Three Eagles Earn Preseason All-Sun Belt Men's Soccer Honors
8/27/2020 6:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Aldair Cortes, Adam Davie and Jose Eduardo Bomfim earn spots on the league's preseason team in 2020
STATESBORO - Georgia Southern men's soccer has placed three student-athletes on the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Preseason All-Conference squad, released today by league officials. Senior defender Aldair Cortes, junior forward Adam Davie and junior goalkeeper Jose Eduardo Bomfim each earned a place on the 11-person squad.
In the preseason poll vote, Georgia Southern received eight points was picked to finish fourth. Central Arkansas (12 pts) was picked first, followed by Coastal Carolina and Georgia State, who each received 10 points and were picked to tie for second. Each of the four teams received exactly one first-place vote.
Cortes earns the preseason All-Sun Belt honor for the third time in his career. The Cairo, Ga., native was a preseason All-Conference selection in 2019 and followed up on that accolade by earning first-team All-Conference honors by tallying five goals and two assists for 12 points. He was also a preseason All-Sun Belt honoree as a sophomore in 2018. Cortes enters his senior season with an eye on becoming the first three-time All-Sun Belt Conference honoree since Georgia Southern joined the conference in 2014.
Davie, meanwhile, earns preseason All-Sun Belt honors for the second time in his career. The Nottingham, England, native was a preseason All-Conference selection in 2019 after a solid debut freshman campaign that saw the forward score six goals. Davie tallied seven goals and four assists in 2019, leading the team and ranking fifth in the Sun Belt Conference as a sophomore. He also earned Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week honors on October 15th.
Finally, Bomfim earns his first preseason All-Sun Belt honor as one of two goalkeepers on the preseason All-Conference squad. The Salvador, Brazil, native joined the Eagles as a sophomore in 2019 and made 12 starts in net, collecting 51 saves and sporting a 1.77 GAA. He ranked second in the Sun Belt in saves and ranked 46th in NCAA Division I in saves per match (4.25). Bomfim collected his first shutout as an Eagle in Georgia Southern's 1-0 Sun Belt win over Appalachian State on Nov. 2.
Below is the complete preseason poll and preseason All-Conference teams as voted on by the Sun Belt Conference coaches.
2020 SUN BELT CONFERENCE MEN'S SOCCER
PRESEASON POLL & HONORS
Preseason Coaches' Poll
(First-place votes in parentheses)
Central Arkansas (1) – 12 pts.
Coastal Carolina (1) – 10 pts.
Georgia State (1) – 10 pts.
Georgia Southern (1) – 8 pts.
Defensive Player – Preseason All-Conference
Alberto Suarez, Central Arkansas
Offensive Player – Preseason All-Conference
Aris Briggs, Georgia State
Preseason All-Conference Team
Aris Briggs, Georgia State (F)
Adam Davie, Georgia Southern (F)
Claudio Repetto, Coastal Carolina (F)
Soren Jenson, Central Arkansas (M)
Matthew Fearnley, Georgia State (M)
Ross Finnie, Georgia State (M)
Alberto Suarez, Central Arkansas (D)
Aldair Cortes, Georgia Southern (D)
Edoardo Calzola, Central Arkansas (D)
Paul Tyson, Georgia State (GK)
Jose Eduardo Bomfim, Georgia Southern (GK)
