PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Following Temple men's soccer's 4-0 victory over Memphis, the American Athletic Conference has announced that freshman Belal Mohamed has been named the Rookie of the Week. Mohamed has also been named the Philadelphia Soccer Six Co-Rookie of the Week.
In the Owls' road game against UCF, Mohamed logged the Owls' lone goal that kept the team leading the Knights through the first half. On Saturday's home match against Memphis, Mohamed logged an assist on Joonas Jokinen's game-winning goal. Teaming up with Matt Mahoney, Mohamed was able to drive the ball up the field and slide a pass to Mahoney who crossed the ball to find Jokinen to sink the Owls' first goal on their way to a four-goal shutout.