2006 (M) Soccer Roster
Roster
Matt Allen
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Omaha, Neb.
- High School:
- Burke HS
2006 (Junior) ? Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year ... MVC First-Team and NSCAA All-Midwest Region Second-Team ... Enters his final season ranked second in school history in career goals against average (0.84), third in shutouts (19), fourth in wins (31) and minutes played (4,601) and sixth in saves (185) ... Named MVC Defensive Player of the Week, TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week and the Wisconsin Invitational Most Outstanding Defensive Player after posting back-to-back shutouts against Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Sept. 8) and Wisconsin (Sept. 10) ... Went 422:44 without allowing a goal from Sept. 1-15, the fifth-longest shutout streak in school history ... Recorded a season-high eight saves in 2-2 tie with Oregon State (Sept. 15) ... Again named MVC Defensive Player of the Week for a 1-0 shutout of Evansville (Oct. 21) ... Posted three shutouts and a 0.57 goals against average in five MVC matches.
2005 (Sophomore) ? Started all 23 matches and played all but 20 minutes in net ... Set sophomore school records for minutes played, GAA and shutouts ... Just the fourth keeper in school history to log more than 2,000 minutes in a season ... Joined Kevin Doyle (1992) as the only CU keepers since 1990 to record an assist, when he helped on Byron Dacy’s goal in a 1-0 victory over Vanderbilt (Nov. 5) ... Made a season-high six saves on four different occasions ... Stopped 14 shots and posted a 0.67 GAA in the NCAA tournament ... Had a 0.40 GAA in postseason play ... Part of school record-tying five straight Bluejay shutouts from Oct. 29 through Nov. 18 ... Went exactly 480 minutes without allowing a goal from Oct. 26 though Nov. 22, the third-longest shutout streak ever by a CU keeper ... Helped defense rank 23rd in the NCAA with a 0.80 team GAA.
2004 (Freshman) ? Named to the MVC All-Freshman Team ... Led the team with 45 saves, while starting five of the nine matches in which he appeared ... Made his collegiate debut against Western Michigan (Sept. 3), playing the second half in CU’s 4-0 victory ...Earned his first career start and win against Marquette (Sept. 19) ... Stopped 14 shots in a 1-0 victory at Bradley (Oct. 8) ... His 14 saves were the most by a CU keeper since 1997 and the fourth-highest total in school history ... Tabbed the MVC Defensive Player of the Week after his performance at BU ... Made eight saves in a 2-1 win at Drake (Oct. 23) ... Started both of CU’s NCAA tournament matches ... Stopped six shots and shut out seventh-ranked Maryland in a double-overtime NCAA match (Nov. 28).
PREP CAREER: Completed high school following his junior season, enrolling at Creighton in what should have been his senior year of high school ... Earned all-state soccer honors as a sophomore and junior ... Second team all-Nebraska, Class A all-state and all-Metro Conference as a junior ... Earned three varsity letters in soccer and two in basketball ... Attended the same high school as CU record-setting goalkeeper Mike Gabb ... Member of the National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: The son of Craig and Vicki Allen, Matt was born Aug. 26, 1986, in Beloit, Wis. ... Has one older brother, Steve (24) ... Marketing major.
