2019 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team

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2019 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
Penn State Athletics wordmark.svg
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 13
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 18
2019 record12–4–3 (6–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Greg Dalby (2nd season)
  • Ayotunde Ogunbiyi (2nd season)
  • Jyler Noviello (1st season)
Captains
Home stadiumJeffrey Field
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
3 – 4 – 1 3 – 12 – 3
Wisconsin 1 – 4 – 3 3 – 11 – 4
1 – 6 – 1 7 – 8 – 3
1 – 6 – 1 7 – 11 – 1
As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Big Ten

The 2019 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 3. It was the program's 107th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 29th season in the Big Ten Conference. The 2019 season is Jeff Cook's second year at the helm.

Background[]

Main article: 2018 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team

The 2018 season was the Nittany Lions' 106th season as a varsity soccer program, and their 28th season playing in the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by first 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[]

Departures[]

Name Number Position Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Brennan Ireland 4 DF 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 Senior Annapolis, MD Graduated
Austin Maloney 9 MF 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) 150 Senior Harrisburg, PA Graduated
Mac Curran 14 FW 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 Senior York, PA Graduated
Dani Marks 18 DF 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 RS-Senior Ra'anana, ISR Graduated
Ryan Gallagher 19 DF 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 RS-Senior Pine Bush, NY Graduated
Noah Pilato 21 MF 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 140 RS-Senior Oak Hill, VA Graduated; signed for Loudoun United FC in USLC

Arrivals[]

Name Nat. Hometown High School Club TDS Rating
Liam Butts
FW
  USA Lawrenceville, GA Grayson Atlanta United [1]
Owen Elliott
GK
  USA Philadelphia, PA Chestnut Hill (PA) SJEB Rush [2]
Michael Gaines
DF
  USA Oxon Hill, MD Gonzaga (DC) D.C. United [3]
Kyle May
MF
  USA Lebanon, PA Cedar Crest (PA) PA Classics [4]
Omar Ozbay
MF
  USA Morganville, NJ Marlboro (NJ) Baltimore Celtic NR
Andrew Privett
MF
  USA Fallston, MD McDonogh Baltimore Celtic [5]
Kris Shakes
GK
  USA Sunrise, FL YSC Academy Philadelphia Union [6]
Alex Stevenson
DF
  USA Bel Air, MD C. Milton Wright Baltimore Armour [7]
Jalen Watson
DF
  CAN Toronto, ON U-Hill (BC) Vancouver Whitecaps [8]

Transfers[]

Name Nat. No. Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Seth Kuhn  USA 17 MF 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Sophomore Wyomissing, PA Transferred from Duke[9]
Will Campbell  USA 20 DF 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Graduate Wallington, PA Transferred from North Carolina[10]

Preseason[]

Preseason Big Ten poll[]

Penn State was predicted to finish 6th in the Big Ten Conference.[11]

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

Squad[]

Roster[]

As of September 26, 2019[12]

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 United States USA Josh Levine
2 DF United States USA Mason Deeds
3 DF United States USA Brandon Hackenberg
4 DF Canada CAN Jalen Watson
5 MF England ENG Callum Pritchatt
6 MF United States USA Andrew Privett
7 FW United States USA Liam Butts
8 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Aaron Molloy (co-captain)
11 MF United States USA Pierre Reedy (co-captain)
12 MF United States USA Nicholas Rieple
13 GK United States USA Kris Shakes
14 DF United States USA Michael Gaines
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF United States USA Adam Laundree
16 MF United States USA Keegan Ness
17 MF United States USA Seth Kuhn
18 DF United States USA Alex Stevenson
19 MF United States USA Omar Ozbay
20 DF United States USA Will Campbell
21 MF United States USA Kyle May
22 MF Costa Rica CRC Daniel Gonzalez
23 FW United States USA Kyle Perno
24 FW United States USA Christian Sload
25 DF United States USA Dax Hoffman
26 FW United States USA Josh Dabora
27 GK United States USA Owen Elliott

Team management[]

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 Ayotunde Ogunbiyi
Volunteer assistant coach Jyler Noviello

Last updated: September 6, 2019
Source: Penn State Athletics

Schedule[]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Preseason
August 17*
7:00 p.m. 		Georgetown  Not reported 
Jeffrey Field
State College, PA
August 24*
7:00 p.m. 		Syracuse L 0–1 
Jeffery Field
State College, PA
Regular season
August 30*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 5 Stanford L 0–5  0–1–0
 Jeffrey Field (1,537)
State College, PA
September 2*
7:00 p.m. 		at Stony Brook W 4–1  1–1–0
 Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (618)
Stony Brook, NY
September 6*
7:00 p.m., Twitch 		at No. 15 UCF T 2–2 2OT 1–1–1
 UCF Soccer and Track Stadium (706)
Orlando, FL
September 8*
1:00 p.m. 		at Stetson W 2–0  2–1–1
 Spec Martin Stadium (312)
DeLand, FL
September 13*
7:00 p.m. 		Villanova W 1–0  3–1–1
 Jeffrey Field (805)
State College, PA
September 21
7:00 p.m. 		at  W 2–1 OT 4–1–1
(1–0–0) 		Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (697)
Columbus, OH
September 27
6:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 20 Michigan
Mack Brady Match 		T 0–0 2OT 4–1–2
(1–0–1) 		Jeffrey Field (1,985)
State College, PA
October 1
6:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 20 at  W 3–0  5–1–2
(2–0–1) 		DeMartin Stadium (523)
East Lansing, MI
October 6
1:00 p.m., BTN+ 		No. 20 No. 8 Indiana L 1–3  5–2–2
(2–1–1) 		Jeffrey Field (925)
State College, PA
October 12
7:00 p.m. 		No. 22 Northwestern W 3–2 OT 6–2–2
(3–1–1) 		Jeffrey Field (953)
State College, PA
October 15*
7:00 p.m. 		Pittsburgh
Keystone Clasico 		W 3–1  7–2–2
 Jeffrey Field (509)
State College, PA
October 19
7:00 p.m. 		at Wisconsin W 2–1  8–2–2
(4–1–1) 		Dan McClimon Stadium (425)
Madison, WI
October 22*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 19 No. 18 James Madison T 1–1[a]  8–2–3
 Jeffrey Field (393)
State College, PA
October 25*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 19 Appalachain State W 4–0  9–2–3
 Jeffrey Field (615)
State College, PA
October 29*
6:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 16 No. 17 Maryland
Senior Night 		W 3–2 OT 10–2–3
(5–1–1) 		Jeffrey Field (657)
State College, PA
November 3
3:00 p.m. 		No. 16 at  W 2–1 OT 11–2–3
(6–1–1) 		Yurcak Field (1,167)
Piscataway, NJ
Big Ten Tournament
November 10
1:00 p.m., BTN+ 		(2) No. 13 (7) Wisconsin
Quarterfinals 		W 3–0  12–2–3
 Jeffrey Field (678)
State College, PA
November 15
4:00 p.m., BTN 		(2) No. 13 vs. (3) Michigan
Semifinals 		L 0–1  12–3–3
 Ludwig Field
College Park, MD
NCAA Tournament
November 24
5:00 p.m. 		(15) No. 13 No. 21 Providence
Second Round 		L 2–3 OT 12–4–3
 Jeffrey Field (290)
State College, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
  1. ^ The James Madison match was called off in the 72nd minute due to severe fog. The final scoreline was deemed the final score without an overtime period.[13]

Rankings[]

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer 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
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Wk
13 		Wk
14 		Wk
15 		Wk
16 		Final
United Soccer[14] NV NV RV 19 16 13 12 13 None Released 18
Top Drawer Soccer[15] NV NV NV RV
Soccer America[16] NV NV NV
CollegeSoccerNews.com[17] NV NV RV

2020 MLS SuperDraft[]

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft
Player Round Pick Position MLS club Ref.
Aaron Molloy 1 16 MF Portland Timbers

References[]

  1. ^ "Liam Butts". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  2. ^ "Owen Elliott". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  3. ^ "Michael Gaines". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  4. ^ "Kyle May". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  5. ^ "Andrew Privett". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  6. ^ "Kristopher Shakes". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  7. ^ "Alex Stevenson". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  8. ^ "Jalen Watson". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  9. ^ Ralph, Matthew (April 2, 2019). "Union Academy grad transferring from Duke to Penn State". Brotherly Game. SB Nation. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  10. ^ Praga, Nicole (May 21, 2019). "Penn State men's soccer program signs 11 players for 2019". SoccerWire.com. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  11. ^ "Indiana Claims First Place in Men's Soccer Preseason Poll". bigten.org. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  12. ^ "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". gopsusports.com. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
  13. ^ "No. 19 Penn State Draws with No. 18 James Madison as Fog Forces Early End". gopsusports.com. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  14. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  15. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  16. ^ "Soccer America Men's College Top 25". socceramerica.com. Soccer America. September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  17. ^ "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.

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