in school history in career starts
  • Scored 13 goals to go along with five assists for 31 points
  • Put home five game winners
  • In his four seasons, Stanford won three national championships, four Pac-12 titles, had a 65-10-13 overall record (.813) and 30-3-7 (.838) conference mark
  • The Cardinal defense posted a 0.59 goals against average in his career, including 47 shutouts

As a Senior (2017) | Game-by-Game Stats

  • MAC Hermann Trophy Finalist
  • United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American
  • Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
  • Top Drawer Soccer Division I Men’s Soccer Player of the Year
  • Top Drawer Soccer Best XI First Team
  • Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American
  • College Soccer News First Team All-American
  • College Cup Defensive Most Outstanding Player
  • Top Drawer Soccer College Cup Best XI
  • United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team
  • All-Pac-12 First Team
  • Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
  • Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Dec. 5)
  • College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 16)
  • Team captain
  • Started all 23 games at center back alongside Adam Mosharrafa
  • Tied for sixth on the team in goals (4) and points (11)
  • Scored in wins over Yale (9/17), No. 24 Cal (10/8), Oregon State (10/15) and No. 1 Wake Forest (12/2)
  • Game winners came at Wake Forest in an NCAA quarterfinal and at home against Oregon State
  • Had one assist in each match against Washington (10/12 and 10/19) and also one against UCLA (11/2)
  • Part of a defense that tied a school record with 16 shutouts, the second-highest total in the country
  • As a team, Stanford's 0.382 goals against average set school and conference records and was second nationally
  • The Cardinal did not allow a tournament goal for the second consecutive year and upped its NCAA-record postseason shutout streak to 12 matches (1,214:20)
  • Stanford's defense ended the season with a shutout streak of 689:15

As a Junior (2016) | Game-by-Game Stats

  • College Cup All-Tournament Team
  • MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist
  • NSCAA First Team All-American
  • Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
  • NSCAA All-Far West Region First Team
  • Top Drawer Soccer Best XI First Team
  • All-Pac-12 First Team
  • Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
  • Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Nov. 22)
  • College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 21)
  • College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 17)
  • Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Oct. 11)
  • Started all 23 games at center back alongside Brian Nana-Sinkam
  • Second on the team in goals (4) and fourth in points (10)
  • Scored in wins over Oregon State (10/9), No. 25 San Diego State (10/13), No. 24 UCLA (10/23) and Pacific (11/20)
  • Game winners came in double overtime against the Beavers and in regulation against Aztecs
  • Tallied the assist on Foster Langsdorf's goal in Stanford's 1-0, double-overtime win against No. 16 Virginia in the NCAA Tournament (11/27)
  • Part of a defense that posted 13 shutouts, tied for third in the country and the program's most since 2000 (16)
  • As a team, Stanford's 0.56 goals against average was fourth nationally and tied for the second-best mark in school history
  • The Cardinal did not allow a goal throughout the entire NCAA tournament and became the third program to win a title while posting a 0.00 postseason goals against average
  • Stanford's defense ended the season with a shutout streak of 548:29

As a Sophomore (2015) | Game-by-Game Stats

  • Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Second Team
  • All-Pac-12 Second Team
  • Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
  • Started all 23 games at center back alongside Brian Nana-Sinkam
  • Tallied his first career brace in a 3-1 win over San Francisco (9/18) with headers in the 20th and 36th minutes
  • Added another goal in a 3-1 victory over San Diego State (10/26)
  • Stanford's defense surrendered just 15 goals, its lowest total since 2001 (13)
  • The Cardinal finished sixth nationally in goals against average (0.62), the sixth-best mark in program history

As a Freshman (2014) | Game-by-Game Stats

  • NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Far West Region Third Team
  • All-Pac-12 Second Team
  • Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman First Team
  • Soccer America Men's All-Freshman Second Team
  • College Soccer News Second Team Freshman All-American
  • Started all 19 games on Stanford's back line
  • Scored twice with his first collegiate goal coming in a 4-1 win against UC Santa Barbara (9/9)
  • Other goal came in 3-0 victory over Gonzaga (9/26)
  • Stanford’s Pac-12 championship defense allowed just 17 goals, its lowest total since 2007, and led the Pac-12 with a 0.85 goals against average
  • Cardinal topped the league in goals against average for the first time since 2002 (0.61)
  • Team goals against average ranked 38th in the nation

U.S. Soccer

  • Called by U.S. Under-23 Men's National Team head coach Andi Herzog for the first College Identification Training Camp in early August 2015

High School/Club

  • A 2014 graduate of Providence Day School in Charlotte, N.C.
  • Earned two letters in soccer as a freshman and sophomore
  • Named all-state as a sophomore and was a two-time all-conference selection
  • Played for Charlotte Soccer Academy Predators (2010-14)
  • Played every minute and started every match for U-18 team in 2012-13
  • Named club’s Player of the Year in 2013
  • Played every minute and started every match for U-16 team in 2011-12
  • Helped lead U-16 team to USSDA league playoffs
  • Named to U-16 Southeast Best XI in 2012

Personal

  • Born in Hartford, Conn.
  • Parents are Andy and Silvia
  • Father played ice hockey at Denver University
  • Has two sisters, Sophia and Emily
IURBLAKUDOBFWAE
2014
Defender
6-1 / 168 lbs
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2015
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6-1 / 168 lbs
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2017
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6-1 / 175 lbs