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2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team

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2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 19
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 21
Record13–4–5 (3–2–3 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumKlöckner 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

The 2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-second season. They play home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 77th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 64th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

Roster

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Updated 07/28/17 [2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Connor Jones
1 GK United States USA Jeff Caldwell
2 DF Spain ESP Sergi Nus
3 DF United States USA Fabrice Shema
4 DF United States USA Nate Odusote
5 DF United States USA Henry Kessler
6 MF United States USA Hayes Fountain
7 DF United States USA Bay Kurtz
8 MF Guatemala GUA Pablo Aguilar
9 FW United States USA Kennedy Nwabia
10 FW United States USA Cameron Harr
11 FW United States USA Edward Opoku
12 MF New Zealand NZL Joe Bell
13 DF Nigeria NGA Prosper Figbe
15 MF Denmark DEN Daniel Barir
16 MF United States USA Liam Jenkins
17 FW United States USA Simeon Okoro
18 GK United States USA Colin Shutler
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW England ENG Nathaniel Crofts
20 MF Australia AUS Ryan Peterson
21 MF United States USA Aaron James
22 MF United States USA Jean-Christophe Koffi
23 MF United States USA Justin Ingram
24 FW United States USA Jerren Nixon
25 DF United States USA Max Diamond
26 FW United States USA Raheem Taylor-Parkes
27 FW United States USA Leon Maric
30 DF Germany GER Robin Afamefuna
31 DF United States USA Sheldon Sullivan
32 MF United States USA Julian Cummings
33 FW United States USA Ahdan Tait
34 FW Tanzania TAN Irakoze Donasiyano
35 MF United States USA Brad Kurtz
36 DF United States USA Spencer Patton
37 MF United States USA Beau Bradley

Coaching staff

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Position Staff
Athletic Director Craig Littlepage
Head coach George Gelnovatch
Associate head coach Matt Chulis
Associate head coach Terry Boss
Operations Assistant A.J. Barnold

Source:[2]

Schedule

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Source:[3]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 12*
7:00 pm
No. 13 Wright State  Cancelled[4]  -
(-)
Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
August 15*
6:00 pm
No. 13 Old Dominion L 0-1  -
(-)
Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
August 19*
1:00 pm
No. 13 at Georgetown L 1-2  -
(-)
Shaw Field
Washington, D.C.
Regular season
August 25*
7:00 pm
No. 13 Villanova W 3-2 2OT 1-0-0
(0-0-0)
Klöckner Stadium (3,594)
Charlottesville, VA
August 31*
6:00 pm
No. 12 Hofstra W 4-0  2-0-0
(0-0-0)
Klöckner Stadium (1,588)
Charlottesville, VA
September 4*
7:00 pm
No. 12 UNC Wilmington W 2-1 OT 3-0-0
(0-0-0)
Klöckner Stadium (1,651)
Charlottesville, VA
September 8
7:00 pm
No. 11 No. 7 Syracuse T 2-2 2OT 3-0-1
(0-0-1)
Klöckner Stadium (2,596)
Charlottesville, VA
September 12*
7:00 pm
No. 11 Marquette W 2-0  4-0-1
(0-0-1)
Klöckner Stadium (1,209)
Charlottesville, VA
September 15
7:00 pm
No. 12 at Virginia Tech
Commonwealth Cup
W 2-1  5-0-1
(1-0-1)
Sandra D. Thompson Field (2,143)
Blacksburg, VA
September 22
7:00 pm
No. 9 No. 7 North Carolina
South's Oldest Rivalry
L 1-2 OT 5-1-1
(1-1-1)
Klöckner Stadium (4,205)
Charlottesville, VA
September 25*
7:00 pm
No. 9 Davidson W 2–1  6-1-1
(1-1-1)
Klöckner Stadium (1,056)
Charlottesville, VA
September 29
7:30 pm
No. 10 at No. 7 Notre Dame T 1-1 2OT 6-1-2
(1-1-2)
Alumni Field (2,158)
South Bend, IN
October 2*
7:00 pm
No. 10 Portland W 2-1 OT 7-1-2
(1-1-2)
Klöckner Stadium (1,319)
Charlottesville, VA
October 6
7:00 pm
No. 11 Boston College W 1-0  8-1-2
(2-1-2)
Klöckner Stadium (1,781)
Charlottesville, VA
October 10*
7:00 pm
No. 10 Lehigh W 4-2  9-1-2
(2-1-2)
Klöckner Stadium (1,265)
Charlottesville, VA
October 13
7:00 pm
No. 10 at NC State T 0-0 2OT 9-1-3
(2-1-3)
Dail Soccer Stadium (956)
Raleigh, NC
October 17*
7:00 pm
No. 10 Radford L 0-1  9-2-3
(2-1-3)
Klöckner Stadium (1,356)
Charlottesville, VA
October 20
7:00 pm
No. 10 Pittsburgh W 2-1 2OT 10-2-3
(3-1-3)
Klöckner Stadium (3,450)
Charlottesville, VA
October 27
7:00 pm
No. 13 at No. 18 Duke L 0-1  10-3-3
(3-2-3)
Koskinen Stadium (905)
Durham, NC
ACC Tournament
November 1
7:00 pm
No. 16 Boston College
First Round
W 4-0  11-3-3
(3-2-3)
Klöckner Stadium (536)
Charlottesville, VA
November 5
1:00 pm
No. 16 at No. 6 Louisville
Quarterfinals
T 0-0 (4–3 PK) 2OT 11-3-4
(3-2-3)
Lynn Stadium (738)
Louisville, KY
November 8
7:00 pm
No. 17 No. 13 Notre Dame
Semifinals
W 2-1  12-3-4
(3-2-3)
Klöckner Stadium (1142)
Charlottesville, VA
November 12
12:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 17 vs. No. 1 Wake Forest
Championship
T 0-0 (3-4 PK) 2OT 13-3-5
(3-2-3)
MUSC Health Stadium (1,174)
Charleston, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 19
5:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 8 Fordham
Second Round
L 0-1  13-4-5
Klöckner Stadium (949)
Charlottesville, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

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Recipient Award Date Ref.
Edward Opoku ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 19 [5]
Sergi Nus ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 9 [6]
Jean-Christophe Koffi All ACC First Team November 7 [7]
Pablo Aguilar All ACC Second Team [7]
Jeff Caldwell [7]
Edward Opoku [7]
Sergi Nus All ACC Third Team [7]
Joe Bell All ACC Freshman Team [7]
Jeffrey Farina All ACC Third Team [7]
Jeff Caldwell ACC All Tournament Team November 12 [8]
Pablo Aguilar [8]
Jean-Christophe Koffi [8]

Rankings

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Ranking movement
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Final
United Soccer[9] 13 12 11 12 9 10 11 10 10 13 16 17 8 None Released 19
TopDrawer Soccer [10] 14 14 12 8 4 5 6 5 5 5 11 9 4 12 21 21 21 21

MLS Draft

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The following members of the 2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.[11]

Player Round Pick Position MLS club Ref.
Jeff Caldwell 1 19 GK New York City FC [12]
Edward Opoku 2 32 FW Columbus Crew SC [13]
Pablo Aguilar 3 59 MF Houston Dynamo
Sheldon Sullivan 3 66 DF Houston Dynamo

References

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  1. ^ "Historical Information". CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "2017 Roster". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  3. ^ "2017-2018 Schedule". virginiasports.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "Saturday Athletics Events Cancelled". virginiasports.com. August 12, 2017. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  5. ^ "Opoku and Dumas Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 18, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  6. ^ "Gallagher and Nus Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "ACC Announces 2017 Men's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  8. ^ a b c "Wake Forest Defends ACC Men's Soccer Title". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  9. ^ "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 28, 2017.
  10. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.
  11. ^ "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  12. ^ Sansuste, Maira (January 19, 2018). "NYCFC Selects Jeff Caldwell and AJ Paterson in MLS SuperDraft 2018". nycfc.com. New York City FC. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  13. ^ "Play Video Crew SC selects Generation adidas forward Edward Opoku in the Second Round of 2018 MLS SuperDraft". columbuscrewsc.com. Columbus Crew SC. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.