Four Purple Knights Selected To 2019 D2CAA All-East Region Men's Soccer Team

Flushing, N.Y.-Four University of Bridgeport men's soccer standouts, who helped the Purple Knights post an 11-5-2 overall record and advance to the East Coast Conference Championship Tournament final, have been selected to the 2019 Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CAA) All-East Region Team selected by the area's Sports Information Directors.

Two UB players, sophomore goalkeeper Carlos Tofern (Hamburg, Germany) and senior defender Marlon Montanella (Cannes, France) earned D2CAA First Team All-East Region honors, and the duo of sophomore midfielder Oscar Facey (Transgund, Sweden) and senior forward Leandro Avila (Panama City, Panama) were selected to the D2CAA All-East Region Second Team.

Earlier this month, Tofern was named the 2019 East Coast Conference Goalkeeper of the Year, as he finished 2019 with a 0.72 goals against average and eight shutouts.  Montanella, a First Team All-ECC pick, helped anchor a Bridgeport defense that allowed only 15 total goals in 18 matches played.

Facey, a First Team All-Conference selection, starred on both ends of the pitch for head coach Peter Doneit's squad, as he netted two goals and tied for the team lead in assists with four to tally eight points in 2019, and Avila, another First Team All-ECC member, finished the season as one of the conference's leading scorers 25 points on 11 goals and three assists.

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