2014 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Sagi Lev-Ari
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 186
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Haifa, Israel
2013 NSCAA/Continental Tire First Team All-American
2013 NSCAA First Team All-Far West Region
2013 College Sports Madness All-American
2013 Herman Trophy Semifinalist
2013 Soccer News Net's College Boot Finalist
2012, 2014 NSCAA Second Team All-Far West Region
2013, 2014 First Team All-Big West Conference
2012 Big West Conference Tournament MVP
2012 Second Team All-Big West Conference
2014 (SENIOR): Scored 11 goals, including five game-winning strikes, and had 22 points on the year..in addition to leading the Matadors, all three statistics ranked at the top of the Big West Conference at the end of the regular season...opened the season with a goal in each of the first four matches and had a pair of goals in wins over CSU Bakersfield (Sept. 25) and No. 3 UC Irvine (Oct. 25)..turned in his third consecutive season with 10 or more goals and was voted by Big West coaches to the All-Big West First Team for the second time...with his 11 goals in 2014, Lev-Ari finished his career at CSUN with 42 goals, six assists and 90 points in 64 matches...became the fourth player in Big West history to score 40 or more goals in a career and ranks fourth all-time in CSUN history as well...ranked seventh in CSUN history with 90 career points and averaged 30 per season in his time on campus...began the season as a preseason first team All-American and was on the initial watch list for the MAC Hermann Trophy, college soccer's top individual award.
2013 (JUNIOR): Became the first Matador All-American since 2005...scored 16 goals and had six assists for 38 points in his second year with the team...was also named first team All-Big West Conference First Team, first team NSCAA All-Far West Region, to the CollegeSportsMadness.com All-American Team, and was a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy and a finalist for Soccer News Net's College Boot award...with 38 points in 2013, he produced the highest total that the Matadors have seen since Federico Arroyo collected 40 in 1998...when he recorded at least one point in a match this year, the Matadors went 11-1 and he had at least three points in a match six times...his 16 goals tied for seventh in a single season in the school record book with Willie Sims (2004) and Jose Perez (1984), while his point total tied with Perez for ninth...produced a pair of hat tricks, including in the Big West Tournament Semifinal at UC Santa Barbara....had multi-goal games against Memphis (3), Central Arkansas (2), and Cal Poly twice (both 2)..in the Big West Tournament, Lev-Ari scored five goals in three matches to go into the NCAA Tournament as the leading scorer in the country...led the Matadors with five game-winning goals as well.
2012 (SOPHOMORE): Turned in one of the most prolific individual efforts in Northridge soccer history in 2012...started every game for CSUN on the year and led the team with 15 goals and 30 points...despite leading the Big West Conference in both categories, Lev-Ari was named second team All-Conference and also took home second team All-Far West Region honors from the NSCAA...scored two goals on three separate occasions and had a goal in each of the last three games of the season...after scoring game winning goals in both matches of the Big West Tournament, was named the Tournament MVP and the Disney Soccer/NSCAA National Player of the Week...led the conference with seven game winning goals and ended the year ranked sixth in the country in goals scored...his 15 goals ranked tied for ninth for a single season in school history.
PRIOR TO CSUN: Played one season at forward for Monroe College in New Rochelle, N.Y...as a starting forward, he helped his side to a second-place finish in the 2011 NJCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.
