2017 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

The 2017 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team represented University of Louisville during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach Ken Lolla, in his twelfth season. They played home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 39th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 4th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2017 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 6
Record	13–2–5 (5–2–1 ACC)
Head coach	Ken Lolla (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Danny Cepero (5th season) John Michael Hayden (2nd season)
Captain	Tim Kübel
Home stadium	Lynn Stadium
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 5 Wake Forest ‡	7	–	0	–	1			19	–	2	–	2
No. 7 Louisville +	5	–	2	–	1			13	–	2	–	5
No. 17 Clemson +	4	–	4	–	0			12	–	6	–	1
NC State +	3	–	3	–	2			8	–	6	–	4
Boston College	1	–	6	–	1			6	–	10	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	6	–	2			6	–	8	–	4
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	1			17	–	4	–	1
No. 13 Duke +	4	–	3	–	1			13	–	4	–	3
No. 19 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	3			13	–	4	–	5
No. 18 Notre Dame +	3	–	3	–	2			11	–	7	–	2
Virginia Tech +	3	–	5	–	0			10	–	10	–	0
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0			8	–	10	–	0
‡ – 2017 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Roster

Updated August 7, 2017^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Will Meyer 2 DF  MAR Ziyad Fekri 3 DF  USA Chris DeMartino 4 MF  FRA Adrien Cabon 5 MF  SCO Adam Wilson 6 MF  USA Geoffrey Dee 7 MF  USA Elijah Amo 8 MF  ENG Hamam El-Fitouri 9 FW  USA Tate Schmitt 10 FW  USA Mohamed Thiaw 11 MF  USA Sawyer Edwards 12 MF  SEN Cherif Dieye 13 MF  USA Walker Andriot 14 DF  USA Campbell Weyland 15 DF  USA Connor Brazil

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  USA John Armbruster 17 MF  USA Kotaro Umeda 18 DF  ENG Danny Reynolds 19 MF  USA Alec-Michael Petrizzi 20 MF  USA Cody Cochran 21 FW  USA Watterson Young 22 DF  ENG Liam Bennett 23 FW  USA Izaiah Jennings 24 DF  USA Joey Kunkel 25 MF  USA Chaz Andriot 26 MF  USA Cameron Wheeler 27 MF  GER Tim Kübel (captain) 28 GK  USA William Howard 30 GK  USA Trey Miller 31 GK  USA Jake Gelnovatch

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Ken Lolla
Assistant coach	Danny Cepero
Assistant coach	John Michael Hayden
Director of Operations	David Horne
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Robbe Tarver

Source:^[1]

Schedule

Source:^[2]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 12* 7:30 pm	No. 9	Lipscomb	W 1-0	- (-)	Lynn Stadium (923) Louisville, Kentucky
August 17* 7:30 pm	No. 9	at No. 7 Indiana	L 2-3	- (-)	Grand Park Westfield, Indiana
August 19* 7:30 pm	No. 9	Oakland	T 1-1	- (-)	Lynn Stadium (675) Louisville, Kentucky
Regular season
August 25* 7:30 pm	No. 9	UC Irvine	W 2-1	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Lynn Stadium (2,078) Louisville, Kentucky
August 28* 7:30 pm	No. 9	No. 25 Butler	W 1-0	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	Lynn Stadium (1,457) Louisville, Kentucky
September 1* 7:00 pm	No. 11	at Georgia State	W 1-0	3–0–0 (0–0–0)	GSU Soccer Field (100) Atlanta
September 5* 7:00 pm	No. 8	No. 19 Kentucky Rivalry	T 2-2 2OT	3–0–1 (0–0–0)	Lynn Stadium (2,954) Louisville, Kentucky
September 9 7:30 pm	No. 8	No. 2 Wake Forest	L 1-3	3–1–1 (0–1–0)	Lynn Stadium (2,708) Louisville, Kentucky
September 15 7:00 pm	No. 17	at No. 7 Syracuse	W 2-1	4–1–1 (1–1–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (2,006) Syracuse
September 19* 7:00 pm	No. 10	IUPUI	W 3-0	5–1–1 (1–1–0)	Lynn Stadium (1,274) Louisville, Kentucky
September 22 7:00 pm	No. 10	Boston College	W 4-0	6–1–1 (2–1–0)	Lynn Stadium (1,947) Louisville, Kentucky
September 26* 7:00 pm	No. 8	USF	T 1-1 2OT	6–1–2 (2–1–0)	Lynn Stadium (1,567) Louisville, Kentucky
September 30 7:00 pm	No. 8	at No. 19 Duke	W 1-0	7–1–2 (3–1–0)	Koskinen Stadium (1,103) Durham, North Carolina
October 6 7:00 pm	No. 7	at Virginia Tech	W 1-0	8–1–2 (4–1–0)	Sandra D. Thompson Field (573) Blacksburg, Virginia
October 10* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Florida Atlantic	W 5-0	9–1–2 (4–1–0)	Lynn Stadium (918) Louisville, Kentucky
October 13 7:00 pm	No. 5	No. 4 North Carolina Alumni Weekend	T 0-0 2OT	9–1–3 (4–1–1)	Lynn Stadium (3,435) Louisville, Kentucky
October 17* 7:00 pm	No. 5	at Charlotte	W 1-0 OT	10–1–3 (4–1–1)	Transamerica Field (1,027) Charlotte, North Carolina
October 21 7:00 pm	No. 5	NC State Senior Day	L 2-3	10–2–3 (4–2–1)	Lynn Stadium (1,978) Louisville, Kentucky
October 27 7:00 pm	No. 11	No. 4 Clemson	W 2-1	11–2–3 (4–2–1)	Riggs Field (2,022) Clemson, South Carolina
ACC Tournament
November 5 1:00 pm	No. 6	No. 16 Virginia Quarterfinal	T 0-0 (3–4 PK) 2OT	11–2–4 (4–2–1)	Lynn Stadium (738) Louisville, Kentucky
NCAA Tournament
November 19 5:00 pm	No. 9	San Francisco Second Round	W 3-2	12–2–4	Lynn Stadium (833) Louisville, Kentucky
November 26 5:00 pm	No. 9	Colgate Third Round	W 2–0	13–2–4	Lynn Stadium (1,302) Louisville, Kentucky
December 1 7:00 pm	No. 9	No. 4 Akron Quarterfinal	T 0–0 3–4 PKs 2OT	13–2–5	Lynn Stadium (3,179) Louisville, Kentucky
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Tim Kübel	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 5	[3]
	All-ACC First Team	November 7	[4]
	United Soccer Coaches All-American	December 7	[5]
	Soccer America All-American	December 8	[6]
	College Soccer News All-American	January 4	[7]
Tate Schmitt	All-ACC Second Team	November 7	[4]
Mohamed Thiaw		November 7	[4]

Rankings

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2017 Top 25 coaches poll

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[8]	9	11	8	17	10	8	7	5	5	11	6	9	9	None Released				7
TopDrawer Soccer [9]	12	12	11	7	13	9	7	6	6	7	15	13	13	9	11	6	6	6

MLS Draft

The following members of the 2017 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.^[10]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Tim Kübel	2	28	DF	Toronto FC	[11]
Mohamed Thiaw	2	35	FW	San Jose Earthquakes