Rochester, MN -
The 8-member All-Region XIII Men's Soccer Team has been announced for the Fall 2021 season, and Anoka-Ramsey Community College's freshman wing, Mohamed Mursal, was named the Most Valuable Player. He had already earned the Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) Player-of-the-Year honor, while his coach, Qassim Ilmi, had been named the MCAC Men's Soccer Coach-of-the-Year as well.
Mursal scored 12 goals and assisted on 12 goals this season, both tops in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference. He led his Golden Ram team into the Midwest District Championships where they defeated Harper College 2-1 before ending the season with a 4-1 loss to Richland College.
Anoka-Ramsey won the MCAC and Region XIII title this season, and along with Mursal, the Golden Rams placed three additional athletes on the All-Region XIII Team.
Riverland Community College, who finished their season in the Region XIII title game, had three athletes make the All-Region XIII Team; while Minnesota West Community and Technical College had one athlete make the esteemed list.
See below for the complete list of the Region XIII and All-MCAC Men's Soccer Teams:
2021 DIII Men's Soccer All-Region Team
Anoka-Ramsey
Mohamed Mursal - MVP
Martin Garr
Nastah Ahmed
Reece Lawler
Riverland
Lei Htoo
Lucas Evenson
Jose Valladares
MN West
Mariel Belliard
The All-MCAC Men's Soccer Team had previously been announced and those members are:
| Anoka-Ramsey CC | Mohamed Mursal * | LW | FR |
| Anoka-Ramsey CC | Nastah Ahmed | ST | FR |
| Riverland CC | Lei Htoo | Forward | FR |
| MN West CTC | Mariel Belliard | Forward | FR |
| Anoka-Ramsey CC | Felimon Megally | CB | FR |
| Riverland CC | Jose Valladares | Midfielder | FR |
| Anoka-Ramsey CC | Reece Lawler | GK | SO |
| Riverland CC | Lucas Evenson | Goalkeeper | FR |
| Anoka-Ramsey CC | Hamze Ali | RW | FR |
| Riverland CC | Daniel Vargas | Midfielder | SO |
| Lake Superior College | Dru Senich | Goalkeeper | SO |
| Lake Superior College | Vinicius Raggi | Midfielder | SO |
| MN West CTC | Ricardo Rodriguez | Goalkeeper | FR |
| Lake Superior College | Owen Quast | Midfielder | SO |
| Anoka-Ramsey CC | Martin Garr | CM | FR |
Coach of the Year Qassim Ilmi Anoka-Ramsey Community College
* Player of the Year
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The Minnesota College Athletic Conference is the organizational body for NJCAA-affiliated two-year technical and community college athletic programs in the Minnesota State system. The mission of the Minnesota College Athletic Conference is to advance intercollegiate athletics by providing an engaging and supportive environment for success of our student athletes and competition among member institutions. The MCAC is committed to the guiding principles of encouraging the development and success of student athletes, promoting the integrity, honesty and loyalty to member schools as well as upholding the sustainability of conference athletic programs.