7-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1989 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 2009 • 2014 12 COLLEGE CUP APPEARANCES 1983 • 1989 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 2019 CAVALIER MEN’S SOCCER 1995 • 1997 • 2006 • 2009 • 2013 • 2014 Contact: Scott Fitzgerald | E-mail: [email protected] | O: (434) 924-9878 | C: (908) 246-6818 | www.VirginiaSports.com SERIES AT A GLANCE MATCH DETAILS All-time Series: 1-3-1 : Oct. 4 : Klöckner Stadium Last Meeting: 11/5/17 - T, 0-0 (2OT) | First Meeting: 8/30/13 - L, 1-2 Last UVA Win: 10/2/15 - W, 3-2 Last UofL Win: 11/6/16 - W, 1-0 : 7 p.m. : ACCNX Streak: -- : Charlottesville, Va. : virginiasports.com/coverage.aspx LOUISVILLE VIRGINIA Head Coach John Michael Hayden George Gelnovatch LAST 10 VS. LOUISVILLE (1-3-1) 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Career Record 5-2-2 326-129-57 Date H/A/N Result Date H/A/N Result Overall: 9-0 | ACC: 3-0 Record at School Same Same 8/30/2013 H L, 1-2 AACC Tournament Home: 6-0 | Away: 2-0 | Neutral: 1-0 Year at School First Season 24th Season 10/2/2015 H W, 3-2 NNCAA Tournament Streak: W-9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9/24/2016 A L, 1-6 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT 2019 Record 5-2-2 (1-1-1 ACC) 9-0 (3-0 ACC) 11/6/2016 AA L, 0-1 Fri. 8/30 PACIFIC ACCNX W, 2-0 1 2018 Record 11-5-3 (4-2-2 ACC) 10-4-3 (3-2-2 ACC) 11/5/2017 AA T, 0-0 (2OT) Mon. 9/2 vs. #1 Maryland W, 2-0 Sat. 9/7 HIGH POINT ACCNX W, 1-0 MATCH NOTES Fri. 9/13 at #2 Duke* ESPNU W, 3-1 Tue. 9/17 RADFORD ACCNX W, 1-0 FOR STARTERS • The Cavaliers are the consensus No. 1 team in the country for the first time since 2014. Fri. 9/20 NC STATE* ACCNX W, 2-0 • Virginia and Louisville will meet for the first time since the 2017 ACC Quarterfinal match, a 0-0 draw a Lynn Stadium. Mon. 9/23 W. MICHIGAN ACCN W, 1-0 (OT) • The 9-0 start for Virginia is the best start in George Gelnovatch’s 24-year tenure at UVA. Fri. 9/27 at #21 Notre Dame* ACCNX W, 1-0 • Virginia is one of four undefeated, untied teams remaining in collegiate soccer. Tue. 10/1 GEORGE WASHINGTON ACCNX W, 3-0 • Virginia comes into Friday’s match as the country’s leader in goals against average (0.11), save percentage (.955) and shut- Fri. 10/4 #24 LOUISVILLE* ACCNX 7 p.m. outs (8). Fri. 10/11 at Boston College* ACCNX 7 p.m. • The Cavaliers have not allowed a goal in the last 537 minutes and have pitched a shutout in five-straight matches for the first Tue. 10/15 JAMES MADISON ACCN 7 p.m. time since 2009. Fri. 10/18 PITTSBURGH* ACCNX 7 p.m. • Virginia is looking to go 4-0 in the ACC for the first time since 2008. The Cavaliers have won four or more ACC games 12 times Tue. 10/22 SAINT LOUIS ACCNX 7 p.m. under George Gelnovatch. Fri. 10/25 at Virginia Tech* ACCNX 7 p.m. Fri. 11/1 NORTH CAROLINA* ACCNX 7 p.m. AGAINST THE CARDINALS ACC TOURNAMENT • Louisville holds a 3-1-1 advantage in the all-time series that first began in 2013. Wed. 11/6 ACC First Round2 • The last Virginia victory against the Cardinals came on Oct. 2, 2015, a 3-2 win at Klöckner Stadium. Sun. 11/10 ACC Quarterfinals3 • Sixth-seeded Virginia advanced past third-seeded Louisville on penalty kicks after the two teams played to a 110-minute score- Wed. 11/13 ACC Semifinals4 less draw in the 2017 ACC Quarterfinal. 5 • Cardinal goalkeeper Jake Gelnovatch is the son of Virginia head coach George Gelnovatch. The 2017 meeting was the only Sun. 11/17 ACC Final NCAA TOURNAMENT time the two have squared off against each other. Jake Gelnovatch made one save and was credited with a shutout before being 6 relieved by Will Meyer in the decisive shootout. Thu. 11/21 NCAA 1st Round Sun. 11/24 NCAA 2nd Round6 OFFENSIVE ONSLAUGHT Sat. 11/30 NCAA 3rd Round6 • Virginia matched a season-high with three goals in Tuesday night’s win over George Washington. Fri. 12/6 NCAA Quarterfinal6 • All three goal scorers – Robin Afamefuna, Philip Horton and Bret Halsey - recorded their first tallies of the season. For Horton Fri. 12/13 College Cup Semifinal5 and Halsey the goals were the first of their collegiate careers. Sun. 12/15 College Cup Final5 • Virginia peppered a season-high 21 shots against the Colonials, the most since unleashing 23 against Portland on Oct. 2, 2017. Home matches in BOLD CAPS *denotes ACC matches | 1Washington, D.C. (Audi Field) STOUT DEFENSE 2Seeds No. 5-12 (at sites of higher seeds) • Virginia has allowed only one goal through its first nine games, the fewest in the 76-year history of the program. Last season 3at Seeds No. 1-4 4at campus sites (top remaining seeds) the Cavaliers went seven games before conceding the season’s second goal, which had happened only one other time (1985). 5Cary, N.C. (WakeMed Soccer Park) • Only four teams nationally have surrendered three or less goals (Virginia, Navy-2, Villanova-3 and SMU-3). 6Sites TBA • The Cavalier defensive trio comprised of Robin Afamefuna Henry Kessler, Andreas Ueland have started all nine games and 2019 RECORD WHEN have missed a total of four minutes of game action as a unit. 2019 RECORD VS. Overtime: 1-0 Ranked Teams 3-0 WELL ROUNDED ATTACK Leading at half: 6-0 Non-conf. opponents 6-0 • A total of 11 different goal scorers are responsible for the 16 Virginia goal scorers this season. Only Clemson, the nation’s top Trailing at half: 0-0 Virginia Teams 1-0 scoring offense (3.8 gpg), has more goal scorers (14) among ACC teams. Tied at half: 3-0 • Five players – Joe Bell, Daryl Dike, Nathaniel Crofts, Irakoze Donasiyano and Daryl Dike – share the team-lead in goals with two. Scoring First: 8-0 • Dike leads the team in points with eight (2g, 4a) and his four helpers are tied for fifth in the ACC. 2019 VIRGINIA LEADERS • Working his way back into his lineup, sophomore Cabrel Happi Kamseu has a goal and an assist in the last 79 minutes of action off the bench, a span of three games. He co-led the team with five goals last season. GOALS POINTS Irakoze Donasiyano 2 Daryl Dike 8 THE KLÖCKNER ADVANTAGE Daniel Steedman 2 Joe Bell 6 • Virginia comes into Friday’s match with a 6-0 record at home and have won seven-straight games at Klöckner Stadium dating Nathaniel Crofts 2 Nathaniel Crofts 5 back to last season. Daryl Dike 2 Daniel Steedman 5 • On Tuesday, Virginia registered its 290th win at Klöckner Stadium with a 3-0 win at George Washington. Joe Bell 2 Irakoze Donasiyano 4 • The Cavaliers have won 81 percent of its matches at Klöckner Stadium since its opening in 1992. Six tied 1 Three tied 3 • Against NC State on Sept. 20, Virginia drew 3,858 fans, the largest crowd since Sept. 22, 2017 when 4,205 turned out for a match against North Carolina. ASSISTS SAVES Daryl Dike 4 Colin Shutler 20 UNDEFEATED, UNTIED IN COLLEGE SOCCER Joe Bell 2 • The Cavaliers are one of four teams (Missouri St., Navy, SMU) in the country unbeaten and untied. Six tied 1 MINUTES PLAYED • No. 1 Virginia – 9-0 vs. No. 24 Louisville (10/4) Henry Kessler 813 • No. 4 SMU – 9-0 vs. No. 11 UCF (10/6) Andreas Ueland 813 • No. 17 Missouri State – 8-0 at Evansville (10/5) Joe Bell 809 • No. 21 Navy – 10-0 vs. Bucknell (10/6) Robin Afamefuna 809 2019 ROSTER / BREAKDOWN No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown Previous School Club 00 Tyler Willen GK So. 5-10 175 West Newton, Mass. American School of Dubai – 0 Chris Shutler GK R-Sr. 6-0 175 Middleburg, Va. Binghamton University Loudoun FC 1 Colin Shutler GK R-Jr. 6-1 185 Middleburg, Va. Briar Woods Loudoun FC 2 Eben Noverr D Fr. 6-3 185 Highlands Ranch, Colo. Highlands Ranch Colorado Rapids 3 Max Diamond D/M R-Jr. 6-4 190 Hopedale, Mass. Advanced Math and Science Acad. NE Revolution Academy 4 Reed Kessler D Fr. 6-3 185 New York, N.Y. Brooklyn Technical High School BW Gottschee 5 Henry Kessler D Jr. 6-4 185 New York, N.Y. Bard High School Early College Beachside 6 Jeremy Verley M Fr. 5-10 165 Kingston, Jamaica Milton Academy (Mass.) Boston Bolts 7 Daniel Steedman F So. 5-10 155 Glasgow, Scotland Hough Charlotte Independence 8 Joe Bell M Jr. 6-0 180 Wanaka, New Zealand Scot’s College (New Zealand) Wellington Phoenix 9 Daryl Dike F So. 6-2 220 Edmond Okla. Edmond North Edmond Soccer Club 10 Nathaniel Crofts F Jr. 5-7 135 Sheffield, England Chaucer School Sheffield United FC 11 Irakoze Donasiyano F Jr. 5-9 155 Roanoke, Va. Patrick Henry Roanoke Star SC 12 Spencer Patton D Jr. 5-11 165 Morrisville, Pa. La Salle College High School Match Fit Academy 13 Bret Halsey M So. 5-9 150 Sterling, Va. Potomac Falls Loudoun 99 Boys Red 15 Philip Horton F Fr. 6-0 185 New Albany, Ohio New Albany Columbus Crew SC Acad.