Gonzalez, Alfaro haul in Player of Year awards

The CIF-ss D-II champion Dons played as the ultimate team, dangerous from every position. That didn’t stop CIF from singling out Santa Barbara’s Jesse Gonzalez and Jose Alfaro as the season’s Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year recipients.

CIF D-II Offensive Player of the Year Jesse Gonzalez

The pair led the Dons to their sixth southern section title and a 29-0-1 record. Santa Barbara finished up with a 31-1-1 record after losing their first and final game 1-0 to Corona del Mar in the CIF SoCal Regional Final.

Gonzalez was tops on the Dons with 22 goals and 17 assists while Alfaro anchored a defense that recorded 21 shutouts in 33 games.

Dons head coach Todd Heil brought in the Coach of the Year distinction to complete the tri-fecta.

Dos Pueblos’ Eduardo Cortez and Rodrigo Perez joined Santa Barbara’s Christian Pardo and Marcos Lopez on the Division-II first team.

The Chargers enjoyed one of the most successful boys soccer seasons in school history, reaching CIF title games in the D-I CIF SoCal Regional and the D-II CIF-ss final against the Dons at Harder Stadium.

Stanford Spivey and Justo Alvarado took two spots on the second team to make it five All-CIF selections for Santa Barbara. Dos Pueblos’ Branden Tangel also made the second team.

CIF D-II Defensive Player of the Year Jose Alfaro

Carpinteria and Cate, both playoff teams, did not have any All-CIF representatives. .

All-CIF DIVISION II

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Jesse Gonzalez, Sr. Mid, Santa Barbara

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR– Jose Alfaro, Jr. Def, Santa Barbara

COACH OF THE YEAR– Todd Heil, Santa Barbara

FIRST TEAM

Players Name Grade Position School
1 Anderson, Alex 12 M Palmdale
2 Belger, Garrett 12 M/F Santiago (Corona)
3 Bishop, Jeremy 12 M Glendora
4 Bransford, Hector 12 F Poly (Riverside)
5 Cortez, Eduardo 12 F Dos Pueblos
6 Franco, Marco 12 M/D Chino Hills
7 Hernandez, Luis 12 M Valley View
8 Laris, Omar 12 F/M Saddleback
9 Lopez, Reynaldo Marcos 12 D Santa Barbara
10 Martinez, Leovardo 12 GK Bell Gardens
11 Mojica, Noel 12 M El Modena
12 Orozco, Edgar 12 F Santa Ana
13 Pardo, Christian 12 F Santa Barbara
14 Perez, Rodrigo 12 F Dos Pueblos
15 Ramirez, Luis 12 D Bell Gardens
16 Wixted, Alex 11 D Canyon (Anaheim)

SECOND TEAM

Players Name Grade Position School
1 Alvarado, Justo 12 GK Santa Barbara
2 Carbajal, Agustin 12 M Saddleback
3 Carillo, Oscar 12 M Bell Gardens
4 Lopez, Carlos 12 GK Poly (Riverside)
5 Low, Mitch 12 M Poly (Riverside)
6 Luevanos, Josh 11 F Glendora
7 Mariscal, Roberto 12 M Palmdale
8 Moon, Sung 11 M Sunny Hills
9 Morad, Tarek 12 M/D Chino Hills
10 Morales, Fidel 12 D El Modena
11 Ornelas, Jonas 12 F Santiago (Corona)
12 Quintanilla, Derrick 12 D Valley View
13 Rodriguez, Edgar 12 F Littlerock
14 Schulte, Kevin 12 F ML King
15 Spivey, Sanford 11 M Santa Barbara
16 Tangel, Branden 12 M Dos Pueblos

THIRD TEAM

Players Name Grade Position School
1 Antunovch, Nikola 11 M Sunny Hills
2 Banuelos, Jose 11 GK Saddleback
3 Chavers, Jacob 12 M Chino Hills
4 Cheluca, Miguel 12 M Santa Ana
5 Duarte, Christian 10 M Santa Ana
6 Felix, Ryan 11 D Santiago (Corona)
7 Marroquin, Oscar 12 M El Modena
8 Martinez, Juan Manuel 11 D Poly (Riverside)
9 Nodal, Victor 12 D Saddleback
10 Paysinger, Cameron 12 M Poly (Riverside)
11 Pena, Adrian 12 F Bell Gardens
12 Portillo, Bryan 11 M Canyon (Anaheim)
13 Saldivar, Jose 12 M Valley View
14 Salguero, Kevin 12 M ML King
15 Santiago, Gerardo 12 D Palmdale
16 Shih, Max 12 D Glendora