Gameiro, Cunha share top honors for All-Orange Empire Conference
Orange Coast College midfielder Vitor Gameiro and Santa Ana College midfielder Matheus Cuhna shared the Most Valuable Player honors for the 2017 season.
November 20, 2017
Orange Coast College midfielder Vitor Gameiro and Santa Ana College midfielder Matheus Cuhna shared the Most Valuable Player honors for the 2017 season, as voted on by the coaches of the Orange Empire Conference at their postseason meeting.
Gameiro notched a conference-best 32 points (21 in the OEC) and his 12 goals overall were second in the OEC behind fellow Pirate Nick Cardenas, who had 13.
Cuhna was the catalyst for the Dons on both sides of the ball, scoring six goals and dishing out six assists in 2017, his all-around play earned him the praise of all who saw him play at Santa Ana College.
OEC champion Golden West College had four first-team selections, including the freshmen trio of Jesus Vargas, Juan Vargas and Luis Sosa, who join sophomore teammate Omar Morales on the list. The depth of the Rustlers showed on the stat sheet as 16 different players had at least one goal in 2017.
The future is looking bright for the OEC for 2018 as 23 different freshmen earned spots on this year's all-conference list.
Listed below is this year's All-Orange Empire Conference Men's Soccer Team.
All-Orange Empire Conference – 2017
Co-Most Valuable Players – Vitor Gameiro, Orange Coast; Matheus Cunha, Santa Ana
Coach of the Year – Alex Gimenez, Golden West
First Team
Jesus Vargas, Golden West
Juan Vargas, Golden West
Omar Morales, Golden West
Luis Sosa, Golden West
Toby Waterman, Irvine Valley
Eder Oliva, Irvine Valley
Juan Sebastian Olivares, Irvine Valley
Joseph Vasquez, Santa Ana
Noe Alvizo-Chavez, Santa Ana
Daniel Castro, Santa Ana
Nick Cardenas, Orange Coast
Parker Roberson, Orange Coast
Juan Reyes Pacheco, Santiago Canyon
Devin Cornejo, Santiago Canyon
Armando Torres, Fullerton
Tyler Grassi, Fullerton
Alex Supancic, Cypress
Abraham Castro, Norco
Second Team
Ronaldo Escudero, Golden West
Omar Galvan, Golden West
Christopher Leal, Golden West
Kristian Sabatino, Irvine Valley
Alexis Campos, Irvine Valley
Mathew Davis, Irvine Valley
Joshua Castellon, Santa Ana
Paulo Gama, Santa Ana
Brett Haney, Orange Coast
Achref Beldi, Orange Coast
Pablo Ros, Fullerton
Luis Torres, Fullerton
Charlie Ordonez, Santiago Canyon
Robert Salcido, Santiago Canyon
Bryan Aguirre, Cypress
Emmanuel Pizarro, Cypress
Moises Perez, Norco
Chris Espinoza, Norco
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