KANSAS CITY, Mo. – New Hampshire midfielder Yannick Bright and goalkeeper Joseba Incera of team have earned 2023 All-America accolades as announced by United Soccer Coaches on Friday afternoon.
Bright was named to the first team and Incera was selected to the third team. Bright is the first player in Wildcat men’s soccer history to be a three-time All-American and is the only three-time selection on this year’s All-America Team. The senior is the first player in #AEMSOC history to earn All-America honors three times.
This is the seventh straight season that the Wildcats have had at least one All-American and the fifth consecutive season of having at least two selections.
Bright was just recently named one of 15 semifinalists for the prestigious MAC Hermann Trophy given to the nation’s top college soccer player. Bright, who was also a semifinalist in 2021, is the first player in program history to be named a semifinalist twice.
He won his third straight America East Midfielder of the Year Award this season as he is only the second student-athlete to win the award three times. He was also named to the All-Conference First Team for the third straight season and to the All-Academic Team for the second straight year.
Incera is the UNH goalkeeper to be an All-American. He ranked fourth in the nation with a 0.585 goals against average.
Incera was named the 2023 America East Goalkeeper of the Year and earned First Team All-Conference accolades. He started in 17 games with a 11-3-3 record this season with six shutouts. He was named the America East Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 2. Incera spent the previous four seasons at Radford.
The Wildcats just concluded another outstanding season posting a 13-3-4 record (4-0-3 AE) and advancing to the Round of 16 of the NCAA Tournament for the third time in program history.
This season three #AEMSOC programs were selected to the NCAA Tournament, the first time that feat has been accomplished in conference history. Bryant, New Hampshire and Vermont were nationally ranked throughout the year and all three were selected to the tournament. It marked the first NCAA Tournament appearance for Bryant, while Vermont earned its third straight bid and New Hampshire made its seventh consecutive appearance. UNH is one of four programs which has appeared in each of the past seven NCAA Tournaments, along with Georgetown, Indiana and Wake Forest.
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