2019 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 14

Record10–8–2 (3–4–1 ACC)

2019 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer

NCAA Tournament, Third Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 20
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 14
Record	10–8–2 (3–4–1 ACC)
Head coach	John Michael Hayden (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Bryan Green (1st season) Donovan Dowling (1st season)
Home stadium	Lynn Stadium
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		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

‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 17 December 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

The 2019 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach John Michael Hayden, in his first season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 41st season playing organized men's college soccer and their 6th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The 2018 Louisville men's soccer team finished the season with a 11–5–3 overall record and a 4–2–2 ACC record. The Cardinals were seeded fourth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Cardinals upset the number two seeded North Carolina Tar Heels and number one seeded Wake Forest Demon Deacons along the way to their first ACC Men's Soccer Tournament title. The Cardinals earned an automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for winning the ACC Tournament. As the fourth–overall seed in the tournament, Louisville was defeated by Michigan State in the Second Round.

At the end of the season, one Cardinal men's soccer player was selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Adam Wilson.^[1]

Head Coach Ken Lolla resigned after 13 years and a 155–77–39 record with the team.^[2] He was replaced by John Michael Hayden on December 27, 2018^[3]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Adam Wilson	5	MF	6'1"	171	Senior	Auchterarder, Scotland	Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 39th overall by Toronto FC
Geoffrey Dee	6	MF	5'11"	167	Senior	Germantown, TN	Graduated
Tate Schmitt	10	FW	5'11"	161	Senior	Phoenix, AZ	Graduated
Watterson Young	21	FW	5'11"	190	Senior	Vestavia Hills, AL	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Jack Fasteen MF	USA	Louisville, KY	Derby City Rovers	^[4]
Weston King GK	USA	Fruita, CO	Montverde Academy	^[5]
Aidan Liu FW	USA	Naperville, IL	Sockers FC Academy	^[6]
Bradley Sample MF	USA	Channahon, IL	Sockers FC Academy	^[7]
Isaiah Wynder DF	USA	Louisville, KY	Javanon	^[8]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 19, 2019^[9]

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	USA	Will Meyer
2	DF	ENG	William Portman
3	MF	GUI	Lamine Conte
4	FW	KEN	Haji Abdikadir
5	DF	USA	William Hirschman
6	DF	NOR	Leonard Getz
7	FW	BRA	Pedro Fonseca
8	MF	USA	Jack Fasteen
9	FW	SWE	Emil Elveroth
10	FW	JPN	Kino Ryosuke
11	MF	USA	Cameron Wheeler
12	MF	SEN	Cherif Dieye
13	MF	USA	Bradley Sample
14	MF	ESP	Carlos Sanchis


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	USA	Connor Brazil
16	MF	USA	Diallo Irakoze
17	MF	USA	Elijah Amo
18	DF	USA	Jack Hickey
19	DF	USA	Isaiah Wynder
20	MF	USA	Cody Cochran
21	MF	USA	Neil Boyal
22	DF	ENG	Liam Bennett
23	FW	USA	Izaiah Jennings
27	DF	FRA	Louka Massett
28	GK	USA	William Howard
30	GK	USA	Weston King
31	GK	USA	Jake Gelnovatch

Team management

Position	Staff
Head coach	John Michael Hayden
Associate head coach	Bryan Green
Assistant Coach	Donovan Dowling
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Robbe Tarver
Director of Operations	James Kusak

Source:^[9]

Schedule

Source:^[10]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 16* 7:00 p.m.	No. 14	Lipscomb	W 2–1^[11]	– (–)	Lynn Stadium Louisville, KY
August 21* 7:00 p.m.	No. 14	at No. 2 Indiana	W 2–1^[12]	– (–)	Bill Armstrong Stadium Bloomington, IN
August 24* 7:00 p.m.	No. 14	UAB	W 3–0^[13]	– (–)	Lynn Stadium Louisville, KY
Regular Season
August 30* 7:30 p.m.	No. 14	Cleveland State	T 2–2 ^2OT	0–0–1 (0–0–0)	Lynn Stadium (1,115) Louisville, KY
September 3* 7:30 p.m.		No. 9 Kentucky Rivalry	W 3–0	1–0–1 (0–0–0)	Lynn Stadium (2,389) Louisville, KY
September 6* 7:30 p.m.		at FAU	W 3–0	2–0–2 (0–0–0)	FAU Soccer Stadium (229) Boca Raton, FL
September 9* 7:30 p.m.		at South Florida	L 0–2	2–1–1 (0–0–0)	Corbett Soccer Stadium (702) Tampa, FL
September 13 7:00 p.m.	No. 20	at Syracuse	T 0–0 ^2OT	2–1–2 (0–0–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,756) Syracuse, NY
September 20 7:30 p.m.		No. 17 Virginia Tech	W 2–1	3–1–2 (1–0–1)	Lynn Stadium (1,368) Louisville, KY
September 24* 7:00 p.m.	No. 17	No. 2 Georgetown	W 1–0 ^2OT	4–1–2 (1–0–1)	Lynn Stadium (1,053) Louisville, KY
September 27 7:30 p.m.	No. 17	NC State	L 1–2	4–2–2 (1–1–1)	Lynn Stadium (1,057) Louisville, KY
October 1* 7:00 p.m.	No. 24	Belmont	W 3–0	5–2–2 (1–1–1)	Lynn Stadium (851) Louisville, KY
October 4 7:00 p.m.	No. 24	at No. 1 Virginia	L 0–2	5–3–2 (1–2–1)	Klöckner Stadium (3,008) Charlottesville, VA
October 11 7:00 p.m.		at No. 11 Clemson	L 0–4	5–4–2 (1–3–1)	Riggs Field (1,700) Clemson, SC
October 15* 7:00 p.m.		Northern Kentucky	W 1–0 ^OT	6–4–2 (1–3–1)	Lynn Stadium (1,210) Louisville, KY
October 18 7:30 p.m.		Boston College	W 3–2 ^2OT	7–4–2 (2–3–1)	Lynn Stadium (2,643) Louisville, KY
October 22* 7:00 p.m.		Temple	L 1–2	7–5–2 (2–3–1)	Lynn Stadium (868) Louisville, KY
October 25 6:00 p.m.		at No. 21 North Carolina	W 1–0	8–5–2 (3–3–1)	Fetzer Field (1,326) Chapel Hill, NC
November 1 6:00 p.m.	No. 25	No. 7 Wake Forest	L 1–3	8–6–2 (3–4–1)	Lynn Stadium (1,310) Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 6 4:00 p.m.	(6)	(11) No. 22 Virginia Tech First Round	L 0–2	8–7–2	Lynn Stadium (255) Louisville, KY
NCAA Tournament
November 21 7:30 p.m.		South Florida First Round	W 4–1	9–7–2	Lynn Stadium (402) Louisville, KY
November 24 4:00 p.m.		at (14) No. 18 UC Davis Second Round	W 1–0	10–7–2	Aggie Soccer Field (1,703) Davis, CA
December 1 12:00 p.m.		at (3) No. 2 Georgetown Third Round	L 1–5	10–8–2	Shaw Field (773) Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Emil Elveroth	MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist	August 1, 2019	^[14]
Jake Gelnovatch	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 9, 2019	^[15]
Cherif Dieye	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 23, 2019	^[16]
Cherif Dieye	All-ACC Second Team	November 13, 2019	^[17]

Poll	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
United Soccer^[19]	14	RV	20	RV	17	24	RV	RV	RV	25	RV		RV	None Released				20
TopDrawer Soccer ^[20]	9	9	8	5	10	10	11	5	20	20	22	20	24	RV	12	14	14	14

v t e Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
Venues	Old Cardinal Stadium (1979–1999) Cardinal Park Soccer and Track Stadium (2000–2013) Lynn Stadium (2014–present)
Rivalries	Kentucky Memphis
Culture & lore	Cardinal Bird
Seasons	2010 2014 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA College Cup appearances in italics

v t e 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
Standings ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament
Atlantic Division	Boston College Clemson Louisville NC State Syracuse Wake Forest
Coastal Division	Duke Notre Dame North Carolina Pittsburgh Virginia Virginia Tech
← 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season 2020 →

v t e 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC ASUN Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC ASUN Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings & awards	Rankings United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll All-Americans

2019 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

Player movement

Players leaving

Players arriving

Squad

Roster

Team management

Schedule

Awards and honors

2020 MLS SuperDraft

Rankings

References

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