2020 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

The 2020 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach John Michael Hayden, in his second season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 42nd season playing organized men's college soccer and their 7th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2020 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2020 record	1–6–1 (1–4–1 ACC)
Head coach	John Michael Hayden (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Bryan Green (2nd season) Donovan Dowling (2nd season)
Home stadium	Lynn Stadium

2020 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North
No. 2 Pittsburgh	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Virginia Tech	3	–	1	–	2			3	–	2	–	2
Notre Dame	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Louisville	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	3	–	2			0	–	3	–	2
South
No. 3 Wake Forest	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	2			3	–	2	–	2
No. 1 Clemson‡	3	–	2	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Duke	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
NC State	0	–	5	–	1			0	–	6	–	1
Boston College†			–							–
‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2020 NCAA Tournament As of November 24, 2020; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, Boston College has suspended the 2020 men's soccer season.

The teams' 2020 season was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which curtailed the fall season and caused the NCAA Tournament to be played in Spring 2021. The ACC was one of the only two conferences in men's soccer to play in the fall of 2020. The ACC also held a mini-season during the spring of 2021.

Background

The 2019 Louisville men's soccer team finished the season with a 10–8–2 overall record and a 3–4–1 ACC record. The Cardinals were seeded sixth–overall in the 2019 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Cardinals lost to the eleventh seeded Virginia Tech Hokies in the first round. The Cardinals earned an at-large bid into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the tournament, Louisville was defeated South Florida and UC Davis before losing to Georgetown in the Third Round.

At the end of the season, one Cardinal men's soccer player was selected in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft: Cherif Dieye.[1]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Will Meyer	1	GK	6'1"	174	Junior	Solon, OH	Graduated
Lamine Conte	3	MF	5'11"	188	Senior	Conakary, Guinea	Graduated
Leonard Getz	6	DF	5'9"		Freshman	Fredrikstad, Norway	Joined Kvik Halden FK
Kino Ryosuke	10	FW	5'9"	159	Senior	Hyogo, Japan	Graduated
Cameron Wheeler	11	MF	5'10"	154	Sophomore	Louisville, KY	Dismissed from team[2]
Cherif Dieye	12	MF	5'9"	150	Senior	Dakar, Senegal	Declared for 2020 MLS SuperDraft, drafted 15th overall by New York Red Bulls
Connor Brazil	15	DF	5'8"	135	Junior	Chesterfield, MI	Graduated
Diallo Irakoze	16	MF	5'8"		Freshman	Kigoma, Tanzania
Isaiah Wynder	19	DF	6'1"		Freshman	Louisville, KY
Cody Cochran	20	DF	5'10"	151	Senior	Louisville, KY	Graduated
Neil Boyal	21	MF	5'6"		Junior	Olympia, WA	Transferred to Cal Poly
Liam Bennett	22	MF	5'10"	168	Junior	Leeds, England	Graduated
Izaiah Jennings	23	FW	6'0"	168	Junior	Barrington, RI
Louka Masset	27	DF	6'0"	177	Senior	Paris, France	Graduated
Weston King	30	GK	5'8"		Freshman	Lakeland, FL

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Macoumba Ba FW	SEN	Dakar, Senegal	SIMA	[3]
Aboubacar Camara FW	USA	Upper Darby, PA	Philadelphia Union Academy	[4]
Nicolas Carrera DF	USA	Frisco, TX	FC Dallas Academy	[5]
Osmar Chavero GK	USA	Mission, TX	Houston Dynamo Academy	[6]
Eric Danquah MF	GHA	Accra Ghana	SIMA	[7]
Nico Diaz FW	USA	New Smyrna Beach, FL	Inter Miami CF U18	[8]
Sebastian Falsone FW	USA	Warrenton, VA	DC United Academy	[9]
Bryce LeBel DF	USA	Sparta, NJ	New York Red Bulls Academy	[10]
Ayden Nocus MF	USA	Danville, KY	FC Dallas Academy	[11]
Rafael Pinzón MF	MEX	Mexico City, Mexico	FC Dallas Academy	[12]
Roarke Schmeider MF	USA	Aurora, OH	Internationals SC	[13]

Squad

Roster

Updated October 29, 2020[14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Osmar Chavero 2 DF  ENG William Portman 3 MF  GUI Lamine Conte 4 FW  KEN Haji Abdikadir 5 DF  USA William Hirschman 6 MF  MEX Rafael Pinzón 7 FW  BRA Pedro Fonseca 8 MF  USA Jack Fasteen 9 FW  SWE Emil Elveroth 10 MF  ESP Carlos Sanchis 11 FW  SEN Macoumba Ba 13 MF  USA Bradley Sample

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  GHA Eric Danquah 15 MF  USA RC Schmeider 17 MF  USA Elijah Amo 18 DF  USA Jack Hickey 20 FW  USA Nico Diaz 21 MF  USA Ayden Nocus 24 DF  USA Bryce Lebel 27 FW  USA Aboubacar Camara 28 GK  USA William Howard 29 DF  USA Sebastian Falsone 31 GK  USA Jake Gelnovatch

Team management

Position	Staff
Head Coach	John Michael Hayden
Associate Head Coach	Bryan Green
Assistant Coach	Donovan Dowling
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Darren Yeagle
Director of Operations	James Kusak

Source:[14]

Schedule

Source:[15][16]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
September 12, 2020* 3:00 p.m.		Notre Dame	T 1–1	–	Grand Park Westfield, IN
September 19, 2020* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 4 Pittsburgh	L 0–5	–	Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
Fall Regular Season
September 25, 2020* 6:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 1 Wake Forest	L 1–3	0–1–0	Lynn Stadium (112) Louisville, KY
September 28, 2020* 1:30 p.m., ESPN3		at Kentucky Rivalry	L 1–3	0–2–0	Wendell & Vickie Bell Soccer Complex (115) Lexington, KY
October 3, 2020 2:30 p.m., ACCNX		Notre Dame	W 2–1	1–2–0 (1–0–0)	Lynn Stadium (169) Louisville, KY
October 9, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at No. 5 Virginia	L 1–2 ^2OT	1–3–0 (1–1–0)	Klöckner Stadium (177) Charlottesville, VA
October 16, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Syracuse	T 2–2 ^2OT	1–3–1 (1–1–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1) Syracuse, NY
October 23, 2020 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 1 Pittsburgh	L 1–4	1–4–1 (1–2–1)	Lynn Stadium (0) Louisville, KY
October 30, 2020 8:00 p.m., ACCNX		Virginia Tech	L 1–2 ^OT	1–5–1 (1–3–1)	Lynn Stadium (212) Louisville, KY
November 6, 2020 7:00 p.m., Fox Sports Go		at Notre Dame	L 1–4	1–6–1 (1–4–1)	Alumni Stadium (266) Notre Dame, IN
Spring Regular Season
March 4, 2021 6:00 p.m.		at NC State			Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC
March 12, 2021 7:00 p.m.		Syracuse			Lynn Stadium Louisville, KY
March 20, 2021 2:00 p.m.		at Boston College			Newton Soccer Complex Chestnut Hill, MA
March 27, 2021 7:00 p.m.		at Wake Forest			Spry Stadium Winston–Salem, NC
April 2, 2021 7:00 p.m.		Virginia			Lynn Stadium Louisville, KY
April 9, 2021 7:00 p.m.		Clemson			Lynn Stadium Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.

2021 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Elijah Amo	Real Salt Lake	2	34	FW
Lamine Conte	New York Red Bulls	2	40	MF

Source:[17]

Rankings

Fall 2020

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer[18]

Spring 2021

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
United Soccer[18]														None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [19]

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11. "Ayden Nocus". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
12. "Rafael Pinzón". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
13. "Roarke Schmeider". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
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15. "2020 Men's Soccer - Schedule". gocards.com. University of Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
16. "Louisville Men's Soccer Announces Spring Slate". gocards.com. Louisville Athletics. January 27, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
17. "2021 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
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