2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer team

2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer
Atlantic 10 Regular Season and Tournament champions Ocean State Cup champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
Record	14–4–2 (7–1–0 A10)
Head coach	Gareth Elliott (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Tony Bassett (6th season) Frank Bergren (20th season) Kyle Froberg (4th season)
Captains	Stavros Zarokostas Niklas Middrup Peder Kristiansen
Home stadium	URI Soccer Complex

2019 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Rhode Island ‡	7	–	1	–	0			14	–	4	–	3
VCU	6	–	1	–	1			7	–	8	–	3
Dayton	6	–	2	–	0			13	–	8	–	0
Saint Louis	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	7	–	0
Fordham	5	–	2	–	1			7	–	10	–	3
La Salle	4	–	4	–	0			8	–	9	–	1
Duquesne	3	–	5	–	0			8	–	8	–	1
UMass	3	–	5	–	0			7	–	10	–	0
George Washington	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	11	–	1
George Mason	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	12	–	2
Davidson	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	11	–	2
Saint Joseph's	1	–	7	–	0			5	–	12	–	1
St. Bonaventure	1	–	7	–	0			5	–	11	–	0
‡ – 2019 Atlantic 10 Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 22 November 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer team represented the University of Rhode Island during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 59th season of the university fielding a program. The Rams were be led by seventh-year head coach, Gareth Elliott.

Background

Main article: 2018 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer team

Rhode Island finished the 2018 season with a 15–5–0 overall record and a 5–3–0 record in Atlantic 10 play, to finish 3rd in the conference. Rhode Island won the 2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament and earned a berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. There, they lost to UConn in overtime, 3–4. It was Rhode Island's first berth into the NCAA Tournament since 2006.

Dominik Richter and Peder Kristiansen were named to the Atlantic 10 first team.

Roster

As of December 5, 2019

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	GER	Stefan Schmidt
2	DF	NOR	Sondre Karterud
3	DF	NOR	Peder Kristiansen
4	MF	USA	Garrett Cronin
5	MF	ENG	Harvey Read
6	DF	GER	Niklas Middrup
7	FW	CZE	Simon Trčka
8	MF	NOR	Ludvik Benco
9	FW	GRE	Stavros Zarokostas
10	MF	ISR	Noam Kolakofsky
11	FW	ITA	Filippo Tamburini
12	DF	USA	Zach Drayer

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	USA	Robert McManus
16	DF	USA	Lucas Gesmundo
17	MF	USA	Ewan Noble
19	FW	USA	Braeden Cannon
21	DF	USA	Charlie Booth
22	DF	USA	Derick Arhin
23	MF	USA	Jacob Maddox
24	DF	CAN	Rohun Kawale
28	MF	NOR	Edvin Akselsen
29	GK	USA	Trevor Dalton
30	GK	BER	Andrew Kempe

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
August 30* 7:00 p.m.		Fairfield	T 1–1 2OT	0–0–1	URI Soccer Complex (711) Kingston, RI
September 3* 7:00 p.m.		No. 23 UConn	L 1–3	0–1–1	URI Soccer Complex (1,509) Kingston, RI
September 6* 5:00 p.m.		at Boston College	L 1–2	0–2–1	Newton Soccer Complex (351) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 9* 7:00 p.m., Cox/Yurview		Providence Ocean State Cup	W 2–1	1–2–1	URI Soccer Complex (2,108) Kingston, RI
September 13* 7:00 p.m.		Merrimack	W 2–1	2–2–1	URI Soccer Complex (611) Kingston, RI
September 17* 6:00 p.m.		at Central Connecticut	T 1–1 2OT	2–2–2	Central Connecticut Soccer Field (438) New Britain, CT
September 21 3:00 p.m.		at George Washington	W 1–0 OT	3–2–2 (1–0–0)	Mount Vernon Athletic Field (441) Washington, DC
September 24* 8:00 p.m.		at Holy Cross	W 3–1	4–2–2	Linda Johnson Smith Stadium (160) Worcester, MA
September 28 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Louis	L 0–1	4–3–2 (1–1–0)	Hermann Stadium (3,192) St. Louis, MO
October 5 7:00 p.m., A10N		Fordham	W 3–1	5–3–2 (2–1–0)	URI Soccer Complex (281) Kingston, RI
October 9 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		La Salle	W 3–2	6–3–2 (3–1–0)	URI Soccer Complex (510) Kingston, RI
October 12 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Joseph's	W 2–0	7–3–2 (4–1–0)	Sweeney Field (612) Philadelphia, PA
October 15* 7:00 p.m.		at Brown Ocean State Cup	W 1–0	8–3–2	Stevenson-Pincince Field (205) Providence, RI
October 19 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		VCU	W 2–1	9–3–2 (5–1–0)	URI Soccer Complex (409) Kingston, RI
October 23 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UMass	W 3–1	10–3–2 (6–1–0)	Rudd Field (249) Amherst, MA
October 26 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Davidson Senior Night	W 2–0	11–3–2 (7–1–0)	URI Soccer Complex (1,271) Kingston, RI
November 2* 7:00 p.m.	No. 23	at Denver	W 2–1 OT	12–3–2	CIBER Field (417) Denver, CO
Atlantic 10 Tournament
November 9 7:05 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 23	(8) Davidson Quarterfinals	W 7–3	13–3–2	URI Soccer Complex (1,539) Kingston, RI
November 15 1:05 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 23	at (5) Fordham Semifinals	T 0–0 2OT	13–3–3	Coffey Field (602) The Bronx, NY
November 17 12:05 p.m., ESPN+	(1) No. 23	vs. (3) Dayton Final	W 1–0	14–3–3	Coffey Field (466) The Bronx, NY
NCAA Tournament
November 21 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 23	at No. 25 Syracuse First round	L 2–3	14–4–3	SU Soccer Stadium (472) Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from CollegeSoccerNews.com. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
United Soccer	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV
Top Drawer Soccer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV
College Soccer News	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	27	23	23	23
Soccer America	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	25	16	16

External links

• 2019 URI Soccer Schedule