M-SOC | Traore Earns AAC Offensive Player of the Week Honors

10/14/2024 | Men’s Soccer
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic junior forward Aboubacar Traore has been named the American Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the league announced on Monday. This is the fourth time this season that an FAU men’s soccer player has earned an AAC Player of the Week nod.Traore was a factor in all three Owls’ goals in Friday’s win over USF. He delivered the cross that resulted in Mamadou Diarra’s tally 49 seconds into the match, added another helper on Noah Kvifte’s 20th-minute marker, and finally got in the goal column for himself in the 25th minute. The junior from Ivory Coast is now up to three goals and a team-leading six assists on the season.
Hey #SCTop10 and @American_Conf top plays… us again. Got another submission for ya… pic.twitter.com/sRkcpgHmAi– Florida Atlantic Men’s Soccer (@FAUMSoccer) October 12, 2024Next up for Florida Atlantic men’s soccer is a trip to Fort Myers on Tuesday to face Florida Gulf Coast.
AAC Honors – October 14
Offensive Player of the Week
Aboubacar Traore, Jr., F, Florida Atlantic
Defensive Player of the Week
Lasse Laursen, Sr., D, Charlotte
Goalkeeper of the Week
Nigel Van Haveren, So., FIU
Freshman of the Week
Alex Cunningham, Fr., D, Tulsa
Honorable Mention
Logan Longo, Gr., D, Memphis
Filip Sabatti, Jr., GK, Memphis
Edgar Guilar, Sr., D, FIU
Kemali Green, Gr., D, Temple
Andrew Kempe, Gr., GK, Temple
Previous FAU Men’s Soccer AAC Weekly Honors
August 26: Sebastian Zettl (Honorable Mention), Nacho Alfaro (HM)
September 2: Mamadou Diarra (Offensive), Kasper Heerfordt (Defensive)
September 16: Nacho Alfaro (Goalkeeper), Mamadou Diarra (HM), Callum Frogson (HM)
September 23: Aboubacar Traore (HM)
September 30: Noah Kvifte (HM)
October 14: Aboubacar Traore (Offensive)