Manor College men’s soccer earns National Championship Tournament bid, three named All-Americans

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November 23rd, 2024 | By Ryan Genova

The Manor College (Jenkintown) men’s soccer team dropped two pool play matches in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Division I Small College National Championship Tournament last weekend at the Allegheny Health Network Montour Sports Complex.

Second-seeded Bryant and Stratton College-Bobcats outscored the sixth-seeded Blue Jays (9-10-1) 4-0. The following day, third-seeded Five Towns College scored three second-half goals to give the Sound a 4-0 win.

The Blue Jays were selected to play in the tournament earlier this month and played 20 matches in a season for the first time since joining the USCAA. 

Last year, they won their first Eastern States Athletic Conference championship.

Manor players celebrating their tournament seeding earlier this month

Sophomore midfielder Adan Crispin-Morales (Second), junior goalkeeper Aiden Holman (Second), and freshman forward Moussa Cherif (Honorable Mention) were voted to the USCAA Division I Men’s Soccer All-American Team.

Crispin-Morales is one of four Blue Jays to start and play in all 18 matches. He is second in overall shots (63), third in shots on goal (38), tied for third in assists (nine), tied for sixth in points (23), and tied for 12th in goals (seven). Per match, he is tied for sixth in assists (0.50), tied for sixth in overall shots (3.50), and ninth in shots on goal (2.11).


Holman started and played in 16 matches. He is second in save percentage (0.837), fourth in saves (82), fourth in wins (six), fifth in goals against average (1.23), tied for second in USCAA Division I in matches and matches started, third in minutes (1173:35), and seventh in fewest goals allowed. His 4.56 saves per match are sixth in USCAA Division I.  He was also previously voted second-team All-American in 2022.

Cherif is also one of four Blue Jays to start and play in all 18 matches.  He leads USCAA Division I in overall (75) and shots on goal (40), tied for 19th in assists (four), tied for 23rd in goals (five), and tied for 24th in points (14). Per match, Cherif is second in overall (4.17) and seventh in shots on goal (2.22).

Cherif, Crispin-Morales, and Holman join Eddie Fortescue Jr (2022 and 2023) and Rolph Miot and Jonathan Ventura-Garcia (2021) who were previously voted to the USCAA Division I Men’s Soccer All-American Team.

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Photos: Manor College