2019 UCF Knights men's soccer team explained

Sport:	soccer
Year:	2019
Team:	UCF Knights
Conference:	American Athletic Conference
Short Conf:	American
Record:	15–3–2
Conf Record:	6–0–1
Nscaarank:	10
Tdsrank:	10
Head Coach:	Scott Calabrese
Hc Year:	3rd
Asst Coach1:	Paul Souders
Ac1 Year:	4th
Asst Coach2:	Jamie Davies
Ac2 Year:	2nd
Captain:	Cal Jennings
Captain2:	Richard Amon
Captain3:	Yannik Oettl
Stadium:	UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Champion:	AAC regular season champions
Tourney:	NCAA Tournament
Tourney Result:	Third Round

The 2019 UCF Knights men's soccer team represented the University of Central Florida during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 5. It was the program's 44th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 7th season in the AAC. The 2019 season was Scott Calabrese's third year as head coach for the program.

UCF finished the season with a 15–3–2 overall record and a 6–0–1 conference record, best in the AAC. The Knights advanced to the finals of the AAC Tournament where they fell to SMU for the third consecutive year. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and advanced to the third round where they were defeated by SMU.

Background

See main article: 2018 UCF Knights men's soccer team. The Knights are coming off a 13–3–3 season where they finished 5–1–1 in AAC play, earning them their first American Athletic Conference regular season title. In the 2018 American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Tournament, UCF lost to SMU in penalty kicks, 4–5 after a 1–1 draw in regulation and extra time. UCF earned an at-large berth into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they were one of the 16 seeded teams (out of 48 teams total) given the 14 seed. It was UCF's first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2011. With the seed, they earned a bye into the second round where they hosted the winner of Washington and Lipscomb. Lipscomb beat Washington in penalties, and also ended up beating the Knights in overtime, thus ending the season for UCF.

Junior striker, Cal Jennings, lead UCF in goals and assists for 2018 and was named a consensus All-American with Top Drawer Soccer, Soccer America, United Soccer Coaches, and CollegeSoccerNews.com all naming him as a first-team All-American.

Player movement

Departures

Name	Nat.	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
		2			190			Graduated
		5			165			Graduated
		6			155			Graduated
		9			185			Graduated
		11			135			Graduated
		16			173			Transferred to Manhattan^[1]
		17			150			Graduated
		19			165			Graduated
		22			165			Graduated
		23			195			Graduated
		26			185			Transferred to Xavier

Incoming transfers

Name	Nat.	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Former School
		18			189			Belmont^[2]
		31			150			New Mexico^[3]

High school recruits

Name	Nat.	Hometown	High School	Club	TDS Rating
	United States	Lake Alfred, FL	Auburndale	Weston FC	^[4]
	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	IMG Academy		^[5]
	Canada	Blainville, QC	Montverde Academy	Orlando City	^[6]
	United States	Windermere, FL	Olympia (FL)	Acys Spirit United	^[7]
	United States	Harrisburg, PA	Lower Dauphin	Penn FC	^[8]
	Italy	Venice, ITA	ESNR	Lausanne	NR
		San José, CRC	CFIS	Saprissa	NR
		Orlando, FL	Olympia (FL)	Orlando City	^[9]

Roster

^[10]

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Danny White
Head Coach	Scott Calabrese
Associate Head Coach	Paul Souders
Assistant Coach	Jamie Davies
Volunteer Goalkeeper Coach	Peter Davis

Schedule

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Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Cal Jennings	AAC Offensive Player of the Year	November 12, 2019	^[11]
Yoni Sorokin	AAC Midfielder of the Year
Yannik Oettl	AAC Goalkeeper of the Year
Gino Vivi	AAC Rookie of the Year
Scott Calabrese	AAC Coaching Staff of the Year
Yannik Oettl	All-AAC First Team
Cal Jennings
Yoni Sorokin
Yanis Leerman
Louis Perez	All-AAC Second Team
Glademir Mendoza	All-AAC Rookie Team
Gino Vivi
Cal Jennings	AAC All-Tournament Team	November 16, 2019	^[12]
Yannik Oettl
Louis Perez
Gino Vivi
Cal Jennings	Soccer America All-America First-Team	December 12, 2019	^[13]
Cal Jennings	United Soccer Coaches All-America First-Team		^[14]
Cal Jennings	College Soccer News All-America First-Team	December 16, 2019	^[15]
Cal Jennings	Top Drawer Soccer All-America First-Team	December 23, 2019	^[16]
Yoni Sorokin	Top Drawer Soccer All-America Second-Team
Yanis Leerman

2020 MLS Super Draft

See main article: article and 2020 MLS SuperDraft.

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Cal Jennings		1	17	FW
Jonathan Dean		2	39	DF

Rankings

See main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings.

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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^[17]	15	None	15	16	13	12	11	9	11	8	6	6	5	8	None Released	10
Top Drawer Soccer^[18]	17	17	11	19	17	14	9	3	3	6	4	4	3	8	8	10	10	10
College Soccer News^[19]	18	None	17	19	18	12	11	11	12	10	9	9	8	8	None Released	10
Soccer America	13	None	9	12	9	7	6	7	6	6	5	5	4	8	None Released

External links

• UCF Soccer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manhattan Adds Two For 2019. Manhattan College Athletics. en. 2019-09-28.
2. Web site: UCF Adds Five for 2019. UCF Athletics. en. 2019-09-28.
3. Web site: University of Central Florida adds defender Glademir Mendoza as late transfer. SoccerWire. en. 2019-09-28.
4. Web site: Jose Aldaco. TopDrawerSoccer.com. en. 2019-09-28.
5. Web site: Bernardo Brandao. TopDrawerSoccer.com. en. 2019-09-28.
6. Web site: Jeremy DiLallo. TopDrawerSoccer.com. en. 2019-09-28.
7. Web site: Andrew Lizyness. TopDrawerSoccer.com. en. 2019-09-28.
8. Web site: Josiah Ramirez. TopDrawerSoccer.com. en. 2019-09-28.
9. Web site: Roberto Ydrach. TopDrawerSoccer.com. en. 2019-09-28.
10. Web site: 2019 Men's Soccer Roster . ucfknights.com . September 26, 2019.
11. Web site: American Athletic Conference Announces 2019 Men's Soccer Awards. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. November 12, 2019. April 12, 2020.
12. Web site: SMU Claims Third-Straight American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship Crown. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. November 16, 2019. April 12, 2020.
13. Web site: Awards: NCAA Division I Men's All-America Team. December 12, 2019. Soccer America. limited. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191229185900/https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/84504/awards-ncaa-division-i-mens-all-america-team.html . 2019-12-29 . April 16, 2020.
14. Web site: NCAA Division I Men’s All-America Team Announced. December 12, 2019. unitedsoccercoaches.org. April 12, 2020.
15. Web site: College Soccer News 2019 All-America Teams. collegesoccernews.com. April 16, 2020.
16. Web site: 2019 Men's Division I Postseason Awards. December 23, 2019. Top Drawer Soccer. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191229022148/https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2019-mens-division-i-postseason-awards_aid47473 . 2019-12-29 . April 16, 2020.
17. Web site: NCAA DI Men's National Rankings. National Soccer Coaches Association of America. April 15, 2020. 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.
18. Web site: College Soccer National Rankings. Top Drawer Soccer. April 15, 2020.
19. Web site: CSN Top 30 Polls . CollegeSoccerNews.com . 2019-09-27 . 2019-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190826222727/https://collegesoccernews.com/index.php/polls/csn-top-30-poll . dead .