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2019 MEDIA GUIDE 2019 MEDIA GUIDE JOHNNY TORRES INAUGURAL SEASON Table of Contents and Quick Facts 2019 Quick Facts Creighton University Information Location Omaha, Neb. Founded 1878 Enrollment 8,910 Nickname Bluejays Colors Blue & White President Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, S.J., Ph.D. Director of Athletics Bruce Rasmussen Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference BIG EAST Bluejay Soccer Head Coach Johnny Torres Alma Mater Creighton, 2008 Career Record First Season Record at CU First Season Assistant Coach Ian Sarachan Alma Mater Illinois-Chicago, 2010 Assistant Coach Michael Gabb Alma Mater Creighton, 2002 Volunteer Assistant Mitch Kavanagh Alma Mater Bellevue University, 2013 Home Field Michael G. Morrison, S.J., Stadium Table of Contents Capacity 7,500 Introduction Record Book 11-4-3 2018 Overall Record Table of Contents and Quick Facts 1 Weekly Poll History 36-37 2018 BIG EAST Record / Finish 7-1-1/1st Bluejays in the MLS 2-3 All-Time Honor Roll 38-40 Letterwinners Returning / Lost 12 / 7 Bluejays in the Pros 4 Yearly Stats and Coaching History 41 Starters Returning / Lost 7 / 4 Creighton at Home 5 Annual Leaders 42 Goalkeepers Returning / Lost 1 / 0 Rasmussen Fitness & Sports Center 6 Single-Match Records 43 Newcomers 11 2019 Roster 7 Season and Career Records 44 2019 Season Outlook 8 Morrison Stadium Records 45 Conference Regular-Season Titles 14 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2006, 2007, NCAA Tournament Teams 46-56 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018 Meet the Bluejays NCAA Tournament History and Records 57 Head Coach Johnny Torres 9-10 All-Time Roster 58-59 Conference Tournament Titles 13 Assistant Coach Ian Sarachan 11 Year-by-Year Scores 60-63 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, Assistant Coach Michael Gabb and Support Staff 12 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012 Younes Boudadi & Julius Fohr 13 General Information Yudai Tashiro & Tor Trosten 14 Creighton University 64-65 NCAA Tournament Appearances 24 Ziyad Fares & Pepe Cejudo 15 Omaha, Neb. 66 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, Luke Haakenson & Bryce Gibson 16 Creighton Administration 67 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, Connor Ramlo & Collin Valdivia 17 Head Coaches & 2018-19 Highlights 66 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Musa Qongo & Kuba Polat 18 Creighton Athletics Staff Directory 69 Nico Engelking & Paul Kruse 19 Student-Athlete Support 70 NCAA Sweet 16 Appearances 14 Daniel Espeleta & Keegan Boyd 20 Recent Morrison Stadium Renovations 71 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, Duncan Werling & Luke Mitchell 21 Media Information 72 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 Dominic Briggs & Charles Auguste 22 Diego Dutilh & Duncan McGuire 23 NCAA Elite Eight Appearances 11 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2011, Braeden Beard & Cameron Briggs 24 2012, 2014, 2015 Aron Gíslason & Jake Ashford 25 Jake Ronneberg & Luke Waters 26 NCAA College Cup Appearances 5 Andrew Karcher 27 1996, 2000, 2002, 2011, 2012 2018 Season Review Sports Information 2018 Statistics 28 Men’s Soccer Contact Anthony Robinson 2018 Results and Final Polls 29 Office Phone 402-280-5801 2018 Review and Honors 30 Cell Phone 712-250-4900 Email [email protected] The Opposition Sports Information Director Rob Anderson 2019 Opponent Information 31 Office Phone 402-280-5544 All-Time Results and Series History 32-35 Sports Information FAX 402-280-2495 Ticket Office 402-280-JAYS Athletic Website GoCreighton.com Conference Website BIGEAST.com 1 Bluejays in the MLS Bluejays on 2019 MLS Rosters Ethan Finlay Fabian Herbers Brent Kallman Minnesota United FC Chicago Fire Minnesota United FC Creighton (2008-11) Creighton (2013-15) Creighton (2009-12) Eric Miller Seth Sinovic Akeem Ward New York FC Sporting Kansas City D.C. United Creighton (2011-13) Creighton (2005-09) Creighton (2016-18) 2 Bluejays in the MLS All-Time Bluejays in MLS Player Team(s) Player Team(s) Mehdi Ballouchy Real Salt Lake, Colorado Rapids, Brian Mullan Los Angeles Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes, New York Red Bulls, San Jose Earthquakes, Houston Dynamo, Colorado Rapids Vancouver Whitecaps FC, New York City FC Richard Mulrooney San Jose Earthquakes, FC Dallas, Steve Bernal Dallas Burn, Chicago Fire Houston Dynamo Andrew Duran Seattle Sounders Julian Nash San Jose Earthquakes, Houston Dynamo Ethan Finlay Columbus Crew, Minnesota United FC Ross Paule Colorado Rapids, N.Y./N.J. Metrostars, Fabian Herbers Philadelphia Union, Chicago Fire Columbus Crew Daniel Hernandez Los Angeles Galaxy, N.Y/N.J. Metrostars, Andrew Peterson Columbus Crew Tampa Bay Mutiny, New England Revolution, FC Dallas Ricardo Perez Colorado Rapids Lance Hill Colorado Rapids Timo Pitter FC Dallas Brian Holt Philadelphia Union Tyler Polak New England Revolution Greg Jordan Philadelphia Union Andrew Ribeiro Chivas USA Ryan Junge Columbus Crew Angel Rivillo Dallas Burn Brent Kallman Minnesota United FC Brett Rodriguez San Jose Earthquakes Brian Kamler D.C. United, Miami Fusion, N.Y/N.J. Metrostars, Chris Schuler Real Salt Lake, Orlando City New England Revolution, Real Salt Lake Seth Sinovic New England Revolution, Sporting Kansas City Alex Kapp Minnesota United FC Connor Sparrow Real Salt Lake Michael Kraus Kansas City Wizards Johnny Torres New England Revolution, Chicago Fire, Ricky Lopez-Espin Real Salt Lake Miami Fusion Eric Miller Montreal Impact, Colorado Rapids David Wagenfuhr FC Dallas Minnesota United FC, New York FC Akeem Ward D.C. United MLS Draft Picks Brian Kamler - 1996 Sixth Round Matt Wieland - 2006 Supplemental Fourth Round Jose Gomez - 2013 Supplemental Second Round (60th overall) by D.C. United (47th overall) by New England Revolution (38th overall) by Toronto FC Lance Hill - 1996 11th Round Ryan Junge - 2007 Supplemental Second Round Andrew Ribeiro - 2013 Supplemental Fourth Round (102nd overall) by Colorado Rapids (15th overall) by Columbus Crew (70th overall) by New York Red Bulls Ross Paule - 1997 Second Round Michael Kraus - 2007 Supplemental Fourth Round Eric Miller - 2014 First Round (11th overall) by Colorado Rapids (48th overall) by Kansas City Wizards (5th overall) by Montreal Impact Johnny Torres - 1998 First Round Matt Allen - 2008 Third Round Zach Barnes - 2014 Third Round (5th overall) by New England Revolution (34th overall) by Los Angeles Galaxy (56th overall) by D.C. United Richard Mulrooney - 1999 First Round Tony Schmitz - 2008 Fourth Round Fabian Herbers - 2016 First Round (3rd overall) by the San Jose Clash (52nd overall) by D.C. United (6th overall) by Philadelphia Union David Wright - 2000 Third Round Tim Bohnenkamp - 2008 Supplemental Second Round Timo Pitter - 2016 Second Round (25th overall) by Miami Fusion (15th overall) by San Jose Earthquakes (33rd overall) by FC Dallas Steve Bernal - 2000 Third Round Andrei Gotsmanov - 2009 Second Round Vincent Keller - 2016 Third Round (34th overall) by Dallas Burn (24th overall) by New England Revolution (57th overall) by Chicago Fire Tom Zawislan - 2000 Fifth Round Seth Sinovic - 2010 Second Round Connor Sparrow - 2016 Fourth Round (50th overall) by K.C. Wizards (25th overall) by New England Revolution (65th overall) by Real Salt Lake Angel Rivillo - 2000 Sixth Round Chris Schuler - 2010 Third Round Alex Kapp - 2017 Fourth Round (70th overall) by Dallas Burn (39th overall) by Real Salt Lake (68th overall) by Atlanta United Brian Mullan - 2001 First Round Sergio Castillo - 2011 Supplemental Second Round Lucas Stauffer - 2018 Second Round (9th overall) by Los Angeles Galaxy (25th overall) by Houston Dynamo (26th overall) by Vancouver FC Ishmael Mintah - 2002 Sixth Round Ethan Finlay - 2012 First Round Ricky Lopez-Espin - 2018 Second Round (69th overall) by Los Angeles Galaxy (10th overall) by Columbus Crew (33rd overall) by Real Salt Lake Mike Tranchilla - 2003 Fourth Round Andrew Duran - 2012 First Round Noah Franke - 2018 Fourth Round (34th overall) by Dallas Burn (15th overall) by Seattle Sounders (80th overall) by FC Dallas David Wagenfuhr - 2004 Fourth Round Akeem Ward - 2019 First Round (31st overall) by Dallas Burn Tyler Polak - 2012 Second Round (14th overall) by D.C. United (22nd overall) by New England Revolution Julian Nash - 2005 Fourth Round Joel Rydstrand - 2019 Second Round (40th overall) by FC Dallas Greg Jordan - 2012 Second Round (44th overall) by Seattle Sounders (32nd overall) by Philadelphia Union Brett Rodriguez - 2005 Supplemental First Round (5th overall) by San Jose Earthquakes 3 Bluejays in the Pros Bluejays in the Pros Player Team Player Team Player Team David Abidor Dalkurd (Sweden) FF, Geoff Huber San Francisco Bay Seals Andrew Peterson Cleveland City Stars Tulsa Roughnecks FC, New York Red Bulls II San Diego Flash, Rajpracha FC (Thailand) Columbus Crew, Minnesota Thunder FC Haka (Finland), Hapoel Petah Tikva (Israel) Greg Jordan Philadelphia Union Timo Pitter FC Dallas, Oklahoma City Energy FC Matt Allen Bryne (Norway) FK Ryan Junge Columbus Crew, Omaha Vipers Tyler Polak New England Revolution, Sandefjord (Norway) Missouri Comets FC Cincinnati, Miami FC Johnny Anderson Kansas City Attack Brent Kallman Minnesota United FC Zion Renfurm New Orleans Storm, Mehdi Ballouchy Real Salt Lake, Colorado Rapids Brian Kallman Minnesota Thunder Atlanta Silverbacks New York Red Bulls, San Jose Earthquakes NSC Minnesota, Minnesota United FC Jose Ribas Guayaquil SC (Ecuador), Vancouver Whitecaps FC, New York City FC Brian Kamler D.C. United Guayaquil City FC Steve Bernal Dallas Burn, Chicago Fire Miami Fusion, D.C. N.Y/N.J. Metrostars Andrew Ribeiro Harrisonburg City Islanders Milwaukee Wave United New England Revolution, Real Salt Lake Chivas USA, Pittsburgh Riverhounds Michael Byrne Toulon (France) Alex Kapp Minnesota United FC Charlotte Independence, Orlando City B Keith DeFini Kansas City Attack Michael Kraus Kansas City Wizards Angel Rivillo Tennessee Rhythm Jeff Deist Cleveland Crunch Paul Lekics Richmond Strikers Dallas Burn, Milwaukee Wave Luiz Del Monte Auckland City FC Riggs Lennon Real Monarchs SL Brett Rodriguez San Jose Earthquakes Andrew Duran Seattle Sounders, Marios Lomis North Carolina FC Joel Rydstrand Tacoma Defiance Atlanta Silverbacks Ricky Lopez-Espin Real Salt Lake, Real Monarchs Chris Schuler AC St.