The 2019 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team represented University of Pittsburgh during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Panthers were led by head coach Jay Vidovich, in his fourth season. They played home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This was the team's 66th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 7th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Pitt earned their first berth into the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament since 1965.
Background
The 2018 Pittsburgh men's soccer team finished the season with an 8–10–1 overall record and a 2–6–0 ACC record. The Panthers were seeded eleventh–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they upset Virginia in the first round before losing to Duke on penalties in the second round.
The Panthers were not invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. The Panthers had one player selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Javi Pérez, by Los Angeles FC.
Player movement
Players leaving Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Peter Prescott 2 DF 6'4" 180 Senior Vancouver, WA Graduated Tom Moxham 3 DF 6'0" 165 Senior Plymouth, England Graduated Shane Wiedt 4 DF 6'3" 180 Senior Akron, OH Graduated Joshua Gaspari 5 MF 5'7" 158 Senior Canberra, Australia Graduated Javi Pérez 6 MF 5'8" 158 Senior Valencia, Spain Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 64th overall by Los Angeles FC Robby Dambrot 22 DF 6'1" 166 Senior Akron, OH Graduated Craig Bair 23 DF 5'6" 155 Senior Brecksville, OH Graduated
Players arriving
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Greensburg, PA Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Ridgewood, NY NYCFC
Squad Roster
Updated August 20, 2019
Team management Position Staff Athletic Director Heather Lyke Head coach Jay Vidovich Assistant Coach Michael Behonick Assistant Coach Rich Costanzo
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Schedule
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!colspan=6 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=6 style=""| Regular season
!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Tournament
!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament
Awards and honors Edward Kizza All-ACC First Team November 13, 2019 Veljko Petković All-ACC Third Team Sito Sena Valentin Noël All-ACC Freshman Team Arturo Ordoñez Veljko Petkovic Edward Kizza All-ACC Tournament Team November 17, 2019 Arturo Ordonez
Rankings
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