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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2019 Men's Soccer

Son Nguyen

16 Alex Touche

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 190
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Albuquerque, N.M.
  • Highschool Albuquerque Academy (Rio Rapids SC)

Biography

Career Matches/Matches Started: 44/43
Career Stats: 8 goals, 0 assists, 16 points
 
2020: All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

2019: Team Captain ... Third-team United Soccer Coaches (USC) All-Region in Northeast … All-ECAC … Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year … First-team All-Ivy … Philadelphia Soccer Six Player of the Year … Philadelphia Soccer Six All-Star … Started all 16 matches … Two time Philadelphia Soccer Six Defender of the Week (9/23, 11/4) … Anchored a defense that posted six shutouts and allowed just 13 goals in 16 matches (0.76 goals-against average) … Had the tying goal in Penn’s 1-1 draw with Rutgers (Sept. 17) … Finished a loose ball in the box after a PK was saved in the Quakers’ 1-1 Ivy tie with Brown (Nov. 2).
 
2018: First-team All-Ivy ... Started all 16 matches as a center back, playing all but three minutes of the entire season ... Led the team and ranked third in the Ivy League with five goals on the year ... Ranked third in the conference with three game-winning goals ... Routinely moved forward from his position on defense to offer up a target on set pieces, with four of his five goals coming on either corner or free kicks ... Named Philadelphia Soccer Six Defender of the Week (Nov. 14) following goals in the final two matches of the season ... Netted the game-winner in Penn's season-opening victory over Monmouth (Aug. 31) ... Found the same result in the 95th minute at Marquette (Sept. 7), guiding the Quakers to a 1-0 win ... Scored the game's opening goal in a 2-1 victory over Brown (Oct. 28) ... Sent in the equalizing goal at Princeton (Nov. 3) to push the game into overtime ... Ended the year with the golden goal against Harvard (Nov. 10) in double overtime ... Finished with 16 shots, including nine on goal ... Helped guide the Penn defense to seven shutouts, its most since 2010 and the most in the Ivy League ... Helped Penn to a sub-one opponent goal average for the first time since 2010 ... Four of his five goals came from Brandon Bartel ... Fall Academic All-Ivy.

2017: Second-team All-Ivy ... Appeared in 12 matches as a member of the defense, making 11 starts ... Totaled 1,009 minutes, playing the full game on 10 occasions ... Notched a goal in the season finale at Harvard (Nov. 11) ... Posted eight shots on the year, including two on target ... Contributed to one shutout against the Crimson.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Albuquerque Academy ... Three-year team captain ... New Mexico State Champion in 2015 and 2016 ... State Champion for club team, Rio Rapids SC, in 2014 and 2015 ... Named first-team All-State, All-District and All-Metro in 2016 ... All-state Player of the Year, District Player of the Year, first-team All-State, All-District and All-Metro in 2015 ... First-team All-State, All-District and District Player of the Year in 2014 ... Honorable mention All-State in 2013 ... Member of Cum Laude Society ... Recipient of Latin Prize ... Finnegan's Wake Club Founder and President ... Community Service Executive Board Member ... A capella singer.

Personal: Son of Alicia Keyes and Peter Touche ... Born in London, England ... Twin brother, Charles, plays soccer at Cornell ... Enrolled in Wharton School of Business ... Athletic experience at Penn endowed by the Whitney and Michael Gomez Men's Soccer Student-Athlete Experience Endowment.

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

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    6'4" 190 lbs
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    2018Sophomore

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    6'4" 190 lbs
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    2019Junior

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    6'4" 190 lbs
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