2019 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

2019 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 20
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 14
Record10–8–2 (3–4–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bryan Green (1st season)
  • Donovan Dowling (1st season)
Home stadiumLynn Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 5 Clemson + 6 – 1 – 1 18 – 2 – 2
No. 3 Wake Forest + 6 – 2 – 0 16 – 5 – 2
NC State + 3 – 4 – 1 9 – 7 – 3
No. 20 Louisville + 3 – 4 – 1 10 – 8 – 2
Boston College + 2 – 4 – 2 9 – 6 – 3
Syracuse + 2 – 4 – 2 8 – 7 – 4
Coastal
No. 2 Virginia ‡ 6 – 1 – 1 21 – 1 – 2
Pittsburgh + 4 – 3 – 1 10 – 8 – 2
Notre Dame + 3 – 5 – 0 10 – 8 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 5 – 0 7 – 8 – 3
No. 13 Virginia Tech + 2 – 4 – 2 10 – 6 – 3
Duke 2 – 5 – 1 7 – 9 – 2
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

The 2019 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach John Michael Hayden, in his first season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 41st season playing organized men's college soccer and their 6th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Background

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Main article: 2018 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

The 2018 Louisville men's soccer team finished the season with a 11–5–3 overall record and a 4–2–2 ACC record. The Cardinals were seeded fourth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Cardinals upset the number two seeded North Carolina Tar Heels and number one seeded Wake Forest Demon Deacons along the way to their first ACC Men's Soccer Tournament title. The Cardinals earned an automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for winning the ACC Tournament. As the fourth–overall seed in the tournament, Louisville was defeated by Michigan State in the Second Round.

At the end of the season, one Cardinal men's soccer player was selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Adam Wilson.[1]

Head Coach Ken Lolla resigned after 13 years and a 155–77–39 record with the team.[2] He was replaced by John Michael Hayden on December 27, 2018[3]

Player movement

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Players leaving

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Adam Wilson 5 MF 6'1" 171 Senior Auchterarder, Scotland Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 39th overall by Toronto FC
Geoffrey Dee 6 MF 5'11" 167 Senior Germantown, TN Graduated
Tate Schmitt 10 FW 5'11" 161 Senior Phoenix, AZ Graduated
Watterson Young 21 FW 5'11" 190 Senior Vestavia Hills, AL Graduated

Players arriving

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Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Jack Fasteen
MF
  USA Louisville, KY Derby City Rovers [4]
Weston King
GK
  USA Fruita, CO Montverde Academy [5]
Aidan Liu
FW
  USA Naperville, IL Sockers FC Academy [6]
Bradley Sample
MF
  USA Channahon, IL Sockers FC Academy [7]
Isaiah Wynder
DF
  USA Louisville, KY Javanon [8]

Squad

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Roster

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Updated August 19, 2019[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Will Meyer
2 DF England ENG William Portman
3 MF Guinea GUI Lamine Conte
4 FW Kenya KEN Haji Abdikadir
5 DF United States USA William Hirschman
6 DF Norway NOR Leonard Getz
7 FW Brazil BRA Pedro Fonseca
8 MF United States USA Jack Fasteen
9 FW Sweden SWE Emil Elveroth
10 FW Japan JPN Kino Ryosuke
11 MF United States USA Cameron Wheeler
12 MF Senegal SEN Cherif Dieye
13 MF United States USA Bradley Sample
14 MF Spain ESP Carlos Sanchis
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF United States USA Connor Brazil
16 MF United States USA Diallo Irakoze
17 MF United States USA Elijah Amo
18 DF United States USA Jack Hickey
19 DF United States USA Isaiah Wynder
20 MF United States USA Cody Cochran
21 MF United States USA Neil Boyal
22 DF England ENG Liam Bennett
23 FW United States USA Izaiah Jennings
27 DF France FRA Louka Massett
28 GK United States USA William Howard
30 GK United States USA Weston King
31 GK United States USA Jake Gelnovatch

Team management

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Position Staff
Head coach John Michael Hayden
Associate head coach Bryan Green
Assistant Coach Donovan Dowling
Volunteer Assistant Coach Robbe Tarver
Director of Operations James Kusak

Source:[9]

Schedule

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Source:[10]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 16*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 14 Lipscomb W 2–1[11]  –
(–) 		Lynn Stadium
Louisville, KY
August 21*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 14 at No. 2 Indiana W 2–1[12]  –
(–) 		Bill Armstrong Stadium
Bloomington, IN
August 24*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 14 UAB W 3–0[13]  –
(–) 		Lynn Stadium
Louisville, KY
Regular Season
August 30*
7:30 p.m. 		No. 14 Cleveland State T 2–2 2OT 0–0–1
(0–0–0) 		Lynn Stadium (1,115)
Louisville, KY
September 3*
7:30 p.m. 		No. 9 Kentucky
Rivalry 		W 3–0  1–0–1
(0–0–0) 		Lynn Stadium (2,389)
Louisville, KY
September 6*
7:30 p.m. 		at FAU W 3–0  2–0–2
(0–0–0) 		FAU Soccer Stadium (229)
Boca Raton, FL
September 9*
7:30 p.m. 		at South Florida L 0–2  2–1–1
(0–0–0) 		Corbett Soccer Stadium (702)
Tampa, FL
September 13
7:00 p.m. 		No. 20 at Syracuse T 0–0 2OT 2–1–2
(0–0–1) 		SU Soccer Stadium (1,756)
Syracuse, NY
September 20
7:30 p.m. 		No. 17 Virginia Tech W 2–1  3–1–2
(1–0–1) 		Lynn Stadium (1,368)
Louisville, KY
September 24*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 17 No. 2 Georgetown W 1–0 2OT 4–1–2
(1–0–1) 		Lynn Stadium (1,053)
Louisville, KY
September 27
7:30 p.m. 		No. 17 NC State L 1–2  4–2–2
(1–1–1) 		Lynn Stadium (1,057)
Louisville, KY
October 1*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 24 Belmont W 3–0  5–2–2
(1–1–1) 		Lynn Stadium (851)
Louisville, KY
October 4
7:00 p.m. 		No. 24 at No. 1 Virginia L 0–2  5–3–2
(1–2–1) 		Klöckner Stadium (3,008)
Charlottesville, VA
October 11
7:00 p.m. 		at No. 11 Clemson L 0–4  5–4–2
(1–3–1) 		Riggs Field (1,700)
Clemson, SC
October 15*
7:00 p.m. 		Northern Kentucky W 1–0 OT 6–4–2
(1–3–1) 		Lynn Stadium (1,210)
Louisville, KY
October 18
7:30 p.m. 		Boston College W 3–2 2OT 7–4–2
(2–3–1) 		Lynn Stadium (2,643)
Louisville, KY
October 22*
7:00 p.m. 		Temple L 1–2  7–5–2
(2–3–1) 		Lynn Stadium (868)
Louisville, KY
October 25
6:00 p.m. 		at No. 21 North Carolina W 1–0  8–5–2
(3–3–1) 		Fetzer Field (1,326)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 1
6:00 p.m. 		No. 25 No. 7 Wake Forest L 1–3  8–6–2
(3–4–1) 		Lynn Stadium (1,310)
Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 6
4:00 p.m. 		(6) (11) No. 22 Virginia Tech
First Round 		L 0–2  8–7–2
 Lynn Stadium (255)
Louisville, KY
NCAA Tournament
November 21
7:30 p.m. 		South Florida
First Round 		W 4–1  9–7–2
 Lynn Stadium (402)
Louisville, KY
November 24
4:00 p.m. 		at (14) No. 18 UC Davis
Second Round 		W 1–0  10–7–2
 Aggie Soccer Field (1,703)
Davis, CA
December 1
12:00 p.m. 		at (3) No. 2 Georgetown
Third Round 		L 1–5  10–8–2
 Shaw Field (773)
Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

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Recipient Award Date Ref.
Emil Elveroth MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist August 1, 2019 [14]
Jake Gelnovatch ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 9, 2019 [15]
Cherif Dieye ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 23, 2019 [16]
All-ACC Second Team November 13, 2019 [17]

2020 MLS SuperDraft

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Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft
Player Team Round Pick # Position
Cherif Dieye New York Red Bulls 1 15 MF

Source:[18]

Rankings

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Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk
1 		Wk
2 		Wk
3 		Wk
4 		Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Wk
13 		Wk
14 		Wk
15 		Wk
16 		Final
United Soccer[19] 14 RV 20 RV 17 24 RV RV RV 25 RV RV None Released 20
TopDrawer Soccer [20] 9 9 8 5 10 10 11 5 20 20 22 20 24 RV 12 14 14 14

References

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  1. ^ Wall, Garrett (January 11, 2019). "Toronto FC Selects Wilson in Second Round of 2019 MLS SuperDraft". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Lolla Resigns as Louisville Men's Soccer Head coach". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "Hayden Chosen to Guide Louisville Men's Soccer Program". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. December 27, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  4. ^ "Jack Fasteen". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  5. ^ "Weston King". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  6. ^ "Aidan Liu". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  7. ^ "Bradley Sample". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  8. ^ "Isaiah Wynder". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  9. ^ a b "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  10. ^ "2019 Men's Soccer - Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  11. ^ @UofLmenssoccer (August 16, 2019). "CARDS WIN‼️ Our first exhibition ends with the good guys out on top by a final score of 2-1. #GoCards" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ @UofLmenssoccer (August 21, 2019). "CARDS WIN‼️ Goals from @ElijahAmo17 and @BradS1357 lead to a 2-1 win over #2 Indiana. #GoCards" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ @UofLmenssoccer (August 24, 2019). "CARDS WIN‼️ Our exhibition slate is officially in the books as we pick up a 3-0 victory over UAB" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "ACC Soccer Lands 17 on MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  15. ^ "Proch, Gelnovatch, Shutler Tabbed ACC Men's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  16. ^ "Dieye, Constant Earn ACC Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 23, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
  17. ^ "2019 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  18. ^ "14 ACC Players Picked on Day 1 of MLS SuperDraft". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  19. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  20. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
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