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2018 VIRGINIA MEN’S SOCCER TABLE OF CONTENTS UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 2018 SCHEDULE 2018 Virginia Roster ........................................2 QUICK FACTS Fri. 8/24 NEW HAMPSHIRE ..........7 p.m. Klöckner Stadium page ................................ 3 Location ............................Charlottesville, Va. Thu. 8/30 ELON ....................................7 p.m. Head Coach George Gelnovatch .......... 4-5 Founded ............1819 by Thomas Jefferson Mon. 9/3 vs. Maryland1 .....................7 p.m. Coaching Staff ................................................. 6 Enrollment ..... 22,805 (16,034 undergraduate) Fri. 9/7 VIRGINIA TECH* .............7 p.m. Player Biographies .....................................7-16 President ...........................Dr. James E. Ryan Tue. 9/11 MARSHALL ........................7 p.m. 2017 Season in Review ................................. 17 Athletics Director .................. Carla Williams Fri. 9/14 NOTRE DAME* .................7 p.m. 2017 Results ..................................................... 17 Faculty Athletics Rep ... Carrie M. Heilman Tue. 9/18 FIU ........................................7 p.m. 2017 Statistics ..................................................18 Nicknames ......... Cavaliers, Wahoos, ‘Hoos Fri. 9/21 at Syracuse* ......................7 p.m. 2017 ACC Review ...........................................19 Colors....................................Orange and Blue Fri. 9/28 at Pittsburgh* ...................7 p.m. Program Records ..........................................20 Song .....................................“Good Old Song” Tue. 10/2 WRIGHT STATE ...............7 p.m. Single-Season Records ................................ 21 Home Field (Cap.) ..............Klöckner Stadium Fri. 10/5 DUKE* ..................................7 p.m. Career Records .............................................. 22 ................................................................... (8,000) Mon. 10/8 DENVER..............................6 p.m. Scoring Records By Year ...........................23 Affiliations .........................NCAA Division I / Fri. 10/12 at Clemson .........................7 p.m. Honors and Awards ............................... 24-25 ..............................Atlantic Coast Conference Tue. 10/16 RADFORD ..........................7 p.m. MLS/International Soccer ..........................26 Official Athletics Web Site Sat. 10/20 WAKE FOREST* ..............7 p.m. MLS Draft/Allocations ................................. 27 .............................................VirginiaSports.com Fri. 10/26 at North Carolina* ...........7 p.m. Coaching Records By Year ........................28 University Web Site ................... Virginia.edu Wed. 10/31 ACC First Round2 ............... TBA All-Time Records vs. Opponents ............29 Sun. 11/4 ACC Quarterfinals3............. TBA 4 ACC Tournament History ...........................30 MEN’S SOCCER INFORMATION Wed. 11/7 ACC Semifinals .................. TBA 5 NCAA Tournament History ........................31 First Year ............................................................1941 Sun. 11/11 ACC Final ............................. TBA 6 NCAA Championship Teams ............. 32-34 All-Time Record ...............................761-347-123 Thu. 11/15 NCAA 1st Round ............... TBA 6 ....................... All-Time Results ......................................35-40 All-Time ACC Record ...................... 188-136-49 Sun. 11/18 NCAA 2nd Round TBA 6 ......................... All-Time Letterwinners ..........................41-42 NCAA Appearances/Last ....................39/2017 Sun. 11/25 NCAA 3rd Round TBA 6 .................... Covering the Cavaliers ................................43 2017 Record ..................................................12-4-5 Fri. 11/30 NCAA Quarterfinal TBA 7 ACC Record/Finish ...................................3-2-3 Fri. 12/7 College Cup Semifinal ......... TBA 7 ........................ ABOUT THE FACT BOOK .............................................................3rd Coastal Sun. 12/9 College Cup Final TBA The fact book serves as the file for his- Postseason ..........................NCAA 2nd Round torical reference information on Virginia Letterwinners Returning/Lost ................. 19/17 Home matches in BOLD CAPS men’s soccer. Newcomers ...............9 (8 freshmen, 1 transfer) All times Eastern Information that previously appeared *denotes ACC matches 1 in the printed men’s soccer media guide STAFF INFORMATION Washington, D.C. (Audi Field) is available on the men’s soccer page at 2Seeds No. 5-12 (at sites of higher seeds) Head Coach ........................George Gelnovatch 3 VirginiaSports.com under the “History” Alma Mater ...................................... Virginia ‘87 at Seeds No. 1-4 link at the top of the page. Please book- 4at campus sites (top remaining seeds) Record at UVA ............307-125-54, 23nd season 5 mark that page in your browser for quick Career Record ............................................Same Cary, N.C. (WakeMed Soccer Park) reference. 6Sites TBA Associate Head Coach ....................Matt Chulis 7 Complete bios and statistics on Cavalier Assistant Coach ........................... Ryan Hopkins Santa Barbara, Calif.(Talen Energy Stadi- coaches and players are available at Operations Assistant ............... Carl Carpenter um) VirginiaSports.com/msoccer. Access play- er bios by clicking on the player’s name on the roster page. MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION Asst. Director/MSOC Contact Scott Fitzgerald Office Phone ................................434-924-9878 Mobile Phone ................................908-246-6818 Press Box Phone .........................908-246-6818 E-Mail Address [email protected] Mailing Address .....................295 Massie Road Room 154, John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville VA 22903 VIRGINIA SOCCER 2018 FACT BOOK 1 2018 ROSTER No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown Previous School Club 00 Tyler Willen GK Fr. 5-10 175 West Newton, Mass. American School of Dubai – 0 Connor Jones GK R-Fr. 5-11 205 Clifton, Va. Montverde Academy SIMA 1 Colin Shutler GK R-So. 6-1 170 Broadlands, Va. Briar Woods Loudoun FC 2 Sergi Nus D Sr. 6-2 185 Barcelona, Spain Fresno Pacific Univ. Fresno Fuego FC 3 Max Diamond D/M R-So. 6-3 180 Hopedale, Mass. Advanced Math and Science Acad. Indiana Fire 4 Prosper Figbe D Sr. 6-2 195 Ilorin, Nigeria USF Black Rock FC 5 Henry Kessler D So. 6-3 175 New York, N.Y. Bard High School Early College Beachside 6 Aboubacar Keita D Fr. 6-2 180 Columbus, Ohio Westerville North – 7 Simeon Okoro F Sr. 5-10 155 Weston, Conn. Weston Everton FC Westchester 8 Joe Bell M So. 6-1 180 Wanaka, New Zealand Scot’s College (New Zealand) Wellington Phoenix 9 Kennedy Nwabia F Sr. 6-2 210 Owerri, Nigeria University of Dayton – 10 Justin Ingram M So. 5-7 160 Indianapolis, Ind. Pike New England Revolution Acad. 11 Irakoze Donasiyano F So. 5-9 155 Roanoke, Va. Patrick Henry Roanoke Star SC 12 Spencer Patton D So. 5-11 165 Morrisville, Pa. La Salle College High School Match Fit Academy 13 Daryl Dike F Fr. 6-2 225 Edmond Okla. Edmond North Edmond Soccer Club 15 Daniel Barir M Sr. 5-10 140 Copenhagen, Denmark FC Copenhagen Sch. of Excellence B93 U19 16 Jerren Nixon Jr. F Jr. 6-5 195 Atlanta, Ga. YSC Academy Philadelphia Union Acad. 17 Ahdan Tait F R-Fr. 5-8 155 Bridgeport, Conn. Fairchild Wheeler Beachside SC 18 Marcel DaSilva GK Fr. 6-5 190 Ormond Beach, Fla. Tulsa 19 Nathaniel Crofts F So. 5-7 140 Sheffield, England Chaucer School Sheffield United FC 20 Cabrel Happi Kamseu F Fr. 6-2 180 Harare, Zimbabwe Deerfield Academy Aces Youth Academy 21 Aaron James M R-So. 6-0 150 Amherst, Mass. Williston Northampton New England Revolution Acad. 22 Daniel Steedman F Fr. 5-10 155 Cornelius, N.C. Hough Charlotte Independence 25 Bret Halsey M Fr. 5-9 145 Sterling, Va. Potomac Falls Loudoun 99 Boys Red 26 Ben Grant M Fr. 5-10 130 Charlottesville, Va. Albemarle Norwich City 27 Beau Bradley M So. 5-9 155 Manasquan, N.J. Manasquan Black Rock FC 28 Enrique Banuelos F Fr. 6-0 180 Mexico City, Mexico Technologico de Monterrey Club America 30 Robin Afamefuna D/M Jr. 5-11 179 Wuerselen, Germany Wuerselen Gymnasium Borussia Mönchengladbach 35 Brad Kurtz M R-Fr. 5-8 160 Crown Point, Ind. Crown Point Indiana Fire Academy Head Coach: George Gelnovatch (Virginia ‘87), 23nd season Operations Assistant: Carl Carpenter (Longwood, ‘16), first season Associate Head Coach: Matt Chulis (Virginia ‘05), 13th season Athletic Trainer: Jeff Boyer Assistant Head Coach: Ryan Hopkins (Concordia’04), first season ALPHABETICAL PRONUNCIATIONS BREAKDOWN BY CLASS BREAKDOWN BY COUNTRY No. Name Pos. Players True Freshmen .............................8 Belgium ............................................1 30 Robin Afamefuna D/M Afamefuna uh-FAH-may-FOO-nuh Redshirt Freshmen .....................2 Denmark ..........................................1 28 Enrique Banuelos F Barir ....................................Buh-REER Sophomore ....................................8 England ............................................1 15 Daniel Barir M Dike .........................................Dee-Kay Redshirt Sophomore ..................3 Germany ..........................................1 8 Joe Bell M Donasiyano .........Do-nas-ee-ah-no Junior ...............................................3 Ivory Coast......................................1 27 Beau Bradley M Cabrel Happi Kamseu ....................... Senior ...............................................5 Mexico