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Player Profiles - Returnees
#11 Matt Gorecki
Defender • Senior
Oak Lawn, Ill. • Oak Lawn H.S.
USF in 2011: Played in nine
matches, making four starts …
Scored his first career goal in a
3-1 win over Olivet Nazarene (Oct.
18).
USF in 2010: Played in 14 matches
and made six starts.
USF in 2009: Played in 13 games
with four starts … Had one assist
… The assist, his first career point,
came in a 2-1 win over Illinois-
Springfield (Sept. 3).
In High School: Lettered twice in soccer at Oak Lawn
Community High … Played for coach Kevin Stow … Served
as team captain as a senior … Two-time All-South Suburban-
Red Conference.
Other: Born 10/28/90 … Biology major.
Year GP-GS G A PTS GWG
2009 13-4 0 1 1 0
2010 14-6 0 0 0 0
2011 9-4 1 0 2 0
Career 36-14 1 1 3 0
#18 Michael Kowal
Defender • Senior
Plainfield, Ill. • Neuqua Valley H.S.
USF in 2011: Played in 17 games,
making 16 starts … All-CCAC First
Team … Scored four goals and
added an assist … Tallied the first
two goals of his career in a 3-2 win
over Missouri Baptist (Sept. 12) …
Notched game-winning goals in a
5-1 win over Holy Cross (Sept. 28)
and a 2-1 victory over Judson (Oct.
8) … Credited with the first assist
of his career in a 5-1 win over
Illinois Tech (Oct. 4).
USF in 2010: Played and started 15 games … All-CCAC
Second Team … Helped USF post three shutout victories.
USF in 2009: Started all 18 games … Ranked fourth on the
club with 16 shots … Led the Saints to four shutout wins.
In High School: Twice earned varsity letters in soccer at
Neuqua Valley High … Played for coach Jim Johns … Team
captain … All-Upstate Eight Conference honorable mention.
Other: Born 2/11/91 … Psychology major.
Year GP-GS G A PTS GWG
2009 18-18 0 0 0 0
2010 15-15 0 0 0 0
2011 17-16 4 1 9 2
Career 50-49 4 1 9 2
#21 Rosendo Lopez
Defender • Sophomore
Chicago, Ill. • Saint Lawrence Academy
USF in 2011: Played in 12 games,
making five starts … Scored one
goal and added an assist for three
points … Collected his first point
with an assist in an 8-0 victory
over Benedictine-Springfield
(Sept. 20) … Tallied his first goal in
the Saints’ 5-1 victory over Illinois
Tech (Oct. 29).
In High School: Chicago native
who attended high school at Saint
Lawrence Academy in Mt. Calvary,
Wis., about 90 minutes north of Milwaukee … Lettered in
soccer at Saint Lawrence and was among his team’s scoring
leaders … Played for coach Dave Bartel.
Other: Born 2/22/93 … Majoring in management.
Year GP-GS G A PTS GWG
2011 12-5 1 1 3 0
Career 12-5 1 1 3 0
#5 Juan Mascote
Midfielder • Junior
Joliet, Ill. • Joliet Township H.S.
USF in 2011: Played in all 18
games, starting 16 … USF’s second-leading
goal scorer (6) … Tied
for second on the club with 14
points … Scored a goal in each
of his first three matches, tallying
against Huntington (Aug. 22),
Mount Mercy (Aug. 30) and Clarke
(Sept. 9) … His goal in the Saints’
7-0 victory over Clarke was the
game-winner … Notched his first
career multiple-goal effort with a
pair of markers in an 8-0 win over Benedictine-Springfield
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