Tampa, Florida – Monterey Bay FC’s Christian Volesky was named the USL Championship’s Player of the Month for April, announced Thursday, the veteran forward has three goals and two assists for a second-year team, leading the Western Conference’s Staying firmly within playoff territory.
Joining the preseason ahead of Monterey Bay’s inaugural season last year, Volesky has been one of the central pillars of the Monterey Bay offense in its short history. The situation continued last month, when the 30-year-old scored three goals and provided two assists, leading his side to two notable wins against New Mexico United and the Indy Eleven, scoring a goal and assisting in both performances. bottom.
The Nevada native was named the championship player of the week for both performances. Also, scoring in a 1-0 upset against the San Jose Earthquakes on April 25 proved the difference and Lamar Hunt was named TheCup.us Player of the Round in Round 3 of the US Open Cup. He won the award and scored his first win for the club against San Jose Earthquakes. Major League Soccer opponents in the club’s history. Bolesky scored 56 regular-season goals in the championship, tied for 16th in league history.
“It’s great to win the Player of the Month award. It’s great for the club and a good testament to our group and the success we’ve collectively achieved here,” said Volesky. April is mentally far past for me at this point. We look forward to further successes for the club this month. “
Volesky received 48 percent of the votes weighted, including the USL Championship Technical Committee, the National Committee of Independent Media representing all USL markets, and an online fan vote at USLChampionship.com. Sacramento Republic FC’s Russell Cicerone scored 3 goals and 2 assists in 5 games to help his team lead an unbeaten month, finishing second with 26 percent, while Oakland Roots SC goalkeeper Paul Blanchett He made a league-high 22 saves and finished third with 11 percent. Completed 3 times this month.