2018 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team explained

Year:	2018
Team:	Stanford Cardinal
Sport:	soccer
Conference:	Pac-12 Conference
Short Conf:	Pac-12
Record:	12–4–5
Conf Record:	7–2–1
Head Coach:	Jeremy Gunn
Hc Year:	7th
Asst Coach1:	Oige Kennedy
Ac1 Year:	3rd
Asst Coach2:	Charles Rodriguez
Ac2 Year:	3rd
Asst Coach3:	Collin Audley
Ac3 Year:	2nd
Stadium:	Laird Q. Cagan Stadium
Conf Champ:	Pac-12 Champions
Tourney:	NCAA tournament
Tourney Result:	L 2–3 vs. Akron
Nscaarank:	6
Tdsrank:	5

The 2018 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.

The Cardinal entered the season as the three-time defending national champions. This was the first team season since 1994 that a program enters the season as a three-time defending champion. In 1994, the Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer program entered the season as three-time defending national champions, where they would go on to win an unprecedented fourth-consecutive title.

Background

See main article: 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team.

Stanford enters the 2018 season as the three-time defending national champions.

Offseason

Additions

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Matthew Radzihovsky^[1]	25	MF/DF	5'10"	174	Junior	Boulder, CO	Transfer from Colorado
Willy Miyamoto	28	MF	5'9"	150	Junior	Mission Viejo, CA	Joined team

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Nico Corti	1	GK	6'3"	195	RS Senior	Brussels, BEL	Graduated, signed with Rio Grande Valley FC Toros
Foster Langsdorf	2	FW	5'10"	150	Senior	Vancouver, WA	Graduated, signed with Portland Timbers as Homegrown player
Tomas Hillard-Arce	4	DF	6'1"	175	Senior	Matthews, NC	Graduated, selected by LA Galaxy in 2018 MLS SuperDraft
Carson Vom Steeg	5	DF	6'0"	170	Freshman	Santa Barbara, CA	Transferred to UCSB
Bryce Marion	7	MF	5'8"	146	Senior	Cypress, TX
Corey Baird	10	FW	5'11"	165	Senior	Escondido, CA	Graduated, signed with Real Salt Lake as Homegrown player
Drew Skundrich	12	MF	5'11"	165	Senior	Lancaster, PA	Graduated, selected by LA Galaxy in 2018 MLS SuperDraft

2018 recruiting class

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
				^[2]
			PA Classics Academy	^[3]
			Chicago Fire Academy 97	^[4]
			San Jose Earthquakes Academy	^[5]
			New York City FC Academy	^[6]

Schedule

NCAA tournament

Goals Record

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Regular Season	NCAA tournament	Total
1	14	FW	Zach Ryan	8	2	10
2	3	DF	Tanner Beason	6	2	8
3	11	MF/FW	Amir Bashti	7	0	7
4	10	FW	Charlie Wehan	2	0	2
5	4	MF	Derek Waldeck	1	0	1
	22	MF/DF	Logan Panchot	1	0	1
	9	FW	Arda Bulut	1	0	1
	7	MF	Will Richmond	1	0	1
	6	MF	Adam Mosharrafa	1	0	1
	19	FW	Jack O'Brein	1	0	1
Total				29	4	33^[7]

As of December 3, 2018

Disciplinary record

No.	Po.	Name	Regular Season			NCAA tournament			Total
3	DF	Tanner Beason	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	MF	Derek Waldeck	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	MF	Jared Gilbey	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	FW	Marc Joshua	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
16	DF	Andrew Aprahamain	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
22	MF/DF	Logan Panchot	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	MF	Marc Joshua	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total			10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0

As of October 12, 2018

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Amir Bashti	Pac-12 Player of the Week	September 18, 2018	^[8]
Amir Bashti	Pac-12 Player of the Week	October 2, 2018	^[9]
Tanner Beason	Pac-12 Player of the Week	October 9, 2018	^[10]
Tanner Beason	Pac-12 Player of the Week	November 6, 2018	^[11]

2019 MLS Super Draft

See main article: article and 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

Rankings

See main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2018 Top 25 coaches poll.

т

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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^[12]	1	10	25	RV	RV	RV	18	10	12	9	6 (1)	6	7	None Released	7
TopDrawer Soccer ^[13]	1	1	4	24	24	22		RV	21	25	RV	7	5	8	5	2	6	6

Notes and References

1. https://uk.linkedin.com/in/matthew-radzihovsky-8558ba135
2. Web site: Matt Frank.
3. Web site: Ryan Ludwick.
4. Web site: Kyle Orciuch.
5. Web site: Will Richmond.
6. Web site: Tyler Shaver.
7. Web site: 2018 Stanford Men's Soccer Stats.
8. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week. https://web.archive.org/web/20180923005911/https://pac-12.com/article/2018/09/18/pac-12-mens-soccer-player-week. dead. September 23, 2018.
9. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week.
10. https://pac-12.com/news/2018/10/9/pac-12-mens-soccer-player-week.aspx{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
11. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Soccer Player of the Week. https://web.archive.org/web/20181111000127/https://pac-12.com/article/2018/11/05/pac-12-mens-soccer-player-week. dead. November 11, 2018.
12. Web site: NCAA DI Men's National Rankings. National Soccer Coaches Association of America. May 15, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914054734/http://www.nscaa.com/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx. September 14, 2016. dead.
13. Web site: College Soccer National Rankings. TopDrawer Soccer. May 15, 2018.