2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team

2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer
National Champions
Pac-12 Champions
NCAA Tournament, Final, W 1–0 vs. Indiana
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
U. Soc. Coaches  poll	No. 1
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 1
Record	15–2–1 (9–0–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Jeremy Gunn (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Oige Kennedy (2nd season) Charles Rodriguez (2nd season) Collin Audley (1st season)
Captains	Tomas Hilliard-Arce Corey Baird Drew Skundrich
Home stadium	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Seasons ←  2016 2018  →

2017 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Stanford ‡	9	–	0	–	1			19	–	2	–	2
California +	6	–	4	–	0			11	–	7	–	0
Washington +	5	–	4	–	1			12	–	7	–	1
UCLA	4	–	6	–	0			7	–	10	–	1
Oregon State	4	–	6	–	0			7	–	11	–	0
San Diego State	1	–	9	–	0			6	–	13	–	0
‡ – Conference champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It is the 44th season of the university fielding a program. It the program's sixth season with Jeremy Gunn as head coach. The Cardinal played their home matches at Cagan Stadium.

The Cardinal's 2017 season saw the Cardinal threepeat and win the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for the third-consecutive year. The Cardinal also won the Pac-12 Conference championship for the fourth consecutive year. Stanford's NCAA success marked only the second time in NCAA history that a Division I program won the Men's Soccer Championship for three straight seasons. The last feat was Bruce Arena's Virginia teams that won the NCAA tournament from 1991 through 1994.

Roster

Updated: November 11, 2017 ^[1]

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   BEL Nico Corti 2 FW   USA Foster Langsdorf 3 DF   USA Tanner Beason 4 DF   USA Tomas Hilliard-Arce (captain) 5 DF   USA Carson Vom Steeg 6 DF   EGY Adam Mosharrafa 7 MF   USA Bryce Marion 8 MF   USA Jared Gilbey 9 FW   USA Arda Bulut 10 MF   USA Corey Baird (captain) 11 MF   USA Amir Bashti 12 MF   USA Drew Skundrich (captain) 13 MF   JPN Kei Tomozawa 14 FW   USA Zach Ryan

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW   USA Rhys de Sota 16 DF   USA Andrew Aprahamian 17 FW   USA Charlie Wehan 18 MF   USA Marc Joshua 19 FW   USA Jack O'Brien 20 GK   USA Charlie Furrer 21 DF   USA Collin Liberty 22 MF   FRA Logan Panchot 23 MF   USA Sam Werner 24 MF   USA Kyle Casey 27 MF   COL Emanuel Pinilla 29 MF   USA Derek Waldeck 30 GK   ENG Andrew Thomas 31 GK   ESP Eduardo Fabre

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Bernard Muir
Head coach	Jeremy Gunn
Assistant coach	Oige Kennedy
Assistant coach	Charles Rodriguez
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Collin Audley
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Heather M. Owen
Academic Counselor	Melissa Schellberg
Strength & Conditioning Staff	Justin Police

Source: ^[2]

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Preseason
August 13* 1:00 p.m.	No. 1	Portland	W 3–0		Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA
August 19* 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	Pacific	W 1–0		Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA
Non-conference regular season
August 25* 5:00 p.m.	No. 1	at  San Jose State Bill Walsh Legacy Game	W 4–0	1–0–0	SJSU Soccer Complex (1,028) San Jose, CA
September 1* 7:00 p.m.,  P12N	No. 1	No. 23  Creighton	W 3–0	2–0–0	Cagan Stadium (1,916) Stanford, CA
September 3* 5:00 p.m.,  YouTube	No. 1	Northeastern	W 1–0	3–0–0	Cagan Stadium (613) Stanford, CA
September 7* 8:00 p.m., P12N	No. 1	No. 19  SMU	W 3–1	4–0–0	Cagan Stadium (459) Stanford, CA
September 9* 7:00 p.m., GoCardinal.com	No. 1	No. 20  Tulsa	L 0–2	4–1–0	Cagan Stadium (459) Stanford, CA
September 15* 7:00 p.m., GoCardinal.com	No. 5	San Francisco	W 1–0	5–1–0	Cagan Stadium (690) Stanford, CA
September 17* 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 5	Yale	W 3–1	6–1–0	Cagan Stadium (832) Stanford, CA
September 23* 2:00 p.m.,  A10N	No. 5	at  Saint Louis	L 0–2	6–2–0	Hermann Stadium (3,326) St. Louis, MO
Pac-12 Conference regular season
September 28 7:00 p.m.,  mtn.	No. 11	at  San Diego State	W 5–0	7–2–0 (1–0–0)	SDSU Sports Deck (520) San Diego, CA
October 1 5:00 p.m., P12N	No. 11	at  UCLA	W 1–0	8–2–0 (2–0–0)	Drake Stadium (3,941) Los Angeles, CA
October 8 3:00 p.m., P12N	No. 8	at No. 24  California Big Game	W 3–0	9–2–0 (3–0–0)	Edwards Stadium (1,166) Berkeley, CA
October 12 8:00 p.m., P12N	No. 8	No. 19  Washington	T 1–1 2OT	9–2–1 (3–0–1)	Cagan Stadium (1,499) Stanford, CA
October 15 11:00 a.m.	No. 6	Oregon State	W 1–0	10–2–1 (4–0–1)	Cagan Stadium (1,242) Stanford, CA
October 19 8:00 p.m., P12N	No. 6	at No. 21 Washington	W 2–1	11–2–1 (5–0–1)	Husky Soccer Stadium (667) Seattle, WA
October 22 1:00 p.m., P12N	No. 5	at Oregon State	W 3–0	12–2–1 (6–0–1)	Lorenz Field (312) Corvallis, OR
November 2 5:30 p.m., P12N	No. 4	UCLA	W 5–1	13–2–1 (7–0–1)	Cagan Stadium (2,044) Stanford, CA
November 5 5:00 p.m., P12N	No. 4	San Diego State	W 4–0	14–2–1 (8–0–1)	Cagan Stadium (1,142) Stanford, CA
November 9 7:00 p.m., P12N	No. 3	No. 23 California	W 1–0	15–2–1 (9–0–1)	Cagan Stadium (1,474) Stanford, CA
NCAA Tournament
November 19* 5:00 pm, P12N	(9) No. 4	Pacific Second Round	T 0–0 (W 4–1 PK) 2OT	15–2–2	Cagan Stadium (1,405) Stanford, CA
November 26* 5:00 pm, P12N	(9) No. 4	No. 25  Coastal Carolina Third Round	W 2–0	16–2–2	Cagan Stadium (924) Stanford, CA
December 2* 7:00 pm,  ESPN3	(9) No. 4	at (1) No. 1  Wake Forest Quarterfinals	W 2–0	17–2–2	Spry Stadium (4,628) Winston-Salem, NC
December 8* 3:00 p.m.,  ESPNU	(9) No. 4	vs. (4) No. 5  Akron College Cup, Semifinals	W 2–0	18–2–2	Talen Energy Stadium (4,948) Chester, PA
December 10 9:00 a.m.,  ESPN2	(9) No. 4	vs. (2) No. 2  Indiana National Championship	W 1–0 2OT	19–2–2	Talen Energy Stadium (5,764) Chester, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Professional departures

MLS Draft Picks

The following members of 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. ^[3]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Tomas Hilliard-Arce	1	2	DF	LA Galaxy	[4]
Drew Skundrich	2	40	MF	LA Galaxy

Homegrown contracts

The following members of the 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team signed homegrown contracts with their academy clubs.

Player	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Corey Baird	FW	Real Salt Lake	[5]
Foster Langsdorf	FW	Portland Timbers	[6]

References

1. "2017 Stanford Men's Soccer Roster". gostanford.com. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
2. "Staff Directory". gostanford.com.
3. "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
4. "LA Galaxy select Tomas Hilliard-Arce with the 2nd pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft". lagalaxy.com. LA Galaxy . Retrieved January 19, 2018.
5. Rodriguez, Alicia (January 5, 2018). "Real Salt Lake sign forward Corey Baird to Homegrown contract". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer . Retrieved January 19, 2018.
6. Goldberg, Jamie (January 19, 2018). "Portland Timbers sign forward Foster Langsdorf as homegrown player". The Oregonian . Advance Publications . Retrieved January 19, 2018.

External links

• Men's Soccer Schedule