Captain, MVP Highlights the Annual Banquet
February 26, 2001 | Men's Soccer
The Terrier men’s soccer team looked to the future and recognized the past on Sunday (February 3rd) as the team held its annual end-of-the-year banquet.
While the season concluded at the end of October, the banquet has been traditionally held at this date not just to look back at the past season but to begin looking forward to the coming season.
Keeping with both themes, senior Chris Bone (Newcastle, England) was named the MVP of the 2000 team, while junior Joachim Kaland (Fonnes, Norway) was elected captain of the 2001 team.
"Chris was probably our most consistent performer this past year," said Terrier head coach Neil Roberts, who reached a milestone himself during the year, as he won his 200th game as the B.U. head coach. The veteran coach concluded his 16th season with an overall record of 201-81-41.
This past year, the Terriers finished with an overall record of 8-7-2, while they were 4-4-1 in America East play. In his 15 years as the Terrier head coach, Roberts has never had a losing season.
"It was because of this consistency that he was voted our MVP," Roberts went on about Bone. "He showed steady improvement during his four-year career, and he finished his career as one of our all-time leaders in assists."
This past season, Bone had a team leading seven assists to go along with one goal, as his total of nine points ranked third on the team. For his career, Bone, who played in 75 games, had 7 goals and 23 assists for 37 points. The assist total ranked in the top 10 on the Terriers’ all-time list, while his 37-point total tied him for 29th overall.
In addition to MVP, Bone also received the team’s top student-athlete award. During the fall semester, he had a 3.58 grade point average to lift his overall average to 3.35 in the College of Communication.
Kaland was elected captain of next year’s team despite missing more than half the 2000 season with a knee injury, and, when he did play, he was at a completely new position.
A midfielder during his first two seasons with the Terriers, he was moved to sweeper this past season.
A hand injury forced him to miss the entire pre-season, but he came back in time to play in the season opener against Syracuse. He remained in the starting lineup for the first seven games. Then, against Drake in the Creighton Tournament, he sustained an injury to his right knee that required surgery.
He missed the team’s final 10 games, yet still finished in fifth place in team scoring with five points on two goals and an assist.
Kaland will enter his senior year with a career total of 14 goals and 9 assists for 37 points, tying him for 28th on the Terriers’ all-time list.
"His being elected captain, despite missing 10 games, is a great credit to Joachim’s intensity both in training and in games," said Roberts. "He was on his way to having an All-American year when he got hurt.
"We really missed him on the field," said Roberts. "He was our center defender, but when we needed to have a goal, we brought him up to midfield. He was all over the field."
Two other players were honored for their play during the 2000 season.
Sophomore EA Carr (Independence, OH) was named the most improved player, while freshman Andrew Dorman (Flintshire, UK) was selected the team’s outstanding freshman.
As a freshman during the 1999 season, Carr played in just seven games and had one shot on net. This past season, he did not see any action in the first five games but came off the bench against Harvard in the sixth game and had an assist. From then through the remainder of the season, he was in the starting lineup as a central defender.
"EA worked very hard to get ready for last season, and his same work ethic carried through the entire year," said Roberts. "It all paid off, and we are looking for EA to continue his hard work for the next two years."
Dorman was a late addition to the Terrier program, but he made his presence felt from the very first game of the season, as he had two assists in the season opening 3-3 double overtime tie against Syracuse.
He played in all 17 games, and started 15 of them. He finished the season with 6 goals and 2 assists for 14 points, as he was second only to senior Kirk Miller in both goals and points. Miller finished the year with 10 goals and 2 assists for 22 points.
"Andy came in so late that he even missed pre-season camp," said Roberts. "Even so, he had a really good year.
"Now that he has settled in I think he has the potential to be a great player," concluded Roberts.
