2020 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's soccer team

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2020 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's soccer
Grand Canyon Antelopes logo.svg
WAC regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Second round
Conference Western Athletic Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  pollNo. 16
Record8–2–0 (7–0–0 WAC)
Head coach
  • Schellas Hyndman (6th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Tim McClements (2nd season)
  • Vlastimir Davidovic (3rd season)
Home stadium GCU Stadium
Seasons
←  2019
2021  →
2020 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 25 Grand Canyon + 7 –0 –08 –2 –0
UTRGV 6 –1 –26 –2 –2
San Jose State 5 –1 –25 –1 –3
California Baptist #5 –4 –16 –4 –2
UNLV 4 –4 –24 –5 –2
Seattle 4 –2 –16 –4 –1
Air Force ‡ 4 –4 –16 –5 –2
Dixie State #3 –6 –03 –6 –0
Utah Valley 2 –4 –03 –4 –0
Incarnate Word 2 –7 –02 –7 –0
Houston Baptist 0 –9 –10 –9 –2
Chicago State ¿ 0 –0 –01 –2 –0
  • ‡ – Conference tournamen champion
    + – Also invited to the 2020 NCAA tournament
    # – Ineligible (In transition)
    ¿– Not competing in WAC until 2022
As of May 28, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2020 Grand Canyon men's soccer team represented Grand Canyon University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 36th season of the Grand Canyon men's soccer team.

Contents

Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic

On August 13, 2020, the Western Athletic Conference postponed all fall sports through the end of the calendar year. [1]

On November 4, 2020, the NCAA approved a plan for college soccer to be played in the spring. [2]

Roster

Source: [3] 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 the United States.svg  USA Ben Ogan
1 GK Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP George Tasouris
2 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Esay Easley
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA William Culhane
5 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alexis Canales
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mitch Stephens
7 FW Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA Marco Afonso
8 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Charles Noyelle
9 FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Bert Wilton
10 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Hugo Logan
11 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cameron Weller
12 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Edgar Soto
13 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Justin Rasmussen
14 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Logan Guertin
15 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Alec Labarge
16 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Cameron Conaway
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Andrew Bebbington
18 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Roger Sanguinetti
19 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tosh Yasuda
20 DF Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Alejandro Fernandez Alcaide
22 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Will Clark
23 MF Flag of Iceland.svg  ISL Georg Bjarnason
25 MF Flag of Cyprus.svg  CYP Marios Andreou
26 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nick Barreiro
27 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rey Gaytan
29 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Pedro Mondragon
30 GK Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Calvin Kissi
32 MF Flag of Ecuador.svg  ECU Ariel Aguas
33 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Maximilian Moeller
44 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Michael Haynes
66 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Manuel Aranda
99 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Anthony Munoz

Matches

Preseason

January 27, 2021Exhibition Grand Canyon 9-0 Benedictine-Mesa Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Tosh Yasuda Soccerball shade.svg13'
Maximilian Moeller Soccerball shade.svg23', Soccerball shade.svg36'
Marco Afonso Soccerball shade.svg33', Soccerball shade.svg42'
Calvin Kissi Soccerball shade.svg49', Soccerball shade.svg68'
Edgar Soto Soccerball shade.svg78'
Justin Rasmussen Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 267
January 28, 2021Exhibition Grand Canyon 5-1 Northwest Nazarene Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Tosh Yasuda Soccerball shade.svg12', Soccerball shade.svg48'
Esai Easley Soccerball shade.svg22'
Calvin Kissi Soccerball shade.svg64'
Andrew Bebbington Soccerball shade.svg86'		 Report Danny Cuevas Soccerball shade.svg77'Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 245
January 30, 2021Exhibition Grand Canyon 1-2 Northwest Nazarene Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Justin Rasmussen Soccerball shade.svg54' Report Cameron Natvig Soccerball shade.svg65'
Nils Knosala Soccerball shade.svg88'		Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 149

Regular season

February 20, 2021 Conference Grand Canyon 2-1 Houston Baptist Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Maximilian Moeller Soccerball shade.svg10'
Rey Gaytan Soccerball shade.svg30'		 Report Bryant Farkarlun Soccerball shade.svg17'Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 0
February 27, 2021 Conference San Jose State 2-1 Grand Canyon San Jose, CA
8:00 p.m. PT Nicolas Brenes Soccerball shade.svg20'
Omar Lemus Soccerball shade.svg49'		 Report Justin Rasmussen Soccerball shade.svg15', Soccerball shade.svg81' (pen.)
Maximilian Moeller Soccerball shade.svg89' (pen.)		Stadium: Spartan Soccer Field
Attendance: 0
March 6, 2021 Conference Grand Canyon 1-0 Air Force Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Justin Rasmussen Soccerball shade.svg48' Report Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 215
March 13, 2021 Conference Incarnate Word 0-1 Grand Canyon San Antonio, TX
6:00 p.m. PT Report Justin Rasmussen Soccerball shade.svg23' (pen.)Stadium: Gayle & Tom Benson Stadium
Attendance: 50
March 19, 2021 Conference Grand Canyon 3-1 California Baptist Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Justin Rasmussen Soccerball shade.svg13'
Marios Andreou Soccerball shade.svg40'
Will Clark Soccerball shade.svg41'		 Report Reuben Dass Soccerball shade.svg65'Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 264
March 26, 2021 Conference Grand Canyon 5-1 Dixie State [5] Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Pedro Mondragon Soccerball shade.svg19'
Tosh Yasuda Soccerball shade.svg28'
Maximilian Moeller Soccerball shade.svg63', Soccerball shade.svg65', Soccerball shade.svg72'		 Report Idris Alabi Soccerball shade.svg41' (pen.)Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 0
April 5, 2021 Conference Seattle Cancelled Grand Canyon Seattle, WA
7:00 p.m. PT Report Stadium: Championship Field
April 10, 2021 Conference UNLV 1-2 Grand Canyon Paradise, NV
7:00 p.m. PT Skyler Goo Soccerball shade.svg61' Report Marios Andreou Soccerball shade.svg74'
Hugo Logan Soccerball shade.svg86'		Stadium: Peter F. Johann Memorial Soccer Field
Attendance: 50

Postseason

WAC Tournament

April 15, 2021Semifinals Grand Canyon 2-0 Seattle Paradise, NV
11:00 a.m. PT Maximilian Moeller Soccerball shade.svg23'
Hugo Logan Soccerball shade.svg80'		 Report Stadium: Peter F. Johann Memorial Soccer Field
Attendance: 100
April 15, 2021Final Grand Canyon 0-3 Air Force Paradise, NV
1:00 p.m. PT Report London Aghedo Soccerball shade.svg43'
Quinn Matulis Soccerball shade.svg49'
Lathan Spadafora Soccerball shade.svg83'		Stadium: Peter F. Johann Memorial Soccer Field
Attendance: 200

NCAA Tournament

May 2, 2021Second round Washington 2-0 Grand Canyon Matthews, North Carolina
1:00 p.m. PT Ryan Sailor Soccerball shade.svg21'
Christian Soto Soccerball shade.svg55'		 Report Stadium: Matthews Sportsplex
Attendance: 54

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  2. ↑ "NCAA DI Council approves moving fall championships to the spring | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
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  4. ↑ "They'll soon play for Utah Tech — but Black student-athletes still face strife in 'Utah's Dixie'". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Now known as Utah Tech UniversityTrailblazers [4]
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