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2023 Men's Soccer Roster

9 Taylan Akdag

  • Position F
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 190
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Demarest, N.J.
  • Highschool Northern Valley Demarest

Biography

Honors
• All-Region V second team, 2022 and 2023
• All-Centennial Conference first team, 2022 and 2023
• Centennial Conference Sportsmanship Team, 2023
• ECAC Tournament MVP, 2021
• Centennial Conference player of the week, 2023

Career Statistics
Year GP/GS G A Pt
2019 21/17 4 7 15
2021 19/15 7 5 19
2022 22/22 5 8 18
2023 18/18 7 6 20
Totals 80/72 23 26 72

Career Highlights
2023
• Started 18 games at forward
• Led Mules in goals, assists and points
• Ranked second in the Centennial Conference in assists
• Led team in goals during the CC playoffs
• First Muhlenberg forward to make all-region in consecutive years since 2004
• The first in program history to be second team or higher in two straight years since 1995
• Finished fourth all-time in team history for assists with 26
• One of three Mules ever to record 20+ goals and 25+ assists
• Recorded goal and assist in CC semifinal win at Franklin & Marshall
• Scored first career hat trick against Gettysburg 
• The hat trick was the first by a Mule at home since 2008

2022
• Finished second on the Mules in points and goals
• Led the Centennial Conference in assists and tied for third in the league in points
• Became the first Muhlenberg player in 25 years to reach 20 career assists
• Recorded two assists in postseason games, including one in CC semifinal win at Franklin & Marshall
• Converted penalty kicks in each of the Mules' two postseason shootout wins
• Netted two goals in season-opening win vs. Juniata
• Had a goal and an assist vs. Ursinus

2021
• Tied for the team lead in scoring and was second in goals and assists
• Led Mules with four goals in Centennial Conference games
• Closed the season on a scoring tear, recording 17 of his 19 points in the last eight games
• Earned ECAC Tournament MVP honors after scoring two goals and assisting on five others in three games
• Was involved in all but one goal in the Mules' march to the championship
• Assisted on first two goals and scored third in 3-1 win at Rutgers-Newark in championship game
• Put in direct kicks for goals vs. Elizabethtown, Ursinus and Alvernia
• Scored two goals in first 11:20 vs. Dickinson

2019
• Started 17 of 21 games played at forward as a freshman
• Finished second on the team in assists and third in points
• Tied for team lead with five points in Centennial Conference games
• Scored six points in four ECAC Tournament games
• Recorded two goals and an assist vs. Marymount in first round and assist vs. Kean in championship game
• Registered first career points with a goal and an assist vs. Centenary
• Scored a goal vs. regionally ranked Gettysburg

Personal
• Earned first-team all-league honors as a sophomore at Northern Valley Demarest High School
• Named to all-county third team
• Played two years for Cedar Stars Academy
• Parents are Irfan and Jen Akdag
• Born Feb. 12, 2001
• A political economy and public policy major

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 35

    2019Freshman

    F
    6'3" 205 lbs
    35
  • 21

    2020-21Sophomore

    F
    6'3" 205 lbs
    21
  • 9

    2021Junior

    F
    6'3" 190 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2022Senior

    F
    6'3" 190 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2023Senior

    F
    6'3" 190 lbs
    9