Dayton O'Brien of Memphis Tabbed To College Soccer News All-American Team

Dayton O'Brien

University of Memphis junior midfielder Dayton O'Brien received his second All-American selection of the year on Thursday when College Soccer News tabbed him to its All-America Second Team.

The Memphis, Tenn., native who prepped at Evangelical Christian is the only player picked by College Soccer News to represent Conference USA. Four players were selected from teams that will be a part of the reorganized C-USA in 2005; O'Brien, Tulsa junior forward Ryan Pore, Kentucky senior midfielder Jamal Sheteiwi and SMU senior defender Ugo Ihemelu.

In 2004, O'Brien set a new Tigers' record for assists in a season with 14 and broke the career assist mark with 26 in only three seasons. The C-USA Offensive Player of the Year was tied for second on the team in goals with eight and led the team in points with 30.


College Soccer News 2004 All-America Teams

2004 First Team All-America
Ryan Pore - Junior - Forward - Tulsa
Scott Sealy - Senior - Forward - Wake Forest
Drew McAthy - Senior - Forward - UC Santa Barbara
Danny O'Rourke - Senior - Midfielder - Indiana
C.J. Klaas - Senior - Midfielder - Washington
Guy Melamed - Senior - Midfielder - Boston College
Kevon Harris - Senior - Midfielder - Old Dominion
Gonzalo Segares - Senior - Defender - VCU
Drew Moor - Junior - Defender - Indiana
Tony Lochhead - Senior - Defender - UC Santa Barbara
Chris Sawyer - Senior - Goalkeeper - Notre Dame

2004 Second Team All-America
Jeff Rowland - Junior - Forward - New Mexico
Randi Patterson - Sophomore - Forward - UNC-G
Sasha Gotsmanov - Senior - Forward - Rhode Island
Jason Garey - Junior - Forward - Maryland
Dayton O'Brien - Junior - Midfielder - Memphis
Medhi Ballouchy - Junior - Midfielder - Santa Clara
Jamal Sheteiwi - Senior - Midfielder - Kentucky
Michael Parkhurst - Junior - Defender- Wake Forest
Ugo Ihemelu - Senior - Defender - SMU
Hunter Freeman - Junior - Defender - Virginia
Jay Nolly - Senior - Goalkeeper - Indiana

2004 Third Team All-America
Edwin Ruiz - Senior - Forward - Hartwick
Justin Cook - Senior - Forward - Ohio State
Dominic Oduro - Junior - Forward - VCU
Aaron Chandler - Sophomore - Forward - San Francisco
Mike Enfield - Senior - Midfielder - UCLA
Mubarike Chisoni - Senior - Midfielder - Coastal Carolina
Blake Camp - Junior - Midfielder - Duke
Jeff Larentowicz - Senior - Defender - Brown
Matt Oliver - Senior - Defender - Virginia
Michael Lookingland - Senior - Defender - Bucknell
Dan Kennedy - Senior - Goalkeeper - UC Santa Barbara