Army West Point Athletics
2020 Women's Soccer Roster
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Cassalia, Sydney
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Jersey Number 1
Sydney Cassalia
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Elite Academy
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
Bio
- 2020 Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year
- 2020 First Team All-Patriot League
- 2020 United States Military Academy - Army Athletic Association Award (AAA) recipient
- 2019 US Soccer Coaches' All-North Region Second Team
- 2019 Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year
- 2019 First Team All-Patriot League
- 2019 Academic All-Patriot League
- 2019 Patriot League All-Tournament Team
- 2018 US Soccer Coaches' All-North Region First Team
- 2018 All-Patriot League Second Team
- 2018 Academic All-Patriot League Team
- 2017 All-Patriot League Third Team
- 3x Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2017, 2018, 2019)
2020: Named the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year for the second time in her career … Tabbed to the All-Patriot League First Team … Received the United States Military Academy’s most prestigious athletic honor, the Army Athletic Association (AAA) Award … Two-time captain of the women’s soccer team … Started between the sticks and played the full duration in all five matches … Posted three-consecutive shutouts to start the season … Made a season-high five saves during the game against Colgate (April 9) … Held opponents to a 0.38 goals-against average … Finished her career having played the fourth-most goalie minutes in program history … Competed to a career mark of 22-25-13 and notched 25 shutouts … Turned in a career goals-against average of 0.86 and made 256 stops in 62 total games played.
2019: Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year ... US Soccer Coaches All-North Region Second Team selection ... First Team All-Patriot League ... Academic All-Patriot League ... played in all 1885 minutes for the Black Knights during her junior season ... one of four Cadets to start in all 20 competitions ... earned a mark of 9-7-4 overall and 4-3-2 in the Patriot League ... posted six shutouts this season ... brought her career total to 22 ... recorded a 0.91 goals against average and .776 save percentage ... notched a season-high six saves in the team's 1-1 OT tie at Holy Cross ... recorded eight saves in the team's postseason run, while allowing just three goals in those three games totaled 66 saves this season ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member.
2018: Played all 1,963:32 minutes of her sophomore season in goal for Army … one of four Black Knights to start all 20 games … posted a 7-6-7 record with 10 shutouts … stopped 108 of 124 shots on goal … allowed one or fewer goals in 16 of 20 games … notched a 0.73 goals-against average and a 0.871 save percentage … set career bests in every statistical category … finished with the 10th-best save percentage in the nation … was one of just three keepers nationally with at least 10 shutouts and 100 saves … contributed Army’s third 10/100 season and first since 2011 … most shutouts in a season since Monica Lee’s program-record 15 in 2011 … earned the fifth-lowest goals-against average, seventh-most shutouts and ninth-most saves in the program’s single-season history … became the first Army goalkeeper in program history to record a point with two assists on the year … documented a career-high 12 saves versus Marshall (Aug. 19) … added 11 saves in a shutout effort at Northern Arizona (Aug. 31) … most saves in an Army shutout since 2000 … first clean sheet with double-digit saves since Alex Lostetter on Sept. 11, 2009 versus Saint Louis … did not allow a goal for 495:17 from Aug. 26 (62:33 at Penn) to Sept. 19 (47:40 at Marist) … longest streak by an Army keeper since 2008 when Lostetter had a streak of 814:04 with seven shutouts … four-consecutive shutouts over that stretch was a career-best for Cassalia … blanked Lehigh (Sept. 15), Colgate (Sept. 22) and Lafayette (Sept. 26) to open the Patriot League season … first time an Army goalie shut out four-straight league opponents since 2010 dating back to last season’s finale at American … passed Annah Castellini for fifth on Army’s all-time shutout list with her 15th-career clean sheet in the regular season finale against American (Oct. 27) … put together a three-save shutout victory over Navy (Oct. 30) for Army’s first-ever win in the Patriot League Quarterfinals … became first Army goalkeeper to win against Navy since 2013 … first Cadet to win a postseason match in Annapolis, Md., since the 2008 Patriot League Championship Game … US Soccer Coaches’ All-North Region First Team member … Second Team All-Patriot League selection … added Academic All-Patriot League and Patriot League Academic Honor Roll honors.
2017: Started in goal for all 17 games for Army … one of three players to start every game … one of four freshmen to play in every game … finished with six shutouts on the season … tied for fifth in the Patriot League in that category … allowed one or fewer goals in 11 contests … totaled a team-high 1,552:19 minutes, allowing 19 goals … posted the fourth-best goals-against average in the league at 1.10 … finished with the fifth-best save percentage at .779, stopping 67-of-96 shots on goal … earned a record of 4-11-2 … did not allow a goal in the first 200:48 of her collegiate career … became first plebe to earn a shutout victory in her collegiate debut since Devon Collins in 2004 with a two-save effort against Iona on Aug. 18 … made her first-career save in the 43rd minute opposite the Gaels … stopped a shot in the 99th minute at UMass Lowell on Aug. 20 for her second-straight shutout … documented 6-save shutouts against service-academy rivals Air Force on Sept. 8 and Navy on Oct. 13 … is the only player in program history to shutout both Air Force and Navy in the same season … blanked her first Patriot League opponent with a six-save performance against Loyola on Oct. 1 … posted a season-high nine saves against Boston University on Oct. 18 … made four saves in a 3-0 shutout over American in the season finale on Oct. 28 … All-Patriot League Third Team selection … also named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Background: Lettered four years in soccer at Millard West High School as a goalie … three-time First-Team All-State member … earned the U17 Gold Glove Award and was a Best 11 nominee at the 2016 U.S. Youth Soccer Nationals … won the EGA Leadership Award, Lincoln Journal Star Girls’ Super State Award and Greater Omaha Sports Committee Scholar Athlete Award as a senior … was a Lincoln Journal Star Academic All-State member in 2017 … two-time NCPA Academic All-State honoree … graduated Summa Cum Laude ranking 22nd out of 586 students ... given name is Sydney Cassalia ... member of FCA at West Point ... majoring in Mathematics with a focus in Cyber Security.
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