MEN’S SOCCER 12 NCAA APPEARANCES | 6 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS | 10 ALL-AMERICANS 2020 SCHEDULE MATCH 6 vs. Notre Dame (exh.) T, 1-1 OCTOBER 23 | DR. MARK & CINDY LYNN STADIUM | LOUISVILLE Sept. 12 | Westfield, Ind. | 3:00 p.m. at Pitt (exh.) L, 0-5 Sept. 19 | Pittsburgh, Pa. | 7:00 p.m. #1 WAKE FOREST (ACCN) L, 1-3 Sept. 25 | LOUISVILLE | 8:00 p.m. vs at Kentucky (ESPN3) L, 1-3 Sept. 28 | Lexington, Ky. | 7:30 p.m. NOTRE DAME * (ACCNX) W, 2-1 LOUISVILLE CARDINALS PITT PANTHERS Oct. 3 | LOUISVILLE | 2:30 p.m. 1-3-1 | 1-1-1 ACC 4-0-0 | 3-0-0 ACC at Virginia * (ACCNX) L 2OT, 2-1 Oct. 9 | Charlottesville, Va. | 7:00 p.m. Head Coach: John Michael Hayden Head Coach: Jay Vidovich Record at Louisville: 11-11-3 (.500) // 2nd year Record at Pitt: 32-41-6 (.443) // 5th year at Syracuse * (ACCNX) T 2OT, 2-2 Career Record: same Career Record: 304-162-56 (.636) // 26th year Oct. 16 | Syracuse, N.Y. | 8:00 p.m. PITT * (ACCNX) SERIES HISTORY Oct. 23 | LOUISVILLE | 7:00 p.m. Overall: Louisville leads, 5-0 LAST FIVE MEETINGS (5-0-0) In Louisville: Louisville leads, 3-0 9/8/06 Louisville 2, Pitt 1 Pittsburgh VIRGINIA TECH * (ACCN) In Pittsburgh: Louisville leads, 2-0 9/20/09 Louisville 5, Pitt 0 Louisville Oct. 30 | LOUISVILLE | 8:00 p.m. 9/26/14 Louisville 4, Pitt 1 Louisville At Neutral Site: none 9/9/16 Louisville 2, Pitt 0 Pittsburgh Last Meeting: Sept. 21, 2018 in Louisville (W 1-0) 9/21/18 Louisville 1, Pitt 0 Louisville at Notre Dame * (RSN) Nov. 6 | Notre Dame, Ind. | 7:00 p.m. THE KICKOFF ACC Quarterfinals Nov. 15 | N.C. Campus Sites ›› After back-to-back road matches, Louisville returns to Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium to take on top-ranked Pitt on Friday. Kickoff is MEDIA INFO ACC Semifinals scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be streamed on ACC Network Extra. TV / STREAM Nov. 18 | N.C. Campus Sites ›› The Cardinals earned a hard-fought point on the road at Syracuse last Friday, playing the Orange to a 2-2 draw in double overtime. ACC Championship Syracuse took a 2-0 lead in the 77th minute before the Cardinals Nov. 22 | Cary, N.C. stormed back. Nico Diaz and Aboubacar Camara scored their first collegiate goals in the 78th and 81st minutes, respectively, to level LIVE STATS the match and ultimately give the Cards a point in the conference GoCards.com standings. SPORTS INFORMATION ›› The series between Louisville and Pittsburgh dates back to STEPHEN WILLIAMS 2006 when both programs competed as members of the Big East Conference. The Cardinals have won all five meetings, most Assistant Sports Information Director recently defeating the Panthers 1-0 in September of 2018. Follow the Cards Office:502.852.4857 ›› Adam Wilson converted a penalty kick in the 79th minute of a on social media Cell: 502.544.0282 scoreless match to lift the Cardinals to a 1-0 victory over Pitt on Email: [email protected] Sept. 21, 2018 at Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium. Jake Gelnovatch @UofLmenssoccer finished with a pair of saves on his way to a shutout win. 2020 LOUISVILLE MEN’S SOCCER | GOCARDS.COM | @UOFLMENSSOCCER LOUISVILLE MEN’S SOCCER 2020 LOUISVILLE NUMERICAL ROSTER QUICK FACTS NO Name POS CL HT Hometown (Previous School/High School) UNIVERSITY 1 Osmar Chavero GK Fr. 6-0 Mission, Texas (Shadow Creek) Location: Louisville, Ky. 2 William Portman D Jr. 5-8 Sheffield, England / (King Edward VII) Founded: 1798 3 Lamine Conte MF R-Sr. 5-11 Conakary, Guinea (University of Mobile / YSC Academy) Enrollment: 22,000 4 Haji Abdikadir F Jr. 5-11 Louisville, Ky. (Louisville Collegiate) Nickname: Cardinals 6 Rafael Pinzón MF Fr. 5-7 Mexico City, Mexico (Lonestar) Colors: Red & Black 7 Pedro Fonseca F Jr. 5-8 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Sistema Augusto de Educação Integrada) Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference 8 Jack Fasteen MF So. 5-11 Louisville, Ky. (Indiana University High School) Affiliation:NCAA Division I 9 Emil Elveroth F Sr. 6-0 Halmstad, Sweden (UNCW / Halmstads Kommun) President: Dr. Neeli Bendapudi 10 Carlos Sanchis MF Sr. 5-7 Madrid, Spain (Florida Atlantic / West Orange) Director of Athletics: Vince Tyra 11 Macoumba Ba F Fr. 5-8 Dakar, Senegal (Montverde Academy) Faculty Representative: Krista Wallace-Boaz 13 Bradley Sample MF So. 6-1 Channahon, Ill. (Providence Catholic) 14 Eric Danquah MF Fr. 5-6 Accra, Ghana (Montverde Academy) PROGRAM HISTORY 15 RC Schmeider MF Fr. 5-7 Aurora, Ohio (Aurora) First Year of Varsity Soccer: 1979 17 Elijah Amo MF Sr. 5-10 Lothian, Md. (Southern) First Year in the ACC: 2014 18 Jack Hickey D R-So. 6-2 Richmond, Ky. (Shattuck-St. Mary’s) All-Time Record: 352-370-86 20 Nico Diaz F Fr. 5-10 New Smyrna Beach, Fla. (Florida Virtual School) All-Time ACC Record: 23-18-10 21 Ayden Nocus MF Fr. 5-7 Danville, Ky. (Lonestar) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 11 24 Bryce LeBel D Fr. 5-9 Sparta, N.J. (Sparta) All-time NCAA Tournament Record: 16-10-2 27 Aboubacar Camara F Fr. 5-8 Upper Darby, Pa. (YSC Academy) Last NCAA Appearance: 12/1/2019 28 William Howard GK R-Jr. 6-5 Chester, Va. (Trinity Episcopal) Result: L, 1-5 at #2 Georgetown 29 Sebastian Falsone D Fr. 6-1 Warrenton, Va. (K12 International Academy) College Cup Appearances: 1 (2010) 31 Jake Gelnovatch GK R-Sr. 6-0 Earlysville, Va. (Albemarle) College Cup Record: 1-1 Conference Regular Season Titles: 4 (‘09, ‘10, ‘12, ‘13) Conference Tournament Titles: 2 (‘10, ‘18) COACHING STAFF ROSTER BY LOCATION John Michael Hayden - Head Coach (2nd as HC, 6th overall) Florida (1) Maryland (1) MEN’S SOCCER SUPPORT STAFF Bryan Green - Associate Head Coach (2nd) Nico Diaz - New Smyrna Beach Elijah Amo - Lothian Director of Operations: James Kusak Donovan Dowling - Assistant Coach (3rd) Darren Yeagle - Volunteer Assistant Coach (1st) Athletic Trainer: Jimmy Dorneman Illinois (1) New Jersey (1) Strength & Conditioning Coach: Chad Workman Bradley Sample - Channahon Bryce LeBel - Sparta Equipment Manager: David Moser PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Haji Abdikadir Ha-jee ab-DEE-kuh-deer Academic Counselor: Ancia Ifill International (8) Ohio (1) Elijah Amo AH-moh Macoumba Ba muh-COOM-buh Bah Macoumba Ba - Senegal RC Schmeider - Aurora TEAM FACTS Aboubacar Camara uh-BOO-buh-CAR cuh-MAR-uh Lamine Conte - Guinea 2019 Record: 10-8-2, 3-4-1 ACC (t-3rd - Atlantic Division) Osmar Chavero OS-mar cha-VER-oh Eric Danquah - Ghana Pennsylvania (1) Starters Returning/Lost: 5/6 Lamine Conte luh-MEEN CON-tee Emil Elveroth - Sweden Aboubacar Camara - Upper Darby Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 11/11 Eric Danquah DON-quah Pedro Fonseca - Brazil Newcomers: 10 Nico Diaz NEE-coh DEE-az Rafael Pinzon - Mexico Texas (1) Emil Elveroth uh-MEEL ELV-er-oth Sebastian Falsone FAL-SO-nee William Portman - England Osmar Chavero - Mission DR. MARK & CINDY LYNN STADIUM Jack Fasteen FASS-teen Carlos Sanchis - Spain Home Field: Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium (5,300) Pedro Fonseca FON-seck-uh Virginia (3) Opened: 2014 Jake Gelnovatch GELL-no-vatch Kentucky (4) Sebastian Falsone - Warrenton Surface: Natural grass (hard G – like “game”) Haji Abdikadir - Louisville Jake Gelnovatch - Earlysville All-Time Record: 44-18-14 Bryce LeBel luh-BELL Jack Fasteen - Louisville William Howard - Chester Press Box Phone: (502) 852-2386 Ayden Nocus NO-cuss Rafael Pinzon RAH-fye-el pin-ZONE Jack Hickey - Richmond Carlos Sanchis Sanchez Ayden Nocus - Danville RC Schmeider SCHMEE-der SPORTS INFORMATION STEPHEN WILLIAMS ROSTER BY CLASS Assistant Sports Information Director Seniors (5) Juniors (4) Sophomores (3) Freshmen (10) Office:502.852.4857 Elijah Amo Haji Abdikadir Jack Fasteen Macoumba Ba Cell: 502.544.0282 Lamine Conte Pedro Fonseca Jack Hickey Aboubacar Camara Email: [email protected] Emil Elveroth William Howard Bradley Sample Osmar Chavero Jake Gelnovatch William Portman Eric Danquah MAILING ADDRESS Carlos Sanchis Nico Diaz Sports Information Office Sebastian Falsone Student Activities Center Bryce LeBel 2100 S. Floyd St. Ayden Nocus University of Louisville Rafael Pinzon Louisville, KY 40208 RC Schmeider 2020 LOUISVILLE MEN’S SOCCER | GOCARDS.COM | @UOFLMENSSOCCER LOUISVILLE MEN’S SOCCER HAYDEN FILE LOUISVILLE HEAD COACH: JOHN MICHAEL HAYDEN John Michael Hayden, a Louisville native who served as lift Louisville to a 14-6-1 record, a BIG EAST Red an assistant coach with the Cardinals for four seasons, Division regular season championship and an Elite Eight was named head coach of the University of Louisville appearance in the NCAA Tournament during a highly men’s soccer program by UofL Vice-President/Director of successful 2012 season. Before his first stint with the Athletics Vince Tyra on Dec. 27, 2018. Cardinals, Hayden served as Director of Coaching with the Kentucky Fire Juniors USYSA club, obtaining his USSF Hayden became the fifth head coach in the history of the National “A” coaching license and traveling to Spain with UofL men’s soccer program, which completed its 40th U.S. Soccer as part of a development workshop with the season in 2018. During his four seasons as an assistant international powerhouses FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. coach with the Cardinals (2012, 2016-18), the program accumulated a 52-19-11 record overall with four NCAA Hayden was a decorated player before transitioning into Championship berths, three Elite Eight appearances and coaching, playing collegiately at Indiana University winning two conference championships. back-to-back NCAA championships with the Hoosiers in 2003 and 2004. He scored an overtime header against In his first season at the helm, Hayden led the Cardinals to No.