NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player explained

At the conclusion of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament (the "College Cup" tournaments), United Soccer Coaches selects two Most Outstanding Players: one for the Offensive Most Outstanding Player and the Defensive Most Outstanding Player. The MOP need not be, but is often a member of the Championship team.

Past winners

An asterisk (*) next to a player's name indicates they did not play for the championship team.

NCAA Men's Division I Offensive MOP Award

• 1959 – John Dueker, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1960 – Gerry Balassi, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1961 – Bill Killen, West Chester^[2]
• 1962 – Bob Trigg, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1963 – Pat McBride, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1964 – Jimmy Lewis, Navy
• 1965 – Carl Gentile, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1966 – Sandor Hites, San Francisco
• 1967 – Wally Werner, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1968 – Rocco Morelli, Maryland
• 1969 – Al Trost, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1970 – Denny Hadican, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1971 – Al Henderson, Howard
• 1972 – Dan Counce, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1973 – Dan Counce, Saint Louis (2)^[1]
• 1974 – Richard Davy, Howard
• 1975 – Andy Atuegbu, San Francisco^[3]
• 1976 – Andy Atuegbu, San Francisco (2)^[4]
• 1977 – John Young, Hartwick
• 1978 – Dag Olavson, San Francisco^[5]
• 1979 – Obed Ariri, Clemson*
• 1980 – Roar Anderson, San Francisco^[6]
• 1981 – Bill Morrone, Connecticut^[7]
• 1982 – Paul DiBernardo, Indiana^[8]
• 1983 – John Stollmeyer, Indiana^[8]
• 1984 – Maxwell Amatasiro, Clemson^[9]
• 1985 – Dale Ervine, UCLA^[10]
• 1986 – Tom Stone, Duke^[11]
• 1987 – Bruce Murray, Clemson
• 1988 – Ken Snow, Indiana^[12]
• 1989 – Jeff Baicher, Santa Clara
• 1990 – Joe-Max Moore, UCLA^[13]
• 1991 – Claudio Reyna, Virginia^[14]
• 1992 – Claudio Reyna, Virginia (2)^[14]
• 1993 – Nate Friends, Virginia^[14]
• 1994 – Damian Silvera, Virginia^[14]
• 1995 – Mike Gentile, Wisconsin
• 1996 – Jesse Van Saun, St. John's^[15]
• 1997 – Seth George, UCLA^[13]
• 1998 – Aleksey Korol, Indiana
• 1999 – Yuri Lavrinenko, Indiana
• 2000 – Darin Lewis, Connecticut
• 2001 – Ryan Kneipper, North Carolina
• 2002 – Aaron Lopez, UCLA^[13]
• 2003 – Jacob Peterson, Indiana
• 2004 – Drew McAthy, UC Santa Barbara*
• 2005 – Jason Garey, Maryland
• 2006 – Nick Perera, UC Santa Barbara
• 2007 – Marcus Tracy, Wake Forest
• 2008 – Graham Zusi, Maryland^[16]
• 2009 – Jonathan Villanueva, Virginia^[17]
• 2010 – Scott Caldwell, Akron^[18]
• 2011 – Ben Speas, North Carolina
• 2012 – Steve Neumann, Georgetown*^[19]
• 2013 – Harrison Shipp, Notre Dame^[20]
• 2014 – Mac Steeves, Providence*^[21]
• 2015 – Jordan Morris, Stanford^[22]
• 2016 – Ian Harkes, Wake Forest*^[23]
• 2017 – Foster Langsdorf, Stanford^[24]
• 2018 – Amar Sejdič, Maryland^[25]
• 2019 – Daryl Dike, Virginia*^[26]
• 2020 – Jamil Roberts, Marshall^[27]
• 2021 – Isaiah Reid, Clemson^[28]
• 2022 – Nathan Opoku, Syracuse^[29]

NCAA Men's Division I Defensive MOP Award

• 1959 – Jerry Knobbe, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1960 – Tom Hennessy, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1961 – Robert Malone, Saint Louis*^[30]
• 1962 – Ed Oswald, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1963 – Roger Rupp, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1964 – Myron Hura, Navy
• 1965 – Jack Gilsinn, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1966 – Mike Ivanow, San Francisco
• 1967 – Bill McDermott, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1968 – Mario Jelencovich, Maryland
• 1969 – Pat Leahy, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1970 – Ed Neusel, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1971 – Mori Diane, Howard
• 1972 – Bruce Arena, Cornell^[31]
• 1973 – Mark Demling, Saint Louis^[1]
• 1974 – Trevor Leiba, Howard
• 1975 – Peter Arnautoff, San Francisco^[3]
• 1976 – Peter Arnautoff, San Francisco (2)^[4]
• 1977 – Jeff Tipping, Hartwick
• 1978 – Andy Fry, San Francisco^[5]
• 1979 – Ed Gettemeier, SIUE
• 1980 – Andre Schweitzer, San Francisco^[6]
• 1981 – Erhardt Kapp, Connecticut^[7]
• 1982 – Pat Johnston, Duke*^[32]
• 1983 – Joe Schmid, Indiana^[8]
• 1984 – Joe Schmid, Indiana (2)^[8]
• 1985 – Paul Caligiuri, UCLA^[33]
• 1986 – Kelly Weadock, Duke^[11]
• 1987 – Tim Genovese, Clemson^[34]
• 1988 – Mike Anehauser, Indiana
• 1989 – Tony Meola, Virginia^[14]
• 1990 – Brad Friedel, UCLA^[13]
• 1991 – Jeff Causey, Virginia^[35]
• 1992 – Jeff Causey, Virginia (2)^[14]
• 1993 – Brian Bates, Virginia^[14]
• 1994 – Mark Peters, Virginia^[14]
• 1995 – Scott Lamphear, Wisconsin
• 1996 – Brent Sancho, St. John's
• 1997 – Matt Reis, UCLA^[13]
• 1998 – Nick Garcia, Indiana
• 1999 – Nick Garcia, Indiana (2)
• 2000 – Chris Gbandi, Connecticut
• 2001 – David Stokes, North Carolina
• 2002 – Zach Wells, UCLA^[13]
• 2003 – Jay Nolly, Indiana
• 2004 – Jay Nolly, Indiana (2)
• 2005 – Chris Seitz, Maryland
• 2006 – Andy Iro, UC Santa Barbara^[36]
• 2007 – Brian Edwards, Wake Forest^[37]
• 2008 – Omar Gonzalez, Maryland^[16]
• 2009 – Diego Restrepo, Virginia^[17]
• 2010 – Kofi Sarkodie, Akron^[18]
• 2011 – Isaac Cowles, Charlotte*^[38]
• 2012 – Luis Soffner, Indiana^[39]
• 2013 – Zack Steffen, Maryland*^[40]
• 2014 – Calle Brown, Virginia^[21]
• 2015 – Brandon Vincent, Stanford^[22]
• 2016 – Andrew Epstein, Stanford^[41]
• 2017 – Tomas Hillard-Arce, Stanford^[24]
• 2018 – Dayne St. Clair, Maryland^[25]
• 2019 – Dylan Nealis, Georgetown^[42]
• 2020 – Roman Celentano, Indiana*^[27]
• 2021 – George Marks, Clemson^[28]
• 2022 – Russell Shealy, Syracuse^[29]

External links

• NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team

Notes and References

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6. Web site: 1980 Men's Soccer National Champions . usfdons.com . December 15, 2018 . August 8, 2012.
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37. Web site: Brian Edwards Bio . nmnathletics.com . UNC Charlotte Athletics . December 10, 2018.
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