2017 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

The 2017 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team represents University of Louisville during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cardinals are led by head coach Ken Lolla, in his twelfth season. They play home games at Lynn Stadium. This is the team's 39th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 4th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2017 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 6
Record13–2–5 (5–2–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
CaptainTim Kübel
Home stadiumLynn Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 5 Wake Forest 7 0 1 19 2 2
No. 7 Louisville + 5 2 1 13 2 5
No. 17 Clemson + 4 4 0 12 6 1
NC State + 3 3 2 8 6 4
Boston College 1 6 1 6 10 1
Syracuse 0 6 2 6 8 4
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina + 6 1 1 17 4 1
No. 13 Duke + 4 3 1 13 4 3
No. 19 Virginia + 3 2 3 13 4 5
No. 18 Notre Dame + 3 3 2 11 7 2
Virginia Tech + 3 5 0 10 10 0
Pittsburgh 2 6 0 8 10 0
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Roster edit

Updated August 7, 2017[1]

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 Will Meyer
2 DF   MAR Ziyad Fekri
3 DF   USA Chris DeMartino
4 MF   FRA Adrien Cabon
5 MF   SCO Adam Wilson
6 MF   USA Geoffrey Dee
7 MF   USA Elijah Amo
8 MF   ENG Hamam El-Fitouri
9 FW   USA Tate Schmitt
10 FW   USA Mohamed Thiaw
11 MF   USA Sawyer Edwards
12 MF   SEN Cherif Dieye
13 MF   USA Walker Andriot
14 DF   USA Campbell Weyland
15 DF   USA Connor Brazil
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   USA John Armbruster
17 MF   USA Kotaro Umeda
18 DF   ENG Danny Reynolds
19 MF   USA Alec-Michael Petrizzi
20 MF   USA Cody Cochran
21 FW   USA Watterson Young
22 DF   ENG Liam Bennett
23 FW   USA Izaiah Jennings
24 DF   USA Joey Kunkel
25 MF   USA Chaz Andriot
26 MF   USA Cameron Wheeler
27 MF   GER Tim Kübel (captain)
28 GK   USA William Howard
30 GK   USA Trey Miller
31 GK   USA Jake Gelnovatch

Coaching staff edit

Position Staff
Head coach Ken Lolla
Assistant coach Danny Cepero
Assistant coach John Michael Hayden
Director of Operations David Horne
Volunteer Assistant Coach Robbe Tarver

Source:[1]

Schedule edit

Source:[2]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 12*
7:30 pm
No. 9 Lipscomb W 1-0  -
(-)
Lynn Stadium (923)
Louisville, Kentucky
August 17*
7:30 pm
No. 9 at No. 7 Indiana L 2-3  -
(-)
Grand Park
Westfield, Indiana
August 19*
7:30 pm
No. 9 Oakland T 1-1  -
(-)
Lynn Stadium (675)
Louisville, Kentucky
Regular season
August 25*
7:30 pm
No. 9 UC Irvine W 2-1  1–0–0
(0–0–0)
Lynn Stadium (2,078)
Louisville, Kentucky
August 28*
7:30 pm
No. 9 No. 25 Butler W 1-0  2–0–0
(0–0–0)
Lynn Stadium (1,457)
Louisville, Kentucky
September 1*
7:00 pm
No. 11 at Georgia State W 1-0  3–0–0
(0–0–0)
GSU Soccer Field (100)
Atlanta
September 5*
7:00 pm
No. 8 No. 19 Kentucky
Rivalry
T 2-2 2OT 3–0–1
(0–0–0)
Lynn Stadium (2,954)
Louisville, Kentucky
September 9
7:30 pm
No. 8 No. 2 Wake Forest L 1-3  3–1–1
(0–1–0)
Lynn Stadium (2,708)
Louisville, Kentucky
September 15
7:00 pm
No. 17 at No. 7 Syracuse W 2-1  4–1–1
(1–1–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (2,006)
Syracuse
September 19*
7:00 pm
No. 10 IUPUI W 3-0  5–1–1
(1–1–0)
Lynn Stadium (1,274)
Louisville, Kentucky
September 22
7:00 pm
No. 10 Boston College W 4-0  6–1–1
(2–1–0)
Lynn Stadium (1,947)
Louisville, Kentucky
September 26*
7:00 pm
No. 8 USF T 1-1 2OT 6–1–2
(2–1–0)
Lynn Stadium (1,567)
Louisville, Kentucky
September 30
7:00 pm
No. 8 at No. 19 Duke W 1-0  7–1–2
(3–1–0)
Koskinen Stadium (1,103)
Durham, North Carolina
October 6
7:00 pm
No. 7 at Virginia Tech W 1-0  8–1–2
(4–1–0)
Sandra D. Thompson Field (573)
Blacksburg, Virginia
October 10*
7:00 pm
No. 5 Florida Atlantic W 5-0  9–1–2
(4–1–0)
Lynn Stadium (918)
Louisville, Kentucky
October 13
7:00 pm
No. 5 No. 4 North Carolina
Alumni Weekend
T 0-0 2OT 9–1–3
(4–1–1)
Lynn Stadium (3,435)
Louisville, Kentucky
October 17*
7:00 pm
No. 5 at Charlotte W 1-0 OT 10–1–3
(4–1–1)
Transamerica Field (1,027)
Charlotte, North Carolina
October 21
7:00 pm
No. 5 NC State
Senior Day
L 2-3  10–2–3
(4–2–1)
Lynn Stadium (1,978)
Louisville, Kentucky
October 27
7:00 pm
No. 11 No. 4 Clemson W 2-1  11–2–3
(4–2–1)
Riggs Field (2,022)
Clemson, South Carolina
ACC Tournament
November 5
1:00 pm
No. 6 No. 16 Virginia
Quarterfinal
T 0-0 (3–4 PK) 2OT 11–2–4
(4–2–1)
Lynn Stadium (738)
Louisville, Kentucky
NCAA Tournament
November 19
5:00 pm
No. 9 San Francisco
Second Round
W 3-2  12–2–4
Lynn Stadium (833)
Louisville, Kentucky
November 26
5:00 pm
No. 9 Colgate
Third Round
W 2–0  13–2–4
Lynn Stadium (1,302)
Louisville, Kentucky
December 1
7:00 pm
No. 9 No. 4 Akron
Quarterfinal
T 0–0 3–4 PKs 2OT 13–2–5
Lynn Stadium (3,179)
Louisville, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors edit

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Tim Kübel ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 5 [3]
All-ACC First Team November 7 [4]
United Soccer Coaches All-American December 7 [5]
Soccer America All-American December 8 [6]
College Soccer News All-American January 4 [7]
Tate Schmitt All-ACC Second Team November 7 [4]
Mohamed Thiaw November 7 [4]

Rankings edit

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United Soccer[8] 9 11 8 17 10 8 7 5 5 11 6 9 9 None Released 7
TopDrawer Soccer [9] 12 12 11 7 13 9 7 6 6 7 15 13 13 9 11 6 6 6

MLS Draft edit

The following members of the 2017 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.[10]

Player Round Pick Position MLS club Ref.
Tim Kübel 2 28 DF Toronto FC [11]
Mohamed Thiaw 2 35 FW San Jose Earthquakes

References edit

  1. ^ a b "2017 Men's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 Men's Soccer - Schedule". Louisville Cardinals men's soccer. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "Kubel and Bunk-Andersen Earn ACC Men's Soccer Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "ACC Announces 2017 Men's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  5. ^ "NCAA DI Men's All-America Teams Announced by United Soccer Coaches". unitedsoccercoaches.com. United Soccer Coaches. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  6. ^ "All-Americans: NCAA Division I men". socceramerica.com. Soccer America. December 8, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  7. ^ "All-America Teams". Collegesoccernews.com. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  8. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  9. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.
  10. ^ "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  11. ^ "Toronto FC select two players in 2018 MLS SuperDraft". torontofc.ca. Toronto FC. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.