The Florida Memorial Men’s soccer finished the 2014 campaign with an 11-5- record, their best regular season in the program short time. They finish second in The Sun Conference with an 8-2- record, enabling them to claim an at-large tournament berth. The Lions will host the first rounds of the Conference tournament on Saturday, November, 8 at 5:00 p.m. at Vicaya Park in Miramar, Fla. Florida Memorial University is coached by Fernando Valenzuela, who is in his 6th season and is the only coach in the program’s history.
Here is a list of this year’s major achievements:
- Beat the #1 Team in the Nation
- Lions ranked # 30 in the Nation
- A school-record Five-game winning streak.
- School records for wins 11-5
- Two victories over teams which appeared in the Top 25 (#22 Bethel, #1 Thomas).
- School record for wins home and away (8-5 away, 3-0 home).
- Fourth Sun Conference Tournament berth.
- Best finish in Conference play in school history (2nd Place)
- Henrique Rezek Named Sun Conference Offensive Player of the Week
- 15 Men’s Soccer Named to The Sun Conference Fall Academic All-Conference Teams
- 5 Men’s Soccer Named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes All-American