# 2024 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team

The 2024 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team represented the Stanford University during the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach Jeremy Gunn, in his thirteenth season. They played their home games at Cagan Stadium in Stanford, California. This was the teams first season playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Cardinal began the season ranked fifth overall and defeated San Jose State. However, they followed that with a loss to Denver, which saw them fall to thirteenth in the rankings. After the defeat, the Cardinal went on a six-game winning streak. They defeated two ranked teams in this span, second ranked Clemson and twenty-third ranked Notre Dame. They rose from thirteenth to fifth, third, and then number one in the rankings. The streak was broken at home versus Duke with a 2–2 tie. They fell to second in the rankings where they defeated Virginia. This would be the team's final regular season win, as they went on a six game winless streak to round out the regular season. The streak consisted of three ties, included one against fifteenth ranked SMU. Two of the three losses were against ACC teams, eleventh ranked North Carolina and rival California. The streak saw them fall from second in the rankings, to fifth, to seventh, and finally two twenty second. The end-of-season loss to California saw them drop out of the rankings.
The Cavaliers finished the regular season 8–4–4 after starting 7–1–0. They finished 3–2–3 in ACC play to finish in a seventh place. As the seventh overall seed in the ACC Tournament they defeated tenth seed Notre Dame, in a regular season re-match, in the First Round. Their Quarterfinal matchup was a re-match with second seed Clemson, who Stanford defeated during the regular season. The Tigers avenged that regular season loss and advanced to the Semifinals, while the Cardinal were eliminated from tournament contention. The Cardinal received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and they were the sixteenth overall seed. They earned a bye to the Second Round where they advanced over UC Santa Barbara in a penalty shoot-out 6–5. Their Third Round match against top seed Ohio State again went to penalties, but the Cardinal were defeated 2–4, ending their season. Their final overall record was 9–5–6. Their nine wins were their lowest since 2021, and only the third time that the team has finished with less than 10 wins under Jeremy Gunn.

## Background

The Cardinal finished the season 11–4–5 overall and 3–2–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and they were the sixteenth overall seed. They defeated Missouri State in the Second Round and first seed Marshall before losing 2–0 to eventual champions and ninth seed Clemson in the Quarterfinals to end their season.

## Player movement
### Players leaving

Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Nolan Evers | 5 | DF | 6'2" | 175 | Senior | Pasadena, California | Graduated |
| Mark Fisher | 6 | MF | 5'11" | 165 | Senior | Grand Blanc, Michigan | Graduated |
| Layton Purchase | 16 | MF | 6'1" | 180 | Senior | Denver, Colorado | Graduated |
| Connor Evans | 17 | MF | 5'9" | 155 | Junior | Portland, Oregon | Graduated |
| Aiden Weaver | 18 | MF | 5'7" | 140 | Senior | Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania | Graduated |
| Ryan Dunn | 21 | DF | 5'11" | 172 | Senior | Huntersville, North Carolina | Graduated |
| Rafael Pfauser | 24 | DF | 6'3" | 175 | Freshman | Munich, Germany | — |
| Eliot Jones | 30 | GK | 6'2" | 175 | Senior | New Britain, Connecticut | Graduated |
| James Swomley | 33 | GK | 6'6" | 195 | Graduate Student | Newton, Massachusetts | Graduated |

### Players arriving
#### Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Nik White | 24 | DF | 6'2" | 185 | Graduate Student | Port Moody, Canada | Harvard |
| Louis Sterobo | 26 | DF | 6'2" | 182 | Graduate Student | Odense, Denmark | Saint Mary's |
Source:

#### Recruiting Class

| Name | Nat. | Hometown | Club |
| Alexander Chow MF | USA | Palo Alto, California | San Jose Earthquakes |
| Eric Frintu FW | USA | Redmond, Washington | Crossfire Premier |
| Joe Moyer FW | USA | Yorba Linda, California | Strikers FC |
| Jordan Victor GK | USA | Sacramento, California | Sacramento Republic FC Academy |

## Squad
### Roster

    As of 25 Sep 2024
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 |
| 1 | DF | USA | Rowan Schnebly |
| 2 | DF | USA | Noah Adnan |
| 2 | DF | USA | Palmer Bank |
| 4 | DF | USA | Conner Maurer |
| 5 | DF | USA | Dylan Hooper |
| 6 | MF | USA | Dylan Groeneveld |
| 7 | MF | USA | Fletcher Bank |
| 8 | MF | USA | Will Reilly |
| 9 | FW | USA | Jackson Kiil |
| 10 | MF | USA | Zach Bohane |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Alfonso Tenconi-Gradillas |
| 13 | FW | USA | Shane de Flores |
| 15 | MF | USA | Will Cleary |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Liam Doyle |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | USA | Duncan Jarvie |
| 20 | MF | USA | Alex Chow |
| 22 | DF | USA | Nico Rei McMillan |
| 23 | MF | GHA | Kwabena Kwakwa |
| 24 | DF | USA | Nik White |
| 25 | FW | USA | Joe Moyer |
| 26 | DF | DEN | Louis Sterobo |
| 27 | MF | USA | Trevor Islam |
| 28 | FW | USA | Erik Frintu |
| 29 | DF | USA | Takashi Sasaki |
| 30 | GK | USA | Jordan Victor |
| 32 | GK | USA | Jack Morris |
| 33 | GK | USA | Laszlo Bollyky |

### Team management

| Name | Position | Seasons |
| Jeremy Gunn | Head coach | 13th |
| Ben Moane | Assistant coach | 5th |
| Jack Winter | Assistant coach | 2nd |
| Kevin McCarthy | Assistant coach | 1st |
Source:

## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 9* | No. 5 | San Francisco | T 0–0 | – | Cagan Stadium (–) Stanford, CA |
| August 11* | No. 5 | Sacramento State | W 2–0 | – | Cagan Stadium (–) Stanford, CA |
| August 17* | No. 5 | Cal Poly | W 2–0 | – | Cagan Stadium (–) Stanford, CA |
| Regular Season ||||||
| August 22* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 5 | San Jose State | W 2–1 | 1–0–0 | Cagan Stadium (927) Stanford, CA |
| August 25* 4:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 5 | Denver | L 0–1 | 1–1–0 | Cagan Stadium (1,074) Stanford, CA |
| August 29* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 13 | Cal State Fullerton | W 5–0 | 2–1–0 | Cagan Stadium (518) Stanford, CA |
| September 1* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 13 | Saint Mary's | W 4–1 | 3–1–0 | Cagan Stadium (1,286) Stanford, CA |
| September 8 4:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 5 | at No. 2 Clemson | W 3–2 | 4–1–0 (1–0–0) | Riggs Field (6,179) Clemson, SC |
| September 10* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 3 | UC Riverside | W 3–0 | 5–1–0 | Cagan Stadium (752) Stanford, CA |
| September 14 4:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 3 | at No. 23 Notre Dame | W 1–0 | 6–1–0 (2–0–0) | Alumni Stadium (1,172) Notre Dame, IN |
| September 18* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 1 | UC Davis | W 1–0 | 7–1–0 | Cagan Stadium (967) Stanford, CA |
| September 22 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 1 | Duke | T 2–2 | 7–1–1 (2–0–1) | Cagan Stadium (2,268) Stanford, CA |
| September 27 4:30 p.m., ACCNX | No. 2 | at Virginia | W 1–0 | 8–1–1 (3–0–1) | Klöckner Stadium (1,446) Charlottesville, VA |
| October 4 6:30 p.m., ACCNX | No. 2 | NC State | T 0–0 | 8–1–2 (3–0–2) | Cagan Stadium (1,576) Stanford, CA |
| October 11 5:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 5 | at No. 15 SMU | T 2–2 | 8–1–3 (3–0–3) | Washburne Stadium (1,512) Dallas, TX |
| October 17* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 2 | at San Francisco | L 0–2 | 8–2–3 | Negoesco Stadium (1,500) San Francisco, CA |
| October 21* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 2 | Pacific | T 1–1 | 8–2–4 | Cagan Stadium (1,566) Stanford, CA |
| October 27 5:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 7 | No. 11 North Carolina | L 1–2 | 8–3–4 (3–1–3) | Cagan Stadium (1,984) Stanford, CA |
| November 1 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 22 | California Rivalry | L 0–1 | 8–4–4 (3–2–3) | Cagan Stadium (1,834) Stanford, CA |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| November 8 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | (7) | (10) Notre Dame First Round | W 3–2 | 9–4–4 | Cagan Stadium (768) Stanford, CA |
| November 10 11:00 a.m., ACCN | (7) | at (2) No. 7 Clemson Quarterfinals | L 0–1 | 9–5–4 | Riggs Field (2,036) Clemson, SC |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 24 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (16) | UC Santa Barbara Second Round | T 2–2 (6–5 PKs) $^{2OT}$ | 9–5–5 | Cagan Stadium (2,300) Stanford, CA |
| December 1 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (16) | at (1) No. 1 Ohio State Third Round | T 0–0 (2–4 PKs) $^{2OT}$ | 9–5–6 | Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium (1,136) Columbus, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific. ||||||

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date |
| Zach Bohane | Pre-Season All-ACC Team | August 14 |
| Shane de Flores | ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 3 | September 10 |
| Fletcher Bank | ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week – Week 5 | September 24 |
| Zach Bohane | All-ACC First Team | November 13 |

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes ( ) = First-place votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| United Soccer | 5 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 (8) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | RV | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | 13 |
| TopDrawer Soccer | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | — | — | — | 16 | 16 | 16 |