Denver Men’s Soccer Notes Match 7 DenverMensSoccer @DU_MSoccer denversoccer 2019 SCHEDULE (1-4-1, 0-0-0 SUMMIT) THE MATCHUP Date H/A/N Opp TV Result/Series [RV] Washington 2-1 [18] Denver Denver (1-4-1, 0-0-0 Summit) vs. [8/15] SMU (6-0-0, 0-0-0 AAC) Aug. 30 Drack 1’ Saturday, September 21, 2019 • 5 p.m. MT 8:30pm Palmquist: 2 saves University of Denver Soccer Stadium (Denver, Colo.) Sep. 2 [RV] Seattle 0-0 [18] Denver Altitude (Matthew McGreevy and Kermit Ball) Judd: 4 shots Twitter: @DU_MSoccer, #PioneerTogether, #DENvSMU 7 p.m. Palmquist: 6 saves [2] Indiana 2-1 [RV] Denver Sep. 6 Johnson 6’ 2 p.m. Palmquist: 2 saves [11] Notre Dame 1-0 [RV] Denver Sep. 8 Judd: 4 shots/1 sog 5 p.m. Palmquist: 2 saves [3] Stanford 2-0 Denver Sep. 13 Palmquist: 3 saves 8 p.m. Norman: 1 SOG Sep. 15 [RV] Cal 0-1 Denver SMU MUSTANGS DENVER PIONEERS Judd 30’ (Drack) 2018 Record: 10-5-3, 5-1-1 AAC (NCAA 1st Rd) 1 p.m. Palmquist: 8 saves (including a PK) 2018 Record: 15-4-2, 4-0-1 Summit (NCAA 2nd) Denver vs. SMU Last Match: W, 2-0 at [2] Duke (09/16/19) Last Match: W, 1-0 at [RV] Cal (09/15/19) Sep. 21 D: 1-2-0 (0-1-0 Home) Head Coach: Kevin Hudson (SMU, ‘04) Head Coach: Jamie Franks (Wake Forest ‘09) 5 p.m. Last (9/3/18): SMU 0-1 DEN Record at SMU: 54-20-9 (5th Season) Record at DEN: 62-16-11 (5th season) Denver vs. Eastern Illinois Career Record: Same Career Record: Same Sep. 28 D: 6-0-2 (4-0-0 Home) 1 p.m. Last (11/8/18): DEN 1-0 EIU Sep. 30 Pittsburgh vs. Denver First Meeting 5 p.m. THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Oct. 6 Denver vs. Pacific • Denver picked up its first win of the season on Sunday afternoon as 2 p.m. First Meeting the Pioneers won at [RV] Cal, courtesy of Preston Judd’s first goal as Oct. 12 Western Illinois vs. Denver a Pioneer and eight saves from Will Palmquist, including a penalty D: 11-0-0 (4-0-0 Away) kick stop late in the second half. 6 p.m. Last (10/20/18) DEN 4-0 WIU Saint Louis vs. Denver • The Crimson and Gold will play their first home match of the 2019 Oct. 15 D: 5-2-0 (2-2-0 Away) campaign on September 21, when the Pioneers welcome SMU back 6 p.m. Last (10/23/18): DEN 2-1 SLU to the Mile High City. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m., and will be the first Oral Roberts vs. Denver game of a double header with the women’s program that is set to Oct. 19 D: 10-0-0 (4-0-0 Away) 6 p.m. Last (11/3/18): DEN 5-0 ORU kickoff at 7:30 p.m. MT. Both matches are scheduled to be broadcast Oct. 22 Tulsa vs. Denver live on Altitude. Saturday’s match is also Denver’s annual Bark in the D: 2-3-0 (1-3-0 Away) Park Night at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. 6 p.m. Last (9/24/18): DEN 2-1 TUL (2OT) • DU will open its 2019 Summit League slate on Saturday, September Denver vs. Omaha Oct. 26 D: 6-1-2 (5-0-0 Home) 28th, at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1 7 p.m. Last (11/10/18): DEN 1-0 OMA p.m. MT, and the match will be broadcast live on Altitude. Duke vs. Denver Oct. 29 D: 0-1-0 (0-1-0 Away) 5 p.m. Last (9/6/09): DUKE 2-0 DEN Nov. 2 Denver vs. Rhode Island 7 p.m. First Meeting Purdue Fort Wayne vs. Denver Nov. 9 D: 7-0-0 (3-0-0 Away) TEAM COMPARISON (THRU 9/16) 5 p.m. Last (10/5/18): DEN 2-0 PFW 0.5 191st SCORING OFFENSE 3rd 3.5 t Nov. 14 Summit League Semifinal TBA 1.11 67th GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE 1st 0.2 t Nov. 16 Summit League Final 0.25 158th W-L-T % 1st 100 t TBA 0.5 166th ASSISTS/GAME 5th 3.0 t Nov. 21 NCAA First Round TBA 1.5 188th POINTS/GAME 4th 10.0 t SAVES/GAME Nov. 24 NCAA Second Round u 3.83 82nd 165th 2.5 TBA 76.7 67th SAVE% 3rd 93.8 t Nov. 30/ NCAA Round of 16 Dec. 1 14.5 148th FOULS/GAME 110th 13.33 t 9.0 168th SHOTS/GAME 5th 18.33 t Dec. 6/ NCAA Quarterfinal Dec. 7 2.67 192nd SHOTS ON GOAL/GAME 4th 8.83 t Dec. 13 NCAA College CUp & 15 Cary, N.C. 3.17 172nd CORNER KICKS/GAME 133rd 4.17 t 29.6 192nd SHOT ACCURACY 40th 48.2 t DENVERPIONEERS.COM 1 2019 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht./Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School Club Team 00 Kobe Gray Goalkeeper 6-3/200 R-So. Parker, Colo. / Ponderosa High School Real Colorado 0 Cyrus Margono Goalkeeper 6-2/160 Fr. Tarrytown, N.Y. / Sleepy Hollow High School Metropolitan Oval 1 Will Palmquist Goalkeeper 6-0/175 R-Jr. Denver, Colo. / Denver East High School Colorado Rush 2 Lucas Russo Defender 5-8/155 So. Sao Paulo, Brazil / Colegio Objetivo Barry University 4 Bailey Heller Defender 6-0/165 R-So. Highlands Ranch, Colo. / Rock Canyon High School Colorado Rapids Academy 5 Aidan O’Toole Midfielder 5-10/165 Fr. The Hills, Texas / Lake Travis High School Lonestar Development Academy 6 Callum Stretch Defender 6-4/180 So. Los Angeles, Calif. / Notre Dame High School Aston Villa Academy 7 Stefan DeLeone Midfielder 5-10/145 So. Fort Collins, Colo. / Fossil Ridge High School Colorado Rapids Academy 8 Destan Norman Midfielder 6-0/165 Jr. Fort Collins, Colo. / Fort Collins High School Real Colorado 9 Preston Judd Forward 6-3/185 Jr. Henderson, Nev. / Coronado High School California Baptist 10 Jacob Stensson Midfielder 5-10/162 Jr. Stockholm, Sweden / Ostra Reals IF Brommapojkarna 11 Danny Barlow Forward 5-8/170 Jr. Newcastle, England / Monkseaton High School East Tennessee State 13 Christoffer Netskar Forward 6-2/180 Fr. Oppegarrd, Norway / Roald Amundsen VGS Kolbotn IL 15 Alex Kaddah Midfielder 5-5/140 R-So. Blue Springs, Mo. / Blue Springs High School Sporting KC Academy 16 Sam Hallam Defender 6-2/150 Fr. Centennial, Colo. / Cherry Creek H.S. Real Colorado Development Academy 19 Josh Drack Forward 5-7/150 Jr. Chandler, Ariz. / Hamilton High School Grand Canyon 21 Ethan Ash Midfielder 5-7/145 Fr. Manhattan, Ill. / Lincoln-Way West High School FC United Development Academy 22 Liam Johnson Midfielder 5-9/160 So. Golden, Colo. / Golden High School Colorado Rapids Academy 23 Eli Mereness Midfielder 5-11/155 Fr. Centennial, Colo. / Cherry Creek H.S. Real Colorado Development Academy 24 Brooks Crawford Forward 6-3/160 R-So. Greenwood Village, Colo. / Kent Denver Colorado Rapids Academy 25 Dylan Keeney Defender 5-8/150 R-Jr. Littleton, Colo. / Heritage High School Real Colorado Academy 30 Greg L’Hommedieu Goalkeeper 6-2/190 Fr. St. Louis, Mo. / St. Louis Priory H.S. Saint Louis FC 33 Connor McWilliams Midfielder 5-10/155 So. Littleton, Colo. / Chatfield High School Real Colorado 91 Kengo Ohira Midfielder 5-10/155 Fr. Tokyo, Japan / Koganei-Kita High School Waseda United COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Jamie Franks (Wake Forest ‘09; Fifth Season as HC/Eighth Season at Denver) Assistant Coach: Masaki Hemmi (Colorado School of Mines ‘15; Second Season) Assistant Coach: Owen Griffith (Penn State ‘15; First Season) Volunteer Assistant Coach:: Dan Jackson (UNC Asheville ‘14, Denver ‘16) ROSTER BY ELIGIBILITY ROSTER BY STATE/COUNTRY ROSTER BY POSITION Seniors (0) - None Arizona (1) - Drack | California (1) - Stretch Goalkeepers (3) - Gray, Margono, Palmquist Juniors (7) - Barlow, Drack, Judd, Keeney, Norman, Colorado (11) - Crawford, DeLeone, Gray, Hallam, Heller, Defenders (4) - Hallam, Heller, Keeney, Stretch Palmquist, Stensson Johnson, Keeney, McWilliams, Mereness, Norman, Midfielders (10) - Ash, DeLeone, Johnson, Sophomores (8) - Crawford, DeLeone, Gray, Heller, Palmquist Kaddah, McWilliams, Mereness, Norman, Johnson, Kaddah, McWilliams, Stretch Illinois (1) - Ash | Missouri (1) - Kaddah O’Toole, Ohira, Stensson Freshmen (7) - Ash, Hallam, Margono, Mereness, Nevada (1) - Judd | New York (1) - Margono Forwards (5) - Barlow, Crawford, Drack, Judd, Netskar, O’Toole, Ohira Texas (1) - O’Toole Netskar Bold = Redshirt International: England (1) - Barlow | Japan (1) - Ohira Norway (1) - Netskar | Sweden (1) - Stensson PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Name First Name Last Name #0 - Cyrus Margono ..............................................................................Mar-Go-No #2 - Lucas Russo - .......................................................................................Rew-So #7 - Stefan DeLeone - ........................................................................Day-Lee-own #8 - Destan Norman - .................Des-tawm ........................................ Nor-Mawn #23 - Eli Mereness - ..............................................................................Mare-in-iss #30 - Greg L’Hommediue - .......................................................................Llama-Do #91 - Kengo Ohira - ....................................................................................Oh-eir-a 2 @DU_MSoccer HEAD COACH JAMIE FRANKS SENIOR CLASS WINS (9/15/19) • Former DU assistant and Wake Forest alum Jamie Franks took over the reins, officially Team W L T Pts Won % Pts Won inking his name as Denver’s 10th head coach, Aug. 29, 2015. Wake Forest 61 8 5 188 84.68% • Franks is 62-16-11 as a head coach through four seasons with the Pioneers. Indiana 53 6 15 174 78.38% • The Pioneers are 97-33-19 since Franks’ arrival as an assistant coach prior to the start Stanford 51 9 12 165 76.39% of the 2012 season.