# 2019 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season

The 2019 Pac-12 Conference men's soccer season was the 20th season of men's varsity soccer in the conference. The season began in August 2019 and concluded in November 2019.

## Background
### Previous season

The four-time defending champions, Stanford, successfully defended their Pac-12 title. The Cardinal entered the NCAA Tournament as the three-time defending champions, but were eliminated by Akron in the quarterfinals. Joining Stanford in the tournament were Oregon State, Washington, and UCLA.

### Coaching changes

On March 12, 2019, UCLA head coach, Jorge Salcedo was arrested, and indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for conspiracy to commit racketeering for alleged participation in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal. His indictment charged Salcedo with taking $200,000 in bribes to help two students, one in 2016 and one in 2018, get admitted to UCLA using falsified soccer credential admission information.
As a result, he was placed on leave by UCLA from his coaching position at the school. On March 21, 2019, it was announced that he had resigned.
During the spring season matches between March 21 and April 29, 2019 assistant coaches Phil Marfuggi and Matt Taylor took over coaching duties on an interim basis. On April 29, 2019, UCLA hired Ryan Jorden as the head coach of the program. Jorden had previously coached University of the Pacific men's soccer team.
| School | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
| UCLA | Jorge Salcedo | Resigned | March 21, 2019 | Preseason | Matt Taylor (interim) | March 22, 2019 |
| UCLA | Matt Taylor (interim) | End of caretaker period | April 29, 2019 | Preseason | Ryan Jorden | April 29, 2019 |

## Teams
### Head coaches

    As of 2018 season
| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Years at school | Overall record | Record at school | Pac-12 record | NCAA Tournaments | NCAA College Cups | NCAA Titles |
| California | Kevin Grimes | SMU$^{AC}$ | 19 | 185–124–42 (.587) | 185–124–42 (.587) | 82–79–21 (.508) | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Oregon State | Terry Boss | Virginia$^{AC}$ | 2 | 18–17–3 (.513) | 18–17–3 (.513) | 10–9–1 (.525) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Diego State | Lev Kirshner | Rutgers$^{AC}$ | 19 | 154–168–58 (.482) | 138–167–55 (.460) | 36–71–24 (.366) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanford | Jeremy Gunn | Charlotte | 7 | 283–90–54 (.726) | 96–29–23 (.726) | 45–14–11 (.721) | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| UCLA | Ryan Jorden | Pacific | 1 | 98–43–16 (.675) | 0–0–0 (–) | 0–0–0 (–) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | Jamie Clark | Creighton | 9 | 138–57–23 (.686) | 99–42–20 (.677) | 48–23–9 (.656) | 8 | 0 | 0 |
* AC = Assistant coach

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| California Golden Bears | Berkeley, California | Edwards Stadium | 22,000 |
| Oregon State Beavers | Corvallis, Oregon | Lorenz Field | 2,200 |
| San Diego State Aztecs | San Diego, California | SDSU Sports Deck | 1,000 |
| Stanford Cardinal | Stanford, California | Cagan Stadium | 4,000 |
| UCLA Bruins | Los Angeles, California | Wallis Annenberg Stadium | 3,000 |
| Washington Huskies | Seattle, Washington | Husky Soccer Stadium | 1,640 |
* Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Oregon, USC, Utah, and Washington State sponsor men's soccer at the club level and thus do not compete in the Pac-12 Conference. San Diego State is an associate member.

## Regular season

* Index to colors and formatting
* Pac-12 member won
* Pac-12 member lost
* Pac-12 member tied
* Pac-12 teams in bold
All times Pacific time.

### Conference results

Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.
| Home \ Away | CAL | OSU | SDSU | STA | UCLA | UW |
| California | — | 2–1 | Nov. 3 | 1–2 | Oct. 31 | 0–1 |
| Oregon State | Nov. 10 | — | 2–1 | Nov. 7 | 2–0 | Nov. 15 |
| San Diego State | 0–4 | Oct. 24 | — | 0–1 | Nov. 16 | Nov. 7 |
| Stanford | Nov. 14 | 1–1 | Oct. 31 | — | Nov. 3 | 1–2 |
| UCLA | 3–3 | Oct. 27 | 5–2 | 0–1 | — | Oct. 24 |
| Washington | Nov. 7 | 2–1 | 2–0 | Nov. 10 | 5–0 | — |

### Positions by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Washington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Stanford | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| California | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |
| Oregon State | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| UCLA | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | |
| San Diego State | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
* Leader and 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament

## Postseason
### NCAA Tournament

The NCAA Tournament will begin in November 2019 and conclude in December 2019.
| Seed | Region | School | 1st Round | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |

## 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 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 |
| California | USC | NV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | | | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| California | TDS | NV | NV | RV | 25 | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | | | | |
| Oregon State | USC | 22 | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | | | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Oregon State | TDS | RV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | RV | NV | NV | | | | |
| San Diego State | USC | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | | | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| San Diego State | TDS | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | | | | |
| Stanford | USC | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | | | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Stanford | TDS | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 10 | | | | |
| UCLA | USC | RV | NV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | | | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| UCLA | TDS | NV | NV | NV | 13 | 19 | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | | | | |
| Washington | USC | RV | 13 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | | | None released | None released | None released | None released |
| Washington | TDS | RV | RV | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | |

### Regional rankings - USC Far West 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' Far West region ranks teams across the Pac-12, Big West, and WAC.
| | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 |
| California | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | NV | 8 | NV | 9 |
| Oregon State | NV | NV | NV | 8 | 7 | NV | NV | NV |
| San Diego State | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Stanford | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| UCLA | 10 | 7 | 5 | NV | NV | 10 | 10 | NV |
| Washington | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

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

Following each week's games, Pac-12 conference officials select the player of the week.
| Week | Player | School | Pos. |
| Sep. 3 | Justin Garces | UCLA | GK |
| Sep. 10 | Milan Iloski | UCLA | MF |
| Sep. 17 | Tanner Beason | Stanford | DF |
| Sep. 24 | Sofiane Djeffal | Oregon State | FW |
| Oct. 1 | Pablo Pelaez | San Diego State | MF |
| Oct. 8 | Milan Iloski | UCLA | MF |
| Oct. 15 | Ousseni Bouda | Stanford | FW |
| Oct. 22 | | | |
| Oct. 29 | | | |
| Nov. 5 | | | |
| Nov. 12 | | | |
| Nov. 19 | | | |

### Postseason honors

2019 Pac-12 Men's Soccer Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Blake Bodily – Washington |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Ethan Bartlow – Washington |
| Coach of the Year | Jamie Clark – Washington |
| Freshman of the Year | Ousseni Bouda – Stanford |
2019 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams :
| First Team Honorees | Second Team Honorees | Third Team Honorees |
| Milan Iloski, UCLA Ousseni Bouda, Stanford Blake Bodily, Washington Taylor Davila, California Sofiane Djeffal, Oregon State Derek Waldeck, Stanford Joel Walker, Oregon State Ethan Bartlow, Washington Joe Hafferty, Oregon State Simon Lekressner, California Andrew Thomas, Stanford | Tommy Williamson, California Riley Ferch, UCLA Jared Gilbey, Stanford John Magnus, Washington Pablo Pelaez, San Diego State Logan Panchot, Stanford Tanner Beason, Stanford Adrian Crespo, Oregon State JJ Foe Nuphaus, California Matthew Powell, UCLA Drake Callender, California | Hunter George, San Diego State Zach Ryan, Stanford Charlie Wehan, Stanford Eric Iloski, UCLA Francisco Perez, California Christian Soto, Washington Dylan Teves, Washington Adam Vargas, San Diego State Eric Diaz, Oregon State Christopher Grey, California Ian Lonergan, California Sam Fowler, Washington |

### National awards

| Player | Pos. | School | Honor |
| Ethan Bartlow | DF | Washington | College Soccer News Third-Team All-American |
| Ethan Bartlow | DF | Washington | Soccer America Second-Team All-American |
| Ethan Bartlow | DF | Washington | TopDrawer Soccer Second-Team All-American |
| Ethan Bartlow | DF | Washington | United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-American |
| Tanner Beason | DF | Stanford | College Soccer News First-Team All-American |
| Tanner Beason | DF | Stanford | Soccer America First-Team All-American |
| Tanner Beason | DF | Stanford | TopDrawer Soccer Third-Team All-American |
| Tanner Beason | DF | Stanford | United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-American |
| Tanner Beason | DF | Stanford | Senior CLASS Award Senior All-American |
| Blake Bodily | MF | Washington | College Soccer News First-Team All-American |
| Blake Bodily | MF | Washington | Soccer America First-Team All-American |
| Blake Bodily | MF | Washington | TopDrawer Soccer First-Team All-American |
| Blake Bodily | MF | Washington | United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-American |
| Ousseni Bouda | FW | Stanford | College Soccer News First-Team Freshman All-American |
| Ousseni Bouda | FW | Stanford | TopDrawer Soccer First-Team Freshman All-American |
| Sam Fowler | GK | Washington | College Soccer News Second-Team Freshman All-American |
| Sam Fowler | GK | Washington | TopDrawer Soccer Third-Team Freshman All-American |
| Kasey French | DF | Washington | CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-American |
| Keegan Hughes | DF | Stanford | College Soccer News First-Team Freshman All-American |
| Keegan Hughes | DF | Stanford | TopDrawer Soccer Second-Team Freshman All-American |
| Milan Iloski | FW | UCLA | College Soccer News Second-Team All-American |
| Milan Iloski | FW | UCLA | TopDrawer Soccer Third-Team All-American |
| Christian Soto | MF | Washington | College Soccer News Third-Team Freshman All-American |
| Christian Soto | MF | Washington | TopDrawer Soccer Second-Team Freshman All-American |
| Andrew Thomas | GK | Stanford | College Soccer News Second-Team All-American |
| Andrew Thomas | GK | Stanford | Soccer America Third-Team All-American |
| Andrew Thomas | GK | Stanford | TopDrawer Soccer Third-Team All-American |
| Andrew Thomas | GK | Stanford | United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-American |
| Andrew Thomas | GK | Stanford | CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-American |

## 2020 MLS Draft

The 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be held in January 2020.
| Rnd. | Pick | Player | Pos. | Team | School |

## 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.
| Original MLS team | Player | Pos. | School | Ref. |
| San Jose Earthquakes | Drake Callender | GK | California (Jr.) | |