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
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 19
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 21
2017 record	13–4–5 (3–2–3 ACC)
Head coach	George Gelnovatch (22nd season)
Assistant coaches	Matt Chulis (11th season) Terry Boss (4th season)
Home stadium	Klöckner Stadium

2017 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Craig Littlepage
Head Coach	George Gelnovatch
Associate Head Coach	Matt Chulis
Associate Head Coach	Terry Boss
Operations Assistant	A.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 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 [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]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Jeff Caldwell	1	19	GK	New York City FC	[12]
Edward Opoku	2	32	FW	Columbus Crew SC	[13]
Pablo Aguilar	3	59	MF	Houston Dynamo
Sheldon Sullivan	3	66	DF	Houston Dynamo

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.