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2021 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer
2021 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	6–6–6 (2–4–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Jeremy Gunn (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Oige Kennedy (6th season); Ben Moane (3rd season);
Home stadium	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Oregon State †	7	–	1	–	2	14	–	2	–	4
No. 2 Washington +	6	–	1	–	2	18	–	2	–	2
No. 25 UCLA +	5	–	4	–	1	11	–	7	–	1
Stanford	2	–	4	–	4	6	–	6	–	6
San Diego State	2	–	7	–	0	8	–	7	–	2
California	1	–	6	–	1	3	–	9	–	3


† – Conference champion + – At-large invitation to the 2021 NCAA tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Pac-12

The 2021 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. They were led by tenth year head coach Jeremy Gunn.

Previous season

The Cardinal played their 2020 season in early 2021 due to Covid-19. They finished conference play at 7–2–1, 1st place in the Pac-12 season and 10–3–1 overall. The Cardinal would win their second round match-up in the 2020 NCAA Tournament against Omaha in overtime, but would lose in the third round to North Carolina 0–1.

Preseason Media polls

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Stanford	24 (4)
2	Washington	22 (2)
3	Oregon State	17
4	UCLA	11
5	California	10
6	San Diego State	6

Source:^[1]

Roster

Source:^[2] 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
2	DF	USA	Andrew Aprahamian
3	DF	USA	Keegan Tingey
4	MF	USA	Conner Maurer
5	DF	USA	Keegan Hughes
6	MF	USA	Mark Fisher
7	MF	USA	Will Richmond
8	MF	USA	Cam Cilley
9	FW	USA	Gabe Segal
10	FW	ENG	Carlo Agostinelli
11	FW	BFA	Ousseni Bouda
12	DF	USA	Ryan Ludwick
13	MF	USA	Shane de Flores
14	FW	USA	Zach Ryan
16	MF	USA	Layton Purchase


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	USA	Connor Evans
18	MF	USA	Aiden Weaver
19	FW	USA	Jackson Kiil
20	MF	USA	Will Reilly
21	DF	USA	Ryan Dunn
22	DF	USA	Rico Rei McMillan
23	MF	GHA	Kwabena Kwakwa
24	DF	USA	Nolan Evans
25	DF	USA	Noah Adnan
26	MF	USA	Philip Bogdanov
30	GK	USA	Eliot Jones
31	GK	USA	Kyle Orciuch
32	GK	USA	Jack Morris
33	GK	USA	Matt Frank

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 21, 2021* 4:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider	No. 8	Cal State Bakersfield	W 4–0	–	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA
August 21, 2021* 7:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider	No. 8	Santa Clara	T 0–0	–	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA
Regular season
August 26, 2021* 5:05 pm, ESPN+	No. 8	at SMU	L 1–3	0–1–0	Westcott Field (1,200) Dallas, TX
September 2, 2021* 7:30 pm, WCC Network	No. 25	at Pacific	W 4–0	1–1–0	Knoles Field (650) Stockton, CA
September 6, 2021* 7:00, Pac-12 Los Angeles	No. 25	UC Santa Barbara	W 2–1	2–1–0	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (902) Stanford, CA
September 11, 2021* 9:05 pm	No. 20	San Jose State	T 0–0 ^2OT	2–1–1	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,135) Stanford, CA
September 16, 2021 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 23	at UCLA	L 0–2	2–2–1 (0–1–0)	Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,226) Los Angeles, CA
September 19, 2021 3:00 pm, Aztec Digital Network	No. 23	at No. 21 San Diego State	L 0–1 ^2OT	2–3–1 (0–2–0)	SDSU Sports Deck San Diego, CA
September 23, 2021* 7:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider		UC Irvine	W 2–0	3–3–1	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (723) Stanford, CA
September 27, 2021* 7:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider		Saint Mary's	L 0–1 ^2OT	3–4–1	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (429) Stanford, CA
October 3, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N		California	W 5–0	4–4–1 (1–2–0)	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,246) Stanford, CA
October 7, 2021 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 2 Washington	L 1–3	4–5–1 (1–3–0)	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (660) Stanford, CA
October 10, 2021 2:00 pm, P12N		No. 15 Oregon State	T 2–2 ^2OT	4–5–2 (1–3–1)	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (827) Stanford, CA
October 16, 2021* 3:00 pm, Pioneers All-Access		at Denver	T 1–1 ^2OT	4–5–3	Denver Soccer Stadium (1,736) Denver, CO
October 21, 2021 8:00 pm, P12N		San Diego State	W 4–0	5–5–3 (2–3–1)	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (621) Stanford, CA
October 24, 2021 2:30 pm, P12N		No. 22 UCLA	T 1–1	5–5–4 (2–3–2)	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,204) Stanford, CA
October 28, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N		at No. 3 Oregon State	L 0–1	5–6–4 (2–4–2)	Paul Lorenz Field (549) Corvallis, OR
October 31, 2021 2:00 pm, P12N		at No. 4 Washington	T 0–0 ^2OT	5–6–5 (2–4–3)	Husky Soccer Stadium (1,490) Seattle, WA
November 4, 2021* 7:00 pm		at San Francisco	W 1–0	6–6–5	Negoesco Stadium (827) San Francisco, CA
November 11, 2021 1:00 pm, P12N		at California	T 1–1 ^2OT	6–6–6 (2–4–4)	Edwards Stadium (4,357) Berkeley, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Western.

2022 MLS Super Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Ousseni Bouda	San Jose Earthquakes	1	8	FW

Source:^[3]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer^[4]	8	25	20	23	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	—	—	Not released
TopDrawer Soccer ^[5]	7	7	14	13	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
College Soccer News	8	12	11	16	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

References

^ "Pick of the Pac-12". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
^ "2021 Men's Soccer Roster". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
^ "Bouda Back in The Bay". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 14, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 13, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2022.

[1] "Pick of the Pac-12". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2022.

[2] "2021 Men's Soccer Roster". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2021.

[3] "Bouda Back in The Bay". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2022.

[4] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 14, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2022.

[5] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 13, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2022.

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