Seven Rustlers Named to All OEC Men's Soccer Team

Orange Empire Conference champions Golden West College had four first-team selections, including the freshmen trio of center back Jesus Vargas, right back Juan Vargas and goalkeeper Luis Sosa, who join sophomore defender Omar Morales on the list. The depth of the Rustlers showed on the stat sheet as 16 different players had at least one goal in 2017. 

Second team selections included freshman attacker Ronaldo Escudero, freshman center back Omar Galvan, and sophomore attacker Christopher Leal

All-Orange Empire Conference – 2017

Co-Most Valuable Players – Vitor Gameiro, Orange Coast; Matheus Cunha, Santa Ana

Coach of the Year – Alex Gimenez, Golden West

First Team

             Name                                      College                       Grade                         Position

            Jesus Vargas                           Golden West              Freshman                     Defender

            Juan Vargas                            Golden West              Freshman                     Forward

            Omar Morales                         Golden West               Sophomore                  Defender

            Luis Sosa                               Golden West               Freshman                    Goalkeeper

            Toby Waterman                      Irvine Valley               Sophomore                  Forward

            Eder Oliva                              Irvine Valley                Freshman                   Midfielder

            Juan Sebastian Olivares          Irvine Valley                Freshman                    Defender

            Joseph Vasquez                      Santa Ana                   Sophomore                 Defender

            Noe Aruizo                             Santa Ana                   Sophomore                 Midfielder

            Daniel Castro                         Santa Ana                   Sophomore                  Defender

            Nick Cardenas                        Orange Coast              Freshman                    Forward

            Parker Roberson                     Orange Coast              Sophomore                  Defender

            Juan Reyes Pacheco                Santiago Canyon         Freshman                    Midfielder

            Devin Cornejo                        Santiago Canyon          Freshman                    Forward

            Armando Torres                      Fullerton                     Sophomore                 Defender

            Tyler Grassi                            Fullerton                     Sophomore                 Forward

            Alex Supancic                         Cypress                      Sophomore                 Midfielder

            Abraham Castro                      Norco                         Sophomore                 Midfielder

            Second Team

            Name                                      College                       Grade                         Position

            Ronaldo Escudero                  Golden West               Freshman                    Forward

            Omar Galvan                          Golden West               Freshman                    Defender

            Christopher Leal                     Golden West               Freshman                    Midfielder

            Kristian Sabatino                     Irvine Valley                Freshman                    Midfielder

            Alexis Campos                        Irvine Valley                Freshman                    Midfielder

            Mathew Davis                         Irvine Valley                Freshman                    Defender

            Joshua Castellon                    Santa Ana                   Freshman                    Defender

            Paula Gama                           Santa Ana                   Freshman                    Defender

            Brett Haney                             Orange Coast             Sophomore                 Defender

            Achref Beldi                            Orange Coast             Freshman                    Forward

            Pablo Ros                               Fullerton                      Freshman                    Midfielder

            Luis Torres                              Fullerton                      Freshman                    Defender

            Charlie Ordonez                      Santiago Canyon        Sophomore                 Midfielder

            Robert Salcido                        Santiago Canyon        Freshman                    Forward

            Bryan Aguirre                          Cypress                       Freshman                    Defender

            Emmanuel Pizarro                  Cypress                       Freshman                    Forward

            Moises Perez                          Norco                          Sophomore                 Defender

            Chris Espinoza                        Norco                          Freshman                    Defender