2020 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's soccer team

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2020 Grand Canyon Antelopes men's soccer
Grand Canyon Antelopes logo.svg
WAC regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Second round
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 16
2020 record8–2–0 (7–0–0 WAC)
Head coach
  • Schellas Hyndman (6th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Tim McClements (2nd season)
  • Vlastimir Davidovic (3rd season)
Home stadiumGCU Stadium
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 25 Grand Canyon + 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
UTRGV 6 – 1 – 2 6 – 2 – 2
San Jose State 5 – 1 – 2 5 – 1 – 3
California Baptist # 5 – 4 – 1 6 – 4 – 2
UNLV 4 – 4 – 2 4 – 5 – 2
Seattle 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
Air Force ‡ 4 – 4 – 1 6 – 5 – 2
Dixie State # 3 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Utah Valley 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Incarnate Word 2 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Houston Baptist 0 – 9 – 1 0 – 9 – 2
Chicago State ¿ 0 – 0 – 0 1 – 2 – 0
  • ‡ – Conference tournamen champion
    + – Also invited to the 2020 NCAA Tournament
    # – Ineligible (In transition)
    ¿– Not competing in WAC until 2022
As of May 28, 2021; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2020 Grand Canyon men's soccer team represented Grand Canyon University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 36th season of the Grand Canyon men's soccer team.

Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic[]

On August 13, 2020, the Western Athletic Conference postponed all fall sports through the end of the calendar year.[1]

On November 4, 2020, the NCAA approved a plan for college soccer to be played in the spring.[2]

Roster[]

Source:[3] 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 Ben Ogan
1 GK Cyprus CYP George Tasouris
2 MF United States USA Esay Easley
4 DF United States USA William Culhane
5 MF United States USA Alexis Canales
6 MF United States USA Mitch Stephens
7 FW South Africa RSA Marco Afonso
8 MF England ENG Charles Noyelle
9 FW England ENG Bert Wilton
10 MF England ENG Hugo Logan
11 FW United States USA Cameron Weller
12 MF United States USA Edgar Soto
13 MF United States USA Justin Rasmussen
14 DF United States USA Logan Guertin
15 DF United States USA Alec Labarge
16 DF United States USA Cameron Conaway
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF United States USA Andrew Bebbington
18 MF United States USA Roger Sanguinetti
19 MF United States USA Tosh Yasuda
20 DF Spain ESP Alejandro Fernandez Alcaide
22 MF United States USA Will Clark
23 MF Iceland ISL Georg Bjarnason
25 MF Cyprus CYP Marios Andreou
26 DF United States USA Nick Barreiro
27 FW United States USA Rey Gaytan
29 DF United States USA Pedro Mondragon
30 GK Ghana GHA Calvin Kissi
32 MF Ecuador ECU Ariel Aguas
33 MF Germany GER Maximilian Moeller
44 GK United States USA Michael Haynes
66 MF United States USA Manuel Aranda
99 GK United States USA Anthony Munoz

Matches[]

Preseason[]

January 27, 2021 Exhibition Grand Canyon 9-0 Benedictine-Mesa Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Tosh Yasuda 13'
Maximilian Moeller 23', 36'
Marco Afonso 33', 42'
Calvin Kissi 49', 68'
Edgar Soto 78'
Justin Rasmussen 90'		 Report Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 267
January 28, 2021 Exhibition Grand Canyon 5-1 Northwest Nazarene Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Tosh Yasuda 12', 48'
Esai Easley 22'
Calvin Kissi 64'
Andrew Bebbington 86'		 Report Danny Cuevas 77' Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 245
January 30, 2021 Exhibition Grand Canyon 1-2 Northwest Nazarene Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Justin Rasmussen 54' Report Cameron Natvig 65'
Nils Knosala 88'		 Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 149

Regular season[]

February 20, 2021 Conference Grand Canyon 2-1 Houston Baptist Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Maximilian Moeller 10'
Rey Gaytan 30'		 Report Bryant Farkarlun 17' Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 0
February 27, 2021 Conference San Jose State 2-1 Grand Canyon San Jose, CA
8:00 p.m. PT Nicolas Brenes 20'
Omar Lemus 49'		 Report Justin Rasmussen 15', 81' (pen.)
Maximilian Moeller 89' (pen.)		 Stadium: Spartan Soccer Field
Attendance: 0
March 6, 2021 Conference Grand Canyon 1-0 Air Force Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Justin Rasmussen 48' Report Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 215
March 13, 2021 Conference Incarnate Word 0-1 Grand Canyon San Antonio, TX
6:00 p.m. PT Report Justin Rasmussen 23' (pen.) Stadium: Gayle & Tom Benson Stadium
Attendance: 50
March 19, 2021 Conference Grand Canyon 3-1 California Baptist Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Justin Rasmussen 13'
Marios Andreou 40'
Will Clark 41'		 Report Reuben Dass 65' Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 264
March 26, 2021 Conference Grand Canyon 5-1 Dixie State Phoenix, AZ
7:00 p.m. PT Pedro Mondragon 19'
Tosh Yasuda 28'
Maximilian Moeller 63', 65', 72'		 Report Idris Alabi 41' (pen.) Stadium: GCU Stadium
Attendance: 0
April 5, 2021 Conference Seattle Cancelled Grand Canyon Seattle, WA
7:00 p.m. PT Report Stadium: Championship Field
April 10, 2021 Conference UNLV 1-2 Grand Canyon Paradise, NV
7:00 p.m. PT Skyler Goo 61' Report Marios Andreou 74'
Hugo Logan 86'		 Stadium: Peter F. Johann Memorial Soccer Field
Attendance: 50

Postseason[]

WAC Tournament[]

April 15, 2021 Semifinals Grand Canyon 2-0 Seattle Paradise, NV
11:00 a.m. PT Maximilian Moeller 23'
Hugo Logan 80'		 Report Stadium: Peter F. Johann Memorial Soccer Field
Attendance: 100
April 15, 2021 Final Grand Canyon 0-3 Air Force Paradise, NV
1:00 p.m. PT Report London Aghedo 43'
Quinn Matulis 49'
Lathan Spadafora 83'		 Stadium: Peter F. Johann Memorial Soccer Field
Attendance: 200

NCAA Tournament[]

May 2, 2021 Second round Washington 2-0 Grand Canyon Matthews, North Carolina
1:00 p.m. PT Ryan Sailor 21'
Christian Soto 55'		 Report Stadium: Matthews Sportsplex
Attendance: 54

References[]

  1. ^ "WAC Announces Decision to Not Engage in Fall Competition". Western Athletic Conference. 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  2. ^ "NCAA DI Council approves moving fall championships to the spring | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  3. ^ "2020 Men's Soccer Roster". gculopes.com. Grand Canyon University Athletics. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
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