2019 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

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.

2019 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 20
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 14
2019 record	10–8–2 (3–4–1 ACC)
Head coach	John Michael Hayden (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Bryan Green (1st season) Donovan Dowling (1st season)
Home stadium	Lynn Stadium

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
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

Background

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

Players leaving

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

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

Roster

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  USA Will Meyer 2 DF  ENG William Portman 3 MF  GUI Lamine Conte 4 FW  KEN Haji Abdikadir 5 DF  USA William Hirschman 6 DF  NOR Leonard Getz 7 FW  BRA Pedro Fonseca 8 MF  USA Jack Fasteen 9 FW  SWE Emil Elveroth 10 FW  JPN Kino Ryosuke 11 MF  USA Cameron Wheeler 12 MF  SEN Cherif Dieye 13 MF  USA Bradley Sample 14 MF  ESP Carlos Sanchis

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 DF  USA Connor Brazil 16 MF  USA Diallo Irakoze 17 MF  USA Elijah Amo 18 DF  USA Jack Hickey 19 DF  USA Isaiah Wynder 20 MF  USA Cody Cochran 21 MF  USA Neil Boyal 22 DF  ENG Liam Bennett 23 FW  USA Izaiah Jennings 27 DF  FRA Louka Massett 28 GK  USA William Howard 30 GK  USA Weston King 31 GK  USA Jake Gelnovatch

Team management

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

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

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

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Cherif Dieye	New York Red Bulls	1	15	MF

Source:[18]

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

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. "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.