# 2019 Ivy League men's soccer season

The 2019 Ivy League men's soccer season was the 65th season of the conference sponsoring men's varsity soccer. The season began in August 2019 and concluded in November 2019.
Princeton entered the 2019 season as the defending conference champions by virtue of having the best regular season record. The Ivy League is one of three NCAA Division I men's soccer conferences that do not have a conference tournament to determine their NCAA Tournament berth (the other two are the Pac-12 and the West Coast Conferences).
Princeton was unable to defend its title, as Yale had won its first Ivy League championship since 1989.

## Background
### Previous season

The 2018 season was the conference's 64th season sponsoring men's varsity soccer. Princeton won the Ivy League championship with a 5–1–1 record. In the first round, Princeton played Michigan. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, and ended with a 14-round penalty shoot-out. There, Princeton lost 10–11 on penalty kicks to Michigan.

### Coaching changes

There have been no coaching changes during the 2018–19 offseason.

## Head coaches

    As of the 2018 season
| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | Ivy League record | NCAA Tournaments | NCAA College Cups | NCAA Titles |
| Brown | Patrick Laughlin | Maine | 9 | 91–77–30 (.535) | 83–52–26 (.596) | 27–22–14 (.540) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Columbia | Kevin Anderson | Boston College (asst.) | 9 | 93–69–20 (.566) | 80–67–20 (.539) | 32–27–11 (.536) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cornell | John Smith | Stanford (asst.) | 3 | 19–28–4 (.412) | 19–28–4 (.412) | 6–14–1 (.310) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dartmouth | Bo Oshoniyi | East Tennessee State | 2 | 43–29–20 (.576) | 7–5–5 (.559) | 4–1–2 (.714) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harvard | Pieter Lehrer | California (asst.) | 6 | 35–36–10 (.494) | 35–36–10 (.494) | 15–13–5 (.530) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn | Brian Gill | Georgetown (asst.) | 2 | 5–5–6 (.500) | 5–5–6 (.500) | 2–4–1 (.357) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Princeton | Jim Barlow | Princeton (asst.) | 23 | 178–157–60 (.527) | 178–157–60 (.527) | 72–61–28 (.534) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yale | Kylie Stannard | Michigan State (asst.) | 5 | 16–39–10 (.323) | 16–39–10 (.323) | 5–15–8 (.321) | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Preseason
### Preseason poll

The preseason poll was released on August 28, 2019.
| | Team Ranking | Raw Points | First Place Votes |
| 1. | Princeton | 121 | 11 |
| 2. | Dartmouth | 102 | 3 |
| 3. | Cornell | 94 | 1 |
| 4. | Columbia | 90 | 1 |
| 5. | Yale | 60 | 0 |
| 6. | Penn | 43 | 0 |
| 7. | Brown | 41 | 0 |
| 8. | Harvard | 25 | 0 |

### Preseason national polls

The preseason national polls will be released in July and August 2019.
| | United Soccer | CSN | Soccer America | Top Drawer Soccer |
| Brown | — | — | — | — |
| Columbia | — | — | — | — |
| Cornell | — | — | — | — |
| Dartmouth | — | — | — | — |
| Harvard | — | — | — | — |
| Penn | — | — | — | — |
| Princeton | RV | RV | RV | — |
| Yale | — | — | — | — |

## Regular season
### Early season tournaments

Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.
| Team | Tournament | Finish |
| Brown | D.C. Invitational | 2nd |
| Columbia | Creighton Classic | 4th |
| Cornell | Wolverine Classic | 3rd |
| Harvard | Carolina Classic | 4th |
| Yale | Central New York Classic | 3rd |

## Postseason
### NCAA Tournament

The NCAA Tournament will begin in November 2019 and conclude on December 17, 2019.
| Seed | Region | School | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
| — | 3 | Yale | L 0–3 vs. Boston College – (Boston, MA) | | | | | |

## Rankings
### National rankings

| | Improvement in ranking |
| | Drop in ranking |
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 |
| NV | No votes received |
| | | 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 |
| Brown | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | None released | None released | None released | NV |
| Brown | TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Columbia | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | None released | None released | None released | NV |
| Columbia | TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Cornell | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | None released | None released | None released | NV |
| Cornell | TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Dartmouth | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | None released | None released | None released | NV |
| Dartmouth | TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Harvard | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | None released | None released | None released | NV |
| Harvard | TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Penn | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | None released | None released | None released | None released | NV |
| Penn | TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Princeton | USC | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | NV | NV | None released | None released | None released | None released | NV |
| Princeton | TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Yale | USC | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | 25 | None released | None released | None released | None released | RV |
| Yale | TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | RV | NV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV |

### Regional rankings - USC Northeast Region

| | Improvement in ranking |
| | Drop in ranking |
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 10 |
| NV | No votes received |
The United Soccer Coaches' Northeast poll features teams from the Ivy League, America East, NEC, and MAAC.
| | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 |
| Brown | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Columbia | 8 | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Cornell | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Dartmouth | 6 | NV | 4 | 5 | 9 | NV | NV | 9 | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Harvard | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Penn | NV | 6 | 7 | 3 | NV | 8 | 8 | NV | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Princeton | 2 | NV | NV | 10 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Yale | NV | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

## Awards and honors
### Player of the week honors

| Week | Player of the Week | Player of the Week | Player of the Week | Rookie of the Week | Rookie of the Week | Rookie of the Week | Ref. |
| Week | Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | Ref. |
| Sep. 9 | Mark Winhoffer | MF | Yale | Will Citron | DF | Cornell | |
| Sep. 16 | Zach Kalk | MF | Dartmouth | Walker Gillespie | FW | Princeton | |
| Sep. 23 | Harry Fuller | MF | Cornell | Walker Gillespie | FW | Princeton | |
| Sep. 30 | Ryan Bayne | DF | Cornell | Michael Collodi | GK | Columbia | |
| Oct. 7 | John Denis | MF | Columbia | Sigfus Árnason | MF | Yale | |
| Oct. 14 | Mark Winhoffer | MF | Yale | Griffin Garrard | FW | Cornell | |
| Oct. 21 | Miguel Yuste | MF | Yale | Daniel Diaz Bonilla | FW | Princeton | |
| Oct. 28 | Brandon Bartel | MF | Penn | Jack Rosener | MF | Penn | |
| Nov. 4 | Walker Gillespie | FW | Princeton | Walker Gillespie | FW | Princeton | |
| Nov. 11 | John Denis | MF | Columbia | Uri Zeitz | MF | Columbia | |
| Nov. 18 | Miguel Yuste | MF | Yale | Kai Lammers | DF | Penn | |

### Postseason honors

2019 Ivy League Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Offensive Player of the Year | Mark Winhoffer, Yale |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Alex Touche, Penn |
| Rookie of the Year | Uri Zeitz, Columbia |
| Coach of the Year | Kylie Stannard, Yale |
2019 Ivy League Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team Honorees | Second Team Honorees | Honorable Mention |
| Alex Touche, Penn (Jr., D) Enzo Okpoye, Yale (So., M) Ryan Bayne, Cornell (Sr., D) Jacob Schachner, Princeton (Sr., GK) Elian Haddock, Yale (So., GK) Mark Winhoffer, Yale (Jr., M) Joey Bhangdia, Penn (Jr., M) John Scearce, Cornell (Sr., M ) Miguel Yuste, Yale (Sr., M) Walker Gillespie, Princeton (Fr., F) John Denis, Columbia (Sr., M/F) Kevin O'Toole, Princeton (Jr., M) | Henry Baldwin, Dartmouth (Sr., D) Justin Lobe, Yale (Sr., D) Connor Drought, Cornell (Fr., D) Kai Lammers, Penn (Fr., D) Cole Morokhovich, Princeton (Sr., D) Alex Budnik, Dartmouth (So., GK) Uri Zeitz, Columbia (Fr., M) Danny Schiller, Brown (Sr., M) Braden Salvati, Dartmouth (Sr., M/D) Ryan Matteo, Yale (Sr., M) Dawson McCartney, Dartmouth (Jr., M) Matt Chow, Brown (Sr., F) | Owen Schwartz, Brown (Fr., D) Matthew Swain, Columbia (Sr., M/F) Matthew Glass, Harvard (Sr., M) Alex Charles, Princeton (So., D) Jeremy Haddock, Yale (So., D) Derek Waleffe, Brown (So., M) Brandon Bartel, Penn (Sr., M) Andrew Stevens, Columbia (So., M) Emeka Eneli, Cornell (So., F) Danny Laranetto, Columbia (Sr., M) Harry Fuller, Cornell (Jr., M ) Ohad Yahalom, Dartmouth (So., M) Moulay Hamza Kanzi Belghiti, Princeton (So., M) Zach Kalk, Dartmouth (Sr., M) Paolo Carroll, Yale (So., F) Jake Kohlbrenner, Penn (Jr., F) |

#### Regional awards

| Award | Recipients |
| CoSIDA Academic All-District | John Leisman, Yale |
| CoSIDA Academic All-District | Matthew Swain, Columbia |
| United Soccer All-Northeast First-Team | Walker Gillespie, Princeton |
| United Soccer All-Northeast First-Team | Mark Winhoffer, Yale |
| United Soccer All-Northeast First-Team | Miguel Yuste, Yale |
| United Soccer All-Northeast Second-Team | John Scearce, Cornell |
| United Soccer All-Northeast Second-Team | Kevin O'Toole, Princeton |
| United Soccer All-Northeast Second-Team | Enzo Okpoye, Yale |
| United Soccer All-Northeast Third-Team | Alex Touche, Penn |
| United Soccer All-Northeast Third-Team | Ryan Matteo, Yale |

## 2020 MLS Draft

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held in January 2020. No players from the Ivy League were selected in the SuperDraft.

## Homegrown players

The Homegrown Player Rule is a Major League Soccer program that allows MLS teams to sign local players from their own development academies directly to MLS first team rosters. Before the creation of the rule in 2008, every player entering Major League Soccer had to be assigned through one of the existing MLS player allocation processes, such as the MLS SuperDraft.
To place a player on its homegrown player list, making him eligible to sign as a homegrown player, players must have resided in that club's home territory and participated in the club's youth development system for at least one year. Players can play college soccer and still be eligible to sign a homegrown contract.
No players from the Ivy League signed homegrown contracts with their parent MLS clubs.