2023 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

The 2023 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team represented the University of Louisville during the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cardinals were led by head coach John Michael Hayden, in his fifth season. They played their home games at Lynn Stadium. This was the team's 45th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 10th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2023 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record12–6–3 (2–4–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sean Teepen (2nd season)
  • Stephen Lunney (1st season)
Home stadiumLynn Stadium
2023 ACC men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Atlantic
No. 15 Wake Forest + 4 –1 –311 –3 –5
No. 1 Clemson ‡ 4 –2 –215 –3 –5
No. 25 Syracuse + 2 –1 –59 –5 –7
No. 24 Louisville + 2 –4 –212 –6 –3
NC State 1 –5 –26 –9 –3
Boston College 0 –5 –33 –9 –5
Coastal
No. 2 Notre Dame + 6 –0 –213 –3 –6
No. 13 Virginia + 5 –2 –111 –4 –4
No. 20 Duke+ 4 –3 –111 –4 –3
No. 6 North Carolina + 2 –3 –311 –3 –7
Pittsburgh + 2 –3 –36 –7 –4
Virginia Tech 2 –5 –14 –9 –4
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The ACC

The Cardinals finished the season 12–6–3 overall and 2–4–2 in ACC play to finish in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. As the ninth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they defeated eighth seed Pittsburgh in overtime in the First Round and upset first seed Notre Dame in the Quarterfinals. They were defeated by eventual tournament champions Clemson in the Semfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Dayton in the First Round before losing to West Virginia in the Second Round to end their season.

Background
Main article: 2022 Louisville Cardinals men's soccer team

The Cardinals finished the season 9–6–3 overall and 4–3–1 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Atlantic Division. As the fifth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they were upset by twelfth seed Virginia Tech in the First Round. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Western Michigan to end their season.

Player movement

Players leaving
Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Dante Huckaby2DF6'1"172SophomoreMorgantown, West VirginiaTransferred to West Virginia[1]
Matty Walters5DF5'8"144SeniorMarysville, OhioGraduated
Rafael Pinzón6MF5'7"146JuniorMexico City, MexicoTransferred to Stetson
Aboubacar Camara9FW5'8"170JuniorUpper Darby, PennsylvaniaTransferred to Kentucky[2]
Ugochukwu Achara10FW6'1"172SeniorEnugu, NigeriaTransferred to Northwestern
Macoumba Ba11FW5'8"148JuniorDakar, SenegalTransferred to St. John's
Eric Danquah14MF5'6"135JuniorAccra, GhanaTransferred to St. John's
Nico Diaz17FW5'10"161JuniorNew Smyrna Beach, Florida—
Marcus Jorgensen18DF6'2"185FreshmanViborg, DenmarkTransferred to Cal Poly Pomona
Patrick Ajdukiewicz19MF5'8"158SophomoreBarrington, Illinois—

Incoming Transfers
Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Gaetano D'Argento2DF5'10"163JuniorWayne, IllinoisBowling Green[3]
Mason Tatafu5DF6'2"185JuniorPerth, AustraliaHofstra
Gage Guerra9FW5'10"180JuniorHouston, TexasArmy[3]
Xavi Wences14MF5'10"160JuniorMexico City, MexicoUSC Upstate

Recruiting Class
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Elijah Brijbasi
MF
 USABaltimore, MarylandPipeline SC[4]
Ethan Subachan
FW
 USACooper City, FloridaOrlando City SC Academy[5]
Chase Vazquez
FW
 USABoca Raton, FloridaOrlando City SC Academy[6]

Squad

Roster
As of 23 January 2024[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  USA Gavin Krenecki
2 DF  USA Gaetano D'Argento
3 DF  USA Ryan Nichols
4 DF  USA Bryce Lebel
5 DF  AUS Mason Tatafu
6 MF  USA RC Schmeider
7 FW  USA Brandon McManus
8 MF  USA David Boccuzzo
9 FW  USA Gage Guerra
10 FW  CYP Konstantinos Georgallides
11 FW  USA Damien Barker John
12 MF  NOR Filip Fredhall
13 MF  USA Bradley Sample
14 MF  MEX Xavi Wences
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  USA Josh Jones
17 MF  USA Elijah Brijbasi
18 DF  USA Ethan Subachan
20 DF  USA Parker Forbes
21 MF  USA Ayden Nocus
22 DF  USA Axel Alejandre
23 MF  USA Quinton Elliot
24 FW  USA Chase Vazquez
26 MF  USA Sammy Murphy
29 GK  USA Alex Svetanoff
30 GK  USA Ryan Troutman
31 GK  USA Liam Fitzgerald
46 MF  NOR Sander Roed

Team management
Position Staff
Head coachJohn Michael Hayden
Assistant CoachSean Teepen
Assistant CoachStephen Lunney
Volunteer assistant coachDarren Yeagle
Director of OperationsJames Kusak

Source:[7]

Schedule

Source:[8]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Regular Season
August 24*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX		 No. 16 Tulsa W 1–0  1–0–0
 Lynn Stadium (687)
Louisville, KY
August 28*
7:30 p.m., ACCNX		 Bellarmine W 3–0  2–0–0
 Lynn Stadium (887)
Louisville, KY
September 1*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 12 at UNC Greensboro W 2–0  3–0–0
 UNCG Soccer Stadium (1,221)
Greensboro, NC
September 5*
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 No. 7 No. 19 Kentucky
Rivalry		 W 4–2  4–0–0
 Lynn Stadium (2,350)
Louisville, KY
September 8
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 No. 7 at No. 4 Syracuse T 2–2  4–0–1
(0–0–1)		 SU Soccer Stadium (1,832)
Syracuse, NY
September 15
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 No. 5т Virginia Tech L 1–2  4–1–1
(0–1–1)		 Lynn Stadium (1,071)
Louisville, KY
September 19*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 No. 10 at Evansville W 2–0  5–1–1
 McCutchan Stadium (831)
Evansville, IN
September 24
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 No. 10 NC State W 5–2  6–1–1
(1–1–1)		 Lynn Stadium
Louisville, KY
September 29
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 No. 8 at Virginia L 0–3  6–2–1
(1–2–1)		 Klöckner Stadium (1,400)
Charlottesville, VA
October 2
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 No. 8 Kansas City W 3–2  7–2–1
 Lynn Stadium (812)
Louisville, KY
October 6
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 No. 21 at Clemson L 0–4  7–3–1
(1–3–1)		 Riggs Field (2,575)
Clemson, SC
October 10*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 Ohio State T 2–2  7–3–2
 Lynn Stadium (587)
Louisville, KY
October 13
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 Boston College W 1–0  8–3–2
(2–3–1)		 Lynn Stadium (822)
Louisville, KY
October 17*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at Oakland W 4–0  9–3–2
 Oakland Soccer Field (100)
Rochester, MI
October 22
5:00 p.m., ACCNX		 at No. 11 North Carolina L 0–2  9–4–2
(2–4–1)		 Dorrance Field (3,887)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 27
7:00 p.m., ACCNX		 No. 3 Wake Forest T 2–2  9–4–3
(2–4–2)		 Lynn Stadium (1,052)
Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 1
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 (9) at (8) Pittsburgh
First Round		 W 2–1 2OT 10–4–3
 Ambrose Urbanic Field (717)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 5
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 (9) at (1) No. 2 Notre Dame
Quarterfinals		 W 4–3  11–4–3
 Alumni Stadium (794)
Notre Dame, IN
November 8
8:00 p.m., ACCN		 (9) No. 20 at (4) No. 14 Clemson
Semifinals		 L 1–5  11–5–3
 Riggs Field (3,785)
Clemson, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 16
7:00 p.m., ESPN+		 Dayton
First Round		 W 4–3  12–5–3
 Lynn Stadium (877)
Louisville, KY
November 19
2:00 p.m., ESPN+		 at (5) No. 5 West Virginia
Second Round		 L 0–1  12–6–3
 Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (3,137)
Morgantown, WV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors
Recipient Award Date Ref.
Gage Guerra Pre-Season Hermann Trophy Watchlist August 24 [9]
Sander Roed Pre-Season All-ACC Team August 26 [10]
Alex Svetanoff ACC Defensive Player of the Week August 29 [11]
Gage Guerra ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 5 [12]
September 12 [13]
Damien Barker-John ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week September 26 [14]
Sander Roed All-ACC Second Team November 8 [15]
Damien Barker-John
Josh Jones All-ACC Third Team
Alex Svetanoff ACC All-Tournament Team November 12, 2023 [16]
Sander Roed

2024 MLS Super Draft
Main article: 2024 MLS SuperDraft
Player Team Round Pick # Position
Damien Barker-JohnReal Salt Lake237FW
Josh JonesReal Salt Lake247DF
Gage GuerraPortland Timbers369FW

Source:[17]

Rankings
Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer[18]RV1275т10821————20Not released24
TopDrawer Soccer[19]——197191323————2024————

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