LEBANON, Tenn.--Cumberland senior Tyler Watson was voted NAIA Third Team All-American by the NAIA Men’s Soccer Selection Committee on Wednesday, as announced by the national office. He becomes the first two-time NAIA All-American in program history.
The Simi Valley, Calif., native is one of, if not the most decorated men's soccer player in school history. Watson has now earned two NAIA All-American honors, Mid-South Conference First Team three times, Mid-South Conference Freshman of the Year, four Acadmice All-Mid-South Conference awards, and a three-time NAIA Scholar-Athlete.
This season, Watson led the team in goals with 12 in 18 games played with five assist for a team-high 29 points from his midfield position. Watson recorded two goal performances at home against Life and at home against Thomas More while netting four game-winning goals this season.
He finishs his career with 36 goals scored, 21 assists, and 93 points each fourth-best in school-history.
Sondre Risa, Brian McNamara, and Bakary Bagayoko are the other All-Americans in program history.
2021 NAIA Men’s Soccer All-America Teams (Alphabetical order by institution)
| FIRST TEAM | ||||
| Name | School | Hometown | Year | Position |
| Stefano Camerlengo | Central Methodist (Mo.) | Pescara, Italy | SO | Goalkeeper |
| Marcos German | Central Methodist (Mo.) | Madrid, Spain | SR | Defender |
| Alessandro Salvadego | Central Methodist (Mo.) | Belluno, Italy | SO | Forward |
| Cristobal Molina Campo | Keiser (Fla.) | Seville, Spain | JR | Defender |
| Lucas Jacobs | Keiser (Fla.) | Breda, Netherlands | JR | Forward |
| Luka Gluscevic | Missouri Valley | Belgrade, Serbia | SR | Midfielder |
| Alejo Binaghi | Mobile (Ala.) | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 5th Year | Forward |
| Julio Belo | Oklahoma Wesleyan | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 5th Year | Defender |
| Luka Lukic | Oklahoma Wesleyan | Beograd, Serbia | FR | At-Large |
| Stefan Lukic | Oklahoma Wesleyan | Suljam, Serbia | 5th Year | Midfielder |
| Juan Ruiz Cabello | William Carey (Miss.) | Malaga, Spain | SO | Midfielder |
| SECOND TEAM | ||||
| Name | School | Hometown | Year | Position |
| Gyorgy Kamaras | Baker (Kan.) | Mogyorod, Hungary | FR | Forward |
| Liam Gibbs | Columbia College (Mo.) | North Yorkshire, England | SR | Goalkeeper |
| Aaron Fernandez | Columbia College (Mo.) | Wimbledon, England | SO | Defender |
| Will Harris | Indiana Tech | Coventry, England | JR | Defender |
| Alejandro Varela Sabio | Keiser (Fla.) | La Coruna, Spain | SO | Midfielder |
| Nathaniel Onyina Opoku | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Accra, Ghana | SO | Forward |
| Mateus Pasquantonio | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | Sao Paolo, Brazil | SR | Midfielder |
| Mike Moser | Missouri Valley | Thun, Switzerland | SO | At-Large |
| Ewan McLauchlan | Rio Grande (Ohio) | Aroch, Scotland | SR | Midfielder |
| Fernando Arzeno | St. Thomas (Fla.) | Buenos Aires, Argentina | SR | Forward |
| Andrew Robles | Vanguard (Calif.) | Tustin, Calif. | SR | Defender |
| THIRD TEAM | ||||
| Name | School | Hometown | Year | Position |
| Toby Millward | Bellevue (Neb.) | Kings Lynn, England | SR | Midfielder |
| Oumar Sissoko | Bellevue (Neb.) | Bamako, Mali | JR | Forward |
| Tyler Watson | Cumberland (Tenn.) | Simi Valley, Calif. | SR | Midfielder |
| Paul-Florian Efang | Lyon (Ark.) | Lyon, France | SR | Defender |
| Rodrigo Albuquerque | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | Recife, Brazil | SR | Forward |
| Angel Almiron | Mobile (Ala.) | Asuncion, Paraguay | 5th Year | Defender |
| Antoine Bedos | Mobile (Ala.) | Paris, France | 5th Year | Goalkeeper |
| Rodrigo Paredes | Mobile (Ala.) | Asuncion, Paraguay | 5th Year | Midfielder |
| Marcel Lengert | Northwestern (Iowa) | Siegen, Germany | SO | Defender |
| Juan Manuel Collazo | St. Thomas (Fla.) | Montevideo, Uruguay | 5th Year | At-Large |
| Silvio Xavier | William Carey (Miss.) | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | SR | Forward |
