2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team

2017 ACC men's soccer standings
	Atlantic
	Coastal
	‡ – 2017 ACC Tournament champion; + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship; As of December 13, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
NSCAA poll	No. 19
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 21
2017 record	13–4–5 (3–2–3 ACC)
Head coach	George Gelnovatch (22nd season)
Assistant coach	Matt Chulis (11th season)
Assistant coach	Terry Boss (4th season)
Home stadium	Klöckner Stadium

The 2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-second season. They play home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 77th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 64th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1]

Roster

Updated 07/28/17 ^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
0	GK	Connor Jones
1	GK	Jeff Caldwell
2	DF	Sergi Nus
3	DF	Fabrice Shema
4	DF	Nate Odusote
5	DF	Henry Kessler
6	MF	Hayes Fountain
7	DF	Bay Kurtz
8	MF	Pablo Aguilar
9	FW	Kennedy Nwabia
10	FW	Cameron Harr
11	FW	Edward Opoku
12	MF	Joe Bell
13	DF	Prosper Figbe
15	MF	Daniel Barir
16	MF	Liam Jenkins
17	FW	Simeon Okoro
18	GK	Colin Shutler

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Nathaniel Crofts
20	MF	Ryan Peterson
21	MF	Aaron James
22	MF	Jean-Cristophe Koffi
23	MF	Justin Ingram
24	FW	Jerren Nixon
25	DF	Max Diamond
26	FW	Raheem Taylor-Parkes
27	FW	Leon Maric
30	DF	Robin Afamefuna
31	DF	Sheldon Sullivan
32	MF	Julian Cummings
33	FW	Ahdan Tait
34	FW	Irakoze Donasivano
35	MF	Brad Kurtz
36	DF	Spencer Patton
37	MF	Beau Bradley

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Craig Littlepage
Head Coach	George Gelnovatch
Associate Head Coach	Matt Chulis
Associate Head Coach	Terry Boss
Operations Assistant	A.J. Barnold

Source:^[2]

Schedule

Source:^[3]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 12* 7:00 PM	No. 13	Wright State	Cancelled^[4]	- (-)	Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
August 15* 6:00 PM	No. 13	Old Dominion	L 0-1	- (-)	Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
August 19* 1:00 PM	No. 13	at Georgetown	L 1-2	- (-)	Shaw Field Washington, D.C.
Regular season
August 25* 7:00 PM	No. 13	Villanova	W 3-2 ^2OT	1-0-0 (0-0-0)	Klöckner Stadium (3,594) Charlottesville, VA
August 31* 6:00 PM	No. 12	Hofstra	W 4-0	2-0-0 (0-0-0)	Klöckner Stadium (1,588) Charlottesville, VA
September 4* 7:00 PM	No. 12	UNC Wilmington	W 2-1 ^OT	3-0-0 (0-0-0)	Klöckner Stadium (1,651) Charlottesville, VA
September 8 7:00 PM	No. 11	No. 7 Syracuse	T 2-2 ^2OT	3-0-1 (0-0-1)	Klöckner Stadium (2,596) Charlottesville, VA
September 12* 7:00 PM	No. 11	Marquette	W 2-0	4-0-1 (0-0-1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,209) Charlottesville, VA
September 15 7:00 PM	No. 12	at Virginia Tech Commonwealth Cup	W 2-1	5-0-1 (1-0-1)	Sandra D. Thompson Field (2,143) Blacksburg, VA
September 22 7:00 PM	No. 9	No. 7 North Carolina South's Oldest Rivalry	L 1-2 ^OT	5-1-1 (1-1-1)	Klöckner Stadium (4,205) Charlottesville, VA
September 25* 7:00 PM	No. 9	Davidson	W 2–1	6-1-1 (1-1-1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,056) Charlottesville, VA
September 29 7:30 PM	No. 10	at No. 7 Notre Dame	T 1-1 ^2OT	6-1-2 (1-1-2)	Alumni Field (2,158) South Bend, IN
October 2* 7:00 PM	No. 10	Portland	W 2-1 ^OT	7-1-2 (1-1-2)	Klöckner Stadium (1,319) Charlottesville, VA
October 6 7:00 PM	No. 11	Boston College	W 1-0	8-1-2 (2-1-2)	Klöckner Stadium (1,781) Charlottesville, VA
October 10* 7:00 PM	No. 10	Lehigh	W 4-2	9-1-2 (2-1-2)	Klöckner Stadium (1,265) Charlottesville, VA
October 13 7:00 PM	No. 10	at NC State	T 0-0 ^2OT	9-1-3 (2-1-3)	Dail Soccer Stadium (956) Raleigh, NC
October 17* 7:00 PM	No. 10	Radford	L 0-1	9-2-3 (2-1-3)	Klöckner Stadium (1,356) Charlottesville, VA
October 20 7:00 PM	No. 10	Pittsburgh	W 2-1 ^2OT	10-2-3 (3-1-3)	Klöckner Stadium (3,450) Charlottesville, VA
October 27 7:00 PM	No. 13	at No. 18 Duke	L 0-1	10-3-3 (3-2-3)	Koskinen Stadium (905) Durham, NC
ACC Tournament
November 1 7:00 PM	No. 16	Boston College First Round	W 4-0	11-3-3 (3-2-3)	Klöckner Stadium (536) Charlottesville, VA
November 5 1:00 PM	No. 16	at No. 6 Louisville Quarterfinals	T 0-0 (4–3 PK) ^2OT	11-3-4 (3-2-3)	Lynn Stadium (738) Louisville, KY
November 8 7:00 PM	No. 17	No. 13 Norte Dame Semifinals	W 2-1	12-3-4 (3-2-3)	Klöckner Stadium (1142) Charlottesville, VA
November 12 12:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 17	vs. No. 1 Wake Forest Championship	T 0-0 (3-4 PK) ^2OT	13-3-5 (3-2-3)	MUSC Health Stadium (1,174) Charleston, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 19 5:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 8	Fordham Second Round	L 0-1	13-4-5	Klöckner Stadium (949) Charlottesville, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Edward Opoku	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 19	^[5]
Sergi Nus	ACC Deffensive Player of the Week	October 9	^[6]
Jean-Christophe Koffi	All ACC First Team	November 7	^[7]
Pablo Aguilar	All ACC Second Team		^[7]
Jeff Caldwell			^[7]
Edward Opoku			^[7]
Sergi Nus	All ACC Third Team		^[7]
Joe Bell	All ACC Freshman Team		^[7]
Jeffrey Farina	All ACC Third Team		^[7]
Jeff Caldwell	ACC All Tournament Team	November 12	^[8]
Pablo Aguilar			^[8]
Jean-Christophe Koffi			^[8]

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 ^[9]	13	12	11	12	9	10	11	10	10	13	16	17	8	None Released				19
TopDrawer Soccer ^[10]	14	14	12	8	4	5	6	5	5	5	11	9	4	12	21	21	21	21

MLS Draft

The following members of the 2017 Virgnia Cavaliers men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.^[11]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Jeff Caldwell	1	19	GK	New York City FC	^[12]
Edward Opoku	2	32	FW	Columbus Crew SC	^[13]
Pablo Aguilar	3	59	MF	Houston Dynamo
Sheldon Sullivan	3	66	DF	Houston Dynamo

References

↑ "Historical Information". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
1 2 "2017 Roster". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
↑ "2017-2018 Schedule". virginiasports.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
↑ "Saturday Athletics Events Cancelled". virginiasports.com. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
↑ "Opoku and Dumas Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 18, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
↑ "Gallagher and Nus Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "ACC Announces 2017 Men's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
1 2 3 "Wake Forest Defends ACC Men's Soccer Title". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017.
↑ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.
↑ "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
↑ 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.

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[1] "Historical Information". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 8 December 2016.

[auto-2] 1 2 "2017 Roster". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. Retrieved July 28, 2017.

[3] "2017-2018 Schedule". virginiasports.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.

[4] "Saturday Athletics Events Cancelled". virginiasports.com. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[5] "Opoku and Dumas Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 18, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.

[6] "Gallagher and Nus Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.

[allacc-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "ACC Announces 2017 Men's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.

[alltourney-8] 1 2 3 "Wake Forest Defends ACC Men's Soccer Title". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.

[9] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017.

[10] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.

[mls_draft-11] "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[caldwell_drafted-12] 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-13] "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.

2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
Standings ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament
Atlantic Division	Boston College Clemson Louisville NC State Syracuse Wake Forest
Coastal Division	Duke Notre Dame North Carolina Pittsburgh Virginia Virginia Tech
← 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season 2018 →

Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
Venues	Scott Stadium (1941–1992) Klöckner Stadium (1992–present)
Rivalries	Maryland North Carolina Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	"The Cavalier Song" Cavalier Marching Band
Seasons	1989 1991 1992 1993 1994 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
National championship seasons in bold; NCAA College Cup in italics

2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll

2017 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
#5 Wake Forest ‡	7	–	0	–	1	19	–	2	–	2
#7 Louisville +	5	–	2	–	1	13	–	2	–	5
#17 Clemson +	4	–	4	–	0	12	–	6	–	1
NC State +	3	–	3	–	2	8	–	6	–	4
Boston College	1	–	6	–	1	6	–	10	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	6	–	2	6	–	8	–	4
Coastal
#4 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	1	17	–	4	–	1
#13 Duke +	4	–	3	–	1	13	–	4	–	3
#19 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	3	13	–	4	–	5
#18 Notre Dame +	3	–	3	–	2	11	–	7	–	2
Virginia Tech +	3	–	5	–	0	10	–	10	–	0
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0	8	–	10	–	0


‡ – 2017 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches