KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the first time in men's soccer program history, Carson-Newman touts a national player of the week with Thaylan Silva being named the United Soccer Coaches Division II National Player of the Week on Wednesday.
This latest laurel comes just one day after the senior received the first South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week plaudit of his career. He becomes the third South Atlantic Conference player to be awarded the plaudit this season, the last being Mars Hill's Sebastian Bertilsson a week prior.
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The São Paulo, Brazil native accounted for eight points on the week, netting a brace in both of C-N's wins this past week with two of his goals coming off of set pieces. With a converted penalty kick in the win at Newberry on Saturday, Silva became the program's leader for career penalty kicks attempted and made, going a perfect 6-6 in his time with the Eagles. This season, he has gone 3-3 from the penalty spot. This season, he has produced three multi-goal outings, the only Eagle with multiple-goal performances to his name. Before last week, his previous one came with a hat trick over Erskine on Sept. 8.
Wednesday's trip to Lincoln Memorial saw Silva open up a 4-0 win with the first two goals of the match. A foul on the 'Splitters just over the right side of the 18-yard box gave Silva a free kick in the 27th minute. He arched the shot over a wall of 'Splitters, past a diving Jackson Jalovec and into the back right corner of the net for a 1-0 lead. He struck again in the 67th minute after a quick Harry Whitehead (Oxford, England) that he pushed over to an oncoming Silva inside the 6-yard box for a falling touch that connected.
At Newberry, Silva sandwiched the Orange and Blue scoring in a 3-1 victory. He got the group on the board in the 32nd minute following a Newberry free kick that was caught by netminder Bram Kaarsgaren (Den Bosch, The Netherlands). His long clearance toss was picked up by Silva, evading three Wolves on his way to a goal from just inside the 18-yard box. He sealed the deal with the record-setting PK in the 52nd minute.
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With a successful penalty kick, Thaylan Silva is now the program leader with six career attempts and six career makes.
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Through 12 matches this season, Silva leads the team in scoring with 21 points on nine goals and three assists. He is fifth in the SAC for both goals and points while sitting at 22nd and 23rd in the nation, respectively. Three of his goals have gone down as game-winners, also a team-high and is tied for most in the league and 15th nationally.
Silva is one of three Eagles to score in multiple matches this season, netting goals in back-to-back games twice. His first pair of goal-scoring matches came in the third and fourth contests of the season against Erskine and Mars Hill, respectively.
In his career, Silva has scored 58 points on 20 goals and 18 assists, landing 63 of his 150 shots on frame. He is tied for 10th in team history with six game-winning goals.
Silva and the rest of the Eagles are back at home on Saturday for a senior day showdown with Coker. That match will begin at 2:30 p.m. from the friendly confines of McCown Field. Fans who cannot make it to the banks of Mossy Creek can enjoy a live broadcast courtesy of the Eagle Sports Network by visiting cneagles.com/live.
