2019 Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team

2019 Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer
2019 Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	2–9–2 (1–3–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Trask (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Keith Tiemeyer (11th season); Aaron Hohlbein (4th season); Tim Boruff (4th season);
Home stadium	Dan McClimon Stadium
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	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


‡ – 2019 B1G Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 17 December 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big Ten

The 2019 Wisconsin Badgers men's soccer team represented the University of Wisconsin–Madison during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The program was coached by 10th year head coach, John Trask. It was the 43rd season the university fielded a men's varsity soccer team, and their 29th season in the Big Ten Conference.

Background

Preseason

Preseason Big Ten poll

Wisconsin was predicted to finish 5th in the Big Ten Conference.^[1]

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

Roster

As of September 2, 2019^[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
2	DF	USA	Elan Koenig
3	MF	ESP	Iñaki Irribarren
5	DF	SWE	Robin Olofsson
6	MF	USA	Mitch Guitar
8	FW	USA	Andrew Akindele
9	MF	USA	Alex Alfaro
10	MF	POL	Tim Bielic
12	DF	USA	Zach Klancnik
13	MF	USA	Bobby Harris
14	MF	ISL	Ólafur Ólafsson
15	DF	GER	Noah Leibold
16	MF	KOR	Patrick Yim
17	DF	USA	Justin Neustaetter
18	MF	USA	Grant Tostenrud
19	MF	ESP	Alex Rovirosa


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	USA	Noah Melick
21	FW	USA	Michael Wampler
22	MF	USA	Duncan Storey
23	MF	USA	Michael Russell II
24	DF	USA	Michael Hong
25	DF	USA	Ben Leas
26	DF	USA	Justin Bobb
27	DF	USA	Loren Altman
28	FW	USA	Matthew Comiskey
29	DF	USA	Nick Fetzer
30	GK	AUS	Dean Cowdroy
31	GK	GER	Sven Kleinhans
32	GK	USA	Ben Krongard
33	GK	USA	Beto Spielvogel
35	GK	USA	Carter Abbott

Coaching staff

Front office
Head Coach	John Trask
Associated Head Coach	Keith Tiemeyer
Assistant Coach	Aaron Hohlbein
Assistant Coach	Tim Boruff
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Kevin Schultz
Sports Operation Coordinator	Kelsey Jenson
Athletic Trainer	Jordan McDermott
Student Assistant Coach	Dominick Mesdjian

Last updated: September 2, 2019
Source: UWBadgers.com

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Preseason
August 18* 7:00 PM	at Saint Louis	T 1–1		Hermann Stadium St. Louis, MO
August 21* 7:00 PM	Forward Madison (USL1)	L 1–2		Dan McClimon Stadium Madison, WI
August 25* 6:00 PM	Loyola Chicago	L 0–1		Dan McClimon Stadium Madison, WI
Non-conference regular season
August 30* 7:00 PM, BTN+	UC Irvine	L 0–2	0–1–0	Dan McClimon Stadium (460) Madison, WI
September 1* 7:00 PM, BTN+	UAB	W 2–1	1–1–0	Dan McClimon Stadium (631) Madison, WI
September 6* 5:00 PM	vs. Bowling Green Chicago Classic	L 0–1	1–2–0	Martin Stadium (453) Evanston, IL
September 8* 12:00 PM	vs. Lehigh Chicago Classic	W 2–1	2–2–0	Martin Stadium (547) Evanston, IL
September 12* 6:30 PM	at Butler	L 0–1	2–3–0	Butler Bowl (587) Indianapolis, IN
September 15* 7:00 PM, BTN+	Portland	L 0–1	2–4–0	Dan McClimon Stadium (625) Madison, WI
September 20 4:30 PM, BTN+	at Indiana	L 1–3	2–5–0 (0–1–0)	Bill Armstrong Stadium (2,926) Bloomington
September 24* 7:00 PM	Marquette Rivalry	L 0–2	2–6–0	Dan McClimon Stadium (1,507) Madison, WI
Big Ten Regular Season
September 27 7:30 PM, BTN+	Maryland	T 0–0 ^2OT	2–6–1 (0–1–1)	Dan McClimon Stadium (204) Madison, WI
October 2* 8:30 PM, ESPN+	at Milwaukee Governor's Cup	L 0–1	2–7–1	Engelmann Stadium (1,004) Milwaukee, WI
October 6 12:30 PM, BTN	Michigan State	L 1–2	2–8–1 (0–2–1)	Dan McClimon Stadium (504) Madison, WI
October 11 6:00 PM	at Rutgers	L 0–3	2–9–1 (0–3–1)	Yurcak Field (422) Piscataway, NJ
October 15* 7:00 PM	SIUE	T 2–2 ^2OT	2–9–2	Dan McClimon Stadium (126) Madison, WI
October 19 7:00 PM	Penn State			Dan McClimon Stadium Madison, WI
October 25 5:00 PM	at Michigan			U-M Soccer Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
October 30 7:00 PM, BTN	Northwestern			Dan McClimon Stadium Madison, WI
November 3 2:00 PM	at Ohio State			Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Columbus, OH
Big Ten Tournament
November 10 TBD, BTN+	vs. TBD Quarterfinals			Ludwig Field College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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 13
United Soccer^[3]	RV	NV	NV	NV		None Released
Top Drawer Soccer^[4]	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
CollegeSoccerNews.com	RV	NV	NV	NV

Awards

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.

MLS Draft

References

^ "Indiana Claims First Place in Men's Soccer Preseason Poll". bigten.org. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
^ "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". Michigan State University Athletics. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

External links

Wisconsin Men's Soccer

[1] "Indiana Claims First Place in Men's Soccer Preseason Poll". bigten.org. Retrieved 2019-09-01.

[2] "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". Michigan State University Athletics. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

[3] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved August 6, 2019.

[4] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

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v t e 2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
Standings Big Ten Tournament NCAA Tournament
Indiana Maryland Michigan Michigan State Northwestern Ohio State Penn State Rutgers Wisconsin
← 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season 2020 →

v t e 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC ASUN Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC ASUN Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings & awards	Rankings United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll All-Americans