Dartmouth’s Craig Henderson, just back from Olympic duty with New Zealand, is Soccer America Men’s Player of the Week. For all the Women’s Team of the Week selections for games played Aug. 25-31 …
GOALKEEPER
Akira Fitzgerald (Wake Forest)
Junior shut out UCLA (3-0) and South Carolina (1-0) to extend scoreless streak to 310 minutes.
DEFENDERS
Matt Besler (Notre Dame)
Senior anchored Fighting Irish defense that surrendered just one goal in wins over Dartmouth (2-1) and South Florida (5-0).
Tim Gabel (Ohio State)
Senior led defense for Buckeyes who tied with Bucknell (1-1) and shut down Tulsa (2-0).
Ross Liberati (Bucknell)
Sophomore anchored a Bison defense that allowed only one goal against two Big Ten opponents — 1-1 tie with Ohio State and 2-0 win at Penn State.
MIDFIELDERS
Kyle Patterson (Saint Louis)
English senior scored first two goals in win over UC Riverside (3-0) and had game-winner against Portland (5-0).
Charlie Trout (UIC)
English sophomore had goal and assist against Santa Clara (4-3), scored late game-winner in 1-0 win over UAB and added assist in 4-1 victory over Alabama A&M.
FORWARDS
Brett Carrington (Hofstra)
Barbados freshman scored a pair of goals and assisted on a third in a span of 10 minutes in 4-1 win over Virginia Tech.
Ethan Finlay (Creighton)
Freshman scored first two goals of college career — both game-winners — in wins over Portland (3-0) and UC Riverside (2-0).
PLAYER OF THE WEEK-Craig Henderson (Dartmouth)
New Zealand senior scored twice in 62 seconds in 4-0 win over Indiana.
Samuel Petrone (Seton Hall)
Sophomore transfer scored four goals in Pirate debut against St. Peter’s (5-2), one goal against Richmond (3-0) and hat trick and assist at VCU (4-1).
Steve Zakuani (Akron)
English sophomore recorded game-winners as the Zips beat West Virginia (1-0) and Cincinnati (2-1).