# 2015 BYU Cougars men's soccer team

The 2015 BYU Cougars men's soccer team is part of the Brigham Young University athletics program but does not play in a college conference. During the 2015 USL Premier Development League, the Cougars were coached for a 21st consecutive season by Chris Watkins. The Cougars finished the season 1-5-8. After the season Watkins announced he would be retiring as head coach of the men's soccer team.

## Media
### Television and internet streaming

All BYU Cougars home games were streamed live on YouTube.

## Regular season
### FC Tucson

Broadcasters: John Pearlman and Jeff Rogers

### Real Colorado

Broadcasters: Dave Neeley and Hugh Van Wagenen

### Real Colorado

Broadcasters: Dave Neeley and Carla Swensen

### Las Vegas

Broadcasters: Dave Neeley and Carla Swensen

### Albuquerque

Broadcasters: Dave Neeley, Hugh Van Wagenen, and Carla Swensen

### FC Tucson

Broadcasters: Skyler Hardman and Hugh Van Wagenen

### FC Tucson

Broadcasters: Mitchell Marshall and Carla Swensen

### Burlingame

Broadcasters: Carla Swensen and Hugh Van Wagenen

### Burlingame

Broadcasters: Jason Long and Andreas Wolf

### Real Monarchs

BYU and Real Colorado were scheduled to play each other for the finale on July 15. Real Colorado withdrew from the game claiming travel conflicts, giving BYU their lone win of the year. Real Colorado was also deducted 3 points for league violations. BYU then scheduled a match with the Real Monarchs for their senior night match.
Broadcasters: Dave Neeley and Carla Swensen

## 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

For the first time since 2007, in 2015 BYU was invited to participate in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The field expansion to 91 teams gave the Cougars only their third-ever invitation. The Cougars were given a bye from the qualifying round and a host location for the first round where they would meet new team Harpo's FC, a squad sponsored by Avery Brewing Company of Colorado. If they could win it would give BYU their first-ever win in the U.S. Open Cup.
The Cougars and Harpo's FC would play a penalty-free match and a full 120 minutes of scoreless play, setting up a shootout for the right to advance to the second round.
Broadcasters: Dave Neeley and Hugh Van Wagenen

## Roster

| No. | Position | Player | Year |
| 00 | GK | Brenden Ottman | Junior |
| 0 | GK | Trevor LeSueur | Sophomore |
| 1 | GK | Michael "Jake" Petersen | Senior |
| 2 | F | Ariel Chavez | Senior |
| 3 | F | Jacob Ence | Freshman |
| 4 | MF | Josh Hunter | Junior |
| 5 | D | Ethan Meyer | Junior |
| 6 | MF | Dallin Cutler | Junior |
| 7 | F | Garrett Gee | Senior |
| 8 | MF | Jake Miles | Sophomore |
| 10 | MF | Pedro Vasconeclos | Junior |
| 11 | D | Winston Sorhaitz | Junior |
| 12 | D | Jerry Dearden | Sophomore |
| 13 | D | Emmanuel "Junior" Lartey | Sophomore |
| 14 | MD | Matt Rider | Junior |
| 15 | D | Ryan Botcherby | Freshman |
| 16 | M | Christian Bain | Freshman |
| 17 | MD | Ben Jensen | Freshman |
| 18 | D | Andrew Dossett | Freshman |
| 19 | MF | Jace Green | Senior |
| 20 | MF | Zack Cowan | Freshman |
| 21 | MF | MJ Affleck | Freshman |
| 23 | F | Gavin Christensen | Freshman |

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | FC Tucson (C) | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 28 |
| 2 | Albuquerque Sol FC (T) | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 27 |
| 3 | Las Vegas Mobsters | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | Real Colorado Foxes | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 17 |
| 5 | BYU Cougars | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 8 |
* ↑ Real Colorado Foxes deducted three points.