2019 Georgetown Hoyas men's soccer team

The 2019 Georgetown Hoyas men's soccer team represented the Georgetown University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 6.[1] It was the program's 68th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 24th season in the Big East Conference. The 2019 season was Brian Wiese's 14th year as head coach for the program.[2] The Hoyas concluded their season with their first national championship in program history, defeating top-seeded Virginia in the NCAA Tournament.[3]

2019 Georgetown Hoyas men's soccer
NCAA Tournament National Champions
ConferenceBig East Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 2
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 1
Record20–1–3 (7–0–2 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Casper (1st season)
  • Connor Klekota (2nd season)
  • Brian Bouhl (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumShaw Field
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Georgetown 7 0 2 18 1 4
No. 12 St. John's + 6 2 1 15 5 1
No. 14 Providence + 6 3 0 16 7 0
Creighton 4 4 1 8 7 2
Butler + 4 4 1 11 7 2
Marquette 4 5 0 8 9 1
Seton Hall 3 5 1 6 9 1
Xavier 3 6 0 8 8 1
Villanova 2 6 1 9 8 1
DePaul 1 5 3 5 9 3
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Background

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Player movement

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Squad

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Roster

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As of December 9, 2019[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK   GRE Giannis Nikopolidis
1 GK   USA Maurice Coyle
2 DF   USA Rio Hope-Gund
3 MF   USA Paul Rothrock
4 DF   USA Sean O'Hearn
5 DF   USA Daniel Wu
6 MF   USA Sean Zawadzki
7 MF   USA Jacob Montes
8 MF   FRA JB Fischer
9 FW   USA Derek Dodson
10 FW   USA Ethan Lochner
11 FW   USA Jack Beer
12 MF   USA Dylan Nealis
13 FW   USA Riley Strassner
14 FW   USA Will Sands
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   USA Owen Varela
17 MF   USA Dante Polvara
18 MF   USA Aidan Rocha
19 DF   USA Austin Riddick
20 FW   NGA Ifunanyachi Achara
21 MF   USA Jorge Burke
22 DF   USA Foster McCune
23 MF   USA Chris Le
24 GK   USA Ethan Koehler
25 DF   ISL Siggi Geirsson
26 FW   USA Witt Conger
27 MF   USA Zach Riviere
28 DF   USA Joe DaLuz
30 GK   USA Tomas Romero

Team management

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Schedule

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Georgetown faces off against Temple on September 2, 2019, in their second game of the season. Georgetown would win the game 3–0.
Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Non-conference regular season
August 30*
4:00 p.m.
No. 13 Syracuse W 3–1  1–0–0
Shaw Field (1,121)
Washington, D.C.
September 2*
1:00 p.m.
No. 13 Temple W 3–0  2–0–0
Shaw Field (799)
Washington, D.C.
September 6*
10:00 p.m.
No. 6 at No. 25 UC Irvine W 1–0  3–0–0
Anteater Stadium (394)
Irvine, CA
September 9*
8:00 p.m., P12N
No. 6 at UCLA W 5–1  4–0–0
Wallis Annenberg Stadium (448)
Los Angeles, CA
September 14*
1:00 p.m.
No. 5 UConn
Rivalry
W 4–1  5–0–0
Shaw Field (897)
Washington, D.C.
Big East Conference regular season
September 20
7:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 3 at Butler W 3–0  6–0–0
(1–0–0)
Sellick Bowl (1,038)
Indianapolis, IN
September 24*
7:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 2 at No. 17 Louisville L 0–1 2OT 6–1–0
Lynn Stadium (1,053)
Louisville, KY
September 28
1:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 2 Providence W 2–1  7–1–0
(2–0–0)
Shaw Field (891)
Washington, D.C.
October 4
3:00 p.m.
No. 5 at DePaul T 0–0  7–1–1
(2–0–1)
Cacciatore Stadium (214)
Chicago, IL
October 8*
3:00 p.m.
No. 12 Lehigh W 2–0  8–1–1
Shaw Field (289)
Washington, D.C.
October 11
3:00 p.m.
No. 12 Seton Hall W 2–0  9–1–1
(3–0–1)
Shaw Field (679)
Washington, D.C.
October 14*
7:00 p.m., FS1
No. 12 at No. 25 Maryland W 1–0  10–1–1
Ludwig Field
College Park, MD
October 19
1:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 13 Xavier W 1–0  11–1–1
(4–0–1)
Shaw Field (1,663)
Washington, D.C.
October 23
7:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 7 at No. 4 St. John's W 3–0  12–1–1
(5–0–1)
Belson Stadium (1,663)
New York City, NY
October 26
1:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 7 Marquette W 3–0  13–1–1
(6–0–1)
Shaw Field (779)
Washington, D.C.
November 2
1:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 3 at Villanova W 2–0  14–1–1
(7–0–1)
Higgins Soccer Complex (912)
Villanova, PA
November 6
2:00 p.m., BEDN
No. 3 Creighton T 1–1 2OT 14–1–2
(7–0–2)
Shaw Field (399)
Washington, D.C.
Big East Conference Tournament
November 13
1:00 p.m., BEDN
(1) No. 3 (5) Butler
Semifinals
T 2–2 (4–3 PKs) 2OT 14–1–3
Shaw Field (177)
Washington, D.C.
November 17
12:00 p.m., FS2
(1) No. 3 (3) Providence
Finals
W 3–1  15–1–3
Shaw Field (1,031)
Washington, D.C.
NCAA Tournament
November 24*
12:00 p.m., BEDN
(3) No. 2 vs. Pittsburgh
Second Round
W 5–0  16–1–3
Shaw Field (1,497)
Washington, D.C.
December 1*
12:00 p.m., BEDN
(3) No. 2 vs. Louisville
Third Round
W 5–1  17–1–3
Shaw Field (773)
Washington, D.C.
December 7*
12:00 p.m., BEDN
(3) No. 2 vs. (6) No. 4 Washington
Quarterfinals
W 2–1  18–1–3
Shaw Field (2,093)
Washington, D.C.
December 13*
6:00 p.m., ESPNU
(3) No. 2 vs. (7) No. 7 Stanford
College Cup Semifinals
W 2–0  19–1–3
WakeMed Soccer Park (9,862)
Cary, NC
December 15*
6:00 p.m., ESPNU
(3) No. 2 vs. (1) No. 1 Virginia
College Cup Championship
W 3–3 (7–6 PKs) 2OT 20–1–3
WakeMed Soccer Park (8,413)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Men's Soccer Schedule". Georgetown University Athletics. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Goff, Steven. "Georgetown men's soccer rallies past Washington and into the College Cup". Washington Post. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Goff, Steven (December 15, 2019). "College Cup soccer: Georgetown outlasts Virginia in penalty kicks to win its first NCAA title". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". guhoyas.com. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
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