Sport: | men's soccer |
Year: | 2019 |
Team: | Virginia Cavaliers |
Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Division: | Coastal |
Short Conf: | ACC |
Nscaarank: | 2 |
Tdsrank: | 2 |
Record: | 21–1–2 |
Conf Record: | 6–1–1 |
Head Coach: | George Gelnovatch |
Hc Year: | 24th |
Asst Coach1: | Matt Chulis |
Ac1 Year: | 13th |
Asst Coach2: | Ryan Hopkins |
Ac2 Year: | 2nd |
Stadium: | Klöckner Stadium |
Champion: | ACC Coastal Division regular season champions ACC Tournament champions |
Tourney: | NCAA Tournament |
Tourney Result: | Runner-Up |
The 2019 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-fourth season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 79th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 67th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1] They had entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 seed and were the runner-up.[2]
See main article: 2018 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team.
The 2018 Virginia Cavaliers team finished the season with a final overall record of 10–4–3, and final ACC record of 3–3–2. The Cavaliers were seeded sixth-overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they were upset in the first round by Pittsburgh. The Cavaliers earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, continuing their record streak of consecutive NCAA appearances going at 38 appearances. In the NCAA Tournament, Virginia was seeded tenth overall in the tournament, where they reached third round before losing to Notre Dame.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Sergi Nus | 2 | DF | 6'2" | 185 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Prosper Figbe | 4 | DF | 6'2" | 195 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Simeon Okoro | 7 | FW | 5'10" | 155 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Kennedy Nwabia | 9 | FW | 6'2" | 210 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Daniel Barir | 15 | MF | 5'10" | 140 | Senior | Graduated |
Name | Nat. | Hometown | Club | TDS Rating | |
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Black Rock FC | [3] | ||||
BRYC Elite Academy | [4] | ||||
Swedish National Team | N/A[5] | ||||
Crew SC Academy | [6] | ||||
BW Gottschee | [7] | ||||
[8] | |||||
N/A[9] | |||||
Boston Bolts | [10] | ||||
Chattanooga FC Academy | [11] |
Updated August 20, 2019[12]
Position | Staff |
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Athletic director | Carla Williams |
Head coach | George Gelnovatch |
Associate Head Coach | Matt Chulis |
Assistant coach | Ryan Hopkins |
Operations Assistant | Carl Carpenter |
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Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
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Irakoze Donasiyano | ACC Offensive Player of the Week | September 3, 2019 | [15] |
Colin Shutler | ACC Defensive Player of the Week | September 9, 2019 | [16] |
ACC Defensive Player of the Week | September 30, 2019 | [17] | |
Robin Afamefuna | ACC Defensive Player of the Week | October 7, 2019 | [18] |
Daryl Dike | ACC Offensive Player of the Week | October 28, 2019 | [19] |
Joe Bell | ACC Midfielder of the Year | November 13, 2019 | [20] |
Colin Shutler | All-ACC First Team | ||
Joe Bell | |||
Daryl Dike | All-ACC Second Team | ||
Henry Kessler | |||
Robin Afamefuna | All-ACC Third Team | ||
Andreas Ueland | |||
Irakoze Donasiyano | |||
Andreas Ueland | All-ACC Freshman Team | ||
Nathaniel Crofts | All-ACC Tournament Team | November 17, 2019 | [21] |
Bret Halsey | |||
Cabrel Happi Kamseu | |||
Henry Kessler |
See main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft.
Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position | |
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1 | 5 | FW | |||
1 | 6 | DF | |||
2 | 37 | DF |
Source:[22]
See main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings.