2023 Men's Soccer Roster

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19 Maximo Vargas

  • Class Senior
  • Position Forward
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 165
  • Hometown Montevideo, Uruguay
  • HighSchool The British Schools
  • Major Economics

Biography

Honors and Awards:
- First Team All-NJAC (2022)
- All-NJAC Honorable Mention (2021, 2023)
- NJAC Rookie of the Week (9/7/21)
- Academic All-District (2022, 2023)
- Honorable Mention Academic All-NJAC (2022-23)

2022: Team co-captain ... played and started in 18 of 20 games, all as NJCU's primary striker in his second season ... was third in the NJAC in goals (11) and points (26) and led NJCU in both categories ... had an assist in the season-opening 3-1 win over Old Westbury (9/1) ... tallied his first of four multi-goal games with a pair of scores in the 4-0 win at Medgar Evers (9/9) ... recorded his first-career hat-trick in the 6-0 win over Rowan (9/28) ... scored both goals in the 2-2 draw at Ramapo (10/8) ... had a goal and an assist in the 3-0 win over William Paterson (10/12) ... scored once in the 7-0 win over CCNY (11/2) ... had two goals and two assists to tie his career high of six points in the 7-0 win over York (11/3).

2021: Played in all but one of the 19 games in his first season with the Green and Gold, making 16 starts as NJCU’s primary striker … led the squad in goals (10) and points (22) … fourths in the NJAC in game-winning goals (4), fifth in goals, points and shots on goal (29) and sixth in total shots (55) … had an assist in his collegiate debut, a 4-3 win over Yeshiva (9/2) … registered his first two-goal game, including the game-winner, in the 4-1 win over St. Joe’s-Brooklyn (9/4) … scored once in the 3-1 win over SUNY Cobleskill (9/11) … scored twice in the 5-1 win over John Jay (9/20) … registered a career-best five points, including two more tallies, in the 8-0 win over CCNY (9/22) … registered his first-career NJAC goal in the 2-1 loss to Ramapo (10/23) … finished the season with two more goals in the 5-2 win at Gallaudet (11/2).

Pre-NJCU: A 2019 graduate of The British Schools (Montevideo) … played soccer for 10 years.

Personal: Son of Elizabeth Miller and Juan Pedro … has three brothers, Valentin, Juan Pedro and Justino ... minoring in professional financial planning ... pursuing a career as a financial advisor ... Tau Sigma Honor Society and Deans List ... enjoys surfing.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2021Sophomore

    Forward
    5'10" 165 lbs
    19
  • 19
    C

    2022Junior

    Forward
    5'10" 170 lbs
    19
    C
  • 19
    C

    2023Senior

    Forward
    5'11" 165 lbs
    19
    C