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 coachGareth 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. Position Player
1 GK Stefan Schmidt
2 DF Sondre Karterud
3 DF Peder Kristiansen
4 MF Garrett Cronin
5 MF Harvey Read
6 DF Niklas Middrup
7 FW Simon Trčka
8 MF Ludvik Benco
9 FW Stavros Zarokostas
10 MF Noam Kolakofsky
11 FW Filippo Tamburini
12 DF Zach Drayer
No. Position Player
14 MF Robert McManus
16 DF Lucas Gesmundo
17 MF Ewan Noble
19 FW Braeden Cannon
21 DF Charlie Booth
22 DF Derick Arhin
23 MF Jacob Maddox
24 DF Rohun Kawale
28 MF Edvin Akselsen
29 GK Trevor Dalton
30 GK 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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