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2023 Men's Soccer Roster

Joey Sussman

8 Cristian Coelho

  • Class Senior
  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 160
  • Hometown Katy, Texas
  • High School Texas Connections Academy

Biography

ACCOLADES WON:
- 2023 Academic All-Patriot League
- 2023 CSC Academic All-District
- 2023 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 CSC Academic All-District
- 2022 Patriot League All-Tournament Team
- 2022 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2023 – SENIOR: Played in all 19 games and started 18 times, entering as a substitution once due to prior injury … Tallied one goal and one assist for three points, generating 14 shots … Logged 1,635 minutes of action, ranking second on the team … Played the full 90 minutes in 17 contests … Part of a defensive unit that posted eight shutouts on the season, including five in league play … Registered a career-high four shots in the win over VMI (8/28) … Tallied a three-point night at UMBC (10/3), scoring the Mids’ first goal of the game before adding an assist on Navy’s second tally … Academic All-Patriot League Team … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2022 - JUNIOR: Appeared in and started 20 games for Navy, missing one contest due to injury … Was a cornerstone of the midfield that posted eight clean sheets overall and three straight shutouts in the postseason to win the Patriot League Championship … Racked up the fourth-most minutes on the team at 1,748, including playing every minute during Patriot League regular-season and tournament action … Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … Selected to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2021 - SOPHOMORE: One of seven players to start all 19 games for the Midshipmen … Contributed to a Navy defense that allowed just 20 goals for an average of 1.05 goals per game … Tallied his first career score against Mount St. Mary’s (10/20) … Played a career-high 1,690 minutes that included playing the full length in 12 of his appearances … Finished the season with five points on two goals and one assist along with having 14 shots, five being on goal ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... Game-by-Game Statistics

2020 - FRESHMAN: As a freshman, he led all position players on the team with 635 minutes on the field as he started all seven of Navy’s contests during the season … He played the full time in five of Navy’s seven contests during the season … Playing in the defensive midfield role, he recorded a shot against North Carolina State (Oct. 18) and Lehigh (April 3) with his against Lehigh being on goal ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... Game-by-Game Statistics

PERSONAL: Coelho played for the Houston Dynamo within the U.S. Soccer Development Academy … He captained the U18/19 club during the 2019-20 season and was the U15/16 team captain during the 2016-17 campaign … Following the 2017 season, Coelho was also selected as the U15 Player’s Player of the Year … While at Texas Connections Academy at Houston, he was a member of the National Honor Society, the National Society of High School Scholars and the National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists … Coelho was an AP Scholar, a National Hispanic Scholar and on the High Honor Roll … He was teammates with fellow USNA Class of 2024 classmate David Jackson … He also played with Ivan Leon of Central Arkansas, Kaya Ignacio of Virginia and Edrey Caceres of Quincy … Son of Cale Coelho, Jr. and Neylane Ferrari Coelho … Named to the Naval Academy's Superintendent's List twice and Commandant's List twice

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2020Freshman

    MF/D
    5'9" 160 lbs
    12
  • 8

    2021Sophomore

    MF/D
    5'9" 160 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2022Junior

    Midfielder
    5'9" 160 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2023Senior

    Midfielder
    5'9" 160 lbs
    8