The 2023 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented the University of Virginia during the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-eighth season. They played their home games at Klöckner Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. This was the team's 83rd season playing organized men's college soccer and their 72nd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Cavaliers finished the season 11–4–4 overall and 5–2–1 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Coastal Division. As the third overall seed in the ACC Tournament they earned a bye to the Quarterfinals where they were defeated by sixth seed Syracuse in penalties. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and they were the seventh overall seed. They defeated in the Second Round before losing 1–0 to in the Third Round to end their season.
Background
The Cavaliers finished the season 10–4–5 overall and 5–1–2 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Coastal Division. As the third overall seed in the ACC Tournament they defeated sixth seed Pittsburgh in the Quarterfinals before losing to eventual champions Syracuse on penalties in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to to end their season.
Player movement
Players leaving Departures Isaiah Byrd 3 MF 6'0" 175 Junior Gainesville, Virginia Transferred to Virginia Tech Jeremy Verley 6 MF 5'11" 165 Senior Kingston, Jamaica Graduated Erick Kilosho 8 MF 5'8" 165 Sophomore Roanoke, Virginia Transferred to George Mason Philip Horton 9 FW 6'0" 185 Junior New Albany, Ohio Signed Professional Contract with FC Cincinnati 2 Asparuh Slavov 10 MF 6'0" 175 Sophomore Alpharetta, Georgia Transferred to George Mason Kevin Ogudugu 11 FW/MF 5'9" 170 Junior Oslo, Norway Transferred to Northeastern Moritz Kappelsberger 13 DF 6'3" 207 Graduate Student Rosenheim, Germany Graduated Andreas Ueland 17 DF 6'5" 190 Senior Bryne, Norway Graduated; selected 68th overall in 2023 MLS SuperDraft Cabrel Happi Kamseu 20 FW 6'3" 185 Graduate Student Harare, Zimbabwe Graduated Nils Henry Orywol 21 MF/DF 5'10" 160 Sophomore Frankfurt, Germany Transferred to Tulsa Andy Sullins 25 FW 6'2" 180 Freshman Athens, Tennessee Transferred to Virginia Tech Owen Walz 27 MF 5'6" 150 Freshman Arlington, Virginia Transferred to University of San Diego Henry van Wincoop 28 FW 5'10" 170 Sophomore Charlottesville, Virginia — Truman Glenovatch 35 FW 5'10" 185 Graduate Student Miami, Florida Graduated
Players arriving
Incoming transfers
Departures Joey Batrouni 0 GK 6'1" 178 Junior San Antonio, Texas Coastal Carolina Mouhameth Thiam 11 MF 5'5" 142 Senior Dakar, Senegal Oregon State Elias Norris 21 FW 5'10" 155 Graduate Student Bethesda, Maryland George Washington Garrett Socas 24 MF 6'2" 172 Graduate Student McLean, Virginia Dartmouth Jack Singer 27 MF 6'1" 175 Graduate Student San Francisco, California California Austin Rome 33 DF 6'3" 185 Junior Bowie, Maryland Providence
Recruiting class
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Potomac, Maryland D.C. United Academy Accra, Ghana SIMA Houston, Texas Houston Dynamo 2 Apex, North Carolina Atlanta United 2 Brooklyn, New York Met Oval Memphis, Tennessee Memphis 901 FC Ashburn, Virginia Bethesda Academy Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Solar SC
Squad
Roster
Team management Head coach George Gelnovatch Associate Head Coach Matt Chulis Associate Head Coach Adam Perron Assistant coach Jermaine Birriel
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!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Tournament
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Awards and honors Leo Afonso Pre-Season All-ACC Team August 26 Stephen Annor Gyamfi ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 19 Joey Batrouni ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 3 Mouhameth Thiam ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week October 17 Stephen Annor Gyamfi ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 24 Mouhameth Thiam ACC Co-Midfielder of the Year November 8 Stephen Annor Gyamfi Freshman of the Year Mouhameth Thiam All-ACC First Team Stephen Annor Gyamfi Brendan Lambe All-ACC Freshman Team Stephen Annor Gyamfi
2024 MLS Super Draft
Aidan O'Connor New York Red Bulls 1 12 DF Stephen Annor Gyamfi Houston Dynamo 1 26 FW Leo Afonso Inter Miami 2 32 FW
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