# 2018 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team

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

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 | 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 | Graduated, signed with Rio Grande Valley FC Toros |
| 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 |
| Matt Frank GK | USA | Bloomfield, MI | New York Red Bulls Academy |
| Ryan Ludwick DF | USA | York PA | PA Classics Academy |
| Kyle Orciuch GK | USA | Saint John, IN | Chicago Fire Academy 97 |
| Will Richmond FW | USA | Piedmont, CA | San Jose Earthquakes Academy |
| Tyler Shaver DF | USA | Riverside, CT | New York City FC Academy |

## Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | USA | Tanner Beason |
| 4 | MF | USA | Derek Waldeck |
| 6 | DF | EGY | Adam Mosharrafa |
| 7 | MF | USA | Will Richmond |
| 8 | MF | USA | Jared Gilbey |
| 9 | FW | TUR | Arda Bulut |
| 10 | FW | USA | Charlie Wehan |
| 11 | MF | USA | Amir Bashti |
| 12 | DF | USA | Ryan Ludwick |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Kei Tomozawa |
| 14 | FW | USA | Zach Ryan |
| 15 | FW | USA | Rhys de Sota |
| 16 | DF | USA | Andrew Aprahamian |
| 18 | DF | HKG | Tyler Shaver |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | USA | Jack O'Brien |
| 20 | GK | USA | Charlie Furrer |
| 21 | DF | USA | Collin Liberty |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Logan Panchot |
| 23 | MF | USA | Marc Joshua |
| 24 | MF | USA | Kyle Casey |
| 25 | MF | USA | Matthew Radzihovsky |
| 28 | MF | USA | Willy Miyamoto |
| 30 | GK | ENG | Andrew Thomas |
| 31 | GK | ESP | Eduardo Fabre |
| 32 | GK | USA | Matt Frank |
| 33 | GK | USA | Kyle Orciuch |

## Schedule
### Spring season

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### Regular season

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

### 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 |
| 5 | 22 | MF/DF | Logan Panchot | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | Arda Bulut | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 7 | MF | Will Richmond | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | Adam Mosharrafa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 19 | FW | Jack O'Brein | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 4 | 33 |
As of December 3, 2018

## Disciplinary record

| No. | Po. | Name | Regular Season | Regular Season | Regular Season | NCAA tournament | NCAA tournament | NCAA tournament | Total | Total | 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 | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
As of October 12, 2018

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date |
| Amir Bashti | Pac-12 Player of the Week | September 18, 2018 |
| Amir Bashti | Pac-12 Player of the Week | October 2, 2018 |
| Tanner Beason | Pac-12 Player of the Week | October 9, 2018 |
| Tanner Beason | Pac-12 Player of the Week | November 6, 2018 |

## 2019 MLS Super Draft

| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
| Amir Bashti | Atlanta United FC | 2 | 48 | FW |

## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. :
| 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 | 1 | 10 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | 18 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 6 (1) | 6 | 7 | None Released | None Released | None Released | None Released | 7 |
| TopDrawer Soccer | 1 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 22 | | RV | 21 | 25 | RV | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 |