2018 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team

2018 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
2018 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 15
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 11
Record	10–4–3 (3–3–2 ACC)
Head coach	George Gelnovatch (23rd season);
Assistant coaches	Matt Chulis (12th season); Terry Boss (5th season); Ryan Hopkins (1st season);
Home stadium	Klöckner Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-third season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 78th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 66th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1]

2018 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest +	7	–	1	–	0	18	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Louisville ‡	4	–	2	–	2	11	–	5	–	3
NC State +	2	–	4	–	2	10	–	7	–	3
Boston College	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	8	–	4
Syracuse +	1	–	4	–	3	7	–	7	–	4
Clemson	2	–	6	–	0	7	–	9	–	1
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	0	14	–	4	–	1
No. 11 Duke +	5	–	3	–	0	11	–	7	–	2
No. 8 Notre Dame +	4	–	3	–	1	11	–	7	–	3
No. 15 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	2	10	–	4	–	3
No. 17 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	1	11	–	7	–	3
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0	8	–	10	–	1

‡ – 2018 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 11, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

In addition, the Cavaliers were one of the six college soccer programs that participated in U.S. Soccer's 2018 Spring Men's College Soccer Program, which was held from March 4–April 21.^[2]^[3] This will be a series of competitive fixtures that use IFAB rules instead of NCAA rules for matches.^[4]

Previous season

The 2017 Virginia Cavaliers team finished the season with a final overall record of 13–4–5, and final ACC record of 3–2–3. The Cavaliers were seeded sixth-overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they reached the final. In the ACC Championship Game, they lost on penalty kicks to Wake Forest.^[5]^[6] The Cavaliers earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, continuing their record streak of consecutive NCAA appearances going at 37 appearances. In the NCAA Tournament, Virginia was seeded 11th overall in the tournament, where they reached third round before losing to Fordham.^[7]^[8]

At the end of the season, four Cavaliers men's soccer players were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Jeff Caldwell, Edward Opoku, Pablo Aguilar and Sheldon Sullivan.^[9]^[10]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Jeff Caldwell	1	GK	6'3"	187	Senior	Todd, NC	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 19th overall by New York City FC
Nate Odusote	4	DF	6'4"	189	Senior	North Haledon, NJ	Graduated
Hayes Fountain	6	MF	5'11"	181	Senior	Charlottesville, VA	Graduated
Bay Kurtz	7	MF	5'11"	171	Senior	Crown Point, IN	Graduated
Pablo Aguilar	8	MF	5'7"	150	Senior	Guatemala City, GUA	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 59th overall by the Houston Dynamo
Edward Opoku	11	FW	5'7"	140	Junior	Millbrook, NY	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 32nd overall by the Columbus Crew
Sheldon Sullivan	31	DF	5'9"	170	Senior	Stafford, VA	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 66th overall by the Houston Dynamo

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Marcel DaSilva	TBD	GK	5'8"	150	Junior	Manchester, New Hampshire	Transferred from Tulsa.

2018 recruiting class

Name	Nat.	Hometown	High School	Club	Commit date
Daryl Dike FW	USA	Edmond, OK	Edmond North	Oklahoma FC	February 8, 2018^[11]
Daryl Dike FW	Recruit star rankings: TDS: ^[12] CSN: N/A ESPN: N/A
Bret Halsey MF	USA	Sterling, VA	Potomac Falls	Loudoun Soccer Club	April 20, 2017^[13]
Bret Halsey MF	Recruit star rankings: TDS: ^[14] CSN: N/A ESPN: N/A
Aboubacar Keita DF	USA	Columbus, OH	—	Columbus Crew U-17s	January 29, 2018^[15]
Aboubacar Keita DF	Recruit star rankings: TDS: ^[16] CSN: N/A ESPN: N/A
Daniel Steedman MF	SCO	Glasgow, Scotland	—	Charlotte Independence
Daniel Steedman MF	TDS:

Roster

Source:^[17]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Connor Jones
00	GK	USA	Tyler Willen
1	GK	USA	Colin Shutler
2	DF	ESP	Sergi Nus
3	DF	USA	Max Diamond
4	DF	NGA	Prosper Figbe
5	DF	USA	Henry Kessler
6	DF	USA	Aboubacar Keita
7	FW	USA	Simeon Okoro
8	MF	NZL	Joe Bell
9	FW	USA	Kennedy Nwabia
10	MF	USA	Justin Ingram
11	FW	TAN	Irakoze Donasiyano
12	DF	USA	Spencer Patton
13	FW	USA	Daryl Dike


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	DEN	Daniel Barir
16	FW	USA	Jerren Nixon
17	FW	USA	Ahdan Tait
18	GK	USA	Marcel DaSilva
19	FW	ENG	Nathaniel Crofts
20	FW	ZIM	Cabrel Happi Kamseu
21	MF	USA	Aaron James
22	FW	SCO	Daniel Steedman
25	MF	USA	Bret Halsey
26	MF	USA	Ben Grant
27	MF	USA	Beau Bradley
28	FW	MEX	Enrique Banuelos
30	DF	GER	Robin Afamefuna
35	MF	USA	Brad Kurtz

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
U.S. Soccer Spring Men's College Program
March 17* 1:00 p.m.		Georgetown	L 1–4	0–1–0	Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
March 24 1:00 p.m.		at Duke	W 0–2	1–1–0	751 Field Durham, NC
April 7 2:00 p.m.		at North Carolina	L 2–1	1–2–0	Finley Athletic Complex Chapel Hill, NC
April 14 1:00 p.m.		Clemson			Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
April 21 2:00 p.m.		at Wake Forest			Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC
Exhibition
August 14* 7:00 pm	No. 15	No. RV VCU	T 0–0^[18]	– (–)	Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
August 18* 7:00 pm	No. 15	No. 13 Georgetown	T 1–1^[19]		Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
Regular Season
August 24* 7:00 pm	No. 15	No. 19 New Hampshire	W 1–0	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Klöckner Stadium (1,821) Charlottesville, VA
August 30* 7:00 pm	No. 7	Elon	Canceled		Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
September 3* 7:00 pm	No. 7	vs. Maryland Rivalry	T 0–0 ^2OT	1–0–1 (0–0–0)	Audi Field (3,527) Washington, DC
September 7 7:00 pm	No. 10	No. 21 Virginia Tech Rivalry	T 1–1 ^2OT	1–0–2 (0–0–1)	Klöckner Stadium (2,892) Charlottesville, VA
September 11* 7:00 pm	No. 19	Marshall	W 1–0	2–0–2 (0–0–1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,069) Charlottesville, VA
September 18* 7:00 pm	No. 22	FIU	W 2–0	3–0–2 (0–0–1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,337) Charlottesville, VA
September 21 7:00 pm	No. 22	at Syracuse	W 0–2	4–0–2 (1–0–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,080) Syracuse, NY
September 28 7:00 pm	No. 11	at Pittsburgh	W 0–2	5–0–2 (2–0–1)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (710) Pittsburgh, PA
October 2* 7:00 pm	No. 10	Wright State	W 2–1	6–0–2 (2–0–1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,178) Charlottesville, VA
October 5 7:00 pm	No. 10	No. 23 Duke	L 0–2	6–1–2 (2–1–1)	Klöckner Stadium (2,129) Charlottesville, VA
October 8* 7:00 pm	No. 10	No. 5 Denver	W 3–0	7–1–2 (2–1–1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,430) Charlottesville, VA
October 12 7:00 pm	No. 14	at Clemson	W 1–4	8–1–2 (3–1–1)	Riggs Field (1,463) Clemson, SC
October 16* 7:00 pm	No. 6	Radford	W 2–1	9–1–2 (3–1–1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,254) Charlottesville, VA
October 20 7:00 pm	No. 6	No. 1 Wake Forest	L 2–3	9–2–2 (3–2–1)	Klöckner Stadium (2,791) Charlottesville, VA
October 23 7:00 pm	No. 6	No. 23 Notre Dame	T 0–0 ^2OT	9–2–3 (3–2–2)	Klöckner Stadium (2,356) Charlottesville, VA
October 26 7:00 pm	No. 6	at No. 5 North Carolina	Canceled		WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC
ACC Tournament
October 31 7:00 pm	(6) No. 7	(11) Pittsburgh First Round	L 0–2	9–3–3 (3–3–2)	Klöckner Stadium (510) Charlottesville, VA
NCAA Tournament
November 18* 1:00 pm	(10) No. 11	Furman Second Round	W 2–0	10–3–3	Klöckner Stadium (898) Charlottesville, VA
November 25* 5:00 pm	(10) No. 11	(7) No. 13 Notre Dame Third Round	L 1–0 ^OT	10–4–3	Alumni Stadium (376) South Bend, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Statistics

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season			ACC Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	10		MF	Justin Ingram	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total					1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Colin Shutler	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	August 28, 2018	^[20]
Colin Shutler	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 17, 2018	^[21]
Daryl Dike	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 15, 2018	^[22]
Joe Bell	All-ACC Third Team	November 7, 2018	^[23]
Henry Kessler	All-ACC Third Team
Daryl Dike	All-ACC Freshman Team
Cabrel Happi Kamseu
Aboubacar Keita
Daniel Steedman

2019 MLS Super Draft

Virginia did not have any players selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

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^[24]	15	7	10	19	22	11	10	14	6	6	7	11	11	None Released				15
TopDrawer Soccer ^[25]	16	16	13	8	14	12	6	6	11	6	5	4	11	7	6	11	11	11

References

^ "Historical Information". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
^ Boehm, Charles (February 8, 2018). "US Soccer announces spring developmental program with 6 top NCAA teams". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ "Virginia Will Be Part of U.S. Soccer Spring Program". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ "U.S. Soccer Launches 2018 Spring Men's College Program". ussoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ "Cavaliers Lose on PK's in ACC Men's Soccer Championship". WVIR-TV. Frankly Media. November 12, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ Dell, John (November 13, 2017). "Wake Forest men's soccer team wins ACC title again". Winston-Salem Journal. Berkshire Hathaway. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
^ Blum, Sam (November 19, 2017). "Virginia men's soccer team upset by Fordham in NCAA Tournament". The Daily Progress. Berkshire Hathaway. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
^ Shaffer, Garrett (November 20, 2017). "Fordham upsets men's soccer in second round of NCAA tournament". The Cavalier Daily. Cavalier Daily, Inc. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
^ Sansuste, Maira (January 19, 2018). "NYCFC Selects Jeff Caldwell and AJ Paterson in MLS SuperDraft 2018". nycfc.com. New York City FC. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ "Play Video Crew SC selects Generation adidas forward Edward Opoku in the Second Round of 2018 MLS SuperDraft". columbuscrewsc.com. Columbus Crew SC. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ Ruiz, Nathan (February 8, 2018). "Dike signs with Virginia, continuing family's Edmond North success". The Oklahoman. The Oklahoman Media Company. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ "Daryl Dike Recruit Profile". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ Eilerson, Nick (April 20, 2017). "Potomac Falls junior Bret Halsey commits to play soccer at Virginia". The Washington Post. Nash Holdings. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ "Bret Halsey Recruit Profile". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ Shealer, Sheldon (January 29, 2018). "Recruiting Roundup: Jan. 29-Feb. 4". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ "Aboubacar Keita Recruit Profile". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
^ "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
^ @UVAMenSoccer (August 14, 2018). "That's a wrap from Klöckner, Hoos play to a 0-0 draw in first exhibition See you Saturday at 7 PM for our final tuneup! FREE ADMISSION!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ @UVAMenSoccer (August 18, 2018). "Hoos play to a 1-1 draw in the preseason finale at Klöckner. We're back for the real thing on Friday against No. 19 New Hampshire!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 28, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
^ "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
^ "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
^ "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

External links

Virginia Soccer

[1] "Historical Information". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.

[2] Boehm, Charles (February 8, 2018). "US Soccer announces spring developmental program with 6 top NCAA teams". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[3] "Virginia Will Be Part of U.S. Soccer Spring Program". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[4] "U.S. Soccer Launches 2018 Spring Men's College Program". ussoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[5] "Cavaliers Lose on PK's in ACC Men's Soccer Championship". WVIR-TV. Frankly Media. November 12, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[6] Dell, John (November 13, 2017). "Wake Forest men's soccer team wins ACC title again". Winston-Salem Journal. Berkshire Hathaway. Retrieved February 25, 2018.

[daily_progress-7] Blum, Sam (November 19, 2017). "Virginia men's soccer team upset by Fordham in NCAA Tournament". The Daily Progress. Berkshire Hathaway. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

[cav_daily-8] Shaffer, Garrett (November 20, 2017). "Fordham upsets men's soccer in second round of NCAA tournament". The Cavalier Daily. Cavalier Daily, Inc. Retrieved November 20, 2017.

[caldwell_drafted-9] Sansuste, Maira (January 19, 2018). "NYCFC Selects Jeff Caldwell and AJ Paterson in MLS SuperDraft 2018". nycfc.com. New York City FC. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[opoku_drafted-10] "Play Video Crew SC selects Generation adidas forward Edward Opoku in the Second Round of 2018 MLS SuperDraft". columbuscrewsc.com. Columbus Crew SC. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[Daryl_Dike-11] Ruiz, Nathan (February 8, 2018). "Dike signs with Virginia, continuing family's Edmond North success". The Oklahoman. The Oklahoman Media Company. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[dike_tds-12] "Daryl Dike Recruit Profile". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[Bret_Halsey-13] Eilerson, Nick (April 20, 2017). "Potomac Falls junior Bret Halsey commits to play soccer at Virginia". The Washington Post. Nash Holdings. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[halsey_tds-14] "Bret Halsey Recruit Profile". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[Abo_Keita-15] Shealer, Sheldon (January 29, 2018). "Recruiting Roundup: Jan. 29-Feb. 4". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[keita_tds-16] "Aboubacar Keita Recruit Profile". topdrawersoccer.com. TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

[17] "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia. Retrieved August 23, 2018.

[18] @UVAMenSoccer (August 14, 2018). "That's a wrap from Klöckner, Hoos play to a 0-0 draw in first exhibition See you Saturday at 7 PM for our final tuneup! FREE ADMISSION!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[19] @UVAMenSoccer (August 18, 2018). "Hoos play to a 1-1 draw in the preseason finale at Klöckner. We're back for the real thing on Friday against No. 19 New Hampshire!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[20] "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 28, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2018.

[21] "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.

[22] "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.

[23] "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.

[24] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

[25] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

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