2018 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team

The 2018 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team represents Southern Illinois University Edwardsville during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the school's 52nd season. The Cougars are coached by Mario Sanchez. The team plays their home games on Bob Guelker Field at the Ralph Korte Stadium as an affiliate member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).[1][2]

SIUE men's soccer is an affiliate member of the Mid-American Conference
2018 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer
ConferenceMid-American Conference
2018 record9–5–4 (1–3–1 MAC)
Head coachMario Sanchez (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jeremy Proud
  • Simon Bird
Home stadiumRalph Korte Stadium
Capacity, 4,000
2018 Mid-American Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 22 West Virginia + 5 –0 –0  14 –7 –0
Bowling Green 2 –1 –2  6 –7 –4
Western Michigan 1 –1 –2  11 –6 –3
No. 2 Akron ‡ 1 –2 –1  15 –7 –2
SIU Edwardsville 1 –3 –1  9 –5 –4
Northern Illinois 1 –4 –0  8 –9 –1
  • ‡ – 2018 MAC Tournament champion
    + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
As of December 11, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Preseason

Twelve players returned from the 2017 team, along with three players who were redshirted as freshmen. Eleven of the returners started games for the 2017 Cougars. They are joined by seven freshmen and seven student-athletes who have transferred from other schools.

The Cougars played two exhibition games, both versus teams from the American Athletic Conference, losing 0–3 at Tulsa and gaining a 0–0 draw while hosting Cincinnati.

In the preseason poll of the MAC's soccer coaches, the Cougars were picked to finish fourth, behind #4 ranked Akron (also named favorite to win the MAC tournament), #14 Western Michigan, and West Virginia. :[3]

In the Top Drawer Soccer' listing of picks as the Preseason Top 20 players in the MAC, Jorge Gonzalez was #6, Johan DePicker was #10, and Greg Solawa was #18' :[4]

Season

The season opener was against the Memphis Tigers in Memphis, where the Cougar have never won, going 0–5–1 since 1987. (Memphis is 0–6–0 in Edwardsville in the same span. In the 18th minute, McLean stole the ball and passed to an open Gonzalea, who opened the scoring for the game and the season. The Tigers got an equalizer on a free kick in the 59th minute, but in the 61st minute, McLean put the Cougars back on top, with an assist from Pettersen. Reminiscent of last year, the defense gave up a late goal, as Memphis scored in the 86th minute to send the game to overtime. Both defenses stymied the offenses in OT, and the game ended in a 2–2 draw. The Tigers outshot the Cougars for the game, but SIUE was hotter in the second half, and new keeper Heim made eight saves. As would be the case through the season, SIUE displayed a deep bench, with 19 players seeing action, eleven playing their first game as Cougars (1 redshirt freshman, 4 true freshmen, and six transfers).[5][6]

The Cougers opened a five-game homestand versus the UMKC Kangaroos, coached by SIUE Athletic Hall of Fame member Rick Benben. SIUE dominated action, but UMKC's goalkeeper made nine saves, several spectacularly. With only a minute left in regulation time, Solawa made a pass to Gonzalez that was headed into the net for a Cougars win.[7]

Postseason

On the day before the start of the 2018 MAC Men's Soccer Tournament, the conference announced the season's awards. SIUE defender Johan DePicker and Cougar forwards Jorge Gonzalez and Lachlan McLean were named First Team All-MAC.[8]

Coaches

2018 will be Mario Sanchez' fourth year as the Cougars' head coach. Jeremy Proud is in his third season as assistant coach and Simon Bird is in his second.[9]

Roster

Source: [10][11]

Buff background indicates returning players from 2017. Pink background indicates players "redshirted" in 2017.

# Name Nationality Height Weight Class Hometown High School Academy/Club Transfer from
Goalkeepers
1 Lluìs Martorell 6' 2" 170 R-Freshman Barcelona, Spain Collegi Sant Miquel Unificació Bellvitge Club U19
29 Eric Bauche 6' 160 Freshman Weldon Spring, Missouri St. Dominic Sporting St. Louis
30 Nathan Chalus 6' 2" 195 R-Sophomore Carol Stream, Illinois Glenbard North Chicago Inferno
31 Noah Heim 6' 2" 190 R-Sophomore Cambridge, Wisconsin Cambridge Madison FC Marquette
Defenders
3 Noah Fetter 5'11" 155 R-Freshman Overland Park, Kansas Blue Valley Northwest
4 Kashaun Smith 5'11" 150 Junior Kingston, Jamaica Wolmer's Boys'
6 Johan De Picker 6' 4" 160 Senior Brussels, Belgium Ocean Lakes (VA) Des Moines Menace Old Dominion
15 Jack Edwards 6' 2" 150 Freshman St. Louis, Missouri CBC Sporting St. Louis
21 Sander Heieren 5'11" 175 Junior Fredrikstad. Norway Fredrikstad Fotballklubb Juniortropp Maryville
26 Corban McAvinew 5'10" 155 Freshman Canal Fulton, Ohio Northwest Internationals Soccer Academy
27 Danel Calvillo 5' 8" 155 Sophomore Araia, Álava, Spain Real Sociedad Universidad de Deusto
Midfielders
2 Nathan Chueng 5' 6" 140 R-Freshman Springfield, Illinois Springfield Scott Gallagher Metro
5 Carl Hinkson 5'10" 155 Senior St. George, Barbados Harrison College Barbados Soccer Academy
7 Orlando Arreola 5' 8" 165 Sophomore Cobden, Illinois Anna-Jonesboro Scott Gallagher Metro
8 Keegan McHugh 5'11" 160 R-Senior St. Charles, Missouri Francis Howell St. Louis Scott Gallagher
10 Jorge Gonzalez 5'10" 165 Junior Valencia, Spain Cumbres School Mercyhurst
11 Greg Solawa 5' 7" 140 Senior Niles, Illinois Niles West Chicago Magic Ohio State
13 Kelby Phillips 5 '8" 135 Freshman Springfield, Illinois Springfield
14 Joergen Pettersen 6' 165 Junior Fredrikstad. Norway Trosvik IF Maryville
16 Ado Jahic 5"11" 165 Junior St. Louis, Missouri Mehlville Bosnian U17 and U19 National Bradley
18 Steven Bibas 5' 7" 140 Freshman St. Louis, Missouri Vianney Sporting St. Louis
19 Colin Hilpert 5'10" 160 Sophomore Fenton, Missouri Rockwood Summit Saint Louis Scott Gallagher
20 Cliff Maina 5'11" 165 Sophomore Adelaide, Australia Woodcroft College South Florida
22 Blake Little 5' 8" 155 Freshman Belleville, Illinois Belleville East Saint Louis FC Academy
24 Jaime Izquierdo Roiz 6' 1" 170 Sophomore Llanera. Spain Marshall
25 Mathias Krigbaum 6' 3" 160 Junior Greve, Denmark Greve Gymnasium FCK Gannon
Forwards
9 Lachlan McLean 6' 180 Junior Sydney, Australia St Augustine's College U-20 National Premier League
12 Kyle Mwendapole 5'11" 160 Freshman Newport Coast, California Corona Del Mar Slammers FC, Strikers FC North
23 Thomas "TC" Hull 5' 9" 150 R-Senior St. Charles, Illinois St. Charles East Campton United SC

Schedule & results

Source = [12]

Visiting team on the left, the home team on the right. Rankings from the United Soccer Coaches polls.

Exhibitions
August 11, 2018 SIUE0–3TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma
7:00 PM CDT Report Stadium: Hurricane Soccer & Track Stadium
August 17, 2018 Cincinnati0–0SIUEEdwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT [www.siuecougars.com/sports/m-soccer/2018-19/releases/20180817y2hvob Report] Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium

Regular season
August 24, 2018 SIUE2–2 (2 ot)MemphisMemphis, Tennessee
7:00 PM CDT Gonzales  18' (McLean)
Jahic  45'
McLean  61' (Pettersen)
Roiz  63'
Hull  87'		 Report deLuca  33'
Thomas  41'
Huerta  41'
Biasi  49'
Zalzman  50'
Mikus  86' (deLuca)		 Stadium: Mike Rose Soccer Complex
Attendance: 202
Referee: Mark Herrington
August 28, 2018 UMKC0–1SIUEEdwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT Popgeorgiev  72'
Hernando  72'
Team  84'		 Report McHugh  72'
Hull  72'
Solawa  87'
Gonzales  89' (Solawa)		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 305
August 31, 2018 Princeton0–1SIUEEdwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT Hickson  48'
McSherry  62'
Isroff  62'
Pruditt  67'
Team  76'		 Report Phillips  35'
Bibas  40'
Pettersen  58'
Krigbaum  76'		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 355
Referee: Elvis Mahmutovic
September 7, 2018 Wisconsin0–3SIUEEdwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT Alfero  60'
Leibold  73'		 Report McHugh  66'
Edwards  87'
McLean  80'
cHugh  84'
Gonzalez  89' (McLean & Heim)		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 225
Referee: Cesar Ibarra
September 9, 2018 #24 Grand Canyon0–1SIUEEdwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT Report Gonzalez  84' (McLean) Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 203
Referee: Shane Butler
September 15, 2018 Loyola Chicago2–0SIUEEdwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT Megally  5' ((PK))
Lifka  6'
G.Stoneman  47'
Magno 55'
Becerra  78'		 Report Roiz  76' Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 325
Referee: Ryan Ash
September 21, 2018 Bronze BootSIUE1–1 (2ot)Saint LouisSt. Louis, Missouri
7:00 PM CDT McLean  52' (McHugh)
Smith  96'		 Report Novaes  42'
Brown  89' (Novaes)
Rivers-Hardware  96'		 Stadium: Hermann Stadium
Attendance: 4903
Referee: Keith Angel
September 25, 2018 SIUE3–2ValparaisoValparaiso, Indiana
7:30 8:45 PM CDT Solawa  28' (unassisted)
Gonzalez  74' (Bibas)
Gonzalez  86' (McLean)		 Report Mentzingen  87' (PK)
Engler  81' (unassisted)		 Stadium: Brown Field
Attendance: 73
Referee: Eduardo Nieto
September 29, 2018 HomecomingBelmont0–2SIUEEdwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT Report Mclean  22' (unassisted))
Jahic  76' (Heieren)
Roiz  87'		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 3,918
Referee: Andy Ellsworth
October 2, 2018 SIUE2–1IUPUIIndianapolis, Indiana
7:00 PM CDT McHugh  20' (unassisted)
McLean  88' (Pettersen)
McLean  88'		 Report Aguilar  22' (Goede)
Driscoll  45'		 Stadium: Carroll Stadium
Attendance: 194
Referee: Josh Kelley
October 6, 2018 Northern Illinois *2–3 (2ot)SIUEEdwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT Welch  8' (unassisted)
Markanich  33' (Rodriguez)
Dominguez  68'
Markanich  94'		 Report McLean  40' (unassisted)
Smith  52'
McLean  53' (unassisted)
Phillips  88'
Hull  94'
Phillips  106' (McHugh)		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 305
Referee: Elvis Mahumutovic
October 9, 2018 SIUE3–2ButlerIndianapolis, Indiana
7:00 PM CDT McLean  5' (unassisted)
Gonzalez  50' (unassisted)
McLean  77' (Fetter)
Solawa  85'
Gonzalez  86'		 Report Haywood  36' (PK)
Moulden  69' (Timmer)
Geldenhuis  81'		 Stadium: Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl
Attendance: 356
Referee: Eric Tattersall
October 13, 2018 Western Michigan *1–1 (2ot)SIUEEdwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT McHugh  18' (Gonzalez)
DePicker  43'
Jahic  103'		 Report Liagre  23' (Ruff) Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 345
Referee: Heber Estrada
October 16, 2018 SIUE0–0 (2ot)EvansvilleEvansville, Indiana
6:00 PM CDT [ Report] Stadium: Arad McCutchan Stadium
October 20, 2018 SIUE1–5West Virginia *Morgantown, West Virginia
6:00 PM CDT Gonzalez  12' (McLean & Bibas)
McLean  33'		 Report Derwaritsch  36' (Piatczyc)
Morris  52'
SIUE own goal  64'
Albino  69' (Garcia-Her)
Morris  72' (Andres-Llop)
Andres-Llop  (81), Larmond'		 Stadium: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 423
Referee: Paul Deverse
October 27, 2018 Senior NightAkron *1–0SIUEEdwardsville, Illinois
7:00 PM CDT Egbo  22'
Tojaga  51'
Egbp  63' (Zajac)		 Report Edwards  28'
McHugh  83'		 Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium
Attendance: 370
Referee: Shane Butler
November 3, 2018 SIUE0-2Bowling Green *Bowling Green, Ohio
6:00 PM CDT [ Report] Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Field
  • * = Mid-American Conference opponent.

Postseason
November 9, 2019 Mid-American Conference Tournament First roundSIUE1–2AkronTBD
PM CDT [ Report]

Rankings
Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2018 Top 25 coaches poll
Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██No change/Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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United Soccer Coaches[13] — None — — RV — — RV RV RV RV — None Released
College Soccer News [14] — None — — — RV RV 27 18 20 RV —
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TopDrawer Soccer [15] — — — — RV — — — — RV — —

Statistics

Source: [16]

Field Players
# Name Games Starts Goals Assists Points Shots Shot %age Shots
On Goal		 OG %age Penalty
Kicks		 Game
Winners		 Yellow cards Red cards
1 Lluìs Martorell — —
2 Nathan Chueng 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 — 0–0 0 0 0
3 Noah Fetter 16 8 0 1 1 1 0.000 0 0.000 0–0 0 0 0
4 Kashaun Smith 13 4 0 0 0 4 0.000 1 .250 0 0 2 0
5 Carl Hinkson — —
6 Johan De Picker 18 18 0 0 0 9 0.000 3 .333 0–0 0 3 0
7 Orlando Arreola 11 2 0 0 0 4 0.000 1 .250 0–0 0 0 0
8 Keegan McHugh 16 16 3 2 8 18 .167 6 .333 0–1 1 4 0
9 Lachlan McLean 18 18 9 5 23 65 .138 32 .492 0–1 3 3 0
10 Jorge Gonzalez 18 18 8 1 17 46 .174 27 .587 0–0 3 1 0
11 Greg Solawa 18 16 2 1 5 27 .074 9 .333 0–0 0 2 0
12 Kyle Mwendapole — —
13 Kelby Phillips 17 10 1 0 2 8 .125 6 .750 0–0 1 2 0
14 Joergen Pettersen 17 15 1 2 4 8 .125 4 .500 0–0 1 0 0
15 Jack Edwards 18 17 0 0 0 0 — 0 — 0–0 0 2 0
16 Ado Jahic 18 0 1 0 2 10 .100 5 .500 0–0 0 2 0
18 Steven Bibas 18 9 0 2 2 7 .000 1 .143 0–0 0 1 0
19 Colin Hilpert 7 1 0 0 0 0 — 0 — 0–0 0 0 0
20 Cliff Maina 17 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 — 0–0 0 0 0
21 Sander Heieren 9 1 0 1 1 0 — 0 — 0–0 0 0 0
22 Blake Little — —
23 Thomas "TC" Hull 18 7 0 1 1 9 0.000 2 .222 0–0 0 3 0
24 Jaime Izquierdo Roiz 14 8 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 0–0 0 3 0
25 Mathias Krigbaum 12 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 — 0 0 1 0
26 Corban McAvinew 5 1 0 0 0 0 — 0 — 0–0 0 0 0
27 Danel Calvillo 16 10 0 0 0 1 .000 1 1.000 0–0 0 0 0
29 Eric Bauche — —
30 Nathan Chalus — —
31 Noah Heim 18 18 0 1 1 0 — 0 — 0–0 0 0 0
Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 — 0–0 0 0 0
Totals 18 18 25 17 67 221 .113 99 .448 0–2 9 29 0
Opponents 18 18 23 15 61 222 .104 86 .387 3–3 5 27 1
Goalkeepers
# Name Games Starts Minutes Goals
Against		 GA
Average		 Saves Save %age Wins Loses Tie Shutouts Yellow Cards Red Cards
1 Lluís Martorell — —
29 Eric Bauche — —
30 Nathan Chalus — —
31 Noah Heim 18 18 1715:05 23 1.207 60 .723 9 5 4 6 0 0
Team 15 15 — 3 —
Totals 18 18 1715.05 23 1.207 63 .733 9 5 4 6 0 0
Opponents 18 18 1715.05 25 1.312 74 .747 5 9 4 4 0 0
Additional stats Corner kicks Offsides Fouls Goals/game
SIUE 71 17 154 1.600
Opponents 60 29 163 1.200

See also
  • 2018 Mid-American Conference men's soccer season

References
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