San Antonio FC defender Ben Newnam has been named to the USL Team of the Week, the league announced today. Newnam scored his first goal for the club and helped keep a clean sheet in the 1-0 win over Orange County SC last Wednesday that clinched a playoff berth for San Antonio.

Newnam was named the SWBC Man of the Match following the game at Orange County, and his goal was his first since June 5, 2016 when he was with Louisville City FC. The game-winner, which came from a set piece, earned three valuable road points for the club and cemented San Antonio’s spot in the 2017 USL playoffs. SAFC became just the second club at the time to have clinched a playoff berth so far this season. Newnam has now tallied one goal and one assist while adding a team-leading 64 tackles in 22 appearances (1,970 minutes) this season.

The honor marks the first Team of the Week inclusion for Newnam this season. Today’s announcement marks the first inclusion of a San Antonio FC player in the Team of the Week since midfielder Michael Reed earned the honors following the club’s 2-1 win over Real Monarchs SLC on September 2. San Antonio has had at least one representative in the USL Team of the Week 12 times this season.

The full USL Team of the Week:

GK – Brandon Miller, Harrisburg City Islanders

D – Ben Newnam, San Antonio FC

D – Justin Bilyeu, Rio Grande Valley FC

D – Ryan Howe, Saint Louis FC

M – Villyan Bijev, Sacramento Republic FC

M – Kenney Walker, FC Cincinnati

M – Jose Barril, OKC Energy FC

M – Florian Valot, New York Red Bulls II

F – Irvin Parra, Orange County SC

F – Ropapa Mensah, Harrisburg City Islanders

F – Nansel Selbol, Swope Park Rangers

Bench: Calle Brown (RGV), Joe Farrell (ROC), Sam Hamilton (PHX), Luis Espino (SAC), Corben Bone (CIN), Kharlton Belmar (SPR), Heviel Cordoves (CHS)