2018 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

2018 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 16
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 18
Record11–5–3 (4–2–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumLynn Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest + 7 – 1 – 0 18 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Louisville ‡ 4 – 2 – 2 11 – 5 – 3
NC State + 2 – 4 – 2 10 – 7 – 3
Boston College 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 8 – 4
Syracuse + 1 – 4 – 3 7 – 7 – 4
Clemson 2 – 6 – 0 7 – 9 – 1
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina + 6 – 1 – 0 14 – 4 – 1
No. 11 Duke + 5 – 3 – 0 11 – 7 – 2
No. 8 Notre Dame + 4 – 3 – 1 11 – 7 – 3
No. 15 Virginia + 3 – 2 – 2 10 – 4 – 3
No. 17 Virginia Tech + 3 – 4 – 1 11 – 7 – 3
Pittsburgh 2 – 6 – 0 8 – 10 – 1
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

The 2018 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach Ken Lolla, in his thirteenth season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 40th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 5th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Background

Main article: 2017 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

The 2017 Louisville Cardinals team had a record of 13–2–5 overall and 5–2–1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team received a bye into the quarterfinals of the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament before losing to Virginia on penalties. The Carindals earned an at-large bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Akron.

Player movement

Players leaving

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Mohamed Thiaw 10 FW 6'2" 176 Senior Lexington, KY Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft, selected 35th overall by the San Jose Earthquakes
Tim Kübel 27 DF 5'9" 165 Senior Stuttgart, GER Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft, selected 28th overall by Toronto FC
Sawyer Edwards 11 MF 6'2" 181 Senior Parker, CO Graduated
Joey Kunkel 24 DF 5'11" 170 Senior Cincinnati, OH Graduated

Players arriving

Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Haji Abdikadir
FW
  KEN Louisville, KY United 1996 FC [1]
Chaz Andriot
MF
  USA Shelbyville, KY Indiana Fire Academy [2]
Jack Hickey
DF
  USA Richmond, KY Shattuck St. Mayr's Academy [3]
Andrew Wangard
GK
  USA Bradenton, FL San Jose Earthquakes Academy [4]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 3, 2018[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Will Meyer
2 DF Morocco MAR Ziyad Fekri
3 MF Guinea GUI Lamine Conte
4 FW Kenya KEN Haji Abdikadir
5 MF Scotland SCO Adam Wilson
6 MF United States USA Geoffrey Dee
7 MF United States USA Cameron Wheeler
8 MF England ENG Hamam El-Fitouri
9 FW Japan JPN Kino Ryosuke
10 FW United States USA Tate Schmitt
11 FW United States USA Chaz Andriot
12 MF Senegal SEN Cherif Dieye
13 MF United States USA Chris DeMartino
14 DF England ENG William Portman
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF United States USA Connor Brazil
16 MF United States USA JP Armbruster
17 MF United States USA Elijah Amo
18 DF United States USA Jack Hickey
19 FW Brazil BRA Pedro Fonseca
20 MF United States USA Cody Cochran
21 FW United States USA Watterson Young
22 DF England ENG Liam Bennett
23 FW United States USA Izaiah Jennings
27 DF France FRA Louka Massett
28 GK United States USA William Howard
30 GK United States USA Andrew Wangard
31 GK United States USA Jake Gelnovatch

Team management

Position Staff
Head coach Ken Lolla
Assistant coach Donovan Dowling
Assistant coach John Michael Hayden
Graduate Manager Nick Blackwell
Volunteer Assistant Coach Robbe Tarver
Director of Operations James Kusak

Source:[5]

Schedule

Source:[6][7]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 15*
7:00 pm 		No. 6 at No. 2 Indiana W 1–0  –
(–) 		Grand Park
Westfield, IN
August 18*
5:00 pm 		No. 6 Evansville W 3–0  –
(–) 		Lynn Stadium (513)
Louisville, KY
Regular season
August 24*
7:30 pm 		No. 6 St. Bonaventure W 2–1  1–0–0
(0–0–0) 		Lynn Stadium (1,601)
Louisville, KY
August 28*
7:30 pm 		No. 9 Georgia State W 1–0  2–0–0
(0–0–0) 		Lynn Stadium (1,095)
Louisville, KY
August 31*
7:30 pm 		No. 9 Saint Louis  Canceled[8]  0–0–0
(0–0–0) 		Lynn Stadium
Louisville, KY
September 4*
7:30 pm 		No. 7 at Kentucky
Rivalry 		L 0–3  2–1–0
(0–0–0) 		Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex (1,827)
Lexington, KY
September 9
2:00 pm 		No. 7 No. 2 Duke W 3–0  3–1–0
(1–0–0) 		Lynn Stadium (1,104)
Louisville, KY
September 14
7:00 pm 		No. 7 at Boston College W 1–0  4–1–0
(2–0–0) 		Newton Soccer Complex (768)
Chestnut Hill, MA
September 18*
7:30 pm 		No. 6 Charlotte T 2–2 2OT 4–1–1
(2–0–0) 		Lynn Stadium (1,151)
Louisville, KY
September 21
7:30 pm 		No. 6 Pittsburgh W 1–0  5–1–1
(3–0–0) 		Lynn Stadium (1,604)
Louisville, KY
September 25*
4:00 pm 		No. 6 at Georgetown W 2–1  6–1–1
(3–0–0) 		Shaw Field (395)
Washington, D.C.
September 28
7:00 pm 		No. 6 at No. 12 NC State T 2–2 2OT 6–1–2
(3–0–1) 		Dail Soccer Stadium (1,255)
Raleigh, NC
October 6
7:00 pm 		No. 6 at No. 15 Notre Dame L 1–2 OT 6–2–2
(3–1–1) 		Alumni Stadium (646)
South Bend, IN
October 9*
7:00 pm 		No. 11 Georgia Southern W 1–0  7–2–2
(3–1–1) 		Lynn Stadium (1,207)
Louisville, KY
October 12
7:00 pm 		No. 11 No. 24 Syracuse T 2–2 2OT 7–2–3
(3–1–2) 		Lynn Stadium (1,468)
Louisville, KY
October 16*
7:00 pm 		No. 10 Lipscomb L 2–3  7–3–3
(3–1–2) 		Lynn Stadium (1,069)
Louisville, KY
October 20
7:00 pm 		No. 10 Clemson W 0–1 2OT 8–3–3
(4–1–2) 		Lynn Stadium (1,808)
Louisville, Kentucky
October 26
7:00 pm 		No. 17 at No. 1 Wake Forest L 1–2 OT 8–4–3
(4–2–2) 		Spry Stadium (1,165)
Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Tournament
November 4
1:00 pm 		(4) No. 15 (5) No. 18 Notre Dame
Quarterfinal 		W 1–0  9–4–3
 Lynn Stadium (667)
Louisville, KY
November 7
7:00 pm 		(4) No. 10 (1) No. 1 Wake Forest
Semifinal 		W 2–1 OT 10–4–3
 Spry Stadium (2,117)
Winston-Salem, NC
November 11
12:00 pm 		(4) No. 10 (2) No. 4 North Carolina
Final 		W 1–0  11–4–3
 Sahlen's Stadium (1,402)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 18*
5:00 pm 		(4) No. 5 Michigan State
Second Round 		L 1–2 OT 11–5–3
 Lynn Stadium (1,491)
Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Tate Schmitt All-ACC First Team November 7, 2018 [9]
Geoffrey Dee All-ACC Second Team
Cherif Dieye All-ACC Third Team
Lamine Conte All-ACC Tournament Team November 11, 2018 [10]
Cherif Dieye
Ziyad Fekri
Jake Gelnovatch
Tate Schmitt
Tate Schmitt ACC Tournament MVP

2019 MLS SuperDraft

Main article: 2019 MLS SuperDraft
Player Team Round Pick # Position
Adam Wilson Toronto FC 3 39 MF

Source:[11]

Rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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United Soccer[12] 6 9 7 7 6 6 6 11 10 17 15 10 5 None Released 16
TopDrawer Soccer [13] 7 7 7 3 5 5 5 5 9 12 19 16 9 2 18 18 18 18

References

  1. ^ "Haji Abdikadir". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "Chaz Andriot". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Jack Hickey". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Andrew Wangard". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 Men's Soccer - Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  7. ^ Garrett Wall (May 22, 2018). "Louisville Unveils 2018 Men's Soccer Schedule". gocards.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  8. ^ "Louisville-SLU Match Cancelled by Inclement Weather". gocards.com. University of Louisville. August 31, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  9. ^ "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  10. ^ "Louisville Wins 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
  11. ^ Wall, Garrett (January 11, 2019). "Toronto FC Selects Wilson in Second Round of 2019 MLS SuperDraft". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  12. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  13. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.