Newcomer Pair Named to Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Lists
8/23/2023 9:01:00 AM | Men's Soccer
BLOOMINGTON — Two Indiana men's soccer newcomers featured in Top Drawer Soccer (TDS) Preseason Best XI lists on Wednesday (Aug. 23).
Senior defender Hugo Bacharach was a second-team selection and first-year forward Collins Oduro was named to the freshman team. Bacharach was also rated the No. 22 player in the country by TDS.
Six-foot-4 Bacharach transferred to IU after three seasons at Fairleigh Dickinson, where he was a first-team All-Northeast Conference performer all three years and the NEC Defensive Player of the Year as a junior. Bacharach played for USL League Two's Flint City Bucks this summer and was named the USL League Two Defender of the Year.
Oduro joins Indiana after a senior season at The Phelps School in Philadelphia where he was named Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year, scoring 39 goals and adding a pair of assists.
Indiana opens its 2023 season on Thursday (Aug. 24) at Notre Dame. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET at Alumni Stadium, and fans can watch the match on ACCNX.
