2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer team

The 2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 59th season of the university fielding a program. The Rams were be led by seventh-year head coach, Gareth Elliott.

2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer
Atlantic 10 Regular Season and Tournament champions
Ocean State Cup champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 23
2019 record14–4–2 (7–1–0 A10)
Head coach
  • Gareth Elliott (7th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Tony Bassett (6th season)
  • Frank Bergren (20th season)
  • Kyle Froberg (4th season)
Captains
  • Stavros Zarokostas
  • Niklas Middrup
  • Peder Kristiansen
Home stadiumURI Soccer Complex
2019 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Rhode Island ‡ 7 –1 –0  14 –4 –3
VCU 6 –1 –1  7 –8 –3
Dayton 6 –2 –0  13 –8 –0
Saint Louis 6 –2 –0  10 –7 –0
Fordham 5 –2 –1  7 –10 –3
La Salle 4 –4 –0  8 –9 –1
Duquesne 3 –5 –0  8 –8 –1
UMass 3 –5 –0  7 –10 –0
George Washington 3 –5 –0  5 –11 –1
George Mason 3 –5 –0  4 –12 –2
Davidson 3 –5 –0  3 –11 –2
Saint Joseph's 1 –7 –0  5 –12 –1
St. Bonaventure 1 –7 –0  5 –11 –0
As of 22 November 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Background

Rhode Island finished the 2018 season with a 15–5–0 overall record and a 5–3–0 record in Atlantic 10 play, to finish 3rd in the conference. Rhode Island won the 2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament and earned a berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. There, they lost to UConn in overtime, 3–4. It was Rhode Island's first berth into the NCAA Tournament since 2006.

Dominik Richter and Peder Kristiansen were named to the Atlantic 10 first team.

Roster
As of December 5, 2019[1]

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  GER Stefan Schmidt
2 DF  NOR Sondre Karterud
3 DF  NOR Peder Kristiansen
4 MF  USA Garrett Cronin
5 MF  ENG Harvey Read
6 DF  GER Niklas Middrup
7 FW  CZE Simon Trčka
8 MF  NOR Ludvik Benco
9 FW  GRE Stavros Zarokostas
10 MF  ISR Noam Kolakofsky
11 FW  ITA Filippo Tamburini
12 DF  USA Zach Drayer
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  USA Robert McManus
16 DF  USA Lucas Gesmundo
17 MF  USA Ewan Noble
19 FW  USA Braeden Cannon
21 DF  USA Charlie Booth
22 DF  USA Derick Arhin
23 MF  USA Jacob Maddox
24 DF  CAN Rohun Kawale
28 MF  NOR Edvin Akselsen
29 GK  USA Trevor Dalton
30 GK  BER Andrew Kempe

Schedule
Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Regular season
August 30*
7:00 p.m.		 Fairfield T 1–1 2OT 0–0–1
 URI Soccer Complex (711)
Kingston, RI
September 3*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 23 UConn L 1–3  0–1–1
 URI Soccer Complex (1,509)
Kingston, RI
September 6*
5:00 p.m.		 at Boston College L 1–2  0–2–1
 Newton Soccer Complex (351)
Chestnut Hill, MA
September 9*
7:00 p.m., Cox/Yurview		 Providence
Ocean State Cup		 W 2–1  1–2–1
 URI Soccer Complex (2,108)
Kingston, RI
September 13*
7:00 p.m.		 Merrimack W 2–1  2–2–1
 URI Soccer Complex (611)
Kingston, RI
September 17*
6:00 p.m.		 at Central Connecticut T 1–1 2OT 2–2–2
 Central Connecticut Soccer Field (438)
New Britain, CT
September 21
3:00 p.m.		 at George Washington W 1–0 OT 3–2–2
(1–0–0)		 Mount Vernon Athletic Field (441)
Washington, DC
September 24*
8:00 p.m.		 at Holy Cross W 3–1  4–2–2
 Linda Johnson Smith Stadium (160)
Worcester, MA
September 28
8:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at Saint Louis L 0–1  4–3–2
(1–1–0)		 Hermann Stadium (3,192)
St. Louis, MO
October 5
7:00 p.m., A10N		 Fordham W 3–1  5–3–2
(2–1–0)		 URI Soccer Complex (281)
Kingston, RI
October 9
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 La Salle W 3–2  6–3–2
(3–1–0)		 URI Soccer Complex (510)
Kingston, RI
October 12
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at Saint Joseph's W 2–0  7–3–2
(4–1–0)		 Sweeney Field (612)
Philadelphia, PA
October 15*
7:00 p.m.		 at Brown
Ocean State Cup		 W 1–0  8–3–2
 Stevenson-Pincince Field (205)
Providence, RI
October 19
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 VCU W 2–1  9–3–2
(5–1–0)		 URI Soccer Complex (409)
Kingston, RI
October 23
2:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at UMass W 3–1  10–3–2
(6–1–0)		 Rudd Field (249)
Amherst, MA
October 26
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 Davidson
Senior Night		 W 2–0  11–3–2
(7–1–0)		 URI Soccer Complex (1,271)
Kingston, RI
November 2*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 23 at Denver W 2–1 OT 12–3–2
 CIBER Field (417)
Denver, CO
Atlantic 10 Tournament
November 9
7:05 p.m., ESPN+		 (1) No. 23 (8) Davidson
Quarterfinals		 W 7–3  13–3–2
 URI Soccer Complex (1,539)
Kingston, RI
November 15
1:05 p.m., ESPN+		 (1) No. 23 at (5) Fordham
Semifinals		 T 0–0 2OT 13–3–3
 Coffey Field (602)
The Bronx, NY
November 17
12:05 p.m., ESPN+		 (1) No. 23 vs. (3) Dayton
Final		 W 1–0  14–3–3
 Coffey Field (466)
The Bronx, NY
NCAA Tournament
November 21
7:00 p.m., ACCN		 No. 23 at No. 25 Syracuse
First round		 L 2–3  14–4–3
 SU Soccer Stadium (472)
Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from CollegeSoccerNews.com. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Final 
United Soccer[2] RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV  
Top Drawer Soccer[3] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV  
College Soccer News[4] RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV 27 23 23 23  
Soccer America[5] RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV 25 16 16

References
  1. "2019 Rhode Island Men's Soccer Roster". gorhody.com. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  2. "NCAA DI Men's Rankings – National". United Soccer Coaches.
  3. "College Soccer National Ranking – Men". TopDrawerSoccer.com.
  4. "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com.
  5. "SBI College Top 25". sbisoccer.com.
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