# 2019 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

The 2019 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 48th season of the University fielding a program. The Hokies played their home games at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies were led by eleventh year head coach Mike Brizendine.

## Background

The 2018 Virginia Tech men's soccer team finished the season with a 11–7–3 overall record and a 3–4–1 ACC record. The Hokies were seeded seventh–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Hokies won their first round match up against Syracuse, but fell to North Carolina in the second round. The Hokies earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the twelfth overall seed Virginia Tech defeated Charlotte in the second round, before losing to James Madison in the third round.

## Player movement
### Players leaving

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Arion Sobers-Assue | 11 | FW | 6'0" | Senior | Miami, FL | Graduated |
| Rory Slevin | 16 | MF | 5'11" | Senior | Middletown, NJ | Graduated |

### Players arriving

Virginia Tech announced its 2019 signing class of six players on November 28, 2018.
| Name | Nat. | Hometown | Club |
| Alex Adjetey FW | GHA | Accra, Ghana | Beachside Academy |
| Nicholas Blacklock FW | USA | Hellertown, PA | Philadelphia Union |
| Daniel Pereira MF | VEN | Roanoke, VA | Roanoke Star |
| Daniel Starr FW | USA | Charlottesville, VA | SOCA |
| Kyle Stenzel DF | USA | Staunton, VA | SOCA |
| Matt Zambetti GK | USA | Mechanicsburg, PA | HMMS Eagle FC |

## Squad
### Roster

Updated: December 2, 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 0 | GK | USA | Connor Jordan-Hyde |
| 1 | GK | NED | Mathijs Swaneveld |
| 2 | DF | USA | Will Mejia |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Sivert Haugli |
| 4 | MF | USA | Kyle Stenzel |
| 5 | DF | ISL | Jon Ingason |
| 6 | FW | USA | Brendan Moyers |
| 7 | FW | USA | Nico Quashie |
| 8 | FW | USA | James Kasak |
| 9 | MF | VEN | Daniel Pereira |
| 10 | MF | USA | Chris Little |
| 11 | FW | USA | Daniel Starr |
| 12 | MF | FIN | Emil Koho |
| 13 | DF | CAN | Nikal Clarke-Smith |
| 14 | FW | USA | Kahlil Dover |
| 15 | MF | USA | Kristo Strickler |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | FW | USA | Nick Blacklock |
| 17 | DF | SUI | Marc Hoppler |
| 18 | FW | USA | Jacob Labovitz |
| 19 | DF | USA | Nathan Durst |
| 20 | MF | USA | Femi Adu |
| 21 | MF | USA | Camron Lennon |
| 22 | DF | USA | Mason McClendon |
| 23 | FW | USA | Evans Moyo |
| 24 | MF | FIN | Justus Kauppinen |
| 25 | GK | USA | Matt Zambetti |
| 26 | DF | USA | Chris Nicola |
| 27 | GK | USA | Hayden Kickbush |
| 30 | FW | GHA | Alex Adjetey |
| 31 | FW | GER | Jakob Bluemler |
| 32 | MF | USA | Andrew Weber |

## Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Athletic Director | Whit Babcock |
| Head Coach | Mike Brizendine |
| Assistant Coach | Patrick McSorley |
| Assistant Coach | Josh Dunn |
Source:

## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 16* 4:00 p.m. | No. 16 | at No. 23 West Virginia | W 3–1 | – (–) | Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Morgantown, WV |
| August 20* 7:00 p.m. | No. 16 | Old Dominion | W 2–1 | – (–) | Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA |
| August 24* 4:00 p.m. | No. 16 | No. 13 Georgetown | L 0–3 | – (–) | Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA |
| Regular season ||||||
| August 30* 7:00 p.m. | No. 16 | at Loyola Marymount | W 2–1 | 1–0–0 (0–0–0) | Sullivan Field (0) Los Angeles, CA |
| September 1* 7:00 p.m. | No. 16 | at UC Santa Barbara | W 3–1 | 2–0–0 (0–0–0) | Harder Stadium (1,500) Santa Barbara, CA |
| September 6* 4:00 p.m. | No. 10 | vs. Loyola JMU Invitational | W 2–1 | 3–0–0 (0–0–0) | Sentara Park (0) Harrisonburg, VA |
| September 8* 4:00 p.m. | No. 10 | vs. Hofstra JMU Invitational | W 4–3 | 4–0–0 (0–0–0) | Sentara Park (0) Harrisonburg, VA |
| September 13 7:00 p.m. | No. 9 | No. 18 North Carolina | L 1–3 | 4–1–0 (0–1–0) | Thompson Field (2,012) Blacksburg, VA |
| September 17* 7:00 p.m. | No. 17 | Grand Canyon | W 4–0 | 5–1–0 (0–1–0) | Thompson Field (712) Blacksburg, VA |
| September 20 7:30 p.m. | No. 17 | at Louisville | L 1–2 | 5–2–0 (0–2–0) | Lynn Stadium (1,164) Louisville, KY |
| September 27 1:00 p.m. | No. 18 | Boston College | T 2–2 $^{2OT}$ | 5–2–1 (0–2–1) | Thompson Field (1,232) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 1* 7:00 p.m. | No. 22 | Gardner-Webb | W 4–0 | 6–2–1 (0–2–1) | Thompson Field (409) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 5 7:00 p.m. | No. 22 | at No. 6 Clemson | T 0–0 $^{2OT}$ | 6–2–2 (0–2–2) | Riggs Field (1,639) Clemson, SC |
| October 11 7:00 p.m. | No. 22 | at Pittsburgh | L 1–3 | 6–3–2 (0–3–2) | Ambrose Urbanic Field (621) Pittsburgh, PA |
| October 18 5:30 p.m. | | Notre Dame | W 2–1 | 7–3–2 (1–3–2) | Thompson Field (822) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 22* 7:00 p.m. | No. 25 | Longwood | Postponed | 0–0–0 (0–0–0) | Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA |
| October 25 7:00 p.m. | No. 25 | No. 6 Virginia Rivalry | L 0–2 | 7–4–2 (1–4–2) | Thompson Field (1,738) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 29* 7:00 p.m. | No. 22 | at Princeton | L 2–3 | 7–5–2 (1–4–2) | Roberts Stadium (200) Princeton, NJ |
| November 1 7:00 p.m. | No. 22 | at Duke | W 2–1 | 8–5–2 (2–4–2) | Koskinen Stadium (793) Durham, NC |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| November 6 4:00 p.m. | (11) No. 22 | at (6) Louisville First Round | W 2–0 | 9–5–2 | Lynn Stadium (255) Louisville, KY |
| November 10 5:00 p.m. | (11) No. 22 | at (3) No. 7 Wake Forest Quarterfinals | T 2–2 (5–6 PKs) $^{2OT}$ | 9–5–3 | Spry Stadium (2,009) Winston-Salem, NC |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 24 4:00 p.m. | (10) No. 23 | No. 16 New Hampshire Second Round | W 4–1 | 10–5–3 | Thompson Field (420) Blacksburg, VA |
| December 1 8:00 p.m. | (10) No. 23 | at (7) No. 7 Stanford Third Round | L 1–2 | 10–6–3 | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (664) Stanford, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
| Kristo Strickler | All-ACC Second Team | November 13, 2019 | |
| Daniel Pereira | All-ACC Freshman Team | November 13, 2019 | |

## 2020 MLS Super Draft

| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
| James Kasak | Sporting Kansas City | 4 | 84 | DF |
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## 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 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 22 | RV | 25 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 23 | None Released | None Released | None Released | None Released | 13 |
| TopDrawer Soccer | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 |