California junior Javier Ayala-Hil and Texas sophomore Kasey Moore are the Soccer America Players of the Week.
Ayala-Hil scored a hat trick and the game-winning goal in the Golden Bears’ 4-1 win over UCLA to clinch the Pac-10 men’s title. Ayala-Hil, a product of East Palo Alto, Calif., ranks second in the Pac-10 in points (20), goals (9) and game-winning goals (4).
Moore’s goal gave Texas a 1-0 win over archrival Texas A&M in Big 12 women’s action before the third-largest crowd (4,133 fans) ever at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin. Moore, one of the most dominating players in the women’s game in the air, scored on a header with 18 minutes left in the game. The win extended the Longhorns’ winning streak to six games.
MEN’S PLAYER OF THE WEEK
F Javier Ayala-Hil (California)
MEN’S TEAM OF THE WEEK
G Kyle Reynish (UC Santa Barbara)
D Nick Cardenas (San Diego State)
D Julian Valentin (Wake Forest)
M Jon Carlos (Yale)
M Steve Kalan (Akron)
F Corey Ashe (North Carolina)
F Javier Ayala-Hil (California)
F Martin Browne (Western Illinois)
F Jerson Monteiro (UAB)
F Ryan Soroka (St. John’s)
F Adam Sternberger (Rutgers)
(For the week ending Oct. 29.)
WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE WEEK
D Kasey Moore (Texas)
WOMEN’S TEAM OF THE WEEK
G Krista Pace (Miami, Ohio)
D Rachel Buehler (Stanford)
D Marian Dalmy (Santa Clara)
D Bristyn Davis (UCLA)
D Kasey Moore (Texas)
M Chelsea Brinkman (Bucknell)
M Antonea Lugo (Fresno State)
M Alissa Oldenkamp (Arizona State)
F Nicole Cameli (Dartmouth)
F Nikki Marshall (Colorado)
F Allison Preiss (Wisconsin)
(For the week ending Oct. 29.)