MILWAUKEE – The United Soccer Coaches has announced the All-Region award winners for the 2025 men's soccer season, with three members of the MSOE men's soccer team earning Region VIII honors.
Adrian Manchado,
Nico Picha, and
Tanner Cellio earned the honors, the first honors of their careers. The three of them also received first team all-conference honors from the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC).
Manchado earned first team all-region honors, leading the conference with eight goals as a defender, along with having three assists. Manchado also led a backend defense that made ten shutouts, including the entire conference tournament. Manchado also received a NACC Defensive Player of the Week award, scoring twice against Marian on October 1
st and then once against Benedictine on October 4th
Picha earned second team all-region honors, leading the team with twelve goals, along with five assists. He kicked off the season with a NACC Offensive Player of the Week honors after scoring twice against Calvin on August 29
th and then the lone goal against Hope on August 30
th.
Cellio earned fourth team all-region honors in the midfield, leading the team in minutes played, tallying 1,688 minutes on the pitch. Cellio scored three goals on the season, including a multi-goal performance on October 25
th against Rockford, adding an assist on the season in the NACC Semi-final against top seed Edgewood University on November 4
th.
To view the full list of all-region award winners, please click
here.
The Raiders finished the season with an overall record of 14-6-3, while finishing 8-3-1 in conference play. Being voted second in the preseason, the Raiders finished fourth in the regular season but shutout opponents en route to their third straight conference championship game appearance and second-straight conference title and NCAA tournament berth.
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