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SMU’s Costa Highlights Season’s First American Men’s Soccer Weekly Awards

American Athletic Conference/Conor Kvatek

IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league’s weekly men’s soccer honors, for the week ending Sunday, August 29.

Offensive Players of the Week
Gabriel Costa * Sr. * M * SMU
Costa had a dynamic second half in the season-opener for No. 22 SMU against No. 8 Stanford, scoring a pair of goals within 15 seconds to power the Mustangs to a 3-1 upset of the Cardinal in Dallas. Costa headed home his own rebound off a saved penalty kick into the left corner of the net at 77:08 to give SMU a 2-1 lead.