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2019 Men's Soccer Roster

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19 Aidan Megally

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Park Ridge, Ill.
  • High School Maine South

Biography

+ College Soccer News All-American - 2019
+ United Soccer Coaches First Team All-West Region - 2019
+ Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year - 2019
+ First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference - 2019
+ Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Conference - 2017, 2018

2019
: Started in all 20 contests as he capped off his time in Rogers Park with a brilliant senior campaign ... Named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year in addition to collecting First Team All-MVC honors ... Earned All-American accolades from College Soccer News and a First Team All-West Region nod from the United Soccer Coaches ... Racked up a team-high 10 goals as he finished the year with a team-high 24 points ... Opened his account for the 2019 season against Northern Illinois (Sept. 1), netting the game-winner ... Scored a goal and dished out an assist in win over city-rival DePaul (Sept. 13) ... Posted back-to-back two-goal efforts in road wins at Drake (Sept. 29) and Northwestern (Oct. 9) ... Followed up that torrid two-game stretch with single tallies in wins over Valparaiso (Oct. 12) and UIC (Oct. 15) ... Finished with a goal and an assist against Drake (Oct. 27) ... Assisted on Fabian Beccera's game-winner versus Evansville (Oct. 30) ... Opened the scoring for the Maroon & Gold against Bradley (Nov. 15) in the semifinals of the MVC Tournament ... Credited with an assist in NCAA Tournament battle with Kentucky (Nov. 21) ... Finished the year as the team leader in both shots (73) and shots on goal (30).

2018: Started in 18 matches for the second consecutive season... Mirrored his sophomore season by being named an All-MVC Honorable Mention... Set new personal bests with five goals (1st on team), 10 points (1st on team) and 1677 minutes (1st on team)... Scored the game-winning goal at SIUE (Sept. 15) on a penalty kick... Registered two goals in Loyola's 3-0 win vs. Evansville (Oct. 20), one of which was a game-winner... Scored the Golden Goal in the MVC semifinals vs. Drake (Nov. 9)... Added one more vs. Central Arkansas in the MVC finals (Nov. 11) off a penalty kick... Became the first Rambler to notch three game-winning goals in a season since Alec Lasinski in 2016... Became the first Rambler to go 2-for-2 on penalty kicks since Kyle Thompson in 2014.

2017: Was a fixture in the Rambler lineup as a sophomore, starting in all 18 games … Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Conference honoree … Opened scoring in thrilling 2-1 win over MVC rival Bradley (Oct. 21) … Also tallied goals against Central Arkansas (Sept. 30) and Northwestern (Oct. 24) … Ranked second on the team with 35 shots, 13 of which came on goal.

2016: Appeared in all 19 games as a freshman, starting in four ... Earned first starting assignment as part of a 3-0 win over Albany (Sept. 4) ... Found the back of the net in wins over Northern Illinois (Oct. 18) and Missouri State (Oct. 22) ... Dished out an assist in 1-0 triumph against Northern Kentucky (Sept. 2) ... 21 shots taken ranked fifth on the Loyola roster ... Put six attempts on target.

High School/Club Level: Played exclusively on the club level for Sockers FC and coach David Richardson ... Two-time U.S. Soccer Development Academy (USDAA) participant ... Started in 22 of the 25 games that he appeared in during his final season with the team, finding the back of the net six times ... Helped lead club to an appearance in the National Premier League (NPL) Final in 2014 and played major role in side earning a berth in the USDAA Playoffs ... National Honor Society member ... Older brother, Simon, is currently a senior on the men's soccer team at DePaul University

Coach Jones on Megally: "We are very excited to get to work with Aidan. The Sockers Academy program here in Chicago continues to produce top notch talent, and Aidan is just the latest in a line of great players to come from this team. Aidan is an extremely savvy, technical, and dedicated soccer player. Aidan will have a great career here at Loyola and we look forward to getting him here this August."

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2016Freshman

    MF
    6'0"
    19
  • 19

    2017Sophomore

    MF
    6'0"
    19
  • 19

    2018Junior

    MF
    6'0"
    19
  • 19

    2019Senior

    MF
    6'0"
    19