2020–21 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team
The 2020–21 SIU Edwardsville Cougars men's soccer team represents Southern Illinois University Edwardsville during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's soccer season, the school's 54rd season. The Cougars are led by second-year head coach Cale Wassermann. The team plays their home games on Bob Guelker Field at the Ralph Korte Stadium as an affiliate member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).[1][2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competitive season was moved from the fall of 2020 to the spring of 2021.
SIUE men's soccer is an affiliate member of the Mid-American Conference
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
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| Home stadium | Ralph Korte Stadium Capacity, 4,000 |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SIU Edwardsville | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Preseason
Fourteen players returned from the 2019 team. Eleven of the returners started at least one game for the 2019 Cougars. The team is joined by five freshmen, a junior college graduate, 3 post-graduate students with remaining eligibility, and four student-athletes who transferred from other schools.[3]
Regular season
The season was set to begin on February 3 and conclude on April 18, with the NCAA Tournament (reduced to 36 teams) to conclude with the College Cup on May 13-17. [4]
Coaches
Cale Wassermann is in his second season as head coach of the Cougars. Daniel Brennan, an Edwardsville native is also in his second season as assistant coach. and assistant Matt Cannady is in his first season with the Cougars.[5]
Roster
Buff background indicates returning players from 2019. Pink background indicates players "redshirted" in 2019.
| # | Name | Nationality | Height | Weight | Class | Hometown | High School | Academy/Club | Transfer from |
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| Goalkeepers | |||||||||
| 1 | Lluìs MartorellC |  |
6' 2" | 170 | R-Junior | Barcelona, Spain | Collegi Sant Miquel | Unificació Bellvitge Club U19 | |
| 29 | Eric Bauche |  |
6' | 160 | R-Junior | Weldon Spring, Missouri | St. Dominic | Sporting St. Louis | |
| 30 | Sam Gomez | |
6' 1" | 180 | Freshman | Webster Groves, Missouri | Webster Groves | ||
| 31 | Tor Erik Larsen |  |
6' 3" | 190 | Senior | Ålesund, Norway | Fagerlia Videregaaende skole | Aalesunds fk | Purdue Fort Wayne |
| Defenders | |||||||||
| 3 | Noah Fetter | |
5'11" | 155 | R-Sophomore | Overland Park, Kansas | Blue Valley Northwest | ||
| 4 | Sam Layton | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} |
6' 2" | 160 | R-Freshman | Brisbane, Australia | Burnley Youth Academy (UK) | ||
| 5 | Max Broughton |  |
6' 1" | 160 | Freshman | Rawtenstall, England | Salford City (U23) | ||
| 12 | Aaron Crabtree | |
6' | 172 | Sophomore | Manchester, England | St. Bedes College | U18 Premier League | |
| 22 | David Lianes | |
6' | Graduate | Madrid, Spain | Huerfanos de la Armada | Honor Youth Division of Spain | Dayton | |
| 24 | Wesley Gibson | |
6' 1" | 180 | Freshman | Morton, Illinois | Morton | Central Illinois United | |
| 25 | Cameron McNeil | |
6' | 180 | Junior | Rochester Hills, Michigan | De La Salle Collegiate | Vardar Academy | Oakland, Marshall |
| 26 | Corban McAvinew | |
5'9" | 155 | Junior | Canal Fulton, Ohio | Northwest | Internationals Soccer Academy | |
| 28 | Collin Budd | |
5' 10" | 160 | Junior | Arcola, Illinois | ALAH High School | RSL Arizona/St. Louis Scott Gallagher | |
| Midfielders | |||||||||
| 6 | Jake MeierC | |
6' 2" | 175 | Junior | Jordan, Minnesota | Shakopee | Minnesota Thunder Academy | Indiana |
| 8 | Andres Delascio | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} |
5'11" | 160 | Sophomore | Milton, Ontario. Canada | Holy Trinity Catholic | Sigma FC | |
| 7 | Harvey Moyes |  |
6'2" | Graduate | Glasgow. Scotland | Jordan Hill School | University of Stirling FC | Northern Kentucky | |
| 10 | Oskar Lenz |  |
6' 2" | 170 | Sophomore | Hamburg, Germany | Gymnasium Allee | FC St. Pauli U19 | |
| 11 | Steven Bibas | |
5' 6" | 155 | Junior | St. Louis, Missouri | Vianney | Sporting St. Louis | |
| 13 | Kelby Phillips | |
5 '8" | 145 | Junior | Springfield, Illinois | Springfield | ||
| 14 | Seth Korenek | |
5'9" | 165 | Sophomore | Corpus Christi, Texas | W. B. Ray | South Texas Futbol Club | Tulsa |
| 15 | Jack Edwards | |
6' 2" | 150 | Junior | St. Louis, Missouri | CBC | Sporting St. Louis | |
| 20 | Myles Sophanavong | |
5'10" | 160 | Freshman | Peoria, Illinois | Peoria Notre Dame | Central Illinois United/STLFC Academy | |
| 21 | Omer Cohen |  |
5' 8" | 150 | Graduate | Hod HaSharon. Israel | Hapoel Herzliya | Israeli Army | |
| 23 | David Medeiros |  |
5' 5" | 140 | Junior | São Paulo, Brazil | Immaculata-LaSalle (Miami, FL) | Santos Youth Academy (Brazil)/Weston FC | Indian Hills CC |
| Forwards | |||||||||
| 2 | Vincent Jackson II | |
5' 9" | 160 | Sophomore | Farmington Hills, Michigan | Wylie E. Groves | Virginia Tech | |
| 9 | Alex Pontoni |  |
6' 1" | 155 | Freshman | Variano, Italy | Udinese/ASD Rive D'Arcano | ||
| 17 | Jacob Bilyeu | |
6' 2" | 155 | Sophomore | Oakville, Missouri | Oakville | ||
| 19 | Mitchell Murphy | |
6'1" | 175 | Sophomore | Quincy, Illinois | Quincy Notre Dame | Lou Fusz | SMU |
C = Captains
Schedule & results
Source = [8]
Visiting team on the left, the home team on the right. Rankings from the United Soccer Coaches polls.
Regular season
| September 5, 2020 | Central Methodist | Cancelled | SIUE | Edwardsville, Illinois |
| [ Report] | Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium |
| September 15, 2020 | SIUE | Cancelled | Notre Dame | South Bend, Indiana |
| [ Report] | Stadium: Alumni Stadium |
| September 26, 2020 | Central Arkansas | Cancelled | SIUE | Edwardsville, Illinois |
| [ Report] | Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium |
| October 27, 2021 | Wright State | Cancelled | SIUE | Edwardsville, Illinois |
| [ Report] | Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium |
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all Mid-American Conference games scheduled for October & November, 2020 were rescheduled to March & April, 2021.
| February 5, 2021 | SIUE | 2–1 2ot | Butler | |
| 2:30 PM CST | Korenek  75' (Lenz)McNeil  86'Lenz 101' (PK) |
Report | Nasser 36' (Cabrerra) Hooks 101'Myers 101' |
Stadium: Attendance: 134 |
| February 17, 2021 Bronze Boot Game † | SIUE | v | Saint Louis | St. Louis, MO |
| 7:00 PM CST | [ Report] | Stadium: Hermann Stadium |
| February 21, 2021 | Evansville | v | SIUE | Edwardsville, Illinois |
| 2:00 PM CST | [ Report] | Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium |
| March 1, 2021 | SIUE | v | Missouri State | Springfield, MO |
| 6:00 PM CST | [ Report] | Stadium: Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium |
| March 7, 2021 Rescheduled from 10/10/20 | Western Michigan * | v | SIUE | Edwardsville, Illinois |
| 1:00 PM CST | [ Report] | Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium |
| March 14, 2021 Rescheduled from 11/07/20 | SIUE | v | Bowling Green * | Bowling Green, OH |
| 1:00 PM CDT | [ Report] | Stadium: Doyt Perry Stadium |
| March 17, 2021 Rescheduled from 10/31/20 | Akron * | v | SIUE | Edwardsville, Illinois |
| 1:00 PM CDT | [ Report] | Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium |
| March 21, 2021 | West Virginia * | v | SIUE | Edwardsville, Illinois |
| 1:00 PM CDT | [ Report] | Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium |
| March 28, 2021 | SIUE | v | Akron * | Akron, OH |
| 11:00 AM CDT | [ Report] | Stadium: FirstEnergy Stadium |
| March 31, 2021 | SIUE | v | Northern Illinois * | DeKalb, IL |
| 2:30 PM CDT | [ Report] | Stadium: NIU Soccer Field |
| April 4, 2021 | Bowling Green * | v | SIUE | Edwardsville, Illinois |
| 1:00 PM CDT | [ Report] | Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium |
| April 7, 2021 Rescheduled from 11/13/20 | Northern Illinois * | v | SIUE | Edwardsville, Illinois |
| 3:00 PM CDT | [ Report] | Stadium: Ralph Korte Stadium |
| April 11, 2021 Rescheduled from 11/24/20 | SIUE | v | Western Michigan * | Kalamazoo, MI |
| 1:00 PM CDT | [ Report] | Stadium: WMU Soccer Complex |
| April 18, 2021 | SIUE | v | West Virginia * | Morgantown, WV |
| 12:00 PM CDT | [ Report] | Stadium: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium |
- † = Originally scheduled to be at Edwardsville, the Bronze Boot game was moved to St.Louis, because Missouri allows crowds for college sports events, while Illinois does not.
- * = Mid-American Conference opponemt
Postseason
MAC Tournament
References
- "SIUE". NCAA & Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- "Get Some MACtion". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- "2020 SIUE Men's Soccer Roster". Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "College sports and the coronavirus: Latest COVID-19 news, schedule changes". NCAA & TURNER SPORTS INTERACTIVE, INC. September 22, 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2022. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - "Men's Soccer Coaches". Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- "SIUE (Men's)". Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- "2020 SIUE Men's Soccer Roster". Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- "2020-21 SIUE Men's Soccer Schedule". Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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