2019 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team

TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 18

Record12–4–3 (6–1–1 Big Ten)

2019 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer

NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 13
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 18
Record	12–4–3 (6–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jeff Cook (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Greg Dalby (2nd season) Ayotunde Ogunbiyi (2nd season) Jyler Noviello (1st season)
Captains	Aaron Molloy Pierre Reedy
Home stadium	Jeffrey Field
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 Indiana ‡	7	–	1	–	0	15	–	3	–	4
No. 18 Penn State +	6	–	1	–	1	12	–	4	–	3
No. 17 Michigan +	4	–	1	–	3	11	–	5	–	6
Maryland +	3	–	3	–	2	11	–	8	–	2
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	2	8	–	8	–	2
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	1	3	–	12	–	3
Wisconsin	1	–	4	–	3	3	–	11	–	4
Rutgers	1	–	6	–	1	7	–	8	–	3
Ohio State	1	–	6	–	1	7	–	11	–	1


‡ – 2019 B1G Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 17 December 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big Ten

The 2019 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 3. It was the program's 107th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 29th season in the Big Ten Conference. The 2019 season is Jeff Cook's second year at the helm.

The 2018 season was the Nittany Lions' 106th season as a varsity soccer program, and their 28th season playing in the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by first year head coach, Jeff Cook, who had previously served as an assistant coach for the professional soccer team, Bethlehem Steel of USL Championship.

Player movement

Departures

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Brennan Ireland	4	DF	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170	Senior	Annapolis, MD	Graduated
Austin Maloney	9	MF	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)	150	Senior	Harrisburg, PA	Graduated
Mac Curran	14	FW	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185	Senior	York, PA	Graduated
Dani Marks	18	DF	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185	RS-Senior	Ra'anana, ISR	Graduated
Ryan Gallagher	19	DF	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170	RS-Senior	Pine Bush, NY	Graduated
Noah Pilato	21	MF	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	140	RS-Senior	Oak Hill, VA	Graduated; signed for Loudoun United FC in USLC

Arrivals

Name	Nat.	Hometown	High School	Club	TDS Rating
Liam Butts FW	USA	Lawrenceville, GA	Grayson	Atlanta United	^[1]
Owen Elliott GK	USA	Philadelphia, PA	Chestnut Hill (PA)	SJEB Rush	^[2]
Michael Gaines DF	USA	Oxon Hill, MD	Gonzaga (DC)	D.C. United	^[3]
Kyle May MF	USA	Lebanon, PA	Cedar Crest (PA)	PA Classics	^[4]
Omar Ozbay MF	USA	Morganville, NJ	Marlboro (NJ)	Baltimore Celtic	NR
Andrew Privett MF	USA	Fallston, MD	McDonogh	Baltimore Celtic	^[5]
Kris Shakes GK	USA	Sunrise, FL	YSC Academy	Philadelphia Union	^[6]
Alex Stevenson DF	USA	Bel Air, MD	C. Milton Wright	Baltimore Armour	^[7]
Jalen Watson DF	CAN	Toronto, ON	U-Hill (BC)	Vancouver Whitecaps	^[8]

Transfers

Name	Nat.	No.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Seth Kuhn	USA	17	MF	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	Sophomore	Wyomissing, PA	Transferred from Duke^[9]
Will Campbell	USA	20	DF	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Graduate	Wallington, PA	Transferred from North Carolina^[10]

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Penn State was predicted to finish 6th in the Big Ten Conference.^[11]

Predicted finish	Team
Coaches' Poll
1	Indiana
2	Maryland
3	Michigan
4	Michigan State
5	Wisconsin
6	Penn State
7	Northwestern
8	Ohio State
9	Rutgers

Squad

Roster

As of September 26, 2019^[12]

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	Josh Levine
2	DF	USA	Mason Deeds
3	DF	USA	Brandon Hackenberg
4	DF	CAN	Jalen Watson
5	MF	ENG	Callum Pritchatt
6	MF	USA	Andrew Privett
7	FW	USA	Liam Butts
8	MF	IRL	Aaron Molloy (co-captain)
11	MF	USA	Pierre Reedy (co-captain)
12	MF	USA	Nicholas Rieple
13	GK	USA	Kris Shakes
14	DF	USA	Michael Gaines


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	USA	Adam Laundree
16	MF	USA	Keegan Ness
17	MF	USA	Seth Kuhn
18	DF	USA	Alex Stevenson
19	MF	USA	Omar Ozbay
20	DF	USA	Will Campbell
21	MF	USA	Kyle May
22	MF	CRC	Daniel Gonzalez
23	FW	USA	Kyle Perno
24	FW	USA	Christian Sload
25	DF	USA	Dax Hoffman
26	FW	USA	Josh Dabora
27	GK	USA	Owen Elliott

Team management

Front office
Athletic Director	Sandy Barbour
Deputy Director of Athletics	Lynn Holleran
Deputy Director of Athletics	Scott Sidwell
Coaching staff
Head coach	Jeff Cook
Assistant coach	Greg Dalby
Assistant coach	Ayotunde Ogunbiyi
Volunteer assistant coach	Jyler Noviello

Last updated: September 6, 2019
Source: Penn State Athletics

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Preseason
August 17* 7:00 p.m.		Georgetown	Not reported		Jeffrey Field State College, PA
August 24* 7:00 p.m.		Syracuse	L 0–1		Jeffery Field State College, PA
Regular season
August 30* 7:00 p.m.		No. 5 Stanford	L 0–5	0–1–0	Jeffrey Field (1,537) State College, PA
September 2* 7:00 p.m.		at Stony Brook	W 4–1	1–1–0	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (618) Stony Brook, NY
September 6* 7:00 p.m., Twitch		at No. 15 UCF	T 2–2 ^2OT	1–1–1	UCF Soccer and Track Stadium (706) Orlando, FL
September 8* 1:00 p.m.		at Stetson	W 2–0	2–1–1	Spec Martin Stadium (312) DeLand, FL
September 13* 7:00 p.m.		Villanova	W 1–0	3–1–1	Jeffrey Field (805) State College, PA
September 21 7:00 p.m.		at Ohio State	W 2–1 ^OT	4–1–1 (1–0–0)	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (697) Columbus, OH
September 27 6:00 p.m., BTN	No. 20	Michigan Mack Brady Match	T 0–0 ^2OT	4–1–2 (1–0–1)	Jeffrey Field (1,985) State College, PA
October 1 6:00 p.m., BTN	No. 20	at Michigan State	W 3–0	5–1–2 (2–0–1)	DeMartin Stadium (523) East Lansing, MI
October 6 1:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 20	No. 8 Indiana	L 1–3	5–2–2 (2–1–1)	Jeffrey Field (925) State College, PA
October 12 7:00 p.m.	No. 22	Northwestern	W 3–2 ^OT	6–2–2 (3–1–1)	Jeffrey Field (953) State College, PA
October 15* 7:00 p.m.		Pittsburgh Keystone Clasico	W 3–1	7–2–2	Jeffrey Field (509) State College, PA
October 19 7:00 p.m.		at Wisconsin	W 2–1	8–2–2 (4–1–1)	Dan McClimon Stadium (425) Madison, WI
October 22* 7:00 p.m.	No. 19	No. 18 James Madison	T 1–1^[a]	8–2–3	Jeffrey Field (393) State College, PA
October 25* 7:00 p.m.	No. 19	Appalachain State	W 4–0	9–2–3	Jeffrey Field (615) State College, PA
October 29* 6:00 p.m., BTN	No. 16	No. 17 Maryland Senior Night	W 3–2 ^OT	10–2–3 (5–1–1)	Jeffrey Field (657) State College, PA
November 3 3:00 p.m.	No. 16	at Rutgers	W 2–1 ^OT	11–2–3 (6–1–1)	Yurcak Field (1,167) Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten Tournament
November 10 1:00 p.m., BTN+	(2) No. 13	(7) Wisconsin Quarterfinals	W 3–0	12–2–3	Jeffrey Field (678) State College, PA
November 15 4:00 p.m., BTN	(2) No. 13	vs. (3) Michigan Semifinals	L 0–1	12–3–3	Ludwig Field College Park, MD
NCAA Tournament
November 24 5:00 p.m.	(15) No. 13	No. 21 Providence Second Round	L 2–3 ^OT	12–4–3	Jeffrey Field (290) State College, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Final
United Soccer^[14]	NV	NV	RV		19	16	13	12	13	None Released	18
Top Drawer Soccer^[15]	NV	NV	NV	RV
Soccer America^[16]	NV	NV	NV
CollegeSoccerNews.com^[17]	NV	NV	RV

v t e 2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
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← 2018 Big Ten 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