The 2018 Virginia Cavaliers men's soccer team represented University of Virginia during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Cavaliers were led by head coach George Gelnovatch, in his twenty-third season. They played home games at Klöckner Stadium. This was the team's 78th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 66th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
In addition, the Cavaliers were one of the six college soccer programs that participated in U.S. Soccer's 2018 Spring Men's College Soccer Program, which was held from March 4–April 21. This will be a series of competitive fixtures that use IFAB rules instead of NCAA rules for matches.
Previous season
The 2017 Virginia Cavaliers team finished the season with a final overall record of 13–4–5, and final ACC record of 3–2–3. The Cavaliers were seeded sixth-overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they reached the final. In the ACC Championship Game, they lost on penalty kicks to Wake Forest. The Cavaliers earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, continuing their record streak of consecutive NCAA appearances going at 37 appearances. In the NCAA Tournament, Virginia was seeded 11th overall in the tournament, where they reached third round before losing to Fordham.
At the end of the season, four Cavaliers men's soccer players were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Jeff Caldwell, Edward Opoku, Pablo Aguilar and Sheldon Sullivan.
Offseason Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jeff Caldwell 1 GK 6'3" 187 Senior Todd, NC Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 19th overall by New York City FC Nate Odusote 4 DF 6'4" 189 Senior North Haledon, NJ Graduated Hayes Fountain 6 MF 5'11" 181 Senior Charlottesville, VA Graduated Bay Kurtz 7 MF 5'11" 171 Senior Crown Point, IN Graduated Pablo Aguilar 8 MF 5'7" 150 Senior Guatemala City, GUA Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 59th overall by the Houston Dynamo Edward Opoku 11 FW 5'7" 140 Junior Millbrook, NY Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 32nd overall by the Columbus Crew Sheldon Sullivan 31 DF 5'9" 170 Senior Stafford, VA Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 66th overall by the Houston Dynamo
Incoming transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Marcel DaSilva TBD GK 5'8" 150 Junior Manchester, New Hampshire Transferred from Tulsa.
2018 recruiting class Name Nat. Hometown High School Club Height Weight Commit date Edmond, OK Edmond North Oklahoma FC February 8, 2018 Recruit star rankings: TDS: CSN: N/A ESPN: N/A Sterling, VA Potomac Falls Loudoun Soccer Club April 20, 2017 Recruit star rankings: TDS: CSN: N/A ESPN: N/A Columbus, OH Columbus Crew U-17s January 29, 2018 Recruit star rankings: TDS: CSN: N/A ESPN: N/A Glasgow, Scotland Charlotte Independence TDS:
Roster
Source:
Schedule
!colspan=7 style=""| U.S. Soccer Spring Men's College Program
!colspan=7 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=7 style=""| Regular Season
!colspan=7 style=""| ACC Tournament
!colspan=7 style=""| NCAA Tournament
Statistics Disciplinary record
Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total 1 10 MF Justin Ingram 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Total 100000000000
Awards and honors
Colin Shutler ACC Defensive Player of the Week August 28, 2018 September 17, 2018 Daryl Dike ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 15, 2018 Joe BellAll-ACC Third Team November 7, 2018 Henry Kessler Daryl Dike All-ACC Freshman Team Cabrel Happi Kamseu Aboubacar Keita Daniel Steedman
2019 MLS Super Draft
Virginia did not have any players selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. PollPre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Final United Soccer 15 7 10 19 22 11 10 14 6 6 7 11 11 None Released 15 TopDrawer Soccer 16 16 13 8 14 12 6 6 11 6 5 4 11 7 6 11 11 11
References
External links Virginia Soccer