2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer team

2019 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
	‡ – 2019 Atlantic 10 Tournament champion; + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament; As of 22 November 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

2019 Rhode Island Rams men's soccer
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
2019 record	14–4–2 (7–1–0 A10)
Head coach	(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
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

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, .

Background[]

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^[1]

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[]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
United Soccer^[2]	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV
Top Drawer Soccer^[3]	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV
College Soccer News^[4]	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	27	23	23	23
Soccer America^[5]	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	16	16

References[]

^ "2019 Rhode Island Men's Soccer Roster". gorhody.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
^ "NCAA DI Men's Rankings – National". United Soccer Coaches.
^ "College Soccer National Ranking – Men". TopDrawerSoccer.com.
^ "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
^ "SBI College Top 25". sbisoccer.com.

External links[]

2019 URI Soccer Schedule Archived 2019-11-15 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "2019 Rhode Island Men's Soccer Roster". gorhody.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 5, 2019.

[United_Soccer_rankings-2] "NCAA DI Men's Rankings – National". United Soccer Coaches.

[TDS_rankings-3] "College Soccer National Ranking – Men". TopDrawerSoccer.com.

[CSN_rankings-4] "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-11-22.

[SA_rankings-5] "SBI College Top 25". sbisoccer.com.

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v t Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer
Teams	Davidson Wildcats Dayton Flyers Duquesne Dukes Fordham Rams George Mason Patriots George Washington Colonials La Salle Explorers UMass Minutemen Rhode Island Rams St. Bonaventure Bonnies Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Louis Billikens VCU Rams
Future teams	Loyola Chicago Ramblers (joining in 2022)
Inactive teams	Richmond Spiders
Championships & awards	A10 Tournament Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Coach of the Year
Seasons	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

v t 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	American ACC Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Colonial Conference USA Ivy Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
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

2019 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
v t	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