2019 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team

2019 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer
2019 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer
Big 10 Tournament Runner-up
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
Conference	Big Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 17
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 16
Record	11–5–6 (4–1–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Chaka Daley (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Tommy McMenemy (10th season); Jhojan Obando (8th season); Marcos Ugarte (3rd season);
Home stadium	U-M Soccer Stadium
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

Last updated July 03, 2024

2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 9 Indiana ‡	7	–	1	–	0	15	–	3	–	4
No. 18 Penn State +	6	–	1	–	1	12	–	4	–	3
No. 17 Michigan +	4	–	1	–	3	11	–	5	–	6
Maryland +	3	–	3	–	2	11	–	8	–	2
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	2	8	–	8	–	2
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	1	3	–	12	–	3
Wisconsin	1	–	4	–	3	3	–	11	–	4
Rutgers	1	–	6	–	1	7	–	8	–	3
Ohio State	1	–	6	–	1	7	–	11	–	1


‡ – 2019 B1G Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 17 December 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big Ten

The 2019 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team is the college's 20th season of playing organized men's college soccer. It is the Wolverines' 20th season playing in the Big Ten Conference.

Background

Player movement

Departures

Arrivals

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Moshtaba Al-Hasnawi FW/MF	IRQ	Dearborn, MI	Vardar	^[1]
Brennan Callow DF	USA	Cincinnati, OH	Cincinnati United	^[2]
Owen Finnerty GK	USA	Walled Lake, MI	Detroit City	^[3]
Carter Payne DF	USA	Phoenix, AZ	Barca Academy (AZ)	^[4]
Harry Pithers MF	USA	Tampa, FL	Chargers SC	NR
Christian Pulselli FW	ITA	Pembroke, MA	Boston Bolts	^[5]
Evan Rasmussen MF	USA	Libertyville, IL	Libertyville FC	^[6]
Inaki Rodriguez MF	CHI	Santiago, CHI	Northwood Huskies	^[7]
Ryan Schultz DF	USA	Short Hills, NJ	New York Red Bulls	^[8]

Transfers

Squad information

Roster

No.	Player	Year	Date of birth (Age)	High School	Club Team	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Andrew Verdi	Sr.	March 30, 1998 (age 21)	YSC Academy	Philadelphia Union	14	0
18	Jacob Nunner	Jr.	August 2, 1999 (age 20)	De La Salle Collegiate	Vardar	0	0
22	Owen Finnerty	Fr.	February 7, 2001 (age 18)	Detroit Catholic Central	Detroit City	0	0
Defenders
2	Carter Payne	Fr.	August 15, 2001 (age 18)	Shadow Mountain	Barca Academy	0	0
3	Ryan Schultz	Fr.	March 4, 2001 (age 18)	Millburn	New York Red Bulls	0	0
4	Joel Harrison	Jr.	August 6, 1999 (age 20)	Burnaby Central	Vancouver Whitecaps	8	0
5	Abdou Samake	Sr.	October 7, 1996 (age 23)	Louis-Riel (ON)	Montreal Impact	32	0
12	Austin Swiech	Jr.	June 2, 1998 (age 21)	Jenison	Midwest United	22	1
13	Declan Gaffney	So.	October 6, 1999 (age 20)	Loyola (CA)	Pataeadores	10	0
25	Jackson Ragen	Jr.	September 24, 1998 (age 21)	University Prep	Seattle Sounders FC	37	3
26	C.Y. Cheng	So.	November 23, 1998 (age 21)	Hotchkiss	Black Rock	0	0
30	Brennan Callow	Fr.	January 29, 2001 (age 18)	Seven Hills (OH)	Cincinnati United	0	0
Midfielders
6	Carlos Tellez	Jr.	August 6, 1999 (age 20)	Archbishop McCarthy	Weston FC	8	0
8	Inaki Rodriguez	Fr.		Northwood (NY)	N/A	0	0
14	Harry Pithers	Fr.	May 31, 2000 (age 19)	Berkeley Prep	Chargers SC	0	0
15	Evan Rasmussen	Fr.	April 10, 2001 (age 18)	Libertyville	Libertyville FC	0	0
19	Kevin Buca	So.	November 20, 2000 (age 19)	Stoney Creek (MI)	Vardar	9	0
20	Aidan Nam	So.	June 10, 2000 (age 19)	Saline (MI)	Columbus Crew	0	0
21	Joe Hertgen	Sr.	January 11, 1998 (age 21)	Toms River North	PDA	2	0
23	Marc Ybarra	Jr.	December 18, 1998 (age 20)	Skyline (MI)	Columbus Crew	40	4
27	Moshtaba Al-Hasnawi	Fr.	January 13, 2001 (age 18)	Fordson	Vardar	0	0
Forwards
7	Derick Broche	So.	March 1, 2000 (age 19)	Novi	Columbus Crew	0	0
9	Mohammed Zakyi	Jr.	April 6, 1998 (age 21)	Canterbury (CT)	Oakwood SC	31	8
10	Umar Farouk Osman	Jr.	September 23, 1998 (age 21)	Hotchkiss	Black Rock	41	9
11	Jack Hallahan	Sr.	November 17, 1996 (age 23)	St. Augustine Catholic	West Bromwich Albion	59	21
16	Christian Pulselli	Fr.	May 15, 2001 (age 18)	Pembroke	Boston Bolts	0	0
17	Sosa Emovon	So.	April 19, 2000 (age 19)	St. Thomas Aquinas	Vardar	8	0
33	Nebojša Popović	Gr.		Rochester (MI)	Vardar	0	0

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Chaka Daley
Assistant Coach	Tommy McMenemy
Assistant Coach	Jhojan Obando
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Marcos Ugarte
Program Assistant	Justin Makar

Source^[9]

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Michigan was predicted to finish third in the Big Ten Conference.^[10]

Predicted finish	Team
Coaches' Poll
1	Indiana
2	Maryland
3	Michigan
4	Michigan State
5	Wisconsin
6	Penn State
7	Northwestern
8	Ohio State
9	Rutgers

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Preseason
August 17* 2:00 p.m.	No. 24	at Cincinnati	W 2–1		Gettler Stadium (312) Cincinnati, OH
August 23* 3:30 p.m.	No. 24	at No. 3 Akron	L 2–3		Cub Cadet Field Akron, OH
Regular season
August 30* 7:30 p.m., BTN+	No. 24	Florida Gulf Coast	L 3–4	0–1–0	U-M Soccer Stadium (1,602) Ann Arbor, MI
September 2* 1:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 24	SIU Edwardsville	W 3–1	1–1–0	U-M Soccer Stadium (1,452) Ann Arbor, MI
September 6* 5:00 p.m., BTN+		Cornell	W 3–0	2–1–0	U-M Soccer Stadium (1,252) Ann Arbor, MI
September 8* 6:00 p.m., BTN+		No. 13 Washington	L 0–1	2–2–0	U-M Soccer Stadium (704) Ann Arbor, MI
September 13* 8:00 p.m., WOWT		at Omaha	T 1–1 ^2OT	2–2–1	Al F. Caniglia Field (1,006) Omaha, NE
September 17* 7:30 p.m., BTN+		Oakland	W 2–0	3–2–1	U-M Soccer Stadium (336) Ann Arbor, MI
September 21 3:00 p.m., BTN+		No. 24 Rutgers	T 1–1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–2–2 (0–0–1)	U-M Soccer Stadium (903) Ann Arbor, MI
September 27 6:00 p.m., BTN		at Penn State	T 0–0 ^2OT	3–2–3 (0–0–2)	Jeffrey Field (1,985) State College, PA
October 2 7:00 p.m., BTN+		at Ohio State	W 2–0	4–2–3 (1–0–2)	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (1,221) Columbus, OH
October 6 4:00 p.m., BTN+		Northwestern	W 3–0	5–2–3 (2–0–2)	U-M Soccer Stadium (1,351) Ann Arbor, MI
October 9* 7:30 p.m., BTN+		Detroit Mercy	W 1–0	6–2–3	U-M Soccer Stadium (611) Ann Arbor, MI
October 13 3:00 p.m., ESPNU		at No. 4 Indiana	L 0–1	6–3–3 (2–1–2)	Bill Armstrong Stadium (2,500) Bloomington, IN
October 17* 7:30 p.m.		Western Michigan	L 1–2	6–4–3	U-M Soccer Stadium (453) Ann Arbor, MI
October 22* 7:00 p.m., ACCN		at Notre Dame	W 1–0	7–4–3	Alumni Field (585) South Bend, IN
October 25 6:00 p.m., BTN+		Wisconsin	T 1–1 ^2OT	7–4–4 (2–1–3)	U-M Soccer Stadium (1,207) Ann Arbor, MI
October 29 8:00 p.m., BTN		Michigan State Big Bear Trophy	W 2–0	8–4–4 (3–1–3)	U-M Soccer Stadium (1,529) Ann Arbor, MI
November 3 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		at No. 17 Maryland	W 4–2	9–4–4 (4–1–3)	Ludwig Field (3,128) College Park, MD
Big Ten Tournament
November 10 4:00 p.m., BTN	(3)	(6) Michigan State Quarterfinal	W 2–1	10–4–4	U-M Soccer Stadium (979) Ann Arbor, MI
November 15 4:00 p.m., BTN	(3)	vs. (2) No. 12 Penn State Semifinal	W 1–0	11–4–4	Ludwig Field College Park, MD
November 17 2:00 p.m., BTN	(3)	vs. (1) No. 8 Indiana Championship Game	T 0–0 (3–4 PKs) ^2OT	11–4–5	Ludwig Field (320) College Park, MD
NCAA Tournament
November 24 1:00 p.m., BTN+	(13) No. 17	Wright State Second Round	T 0–0 (5–4 PKs) ^2OT	11–4–6	U-M Soccer Stadium (1,048) Ann Arbor, MI
December 1 5:00 p.m., ACCNX	(13) No. 17	at (4) No. 9 Wake Forest Third Round	L 1–3	11–5–6	Spry Soccer Stadium (1,206) Winston-Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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]	24	RV	RV	NV	NV									None Released
TopDrawer Soccer ^[13]	13	13	RV	NV	NV	NV

Awards

Date	Player	Award	Ref.

2020 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Jack Hallahan	2	50	MF	Los Angeles FC
Andrew Verdi	3	65	GK	D.C. United

Notes

↑ The Rutgers match was called off in the 71st minute due to inclement weather. The final scoreline was deemed the final score without an overtime period.^[11]

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v t e Michigan Wolverines men's soccer
Venues	U-M Soccer Stadium (2000–present)
Rivalries	Michigan State
Culture & lore	"The Victors" "Varsity" Marching band Big Bear Trophy Michigan Ultras
People	Head coaches Notable people
Seasons	2010 2012 2017 2018 2019
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA College Cup appearances in italics

v t e 2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
Standings Big Ten Tournament NCAA Tournament
Indiana Maryland Michigan Michigan State Northwestern Ohio State Penn State Rutgers Wisconsin
← 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season 2020 →

v t e 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC ASUN Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC ASUN Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings & awards	Rankings United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll All-Americans