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.
SchoolOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming coachDate of appointment UCLA Jorge Salcedo Resigned Preseason Matt Taylor (interim) UCLA Matt Taylor (interim)End of caretaker periodPreseason Ryan Jorden
Teams
Head coaches
Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record Record at school Pac-12 record NCAATournaments NCAACollege Cups NCAATitlesCalifornia Kevin Grimes SMU 19 11 0 0Oregon State Terry Boss Virginia 2 0 0 0San Diego State Lev Kirshner Rutgers 19 3 0 0Stanford Jeremy Gunn Charlotte 7 12 4 3UCLARyan JordenPacific1200Washington Jamie Clark Creighton 9 8 0 0
AC = Assistant coach
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity California Golden Bears Berkeley, California Edwards Stadium Oregon State Beavers Corvallis, Oregon Lorenz Field San Diego State Aztecs San Diego, California SDSU Sports Deck Stanford Cardinal Stanford, California Cagan Stadium UCLA Bruins Los Angeles, California Wallis Annenberg Stadium Washington Huskies Seattle, Washington Husky Soccer Stadium 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 formattingPac-12 member wonPac-12 member lostPac-12 member tiedPac-12 teams in bold All times Pacific time.
Conference results Each team plays every other conference team twice; once home and once away.
Positions by round
Postseason NCAA Tournament
The NCAA Tournament began in November 2019 and concluded in December 2019.
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 6 3 Washington vs. Boston College – vs. Marshall – at Georgetown – — — 7 4 Stanford vs. Seattle U – vs. Virginia Tech – at Clemson – vs. Georgetown – —
Rankings National rankings Improvement in ranking Drop in rankingRVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25NVNo votes received Pre Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 FinalCalifornia NVNVRVNVNVNVNVRVNone released NVNVRV25NVNVNVNVNVNVOregon State 22RVRVNVNVNVNVNVNone released RVRVNVNVNVNVNVRVNVNVSan Diego State NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone released NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVStanford 54321275None released 5532213 101110UCLA RVNVNVRVNVNVNVNVNone released NVNVNV1319NVNVNVNVNVWashington RV1381210722None released RVRV1311121313 221
Regional rankings - USC Far West Region Improvement in ranking Drop in rankingRVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 10NVNo votes received The United Soccer Coaches' Far West region ranks teams across the Pac-12, Big West, and WAC. Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12California7579NV8NV9Oregon StateNVNVNV87NVNVNVSan Diego StateNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVStanford12111222UCLA1075NVNV1010NVWashington21322111
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.Ref. Sep. 3Justin Garces UCLA GK Sep. 10Milan Iloski UCLA MF Sep. 17 Tanner Beason Stanford DF Sep. 24Sofiane Djeffal Oregon State FW Oct. 1Pablo Pelaez San Diego State MF Oct. 8Milan Iloski UCLA MF Oct. 15Ousseni 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 YearBlake Bodily – WashingtonDefensive Player of the YearEthan Bartlow – WashingtonCoach of the Year Jamie Clark – WashingtonFreshman of the Year Ousseni Bouda – Stanford
2019 Pac-12 Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Honorees Second Team Honorees Third Team HonoreesMilan 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, StanfordTommy 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, CaliforniaHunter 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 School Honor Ethan BartlowDFWashingtonCollege Soccer News Third-Team All-AmericanSoccer America Second-Team All-AmericanTopDrawer Soccer Second-Team All-AmericanUnited Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-AmericanTanner BeasonDFStanfordCollege Soccer News First-Team All-AmericanSoccer America First-Team All-AmericanTopDrawer Soccer Third-Team All-AmericanUnited Soccer Coaches First-Team All-AmericanSenior CLASS Award Senior All-AmericanBlake BodilyMFWashingtonCollege Soccer News First-Team All-AmericanSoccer America First-Team All-AmericanTopDrawer Soccer First-Team All-AmericanUnited Soccer Coaches First-Team All-AmericanOusseni BoudaFWStanfordCollege Soccer News First-Team Freshman All-AmericanTopDrawer Soccer First-Team Freshman All-AmericanSam FowlerGKWashingtonCollege Soccer News Second-Team Freshman All-AmericanTopDrawer Soccer Third-Team Freshman All-AmericanKasey FrenchDFWashingtonCoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-AmericanKeegan HughesDFStanfordCollege Soccer News First-Team Freshman All-AmericanTopDrawer Soccer Second-Team Freshman All-AmericanMilan IloskiFWUCLACollege Soccer News Second-Team All-AmericanTopDrawer Soccer Third-Team All-AmericanChristian SotoMFWashingtonCollege Soccer News Third-Team Freshman All-AmericanTopDrawer Soccer Second-Team Freshman All-AmericanAndrew ThomasGKStanfordCollege Soccer News Second-Team All-AmericanSoccer America Third-Team All-AmericanTopDrawer Soccer Third-Team All-AmericanUnited Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-AmericanCoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-American
2020 MLS Draft
The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held on January 9, 2020.
Total picks by school
TeamRound 1Round 2Round 3Total California – 1 – 1 Oregon State – – – 0 San Diego State – – – 0 Stanford 1 – 1 2 UCLA – – – 0 Washington – – 1 1 Total 1 1 2 4
List of selections
Round Pick # MLS team Player Position College 1 12 San Jose Earthquakes DF Stanford 2 30 New England Revolution DF California 3 58 Sporting Kansas City MF Washington 66 FC Dallas MF Stanford
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 SchoolRef. San Jose Earthquakes California (Jr.)
References
External links Pac-12 Men's Soccer