2019 Record Book UCF Men’s 2019Soccer Record Book ContentsQuick Facts ....................................................1 Coaching Staff .........................................2-3 2019 Recap .................................................. 4 2019 Roster .............................................. 5-6 2019 Statistics .........................................7-8 2019 Player Profiles & Stats ..............9-12 Conference Championship History ... 13 NCAA Tournament History ...................14 Year-by-Year Results ..........................15-18 All-Time Record vs. Opponents ...19-20 Year-by-Year Summary .........................20 All-Time Roster ....................................21-23 Individual Scoring Records .................24 Individual Goalkeeping Records ........ 25 Individual Match Records .....................26 Individual Team Season Records ...... 27 UCF Soccer Complex Records ........... 28 Awards and Honors .........................29-30 Knights in the Pros .................................. 31 QuickGENERAL Facts INFORMATION COACHING STAFF TEAM INFORMATION ATHLETicS COMMUNicATIONS Location ...............Orlando, Fla. 32816 Head Coach .............. Scott Calabrese 2019 Overall Record ..................15-3-2 Contact ................................ Ken Landis Founded ...........................................1963 Alma Mater ... Bryant College (1995) 2019 American Record/Finish .....6-0-1/1st Office Phone ............(407) 823-2409 Enrollment................................. 69,525+ Record at UCF (Years) ... 36-12-7 (3) Postseason ..... NCAA Tournament 3rd Round E-Mail ....... [email protected] Nickname ...................................Knights Overall Record (Years) . 121-79-27 (12) 2019 Starters Returning/Lost ..... 9/2 Website .................... UCFKnights.com Colors................................ Black & Gold Assoc. Head Coach.........Paul Souders Twitter ........................@UCF_MSoccer Facility (Cap.) UCF Soccer Complex (2,475) Alma Mater ................. Clemson (2004) Facebook ................/UCFMensSoccer UCF SOccER HISTORY Affiliation ...................NCAA Division I Assistant Coach ............Jamie Davies First Season .......... 1975 (45 seasons) Instagram ................... @UCF.MSoccer Conference ..........American Athletic Alma Mater ........William Woods (2007) All-Time Record ................. 398-311-75 Interim President .......Thad Seymour DI All-Time Record ......... 306-273-66 Director of Athletics ....Danny White Conference Championships .............5 NCAA D-I Tournament Appearances ......7 1 2019 Record Book UPDATE BIO Scott Calabrese Head Coach - 3rd Season Scott Calabrese was named the finished second in the American Athletic Conference under Calabrese’s sixth head men’s soccer coach at leadership. UCF on Dec. 5, 2016. During the 2017 season, the Knights were awarded The American Player In just three seasons at the of Week five times, earned five all-conference selections, two all-rookie helm of the Black and Gold, honors, and two all-region winners. Also during his first season in The Calabrese and staff have guided American, the Knights finished first in points (39), goals (13), and assists the Knights to back to back (13), while senior Matias Pyysalo dominated the offensive game taking American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors. regular season titles and NCAA Tournament appearances. During Calabrese spent the previous three seasons before coming to UCF at FIU, his first three years, Calabrese’s taking the program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in over 10 teams have compiled a 36-12-7 years by capturing the 2015 Conference USA Championship. He helped record, including a 22-3-5 mark the Panthers to consecutive appearances in the finals at the C-USA at the UCF soccer complex. Championship. Year number three of the Calabrese era is the most successful thus far The two-time conference coach of the year has posted an 85-67-20 overall and could arguably be tabbed as the best season in program history. The mark. Knights posted a record of 15-3-2 and reached the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, the farthest the team has ever gone. The 15 victories ties a “I am very excited about the pedigree that Scott Calabrese brings to UCF,” FIX COACH program high and was the highest win total in UCF’s Division I tenure. The White said. “The soccer culture in Orlando has grown exponentially over Black and Gold posted a 6-0-1 record in conference play, making them just the last several years, and I believe Coach Calabrese can help us add to that OF YEAR the third team in the history of The American to go unbeaten in conference culture here at UCF. Scott has had great success in his coaching career. He play. was the region coach of the year at FIU in 2015 and won two conference RECORD championships at East Tennessee State, where he started the program from For the second straight season, Calabrese and staff earned the American scratch. I look forward to watching him build the Knights into a national Athletic Conference Coaching Staff of the Year. The squad went 16 straight power in the soccer capital of the south.” matches without a loss, obliterating the previous record of 10 straight matches unbeaten which was achieved last season. The program earned The Newton, Conn., native has been known for building programs and their second straight national seed ahead of the NCAA Tournament, started the program at East Tennessee State in 2008. In three short years, checking in at No. 9. In the second round, the Knights defeated Missouri he guided the Bucs to the 2010 Atlantic Sun Championship behind 10 State by a score of 2-1 in overtime. The victory marked the first time that shutout victories, earning a berth in the NCAA Tournament. The 2010 UCF had advanced to the third round of the tournament. NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year tallied four seasons with 10-or- more victories and also aided ETSU to the 2013 NCAA Tournament. 2018 saw UCF win their first conference title since 2011 as they took the regular season crown with a 5-1-1 record in conference play. Overall, the “I would like to thank Dr. Daniel J. White and the search committee for Knights finished 13-3-3 and put together an impressive 8-2-3 record at the providing me with the opportunity to be the next head men’s soccer coach UCF Soccer Complex scoring 29 goals and grabbing 86 points. at UCF,” Calabrese said. “I am beyond excited to join this incredible and growing athletic department that is investing in its student-athletes and For two years running, Calabrese has coached one of the best offenses in programs. all of Division I. For the entirety of the last two regular seasons, the Knights have been ranked top 10 in the nation in almost every offensive category “I had an opportunity to meet the team and talk with the players including total assists, total goals, total points, scoring offense, points per individually this morning. They are very committed to seeing this program game, assists per game and goals per game. They were the top team in succeed, improve and progress. I can’t wait to get started on the field in shots per game and shots on goal per game in 2018 and led the nations in January and begin building personal relationships with these young men.” corners in 2019. UCF was also the top team in The American in all of those categories. Prior to taking the head coaching position at ETSU, Calabrese served four seasons as an assistant at Clemson from 2003-06. He aided the Tigers to The accolades have piled up over the past two seasons. The Knights took three NCAA Tournament appearances, including the 2005 College Cup home four major conference accolades in 2019. Cal Jennings won his and a No. 1 national ranking. He additionally worked as the director of the second consecutive Offensive Player of the Year while Yannik Oettl earned Clemson Soccer Academy, which hosts over 1,800 youth soccer players a his second straight nod as goalkeeper of the year. Yoni Sorokin was dubbed year. as the Midfielder of the Year while Gino Vivi was honored as the Rookie of the Year. The Black and Gold had five All-Conference selections in The As a part of the coaching staff at North Carolina from 2000-01, he helped American, including four on the first-team. Two freshman made their way the Tar Heels to a pair of Elite Eight appearances, which included the 2001 onto the All-Rookie squad. National Championship and 2000 ACC Championship. The 2018 season produced three major award winners (Offensive, He has ties to the central Florida area, beginning his career as an assistant Midfielder, Goalkeeper of the Year), seven All-Conference selections, and coach at Stetson from 1998-99. eight Player of the Week awards from The American. They also produced five All-Region selections and two All-Americans (Cal Jennings and Louis Calabrese also has a connection to UCF women’s soccer head coach Tiffany Perez). In addition to all the awards, the Knights capped off the regular Roberts-Sahaydak, who he coached professionally as a member of the season with a ranking of No. 9, which was the third highest in program Carolina Courage (WUSA) coaching staff in 2002. He helped guide the history at the time. Courage as an assistant coach to the Founder’s Cup that season. Two of UCF’s seven NCAA Tournament nods have come from Calabrese, Calabrese graduated from Bryant College with a degree in business both with a hosting privileges as the Knights were the No. 14 national seed administration. He also holds an “A” coaching license and is a Level I and II in 2018 and No. 9 in 2019. The team shattered their highest rankings in the certified goalkeeping instructor with the NSCAA. United Soccer Coaches poll those seasons, as the team set a personal best of No. 7 in 2018 and went on to climb as high as No. 5 in 2019. The Calabrese File School Overall Record W% Seasons 5 NCAA Tournaments ETSU 57 44 16 .556 6 2010 2013 2015 Calabrese also produced a two-time MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist in FIU 28 23 4 .545 3 2018 2019 Cal Jennings who scored 20 goals in 19 games including three hat tricks UCF 36 12 7 .718 3 3 Conference in 2018.