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2019 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team

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2019 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer
Big 10 Tournament Runner-up
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 17
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 16
Record11–5–6 (4–1–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tommy McMenemy (10th season)
  • Jhojan Obando (8th season)
  • Marcos Ugarte (3rd season)
Home stadiumU-M Soccer Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Indiana 7 1 0 15 3 4
No. 18 Penn State + 6 1 1 12 4 3
No. 17 Michigan + 4 1 3 11 5 6
Maryland + 3 3 2 11 8 2
Northwestern 3 3 2 8 8 2
Michigan State 3 4 1 3 12 3
Wisconsin 1 4 3 3 11 4
Rutgers 1 6 1 7 8 3
Ohio State 1 6 1 7 11 1
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big Ten

The 2019 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team is the college's 20th season of playing organized men's college soccer. It is the Wolverines' 20th season playing in the Big Ten Conference.

Background

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Player movement

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Departures

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Arrivals

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Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Moshtaba Al-Hasnawi
FW/MF
 IRQ Dearborn, MI Vardar [1]
Brennan Callow
DF
 USA Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati United [2]
Owen Finnerty
GK
 USA Walled Lake, MI Detroit City [3]
Carter Payne
DF
 USA Phoenix, AZ Barca Academy (AZ) [4]
Harry Pithers
MF
 USA Tampa, FL Chargers SC NR
Christian Pulselli
FW
 ITA Pembroke, MA Boston Bolts [5]
Evan Rasmussen
MF
 USA Libertyville, IL Libertyville FC [6]
Inaki Rodriguez
MF
 CHI Santiago, CHI Northwood Huskies [7]
Ryan Schultz
DF
 USA Short Hills, NJ New York Red Bulls [8]

Transfers

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Squad information

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Roster

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No. Player Nat. State Year Date of birth (Age) High School Club Team Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Andrew Verdi United States Pennsylvania Sr. March 30, 1998 (age 21) YSC Academy Philadelphia Union 14 0
18 Jacob Nunner United States Michigan Jr. August 2, 1999 (age 20) De La Salle Collegiate Vardar 0 0
22 Owen Finnerty United States Michigan Fr. February 7, 2001 (age 18) Detroit Catholic Central Detroit City 0 0
Defenders
2 Carter Payne United States Arizona Fr. August 15, 2001 (age 18) Shadow Mountain Barca Academy 0 0
3 Ryan Schultz United States New Jersey Fr. March 4, 2001 (age 18) Millburn New York Red Bulls 0 0
4 Joel Harrison Canada British Columbia Jr. August 6, 1999 (age 20) Burnaby Central Vancouver Whitecaps 8 0
5 Abdou Samake Mali Quebec Sr. October 7, 1996 (age 23) Louis-Riel (ON) Montreal Impact 32 0
12 Austin Swiech United States Michigan Jr. June 2, 1998 (age 21) Jenison Midwest United 22 1
13 Declan Gaffney United States California So. October 6, 1999 (age 20) Loyola (CA) Pataeadores 10 0
25 Jackson Ragen United States Washington (state) Jr. September 24, 1998 (age 21) University Prep Seattle Sounders FC 37 3
26 C.Y. Cheng Hong Kong Connecticut So. November 23, 1998 (age 21) Hotchkiss Black Rock 0 0
30 Brennan Callow United States Ohio Fr. January 29, 2001 (age 18) Seven Hills (OH) Cincinnati United 0 0
Midfielders
6 Carlos Tellez Mexico Florida Jr. August 6, 1999 (age 20) Archbishop McCarthy Weston FC 8 0
8 Inaki Rodriguez Chile New York (state) Fr. Northwood (NY) N/A 0 0
14 Harry Pithers United States Florida Fr. May 31, 2000 (age 19) Berkeley Prep Chargers SC 0 0
15 Evan Rasmussen United States Michigan Fr. April 10, 2001 (age 18) Libertyville Libertyville FC 0 0
19 Kevin Buca United States Michigan So. November 20, 2000 (age 19) Stoney Creek (MI) Vardar 9 0
20 Aidan Nam United States Michigan So. June 10, 2000 (age 19) Saline (MI) Columbus Crew 0 0
21 Joe Hertgen United States New Jersey Sr. January 11, 1998 (age 21) Toms River North PDA 2 0
23 Marc Ybarra United States Michigan Jr. December 18, 1998 (age 20) Skyline (MI) Columbus Crew 40 4
27 Moshtaba Al-Hasnawi Iraq Michigan Fr. January 13, 2001 (age 18) Fordson Vardar 0 0
Forwards
7 Derick Broche United States Michigan So. March 1, 2000 (age 19) Novi Columbus Crew 0 0
9 Mohammed Zakyi Ghana Connecticut Jr. April 6, 1998 (age 21) Canterbury (CT) Oakwood SC 31 8
10 Umar Farouk Osman Ghana Connecticut Jr. September 23, 1998 (age 21) Hotchkiss Black Rock 41 9
11 Jack Hallahan Republic of Ireland Dublin Sr. November 17, 1996 (age 23) St. Augustine Catholic West Bromwich Albion 59 21
16 Christian Pulselli Italy Massachusetts Fr. May 15, 2001 (age 18) Pembroke Boston Bolts 0 0
17 Sosa Emovon Canada Ontario So. April 19, 2000 (age 19) St. Thomas Aquinas Vardar 8 0
33 Nebojša Popović Serbia Michigan Gr. Rochester (MI) Vardar 0 0

Coaching staff

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Position Name
Manager Canada Chaka Daley
Assistant Coach England Tommy McMenemy
Assistant Coach United States Jhojan Obando
Volunteer Assistant Coach United States Marcos Ugarte
Program Assistant United States Justin Makar

Source[9]

Preseason

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Preseason Big Ten poll

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Michigan was predicted to finish third in the Big Ten Conference.[10]

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

Schedule

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Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Preseason
August 17*
2:00 p.m.
No. 24 at Cincinnati W 2–1 
Gettler Stadium (312)
Cincinnati, OH
August 23*
3:30 p.m.
No. 24 at No. 3 Akron L 2–3 
Cub Cadet Field
Akron, OH
Regular season
August 30*
7:30 p.m., BTN+
No. 24 Florida Gulf Coast L 3–4  0–1–0
U-M Soccer Stadium (1,602)
Ann Arbor, MI
September 2*
1:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 24 SIU Edwardsville W 3–1  1–1–0
U-M Soccer Stadium (1,452)
Ann Arbor, MI
September 6*
5:00 p.m., BTN+
Cornell W 3–0  2–1–0
U-M Soccer Stadium (1,252)
Ann Arbor, MI
September 8*
6:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 13 Washington L 0–1  2–2–0
U-M Soccer Stadium (704)
Ann Arbor, MI
September 13*
8:00 p.m., WOWT
at Omaha T 1–1 2OT 2–2–1
Al F. Caniglia Field (1,006)
Omaha, NE
September 17*
7:30 p.m., BTN+
Oakland W 2–0  3–2–1
U-M Soccer Stadium (336)
Ann Arbor, MI
September 21
3:00 p.m., BTN+
No. 24 Rutgers T 1–1[a]  3–2–2
(0–0–1)
U-M Soccer Stadium (903)
Ann Arbor, MI
September 27
6:00 p.m., BTN
at Penn State T 0–0 2OT 3–2–3
(0–0–2)
Jeffrey Field (1,985)
State College, PA
October 2
7:00 p.m., BTN+
at Ohio State W 2–0  4–2–3
(1–0–2)
Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (1,221)
Columbus, OH
October 6
4:00 p.m., BTN+
Northwestern W 3–0  5–2–3
(2–0–2)
U-M Soccer Stadium (1,351)
Ann Arbor, MI
October 9*
7:30 p.m., BTN+
Detroit Mercy W 1–0  6–2–3
U-M Soccer Stadium (611)
Ann Arbor, MI
October 13
3:00 p.m., ESPNU
at No. 4 Indiana L 0–1  6–3–3
(2–1–2)
Bill Armstrong Stadium (2,500)
Bloomington, IN
October 17*
7:30 p.m.
Western Michigan L 1–2  6–4–3
U-M Soccer Stadium (453)
Ann Arbor, MI
October 22*
7:00 p.m., ACCN
at Notre Dame W 1–0  7–4–3
Alumni Field (585)
South Bend, IN
October 25
6:00 p.m., BTN+
Wisconsin T 1–1 2OT 7–4–4
(2–1–3)
U-M Soccer Stadium (1,207)
Ann Arbor, MI
October 29
8:00 p.m., BTN
Michigan State
Big Bear Trophy
W 2–0  8–4–4
(3–1–3)
U-M Soccer Stadium (1,529)
Ann Arbor, MI
November 3
8:00 p.m., ESPNU
at No. 17 Maryland W 4–2  9–4–4
(4–1–3)
Ludwig Field (3,128)
College Park, MD
Big Ten Tournament
November 10
4:00 p.m., BTN
(3) (6) Michigan State
Quarterfinal
W 2–1  10–4–4
U-M Soccer Stadium (979)
Ann Arbor, MI
November 15
4:00 p.m., BTN
(3) vs. (2) No. 12 Penn State
Semifinal
W 1–0  11–4–4
Ludwig Field
College Park, MD
November 17
2:00 p.m., BTN
(3) vs. (1) No. 8 Indiana
Championship Game
T 0–0 (3–4 PKs) 2OT 11–4–5
Ludwig Field (320)
College Park, MD
NCAA Tournament
November 24
1:00 p.m., BTN+
(13) No. 17 Wright State
Second Round
T 0–0 (5–4 PKs) 2OT 11–4–6
U-M Soccer Stadium (1,048)
Ann Arbor, MI
December 1
5:00 p.m., ACCNX
(13) No. 17 at (4) No. 9 Wake Forest
Third Round
L 1–3  11–5–6
Spry Soccer Stadium (1,206)
Winston-Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

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Ranking movement
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United Soccer[12] 24 RV RV NV NV None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [13] 13 13 RV NV NV NV

Awards

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Date Player Award Ref.

2020 MLS SuperDraft

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Player Round Pick Position MLS club Ref.
Jack Hallahan 2 50 MF Los Angeles FC
Andrew Verdi 3 65 GK D.C. United

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The Rutgers match was called off in the 71st minute due to inclement weather. The final scoreline was deemed the final score without an overtime period.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Moshtaba Alhasnawi". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Brennan Callow". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Owen Finnerty". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  4. ^ "Carter Payne". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  5. ^ "Christian Pulselli". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  6. ^ "Evan Rasmussen". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  7. ^ "Inaki Rodriguez". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  8. ^ "Ryan Schultz". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved August 21, 2019.
  9. ^ "Michigan Men's Soccer Roster". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  10. ^ "Indiana Claims First Place in Men's Soccer Preseason Poll". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  11. ^ Rudner, Brad (September 21, 2019). "Weather Forces Draw With No. 24 Rutgers In Michigan's Big Ten Opener". mgoblue.com. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  12. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". United Soccer Coaches. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  13. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
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