2018 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer | |
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NCAA Tournament, Third Round | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
U. Soc. Coaches poll | No. 15 |
TopDrawerSoccer.com | No. 11 |
Record | 10–4–3 (3–3–2 ACC) |
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Home stadium | Klöckner Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Atlantic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.6Wake Forest + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 18 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.16Louisville ‡ | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State + | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse + | 1 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No.14North Carolina + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.11Duke + | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.8Notre Dame + | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.15Virginia + | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No.17Virginia Tech + | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC |
The 2018 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-third season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 78th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 66th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]
In addition, the Cavaliers were one of the six college soccer programs that participated in U.S. Soccer's 2018 Spring Men's College Soccer Program, which was held from March 4–April 21.[2][3] This will be a series of competitive fixtures that use IFAB rules instead of NCAA rules for matches.[4]
The 2017 Virginia Cavaliers team finished the season with a final overall record of 13–4–5, and final ACC record of 3–2–3. The Cavaliers were seeded sixth-overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they reached the final. In the ACC Championship Game, they lost on penalty kickstoWake Forest.[5][6] The Cavaliers earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, continuing their record streak of consecutive NCAA appearances going at 37 appearances. In the NCAA Tournament, Virginia was seeded 11th overall in the tournament, where they reached third round before losing to Fordham.[7][8]
At the end of the season, four Cavaliers men's soccer players were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Jeff Caldwell, Edward Opoku, Pablo Aguilar and Sheldon Sullivan.[9][10]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Jeff Caldwell | 1 | GK | 6'3" | 187 | Senior | Todd, NC | Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 19th overall by New York City FC |
Nate Odusote | 4 | DF | 6'4" | 189 | Senior | North Haledon, NJ | Graduated |
Hayes Fountain | 6 | MF | 5'11" | 181 | ![]() |
Charlottesville, VA | Graduated |
Bay Kurtz | 7 | MF | 5'11" | 171 | Senior | Crown Point, IN | Graduated |
Pablo Aguilar | 8 | MF | 5'7" | 150 | ![]() |
Guatemala City, GUA | Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 59th overall by the Houston Dynamo |
Edward Opoku | 11 | FW | 5'7" | 140 | Junior | Millbrook, NY | Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 32nd overall by the Columbus Crew |
Sheldon Sullivan | 31 | DF | 5'9" | 170 | ![]() |
Stafford, VA | Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 66th overall by the Houston Dynamo |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Marcel DaSilva | TBD | GK | 5'8" | 150 | Junior | Manchester, New Hampshire | Transferred from Tulsa. |
Name | Nat. | Hometown | High School | Club | Height | Weight | Commit date |
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Edmond, OK | Edmond North | Oklahoma FC | February 8, 2018[11] | |||
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Bret Halsey
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Sterling, VA | Potomac Falls | Loudoun Soccer Club | April 20, 2017[13] | ||
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Columbus, OH | — | Columbus Crew U-17s | January 29, 2018[15] | |||
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Glasgow, Scotland | — | Charlotte Independence | ||||
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Source:[17]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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U.S. Soccer Spring Men's College Program | |||||||||||
March 17* 1:00 p.m. |
Georgetown | L 1–4 | 0–1–0 |
Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA | |||||||
March 24 1:00 p.m. |
at Duke | W 0–2 | 1–1–0 |
751 Field Durham, NC | |||||||
April 7 2:00 p.m. |
at North Carolina | L 2–1 | 1–2–0 |
Finley Athletic Complex Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||
April 14 1:00 p.m. |
Clemson | Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA | |||||||||
April 21 2:00 p.m. |
at Wake Forest | Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC | |||||||||
Exhibition | |||||||||||
August 14* 7:00 pm |
No. 15 | No. RV VCU | T 0–0[18] | – (–) |
Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
August 18* 7:00 pm |
No. 15 | No. 13 Georgetown | T 1–1[19] | Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA | |||||||
Regular Season | |||||||||||
August 24* 7:00 pm |
No. 15 | No. 19 New Hampshire | W 1–0 | 1–0–0 (0–0–0) |
Klöckner Stadium (1,821) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
August 30* 7:00 pm |
No. 7 | Elon | Canceled | Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA | |||||||
September 3* 7:00 pm |
No. 7 | vs. Maryland Rivalry |
T 0–0 2OT | 1–0–1 (0–0–0) |
Audi Field (3,527) Washington, DC | ||||||
September 7 7:00 pm |
No. 10 | No. 21 Virginia Tech Rivalry |
T 1–1 2OT | 1–0–2 (0–0–1) |
Klöckner Stadium (2,892) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
September 11* 7:00 pm |
No. 19 | Marshall | W 1–0 | 2–0–2 (0–0–1) |
Klöckner Stadium (1,069) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
September 18* 7:00 pm |
No. 22 | FIU | W 2–0 | 3–0–2 (0–0–1) |
Klöckner Stadium (1,337) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
September 21 7:00 pm |
No. 22 | at Syracuse | W 0–2 | 4–0–2 (1–0–1) |
SU Soccer Stadium (1,080) Syracuse, NY | ||||||
September 28 7:00 pm |
No. 11 | at Pittsburgh | W 0–2 | 5–0–2 (2–0–1) |
Ambrose Urbanic Field (710) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
October 2* 7:00 pm |
No. 10 | Wright State | W 2–1 | 6–0–2 (2–0–1) |
Klöckner Stadium (1,178) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
October 5 7:00 pm |
No. 10 | No. 23 Duke | L 0–2 | 6–1–2 (2–1–1) |
Klöckner Stadium (2,129) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
October 8* 7:00 pm |
No. 10 | No. 5 Denver | W 3–0 | 7–1–2 (2–1–1) |
Klöckner Stadium (1,430) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
October 12 7:00 pm |
No. 14 | at Clemson | W 1–4 | 8–1–2 (3–1–1) |
Riggs Field (1,463) Clemson, SC | ||||||
October 16* 7:00 pm |
No. 6 | Radford | W 2–1 | 9–1–2 (3–1–1) |
Klöckner Stadium (1,254) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
October 20 7:00 pm |
No. 6 | No. 1 Wake Forest | L 2–3 | 9–2–2 (3–2–1) |
Klöckner Stadium (2,791) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
October 23 7:00 pm |
No. 6 | No. 23 Notre Dame | T 0–0 2OT | 9–2–3 (3–2–2) |
Klöckner Stadium (2,356) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
October 26 7:00 pm |
No. 6 | at No. 5 North Carolina | Canceled | WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC | |||||||
ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
October 31 7:00 pm |
(6) No. 7 | (11) Pittsburgh First Round |
L 0–2 | 9–3–3 (3–3–2) |
Klöckner Stadium (510) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
November 18* 1:00 pm |
(10) No. 11 | Furman Second Round |
W 2–0 | 10–3–3 |
Klöckner Stadium (898) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
November 25* 5:00 pm |
(10) No. 11 | (7) No. 13 Notre Dame Third Round |
L 1–0 OT | 10–4–3 |
Alumni Stadium (376) South Bend, IN | ||||||
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MF | Justin Ingram | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
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Colin Shutler | ACC Defensive Player of the Week | August 28, 2018 | [20] |
September 17, 2018 | [21] | ||
Daryl Dike | ACC Offensive Player of the Week | October 15, 2018 | [22] |
Joe Bell | All-ACC Third Team | November 7, 2018 | [23] |
Henry Kessler | |||
Daryl Dike | All-ACC Freshman Team | ||
Cabrel Happi Kamseu | |||
Aboubacar Keita | |||
Daniel Steedman |
Virginia did not have any players selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.
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United Soccer[24] | 15 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 11 | None Released | 15 | |||
TopDrawer Soccer [25] | 16 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
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