2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season

2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportSoccer
DurationAugust 30, 2019 – November 2, 2019
Number of teams10
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pickDylan Nealis, 3rd overall
Picked byInter Miami
Regular Season
Season championsGeorgetown
  Runners-upSt. John's
Season MVPO: Tani Oluwasey
D: Dylan Nealis
M: Jacob Montes
G: Giannis Nikopolidis
G: Jan Hoffelner
Tournament
ChampionsGeorgetown
  Runners-upProvidence
Finals MVPO: Dylan Nealis
D: Jack Beer
Big East Conference men's soccer seasons
← 2018
2019 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Georgetown ‡ 7 – 0 – 2 18 – 1 – 4
No. 12 St. John's + 6 – 2 – 1 15 – 5 – 1
No. 14 Providence + 6 – 3 – 0 16 – 7 – 0
Creighton 4 – 4 – 1 8 – 7 – 2
Butler + 4 – 4 – 1 11 – 7 – 2
Marquette 4 – 5 – 0 8 – 9 – 1
Seton Hall 3 – 5 – 1 6 – 9 – 1
Xavier 3 – 6 – 0 8 – 8 – 1
Villanova 2 – 6 – 1 9 – 8 – 1
DePaul 1 – 5 – 3 5 – 9 – 3
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season was the seventh season for the realigned Big East Conference. Including the history of the original Big East Conference, this was the 24th season of men's soccer under the "Big East Conference" name. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 2.

Entering the season, Georgetown were the defending conference tournament champions, while Creighton were the defending conference regular season champions. Georgetown successfully defended their Big East Tournament title, and also won the regular season.

Four Big East teams earned berths into the NCAA Tournament, where Georgetown won the NCAA Tournament Championship in penalty kicks against Virginia. This was Georgetown's first national championship in men's soccer, and their first College Cup appearance since 2012. Elsewhere, St. John's and Providence reached the Sweet Sixteen, losing to Virginia and Clemson, respectively, while Butler was eliminated in the first round by West Virginia.

Background

Previous season

Main article: 2018 Big East Conference men's soccer season

Coaching changes

Ahead of the 2019 season, Creighton head coach Elmar Bolowich was hired by professional soccer club, Jacksonville Armada FC. Johnny Torres was hired to replace Bolowich.[1]

School Outgoing coach Manner of
departure 		Date of
vacancy 		Position in table Incoming coach Date of
appointment
Creighton Germany Elmar Bolowich Resigned November 12, 2018 Preseason Colombia Johnny Torres December 12, 2018

Head coaches

As of the 2018 season
Team Head coach Previous job Years at
school 		Overall record Record at
school 		Big East
record[2] 		NCAA
Tournaments[3] 		NCAA
College Cups[3] 		NCAA
Titles[3] 		Ref.
Butler Paul Snape Michigan (asst.) 9 70–57–24 (.543) 70–57–24 (.543) 28–21–2 (.569) 2 0 0 [4]
Creighton Johnny Torres Creighton (asst.) 1 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0–0–0 (–) 0 0 0 [5]
DePaul Mark Plotkin Colgate (asst.) 2 5–9–3 (.382) 5–9–3 (.382) 2–5–2 (.333) 0 0 0 [6]
Georgetown Brian Wiese Notre Dame (asst.) 14 145–50–30 (.711) 145–50–30 (.711) 70–36–9 (.648) 6 1 0 [7]
Marquette Louis Bennett Milwaukee 14 218–181–53 (.541) 83–117–36 (.428) 39–66–19 (.391) 7 0 0 [8]
Providence Craig Stewart Franklin Pierce 8 121–58–24 (.655) 70–50–18 (.572) 32–21–9 (.589) 7 2 0 [9]
Seton Hall Andreas Lindberg LIU Post 2 145–37–17 (.771) 6–7–2 (.467) 2–6–1 (.278) 8 0 0 [10]
St. John's David Masur Montclair State 29 408–172–96 (.675) 355–151–90 (.671) 157–67–48 (.665) 20 4 1 [11]
Villanova Tom Carlin Villanova (asst.) 12 86–84–20 (.505) 86–84–20 (.505) 38–52–12 (.431) 1 0 0 [12]
Xavier Andy Fleming Northwestern (asst.) 10 98–55–30 (.617) 98–55–30 (.617) 28–23–5 (.545) 4 0 0 [13]

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 21, 2019.[14]

Team Ranking Points First
1. Georgetown 81 9
2. Creighton 68 0
3. Providence 65 0
4. Marquette 59 1
5. Xavier 44 0
6. Butler 40 0
7. St. John's 33 0
8. Seton Hall 28 0
9. DePaul 21 0
10. Villanova 11 0

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls were released in July and August 2019.

United
Soccer[15] 		CSN[16] Soccer
America[17] 		Top Drawer
Soccer[18]
Butler — — — —
Creighton RV RV — —
DePaul — — — —
Georgetown 13 12 11 11
Marquette — — — —
Providence — — — —
Seton Hall — — — —
St. John's — — — —
Villanova — — — —
Xavier — — — TBD

Preseason All-Conference Teams

All conference teams were announced in conjunction with the preseason poll.[14]

Award Recipient(s)
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year Derek Dodson, Georgetown
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Dylan Nealis, Georgetown
Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year Paul Kruse, Creighton
Preseason All-Big East Derek Dodson, Georgetown
Ifunanyachi Achara, Georgetown
C.J. Tibbling, Seton Hall
Samson Sergi, Xavier
Luka Prpa, Marquette
Skage Simonsen, St. John's
Tiago Mendonca, Providence
Jared Timmer, Butler
Dylan Nealis, Georgetown
Patrick Seagrist, Marquette
Max de Bruijne, DePaul
Paul Kruse, Creighton

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.

Team Tournament Finish

Postseason

Big East Tournament

Main article: 2019 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2019 Big East Tournament was held from November 9–17, 2019. Georgetown won the championship against Providence.

First Round
November 9 		Semifinals
November 15 		Championship
November 17
1 Georgetown 2(4)
4 Creighton 0 5 Butler 2(3)
5 Butler 1 1 Georgetown 3
3 Providence 1
2 St. John's 1
3 Providence 1 3 Providence 2
6 Marquette 0

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

The NCAA Tournament will begin in November 2019 and conclude on December 17, 2019.

Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
3 3 Georgetown BYE W 5–0 vs. Pitt – (Washington, DC) W 5–1 vs. Louisville – (Washington, DC) W 2–1 vs. #4 Washington – (Washington, DC) W 2–0 vs. #7 Stanford – (Cary, NC) T 3–3 (7–6 PKs) vs. Virginia – (Cary, NC)
16 1 St. John's BYE W 2–0 vs. Syracuse – (New York, NY) L 0–3 vs. #1 Virginia – (Charlottesville, VA)
— 4 Providence W 2–0 vs. NJIT – (Providence, RI) W 3–2 (OT) vs. #15 Penn State – (State College, PA) L 1–2 (OT) vs. #2 Clemson – (Clemson, SC)
— 3 Butler L 1–5 vs. West Virginia – (Indianapolis, IN)

Rankings

National rankings

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV No votes received
  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
Butler USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV None released NV
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV NV NV NV
Creighton USC RV RV RV NV RV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS RV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
DePaul USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Georgetown USC 13 6 5 3 2 5 12 13 7 3 3 3 2 None released 1
TDS 11 11 9 6 4 5 5 6 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Marquette USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Providence USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV NV NV NV RV 21 None released 14
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV RV 19 13 11 11 11
Seton Hall USC NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
St. John's USC NV RV 19 9 9 12 10 7 4 8 8 14 14 None released 12
TDS NV NV NV RV 16 12 12 14 9 9 12 12 16 17 15 16 16 16
Villanova USC NV NV RV RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Xavier USC NV 14 11 19 RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV None released NV
TDS NV RV 10 10 11 25 RV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

Regional rankings - USC East Region

    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NV No votes received
  Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12
Butler 10 9 8 NV NV NV 9 6 7 8 6 6
Creighton NV 8 9 5 5 7 NV NV NV NV NV NV
DePaul NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Georgetown 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 2 1 1 1 1
Marquette NV NV 10 RV 9 NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
Providence NV NV NV 6 7 10 7 8 6 6 5 4
Seton Hall NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV
St. John's 5 3 2 2 4 2 2 1 3 3 4 5
Villanova 9 6 6 9 NV 9 10 9 NV NV NV NV
Xavier 2 2 7 10 NV NV NV NV NV NV NV NV

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week Offensive Defensive Goalkeeper Freshman Ref.
Player Pos. Team Player Pos. Team Player Team Player Pos. Team
Sep. 2 Stephen Elias FW Seton Hall Luke Hansen DF St. John's Matthew Rosenberg Xavier Jackson Weyman GK Marquette [19]
Sep. 9 Samson Sergi FW Xavier Sean O'Hearn DF Georgetown Carson Williams Villanova Dominic Briggs FW Creighton [20]
Sep. 16 Zach Riviere FW Georgetown Matt Chandler DF St. John's Carson Williams Villanova Wilmer Cabrera FW Butler [21]
Sept. 23 Niko Petridis MF St. John's Dylan Nealis DF Georgetown Collin Valdivia Creighton Luke Mitchell MF Creighton [22]
Sep. 30 Yudai Tashiro MF St. John's Rafael Bustamente DF St. John's Jackson Weyman Marquette Christian Marquez FW Marquette [23]
Oct. 7 Tani Oluwaseyi FW St. John's Love Frederiksson DF Seton Hall Carson Williams Villanova Brendan Hicks DF Butler [24]
Oct. 14 Ifunanyachi Achara FW Georgetown Brandon Duarte MF St. John's Giannis Nikopolidis Georgetown Esben Wolf MF Providence [25]
Oct. 21 Wilmer Cabrera Jr. FW Butler Dylan Nealis DF Georgetown Gabriel Gjergji Butler Wilmer Cabrera Jr. FW Butler [26]
Oct. 28 Derek Dodson FW Georgetown Dylan Nealis DF Georgetown Matthew Rosenberg Xavier Karsen Henderlong FW Xavier [27]
Nov. 4 Carlton McKenzie FW Seton Hall Ramzi Qawasmy DF Providence Tomas Romero Georgetown Jake Ashford DF Creighton [28]

Postseason honors

2019 Big East Men's Soccer Individual Awards[29]
Award Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year Tani Oluwasey – St. John's
Defensive Player of the Year Dylan Nealis – Georgetown
Midfielder of the Year Jacob Montes – Georgetown
Co-Goalkeepers of the Year Giannis Nikopolidis – Georgetown
Jan Hoffelner – St. John's
Coach of the Year Dave Masur – St. John's
Freshman of the Year Wilmer Cabrera Jr. – Butler
2019 Big East Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Honorees Second Team Honorees Third Team Honorees

Derek Dodson, Georgetown
Tani Oluwaseyi, St. John's
Samson Sergi, Xavier
Yudai Tashiro, Creighton
Jacob Montes, Georgetown
Tiago Mendonca, Providence
Max de Bruijne, DePaul
Dylan Nealis, Georgetown
Patrick Seagrist, Marquette
Joao Serrano, Providence
Giannis Nikopolidis, Georgetown

Wilmer Cabrera Jr., Butler
Luke Haakenson, Creighton
Achara, Georgetown
Carlton McKenzie, Seton Hall
Sean Zawadzki, Georgetown
Luka Prpa, Marquette
Paulo Lima, Providence
Skage Simonsen, St. John's
Younes Boudadi, Creighton
Brandon Duarte, St. John's
Shane Bradley, Villanova
Jan Hoffelner, St. John's

Brandon Guhl, Butler
Jack Haywood, Butler
Jared Timmer, Butler
Kuba Polat, Creighton
Connor Alba, Marquette
Josh Coan, Marquette
Austin Aviza, Providence
Danny Griffin, Providence
Brandon Knapp, St. John's
Einar Lye, St. John's
Derrick Otim, Xavier
Matthew Rosenberg, Xavier

All-Americans

Main article: 2019 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans
Consensus All-Americans
Dylan Nealis – Georgetown

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[30]

College Soccer News[31] Soccer America[32] Top Drawer Soccer[33] United Soccer Coaches[34]
First Team

Dylan Nealis – Georgetown

Dylan Nealis – Georgetown

Dylan Nealis – Georgetown
Jacob Montes – Georgetown

Dylan Nealis – Georgetown

Second Team
Jacob Montes – Georgetown None None

Jacob Montes – Georgetown
Derek Dodson – Georgetown

Third Team
None

Jacob Montes – Georgetown
Derek Dodson – Georgetown

Sean Zawadzki – Georgetown

Jacob Montes – Georgetown
Derek Dodson – Georgetown

2020 MLS Draft

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 9, 2020.

Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Team School
1 3 Dylan Nealis MF Inter Miami Georgetown (Sr.)
1 10 Patrick Seagrist DF New York Red Bulls Marquette (Sr.)
1 25 Ifunanyachi Achara FW Toronto FC Georgetown (Sr.)
2 34 Luka Prpa FW Houston Dynamo Marquette (Sr.)
2 44 Austin Aviza FW Orlando City Providence (RS-Sr.)
2 49 Danny Griffin MF Columbus Crew Providence (Sr.)
4 80 Luke Haakenson MF Nashville SC Creighton (Sr.)
4 93 Niko Petridis MF New York Red Bulls St. John's (Sr.)
4 102 Younes Boudadi DF Los Angeles FC Creighton (Sr.)

Homegrown players

Further information: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008,[35] every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.

To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year.[36] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

No players in the Big East Conference signed homegrown contracts.

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