
Michael Nelson Selected to Team of the Week
June 26, 2018 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Rio Grande Valley FC Toros News Release
TAMPA, Fla Rio Grande Valley FC Toros' Michael Nelson has been selected to the USL Team of the Week for Week 15 of the 2018 season. Nelson held down the fort for the Toros as they captured their fifth clean sheet of the season.
Michael Nelson recorded a six-save shutout in his professional debut for the Toros, as RGV FC played to a 0-0 draw with second-place Phoenix Rising FC.
Ottawa Fury FC forward Adonijah Reid has been voted the USL Player of the Week for Week 15 of the 2018 season. Reid received 58 percent of the poll conducted by a national panel of independent media representing every USL market. Rio Grande Valley FC's Michael Nelson and Penn FC's Lucky Mkosana finished tied for second place with 13 percent.
USL Team of the Week
GK - Michael Nelson, Rio Grande Valley FC
D - Skylar Thomas, Charleston Battery
D - Hugh Roberts, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC.
D - Je-Vaughn Watson, Charlotte Independence
M - Antoine Hoppenot, Reno 1868 FC
M - Aodhan Quinn, Orange County SC
M - Chase Minter, Swope Park Rangers
M - Chris Nanco, Bethlehem Steel FC
F - Daniel Rios, North Carolina FC
F - Adonijah Reid, Ottawa Fury FC
F - Lucky Mkosana, Penn FC
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