Tulsa’s Vargas Named The American Defensive Player of the Week

9/25/2017 1:02:00 PM | Men's Soccer

Tulsa defender Gustavo Vargas was named as the American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week, as announced today by the league office.

Vargas, a sophomore from Bogota, Columbia, scored two goals last week off of corner kicks. His goal against Creighton came in the 41^st minute and gave Tulsa a 1-0 lead heading into the break, while his goal against #19 SMU was the game-winner in the 94^th minute. He had three total shots, two of which were on goal, while playing every minute of both contests. On the defensive side of the ball, he held SMU to a shutout.

This was Vargas' first weekly honor and the third for TU as Marcel Da Silva (Defensive, Sept. 11) and Rollie Rocha (Offensive, Sept. 11) were honored earlier this year.