Oct. 15, 2007
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State's Kraig Chiles (San Diego/Poway HS) has been named the College Soccer News National Player of the Week after leading the Aztecs to a pair of victories over nationally ranked opponents over the weekend. Also on Monday, Chiles was named the Pac-10 Player of the Week, and was selected to two national teams - College Soccer News and Top Drawer Soccer - of the week.
A redshirt senior, Chiles scored three goals over the weekend to help SDSU extend its unbeaten streak to eight matches. Chiles scored twice, including the game-winner in the 48th minute, to help San Diego State past No. 8 California, 3-2, on Friday. He added another tally in the 47th minute of the Aztecs' 2-0 win over No. 21 Stanford on Sunday. The victories ended six-game unbeaten streaks by both the Golden Bears and the Cardinal.
Chiles leads the 2007 squad in points (12), goals (five), shots (39), shots on goal (15) and is tied for the lead with two game-winners. He has now started 50 consecutive matches.
Chiles became the third Aztec in four weeks to be named the Pac-10 Player of the Week, joining redshirt sophomore Jamel Wallace (San Diego/Oceanside HS) and redshirt freshman Brad Byrns. The three selections for SDSU are the more than any other team in the league.
Chiles became the third San Diego State player honored to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Wallace and Byrns were the others) and the fourth named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Wallace, Byrns and freshman Nick Cardenas).
San Diego State (7-2-2, 3-0-0 Pac-10), which is in sole possession of first place in the Pac-10 and is ranked as high as No. 18 by Soccer America, will travel to the Pacific Northwest this weekend for conference matches against Washington (5 p.m. Friday) and Oregon State (11 a.m. Sunday). SDSU is 5-0-3 in its last eight Pac-10 games.