2019 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team

The 2019 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-fourth season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was be the team's 79th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 67th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1] They had entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed and were the runner-up.[2]

2019 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Runner-Up
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionCoastal
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 2
2019 record21–1–2 (6–1–1 ACC)
Head coachGeorge Gelnovatch (24th season)
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumKlöckner Stadium
Uniform
Home
Away
2019 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Atlantic
No. 5 Clemson + 6 –1 –1  18 –2 –2
No. 3 Wake Forest + 6 –2 –0  16 –5 –2
NC State + 3 –4 –1  9 –7 –3
No. 20 Louisville + 3 –4 –1  10 –8 –2
Boston College + 2 –4 –2  9 –6 –3
Syracuse + 2 –4 –2  8 –7 –4
Coastal
No. 2 Virginia ‡ 6 –1 –1  21 –1 –2
Pittsburgh + 4 –3 –1  10 –8 –2
Notre Dame + 3 –5 –0  10 –8 –1
North Carolina 3 –5 –0  7 –8 –3
No. 13 Virginia Tech + 2 –4 –2  10 –6 –3
Duke 2 –5 –1  7 –9 –2
As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team

The 2018 Virginia Cavaliers team finished the season with a final overall record of 10–4–3, and final ACC record of 3–3–2. The Cavaliers were seeded sixth-overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they were upset in the first round by Pittsburgh. The Cavaliers earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, continuing their record streak of consecutive NCAA appearances going at 38 appearances. In the NCAA Tournament, Virginia was seeded tenth overall in the tournament, where they reached third round before losing to Notre Dame.

Player movement

Players leaving
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure
Sergi Nus2DF6'2"185SeniorBarcelona, SpainGraduated
Prosper Figbe4DF6'2"195SeniorIlorin, NigeriaGraduated
Simeon Okoro7FW5'10"155SeniorWeston, CTGraduated
Kennedy Nwabia9FW6'2"210SeniorOwerri, NigeriaGraduated
Daniel Barir15MF5'10"140SeniorCopenhagen, DenmarkGraduated

Players arriving
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Nick Berghold
MF
 USAWingdale, NYBlack Rock FC[3]
Isaiah Byrd
FW
 USAGainesville, VABRYC Elite Academy[4]
Axel Gunnarsson
FW
 SWEGothenburg, SwedenSwedish National TeamN/A[5]
Philip Horton
FW
 USANew Albany, OHCrew SC Academy[6]
Reed Kessler
DF
 USANew York City, NYBW Gottschee[7]
Eben Noverr
DF
 USAHighlands Ranch, COColorado Rapids[8]
Andreas Ueland
DF
 NORBryne, NorwayBryne FKN/A[9]
Jeremy Verley
MF
 USAMilton, MABoston Bolts[10]
Matt Warbrick
MF
 USAChattanooga, TNChattanooga FC Academy[11]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 20, 2019[12]

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

No. Position Player
00 GK Tyler Willen
0 GK Chris Shutler
1 GK Colin Shutler
2 DF Eben Noverr
3 DF Max Diamond
4 DF Reed Kessler
5 DF Henry Kessler
6 MF Jeremy Verly
7 FW Daniel Steedman
8 MF Joe Bell
9 FW Daryl Dike
10 FW Nathaniel Crofts
11 FW Irakoze Donasiyano
12 DF Spencer Patton
No. Position Player
13 MF Bret Halsey
15 FW Philip Horton
16 FW Jerren Nixon
17 DF Andreas Ueland
18 FW Axel Gunnarsson
19 MF Nick Berghold
20 FW Cabrel Happi Kamseu
21 MF Aaron James
23 FW Matthew Warbrick
24 MF Isaiah Byrd
26 MF Ben Grant
27 MF Beau Bradley
30 DF Robin Afamefuna
99 GK Marcel DaSilva

Team management
PositionStaff
Athletic DirectorCarla Williams
Head CoachGeorge Gelnovatch
Associate Head CoachMatt Chulis
Assistant CoachRyan Hopkins
Operations AssistantCarl Carpenter

Source:[13]

Schedule

Source:[14]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 17*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 12 Siena T 1–1[15]  –
(–)		 Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
August 20*
6:00 a.m.		 No. 12 Villanova W 3–1[16]  –
(–)		 Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
August 24*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 12 Drexel W 3–0[17]  –
(–)		 Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
Regular Season
August 30*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 12 Pacific W 2–0  1–0–0
(0–0–0)		 Klöckner Stadium (3,770)
Charlottesville, VA
September 2*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 12 vs. No. 1 Maryland
Rivalry		 W 2–0  2–0–0
(0–0–0)		 Audi Field (1,884)
Washington, D.C.
September 7*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 7 High Point W 1–0  3–0–0
(0–0–0)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,578)
Charlottesville, VA
September 13
6:00 p.m.		 No. 6 at No. 2 Duke W 3–1  4–0–0
(1–0–0)		 Koskinen Stadium (1,092)
Durham, NC
September 17*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 5 Radford W 1–0  5–0–0
(1–0–0)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,043)
Charlottesville, VA
September 20
7:00 p.m.		 No. 5 NC State W 2–0  6–0–0
(2–0–0)		 Klöckner Stadium (3,858)
Charlottesville, VA
September 23*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 5 Western Michigan W 1–0 OT 7–0–0
(2–0–0)		 Klöckner Stadium (957)
Charlottesville, VA
September 28
11:00 a.m.		 No. 3 at No. 21 Notre Dame W 1–0  8–0–0
(3–0–0)		 Alumni Stadium (646)
South Bend, IN
October 1*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 1 George Washington W 3–0  9–0–0
(3–0–0)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,160)
Charlottesville, VA
October 4
7:00 p.m.		 No. 1 No. 24 Louisville W 2–0  10–0–0
(4–0–0)		 Klöckner Stadium (3,008)
Charlottesville, VA
October 11
7:00 p.m.		 No. 1 at Boston College T 1–1 2OT 10–0–1
(4–0–1)		 Newton Soccer Complex (242)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 15*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 1 No. 18 James Madison W 1–0  11–0–1
(4–0–1)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,809)
Charlottesville, VA
October 18
7:00 p.m.		 No. 1 Pittsburgh L 0–2  11–1–1
(4–1–1)		 Klöckner Stadium (3,201)
Charlottesville, VA
October 22*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 6 Saint Louis W 2–0  12–1–1
(4–1–1)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,021)
Charlottesville, VA
October 25
7:00 p.m.		 No. 6 at No. 25 Virginia Tech
Rivalry		 W 2–0  13–1–1
(5–1–1)		 Thompson Field (1,738)
Blacksburg, VA
November 1
7:00 p.m.		 No. 4 North Carolina
Rivalry		 W 2–1 OT 14–1–1
(6–1–1)		 Klöckner Stadium (2,193)
Charlottesville, VA
ACC Tournament
November 10
1:00 p.m.		 (2) No. 4 (10) Syracuse
Quarterfinals		 W 2–1  15–1–1
 Klöckner Stadium (1,525)
Charlottesville, VA
November 13
4:00 p.m.		 (2) No. 2 (3) No. 7 Wake Forest
Semifinals		 W 1–0  16–1–1
 Klöckner Stadium (586)
Charlottesville, VA
November 17
12:00 p.m.		 (2) No. 2 vs. (1) No. 1 Clemson
Final		 W 3–1  17–1–1
 WakeMed Soccer Park (1,330)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 24*
1:00 p.m.		 (1) No. 1 No. 24 Campbell
Second Round		 W 2–0  18–1–1
 Klöckner Stadium (1,460)
Charlottesville, VA
November 30*
7:00 p.m.		 (1) No. 1 (16) No. 14 St. John's
Third Round		 W 3–0  19–1–1
 Klöckner Stadium (815)
Charlottesville, VA
December 6*
7:00 p.m.		 (1) No. 1 (8) No. 5 SMU
Quarterfinals		 W 3–2  20–1–1
 Klöckner Stadium (1,674)
Charlottesville, VA
December 13*
6:00 p.m.		 (1) No. 1 vs. (4) No. 9 Wake Forest
College Cup Semifinals		 W 2–1  21–1–1
 WakeMed Soccer Park (9,862)
Cary, NC
December 16*
6:00 p.m.		 (1) No. 1 vs. (3) No. 2 Georgetown
College Cup Championship		 L 3–3 (6–7 PKs) 2OT 21–2–1
 WakeMed Soccer Park (8,413)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors
Recipient Award Date Ref.
Irakoze Donasiyano ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 3, 2019 [18]
Colin Shutler ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 9, 2019 [19]
ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 30, 2019 [20]
Robin Afamefuna ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 7, 2019 [21]
Daryl Dike ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 28, 2019 [22]
Joe Bell ACC Midfielder of the Year November 13, 2019 [23]
Colin Shutler All-ACC First Team
Joe Bell
Daryl Dike All-ACC Second Team
Henry Kessler
Robin Afamefuna All-ACC Third Team
Andreas Ueland
Irakoze Donasiyano
Andreas Ueland All-ACC Freshman Team
Nathaniel Crofts All-ACC Tournament Team November 17, 2019 [24]
Bret Halsey
Cabrel Happi Kamseu
Henry Kessler

2020 MLS Super Draft
Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft
PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Daryl DikeOrlando City SC15FW
Henry KesslerNew England Revolution16DF
Robin AfamefunaColorado Rapids237DF

Source:[25]

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.
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15		 Wk
16		 Final
United Soccer[26] 12 7 6 5 3 (4) 1 (20) 1 (25) 1 (22) 6 4 4 (1) 2 (6) 1 (27) None Released 2
TopDrawer Soccer [27] 15 15 16 3 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2

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