2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season

The 2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season was the seventh season for the realigned Big East Conference. Including the history of the original Big East Conference, this was the 24th season of men's soccer under the "Big East Conference" name. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 2.

2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Soccer
Duration	August 30, 2019 – November 2, 2019
Number of teams	10
2020 MLS SuperDraft
Top draft pick	Dylan Nealis, 3rd overall
Picked by	Inter Miami
Regular Season
Season champions	Georgetown
Runners-up	St. John's
Season MVP	O: Tani Oluwasey D: Dylan Nealis M: Jacob Montes G: Giannis Nikopolidis G: Jan Hoffelner
Tournament
Champions	Georgetown
Runners-up	Providence
Finals MVP	O: Dylan Nealis D: Jack Beer

2019 Big East Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#1 Georgetown ‡	7	–	0	–	2			18	–	1	–	4
#12 St. John's +	6	–	2	–	1			15	–	5	–	1
#14 Providence +	6	–	3	–	0			16	–	7	–	0
Creighton	4	–	4	–	1			8	–	7	–	2
Butler +	4	–	4	–	1			11	–	7	–	2
Marquette	4	–	5	–	0			8	–	9	–	1
Seton Hall	3	–	5	–	1			6	–	9	–	1
Xavier	3	–	6	–	0			8	–	8	–	1
Villanova	2	–	6	–	1			9	–	8	–	1
DePaul	1	–	5	–	3			5	–	9	–	3
‡ – 2019 Big East Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Entering the season, Georgetown were the defending conference tournament champions, while Creighton were the defending conference regular season champions. Georgetown successfully defended their Big East Tournament title, and also won the regular season.

Four Big East teams earned berths into the NCAA Tournament, where Georgetown won the NCAA Tournament Championship in penalty kicks against Virginia. This was Georgetown's first national championship in men's soccer, and their first College Cup appearance since 2012. Elsewhere, St. John's and Providence reached the Sweet Sixteen, losing to Virginia and Clemson, respectively, while Butler was eliminated in the first round by West Virginia.

Background

Previous season

Coaching changes

Ahead of the 2019 season, Creighton head coach Elmar Bolowich was hired by professional soccer club, Jacksonville Armada FC. Johnny Torres was hired to replace Bolowich.[1]

School	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
Creighton	Elmar Bolowich	Resigned	November 12, 2018	Preseason	Johnny Torres	December 12, 2018

Head coaches

As of the 2018 season

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	Big East record[2]	NCAA Tournaments[3]	NCAA College Cups[3]	NCAA Titles[3]	Ref.
Butler	Paul Snape	Michigan (asst.)	9	70–57–24 (.543)	70–57–24 (.543)	28–21–2 (.569)	2	0	0	[4]
Creighton	Johnny Torres	Creighton (asst.)	1	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0–0–0 (–)	0	0	0	[5]
DePaul	Mark Plotkin	Colgate (asst.)	2	5–9–3 (.382)	5–9–3 (.382)	2–5–2 (.333)	0	0	0	[6]
Georgetown	Brian Wiese	Notre Dame (asst.)	14	145–50–30 (.711)	145–50–30 (.711)	70–36–9 (.648)	6	1	0	[7]
Marquette	Louis Bennett	Milwaukee	14	218–181–53 (.541)	83–117–36 (.428)	39–66–19 (.391)	7	0	0	[8]
Providence	Craig Stewart	Franklin Pierce	8	121–58–24 (.655)	70–50–18 (.572)	32–21–9 (.589)	7	2	0	[9]
Seton Hall	Andreas Lindberg	LIU Post	2	145–37–17 (.771)	6–7–2 (.467)	2–6–1 (.278)	8	0	0	[10]
St. John's	David Masur	Montclair State	29	408–172–96 (.675)	355–151–90 (.671)	157–67–48 (.665)	20	4	1	[11]
Villanova	Tom Carlin	Villanova (asst.)	12	86–84–20 (.505)	86–84–20 (.505)	38–52–12 (.431)	1	0	0	[12]
Xavier	Andy Fleming	Northwestern (asst.)	10	98–55–30 (.617)	98–55–30 (.617)	28–23–5 (.545)	4	0	0	[13]

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 21, 2019.[14]

	Team Ranking	Points	First
1.	Georgetown	81	9
2.	Creighton	68	0
3.	Providence	65	0
4.	Marquette	59	1
5.	Xavier	44	0
6.	Butler	40	0
7.	St. John's	33	0
8.	Seton Hall	28	0
9.	DePaul	21	0
10.	Villanova	11	0

Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls were released in July and August 2019.

	United Soccer[15]	CSN[16]	Soccer America[17]	Top Drawer Soccer[18]
Butler	—	—	—	—
Creighton	RV	RV	—	—
DePaul	—	—	—	—
Georgetown	13	12	11	11
Marquette	—	—	—	—
Providence	—	—	—	—
Seton Hall	—	—	—	—
St. John's	—	—	—	—
Villanova	—	—	—	—
Xavier	—	—	—	TBD

Preseason All-Conference Teams

All conference teams were announced in conjunction with the preseason poll.[14]

Award	Recipient(s)
Preseason Offensive Player of the Year	Derek Dodson, Georgetown
Preseason Defensive Player of the Year	Dylan Nealis, Georgetown
Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year	Paul Kruse, Creighton
Preseason All-Big East	Derek Dodson, Georgetown
	Ifunanyachi Achara, Georgetown
	C.J. Tibbling, Seton Hall
	Samson Sergi, Xavier
	Luka Prpa, Marquette
	Skage Simonsen, St. John's
	Tiago Mendonca, Providence
	Jared Timmer, Butler
	Dylan Nealis, Georgetown
	Patrick Seagrist, Marquette
	Max de Bruijne, DePaul
	Paul Kruse, Creighton

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.

Team	Tournament	Finish

Postseason

Big East Tournament

Main article: 2019 Big East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament

The 2019 Big East Tournament was held from November 9–17, 2019. Georgetown won the championship against Providence.

	First Round November 9					Semifinals November 15					Championship November 17
						1	Georgetown	2(4)
	4	Creighton	0			5	Butler	2(3)
	5	Butler	1								1	Georgetown	3
											3	Providence	1
						2	St. John's	1
	3	Providence	1			3	Providence	2
	6	Marquette	0

NCAA Tournament

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

The NCAA Tournament will begin in November 2019 and conclude on December 17, 2019.

Seed	Region	School	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
3	3	Georgetown	BYE	W 5–0 vs. Pitt – (Washington, DC)	W 5–1 vs. Louisville – (Washington, DC)	W 2–1 vs. #4 Washington – (Washington, DC)	W 2–0 vs. #7 Stanford – (Cary, NC)	T 3–3 (7–6 PKs) vs. Virginia – (Cary, NC)
16	1	St. John's	BYE	W 2–0 vs. Syracuse – (New York, NY)	L 0–3 vs. #1 Virginia – (Charlottesville, VA)
N/A	4	Providence	W 2–0 vs. NJIT – (Providence, RI)	W 3–2 (OT) vs. #15 Penn State – (State College, PA)	L 1–2 (OT) vs. #2 Clemson – (Clemson, SC)
N/A	3	Butler	L 1–5 vs. West Virginia – (Indianapolis, IN)

Rankings

National rankings

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV		No votes received

		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
Butler	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	None released				NV
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Creighton	USC	RV	RV	RV	NV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released				NV
	TDS	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
DePaul	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released				NV
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Georgetown	USC	13	6	5	3	2	5	12	13	7	3	3	3	2	None released				1
	TDS	11	11	9	6	4	5	5	6	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Marquette	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released				NV
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Providence	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	RV	21	None released				14
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	19	13	11	11	11
Seton Hall	USC	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released				NV
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
St. John's	USC	NV	RV	19	9	9	12	10	7	4	8	8	14	14	None released				12
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	RV	16	12	12	14	9	9	12	12	16	17	15	16	16	16
Villanova	USC	NV	NV	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released				NV
	TDS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Xavier	USC	NV	14	11	19	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	None released				NV
	TDS	NV	RV	10	10	11	25	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

Regional rankings - USC East Region

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10
NV		No votes received

	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12
Butler	10	9	8	NV	NV	NV	9	6	7	8	6	6
Creighton	NV	8	9	5	5	7	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
DePaul	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Georgetown	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	2	1	1	1	1
Marquette	NV	NV	10	RV	9	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Providence	NV	NV	NV	6	7	10	7	8	6	6	5	4
Seton Hall	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
St. John's	5	3	2	2	4	2	2	1	3	3	4	5
Villanova	9	6	6	9	NV	9	10	9	NV	NV	NV	NV
Xavier	2	2	7	10	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

Week	Offensive			Defensive			Goalkeeper		Freshman			Ref.
	Player	Pos.	Team	Player	Pos.	Team	Player	Team	Player	Pos.	Team
Sep. 2	Stephen Elias	FW	Seton Hall	Luke Hansen	DF	St. John's	Matthew Rosenberg	Xavier	Jackson Weyman	GK	Marquette	[19]
Sep. 9	Samson Sergi	FW	Xavier	Sean O'Hearn	DF	Georgetown	Carson Williams	Villanova	Dominic Briggs	FW	Creighton	[20]
Sep. 16	Zach Riviere	FW	Georgetown	Matt Chandler	DF	St. John's	Carson Williams	Villanova	Wilmer Cabrera	FW	Butler	[21]
Sept. 23	Niko Petridis	MF	St. John's	Dylan Nealis	DF	Georgetown	Collin Valdivia	Creighton	Luke Mitchell	MF	Creighton	[22]
Sep. 30	Yudai Tashiro	MF	St. John's	Rafael Bustamente	DF	St. John's	Jackson Weyman	Marquette	Christian Marquez	FW	Marquette	[23]
Oct. 7	Tani Oluwaseyi	FW	St. John's	Love Frederiksson	DF	Seton Hall	Carson Williams	Villanova	Brendan Hicks	DF	Butler	[24]
Oct. 14	Ifunanyachi Achara	FW	Georgetown	Brandon Duarte	MF	St. John's	Giannis Nikopolidis	Georgetown	Esben Wolf	MF	Providence	[25]
Oct. 21	Wilmer Cabrera Jr.	FW	Butler	Dylan Nealis	DF	Georgetown	Gabriel Gjergji	Butler	Wilmer Cabrera Jr.	FW	Butler	[26]
Oct. 28	Derek Dodson	FW	Georgetown	Dylan Nealis	DF	Georgetown	Matthew Rosenberg	Xavier	Karsen Henderlong	FW	Xavier	[27]
Nov. 4	Carlton McKenzie	FW	Seton Hall	Ramzi Qawasmy	DF	Providence	Tomas Romero	Georgetown	Jake Ashford	DF	Creighton	[28]

Postseason honors

2019 Big East Men's Soccer Individual Awards[29]
Award	Recipient(s)
Offensive Player of the Year	Tani Oluwasey – St. John's
Defensive Player of the Year	Dylan Nealis – Georgetown
Midfielder of the Year	Jacob Montes – Georgetown
Co-Goalkeepers of the Year	Giannis Nikopolidis – Georgetown
	Jan Hoffelner – St. John's
Coach of the Year	Dave Masur – St. John's
Freshman of the Year	Wilmer Cabrera Jr. – Butler

2019 Big East Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams
First Team Honorees	Second Team Honorees	Third Team Honorees
Derek Dodson, Georgetown Tani Oluwaseyi, St. John's Samson Sergi, Xavier Yudai Tashiro, Creighton Jacob Montes, Georgetown Tiago Mendonca, Providence Max de Bruijne, DePaul Dylan Nealis, Georgetown Patrick Seagrist, Marquette Joao Serrano, Providence Giannis Nikopolidis, Georgetown	Wilmer Cabrera Jr., Butler Luke Haakenson, Creighton Achara, Georgetown Carlton McKenzie, Seton Hall Sean Zawadzki, Georgetown Luka Prpa, Marquette Paulo Lima, Providence Skage Simonsen, St. John's Younes Boudadi, Creighton Brandon Duarte, St. John's Shane Bradley, Villanova Jan Hoffelner, St. John's	Brandon Guhl, Butler Jack Haywood, Butler Jared Timmer, Butler Kuba Polat, Creighton Connor Alba, Marquette Josh Coan, Marquette Austin Aviza, Providence Danny Griffin, Providence Brandon Knapp, St. John's Einar Lye, St. John's Derrick Otim, Xavier Matthew Rosenberg, Xavier

All-Americans

Main article: 2019 NCAA Men's Soccer All-Americans

Consensus All-Americans
Dylan Nealis – Georgetown

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[30]

College Soccer News[31]	Soccer America[32]	Top Drawer Soccer[33]	United Soccer Coaches[34]
First Team
Dylan Nealis – Georgetown	Dylan Nealis – Georgetown	Dylan Nealis – Georgetown Jacob Montes – Georgetown	Dylan Nealis – Georgetown
Second Team
Jacob Montes – Georgetown	None	None	Jacob Montes – Georgetown Derek Dodson – Georgetown
Third Team
None	Jacob Montes – Georgetown Derek Dodson – Georgetown	Sean Zawadzki – Georgetown	Jacob Montes – Georgetown Derek Dodson – Georgetown

2020 MLS Draft

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 9, 2020.

Rnd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	Team	School
1	3	Dylan Nealis	MF	Inter Miami	Georgetown (Sr.)
1	10	Patrick Seagrist	DF	New York Red Bulls	Marquette (Sr.)
1	25	Ifunanyachi Achara	FW	Toronto FC	Georgetown (Sr.)
2	34	Luka Prpa	FW	Houston Dynamo	Marquette (Sr.)
2	44	Austin Aviza	FW	Orlando City	Providence (RS-Sr.)
2	49	Danny Griffin	MF	Columbus Crew	Providence (Sr.)
4	80	Luke Haakenson	MF	Nashville SC	Creighton (Sr.)
4	93	Niko Petridis	MF	New York Red Bulls	St. John's (Sr.)
4	102	Younes Boudadi	DF	Los Angeles FC	Creighton (Sr.)

Homegrown players

Further information: Homegrown Player Rule (Major League Soccer)

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008,[35] every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.

To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year.[36] Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.

No players in the Big East Conference signed homegrown contracts.

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External links

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