# 2019 Georgetown Hoyas men's soccer team

The 2019 Georgetown Hoyas men's soccer team represented the Georgetown University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 Big East Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 6. It was the program's 68th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 24th season in the Big East Conference. The 2019 season was Brian Wiese's 14th year as head coach for the program. The Hoyas concluded their season with their first national championship in program history, defeating top-seeded Virginia in the NCAA Tournament.

## Squad
### Roster

    As of December 9, 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 0 | GK | GRE | Giannis Nikopolidis |
| 1 | GK | USA | Maurice Coyle |
| 2 | DF | USA | Rio Hope-Gund |
| 3 | MF | USA | Paul Rothrock |
| 4 | DF | USA | Sean O'Hearn |
| 5 | DF | USA | Daniel Wu |
| 6 | MF | USA | Sean Zawadzki |
| 7 | MF | USA | Jacob Montes |
| 8 | MF | FRA | JB Fischer |
| 9 | FW | USA | Derek Dodson |
| 10 | FW | USA | Ethan Lochner |
| 11 | FW | USA | Jack Beer |
| 12 | MF | USA | Dylan Nealis |
| 13 | FW | USA | Riley Strassner |
| 14 | FW | USA | Will Sands |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | USA | Owen Varela |
| 17 | MF | USA | Dante Polvara |
| 18 | MF | USA | Aidan Rocha |
| 19 | DF | USA | Austin Riddick |
| 20 | FW | NGA | Ifunanyachi Achara |
| 21 | MF | USA | Jorge Burke |
| 22 | DF | USA | Foster McCune |
| 23 | MF | USA | Chris Le |
| 24 | GK | USA | Ethan Koehler |
| 25 | DF | ISL | Siggi Geirsson |
| 26 | FW | USA | Witt Conger |
| 27 | MF | USA | Zach Riviere |
| 28 | DF | USA | Joe DaLuz |
| 30 | GK | USA | Tomas Romero |

### Team management
## Schedule

| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| August 30* 4:00 p.m. | No. 13 | Syracuse | W 3–1 | 1–0–0 | Shaw Field (1,121) Washington, D.C. |
| September 2* 1:00 p.m. | No. 13 | Temple | W 3–0 | 2–0–0 | Shaw Field (799) Washington, D.C. |
| September 6* 10:00 p.m. | No. 6 | at No. 25 UC Irvine | W 1–0 | 3–0–0 | Anteater Stadium (394) Irvine, CA |
| September 9* 8:00 p.m., P12N | No. 6 | at UCLA | W 5–1 | 4–0–0 | Wallis Annenberg Stadium (448) Los Angeles, CA |
| September 14* 1:00 p.m. | No. 5 | UConn Rivalry | W 4–1 | 5–0–0 | Shaw Field (897) Washington, D.C. |
| Big East Conference regular season ||||||
| September 20 7:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 3 | at Butler | W 3–0 | 6–0–0 (1–0–0) | Sellick Bowl (1,038) Indianapolis, IN |
| September 24* 7:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 2 | at No. 17 Louisville | L 0–1 $^{2OT}$ | 6–1–0 | Lynn Stadium (1,053) Louisville, KY |
| September 28 1:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 2 | Providence | W 2–1 | 7–1–0 (2–0–0) | Shaw Field (891) Washington, D.C. |
| October 4 3:00 p.m. | No. 5 | at DePaul | T 0–0 | 7–1–1 (2–0–1) | Cacciatore Stadium (214) Chicago, IL |
| October 8* 3:00 p.m. | No. 12 | Lehigh | W 2–0 | 8–1–1 | Shaw Field (289) Washington, D.C. |
| October 11 3:00 p.m. | No. 12 | Seton Hall | W 2–0 | 9–1–1 (3–0–1) | Shaw Field (679) Washington, D.C. |
| October 14* 7:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 12 | at No. 25 Maryland | W 1–0 | 10–1–1 | Ludwig Field College Park, MD |
| October 19 1:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 13 | Xavier | W 1–0 | 11–1–1 (4–0–1) | Shaw Field (1,663) Washington, D.C. |
| October 23 7:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 7 | at No. 4 St. John's | W 3–0 | 12–1–1 (5–0–1) | Belson Stadium (1,663) New York City, NY |
| October 26 1:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 7 | Marquette | W 3–0 | 13–1–1 (6–0–1) | Shaw Field (779) Washington, D.C. |
| November 2 1:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 3 | at Villanova | W 2–0 | 14–1–1 (7–0–1) | Higgins Soccer Complex (912) Villanova, PA |
| November 6 2:00 p.m., BEDN | No. 3 | Creighton | T 1–1 $^{2OT}$ | 14–1–2 (7–0–2) | Shaw Field (399) Washington, D.C. |
| Big East Conference Tournament ||||||
| November 13 1:00 p.m., BEDN | (1) No. 3 | (5) Butler Semifinals | T 2–2 (4–3 PKs) $^{2OT}$ | 14–1–3 | Shaw Field (177) Washington, D.C. |
| November 17 12:00 p.m., FS2 | (1) No. 3 | (3) Providence Finals | W 3–1 | 15–1–3 | Shaw Field (1,031) Washington, D.C. |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 24* 12:00 p.m., BEDN | (3) No. 2 | vs. Pittsburgh Second Round | W 5–0 | 16–1–3 | Shaw Field (1,497) Washington, D.C. |
| December 1* 12:00 p.m., BEDN | (3) No. 2 | vs. Louisville Third Round | W 5–1 | 17–1–3 | Shaw Field (773) Washington, D.C. |
| December 7* 12:00 p.m., BEDN | (3) No. 2 | vs. (6) No. 4 Washington Quarterfinals | W 2–1 | 18–1–3 | Shaw Field (2,093) Washington, D.C. |
| December 13* 6:00 p.m., ESPNU | (3) No. 2 | vs. (7) No. 7 Stanford College Cup Semifinals | W 2–0 | 19–1–3 | WakeMed Soccer Park (9,862) Cary, NC |
| December 15* 6:00 p.m., ESPNU | (3) No. 2 | vs. (1) No. 1 Virginia College Cup Championship | W 3–3 (7–6 PKs) $^{2OT}$ | 20–1–3 | WakeMed Soccer Park (8,413) Cary, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||