7-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1989•1991•1992•1993•1994•2009•2014 13 COLLEGE CUP APPEARANCES 1983•1989•1991•1992•1993•1994•1995 2020 CAVALIER MEN’S SOCCER 1997•2006•2009•2013•2014•2019 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: 2-3-1 : Oct. 9 : Klockner Stadium Last Meeting: 10/4/19, W, 2-0 | First Meeting: 8/30/13, L, 1-2 Last UVA Win: 10/4/19, W, 2-0 | Last UL Win: 11/6/16, 1-0 : 7 p.m. : ACCNX Streak: W-1 : Charlottesville, Va. : statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=va LOUISVILLE VIRGINIA Head Coach John Michael Hayden George Gelnovatch LAST 10 VS. LOUISVILLE (2-3-1) 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Career Record 11-10-2 338-131-58 Date H/A/N Result Date H/A/N Result Overall: 0-0-0 | ACC: 0-0-0 Record at School Same Same 8/30/2013 H L, 1-2 10/4/2019 H W, 2-0 Home: 0-0-0 | Away: 0-0-0 | Neutral: 0-0-0 Year at School Second Season 25th Season 10/2/2015 H W, 3-2 9/24/2016 A L, 1-6 Streak: -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11/6/2016 A # L, 0-1 DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT 2020 Record 1-2-0 (1-0-0 ACC) 0-0-0 (0-0-0 ACC) 11/5/2017 A # T, 0-0 (2OT) Fri. 10/9 LOUISVILLE* ACCNX 7 p.m. 2019 Record 10-8-2 (3-4-1 ACC) 21-2-1 (6-1-1 ACC) # ACC Tournament Wed. 10/14 at Virginia Tech* ACCNX 8 p.m. MATCH NOTES Fri. 10/16 PITT* ACCN 6 p.m. Sat. 10/24 at Notre Dame* ACCNX 1 p.m. FOR STARTERS Fri. 10/30 SYRACUSE* RSN 8 p.m. • Of the 11 ACC teams participating this Fall, Virginia and Virginia Tech are the only two programs yet to play an ACC regular season match in 2020. Fri. 11/6 VIRGINIA TECH* RSN 4 p.m. • The Cavaliers come into Friday with a six-game win streak against ACC opponents dating back to last season. The streak, that ACC TOURNAMENT includes the 2019 postseason, began with a 2-0 win over then-No. 25 Virginia Tech on Oct. 25, 2019. Sun. 11/15 ACC Quarterfinals1 TBA • Virginia comes into the match as the No. 5 team in the country according to the latest United Soccer Coaches poll. Wed. 11/18 ACC Semifinals1 TBA • 2020 will be the 77th year of soccer at Virginia and 25th under the direction of head coach George Gelnovatch. 2 • A win on Friday night against Louisville would be the 300th overall win for the Cavaliers at Klöckner Stadium. Sun. 11/12 ACC Championship TBA Home matches in BOLD CAPS OPENING NIGHT *denotes ACC matches • Virginia will be playing its seventh-straight season opener at home. 1NC Campus Sites | 2Cary, N.C. (WakeMed Soccer Park) • Under Gelnovatch, Virginia is 18-6 in season openers. The Cavaliers have won six-consecutive season openers, four of them coming against nationally ranked opponents. • The last time Virginia opened its season in October was 1974 (Oct. 1) and the latest a Virginia soccer season has started was NOTABLE SPRING DATES in 1946 on Oct. 19, a 3-0 loss in the first of 86 meetings against North Carolina. Wed. 2/3/20 First Day of spring competition Sun. 4/18/20 NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday THE KLÖCKNER ADVANTAGE • Virginia has won 81 percent (299-59-27) of its matches at Klöckner Stadium since its opening in 1992. Thurs-Mon. 5/13-17/20 NCAA College Cup • Virginia went 15-1 at Klöckner Stadium in 2019, the most home wins of any team in the country and tied for the most in school history (1995). 2020 RECORD WHEN 2020 RECORD VS. • Klöckner Stadium has hosted an NCAA Tournament match in all 28 years of its existence. Overtime: 0-0-0 Ranked Teams 0-0-0 • The Cavaliers are 40-12-2 (.759) at Klöckner in the NCAA postseason. Leading at half: 0-0-0 Top-10 Teams 0-0-0 Trailing at half: 0-0-0 Non-conf. opponents 0-0-0 SERIES HISTORY Tied at half: 0-0-0 Virginia Teams 0-0-0 • Louisville holds a 3-2-1 edge in the all-time series that began in 2013. Scoring First: 0-0-0 • The Cavaliers have won the last two meetings at Klöckner Stadium, including a 2-0 win against the Cardinals on Oct. 4, 2019. • The then-No. 1 Cavaliers improved to 10-0 last season and 4-0 in the ACC for the first time in 2008 after last year’s clean 2019 VIRGINIA LEADERS sheet. GOALS POINTS • Louisville goalkeeper Jake Gelnovatch is the son of Virginia head coach George Gelnovatch. Jake has been the Cardinals start- Daryl Dike 10 Daryl Dike 28 ing goalkeeper against Virginia in the last two meetings (2017 & 2019). Joe Bell 7 Joe Bell 18 QUARTER CENTURY AT THE HELM Nathaniel Crofts 6 Nathaniel Crofts 15 • George Gelnovatch enters his 25th season as head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers, a tenure that is marked by two National Irakoze Donasiyano 4 Irakoze Donasiyano 14 Championships, five ACC Championships, six College Cup appearances and 24 consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tourna- Spencer Patton 4 Daniel Steedman 13 ment. Andreas Ueland 3 Spencer Patton 9 • Gelnovatch is one of nine active coaches that have 24 or more years at only one school and his 338 career wins are the most Daniel Steedman 3 Andreas Ueland 7 among the group. Three tied 2 • He currently stands as the ACC’s longest tenured coach and ranks third all-time amongst the league’s coaches in career victories. SAVES • Gelnovatch is the first coach in NCAA Division I soccer to lead 20-straight teams to the NCAA Tournament. ASSISTS Colin Shutler 63 • Gelnovatch has won 10 or more games in all 24 seasons as head coach. Only Maryland’s Sasho Cirovski has more consecu- Daryl Dike 8 tive 10+ win seasons (25) among active NCAA head coaches. Daniel Steedman 7 MINUTES PLAYED Irakoze Donasiyano 6 Henry Kessler 2218 NATIONAL PICTURE Joe Bell 4 Andreas Ueland 2218 • In the first United Soccer Coaches poll of the fall (Sept. 22), Virginia was ranked No. 3 in the country. Despite not playing a Axel Gunnarsson 4 Robin Afamefuna 2182 match, the Cavaliers have slipped to No. 5 in the last two polls. Nathaniel Crofts 3 Irakoze Donasiyano 2144 • Virginia has been ranked in the top five in the United Soccer Coaches Poll in all but one week since Sept. 17, 2019 • Virginia opened the season as the nation’s top team in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Power Rankings and have dropped to No. 4 in this week’s rankings. VIRGINIA IN THE POLLS US TDS CSN SA RPI TEAM COMPOSITION Preseason n/a 1 7 n/a n/a • The Cavaliers return 10 student-athletes from the 2019 ACC Championship and NCAA Runner-Up team. Of those 10 returners Week 1 (9/21) 3 1 7 3 n/a eight saw action in over 16 games. Week 2 (9/28) 5 2 n/a 5 n/a • The 10 returners accounted for 23 of the team’s 46 goals last season. Week 3 (10/5) 5 4 n/a 5 n/a • Virginia lost four underclassman – Joe Bell (Viking FK), Daryl Dike (Orlando City SC), Henry Kessler (New England Revolution) and Daniel Steedman (Atlanta United 2) depart for the professional ranks. US - United Soccer Coaches | TDS - TopDrawerSoccer.com | CSN - College Soccer News | • According to TopDrawerSoccer.com, the Cavaliers boasted the No. 8 recruiting class, comprised of eight true freshmen, three SA - Soccer America transfers and two graduate transfers. 2020 ROSTER / BREAKDOWN No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown Previous School Club 0 Alex Rando GK R-Fr. 6-4 180 New York, N.Y. The Beacon School NYCFC 1 Colin Shutler GK Gr. 6-1 185 Middleburg, Va. Briar Woods Loudoun FC 2 Eben Noverr D R-Fr. 6-3 185 Highlands Ranch, Colo. Highlands Ranch Colorado Rapids 3 Isaiah Byrd M R-Fr. 6-0 170 Gainesville, Va. Patriot BRYC Elite 4 Reed Kessler D R-Fr. 6-3 185 New York, N.Y. Brooklyn Technical High School BW Gottschee 5 Oliver Gerbig D Jr. 6-2 195 Taipei, Taiwan Taipei American School/Coastal Carolina 6 Jeremy Verley M Fr. 5-10 165 Kingston, Jamaica Milton Academy (Mass.) Boston Bolts 7 Spencer Patton D Sr. 5-11 165 Morrisville, Pa. La Salle College High School Match Fit Academy 8 Bret Halsey M Jr. 5-9 150 Sterling, Va. Potomac Falls Loudoun 99 Boys Red 9 Philip Horton F So. 6-0 185 New Albany, Ohio New Albany Columbus Crew SC Acad. 10 Nathaniel Crofts F Sr. 5-7 135 Sheffield, England Chaucer School Sheffield United FC 11 Irakoze Donasiyano F Sr. 5-9 155 Roanoke, Va. Patrick Henry Roanoke Star SC 12 Kevin Ogudugu F/M So. 5-8 163 Oslo, Norway Wang Oslo Valerenga IF 13 Kaya Ignacio F/M Fr. 5-8 160 Georgetown, Texas UT Austin High School Houston Dynamo Academy 15 Julian Anderson M Fr. 5-9 155 Ocean, N.J. YSC Academy Rangers FC 16 Leo Afonso F Fr. 5-11 155 Boynton Beach, Fla. Olympic Heights Inter Miami 17 Andreas Ueland D So. 6-4 185 Byrne, Norway Bryne Vidaregåande Bryne FK 18 Axel Gunnarsson F So.