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2017 VCU Rams men's soccer
2017 VCU Rams men's soccer
NCAA Tournament
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 22
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 17
Record	0–0–0 (0–0–0 A-10)
Head coach	David Giffard (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Brett Teach (7th season); Josh Tudela (5th season); William Yomby (4th season);
Home stadium	Sports Backers Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
UMass ‡	6	–	1	–	1	15	–	4	–	3
VCU +	6	–	2	–	0	13	–	7	–	0
George Washington	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	7	–	2
Dayton	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	8	–	2
No. 11 Fordham +	5	–	2	–	1	14	–	6	–	3
Rhode Island	4	–	3	–	1	10	–	6	–	3
St. Bonaventure	4	–	4	–	0	8	–	9	–	2
Saint Louis	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	9	–	1
Davidson	3	–	4	–	1	8	–	7	–	2
LaSalle	3	–	5	–	0	8	–	9	–	1
Saint Joseph's	1	–	6	–	1	3	–	11	–	4
Duquesne	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	13	–	1
George Mason	0	–	7	–	1	5	–	9	–	2


‡ – 2017 Atlantic 10 Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 VCU Rams men's soccer team will represent Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It will be the 38th season of the university fielding a program. The Rams will be lead by eighth year head coach, Dave Giffard.

Background[edit]

Previous season[edit]

The Rams team finished the 2016 season 8–9–4, 4–3–1 in A10 play to earn a berth into the 2016 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament. They defeated UMass and Dayton to advance to the A10 Championship, where they lost to Fordham.^[1] The Rams did not earn an at-large berth into the 2016 NCAA Tournament.^[2]

Review[edit]

On November 13, 2017, VCU was announced as the 16th-overall seed in the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, making it the 10th time in program history the Rams qualified for the tournament.

Transfers[edit]

Departures[edit]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Dakota Barnathan	8	MF	6'2"	165	Senior (Redshirt)	Massapequa, NY	Graduated; entered the 2017 MLS SuperDraft
Kai Marshall	11	MF	6'2"	185	Senior (Redshirt)	Charlottesville, VA	Graduated
Rahim Costa-Dorsey	77	FW	6'2"	180	Senior	Alexandria, VA	Graduated
Brandon Eaton	6	MF	5'8"	165	Senior	Chesapeake, VA	Graduated
Juan Fajardo Ortiz	5	DF	5'10"	160	Senior	Coyoles Central, HON	Graduated
Jorge Herranz	20	FW	6'0"	175	Senior	Madrid, ESP	Graduated
Simond Kargbo	14	FW	5'5"	130	Senior	Mount Vernon, VA	Graduated
Jason McGlothern	31	MF	6'0"	155	Senior	Seattle, WA	Graduated

Incoming transfers[edit]

The 2017 incoming transfers have not been announced

Recruits[edit]

The 2017 recruiting class has not been announced

Roster[edit]

As of November 15, 2017.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
00	GK	CRC	Mario Sequeira
0	GK	USA	Jared Mazzola
1	GK	USA	Joseph Rice
2	DF	JPN	Ryo Shimazaki
3	DF	NOR	Ulrik Edvarsen
4	DF	JAM	Zeron Sewell
5	DF	FRA	Steven Dal Molin
6	MF	USA	Lyndsey Moreland
7	MF	USA	Luc Fatton
8	FW	TUR	Siad Haji
10	MF	BRA	Rafael Santos
11	MF	ESP	Fortia Munts
12	MF	USA	Peter Pearson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	USA	Travis Cooke
14	FW	USA	Jared Greene
15	DF	USA	R. J. Roberts
16	MF	JAM	Oquin Robinson
17	MF	USA	Eli Lockaby
21	MF	USA	Greg Boehme
22	MF	USA	Anthony Gonnella
23	MF	ITA	Francesco Amorosino
24	DF	USA	Austin Graham
25	MF	USA	Joseph Gonnella
28	DF	ETH	Bruk Fekade
32	DF	USA	Kelly Walters
56	GK	FRA	Pierre Gardan
77	FW	GHA	Andy Mensah

Captains in bold

Schedule[edit]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Spring season
03/04/2017 7:00 am		Montreal Rush	T 1–1		Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA
03/19/2017 1:00 pm		at Richmond Kickers (USL)	W 2–1		City Stadium Richmond, VA
03/25/2017 10:00 am		vs. High Point	W 5–0		Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
03/25/2017* 1:00 pm		at Virginia Tech	T 1–1		Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
04/01/2017* 1:00 pm		vs. West Virginia Jefferson Cup	T 2–2		Strikers Soccer Complex Glen Allen, VA
04/08/2017* 4:00 pm		at Radford	W 1–0		Cupp Stadium Radford, VA
04/22/2017* 1:00 pm		Elon	W 3–0		Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA
04/22/2017* 7:00 pm		Longwood	W 3–2		Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA
Exhibitions
08/19/2017* 7:00 pm		at Pittsburgh	W 1–0		Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
Regular season
08/25/2017* 7:00 pm		Oakland	L 2–3	0–1–0	Sports Backers Stadium (566) Richmond, VA
08/27/2017* 7:00 pm		Appalachian State	L 2–3	0–2–0	Sports Backers Stadium (415) Richmond, VA
09/01/2017* 7:00 pm		Iona	Cancelled	0–2–0	Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA
09/03/2017* 7:00 pm		Saint Francis (PA)	W 3–2	1–2–0	Sports Backers Stadium (352) Richmond, VA
09/10/2017* 7:00 pm		Florida Gulf Coast	Cancelled	1–2–0	FGCU Soccer Complex Fort Myers, FL
09/19/2017* 7:00 pm		at Old Dominion Rivalry	L 0–1	1–3–0	ODU Soccer Complex Norfolk, VA
09/24/2017* 7:00 pm		at Coastal Carolina	W 1–0	2–3–0	CCU Soccer Field (130) Conway, SC
09/30/2017* 7:00 pm		at No. 15 UNC Wilmington	W 1–0 ^OT	3–3–0	Legion Field (130) Wilmington, NC
10/04/2017 7:00 pm		Davidson	W 4–1	4–3–0 (1–0–0)	Sports Backers Stadium (479) Richmond, VA
10/07/2017 7:00 pm		at Fordham	W 1–0	5–3–0 (2–0–0)	Coffey Field (211) The Bronx, NY
10/11/2017 8:00 pm		at Saint Louis	W 4–0	6–3–0 (3–0–0)	Hermann Stadium (606) St. Louis, MO
10/14/2017 7:00 pm		George Washington	L 1–2	6–4–0 (3–1–0)	Sports Backers Stadium (516) Richmond, VA
10/18/2017 7:00 pm		at George Mason Rivalry	W 4–0	7–4–0 (4–1–0)	George Mason Stadium (385) Fairfax, VA
10/21/2017 7:00 pm		at Saint Joseph's	W 3–0	8–4–0 (5–1–0)	McCarthy Stadium (1,280) Philadelphia, PA
10/24/2017* 7:00 pm		at No. 9 Maryland	W 3–0	9–4–0	McCarthy Stadium (820) College Park, MD
10/28/2017 7:00 pm		Rhode Island	W 2–1	10–4–0 (6–1–0)	Sports Backers Stadium (726) Richmond, VA
11/02/2017 7:00 pm	No. 22	St. Bonaventure	L 1–2	10–5–0 (6–2–0)	Marra Athletics Complex (210) Olean, NY
Atlantic 10 Tournament
11/05/2017 7:00 pm	(2) No. 22	at (7) St. Bonaventure Quarterfinals	W 4–1	11–5–0	Sports Backers Stadium (274) Richmond, VA
11/10/2017 7:30 pm	(2) No. 24	vs. (6) Rhode Island Semifinals	W 2–0	12–5–0	Baujan Field (164) Dayton, OH
11/12/2017 12:00 pm	(2) No. 24	vs. (1) No. 25 UMass Championship	L 1–3	12–6–0	Baujan Field (164) Dayton, OH
NCAA Tournament
11/19/2017 5:00 pm	(16) No. 22	Butler/Lipscomb Second Round			Sports Backers Stadium Richmond, VA

2017 NSCAA/Continental Tire College rankings[edit]

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Final
National

Ranking Movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	Final
North East Region

Awards[edit]

Season statistics[edit]

Individual Player Statistics (As of January 26, 2017)
Player	App	Goals	Asst	Points	Shots	Shot%	SOG	SOG%	GW	Pk-Att	GA	Saves	SO
Forwards
Walters, Andrew	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Midfielders
Agiasiotis, Petros	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Amorosino, Francesco	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Boehme, Greg	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Cooke, Travis	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Gonnella, Joe	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Gonnella, Tony	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Lockaby, Eli	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Moreland, Lyndsey	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Munts, Fortia	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Santos, Rafael	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Vargas, Gerald	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Defenders
Dal Molin, Steven	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Ekoue, Cedric	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Graham, Austin	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Roberts, R. J.	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Shimazaki, Ryo	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Goalkeepers
Gardan, Pierre	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Rice, Joseph	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0-0	0	0	0
Team
Total
Opponents

Legend
App	Appearances	Asst	Assists	Shot%	Shots for Goal Percent
SOG	Shots on Goal	SOG%	Shots on Goal Percent	GW	Game Winning Goals
PK-Att	Penalty Kicks-Attenpts	GA	Goals Against	SO	Shut Outs
	Team high

References[edit]

^ "Men's Soccer Wins Atlantic 10 Championship in Shootout". Fordham Rams. November 13, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
^ "College soccer: Men's DI soccer committee selects championship field". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com. November 15, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
^ "2017 Men's Soccer Roster". vcuathletics.com.

[1] "Men's Soccer Wins Atlantic 10 Championship in Shootout". Fordham Rams. November 13, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2017.

[2] "College soccer: Men's DI soccer committee selects championship field". National Collegiate Athletic Association. NCAA.com. November 15, 2016. Retrieved January 26, 2017.

[3] "2017 Men's Soccer Roster". vcuathletics.com.

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v t e VCU Rams men's soccer
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Club	History Results by opponent Seasons All articles
Stadium	Cary Street Field (1978–1998) Sports Backers Stadium (1999–present)
Rivalries	George Mason
People	Dave Giffard Notable alumni
Seasons	1997 1998 2002 2003 2004 2012 2013 2017
National championship seasons in bold; College Cup seasons in italics

v t e Atlantic 10 Conference men's soccer
Teams	Davidson Wildcats Dayton Flyers Duquesne Dukes Fordham Rams George Mason Patriots George Washington Revolutionaries La Salle Explorers Loyola Chicago Ramblers UMass Minutemen Rhode Island Rams St. Bonaventure Bonnies Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Louis Billikens VCU Rams
Inactive teams	Richmond Spiders
Championships & awards	A10 Tournament Player of the Year Freshman of the Year Coach of the Year All-A10 teams
Seasons	1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

v t e 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll