Tampa, FL – Four Greenville Triumph Players earned selections to the 2021 USL League One All-League teams, the USL announced Wednesday. Defenders Brandon Fricke and Abdi Mohamed along with midfielder earned second-team honors, while forward Marios Lomis was named to the All-League first team. Greenville’s four players were the second-most nominations for a club, trailing only Union Omaha’s five selections.
Second-team All-League:
D – Brandon Fricke: Fricke earned his second consecutive selection to the All-League Team having been a First Team selection in 2020 as he ranked sixth in the league with 85 clearances while also recording 37 interceptions and 107 recoveries defensively while also notching one goal and one assist in attack.
D – Abdi Mohamed: Mohamed earned his first selection to the All-League Team after recording 21 interceptions and 45 clearances and a 75 percent tackle success rate defensively and three assists and 24 key passes overall when joining the attack for a Greenville side that ramped up defensively down the final stretch.
M – Aaron Walker: Walker earned his first All-League selection after recording five goals, three assists and 19 key passes while helping Triumph SC win and distribute possession in the middle of the park, completing 815 passes at an accuracy rate of 83.1 percent and notching 24 interceptions and 138 recoveries.
First-team All-League:
F – Marios Lomis: Lomis produced his finest season since moving to the United States for Triumph SC as he finished second in the league with 14 goals in the regular season. The Dutch forward averaged a goal every 138.3 minutes and also notched one assist and 16 key passes while finishing the regular season in second place in total shots on 60, earning the league’s second-highest Goals Added mark of +7.21.