The 2019 Ivy League men's soccer season was the 65th season of the conference sponsoring men's varsity soccer. The season began in August 2019 and concluded in November 2019.
Princeton entered the 2019 season as the defending conference champions by virtue of having the best regular season record. The Ivy League is one of three NCAA Division I men's soccer conferences that do not have a conference tournament to determine their NCAA Tournament berth (the other two are the Pac-12 and the West Coast Conferences).
Princeton was unable to defend its title, as Yale had won its first Ivy League championship since 1989.
Background Previous season The 2018 season was the conference's 64th season sponsoring men's varsity soccer. Princeton won the Ivy League championship with a 5–1–1 record. In the first round, Princeton played Michigan. The match ended in a 1–1 draw, and ended with a 14-round penalty shoot-out. There, Princeton lost 10–11 on penalty kicks to Michigan.
Coaching changes There have been no coaching changes during the 2018–19 offseason.
Head coaches
Team Head coach Previous job Years atschool Overall record Record atschool Ivy Leaguerecord NCAATournaments NCAACollege Cups NCAATitles Ref.Brown Maine 9 3 0 0 Columbia Boston College (asst.) 9 1 0 0 Cornell Stanford (asst.) 3 0 0 0 Dartmouth East Tennessee State 2 1 0 0 Harvard California (asst.) 6 0 0 0 Penn Georgetown (asst.) 2 0 0 0 Princeton Princeton (asst.) 23 4 0 0 Yale Michigan State (asst.) 5 0 0 0
Preseason Preseason poll The preseason poll was released on August 28, 2019. Team ranking Raw PointsFirst place votes 1. Princeton12111 2.Dartmouth1023 3.Cornell941 4. Columbia901 5. Yale600 6. Penn430 7.Brown410 8.Harvard250
Preseason national polls The preseason national polls will be released in July and August 2019. UnitedSoccer CSN SoccerAmerica Top DrawerSoccerBrown — — — —Columbia — — — —Cornell — — — —Dartmouth — — — —Harvard — — — —Penn — — — —Princeton RV RV RV —Yale — — — —
Regular season Early season tournaments
Early season tournaments will be announced in late Spring and Summer 2019.
Team Tournament Finish Brown D.C. Invitational 2nd Columbia Creighton Classic 4th Cornell Wolverine Classic 3rd Harvard Carolina Classic 4th Yale Central New York Classic 3rd
Postseason NCAA Tournament
The NCAA Tournament will begin in November 2019 and conclude on December 17, 2019.
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 3 Yale L 0–3 vs. Boston College – (Boston, MA)
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 FinalBrown NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone releasedNV NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVColumbia NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone releasedNV NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVCornell NVNVNVNVNVNVNVRVNVNVNVNVNVNone releasedNV NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVDartmouth NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone releasedNV NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVHarvard NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone releasedNV NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVPenn NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNone releasedNV NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVPrinceton RVRVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVRVRVNVNVNone releasedNV NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVRVRVNVNVNVNVNVNVYale NVNVNVRVRVRVRV2424RVRVRV25None releasedRV NVNVNVNVRVRVNVRVRVRVRVRVNVRVNVNVNVNV
Regional rankings - USC Northeast Region Improvement in ranking Drop in rankingRVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 10NVNo votes received The United Soccer Coaches' Northeast poll features teams from the Ivy League, America East, NEC, and MAAC. Wk 1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12BrownNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVColumbia8NVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVCornell1033425457777Dartmouth6NV459NVNV9NVNVNVNVHarvardNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVNVPennNV673NV88NV910109Princeton2NVNV1067942233YaleNV102232223322
Awards and honors
Player of the week honors Week Player of the Week Rookie of the WeekRef. Player Position Team Player Position Team Sep. 9Mark WinhofferMFYaleWill CitronDFCornell Sep. 16Zach KalkMFDartmouthWalker GillespieFWPrinceton Sep. 23Harry FullerMFCornellWalker GillespieFWPrinceton Sep. 30Ryan BayneDFCornellMichael CollodiGKColumbia Oct. 7John DenisMFColumbiaSigfus ÁrnasonMFYale Oct. 14Mark WinhofferMFYaleGriffin GarrardFWCornell Oct. 21Miguel YusteMFYaleDaniel Diaz BonillaFWPrinceton Oct. 28Brandon BartelMFPennJack RosenerMFPenn Nov. 4Walker GillespieFWPrincetonWalker GillespieFWPrinceton Nov. 11John DenisMFColumbiaUri ZeitzMFColumbiaNov. 18Miguel YusteMFYaleKai LammersDFPenn
Postseason honors 2019 Ivy League Men's Soccer Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)Offensive Player of the YearMark Winhoffer, YaleDefensive Player of the YearAlex Touche, PennRookie of the YearUri Zeitz, ColumbiaCoach of the YearKylie Stannard, Yale
2019 Ivy League Men's Soccer All-Conference Teams First Team Honorees Second Team Honorees Honorable MentionAlex Touche, Penn (Jr., D) Enzo Okpoye, Yale (So., M) Ryan Bayne, Cornell (Sr., D) Jacob Schachner, Princeton (Sr., GK) Elian Haddock, Yale (So., GK) Mark Winhoffer, Yale (Jr., M) Joey Bhangdia, Penn (Jr., M) John Scearce, Cornell (Sr., M ) Miguel Yuste, Yale (Sr., M) Walker Gillespie, Princeton (Fr., F) John Denis, Columbia (Sr., M/F) Kevin O'Toole, Princeton (Jr., M)Henry Baldwin, Dartmouth (Sr., D) Justin Lobe, Yale (Sr., D) Connor Drought, Cornell (Fr., D) Kai Lammers, Penn (Fr., D) Cole Morokhovich, Princeton (Sr., D) Alex Budnik, Dartmouth (So., GK) Uri Zeitz, Columbia (Fr., M) Danny Schiller, Brown (Sr., M) Braden Salvati, Dartmouth (Sr., M/D) Ryan Matteo, Yale (Sr., M) Dawson McCartney, Dartmouth (Jr., M) Matt Chow, Brown (Sr., F)Owen Schwartz, Brown (Fr., D) Matthew Swain, Columbia (Sr., M/F) Matthew Glass, Harvard (Sr., M) Alex Charles, Princeton (So., D) Jeremy Haddock, Yale (So., D) Derek Waleffe, Brown (So., M) Brandon Bartel, Penn (Sr., M) Andrew Stevens, Columbia (So., M) Emeka Eneli, Cornell (So., F) Danny Laranetto, Columbia (Sr., M) Harry Fuller, Cornell (Jr., M ) Ohad Yahalom, Dartmouth (So., M) Moulay Hamza Kanzi Belghiti, Princeton (So., M) Zach Kalk, Dartmouth (Sr., M) Paolo Carroll, Yale (So., F) Jake Kohlbrenner, Penn (Jr., F)
Regional awards
Award Recipients CoSIDA Academic All-District John Leisman, Yale Matthew Swain, ColumbiaUnited Soccer All-Northeast First-Team Walker Gillespie, Princeton Mark Winhoffer, Yale Miguel Yuste, YaleUnited Soccer All-Northeast Second-Team John Scearce, Cornell Kevin O'Toole, Princeton Enzo Okpoye, YaleUnited Soccer All-Northeast Third-Team Alex Touche, Penn Ryan Matteo, Yale
2020 MLS Draft
The 2020 MLS SuperDraft was held in January 2020. No players from the Ivy League were selected in the SuperDraft.
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.
No players from the Ivy League signed homegrown contracts with their parent MLS clubs.
References
External links Ivy League Men's Soccer