2023 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

2023 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	12–6–3 (2–4–2 ACC)
Head coach	John Michael Hayden (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Sean Teepen (2nd season) Stephen Lunney (1st season)
Home stadium	Lynn Stadium
Seasons ←  2022 2024  →

2023 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 15 Wake Forest +	4	–	1	–	3			11	–	3	–	5
No. 1 Clemson ‡	4	–	2	–	2			15	–	3	–	5
No. 25 Syracuse +	2	–	1	–	5			9	–	5	–	7
No. 24 Louisville +	2	–	4	–	2			12	–	6	–	3
NC State	1	–	5	–	2			6	–	9	–	3
Boston College	0	–	5	–	3			3	–	9	–	5
Coastal
No. 2 Notre Dame +	6	–	0	–	2			13	–	3	–	6
No. 13 Virginia +	5	–	2	–	1			11	–	4	–	4
No. 20 Duke+	4	–	3	–	1			11	–	4	–	3
No. 6 North Carolina +	2	–	3	–	3			11	–	3	–	7
Pittsburgh +	2	–	3	–	3			6	–	7	–	4
Virginia Tech	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	9	–	4
‡ – ACC tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

The 2023 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team represented the University of Louisville during the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach John Michael Hayden, in his fifth season. They played their home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 45th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 10th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Cardinals finished the season 12–6–3 overall and 2–4–2 in ACC play to finish in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. As the ninth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they defeated eighth seed Pittsburgh in overtime in the First Round and upset first seed Notre Dame in the Quarterfinals. They were defeated by eventual tournament champions Clemson in the Semfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Dayton in the First Round before losing to West Virginia in the Second Round to end their season.

Background

Main article: 2022 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

The Cardinals finished the season 9–6–3 overall and 4–3–1 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Atlantic Division. As the fifth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they were upset by twelfth seed Virginia Tech in the First Round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Western Michigan to end their season.

Player movement

Players leaving

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Dante Huckaby	2	DF	6'1"	172	Sophomore	Morgantown, West Virginia	Transferred to West Virginia [1]
Matty Walters	5	DF	5'8"	144	Senior	Marysville, Ohio	Graduated
Rafael Pinzón	6	MF	5'7"	146	Junior	Mexico City, Mexico	Transferred to Stetson
Aboubacar Camara	9	FW	5'8"	170	Junior	Upper Darby, Pennsylvania	Transferred to Kentucky [2]
Ugochukwu Achara	10	FW	6'1"	172	Senior	Enugu, Nigeria	Transferred to Northwestern
Macoumba Ba	11	FW	5'8"	148	Junior	Dakar, Senegal	Transferred to St. John's
Eric Danquah	14	MF	5'6"	135	Junior	Accra, Ghana	Transferred to St. John's
Nico Diaz	17	FW	5'10"	161	Junior	New Smyrna Beach, Florida	—
Marcus Jorgensen	18	DF	6'2"	185	Freshman	Viborg, Denmark	Transferred to Cal Poly Pomona
Patrick Ajdukiewicz	19	MF	5'8"	158	Sophomore	Barrington, Illinois	—

Players arriving

Incoming Transfers

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Gaetano D'Argento	2	DF	5'10"	163	Junior	Wayne, Illinois	Bowling Green [3]
Mason Tatafu	5	DF	6'2"	185	Junior	Perth, Australia	Hofstra
Gage Guerra	9	FW	5'10"	180	Junior	Houston, Texas	Army [3]
Xavi Wences	14	MF	5'10"	160	Junior	Mexico City, Mexico	USC Upstate

Recruiting Class

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Elijah Brijbasi MF	USA	Baltimore, Maryland	Pipeline SC	[4]
Ethan Subachan FW	USA	Cooper City, Florida	Orlando City SC Academy	[5]
Chase Vazquez FW	USA	Boca Raton, Florida	Orlando City SC Academy	[6]

Squad

Roster

As of January 23, 2024 ^[7]

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   USA Gavin Krenecki 2 DF   USA Gaetano D'Argento 3 DF   USA Ryan Nichols 4 DF   USA Bryce Lebel 5 DF   AUS Mason Tatafu 6 MF   USA RC Schmeider 7 FW   USA Brandon McManus 8 MF   USA David Boccuzzo 9 FW   USA Gage Guerra 10 FW   CYP Konstantinos Georgallides 11 FW   USA Damien Barker John 12 MF   NOR Filip Fredhall 13 MF   USA Bradley Sample 14 MF   MEX Xavi Wences

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF   USA Josh Jones 17 MF   USA Elijah Brijbasi 18 DF   USA Ethan Subachan 20 DF   USA Parker Forbes 21 MF   USA Ayden Nocus 22 DF   USA Axel Alejandre 23 MF   USA Quinton Elliot 24 FW   USA Chase Vazquez 26 MF   USA Sammy Murphy 29 GK   USA Alex Svetanoff 30 GK   USA Ryan Troutman 31 GK   USA Liam Fitzgerald 46 MF   NOR Sander Roed

Team management

Position	Staff
Head coach	John Michael Hayden
Assistant Coach	Sean Teepen
Assistant Coach	Stephen Lunney
Volunteer assistant coach	Darren Yeagle
Director of Operations	James Kusak

Source: ^[7]

Schedule

Source: ^[8]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular Season
August 24* 7:30 p.m.,  ACCNX		No. 16  Tulsa	W  1–0	1–0–0	Lynn Stadium (687) Louisville, KY
August 28* 7:30 p.m., ACCNX		Bellarmine	W  3–0	2–0–0	Lynn Stadium (887) Louisville, KY
September 1* 7:00 p.m.,  ESPN+	No. 12	at  UNC Greensboro	W  2–0	3–0–0	UNCG Soccer Stadium (1,221) Greensboro, NC
September 5* 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 7	No. 19  Kentucky Rivalry	W  4–2	4–0–0	Lynn Stadium (2,350) Louisville, KY
September 8 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 7	at No. 4  Syracuse	T  2–2	4–0–1 (0–0–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,832) Syracuse, NY
September 15 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 5т	Virginia Tech	L  1–2	4–1–1 (0–1–1)	Lynn Stadium (1,071) Louisville, KY
September 19* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 10	at  Evansville	W  2–0	5–1–1	McCutchan Stadium (831) Evansville, IN
September 24 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 10	NC State	W  5–2	6–1–1 (1–1–1)	Lynn Stadium Louisville, KY
September 29 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 8	at  Virginia	L  0–3	6–2–1 (1–2–1)	Klöckner Stadium (1,400) Charlottesville, VA
October 2 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 8	Kansas City	W  3–2	7–2–1	Lynn Stadium (812) Louisville, KY
October 6 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 21	at  Clemson	L  0–4	7–3–1 (1–3–1)	Riggs Field (2,575) Clemson, SC
October 10* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Ohio State	T  2–2	7–3–2	Lynn Stadium (587) Louisville, KY
October 13 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Boston College	W  1–0	8–3–2 (2–3–1)	Lynn Stadium (822) Louisville, KY
October 17* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at  Oakland	W  4–0	9–3–2	Oakland Soccer Field (100) Rochester, MI
October 22 5:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 11  North Carolina	L  0–2	9–4–2 (2–4–1)	Dorrance Field (3,887) Chapel Hill, NC
October 27 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 3  Wake Forest	T  2–2	9–4–3 (2–4–2)	Lynn Stadium (1,052) Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 1 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(9)	at (8)  Pittsburgh First Round	W  2–1  2OT	10–4–3	Ambrose Urbanic Field (717) Pittsburgh, PA
November 5 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(9)	at (1) No. 2  Notre Dame Quarterfinals	W  4–3	11–4–3	Alumni Stadium (794) Notre Dame, IN
November 8 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(9) No. 20	at (4) No. 14 Clemson Semifinals	L  1–5	11–5–3	Riggs Field (3,785) Clemson, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 16 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Dayton First Round	W  4–3	12–5–3	Lynn Stadium (877) Louisville, KY
November 19 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at (5) No. 5  West Virginia Second Round	L  0–1	12–6–3	Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (3,137) Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Gage Guerra	Pre-Season Hermann Trophy Watchlist	August 24	[9]
Sander Roed	Pre-Season All-ACC Team	August 26	[10]
Alex Svetanoff	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	August 29	[11]
Gage Guerra	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 5	[12]
		September 12	[13]
Damien Barker-John	ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week	September 26	[14]
Sander Roed	All-ACC Second Team	November 8	[15]
Damien Barker-John
Josh Jones	All-ACC Third Team
Alex Svetanoff	ACC All-Tournament Team	November 12, 2023	[16]
Sander Roed

2024 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2024 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Damien Barker-John	Real Salt Lake	2	37	FW
Josh Jones	Real Salt Lake	2	47	DF
Gage Guerra	Portland Timbers	3	69	FW

Source: ^[17]

Rankings

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer [18]	RV	12	7	5т	10	8	21	—	—	—	—	20	Not released				24
TopDrawer Soccer [19]	—	—	19	7	19	13	23	—	—	—	—	20	24	—	—	—	—

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