Stafford Chosen To Umbro Select All-Star Game
12/27/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Dec. 27, 2000
Winston-Salem, N.C. -- Wake Forest's Ben Stafford was one of 36 college seniors chosen to play in the prestigious Umbro Select Tournament February 1st-4th at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The Umbro Select features a major international soccer match along with all-star games with the top senior collegiate players from across the United States. For the college all-stars, it is one last chance to impress MLS scouts before the league's draft.
Stafford, a native of Signal Mountain, Tenn., will play on the East Squad along with five former ACC standouts.
Stafford, a first-team All-ACC selection in 2000, finished a spectacular four-year career at Wake Forest in the fall as the school's second all-time leading scorer (91 points). In 2000, he posted the second highest single season point total in Wake history with 38 points (16 goals, 6 assists). He scored the game-winning goal in six of the 10 Demon Deacon victories.
Below are the complete men's collegiate rosters.
EAST
Goalkeepers: Taly Goode (Marshall), Henry Ring (South Carolina)
Defenders: Omar Chavez (St John's), Cory Gibbs (Brown), Anthony Delucia (Southern Connecticut), Craig Ziadie (Richmond), Mike Potempa (Clemson)
Midfielders: Teofilo Cubillas (Nova Southeastern), Darin Lewis (UConn), Brent Rahim (UConn), Eddie Robinson (North Carolina), Robert Russell (Duke), Shane Larkin (Rowan), Mark Lisi (Clemson)
Forwards: Giuliano Celenza (UMBC), Ali Curtis (Duke), Eduardo Lima (George Mason), Ben Stafford (Wake Forest)
WEST
Goalkeepers: Paul Nagy (Saint Louis), T.J. Hannig (Indiana)
Defenders: Ryan Suarez (San Jose State), Rumbani Munthali (UAB), Ryan Nelsen (Stanford), Michael Casale (Washington), Gareth Dunn (Lynn), Ali Montacer (St Lawrence)
Midfielders: Bektas Bilgilisoy (Illinois-Springfield), Carl Junot (Furman), Duncan Edward Oughton (Cal St. Fullerton), Matt Whiteley (SMU), Narcisco Fernandes (Wisconsin), Brian Namoff (Bradley), Robbie Aristodemo (Tulsa)
Forwards: McKinley Tennyson, Jr (UCLA), Eric Lukin (UIC), Brian Mullan (Creighton)
