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2021 (SPRING SEASON) USF BULLS MEN'S SOCCER NCAA Tournament (21): 2019, 16, 15, 13, 12, 11, 10, 09, 08, 07, 05, 01, 1998, 97, 96, 82, 75, 73, 71, 70, 69 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight (3): 2011, 08, 1997 AAC Champions: 2013 | AAC Regular Season Champions: 2016 | BIG EAST Champions: 2008, 05 C-USA Champions 1998, 97, 96 | Metro Champions: 1991 | Sun Belt Champions: 1990, 88, 86, 85, 82, 81, 80, 77, 76 Primary Contact: Michael Hogan | Phone: (C) 813-469-0616 | Email: [email protected] Twitter: @USFMSOC | Instagram: USFMSOC | Facebook: facebook.com/usfmenssoccer | Web: GoUSFBulls.com 2021 SPRING USF SCHEDULE/RESULTS MATCH FOUR | SAT. FEB. 27, 2021 | 7 P.M. | TEMPLE SOCCER COMPLEX, PHILA., PA. JANUARY USF AT TEMPLE 30 FIU (Exhibition) L, 2-0 BULLS OWLS FEBRUARY 1-2, 1-2 AAC 1-2, 1-2 AAC 6 Temple * (ESPN+ | Bulls Unlimited) L, 3-2 13 No. -/8 SMU * (ESPN+ | Bulls Unlimited) L, 7-0 Last Game: Feb. 20 at No. 14 UCF (W, 2-1) Last Game: Feb. 24 vs. Drexel (Ppd.) 20 at UCF * (ESPN+) W, 2-1 Next Game: March 6 vs. Tulsa, 7 p.m. Next Game: March 6 vs. SMU, 7 p.m. 27 at Temple * (ESPN+) 7 p.m. Head Coach: Bob Butehorn Head Coach: Brian Rowland MARCH Career Record: 154-121-35 (18th season) Career Record: 14-20-6 (Third season) 6 Tulsa * (ESPN+ | BU or BU2) 7 p.m. At USF: 24-23-7 (Fourth season) At Temple: Same 13 at Memphis * (ESPN+) 6:30 p.m. 20 at SMU * (ESPN+) 8 p.m. 2021 SPRING USF BULLS ROSTER 27 UCF * (ESPN+ | BU or BU2) 7 p.m. No. Name P Ht. Yr. Hometown / Club 2 Max Gottwald D/M 6-3 Fr. Harsewinkel, Germany / FC Carl Zeiss Jena APRIL 3 Sergio Pineros-Mayorga D 6-0 So. Tampa, Fla. / Clearwater Chargers 2 Memphis * (ESPN+ | BU or BU2) 7 p.m. 4 Henrique Gallina M 6-1 Jr. Atibaia, Brazil / SEP Palmeiras 9 at Tulsa * (ESPN+) 8 p.m. 5 Sal Mazzaferro D 6-1 So. Toronto, Ontario, Canada / Toronto FC 15 American Athletic Conference Tournament Semifinals ^ TBA 6 Richard Laval M 6-1 Jr. Madrid, Spain / Atle´tico Madrid 17 American Athletic Conference Tournament Championship ^ TBA 7 Josh Gomina F 5-8 Fr. Sampa, Ghana / Black Rock FC * American Athletic Conference Match 9 Victor Claudel F 5-11 So. Strasbourg, France / RC Strasbourg ^ American Athletic Conference Tournament, hosted by the No. 1 seed 10 Josue Monge M/F 6-0 Sr. Philadelphia, Pa. / Philadelphia Union 11 Oscar Resano F 6-2 Fr. Mexico City, Mexico / Pumas UNAM All times are Eastern time 12 Segun Afolabi F 6-0 Fr. Austell, Ga. / NASA Tophat Bulls Unlimited and Bulls Unlimited 2 are available through the iHeartRadio app. 13 Freddy Gil D 5-9 Sr. West Palm Beach, Fla. / Philadelphia Union National rankings are listed as United Soccer Coaches / TopDrawerSoccer.com 14 Diego Guerrero M 5-5 Sr. San Salvador, El Salvador / Alianza FC 15 Daniel Cabrera M 5-8 Jr. Orlando, Fla. / Coastal Carolina / USF / Orlando City SC 16 Felipe Baptista M 6-1 Jr. Pembroke Pines, Fla. / Kendall SC 17 Trey Jackson F 5-7 Sr. Ocala, Fla. / Leg-A-Z 18 Shion Soga M 5-7 Fr. Aichi, Japan / Michigan Jaguars FC 19 Marcus Murphy D 6-0 Jr. Fleming Island, Fla. / Clay County SC 20 Jeffrey “JT” Copper F 5-10 Fr. Tampa, Fla. / Clearwater Chargers 22 Donovan Hesselmeyer M 5-8 Fr. North Fort Myers, Fla. / Orlando City SC HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN 23 Brian Schaefer M 6-3 Fr. Atlantic Beach, Fla. / Jacksonville Armada FC 24 Gordon Phipps D 6-0 Jr. Weston, Fla. / Boca United FC 27 Avionne Flanagan D/M 5-11 Sr. Baltimore, Md. / Baltimore Armour 29 Nicolas Scargle D 6-1 Fr. Clearwater, Fla. / Clearwater Chargers 30 Cooper Blay GK 6-6 So. Gainesville, Fla. / Leg-A-Z 33 Kazuna Takase GK 6-0 Jr. Tomoto, Japan / FC Tokyo Head Coach: Bob Butehorn (Tampa ‘85) Assistant Coaches: Jeremy Hurdle (McGill ‘12) | Matt Poplawski (Pennsylvania ‘17) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Eric Klenofsky (Monmouth ‘16) Head Atheltic Trainer: Octavio Tobar (USF ‘15) | Strength & Conditioning: Chris Murphy (Tampa ‘16) Pronunciation guide can be found on page two USF Men’s Soccer Match Notes | GoUSFBulls.com USF QUICK FACTS QUICK HITS GENERAL n USF returns to the pitch on Saturday, looking to keep its winning ways going when it travels to the City of Brotherly Location Tampa, Fla. Love” to face Temple at the Temple Soccer Complex ... Kick off is slated for 7 p.m. and the match can be seen live on Enrollment 50,577 ESPN+ ... This is the second of two meetings that the two schools will have played against each other in the first two Founded/Opened 1956 matches ... Temple won the first affair, 3-2, in Tampa ... The Bulls boast a 566-294-99 record all-time and have logged Colors Green and, Gold double-digit wins 31 times, including a single season record 17 (17-4) in 1996. Nickname Bulls n USF posted a 10-7-1 record in 2019 and a 3-3 mark in the American Athletic Conference, good enough for third place Affiliation NCAA Division I in the AAC standings. Conference American Athletic Conference n Bob Butehorn enters his fourth season with the Bulls and his 18th season overall as a head coach ... He boasts a Home Field Corbett Stadium 154-121-35 career coaching record, helping five of his teams to the NCAA Tournament. Capacity 3,000-plus n The Bulls look to advance to the NCAA Tournament this year for the second consecutive season ... USF faced Louis- President Dr. Steven C. Currall ville in the first round during the 2019 season, falling to the Cardinals, 4-1 ... USF has played in the NCAA postseason 21 Alma Mater Baylor times in its 55 seasons of competition coming into 2021 spring regular season ... The Green and Gold has also played in Director of Atheltics Michael Kelly the NCAA’s in 11 of the last 15 years coming into this season. Alma Mater Wake Forest n USF enters its eighth season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, winning the inaugural AAC tourna- Senior Associate Athletics Director/SWA Marquita Armstead ment title in 2013 and the regular season championship in 2016. Alma Mater Mississippi State n The Bulls’ 2020 schedule, moved from the fall to the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, includes home-and- home meetings with American Athletic Conference foes, totaling a 10-match, double-round-robin regular season sched- TEAM HISTORY ule of league matchups ... All of the Bulls home matches on the season will be streamed live on the ESPN+ platform. First Year of Soccer 1965 n USF comes into its matchup against Temple leading the all-time series 5-3-1 ... The Bulls have dropped three of their Overall Record 566-294-99 last four games against the Owls, after starting the series 4-0-1 ... Temple defeated USF, 3-2, in its last meeting with the American Atheltic Conference Titles (1) 2013 Bulls, this season in the season-opener, 3-2. All-Time NCAA Tournament Appearances 21 n Avionne Flanagan was the Bulls’ lone representative on the Preseason American Athletic All-Conference Team, and Years 2019, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, was a unanimous selection ... During the 2019 campaign, he played in 18 matches, earning 16 starts, and was named AAC 2005, 2001, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1982, 1975, 1973, 1971, 1970, 1969 first-team all-conference. NCAA Tournament Best Finish Elite Eight (2011, 2008, 1997) n The Bulls return to the pitch for an unprecedented season, having lost three of their top four point producers, and Last NCAA Appearance 2016, Tie. FGCU (2-2), FGCU 3-0 PK’s four of their top seven ... Of the top four, Adrian Billhardt, USF’s top scorer (13 pts., 6g, 1a), along with Jonathan Rosales COACHING STAFF (10 pts., 4g, 2a) and Emilio Ycaza (8 pts., 4g), who were second and fourth, respectively, have all graduated and are playing Head Coach Bob Butehorn (Tampa, ‘85) professionally ... In addition, Javain Brown, one of the top defensive players, not only on the team but in The American, Overall Record (Yrs.) 154-121-35 (18th season) has also moved on to play professionally ... Brown was seventh on the team in scoring with seven points (3g, 1a). Record at USF (Yrs.) 24-23-7 (Fourth season) n Avionne Flanagan was the Bulls top returning point producer from the 2019 campaign ... Flanagan was third on the Conference Record at USF (Yrs.) 14-11-2 (Fourth season) Bulls in points with nine on the year (1g, 7a), however was drafted in the second round (29th overall) of the MLS Super- Assistant Coach Jeremy Hurdle (McGill ‘12) Draft by FC Cincinnati ... On Feb. 20, he played his last game in the Green and Gold as he has signed his contract with FC Assistant Coach Matt Poplawski (Pennsylvania ‘17) Cincinnati and will join the club for training camp. Volunteer Assistant Eric Klenofsky (Monmouth ‘16) n Victor Claudel (3g, 2a) and Trey Jackson (3g, 2a) return, having scored eight points apiece, tied for fourth, in 2019. n Claudel and Oscar Resano are tied atop the stat sheet, this season, in points scored with three apiece (1g, 1a). A LOOK AT 2019 Overall Record 10-7-1 2021 SPRING AAC STANDINGS | PRESEASON AAC COACHES POLL Home 7-3-1 SCHOOL CONF PTS. OVERALL PCT. PRESEASON AAC POLL (First Place Votes) Away 3-3-0 SMU 2-0 6 2-0 1.000 1.