2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team
American college soccer season
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The 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It is the 44th season of the university fielding a program. It the program's sixth season with Jeremy Gunn as head coach. The Cardinal played their home matches at Cagan Stadium.
| 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer | |
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Pac-12 Champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Final, W 1–0 vs. Indiana | |
| Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 1 |
| U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 1 |
| TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 1 |
| Record | 15–2–1 (9–0–1 Pac-12) |
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| Home stadium | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Stanford ‡ | 9 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 19 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California + | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington + | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 13 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Cardinal's 2017 season saw the Cardinal threepeat and win the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for the third-consecutive year. The Cardinal also won the Pac-12 Conference championship for the fourth consecutive year. Stanford's NCAA success marked only the second time in NCAA history that a Division I program won the Men's Soccer Championship for three straight seasons. The last feat was Bruce Arena's Virginia teams that won the NCAA tournament from 1991 through 1994.
Roster
Updated: November 11, 2017[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Staff |
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| Athletic director | Bernard Muir |
| Head coach | Jeremy Gunn |
| Assistant coach | Oige Kennedy |
| Assistant coach | Charles Rodriguez |
| Volunteer Assistant Coach | Collin Audley |
| Assistant Athletic Trainer | Heather M. Owen |
| Academic Counselor | Melissa Schellberg |
| Strength & Conditioning Staff | Justin Police |
Source:[2]
Schedule and results
| Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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| Preseason | |||||||||||
| August 13* 1:00 p.m. |
No. 1 | Portland | W 3–0 | Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA | |||||||
| August 19* 7:00 p.m. |
No. 1 | Pacific | W 1–0 | Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA | |||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| August 25* 5:00 p.m. |
No. 1 | at San Jose State Bill Walsh Legacy Game |
W 4–0 | 1–0–0 |
SJSU Soccer Complex (1,028) San Jose, CA | ||||||
| September 1* 7:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 1 | No. 23 Creighton | W 3–0 | 2–0–0 |
Cagan Stadium (1,916) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| September 3* 5:00 p.m., YouTube |
No. 1 | Northeastern | W 1–0 | 3–0–0 |
Cagan Stadium (613) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| September 7* 8:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 1 | No. 19 SMU | W 3–1 | 4–0–0 |
Cagan Stadium (459) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| September 9* 7:00 p.m., GoCardinal.com |
No. 1 | No. 20 Tulsa | L 0–2 | 4–1–0 |
Cagan Stadium (459) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| September 15* 7:00 p.m., GoCardinal.com |
No. 5 | San Francisco | W 1–0 | 5–1–0 |
Cagan Stadium (690) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| September 17* 1:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 5 | Yale | W 3–1 | 6–1–0 |
Cagan Stadium (832) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| September 23* 2:00 p.m., A10N |
No. 5 | at Saint Louis | L 0–2 | 6–2–0 |
Hermann Stadium (3,326) St. Louis, MO | ||||||
| Pac-12 Conference regular season | |||||||||||
| September 28 7:00 p.m., mtn. |
No. 11 | at San Diego State | W 5–0 | 7–2–0 (1–0–0) |
SDSU Sports Deck (520) San Diego, CA | ||||||
| October 1 5:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 11 | at UCLA | W 1–0 | 8–2–0 (2–0–0) |
Drake Stadium (3,941) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| October 8 3:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 8 | at No. 24 California Big Game |
W 3–0 | 9–2–0 (3–0–0) |
Edwards Stadium (1,166) Berkeley, CA | ||||||
| October 12 8:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 8 | No. 19 Washington | T 1–1 2OT | 9–2–1 (3–0–1) |
Cagan Stadium (1,499) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| October 15 11:00 a.m. |
No. 6 | Oregon State | W 1–0 | 10–2–1 (4–0–1) |
Cagan Stadium (1,242) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| October 19 8:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 6 | at No. 21 Washington | W 2–1 | 11–2–1 (5–0–1) |
Husky Soccer Stadium (667) Seattle, WA | ||||||
| October 22 1:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 5 | at Oregon State | W 3–0 | 12–2–1 (6–0–1) |
Lorenz Field (312) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
| November 2 5:30 p.m., P12N |
No. 4 | UCLA | W 5–1 | 13–2–1 (7–0–1) |
Cagan Stadium (2,044) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| November 5 5:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 4 | San Diego State | W 4–0 | 14–2–1 (8–0–1) |
Cagan Stadium (1,142) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| November 9 7:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 3 | No. 23 California | W 1–0 | 15–2–1 (9–0–1) |
Cagan Stadium (1,474) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| November 19* 5:00 pm, P12N |
(9) No. 4 | Pacific Second Round |
T 0–0 (W 4–1 PK) 2OT |
15–2–2 |
Cagan Stadium (1,405) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| November 26* 5:00 pm, P12N |
(9) No. 4 | No. 25 Coastal Carolina Third Round |
W 2–0 | 16–2–2 |
Cagan Stadium (924) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| December 2* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(9) No. 4 | at (1) No. 1 Wake Forest Quarterfinals |
W 2–0 | 17–2–2 |
Spry Stadium (4,628) Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
| December 8* 3:00 p.m., ESPNU |
(9) No. 4 | vs. (4) No. 5 Akron College Cup, Semifinals |
W 2–0 | 18–2–2 |
Talen Energy Stadium (4,948) Chester, PA | ||||||
| December 10 9:00 a.m., ESPN2 |
(9) No. 4 | vs. (2) No. 2 Indiana National Championship |
W 1–0 2OT | 19–2–2 |
Talen Energy Stadium (5,764) Chester, PA | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. | |||||||||||
Professional departures
MLS Draft Picks
The following members of 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.[3]
| Player | Round | Pick | Position | MLS club | Ref. |
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| Tomas Hilliard-Arce | 1 | 2 | DF | LA Galaxy | [4] |
| Drew Skundrich | 2 | 40 | MF | LA Galaxy | |
Homegrown contracts
The following members of the 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team signed homegrown contracts with their academy clubs.
| Player | Position | MLS club | Ref. |
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| Corey Baird | FW | Real Salt Lake | [5] |
| Foster Langsdorf | FW | Portland Timbers | [6] |