2020 Georgetown Hoyas men's soccer team

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2020 Georgetown Hoyas men's soccer
Georgetown Hoyas logo.svg
Big East regular season champions
Conference Big East Conference
Record10–2–2 (7–0–2 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Casper (2nd season)
  • Connor Klekota (3rd season)
  • Brian Bouhl (3rd season)
Home stadium Shaw Field
Seasons
  2019
2021  
2020 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
East
No. 5 Georgetown + 7 0 29 2 2
No. 9 Seton Hall5 1 210 2 3
Providence 3 3 14 4 1
St. John's 3 5 05 5 0
Villanova 2 5 02 8 0
UConn 0 6 11 6 1
Midwest
No. 14 Marquette + 5 1 18 2 2
Creighton 5 3 06 6 0
Butler 4 2 24 6 2
DePaul 2 5 02 5 2
Xavier 0 5 13 7 1
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2020 Georgetown Hoyas men's soccer team represented the Georgetown University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2020 Big East Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on February 16, 2021 and is set to conclude on April 10. [1] It was the program's 69th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 25th season in the Big East Conference. The 2020 season was Brian Wiese's 14th year as head coach for the program. [2]

Contents

Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Big East postponed the fall sports, with the hope of playing in the spring. [3] [4]

On November 4, 2020, the NCAA approved a plan for college soccer to be played in the spring. [5] The Big East announced their plans for the spring season in January 2021. [6]

Squad

Roster

As of April 7, 2021 [7]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of Greece.svg  GRE Giannis Nikopolidis
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ryan Schewe
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rio Hope-Gund
3 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Paul Rothrock
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kenny Nielsen
5 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Daniel Wu
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Sean Zawadzki
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jacob Montes
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Dante Polvara
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Derek Dodson
10 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Will Sands
12 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kyle Linhares
13 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chris Hegardt
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Trevor Burns
16 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Marlon Tabora Ponce
17 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA John Franks
18 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Aidan Rocha
19 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Pranav Jha
20 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Dominic De Almeida
21 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Pierrick Gould
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Martin Ngoh
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chris Le
24 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ethan Koehler
27 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Zach Riviere
28 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Joe DaLuz
30 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jordan Wells

Schedule

Regular season

February 16Non-conference George Washington Postponed Georgetown Washington, D.C.
1:00 p.m. EST Report Stadium: Mount Vernon Athletic Field
February 19Non-conference Georgetown Postponed James Madison Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. EST Report Stadium: Shaw Field
February 23Non-conference George Mason Postponed Georgetown Fairfax, VA
7:00 p.m. EST Report Stadium: George Mason Stadium
February 27 Conference Villanova 0-3 Georgetown Philadelphia, PA
1:00 p.m. EST Report Chris Hegardt Soccerball shade.svg43'
Dante Polvara Soccerball shade.svg61', Soccerball shade.svg67'
Stadium: Higgins Soccer Complex
March 3 Conference Georgetown 2-1 (a.e.t.) Seton Hall Washington, D.C.
3:00 p.m. ESTDante Polvara Soccerball shade.svg64', Soccerball shade gold.svg 98' Report CJ Tibbling Soccerball shade.svg47'Stadium: Shaw Field
Attendance: 0
March 6 Conference Providence 0-0 (a.e.t.) Georgetown Providence, RI
12:00 p.m. EST Report Stadium: Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium
Attendance: 200
March 13 Conference Georgetown 1-0 St. John's Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. ESTChris Hegardt Soccerball shade.svg30' Report Stadium: Shaw Field
Attendance: 0
March 17 Conference Georgetown 3-2 (a.e.t.) Villanova Washington, D.C.
2:00 p.m. ESTDerek Dodson Soccerball shade.svg57'
Villanova own goal Soccerball shade.svg81' (o.g.)
Paul Rothrock Soccerball shade gold.svg 98'
Report Lyam MacKinnon Soccerball shade.svg27', Soccerball shade.svg49'Stadium: Shaw Field
Attendance: 0
March 20 Conference Seton Hall 1-1 (a.e.t.) Georgetown South Orange, NJ
3:00 p.m. ESTEden O'Leary Soccerball shade.svg81' Report Derek Dodson Soccerball shade.svg74'Stadium: Owen T. Carroll Field
Attendance: 30
March 24 Conference UConn Cancelled Georgetown Storrs, CT
2:00 p.m. ESTStadium: Morrone Stadium
March 27 Conference Providence 0-3 Georgetown Washington, D.C.
1:00 p.m. EST Report Aidan Rocha Soccerball shade.svg77'
Providence own goal Soccerball shade.svg82' (o.g.)
Kyle Linhares Soccerball shade.svg90'
Stadium: Shaw Field
Attendance: 0
April 3 Conference Georgetown 5-1 UConn Washington, D.C.
1:00 p.m. ESTDante Polvara Soccerball shade.svg1', Soccerball shade.svg50'
Paul Rothrock Soccerball shade.svg13'
Jacob Montes Soccerball shade.svg57', Soccerball shade.svg64'
Moussa Wade Soccerball shade.svg68'Stadium: Shaw Field
Attendance: 0
April 10 Conference St. John's 0-1 Georgetown Queens, NY
3:30 p.m. EST Report Dante Polvara Soccerball shade.svg39'Stadium: Belson Stadium
Attendance: 0

Postseason

Big East Tournament

April 15 Semifinals Georgetown 1-0 Creighton Washington, D.C.
12:00 p.m. ESTJoe DaLuz Soccerball shade.svg84' Report Stadium: Shaw Field
Attendance: 0
April 17 Final Georgetown 1-2 Seton Hall Washington, D.C.
3:00 p.m. ESTZach Riviere Soccerball shade.svg34' Report Camil Koreichi Soccerball shade.svg16'
CJ Tibbling Soccerball shade.svg63'
Stadium: Shaw Field
Attendance: 0

NCAA Tournament

May 2, 2021 (2021-05-02) Second Round Georgetown 2-0 High Point Matthews, North Carolina
12:00 p.m. EDT
  • Zach Riviere Soccerball shade.svg20'
  • Chris Hegardt Soccerball shade.svg48'
Report Stadium: Matthews Sportsplex
Attendance: 253
May 6, 2021 (2021-05-06) Third Round Georgetown 3-2 Penn State Cary, North Carolina
12:00 p.m. EDT
  • Dante Polvara Soccerball shade.svg8' (pen.)
  • Zach Riviere Soccerball shade.svg29'
  • Martin Ngoh Soccerball shade.svg44'
Report
  • Soccerball shade.svg12' (pen.) Peter Mangione
  • Soccerball shade.svg58' Daniel Bloyou
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 167
May 10, 2021 (2021-05-10) Quarterfinals Georgetown 0-1 Marshall Cary, North Carolina
1:00 p.m. EDT Report Jamil Roberts Soccerball shade.svg70'Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 186

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