2018 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

2018 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
2018 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 16
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 18
Record	11–5–3 (4–2–2 ACC)
Head coach	Ken Lolla (13th season);
Assistant coaches	Danny Cepero (6th season); John Michael Hayden (3rd season);
Home stadium	Lynn Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach Ken Lolla, in his thirteenth season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 40th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 5th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2018 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest +	7	–	1	–	0	18	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Louisville ‡	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
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	0	14	–	4	–	1
No. 11 Duke +	5	–	3	–	0	11	–	7	–	2
No. 8 Notre Dame +	4	–	3	–	1	11	–	7	–	3
No. 15 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	2	10	–	4	–	3
No. 17 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	1	11	–	7	–	3
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0	8	–	10	–	1

‡ – 2018 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 11, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

Background

The 2017 Louisville Cardinals team had a record of 13–2–5 overall and 5–2–1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team received a bye into the quarterfinals of the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament before losing to Virginia on penalties. The Carindals earned an at-large bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, where they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Akron.

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Mohamed Thiaw	10	FW	6'2"	176	Senior	Lexington, KY	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft, selected 35th overall by the San Jose Earthquakes
Tim Kübel	27	DF	5'9"	165	Senior	Stuttgart, GER	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft, selected 28th overall by Toronto FC
Sawyer Edwards	11	MF	6'2"	181	Senior	Parker, CO	Graduated
Joey Kunkel	24	DF	5'11"	170	Senior	Cincinnati, OH	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Haji Abdikadir FW	KEN	Louisville, KY	United 1996 FC	^[1]
Chaz Andriot MF	USA	Shelbyville, KY	Indiana Fire Academy	^[2]
Jack Hickey DF	USA	Richmond, KY	Shattuck St. Mayr's Academy	^[3]
Andrew Wangard GK	USA	Bradenton, FL	San Jose Earthquakes Academy	^[4]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 3, 2018^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Will Meyer
2	DF	MAR	Ziyad Fekri
3	MF	GUI	Lamine Conte
4	FW	KEN	Haji Abdikadir
5	MF	SCO	Adam Wilson
6	MF	USA	Geoffrey Dee
7	MF	USA	Cameron Wheeler
8	MF	ENG	Hamam El-Fitouri
9	FW	JPN	Kino Ryosuke
10	FW	USA	Tate Schmitt
11	FW	USA	Chaz Andriot
12	MF	SEN	Cherif Dieye
13	MF	USA	Chris DeMartino
14	DF	ENG	William Portman


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	USA	Connor Brazil
16	MF	USA	JP Armbruster
17	MF	USA	Elijah Amo
18	DF	USA	Jack Hickey
19	FW	BRA	Pedro Fonseca
20	MF	USA	Cody Cochran
21	FW	USA	Watterson Young
22	DF	ENG	Liam Bennett
23	FW	USA	Izaiah Jennings
27	DF	FRA	Louka Massett
28	GK	USA	William Howard
30	GK	USA	Andrew Wangard
31	GK	USA	Jake Gelnovatch

Team management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Ken Lolla
Assistant coach	Donovan Dowling
Assistant coach	John Michael Hayden
Graduate Manager	Nick Blackwell
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Robbe Tarver
Director of Operations	James Kusak

Source:^[5]

Schedule

Source:^[6]^[7]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 15* 7:00 pm	No. 6	at No. 2 Indiana	W 1–0	– (–)	Grand Park Westfield, IN
August 18* 5:00 pm	No. 6	Evansville	W 3–0	– (–)	Lynn Stadium (513) Louisville, KY
Regular season
August 24* 7:30 pm	No. 6	St. Bonaventure	W 2–1	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Lynn Stadium (1,601) Louisville, KY
August 28* 7:30 pm	No. 9	Georgia State	W 1–0	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	Lynn Stadium (1,095) Louisville, KY
August 31* 7:30 pm	No. 9	Saint Louis	Canceled^[8]	0–0–0 (0–0–0)	Lynn Stadium Louisville, KY
September 4* 7:30 pm	No. 7	at Kentucky Rivalry	L 0–3	2–1–0 (0–0–0)	Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex (1,827) Lexington, KY
September 9 2:00 pm	No. 7	No. 2 Duke	W 3–0	3–1–0 (1–0–0)	Lynn Stadium (1,104) Louisville, KY
September 14 7:00 pm	No. 7	at Boston College	W 1–0	4–1–0 (2–0–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (768) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 18* 7:30 pm	No. 6	Charlotte	T 2–2 ^2OT	4–1–1 (2–0–0)	Lynn Stadium (1,151) Louisville, KY
September 21 7:30 pm	No. 6	Pittsburgh	W 1–0	5–1–1 (3–0–0)	Lynn Stadium (1,604) Louisville, KY
September 25* 4:00 pm	No. 6	at Georgetown	W 2–1	6–1–1 (3–0–0)	Shaw Field (395) Washington, D.C.
September 28 7:00 pm	No. 6	at No. 12 NC State	T 2–2 ^2OT	6–1–2 (3–0–1)	Dail Soccer Stadium (1,255) Raleigh, NC
October 6 7:00 pm	No. 6	at No. 15 Notre Dame	L 1–2 ^OT	6–2–2 (3–1–1)	Alumni Stadium (646) South Bend, IN
October 9* 7:00 pm	No. 11	Georgia Southern	W 1–0	7–2–2 (3–1–1)	Lynn Stadium (1,207) Louisville, KY
October 12 7:00 pm	No. 11	No. 24 Syracuse	T 2–2 ^2OT	7–2–3 (3–1–2)	Lynn Stadium (1,468) Louisville, KY
October 16* 7:00 pm	No. 10	Lipscomb	L 2–3	7–3–3 (3–1–2)	Lynn Stadium (1,069) Louisville, KY
October 20 7:00 pm	No. 10	Clemson	W 0–1 ^2OT	8–3–3 (4–1–2)	Lynn Stadium (1,808) Louisville, Kentucky
October 26 7:00 pm	No. 17	at No. 1 Wake Forest	L 1–2 ^OT	8–4–3 (4–2–2)	Spry Stadium (1,165) Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Tournament
November 4 1:00 pm	(4) No. 15	(5) No. 18 Notre Dame Quarterfinal	W 1–0	9–4–3	Lynn Stadium (667) Louisville, KY
November 7 7:00 pm	(4) No. 10	(1) No. 1 Wake Forest Semifinal	W 2–1 ^OT	10–4–3	Spry Stadium (2,117) Winston-Salem, NC
November 11 12:00 pm	(4) No. 10	(2) No. 4 North Carolina Final	W 1–0	11–4–3	Sahlen's Stadium (1,402) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 18* 5:00 pm	(4) No. 5	Michigan State Second Round	L 1–2 ^OT	11–5–3	Lynn Stadium (1,491) Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Tate Schmitt	All-ACC First Team	November 7, 2018	^[9]
Geoffrey Dee	All-ACC Second Team
Cherif Dieye	All-ACC Third Team
Lamine Conte	All-ACC Tournament Team	November 11, 2018	^[10]
Cherif Dieye
Ziyad Fekri
Jake Gelnovatch
Tate Schmitt
Tate Schmitt	ACC Tournament MVP

2019 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Adam Wilson	Toronto FC	3	39	MF

Source:^[11]

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 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^[12]	6	9	7	7	6	6	6	11	10	17	15	10	5	None Released				16
TopDrawer Soccer ^[13]	7	7	7	3	5	5	5	5	9	12	19	16	9	2	18	18	18	18

References

^ "Haji Abdikadir". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
^ "Chaz Andriot". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
^ "Jack Hickey". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
^ "Andrew Wangard". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
^ "2018 Men's Soccer - Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
^ Garrett Wall (May 22, 2018). "Louisville Unveils 2018 Men's Soccer Schedule". gocards.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
^ "Louisville-SLU Match Cancelled by Inclement Weather". gocards.com. University of Louisville. August 31, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
^ "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
^ "Louisville Wins 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
^ Wall, Garrett (January 11, 2019). "Toronto FC Selects Wilson in Second Round of 2019 MLS SuperDraft". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

[1] "Haji Abdikadir". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.

[2] "Chaz Andriot". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.

[3] "Jack Hickey". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.

[4] "Andrew Wangard". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.

[auto-5] "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved August 3, 2018.

[6] "2018 Men's Soccer - Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved June 12, 2018.

[7] Garrett Wall (May 22, 2018). "Louisville Unveils 2018 Men's Soccer Schedule". gocards.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.

[8] "Louisville-SLU Match Cancelled by Inclement Weather". gocards.com. University of Louisville. August 31, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

[9] "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.

[10] "Louisville Wins 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Championship". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 11, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

[11] Wall, Garrett (January 11, 2019). "Toronto FC Selects Wilson in Second Round of 2019 MLS SuperDraft". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved January 23, 2019.

[12] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

[13] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

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