2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
The 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 61st season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. The regular season began on August 30, 2019 and continued into the third weekend of November 2019. The season culminated with the four-team College Cup at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, December 13–15, 2019. A total of 206 men's soccer teams played in Division I during this season. The Georgetown Hoyas won their first NCAA title, defeating the Virginia Cavaliers 7–6 on penalty kicks following a 3–3 draw after.two extra time periods.
Changes from 2018
Coaching changes
New programs
The Merrimack Warriors began the transition from Division II to Division I, joining the Northeast Conference.Long Island University announced in October 2018 that its two current athletic programs—the Division I LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds and the Division II LIU Post Pioneers—would merge into a single Division I athletic program under the LIU name after the 2018–19 school year. The unified program, which maintains LIU Brooklyn's Division I and Northeast Conference memberships, announced its new nickname of Sharks on May 15, 2019. With both campuses having sponsored men's soccer, the two teams became a single LIU team based at the Post campus in Nassau County, New York in the 2019 season.
Rebranded programs
In addition to LIU, one other Division I men's soccer program assumed a new athletic identity during the 2018–19 offseason. On July 1, 2019, the University of Missouri–Kansas City announced that its athletic program, previously known as the UMKC Kangaroos, would henceforth be known as the Kansas City Roos.Upcoming programs
Three schools that sponsor men's soccer will begin transitions from Division II in the 2020–21 school year. Bellarmine will join the ASUN Conference, Dixie State will join the Western Athletic Conference, and UC San Diego will join the Big West Conference.Discontinued programs
Despite the program's many successes, the University of New Mexico's Board of Regents voted, for economic reasons, to discontinue the men's soccer program and three other sports teams at the conclusion of their 2018–19 seasons.Conference realignment
This was also the final season for four schools in their then-current conferences. The Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners and Kansas City Roos will both leave their current home of the Western Athletic Conference, with the Roadrunners joining the Big West Conference and the Roos returning to the Summit League in July 2020. The Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons will leave the Summit League for the Horizon League. The UConn Huskies will leave the American Athletic Conference to join several of their former conference mates in the Big East Conference.Season outlook
Preseason polls
Regular season
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Standings
Major upsets
In this list, a "major upset" is defined as a game won by a team ranked 10 or more spots lower or an unranked team that defeats a team ranked #15 or higher.All rankings are from the United Soccer Coaches Poll.
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser |
| August 30 | @ Xavier | 2–0 | #3 Akron |
| September 3 | @ Louisville | 3–0 | #9 Kentucky |
| September 6 | @ UCLA | 3–2 | #3 Maryland |
| September 12 | @ Cal State Northridge | 3–1 | #8 Washington |
| September 13 | @ UC Riverside | 2–0 | #14 Florida Gulf Coast |
| September 13 | @ West Virginia | 5–2 | #15 Coastal Carolina |
| September 14 | Memphis | 3–2 2OT | @ #11 Xavier |
| September 17 | @ James Madison | 1–0 | #1 Wake Forest |
| September 23 | @ #25 Maryland | 1–0 2OT | #9 St. John's |
| September 24 | @ Butler | 2–1 | #5 Indiana |
| September 24 | @ #17 Louisville | 1–0 2OT | #2 Georgetown |
| September 26 | UC Davis | 4–2 | @ #6 Saint Mary's |
| September 27 | Duke | 3–2 | @ #14 North Carolina |
| October 4 | @ Boston College | 2–1 | #3 Wake Forest |
| October 5 | @ Maryland | 2–0 | #14 Cal State Fullerton |
| October 15 | Georgia State | 1–0 | @ #10 Charlotte |
| October 18 | @ #25 Maryland | 3–0 | #6 Indiana |
| October 18 | Pittsburgh | 2–0 | @ #1 Virginia |
| October 18 | Memphis | 4–3 OT | @ #3 SMU |
| October 26 | Notre Dame | 1–0 | @ #2 Wake Forest |
| October 26 | @ Florida Atlantic | 1–0 OT | #15 Marshall |
| November 1 | @ South Carolina | 1–0 | #13 FIU |
| November 1 | @ Albany | 1–0 | #14 New Hampshire |
| November 6 | @ Providence | 2–0 | #8 St. John's |
| November 7 | California | 3–2 | @ #1 Washington |
| November 14 | California | 1–0 | @ #4 Stanford |
| November 15 | Michigan | 1–0 | #12 Penn State |
| November 15 | Providence | 2–1 | @ #14 St. John's |
| November 24 | #22 UC Santa Barbara | 4–0 | @ #10 Saint Mary's |
| December 1 | #22 UC Santa Barbara | 1–0 2OT | @ #6 Indiana |
Early season tournaments
Several universities hosted early season soccer tournaments.| Name | Date | Stadium | City | No. teams | Champion |
| Bryant & Sons Cup | Aug. 17 | Harder Stadium | Santa Barbara, CA | 2 | UC Santa Barbara |
| Aaron Olitsky Memorial Classic | Aug. 30–Sep. 1 | Patriots Point Soccer Field | Charleston, SC | 4 | Georgia Southern |
| Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic | Aug. 30–Sep. 1 | Bill Armstrong Stadium | Bloomington, IN | 4 | Indiana |
| Carolina Nike Classic | Aug. 30–Sep. 1 | UNC Lacrosse & Soccer Stadium | Chapel Hill, NC | 4 | Wake Forest |
| Hampton Inn at Loyola Chicago Classic | Aug. 30–Sep. 1 | Loyola Soccer Park | Chicago, IL | 4 | Loyola Chicago |
| John Rennie Invitational | Aug. 30–Sep. 1 | Koskinen Stadium | Durham, NC | 4 | Duke |
| Portland Tournament | Aug. 30–Sep. 1 | Merlo Field | Portland, OR | 4 | Coastal Carolina |
| Wolstein Classic | Aug. 30–Sep. 1 | Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium | Columbus, OH | 4 | Cal State Northridge |
| Mike Gibbs Memorial Tournament | Aug. 30–Sep. 2 | Hodges Stadium | Jacksonville, FL | 4 | North Florida |
| VCU Tournament | Aug. 31–Sep. 2 | Sports Backers Stadium | Richmond, VA | 4 | LIU |
| Aztec Soccer Classic | Sep. 6–8 | SDSU Sports Deck | San Diego, CA | 4 | Detroit Mercy |
| Chicago Classic | Sep. 6–8 | Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium | Evanston, IL | 4 | Bowling Green |
| Copa de Causeway | Sep. 6–8 | Aggie Soccer Field | Davis, CA | 4 | UC Davis |
| Dayton Classic | Sep. 6–8 | Baujan Field | Dayton, OH | 4 | Ohio State |
| Fairfield Inn/JMU Invitational | Sep. 6–8 | Sentara Park | Harrisonburg, VA | 4 | Virginia Tech |
| Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament | Sep. 6–8 | Alumni Stadium | Notre Dame, IN | 4 | Notre Dame |
| Soccer For a Cure Classic | Sep. 6–8 | Mike Rose Soccer Complex | Memphis, TN | 4 | Mercer |
| Stihl Classic | Sep. 6–8 | ODU Soccer Complex | Norfolk, VA | 4 | NJIT |
Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week
- Bold denotes TDS player of the week.
College Soccer News Team of the Week
- Bold denotes College Soccer News player of the week.
Postseason
Conference winners and tournaments
- * = Ineligible, in transition from DII
Postseason awards
Hermann Trophy
The Hermann Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player. The finalists were announced on December 12. On January 4, 2020, Robbie Robinson of Clemson won the Hermann Trophy.- Joe Bell - Virginia
- Dylan Nealis - Georgetown
- Robbie Robinson - Clemson
TDS National Player of the Year
- Joe Bell - Virginia
Senior CLASS Award
- The Senior CLASS Award is presented each year to the most outstanding senior in NCAA Division I. Elliot Panicco of Charlotte won the award. The following finalists were:
- * Tanner Beason, Stanford
- * Gideon Betz, Campbell
- * Drake Callender, California
- * Anders Engebretsen, Saint Mary's
- * Dayonn Harris, UConn
- * Cal Jennings, UCF
- * Garrett McLaughlin, SMU
- * Elliot Panicco, Charlotte
- * Mauricio Pineda, North Carolina
- * Jack Skahan, North Carolina
All-Americans
Conference player and coaches of the year
| Conference | :Category:NCAA Division I men's soccer conference players of the year|Conference Player of the Year | Offensive Player of the Year | Defensive Player of the Year | Midfielder of the Year | Goalkeeper of the Year | Rookie of the Year | :Category:NCAA Division I men's soccer conference coaches of the year|Conference Coach of the Year |
| America East | Austin DaSilva | Josh Bauer | Antonio Colacci | Alejandro Robles | Rasmus Tobinski | Marc Hubbard | |
| American | Cal Jennings | Eddie Munjoma | Yoni Sorokin & Gabriel Costa & | Yannik Oettl | Gino Vivi | Scott Calabrese | |
| ACC | Robbie Robinson | Malick Mbaye | Joe Bell | Philip Mayaka | Mike Noonan | ||
| Atlantic Sun | Rene White | Rene White | Ian McCauley | Samuel Reisgys | Alejandro Rabell | Fernando Barboto | |
| Atlantic 10 | Jonas Fjeldberg | Joergen Oland | Kingsford Adjei | Toluwalase Oladeinbo | Gareth Elliott | ||
| Big East | Tani Oluwasey | Dylan Nealis | Jacob Montes | Giannis Nikopolidis & Jan Hoffelner & | Wilmer Cabrera Jr. | Dave Masur | |
| Big South | Thibaut Jacquel | Gideon Betz | Moses Mensah | Dustin Fonder | |||
| Big Ten | Nebojša Popović | Aaron Molloy | Jack Maher | Andrew Verdi | Aidan Morris | Todd Yeagley | |
| Big West | Daniel Trejo | Noah Billingsley | Victor Falck & Thibault Candia & | Wallis Lapsley | Finn Ballard-McBride | Dwayne Shaffer | |
| Colonial | Manuel Ferriol | Manuel Ferriol | Danny Reynolds | Timothy Ennin | Aidan Heaney | ||
| Conference USA | Aimé Mabika | Milo Yosef | Aimé Mabika & Nick O'Callaghan & | Andrew Booth | Elliot Panicco & Paulo Pita & | Milo Yosef | Chris Grassie |
| Horizon | Jesus Perez | Bar Hozut | Jacob Graiber | Sullivan Lauderdale | Robert Alonso | Sean Phillips | |
| Ivy | Mark Winhoffer | Alex Touche | Uri Zeitz | Kylie Stannard | |||
| MAAC | Dominic Laws | Malcolm Moreno | Samuel Ilin | Tomas Svecula | Julian Richens | ||
| Mid-American | Jorge Gonzalez | Charlie Sharp | Jared Embick | ||||
| Missouri Valley | Aidan Megally | Matthew Bentley | Kyle Hiebert | Michael Creek | Andy Mitchell | Jon Leamy | |
| Northeast | Lucas Rosa | Mirko Nufi | Papa Ndoye | Tony Martone | |||
| Pac-12 | Blake Bodily | Ethan Bartlow | Ousseni Bouda | Jamie Clark | |||
| Patriot | Josh Luchini | Matt Nocita | Barry Sharifi | Will Smith | Daniel Osuji | Dean Koski | |
| Southern | Casey Penland | Josh Perryman | Adrian Roseth | Doug Allison | |||
| Summit | Tanguy Guerineau | Paul Kirdorf | Miles Motakef | Reed Barry | Ryan Bush & Eric Johnson & | ||
| Sun Belt | Niklas Brodacki | Aris Briggs | Zeiko Harris | Sam Snaith | Ross Duncan | ||
| WAC | Blake Frischknecht | Nkosi Burgess | James Morris | Pete Fewing | |||
| West Coast | Anders Engebretsen & Miguel Berry & | Miguel Barry | Filippo Zattarin | Anders Engebretsen | Remi Prieur | Noel Caliskan | Adam Cooper |
Other major awards
- United Soccer Coaches College Coach of the Year: Brian Wiese, Georgetown
- Bill Jeffrey Award: Steve Clements, Tyler Junior College
- Glenn Myernick Award:
- Jerry Yeagley Award: Ann Murphy, Saint Louis
- Mike Berticelli Award: Roy Dunshee, Washington College
- NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament Most Outstanding Player:
- * Offensive: Daryl Dike, Virginia
- * Defensive: Dylan Nealis, Georgetown
- TopDrawerSoccer.com National Freshman of the Year Award: Aidan Morris, Indiana
Final rankings
| Rank | United Soccer Coaches | TopDrawerSoccer.com | College Soccer News |
| 1 | Georgetown | Georgetown | Georgetown |
| 2 | Virginia | Virginia | Virginia |
| 3 | Wake Forest | Wake Forest | Stanford |
| 4 | Stanford | Stanford | Wake Forest |
| 5 | Clemson | SMU | SMU |
| 6 | Washington | Washington | Clemson |
| 7 | SMU | UC Santa Barbara | Washington |
| 8 | UC Santa Barbara | Clemson | UC Santa Barbara |
| 9 | Indiana | Indiana | Indiana |
| 10 | UCF | UCF | UCF |
| 11 | Marshall | Providence | Missouri State |
| 12 | St, John's | Virginia Tech | Marshall |
| 13 | Virginia Tech | Michigan | Saint Mary's |
| 14 | Providence | Louisville | Michigan |
| 15 | Saint Mary's | Marshall | Providence |
| 16 | Missouri State | St, John's | Seattle |
| 17 | Michigan | Missouri State | Virginia Tech |
| 18 | Penn State | Penn State | Louisville |
| 19 | Seattle | Charlotte | St. John's |
| 20 | Louisville | Maryland | Penn State |
| 21 | Charlotte | UC Davis | Kentucky |
| 22 | New Hampshire | Saint Mary's | New Hampshire |
| 23 | Kentucky | New Hampshire | Charlotte |
| 24 | Campbell | Wright State | UC Davis |
| 25 | UC Davis | Boston College | Canpbell |
| 26 | Maryland | ||
| 27 | Boston College | ||
| 28 | Yale | ||
| 29 | Pittsburgh | ||
| 30 | Coastal Carolina |
Statistics
Individuals
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- Individual statistics are through the games of December 15, 2019
Teams
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