Former Men's Soccer Standout Ricardo Ordain Named BigAppleSoccer.com Player of the Week

8/3/05 -- Former Long Island University men's soccer standout Ricardo Ordain (Brooklyn, N.Y.), now excelling for the Charlotte Eagles in the United Soccer League, was named BigAppleSoccer.com Player of the Week.

Ordain scored twice Saturday in the Eagles' 3-0 victory over the Long Island Rough Riders, giving him three goals in his last two outings. The contest took place in Uniondale, N.Y., a short drive from the Brooklyn campus which several of his supporters made.

In his first start of the season after coming off the bench his nine previous outings, Ordain tallied in the 53rd and 67th minutes. He has four goals this season for Charlotte (12-4-2), which sits first in the USL Second Division.

Ordain places himself in prestigious company with this award, which already has been presented to seven Major League Soccer players this year.

Ordain last season was named first team All-Northeast Conference and All-New York Region. He was second for LIU with four goals, four assists and 12 points in his only season on the squad and his assists were seventh in the league.

Possessing great speed and field awareness, Ordain helped LIU (9-7-4, 6-2-1 NEC) claim its first conference title since 1997 and its first NCAA berth since 1986. The Blackbirds defeated St. Francis (PA) on pentitley kicks in the semifinals before upending top-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson, 1-0, in the final.

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