JAMIE MADRID NAMED REGION XIX MENS SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Middlesex College sophomore Jamie Madrid was named the Region XIX Player of the Year and freshman David Periera was voted the region's top defender by the region's Head Coaches.

Madrid, a forward from Perth Amboy, was third in the region in goals (11) and points (29) while leading Javier Velasco's Middlesex to an 11-4-1 record.

Pereira (Freshman/Woodbridge, NJ) anchored a defense that posted seven shutouts while registering a Region XIX-low 1.12 Goals Against Average.

Defender Edwin Veliz (Freshman/South Plainfield, NJ) was voted Third Team All-Region as well.

Madrid registered four two-goal games this season including a streak where the striker was blistering hot. In a span of four games over nine days, Madrid scored six goals and had three assists as the Colts went 3-0-1 over those games.

Madrid registered six points in a 6-2 win over Bucks CC with two goals and two assists. He had two four-point games as well.

Pereira and Veliz were leaders of a defense that was quite simply one of the best in the country on the NJCAA Division III level.

The Colts allowed just 17 goals on the season, the lowest total of any NJCAA Division III team in the country that played at least 16 games. The Colts seven shutouts led Region XIX and only five teams in the country on the Division III level had more.

Middlesex allowed two goals or fewer in 15 of the 16 games they played this season.