2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team

The 2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-second season. They play home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 77th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 64th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1]

2017 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 19
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 21
2017 record13–4–5 (3–2–3 ACC)
Head coachGeorge Gelnovatch (22nd season)
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumKlöckner Stadium
2017 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Atlantic
#5 Wake Forest ‡ 7 –0 –1  19 –2 –2
#7 Louisville + 5 –2 –1  13 –2 –5
#17 Clemson + 4 –4 –0  12 –6 –1
NC State + 3 –3 –2  8 –6 –4
Boston College 1 –6 –1  6 –10 –1
Syracuse 0 –6 –2  6 –8 –4
Coastal
#4 North Carolina + 6 –1 –1  17 –4 –1
#13 Duke + 4 –3 –1  13 –4 –3
#19 Virginia + 3 –2 –3  13 –4 –5
#18 Notre Dame + 3 –3 –2  11 –7 –2
Virginia Tech + 3 –5 –0  10 –10 –0
Pittsburgh 2 –6 –0  8 –10 –0
  • ‡ – 2017 ACC Tournament champion
    + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship
As of December 13, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Roster

Updated 07/28/17 [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
0 GK  USA Connor Jones
1 GK  USA Jeff Caldwell
2 DF  ESP Sergi Nus
3 DF  USA Fabrice Shema
4 DF  USA Nate Odusote
5 DF  USA Henry Kessler
6 MF  USA Hayes Fountain
7 DF  USA Bay Kurtz
8 MF  GUA Pablo Aguilar
9 FW  USA Kennedy Nwabia
10 FW  USA Cameron Harr
11 FW  USA Edward Opoku
12 MF  NZL Joe Bell
13 DF  NGA Prosper Figbe
15 MF  DEN Daniel Barir
16 MF  USA Liam Jenkins
17 FW  USA Simeon Okoro
18 GK  USA Colin Shutler
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  ENG Nathaniel Crofts
20 MF  AUS Ryan Peterson
21 MF  USA Aaron James
22 MF  USA Jean-Christophe Koffi
23 MF  USA Justin Ingram
24 FW  USA Jerren Nixon
25 DF  USA Max Diamond
26 FW  USA Raheem Taylor-Parkes
27 FW  USA Leon Maric
30 DF  GER Robin Afamefuna
31 DF  USA Sheldon Sullivan
32 MF  USA Julian Cummings
33 FW  USA Ahdan Tait
34 FW  USA Irakoze Donasivano
35 MF  USA Brad Kurtz
36 DF  USA Spencer Patton
37 MF  USA Beau Bradley

Coaching Staff
PositionStaff
Athletic DirectorCraig Littlepage
Head CoachGeorge Gelnovatch
Associate Head CoachMatt Chulis
Associate Head CoachTerry Boss
Operations AssistantA.J. Barnold

Source:[2]

Schedule

Source:[3]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 12*
7:00 PM		 No. 13 Wright State  Cancelled[4]  -
(-)		 Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
August 15*
6:00 PM		 No. 13 Old Dominion L 0-1  -
(-)		 Klöckner Stadium
Charlottesville, VA
August 19*
1:00 PM		 No. 13 at Georgetown L 1-2  -
(-)		 Shaw Field
Washington, D.C.
Regular season
August 25*
7:00 PM		 No. 13 Villanova W 3-2 2OT 1-0-0
(0-0-0)		 Klöckner Stadium (3,594)
Charlottesville, VA
August 31*
6:00 PM		 No. 12 Hofstra W 4-0  2-0-0
(0-0-0)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,588)
Charlottesville, VA
September 4*
7:00 PM		 No. 12 UNC Wilmington W 2-1 OT 3-0-0
(0-0-0)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,651)
Charlottesville, VA
September 8
7:00 PM		 No. 11 No. 7 Syracuse T 2-2 2OT 3-0-1
(0-0-1)		 Klöckner Stadium (2,596)
Charlottesville, VA
September 12*
7:00 PM		 No. 11 Marquette W 2-0  4-0-1
(0-0-1)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,209)
Charlottesville, VA
September 15
7:00 PM		 No. 12 at Virginia Tech
Commonwealth Cup		 W 2-1  5-0-1
(1-0-1)		 Sandra D. Thompson Field (2,143)
Blacksburg, VA
September 22
7:00 PM		 No. 9 No. 7 North Carolina
South's Oldest Rivalry		 L 1-2 OT 5-1-1
(1-1-1)		 Klöckner Stadium (4,205)
Charlottesville, VA
September 25*
7:00 PM		 No. 9 Davidson W 2–1  6-1-1
(1-1-1)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,056)
Charlottesville, VA
September 29
7:30 PM		 No. 10 at No. 7 Notre Dame T 1-1 2OT 6-1-2
(1-1-2)		 Alumni Field (2,158)
South Bend, IN
October 2*
7:00 PM		 No. 10 Portland W 2-1 OT 7-1-2
(1-1-2)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,319)
Charlottesville, VA
October 6
7:00 PM		 No. 11 Boston College W 1-0  8-1-2
(2-1-2)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,781)
Charlottesville, VA
October 10*
7:00 PM		 No. 10 Lehigh W 4-2  9-1-2
(2-1-2)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,265)
Charlottesville, VA
October 13
7:00 PM		 No. 10 at NC State T 0-0 2OT 9-1-3
(2-1-3)		 Dail Soccer Stadium (956)
Raleigh, NC
October 17*
7:00 PM		 No. 10 Radford L 0-1  9-2-3
(2-1-3)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,356)
Charlottesville, VA
October 20
7:00 PM		 No. 10 Pittsburgh W 2-1 2OT 10-2-3
(3-1-3)		 Klöckner Stadium (3,450)
Charlottesville, VA
October 27
7:00 PM		 No. 13 at No. 18 Duke L 0-1  10-3-3
(3-2-3)		 Koskinen Stadium (905)
Durham, NC
ACC Tournament
November 1
7:00 PM		 No. 16 Boston College
First Round		 W 4-0  11-3-3
(3-2-3)		 Klöckner Stadium (536)
Charlottesville, VA
November 5
1:00 PM		 No. 16 at No. 6 Louisville
Quarterfinals		 T 0-0 (4–3 PK) 2OT 11-3-4
(3-2-3)		 Lynn Stadium (738)
Louisville, KY
November 8
7:00 PM		 No. 17 No. 13 Norte Dame
Semifinals		 W 2-1  12-3-4
(3-2-3)		 Klöckner Stadium (1142)
Charlottesville, VA
November 12
12:00 PM, ESPN3		 No. 17 vs. No. 1 Wake Forest
Championship		 T 0-0 (3-4 PK) 2OT 13-3-5
(3-2-3)		 MUSC Health Stadium (1,174)
Charleston, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 19
5:00 PM, ESPN3		 No. 8 Fordham
Second Round		 L 0-1  13-4-5
 Klöckner Stadium (949)
Charlottesville, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors
Recipient Award Date Ref.
Edward Opoku ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 19 [5]
Sergi Nus ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 9 [6]
Jean-Christophe Koffi All ACC First Team November 7 [7]
Pablo Aguilar All ACC Second Team [7]
Jeff Caldwell [7]
Edward Opoku [7]
Sergi Nus All ACC Third Team [7]
Joe Bell All ACC Freshman Team [7]
Jeffrey Farina All ACC Third Team [7]
Jeff Caldwell ACC All Tournament Team November 12 [8]
Pablo Aguilar [8]
Jean-Christophe Koffi [8]

Rankings
Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2017 Top 25 coaches poll
Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk
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16		 Final
United Soccer [9] 13 12 11 12 9 10 11 10 10 13 16 17 8 None Released 19
TopDrawer Soccer [10] 14 14 12 8 4 5 6 5 5 5 11 9 4 12 21 21 21 21

MLS Draft

The following members of the 2017 Virgnia Cavaliers men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.[11]

PlayerRoundPickPositionMLS clubRef.
Jeff Caldwell119GKNew York City FC[12]
Edward Opoku232FWColumbus Crew SC[13]
Pablo Aguilar359MFHouston Dynamo
Sheldon Sullivan366DFHouston Dynamo
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References
  1. "Historical Information". CBS Interactive. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  2. "2017 Roster". virginiasports.com. University of Virginia Athletics. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  3. "2017-2018 Schedule". virginiasports.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  4. "Saturday Athletics Events Cancelled". virginiasports.com. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. "Opoku and Dumas Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 18, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  6. "Gallagher and Nus Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  7. "ACC Announces 2017 Men's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  8. "Wake Forest Defends ACC Men's Soccer Title". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
  9. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  10. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.
  11. "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  12. Sansuste, Maira (January 19, 2018). "NYCFC Selects Jeff Caldwell and AJ Paterson in MLS SuperDraft 2018". nycfc.com. New York City FC. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  13. "Play Video Crew SC selects Generation adidas forward Edward Opoku in the Second Round of 2018 MLS SuperDraft". columbuscrewsc.com. Columbus Crew SC. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
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