Vermont's Stevens Player of the Week

Other New England Players Honored Too

June 5, 2008

TAMPA, FL – The Vermont Voltage’s Dan Stevens was named the Premier Development League’s Player of the Week after he helped lead his club to an improbable comeback over the Rhode Island Stingrays last week.

Stevens earned the Player of the Week nomination following his team's unheard-of, 5-4 turnaround victory over Stingrays on the road. His teammate, defender Justin Van Matre, also earned accolades from the match following his two-goal performance, but Stevens stole the show as the catalyst behind one of the strangest matches in PDL history.

Leading 4-0 with 20 minutes remaining in the match, neither the Stingrays nor the Voltage made any substitutions that would have led to such a dramatic turnaround. But oddly enough, in 71st and 75th minutes, Stevens set up teammate Santigui Tounkara for his first of two goals on the night. Stevens handed out his third assist to Van Matre in the 77th. Bojan Vuckovic picked out van Matre for his second goal in the 84th to draw level, and Stevens netted the game-winner in the 90th.

Back in reality (otherwise known as the first sixty minutes of this match), Rhode Island's Jeffery Gonsalves found the back of the net three times and assisted on teammate, Ryan Kelly's goal, a remarkable performance that was overshadowed by a once-in-a-lifetime affair.

Stevens, of course, along with Van Matre and Gonsalves were members of the PDL Team of the Week.

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