2021 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

The 2021 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team represented the University of Louisville during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach John Michael Hayden, in his third season. They played their home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 43rd season playing organized men's college soccer and their 8th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2021 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record10–7–1 (5–3–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bryan Green (3rd season)
  • Donovan Dowling (3rd season)
Home stadiumLynn Stadium
2021 ACC men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Atlantic
No. 1 Clemson + 5 –3 –016 –5 –2
Louisville + 5 –3 –010 –7 –1
No. 17 Wake Forest + 4 –3 –113 –7 –1
Boston College 2 –4 –26 –7 –2
Syracuse 2 –5 –18 –8 –2
NC State 1 –5 –27 –8 –2
Coastal
No. 12 Duke + 5 –2 –114 –5 –1
No. 6 Pittsburgh + 5 –2 –113 –5 –2
No. 4 Notre Dame ‡ 4 –2 –214 –5 –5
North Carolina + 4 –4 –011 –7 –2
No. 19 Virginia Tech + 3 –4 –111 –5 –4
Virginia 2 –5 –16 –9 –3
As of December 14, 2021
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The ACC

The Cardinals finished the season 10–7–1 overall and 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Atlantic Division. As the fourth overall seed in the ACC Tournament the received a bye into the Quarterfinals, where they lost against fifth seed Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Bowling Green to end their season.

Background
Main article: 2020 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

The teams' 2020 season was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which curtailed the fall season and caused the NCAA Tournament to be played in spring 2021. The ACC was one of the only two conferences in men's soccer to play in the fall of 2020. The ACC also held a mini-season during the spring of 2021.

The Cardinals finished the fall season 1–6–1 and 1–4–1 in ACC play to finish in fifth place in the North Division. They were not invited to the ACC Tournament. They finished the spring season 4–2–0 and 4–2–0 in ACC play, to finish in second place in the Atlantic Division. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament.

Player movement

Players leaving
Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Osmar Chavero1GK6'0"FreshmanMission, TX—
William Portman2DF5'8"JuniorSheffield, England—
Lamine Conte3MF5'11"Redshirt SeniorConakry, GuineaGraduated; Drafted 40th overall by the New York Red Bulls in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft
Haji Abdikadir4FW5'11"JuniorLouisville, KYJoined San Diego Loyal
Evil Elveroth9FW6'0"SeniorHalmstad, SwedenGraduated
Carlos Sanchis10MF5'7"SeniorMadrid, SpainGraduated
Elijah Amo17MF5'10"SeniorLothian, MDGraduated; Drafted 34th overall by Real Salt Lake in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft
William Howard28GK6'5"Redshirt JuniorChester, VAGraduated
Sebastian Falsone29DF6'1"FreshmanWarrenton, VA—
Jake Gelnovatch31GK6'0"Redshirt SeniorEarlysville, VAGraduated

Players arriving
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Jean Claude Bikorimana
MF
 USALexington, KYFC Cincinnati U17[1]
Parker Forbes
DF
 USACedar Park, TXLonestar SC[2]
Dante Huckaby
DF
 USAMorganton, WVPhiladelphia Union[3]
Josh Jones
MF
 USAHatfield, PAUkrainians Nationals[4]
Gavin Krenecki
GK
 USASacramento, CASporting Kansas City Academy[5]

Squad

Roster
As of January 26, 2022[6]

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 United States USA Gavin Krenecki
2 DF United States USA Dante Huckaby
3 MF United States USA Jamie Diluzio
4 DF United States USA Bryce Lebel
5 DF United States USA Matty Walters
6 MF Mexico MEX Rafael Pinzón
7 FW United States USA Brandon McManus
8 MF United States USA Jack Fasteen
9 FW United States USA Aboubacar Camara
10 FW Brazil BRA Pedro Fonseca
11 FW Senegal SEN Macoumba Ba
12 DF Bermuda BER Zeiko Harris
13 MF United States USA Bradley Sample
14 MF Ghana GHA Eric Danquah
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF United States USA RC Schmeider
16 DF United States USA Josh Jones
17 FW United States USA Nico Diaz
18 DF United States USA Jack Hickey
19 MF United States USA Patrick Ajdukiewicz
20 DF United States USA Parker Forbes
21 MF United States USA Ayden Nocus
22 DF United States USA Axel Alejandre
23 FW Nigeria NGA Ugo Achara
25 MF United States USA Jean Claude Bikorimana
27 DF United States USA Ryan Nichols
30 GK Bermuda BER Detre Bell
31 GK United States USA Liam Fitzgerald
46 MF Norway NOR Sander Roed

Team management
Position Staff
Head CoachJohn Michael Hayden
Associate Head CoachBryan Green
Assistant CoachDonovan Dowling
Volunteer Assistant CoachDarren Yeagle
Director of OperationsJames Kusak

Source:[6]

Schedule

Source:[7][8]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 14*
8:00 p.m.		 at UAB W 4–1[9]  –
 BBVA Field
Birmingham, AL
August 21*
8:00 p.m.		 at No. 2 Indiana L 4–5[10]  –
 Bill Armstrong Stadium
Bloomington, IN
Regular Season
August 26*
8:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at Saint Louis L 1–2 2OT 0–1–0
 Hermann Stadium (2,224)
St. Louis, MO
August 30*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX		 Evansville W 2–1  1–1–0
 Lynn Stadium (504)
Louisville, KY
September 3*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX		 Bellarmine W 1–0 2OT 2–1–0
 Lynn Stadium (1,200)
Louisville, KY
September 7*
7:30 p.m., ACCN		 No. 17 Kentucky
Rivalry		 L 1–3  2–2–0
 Lynn Stadium (1,679)
Louisville, KY
September 10
7:30 p.m., ACCNX		 No. 25 Wake Forest W 3–0  3–2–0
(1–0–0)		 Lynn Stadium (1,307)
Louisville, KY
September 17
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 at Syracuse W 5–4 2OT 4–2–0
(2–0–0)		 SU Soccer Stadium (1,113)
Syracuse, NY
September 21*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX		 No. 25 Northern Kentucky W 4–0  5–2–0
 Lynn Stadium (393)
Louisville, KY
September 24
7:30 p.m., ACCNX		 No. 25 Boston College W 2–0  6–2–0
(3–0–0)		 Lynn Stadium (827)
Louisville, KY
September 28*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX		 No. 14 Western Illinois W 7–1  7–2–0
 Lynn Stadium (482)
Louisville, KY
October 1
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 No. 14 at No. 4 Duke L 1–3  7–3–0
(3–1–0)		 Koskinen Stadium (1,017)
Durham, NC
October 8
6:00 p.m., ACCRSN		 No. 23 at No. 9 Virginia Tech L 2–4  7–4–0
(3–2–0)		 Thompson Field (765)
Blacksburg, VA
October 12*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 Eastern Illinois W 5–0  8–4–0
 Lynn Stadium (609)
Louisville, KY
October 15
7:00 p.m., ACCN		 North Carolina W 2–0  9–4–0
(4–2–0)		 Lynn Stadium (562)
Louisville, KY
October 19*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 Oakland L 1–2  9–5–0
 Lynn Stadium (0)
Louisville, KY
October 22
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 NC State W 2–1  10–5–0
(5–2–0)		 Lynn Stadium (608)
Louisville, KY
October 29
7:00 p.m., ACCN		 at No. 15 Clemson L 1–5  10–6–0
(5–3–0)		 Riggs Field (1,889)
Clemson, SC
ACC Tournament
November 7
6:00 p.m., ACCN		 (4) (5) No. 23 Notre Dame
Quarterfinals		 T 0–0 (0–3 PKs) 2OT 10–6–1
 Lynn Stadium (582)
Louisville, KY
NCAA Tournament
November 18
6:30 p.m., ACCNX		 Bowling Green
First Round		 L 0–1  10–7–1
 Lynn Stadium (672)
Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors
Recipient Award Date Ref.
Pedro Fonseca Preseason All-ACC Watchlist August 18 [11]
Aboubacar Camara ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 19 [12]
Pedro Fonseca All-ACC First Team November 10 [13]
Aboubacar Camara
Sander Roed All-ACC Third Team
ACC All-Freshman Team

2022 MLS SuperDraft
Main article: 2022 MLS SuperDraft
PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Pedro FonsecaReal Salt Lake253FW

Source:[14]

Rankings
Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer[15]———RV251423RVRV———Not released—
TopDrawer Soccer[16]

References
  1. "Jean Claude Bikorimana". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  2. "Parker Forbes". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  3. "Dante Huckaby". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  4. "Josh Jones". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  5. "Gavin Krenecki". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  6. "2021 Men's Soccer Roster". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  7. "2021 Men's Soccer Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  8. "Louisville Men's Soccer Announces 2021 Slate". gocards.com. Louisville Athletics. July 8, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  9. @UofLmenssoccer (August 14, 2021). "FINAL: Cards 4, UAB 1 Black small square Fonseca (29:04) Black small square Jones (42:51) Black small square Roed (68:50) Black small square Achara (74:39) #GoCards" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. @IndianaMSOC (August 21, 2021). "All kinds of scoring at Yeagley Field tonight!⚽️⚽️⚽️ - @vbezerra7 ⚽️ - @jmaher68 ⚽️ - @tommymihalic10" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. "Pitt Named Preseason ACC Men's Soccer Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 18, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  12. "UofL's Camara, ND's Burns Notch ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 19, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  13. "2021 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Unveiled". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  14. "Fonseca Selected in Second Round of MLS SuperDraft". gocards.com. University of Louisville Athletics. January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  15. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  16. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 13, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.