2019 Ohio State Buckeyes men's soccer team

The 2019 Ohio State Buckeyes men's soccer team represented The Ohio State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 3. It was the program's 67th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 29th season in the Big Ten Conference. The 2019 season is Brian Maisonneuve's second year at the helm.

2019 Ohio State Buckeyes men's soccer
Dayton Classic Champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2019 record7–11–1 (1–6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sergio Gonzalez (2nd season)
  • Matt Foldesy (2nd season)
  • Chad Barson (2nd season)
Home stadiumJesse Owens Memorial Stadium
2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 9 Indiana ‡ 7 –1 –0  15 –3 –4
No. 18 Penn State + 6 –1 –1  12 –4 –3
No. 17 Michigan + 4 –1 –3  11 –5 –6
Maryland + 3 –3 –2  11 –8 –2
Northwestern 3 –3 –2  8 –8 –2
Michigan State 3 –4 –1  3 –12 –3
Wisconsin 1 –4 –3  3 –11 –4
Rutgers 1 –6 –1  7 –8 –3
Ohio State 1 –6 –1  7 –11 –1
As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big Ten

Background
Main article: 2018 Ohio State Buckeyes men's soccer team

The 2018 season was the Buckeyes' 66th season as a varsity soccer program, and their 28th season playing in the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by first year head coach, Brian Maisonneuve, who had previously served as an assistant coach for the Indiana Hoosiers men's soccer program. The program had a historically poor season finishing with a 1–15–2 overall record and a winless, 0–7–1 record in Big Ten play, making it the first season since 2012 and only the third time ever the program failed to win a Big Ten game.

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Ohio State was predicted to finish 8th in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted finish Team
1Indiana
2Maryland
3Michigan
4Michigan State
5Wisconsin
6Penn State
7Northwestern
8Ohio State
9Rutgers

Squad

Roster
As of September 4, 2019[2]

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 Parker Siegfried
2 DF  SLE Osman Fofanah
3 DF  NGA CC Uche
4 DF  USA Samuel Buzzas
5 MF  USA Brayden Durbin
6 DF  USA Joe Ortiz
7 FW  USA Luke Kelly
8 FW  USA Channing Chasten
9 FW  USA Devyn Etling
10 MF  USA Joshua Jackson-Ketchup
11 MF  NZL Xavier Green
13 DF  USA Luis Hernandez
14 MF  USA Mitch Bergman
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  USA Tommy Marusic
16 FW  ITA Matteo Bennati
17 MF  CAN Leo Kossaka
18 DF  USA Sean Ryan
19 MF  USA Jack Holland
20 DF  USA Owen Sullivan
21 DF  USA Chaise Thiel
23 MF  USA Jake Scheper
24 GK  MEX David Abonce
25 FW  USA Christian Harter
28 GK  USA Xavier Kennedy
29 DF  USA Matt Kiley
32 GK  USA Brennon Davis

Coaching staff
Front office
Athletic Director Gene Smith
Chief of Staff Kim Heaton
Associate Athletic Director Dan Cloran
Deputy Director of Athletics Janine Oman
Deputy Director of Athletics Diana Sabau
Assistant Athletics Director Urban Meyer
Chief Financial Officer Joe Odoguardi
Coaching staff
Head coach Brian Maisonneuve
Assistant coach Sergio Gonzalez
Assistant coach Matt Foldesy
Director of Operations Chad Barson

Last updated: September 4, 2019
Source: Ohio State Athletics

Schedule
Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Preseason
August 17*
7:00 p.m.		 Xavier T 1–1 
Owens Memorial Stadium
Columbus, OH
August 20*
7:00 p.m.		 Mount Vernon Nazarene W 7–1 
Owens Memorial Stadium
Columbus, OH
August 24*
7:00 p.m.		 at Butler L 1–2 
Butler Bowl
Indianapolis, IN
Non-conference regular season
August 30*
7:00 p.m.		 Cal State Northridge
Wolstein Classic		 L 3–4  0–1–0
 Owens Memorial Stadium (1,449)
Columbus, OH
September 1*
7:00 p.m.		 UIC
Wolstein Classic		 W 1–0  1–1–0
 Owens Memorial Stadium (1,120)
Columbus, OH
September 6*
7:30 p.m., ESPN+		 at Dayton
Dayton Classic		 W 1–0 OT 2–1–0
 Baujan Field (1,412)
Dayton, OH
September 8*
5:00 p.m.		 vs. Eastern Illinois
Dayton Classic		 W 3–2  3–1–0
 Baujan Field (125)
Dayton, OH
September 13*
7:00 p.m.		 at No. 25 Bowling Green W 2–1  4–1–0
 Cochrane Stadium (1,621)
Bowling Green, OH
September 17*
7:00 p.m.		 at South Florida W 2–0  5–1–0
 Corbett Stadium (597)
Tampa, FL
September 21
7:00 p.m., BTN+		 Penn State
Rivalry		 L 1–2 OT 5–2–0
(0–1–0)		 Owens Memorial Stadium (697)
Columbus, OH
September 24*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 20 West Virginia L 1–4  5–3–0
 Owens Memorial Stadium (702)
Columbus, OH
Big Ten regular season
September 27
8:00 p.m.		 at Northwestern T 0–0 2OT 5–3–1
(0–1–1)		 Martin Stadium (222)
Evanston, IL
October 2
7:00 p.m.		 Michigan
Rivalry		 L 0–2  5–4–1
(0–2–1)		 Owens Memorial Stadium (1,221)
Columbus, OH
October 6
11:00 a.m., BTN		 at Rutgers W 1–0  6–4–1
(1–2–1)		 Yurcak Field (732)
Piscataway, NJ
October 12*
7:00 p.m.		 Cleveland State L 2–3  6–5–1
 Owens Memorial Stadium (549)
Columbus, OH
October 16*
7:00 p.m., SECN		 at No. 20 Kentucky L 1–2  6–6–1
 Bell Stadium (936)
Lexington, KY
October 19
7:30 p.m., BTN+		 at Michigan State L 1–3  6–7–1
(1–3–1)		 DeMartin Stadium (2,954)
East Lansing, MI
October 25
7:00 p.m., BTN+		 No. 23 Maryland L 0–2  6–8–1
(1–4–1)		 Owens Memorial Stadium (1,355)
Columbus, OH
October 29
7:00 p.m., BTN+		 at No. 10 Indiana L 1–5  6–9–1
(1–5–1)		 Armstrong Stadium (1,554)
Bloomington, IN
November 3*
7:00 p.m.		 Wisconsin L 0–1  6–10–1
(1–6–1)		 Owens Memorial Stadium (554)
Columbus, OH
Big Ten Tournament
November 9*
1:00 p.m.		 (8) vs. (9) Rutgers
Play-in game		 W 1–0  7–10–1
 Bill Armstrong Stadium (45)
Bloomington, IN
November 10*
1:00 p.m.		 (8) vs. (1) Indiana
Quarterfinals		 L 0–2  7–11–1
 Bill Armstrong Stadium (1,384)
Bloomington, IN

Rankings
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
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15		 Wk
16		 Final
United Soccer[3] NV NV RV RV None Released
Top Drawer Soccer[4] NV NV NV NV RV
CollegeSoccerNews.com[5] NV NV RV RV

2020 MLS Draft
Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft
PlayerRoundPickPositionMLS clubRef.
Parker Siegfried374GKNew York City FC

References
  1. "Indiana Claims First Place in Men's Soccer Preseason Poll". bigten.org. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  2. "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  3. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  4. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  5. "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
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