MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Faulkner ran away with the Collegiate Development League Championship Thursday afternoon with an 11-1 thrashing of Mobile at Billy D. Hilyer Stadium to take the title for the first time in program history.

After two trips to the Final ending in heartbreak, Faulkner left no room for late devastation again, scoring three times in the first 20 minutes. Nico Maus opened the scoring in the 11th before Esteban Weimann and Oscar Beziat combined for a quick two goal knockout punch in the 17th and 18th minutes as Joao Carvalho picked up two assists from the backline.

Maus scored his second in the 27th before completing the hat trick with a backheel volley in the 32nd with Beziat picking up two assists in the process and another going to Gabriel Reis.

The Eagles entered halftime with a 5-0 lead and refused to sit on the lead. Just 38 seconds into the second half, Weimann got on the end of quick passes from Carvalho and Garces to make it 6-0. Ruben Gonzalez scored a screamer from range in the 50th minute to make it a seven goal lead off a pass from Adrian Sicilia. Sicilia picked up a second assist in the 55th minute when he found Gabriel Noronha who put the eighth goal in. Emiliano Flores finished a beautiful solo effort in the 61st with a far bottom corner finish. 

In the 63rd, Noronha scored from a Matheus Jansen pass to make it double-digits. 

In the 78th, Mobile got one back, but Cooper Landry followed up a Rahul Rajeev effort in the 88th to score the 11th goal. 

The Eagles scored their 11 goals on 14 shots on goal while holding the Rams to just three shots total.

Faulkner avenged the 2024 CDL Championship loss at Mobile and righted the 2025 home loss to USSU as the only team to make all three finals in the three years of the reserves league. 

The Eagles finish the season 7-2-1 and 5-0 at home. Faulkner outscored opponents 34-9 in nine contested games. 

Faulkner is 20-8-2 since the inception of the CDL with two regular season titles, three finals appearances and now a CDL Championship.