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Behonick Selected By D.C. United in MLS SuperDraft
AU’s senior goalkeeper selected as first pick in sixth round

Michael Behonick was selected as the 51st pick in the MLS SuperDraft by the D.C. United.

January 17, 2003

WASHINGTON — American University senior goalkeeper Michael Behonick (Bohemia, N.Y./Connetquot) was selected today by D.C. United in the sixth round of the Major League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft held in Kansas City, Mo.

Behonick recently attended the 2003 adidas MLS Player Combine held in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was one of 36 seniors nationwide chosen to attend the combine. AU has now had a player drafted in the MLS SuperDraft in two consecutive years. In 2002, defender Bobby Brennan was selected by the D.C. United.

One of five players chosen by the D.C. United, Behonick was the 51st overall pick in the draft. Behonick helped to lead the Eagles into the NCAA Tournament the past two seasons. This year, AU earned an at-large bid and defeated George Washington in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before losing to Maryland in the second round.

In 2001, Behonick saved the decisive penalty kick against Holy Cross in the Patriot League Championship and helped the Eagles advance to the Sweet 16, where AU fell to eventual National Champion North Carolina. Behonick also earned All-Patriot League Second-Team honors in 2001.

This season, Behonick posted an 11-7-1 record including six shutouts. He posted a 1.07 goals-against average (GAA) and a .817 save percentage. For his career, Behonick owns a 1.18 GAA and a .774 save percentage while going 27-20-4 [.569]. He only allowed four goals over the final eight games he appeared in to end the 2002 season. Behonick was also named to the Penn State/Nike Classic All-Tournament Team earlier this season after the Eagles won the tournament.

Behonick's new team will begin winter training at American University on Jan. 21st.

American University, which fields a 19-sport NCAA Division I athletics program featuring 10 women’s sports and nine for men, is in its second year of membership in the Patriot League. Since joining the Patriot League, the University has captured league championships in men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, men’s tennis, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball, and regular-season titles in men’s basketball and women’s lacrosse.

Chartered by an Act of Congress in 1893, American University features students from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and more than 160 nations worldwide.