# 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team

The 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It is the 44th season of the university fielding a program. It the program's sixth season with Jeremy Gunn as head coach. The Cardinal played their home matches at Cagan Stadium.
The Cardinal's 2017 season saw the Cardinal threepeat and win the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for the third-consecutive year. The Cardinal also won the Pac-12 Conference championship for the fourth consecutive year. Stanford's NCAA success marked only the second time in NCAA history that a Division I program won the Men's Soccer Championship for three straight seasons. The last feat was Bruce Arena's Virginia teams that won the NCAA tournament from 1991 through 1994.

## Roster

Updated: November 11, 2017
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 | BEL | Nico Corti |
| 2 | FW | USA | Foster Langsdorf |
| 3 | DF | USA | Tanner Beason |
| 4 | DF | USA | Tomas Hilliard-Arce (captain) |
| 5 | DF | USA | Carson Vom Steeg |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Adam Mosharrafa |
| 7 | MF | USA | Bryce Marion |
| 8 | MF | USA | Jared Gilbey |
| 9 | FW | USA | Arda Bulut |
| 10 | MF | USA | Corey Baird (captain) |
| 11 | MF | USA | Amir Bashti |
| 12 | MF | USA | Drew Skundrich (captain) |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Kei Tomozawa |
| 14 | FW | USA | Zach Ryan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | FW | USA | Rhys de Sota |
| 16 | DF | USA | Andrew Aprahamian |
| 17 | FW | USA | Charlie Wehan |
| 18 | MF | USA | Marc Joshua |
| 19 | FW | USA | Jack O'Brien |
| 20 | GK | USA | Charlie Furrer |
| 21 | DF | USA | Collin Liberty |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Logan Panchot |
| 23 | MF | USA | Sam Werner |
| 24 | MF | USA | Kyle Casey |
| 27 | MF | COL | Emanuel Pinilla |
| 29 | MF | USA | Derek Waldeck |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Andrew Thomas |
| 31 | GK | ESP | Eduardo Fabre |

## Coaching Staff

| Position | Staff |
| Athletic director | Bernard Muir |
| Head coach | Jeremy Gunn |
| Assistant coach | Oige Kennedy |
| Assistant coach | Charles Rodriguez |
| Volunteer Assistant Coach | Collin Audley |
| Assistant Athletic Trainer | Heather M. Owen |
| Academic Counselor | Melissa Schellberg |
| Strength & Conditioning Staff | Justin Police |
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## Schedule and results

| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Preseason ||||||
| August 13* 1:00 p.m. | No. 1 | Portland | W 3–0 | | Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA |
| August 19* 7:00 p.m. | No. 1 | Pacific | W 1–0 | | Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| August 25* 5:00 p.m. | No. 1 | at San Jose State Bill Walsh Legacy Game | W 4–0 | 1–0–0 | SJSU Soccer Complex (1,028) San Jose, CA |
| September 1* 7:00 p.m., P12N | No. 1 | No. 23 Creighton | W 3–0 | 2–0–0 | Cagan Stadium (1,916) Stanford, CA |
| September 3* 5:00 p.m., YouTube | No. 1 | Northeastern | W 1–0 | 3–0–0 | Cagan Stadium (613) Stanford, CA |
| September 7* 8:00 p.m., P12N | No. 1 | No. 19 SMU | W 3–1 | 4–0–0 | Cagan Stadium (459) Stanford, CA |
| September 9* 7:00 p.m., GoCardinal.com | No. 1 | No. 20 Tulsa | L 0–2 | 4–1–0 | Cagan Stadium (459) Stanford, CA |
| September 15* 7:00 p.m., GoCardinal.com | No. 5 | San Francisco | W 1–0 | 5–1–0 | Cagan Stadium (690) Stanford, CA |
| September 17* 1:00 p.m., P12N | No. 5 | Yale | W 3–1 | 6–1–0 | Cagan Stadium (832) Stanford, CA |
| September 23* 2:00 p.m., A10N | No. 5 | at Saint Louis | L 0–2 | 6–2–0 | Hermann Stadium (3,326) St. Louis, MO |
| Pac-12 Conference regular season ||||||
| September 28 7:00 p.m., mtn. | No. 11 | at San Diego State | W 5–0 | 7–2–0 (1–0–0) | SDSU Sports Deck (520) San Diego, CA |
| October 1 5:00 p.m., P12N | No. 11 | at UCLA | W 1–0 | 8–2–0 (2–0–0) | Drake Stadium (3,941) Los Angeles, CA |
| October 8 3:00 p.m., P12N | No. 8 | at No. 24 California Big Game | W 3–0 | 9–2–0 (3–0–0) | Edwards Stadium (1,166) Berkeley, CA |
| October 12 8:00 p.m., P12N | No. 8 | No. 19 Washington | T 1–1 $^{2OT}$ | 9–2–1 (3–0–1) | Cagan Stadium (1,499) Stanford, CA |
| October 15 11:00 a.m. | No. 6 | Oregon State | W 1–0 | 10–2–1 (4–0–1) | Cagan Stadium (1,242) Stanford, CA |
| October 19 8:00 p.m., P12N | No. 6 | at No. 21 Washington | W 2–1 | 11–2–1 (5–0–1) | Husky Soccer Stadium (667) Seattle, WA |
| October 22 1:00 p.m., P12N | No. 5 | at Oregon State | W 3–0 | 12–2–1 (6–0–1) | Lorenz Field (312) Corvallis, OR |
| November 2 5:30 p.m., P12N | No. 4 | UCLA | W 5–1 | 13–2–1 (7–0–1) | Cagan Stadium (2,044) Stanford, CA |
| November 5 5:00 p.m., P12N | No. 4 | San Diego State | W 4–0 | 14–2–1 (8–0–1) | Cagan Stadium (1,142) Stanford, CA |
| November 9 7:00 p.m., P12N | No. 3 | No. 23 California | W 1–0 | 15–2–1 (9–0–1) | Cagan Stadium (1,474) Stanford, CA |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 19* 5:00 pm, P12N | (9) No. 4 | Pacific Second Round | T 0–0 (W 4–1 PK) $^{2OT}$ | 15–2–2 | Cagan Stadium (1,405) Stanford, CA |
| November 26* 5:00 pm, P12N | (9) No. 4 | No. 25 Coastal Carolina Third Round | W 2–0 | 16–2–2 | Cagan Stadium (924) Stanford, CA |
| December 2* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (9) No. 4 | at (1) No. 1 Wake Forest Quarterfinals | W 2–0 | 17–2–2 | Spry Stadium (4,628) Winston-Salem, NC |
| December 8* 3:00 p.m., ESPNU | (9) No. 4 | vs. (4) No. 5 Akron College Cup, Semifinals | W 2–0 | 18–2–2 | Talen Energy Stadium (4,948) Chester, PA |
| December 10 9:00 a.m., ESPN2 | (9) No. 4 | vs. (2) No. 2 Indiana National Championship | W 1–0 $^{2OT}$ | 19–2–2 | Talen Energy Stadium (5,764) Chester, PA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Professional departures
### MLS Draft Picks

The following members of 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.
| Player | Round | Pick | Position | MLS club | Ref. |
| Tomas Hilliard-Arce | 1 | 2 | DF | LA Galaxy | |
| Drew Skundrich | 2 | 40 | MF | LA Galaxy | |

### Homegrown contracts

The following members of the 2017 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team signed homegrown contracts with their academy clubs.
| Player | Position | MLS club | Ref. |
| Corey Baird | FW | Real Salt Lake | |
| Foster Langsdorf | FW | Portland Timbers | |