😤 The Eagles dominate: Icon League team of the season

😤 The Eagles dominate: Icon League team of the season

The Icon League regular season has come to an end, and the eight teams that qualified for the play-ins have now been confirmed. From the very start, Fokus Eagles dominated the league and made history: they were the only team to win the first nine matches of a season and, as a result, were crowned champions early on Matchday 9.

Given that level of dominance, it comes as little surprise that no fewer than three Eagles players are included in the Team of the Season.

In goal, there is simply no way around Andrea Hoxha. Elias Nerlich repeatedly described him as the best player in the Icon League and the player with the biggest influence on his team. A look at the stats strongly backs up that claim. With 97 saves, Hoxha recorded the most of any goalkeeper in the Icon League. Even more impressive, however, is his quality on the ball. He is extremely press-resistant and is practically an extra outfield player in the Eagles’ build-up play. The 26-year-old played 640 passes — around 100 more than the player in second place — while also contributing ten assists and three goals of his own.

Hoxha was his team’s most important player in this Icon League season and is an essential inclusion in the Team of the Season.

The next candidate is Emincan Tekin, who was largely responsible for the Eagles’ attack. The Eagles scored more goals than any other team in the league, and Tekin played a huge part in that. With 23 direct goal contributions, he set the league’s best mark. With his dribbling and, above all, his ball rolls, he regularly drove opposing defenses to despair.

His performances also earned Tekin a call-up to the Germany small-sided national team, and he will battle for the title with Germany at the Socca European Championship.

The third player in the Team of the Season is also an Eagle: . That means three of the five players in the Team of the Season come from a single team — but there is simply no way around Wazneh. Leaving him out would have been wrong. The 25-year-old reached double figures both in goals (10) and assists (10), making Wazneh the only player to pull off that feat this season. Particularly remarkable: in full-size football, he is not actually known for being a goal threat. There, he plays as a full-back for Delay Sports Berlin.