Oluwaseyi Joins Midfielders Jorge Hernandez and Rida Zouhir on Workforce of the Week
SAN ANTONIO (Aug. 1, 2023) – San Antonio FC ahead Tani Oluwaseyi has been named USL Championship Participant of the Week, becoming a member of SAFC midfielders Jorge Hernandez and Rida Zouhir on the league’s Workforce of the Week as effectively.
Oluwaseyi stepped into membership and league file books on Saturday night time, scoring 4 occasions within the 5-3 win over Hartford. The 4 objectives had been essentially the most in a match in membership historical past, and provides Oluwaseyi three hat tips in 12 matches this season. The ahead’s 13 objectives on the season set a brand new membership single-season greatest, and lead the USL Championship.
The efficiency was the primary four-goal match within the USL Championship since 2019, and simply the twelfth ever. The St. John’s product additionally turned the second participant in league historical past to file three hat tips in a single season, becoming a member of Matt Fondy in 2015. The Participant of the Week honor is Oluwaseyi’s second of the season.
Hernandez earned the Workforce of the Week choice after helping twice towards Hartford, creating seven possibilities as effectively within the win.
Zouhir lands on the Workforce of the Week bench after a robust two-way efficiency, helping and creating three possibilities whereas profitable 9 of 15 duels and blocking two photographs.
SAFC is on the street this weekend, heading to Arizona to tackle Phoenix Rising FC on Saturday. Kickoff is about for 9:00 p.m. CT, and the match could be streamed on ESPN+.
USL Championship Workforce of the Week – Week 21
GK – Paul Blanchette, Oakland Roots SC
D – Oscar Jimenez, Louisville Metropolis FC
D – Forrest Lasso, Tampa Bay Rowdies
D – Derek Dodson, Charleston Battery
M – Jorge Hernandez, San Antonio FC
M – Taylor Davila, Rio Grande Valley FC
M – Charlie Dennis, Tampa Bay Rowdies
M – Jack Gurr, Sacramento Republic FC
F – Tani Oluwaseyi, San Antonio FC
F – Russell Cicerone, Sacramento Republic FC
F – Augustine Williams, Charleston Battery
Bench: Rocco Rios Novo (PHX), Paco Craig (MIA), Joe Farrell (PIT), Rida Zouhir (SA),Keko (SAC), Milan Iloski (OC), Wilmer Cabrera Jr. (RGV)
