2018 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

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2018 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  pollNo. 16
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 18
Record11–5–3 (4–2–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Lynn Stadium
Seasons
  2017
2019  
2018 ACC men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest + 7 1 018 3 0
No. 16 Louisville4 2 211 5 3
NC State + 2 4 210 7 3
Boston College 2 5 14 8 4
Syracuse + 1 4 37 7 4
Clemson 2 6 07 9 1
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina + 6 1 014 4 1
No. 11 Duke + 5 3 011 7 2
No. 8 Notre Dame + 4 3 111 7 3
No. 15 Virginia + 3 2 210 4 3
No. 17 Virginia Tech + 3 4 111 7 3
Pittsburgh 2 6 08 10 1
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

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.

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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

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure
Mohamed Thiaw 10FW6'2"176Senior Lexington, KY Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft, selected 35th overall by the San Jose Earthquakes
Tim Kübel 27DF5'9"165Senior Stuttgart, GER Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft, selected 28th overall by Toronto FC
Sawyer Edwards11MF6'2"181Senior Parker, CO Graduated
Joey Kunkel24DF5'11"170Senior Cincinnati, OH Graduated

Players arriving

NameNat.HometownClubTDS Rating
Flag of Kenya.svg  KEN Louisville, KY United 1996 FCStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chaz Andriot
MF
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Shelbyville, KY Indiana Fire AcademyStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Jack Hickey
DF
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Richmond, KY Shattuck St. Mayr's AcademyStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Andrew Wangard
GK
Flag of the United States.svg  USA Bradenton, FL San Jose Earthquakes AcademyStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Will Meyer
2 DF Flag of Morocco.svg  MAR Ziyad Fekri
3 MF Flag of Guinea.svg  GUI Lamine Conte
4 FW Flag of Kenya.svg  KEN Haji Abdikadir
5 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Adam Wilson
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Geoffrey Dee
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cameron Wheeler
8 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Hamam El-Fitouri
9 FW Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kino Ryosuke
10 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tate Schmitt
11 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chaz Andriot
12 MF Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Cherif Dieye
13 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chris DeMartino
14 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG William Portman
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Connor Brazil
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA JP Armbruster
17 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Elijah Amo
18 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jack Hickey
19 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Pedro Fonseca
20 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cody Cochran
21 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Watterson Young
22 DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Liam Bennett
23 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Izaiah Jennings
27 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Louka Massett
28 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA William Howard
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Andrew Wangard
31 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jake Gelnovatch

Team management

PositionStaff
Head coach Ken Lolla
Assistant coachDonovan Dowling
Assistant coach John Michael Hayden
Graduate ManagerNick Blackwell
Volunteer Assistant CoachRobbe Tarver
Director of OperationsJames Kusak

Source: [5]

Schedule

Source: [6] [7]

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 15*
7:00 pm
No. 6at 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. 7at  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. 7No. 2  Duke W  3–0  3–1–0
(1–0–0)
Lynn Stadium (1,104)
Louisville, KY
September 14
7:00 pm
No. 7at  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  2OT4–1–1
(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. 6at  Georgetown W  2–1  6–1–1
(3–0–0)
Shaw Field (395)
Washington, D.C.
September 28
7:00 pm
No. 6at No. 12  NC State T  2–2  2OT6–1–2
(3–0–1)
Dail Soccer Stadium (1,255)
Raleigh, NC
October 6
7:00 pm
No. 6at No. 15  Notre Dame L  1–2  OT6–2–2
(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. 11No. 24  Syracuse T  2–2  2OT7–2–3
(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  2OT8–3–3
(4–1–2)
Lynn Stadium (1,808)
Louisville, Kentucky
October 26
7:00 pm
No. 17at No. 1  Wake Forest L  1–2  OT8–4–3
(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  OT10–4–3
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  OT11–5–3
Lynn Stadium (1,491)
Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

RecipientAwardDateRef.
Tate SchmittAll-ACC First TeamNovember 7, 2018 [9]
Geoffrey DeeAll-ACC Second Team
Cherif DieyeAll-ACC Third Team
Lamine Conte All-ACC Tournament Team November 11, 2018 [10]
Cherif Dieye
Ziyad Fekri
Jake Gelnovatch
Tate Schmitt
Tate SchmittACC Tournament MVP

2019 MLS SuperDraft

PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Adam Wilson Toronto FC 339MF

Source: [11]

Rankings

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Final
United Soccer [12] 697766611101715105None Released16
TopDrawer Soccer [13] 7773555591219169218181818

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