USD Men's Soccer 1998

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Torero Senior Captains

ROLAND WEISHEIT

LEIGHTON O'BRIEN

#4 Defender Wolfsburg, German

#JO Midfielder

Federal Way, WA

Noteworthy: Fourth and fi– nal year with Toreros .. . is one of the top WCC players .. already ranks among the all-time WCC match leaders in ass ists (#3 with 12) and total points (#8 with 26) ... with 27 career assists, should crack top-ten this season (current #10 has 30). 1997: Named to All-Far West Region Team and First Team All-West Coast Conference ... led Toreros with I6 points (5 goals, 6 assists) .. . goal against #8 Boston gave USD 1-1 tie .. . tallied 2 goals in 6-0 win over Old Dominion ... also netted scores in WCC wins over Portland and Saint Mary's. 1996: NSCAA All Far West First Team selection... wee Of- fensive Player of the Year.. . All WCC First Team... Led WCC in assists ( 13) and points (33) and ranked second in goals ( I 0)... Ranked in the top ten in West Region in all three categories.. . Only player in WCC history to win Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year honors back-to-back... Part of seven game winning goals or assists out of ten Torero wins. 1995: Named WCC Freshman of the Year... Selected to All– WCC Second Team.. . Eight assists ranked him second in the conference... Tallied 20 points, second most on the team...Six goals tied him for second on the team... Scored game-winning goals against San Francisco and Gonzaga.. . Tallied three game– winning assists... Scored first career goal against San Jose State in second game. Prep/Club: Named All-State and Most Valuable Player of the South Puget Sound League for Federal Way High... Went to regional s twice with the Federal Way Sting club team... Squad al so fini shed second in Under 16 di vision... Puma Cup participant. Personal: Majoring in Accounting... Recruited by Washing– ton, St. Loui s, Oregon St. and Seattle Pacific .. . Born March 14, 1976 in Dublin , Ireland.. . Parents are Fran and Valerie O' Brien of Tacoma, Washington .

Noteworthy: Team captain along with senior Leighton O' Brien ... a returning starter from a year ago , will direct the Torero defen se in 1998.

1997: Started fifteen of 18 matches he pl ayed in ... scored one of team's two goals in 2-0 WCC victory over Saint Mary's. Prep/Club: Played tennis and soccer at Valhall a High for one year during freshman year ... prepped at Albert-Schweitzer Gymnasium and played in the Regional League North League (3rd highest league in Germany) ... Also attended Technical University of Braunschweig .. . Placed 2nd in German Cham– pionships (age 16-18). Personal: Communications Studies major with In ternational Relations minor... Chose USD because he enjoyed previous visit to San Diego -- was exchange student in 1988-89 at Valhall a HS ... Born June 12, 1974 in Wolfsburg, Germany. r YR 1997 Tot. WEISHEIT CAREER STATS GP/GS G I 8/15 I 18/15 1 A 0 0 PT SH GW 2 8 I 2 8 I UG 0 0

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O'BRIEN CAREER STATS

GP/GS .G

PT

SH GW UG

A

YR

1997 19/1 7 1996 18/1 8 1995 19/1 9

16

5

6

52 6 1 32

2 3 2 7

0 3 2 5

10

13

33 20

6

8

\. Tot.

56/54 21

27

69 145

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'98 Captains: O'Brien & Weisheit