2020 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team

2020 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
2020 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 11
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 12
Record	10–2–2 (6–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jeff Cook (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Greg Dalby (3rd season); Methembe Ndlovu (1st season); Clint Long (1st season);
Home stadium	Jeffrey Field
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2020 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 fall season was postponed to the spring, and began on February 19, 2021. It was the program's 108th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 30th season in the Big Ten Conference. The 2020 season is Jeff Cook's third year at the helm.

2020 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Indiana ‡	7	–	1	–	0	12	–	2	–	2
No. 11 Penn State +	6	–	1	–	1	10	–	2	–	2
Michigan	5	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
Maryland +	4	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	2
Rutgers	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Michigan State	4	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Ohio State	3	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	1	2	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	7	–	1	2	–	7	–	1


‡ – 2020 B1G Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2020 NCAA Tournament As of May 28, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big Ten

Background edit

The 2020 season is the Nittany Lions' 108th season as a varsity soccer program, and their 30th season playing in the Big Ten Conference. The team is led by third year head coach, Jeff Cook, who had previously served as an assistant coach for the professional soccer team, Bethlehem Steel of USL Championship.

Player movement edit

Departures edit

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Brandon Hackenberg	3	DF	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175	Redshirt Senior	Reading, PA	Drafted by Orlando City SC with the 22nd pick of the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.
Aaron Molloy	8	MF	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165	Senior	Dublin, Ireland	Graduated; drafted by Portland Timbers with the 16th pick of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.
Will Campbell	20	DF	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	178	Graduate Student	Wallingford, PA	Graduated
Kyle Perno	23	FW	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165	Senior	New Hyde Park, NY	Graduated
Christian Sload	24	FW	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170	Senior	Reading, PA	Graduated

Last updated: May 14, 2021
Source: Penn State Athletics

Arrivals edit

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
David Adelsberg GK	USA	Newport Beach, CA	Pateadores SC	^[1]
Femi Awodesu DF	USA	Philadelphia, PA	Tampa Bay Rowdies	^[2]
Tyger Evans DF	USA	Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Union Academy	^[3]
Peter Mangione MF	USA	Dulaney, MD	Baltimore Armour	^[3]
Jace Orvos FW	USA	Belle Mead, NJ	PDA (Academy)	^[4]

Last updated: May 14, 2021
Source: TopDrawerSoccer

Transfers edit

Name	Nat.	No.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Alex Morgret	USA	13	GK	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Junior	Hummelstown, PA	Transferred from Saint Francis^[5]
Daniel Bloyou	Ghana	9	FW	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Junior	Ghana	Transferred from Old Dominion^[6]

2021 MLS SuperDraft edit

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Brandon Hackenberg	1	22	DF	Orlando City SC

Squad edit

Roster edit

As of May 14, 2021^[7]

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


No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Kris Shakes	United States
2	DF	Mason Deeds	United States
3	DF	Brandon Hackenberg (captain)	United States
4	DF	Jalen Watson	Canada
5	MF	Callum Pritchatt	England
6	MF	Andrew Privett	United States
7	FW	Liam Butts	United States
8	MF	Peter Mangione	United States
9	FW	Daniel Bloyou	Ghana
10	MF	Seth Kuhn	United States
11	MF	Pierre Reedy (captain)	United States
12	MF	Nicholas Rieple	United States
13	GK	Alex Morgret	United States
14	DF	Michael Gaines	United States
15	DF	Adam Laundree	United States
16	MF	Keegan Ness	United States
17	DF	Tyger Evans	United States
18	DF	Alex Stevenson	United States
19	MF	Omar Ozbay	United States
20	DF	Edward Mensah	Ghana
21	MF	Kyle May	United States
22	MF	Daniel González	Costa Rica
23	FW	Jace Orvos	United States
24	DF	Jose Palomeque	United States
25	DF	Dax Hoffman	United States
26	FW	Josh Dabora	United States
27	GK	Owen Elliott	United States
28	DF	Femi Awodesu	United States
30	GK	David Adelsberg	United States

Personnel edit

Front office
Athletic Director	Sandy Barbour
Deputy Director of Athletics	Lynn Holleran
Deputy Director of Athletics	Scott Sidwell
Coaching staff
Head coach	Jeff Cook
Assistant coach	Greg Dalby
Assistant coach	Methembe Ndlovu
Assistant coach	Clint Long

Last updated: January 1, 2021
Source: Penn State Athletics

Schedule edit

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Team events	Opponent events	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
February 19 6:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 23	No. 21 Maryland	W 3–2	1–0–0 (1–0–0)	A. Privett 5' B. Hackenberg 18' P. Reedy 25' P. Mangione 34' A. Stevenson 38' K. May 74'	B. Padilla 82' I. Ngobu 16' J. Suchecki 38' P. Bin 49' J. Russell-Rowe 73' 85' B. St. Martin 86'	Holuba Hall (100) State College, PA
February 23 12:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 20	at Rutgers	W 2–1	2–0–0 (2–0–0)	D. Bloyou 8' J. Watson 11' S. Kuhn 34' P. Mangione 35'	C. Sotack 16' J. Temple 32' (pen.) J. Temple 34' C. Sotack 49' V. Borden 85'	Iron Peaks Sports & Events (0) Piscataway, NJ
February 27 2:00 p.m., BTN+		Michigan State	L 1–0	2–1–0 (2–1–0)	D. Bloyou 59' K. May 60' B. Hackenberg 62'	O. Ogunwale 5' J. Zugay 75' J. Beck 86'	Holuba Hall (100) State College, PA
POSTPONED		No. 9 Michigan		2–1–0 (2–1–0)	n/a	n/a	Ann Arbor, MI
POSTPONED		at No. 19 Indiana		2–1–0 (2–1–0)	n/a	n/a	Bloomington, IN
March 15 12:00 p.m., BTN		Rutgers	W 4–2	3–1–0 (3–1–0)	D. Bloyou 24' S. Kuhn 27' A. Laundree 42' Tyger Evans 44' P. Reedy 47' D. Bloyou 76' K. May 79'	V. Borden 27' R. Barry 33' V. Borden 53' K. Galloway 87'	Jeffrey Field (207) State College, PA
March 19 1:00 p.m., BTN		at Northwestern	W 1-0	4–1–0 (4–1–0)	N. Rieple 82' D. Bloyou 91'	none	Martin Stadium (20) Evanston, IL
March 23 5:00 p.m., BTN+		No. 25 Ohio State	W 1-0	5–1–0 (5–1–0)	P. Mangione 74' N. Rieple 89'	X. Green 24' P. Grinstead 72'	Jeffrey Field (179) State College, PA
March 27 2:00 p.m., BTN+		Wisconsin	W 1-0	6–1–0 (6–1–0)	D. Bloyou 72' P. Reedy 86'	A. Akindele 36' Z. Klancnik 57' P. Yim 74'	Jeffrey Field (216) State College, PA
March 31 12:00 p.m., BTN		at Maryland	T 2–2	6–1–1 (6–1–1)	P. Mangione 19' J. Watson 75' D. Bloyou 81' P. Reedy 86' F. Awodesu 91'	B. Bender 1' 34' C. Rindov 37' M. Johnston 62' J. Gielen 79'	Ludwig Field (100) College Park, MD
Big Ten Tournament
April 10 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 19 (2)	No. (7) Ohio State Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal	W 3-1	7–1–1 (6–1–1)	D. Bloyou 21' T. Evans 72' D. Bloyou 54' P. Reedy 86'	D. Etling 87'	Jeffrey Field (256) State College, PA
April 14 5:00 p.m., BTN	No. 14 (2)	No. 20 (3) Michigan Big Ten Tournament Semifinal	W 4–1	8–1–1 (6–1–1)	D. Bloyou 6' J. Watson 11' P. Mangione 17' (pen.) F. Awodesu 35' P. Reedy 62' L. Butts 87' P. Reedy 86'	J. Ragen 24' J. Ragen 28' M. Ybarra 43' U. Farouk Osman 76'	Jeffrey Field (313) State College, PA
April 17 5:00 p.m., BTN	No. 14 (2)	No. 3 (1) Indiana Big Ten Tournament Championship	T 1–1 ^3-2	8–1–2 (6–1–1)	S. Kuhn 75' L. Butts 81' T. Evans 108'	V. Bezerra 39' J. Maher 80'	Bill Armstrong Stadium (0) Bloomington, IN
NCAA Tournament
May 2* 1:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 12	vs. UMass NCAA Tournament Second Round	W 4–1	9–1–2 (6–1–1)	Own Goal 9' A. Stevenson 20' K. Ness 23' S. Kuhn 31' A. Privett 64' T. Evans 81'	Own Goal 52' R. Levay 74' B. Shepherd 78'	UNCG Soccer Stadium (167) Greensboro, NC
May 6* 12:00 p.m., GOHEELSTV	No. 12	vs. No. 7 Georgetown NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen	L 3-2	9–2–2 (6–1–1)	P. Mangione 12' (pen.) K. Shakes 53' S. Kuhn 53' D. Bloyou 58' K. Shakes 90'	D. Polvara 8' (pen.) Z. Riviere 29' M. Ngoh 44'	WakeMed Soccer Park (167) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source:Penn State Athletics^[8]

Rankings edit

Preseason Big Ten poll edit

Penn State was predicted to finish 3rd in the Big Ten Conference.^[9]

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

Season Rankings edit

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	Final
United Soccer^[10]	None Released				RV	RV	RV	NV	RV	19	14	12	11
Top Drawer Soccer^[11]	23	23	23	20	NV	NV	NV	NV	21	19	19	17	12
CollegeSoccerNews.com^[12]	21	21	21	13	15	15	15	15	12	11	10	10	10

Statistics edit

Top scorers edit

Rank	Position	Number	Name	Total
1	FW	9	Daniel Bloyou	8
2	MF	8	Peter Mangione	6
3	MF	11	Pierre Reedy	5

Last updated: May 7, 2020
Source: Team Stats

Top assists edit

Rank	Position	Number	Name	Total
1	MF	8	Peter Mangione	6
T-2	MF	11	Pierre Reedy	4
T-2	FW	10	Seth Kuhn	4
3	DF	18	Alex Stevenson	3

Last updated: May 7, 2020
Source: Team Stats

Honors and awards edit

Big Ten awards edit

Award	Name
All-Big Ten First Team	Daniel Bloyou
All-Big Ten First Team	Pierre Reedy
All-Big Ten Second Team	Seth Kuhn
All-Big Ten Second Team	Kris Shakes
All-Big Ten Freshman Team	Peter Mangione
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honorees	Nicholas Rieple

Last updated: May 8, 2020
Source: Big Ten 2020-21 Honors

Top Drawer Soccer awards edit

All-American Team
Award	Name
3rd Team	Pierre Reedy
3rd Team	Daniel Bloyou
Freshman Best XI Team
Award	Name
2nd Team	Peter Mangione
All-North Region
Award	Name
1st Team	Pierre Reedy
1st Team	Daniel Bloyou
1st Team	Brandon Hackenberg
2nd Team	Peter Mangione
Team of the Week
Week	Name
May 4	Peter Mangione
April 13	Daniel Bloyou
March 30	Brandon Hackenberg
March 30	Brandon Hackenberg
March 23	Daniel Bloyou
Preseason Best XI
Position	Name
FW	Liam Butts
DF	Brandon Hackenberg

Last updated: May 14, 2020
Source: TopDrawerSoccer

United Soccer Coaches awards edit

Scholar All-American
Award	Name
First Team	Pierre Reedy
First Team	Brandon Hackenberg
Second Team	Seth Kuhn

Last updated: May 8, 2020
Source: United Soccer Coaches

References edit

^ "David Adelsberg". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "Femi Awodesu". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Tyger Evans". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "Jace Orvos". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ Collegian, Andrew Destin | The Daily. "Transfer in a pandemic, How two Penn State men's soccer players have handled the move to University Park". The Daily Collegian. Daily Collegian INC. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ Collegian, Andrew Destin | The Daily. "Transfer in a pandemic, How two Penn State men's soccer players have handled the move to University Park". The Daily Collegian. Daily Collegian INC. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "2020 Men's Soccer Roster". Penn State University Athletics.
^ "2020-21 Men's Soccer Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
^ "Indiana Tops 2020-21 Big Ten Men's Soccer Preseason Poll". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

External links edit

PSU Soccer Schedule

[1] "David Adelsberg". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[2] "Femi Awodesu". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[auto-3] "Tyger Evans". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[4] "Jace Orvos". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[5] Collegian, Andrew Destin | The Daily. "Transfer in a pandemic, How two Penn State men's soccer players have handled the move to University Park". The Daily Collegian. Daily Collegian INC. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[6] Collegian, Andrew Destin | The Daily. "Transfer in a pandemic, How two Penn State men's soccer players have handled the move to University Park". The Daily Collegian. Daily Collegian INC. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[7] "2020 Men's Soccer Roster". Penn State University Athletics.

[8] "2020-21 Men's Soccer Schedule". Penn State Athletics. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved April 29, 2021.

[9] "Indiana Tops 2020-21 Big Ten Men's Soccer Preseason Poll". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on February 18, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2021.

[10] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[11] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[12] "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

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