ST. LOUIS – The University of Missouri-St. Louis men's soccer team had two players named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team on Tuesday (Nov. 19). Sophomore Diego Cadena and senior JT Goldstein received the honor.

To be eligible for nomination to the CSC Academic All-District Team, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore in academic standing with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average, must have competed in 90 percent for the institution's games played OR must have started in at least 66 percent of the games throughout the season.

Cadena and Goldstein were part of a defensive unit that held its opponents to less than one goal per contest limited the opposition to 8.9 shots per game and posted three shutouts.

Goldstein started all 18 games for UMSL this season and scored his first goal as a member of the Tritons in the 3-1 win over Truman State in the regular season. Goldstein is majoring in sport management with a cumulative GPA of 3.60.

Cadena started all 16 of the games he appeared in this season taking three shots and landing two of them on goal. His major is undeclared and he has a 3.87 cumulative grade point average.

UMSL finished its season with a record of 7-5-6 including 5-3-6 in the GLVC and advanced to the GLVC Tournament for the first time since 2021.