# 2021 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team

The 2021 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. They were led by tenth year head coach Jeremy Gunn.

## Previous season

The Cardinal played their 2020 season in early 2021 due to Covid-19. They finished conference play at 7–2–1, 1st place in the Pac-12 season and 10–3–1 overall. The Cardinal would win their second round match-up in the 2020 NCAA Tournament against Omaha in overtime, but would lose in the third round to North Carolina 0–1.

## Preseason Media polls

| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Stanford | 24 (4) |
| 2 | Washington | 22 (2) |
| 3 | Oregon State | 17 |
| 4 | UCLA | 11 |
| 5 | California | 10 |
| 6 | San Diego State | 6 |
Source:

## Roster

Source: 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 |
| 2 | DF | USA | Andrew Aprahamian |
| 3 | DF | USA | Keegan Tingey |
| 4 | MF | USA | Conner Maurer |
| 5 | DF | USA | Keegan Hughes |
| 6 | MF | USA | Mark Fisher |
| 7 | MF | USA | Will Richmond |
| 8 | MF | USA | Cam Cilley |
| 9 | FW | USA | Gabe Segal |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Carlo Agostinelli |
| 11 | FW | BFA | Ousseni Bouda |
| 12 | DF | USA | Ryan Ludwick |
| 13 | MF | USA | Shane de Flores |
| 14 | FW | USA | Zach Ryan |
| 16 | MF | USA | Layton Purchase |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | USA | Connor Evans |
| 18 | MF | USA | Aiden Weaver |
| 19 | FW | USA | Jackson Kiil |
| 20 | MF | USA | Will Reilly |
| 21 | DF | USA | Ryan Dunn |
| 22 | DF | USA | Rico Rei McMillan |
| 23 | MF | GHA | Kwabena Kwakwa |
| 24 | DF | USA | Nolan Evans |
| 25 | DF | USA | Noah Adnan |
| 26 | MF | USA | Philip Bogdanov |
| 30 | GK | USA | Eliot Jones |
| 31 | GK | USA | Kyle Orciuch |
| 32 | GK | USA | Jack Morris |
| 33 | GK | USA | Matt Frank |

## Schedule

| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 21, 2021* 4:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider | No. 8 | Cal State Bakersfield | W 4–0 | – | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA |
| August 21, 2021* 7:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider | No. 8 | Santa Clara | T 0–0 | – | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA |
| Regular season ||||||
| August 26, 2021* 5:05 pm, ESPN+ | No. 8 | at SMU | L 1–3 | 0–1–0 | Westcott Field (1,200) Dallas, TX |
| September 2, 2021* 7:30 pm, WCC Network | No. 25 | at Pacific | W 4–0 | 1–1–0 | Knoles Field (650) Stockton, CA |
| September 6, 2021* 7:00, Pac-12 Los Angeles | No. 25 | UC Santa Barbara | W 2–1 | 2–1–0 | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (902) Stanford, CA |
| September 11, 2021* 9:05 pm | No. 20 | San Jose State | T 0–0 $^{2OT}$ | 2–1–1 | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,135) Stanford, CA |
| September 16, 2021 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 23 | at UCLA | L 0–2 | 2–2–1 (0–1–0) | Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,226) Los Angeles, CA |
| September 19, 2021 3:00 pm, Aztec Digital Network | No. 23 | at No. 21 San Diego State | L 0–1 $^{2OT}$ | 2–3–1 (0–2–0) | SDSU Sports Deck San Diego, CA |
| September 23, 2021* 7:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider | | UC Irvine | W 2–0 | 3–3–1 | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (723) Stanford, CA |
| September 27, 2021* 7:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider | | Saint Mary's | L 0–1 $^{2OT}$ | 3–4–1 | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (429) Stanford, CA |
| October 3, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N | | California | W 5–0 | 4–4–1 (1–2–0) | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,246) Stanford, CA |
| October 7, 2021 7:00 pm, P12N | | No. 2 Washington | L 1–3 | 4–5–1 (1–3–0) | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (660) Stanford, CA |
| October 10, 2021 2:00 pm, P12N | | No. 15 Oregon State | T 2–2 $^{2OT}$ | 4–5–2 (1–3–1) | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (827) Stanford, CA |
| October 16, 2021* 3:00 pm, Pioneers All-Access | | at Denver | T 1–1 $^{2OT}$ | 4–5–3 | Denver Soccer Stadium (1,736) Denver, CO |
| October 21, 2021 8:00 pm, P12N | | San Diego State | W 4–0 | 5–5–3 (2–3–1) | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (621) Stanford, CA |
| October 24, 2021 2:30 pm, P12N | | No. 22 UCLA | T 1–1 | 5–5–4 (2–3–2) | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,204) Stanford, CA |
| October 28, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 3 Oregon State | L 0–1 | 5–6–4 (2–4–2) | Paul Lorenz Field (549) Corvallis, OR |
| October 31, 2021 2:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 4 Washington | T 0–0 $^{2OT}$ | 5–6–5 (2–4–3) | Husky Soccer Stadium (1,490) Seattle, WA |
| November 4, 2021* 7:00 pm | | at San Francisco | W 1–0 | 6–6–5 | Negoesco Stadium (827) San Francisco, CA |
| November 11, 2021 1:00 pm, P12N | | at California | T 1–1 $^{2OT}$ | 6–6–6 (2–4–4) | Edwards Stadium (4,357) Berkeley, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Western. ||||||

## 2022 MLS Super Draft

| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
| Ousseni Bouda | San Jose Earthquakes | 1 | 8 | FW |
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## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received 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 | 8 | 25 | 20 | 23 | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | — | — | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released |
| TopDrawer Soccer | 7 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| College Soccer News | 8 | 12 | 11 | 16 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released | Not released | Not released |