2023 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team

2023 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer
2023 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	6–7–4 (2–3–3 ACC)
Head coach	Jay Vidovich (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Bryce Cregan (2nd season); Josh Oldroyd (1st season); Zack Schilawski (1st season);
Home stadium	Ambrose Urbanic Field
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 15 Wake Forest +	4	–	1	–	3	11	–	3	–	5
No. 1 Clemson ‡	4	–	2	–	2	15	–	3	–	5
No. 25 Syracuse +	2	–	1	–	5	9	–	5	–	7
No. 24 Louisville +	2	–	4	–	2	12	–	6	–	3
NC State	1	–	5	–	2	6	–	9	–	3
Boston College	0	–	5	–	3	3	–	9	–	5
Coastal
No. 2 Notre Dame +	6	–	0	–	2	13	–	3	–	6
No. 13 Virginia +	5	–	2	–	1	11	–	4	–	4
No. 20 Duke+	4	–	3	–	1	11	–	4	–	3
No. 6 North Carolina +	2	–	3	–	3	11	–	3	–	7
Pittsburgh +	2	–	3	–	3	6	–	7	–	4
Virginia Tech	2	–	5	–	1	4	–	9	–	4


‡ – ACC tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

The 2023 Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer team represented the University of Pittsburgh during the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Panthers were led by head coach Jay Vidovich, in his eighth season. They played their home games at Ambrose Urbanic Field. This was the team's 70th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 11th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Panthers finished the season 6–7–4 overall and 2–3–3 in ACC play to finish in fifth place in the Coastal Division. As the eighth overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they were defeated by ninth seed Louisville in the First Round in overtime. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were an unseeded team. They lost in the First Round to James Madison to end their season.

Background

The Panthers finished the season 12–5–5 overall and 3–2–3 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Coastal Division. As the sixth overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated eleventh seed NC State in the first round before losing to third seed Virginia in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were an unseeded team. They defeated Cleveland State in the First Round, Akron in the Second Round, first overall seed Kentucky in the Third Round, and Portland in the Quarterfinals to make the College Cup. There they lost to Indiana to end their season.

Player movement

Players leaving

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Joe van der Sar	1	GK	6'1"	180	Senior	Noordwijk, Netherlands	Graduated
Leonardo Andrade	3	MF	6'2"	170	Freshman	São Paulo, Brazil	Signed with Brave SC
Mohammad Abualnadi	4	DF	6'1"	175	Senior	Leawood, Kansas	Graduated
Yanis Leerman	5	DF	6'2"	175	Graduate Student	Troyes, France	Graduated
Lucas Rosa	6	DF	5'8"	163	Graduate Student	São Paulo, Brazil	Graduated
Valentin Noël	8	MF	5'10"	150	Senior	Niort, France	Graduated; drafted 20th overall in 2023 MLS SuperDraft
Bertin Jacquesson	10	FW	6'0"	160	Junior	Lorrez-le-Bocage-Préaux, France	Drafted 16th overall in 2023 MLS SuperDraft
Rodrigo Almeida	11	MF	5'10"	163	Graduate Student	Salvador, Brazil	Graduated
Ideal Shefqeti	15	MF	6'0"	178	Graduate Student	Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy	Graduated
Henrique Gallina	16	DF	6'1"	180	Graduate Student	São Paulo, Brazil	Graduated
Josh Luchini	19	FW	6'0"	165	Graduate Student	Wexford, Pennsylvania	Graduated
Djavid Abdullatif	23	FW	6'2"	185	Freshman	Itzehoe, Germany	Transferred to Coastal Carolina
Jackson Walti	24	MF	5'10"	169	Graduate Student	St. Augustine, Florida	Graduated; drafted 56th overall in 2023 MLS SuperDraft
Kilian Vallant	31	GK	6'1"	176	Freshman	Salzburg, Austria	Transferred to Coastal Carolina
Andrew Noel	32	GK	6'5"	197	Freshman	Montclair, New Jersey	Transferred to Rutgers

Players arriving

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Felipe Mercado	8	MF	5'11"	Senior	Medellin, Colombia	College of Charleston
Joao Souza	11	MF	5'7"	Graduate Student	Cuiabá, Brazil	Marshall
Nick Blacklock	16	MF	5'11"	Graduate Student	Hellertown, Pennsylvania	Virginia Tech
Luka Kozomara	19	MF	6'3"	Junior	Cliffside Park, New Jersey	Temple

Recruiting Class

Name	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Ameer Abdullah DF	Chicago, Illinois	Chicago Fire Academy	^[1]
Kyle Durham GK	Brooklyn, New York	Met Oval Academy	N/A
Zahir Dyke FW	Kansas City, Missouri	Sporting Kansas City Academy	N/A
Santiago Ferreira MF	Cali, Colombia	FC Dallas Academy	^[2]
Alex Hauskrecht FW	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh Riverhounds Academy	N/A
Jackson Moxom GK	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	FC Cincinnati Academy	N/A
Eli Mumford GK	Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Richmond Kickers	^[3]
Massimo Murania FW	Queens, New York	NYCFC Academy	N/A
Albert Thorsen FW	Drammen, Norway	Strømsgodset Toppfotball	N/A

Squad

Roster

As of January 31, 2024^[4]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Cabral Carter
1	GK	USA	Kyle Durham
2	DF	USA	Jackson Gilman
3	DF	FRA	Raphael Cilli
5	DF	GER	Fabian Grau
7	FW	FRA	Abdoulaye Toure
8	MF	COL	Felipe Mercado
9	FW	NOR	Albert Thorsen
10	MF	BRA	Guilherme Feitosa
11	MF	BRA	Joao Souza
12	DF	FRA	Mateo Maillefaud
13	DF	USA	Noah Hall
15	FW	USA	Zahir Dyke
16	MF	USA	Nick Blacklock


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	USA	Luis Sahmkow
18	DF	USA	Ameer Abdullah
19	MF	USA	Luka Kozomara
20	MF	USA	Mateo Stoka
21	MF	SRB	Filip Mirkovic
22	MF	FRA	Mathys Lefebvre
23	FW	USA	Massimo Murania
24	DF	USA	Abraham Brown
25	FW	USA	Eben McIntyre
26	MF	USA	Michael Sullivan
27	FW	USA	Alex Hauskrecht
28	MF	USA	Santiago Ferreira
31	GK	USA	Eli Mumford
32	GK	USA	Jack Moxom

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Heather Lyke
Head coach	Jay Vidovich
Assistant coach	Bryce Cregan
Assistant coach	Josh Oldroyd
Assistant coach	Zack Schilawski

Source:^[4]

Schedule

Source:^[5]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 12*	No. 5	Cleveland State	Not Reported	—	Krenzler Field Cleveland, OH
August 18*	No. 5	Michigan State	Not Reported	—	Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
Regular season
August 24* 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	Penn State	T 1–1	0–0–1	Ambrose Urbanic Field (2,000) Pittsburgh, PA
August 28* :00 p.m.	No. 5	Howard	W 5–0	1–0–1	Ambrose Urbanic Field (734) Pittsburgh, PA
September 1* 4:00 p.m.	No. 8	at Georgetown	L 1–4	1–1–1	Shaw Field (977) Washington, D.C.
September 2* 5:00 p.m.		No. 2 Marshall	L 1–3	1–2–1	Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,081) Pittsburgh, PA
September 9 7:00 p.m.		No. 9 Wake Forest	W 3–0	2–2–1 (1–0–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (714) Pittsburgh, PA
September 15 6:00 p.m.	No. 17	at Boston College	T 0–0	2–2–2 (1–0–1)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (636) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 18* 7:00 p.m.	No. 17	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 5–1	3–2–2	Ambrose Urbanic Field (419) Pittsburgh, PA
September 22 7:00 p.m.		at No. 7 Syracuse	L 3–2	3–3–2 (1–1–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,911) Syracuse, NY
September 25* 7:00 p.m.		No. 19 Denver	W 3–1	4–3–2	Ambrose Urbanic Field (703) Pittsburgh, PA
September 29 7:00 p.m.		No. 18 North Carolina	T 0–0	4–3–3 (1–1–2)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,010) Pittsburgh, PA
October 6 7:00 p.m.	No. 20	Virginia Tech	W 3–1	5–3–3 (2–1–2)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (913) Pittsburgh, PA
October 13 7:00 p.m.	No. ww	at Virginia	L 1–2	5–4–3 (2–2–2)	Klöckner Stadium (2,551) Charlottesville, VA
October 17* 7:00 p.m.	No. 23	Duquesne	W 2–0	6–4–3	Ambrose Urbanic Field (975) Pittsburgh, PA
October 21 7:00 p.m.	No. 23	No. 9 Duke	T 0–0	6–4–4 (2–2–3)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,180) Pittsburgh, PA
October 27 7:00 p.m.	No. 20	at No. 5 Notre Dame	L 0–6	6–5–4 (2–3–3)	Alumni Stadium (2,224) Notre Dame, IN
ACC Tournament
November 1 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(8)	(9) Louisville First Round	L 1–2 ^2OT	6–6–4	Ambrose Urbanic Field (717) Pittsburgh, PA
NCAA Tournament
November 16 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		James Madison First Round	L 2–3	6–7–4	Ambrose Urbanic Field (764) Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Filip Mirkovic	Pre-Season Hermann Trophy Watchlist	August 24	^[6]
Filip Mirkovic	Pre-Season All-ACC Team	August 26	^[7]
Filip Mirkovic	All-ACC First Team	November 8, 2023	^[8]
Jackson Gilman	All-ACC Third Team
Albert Thorsen	All-ACC Freshman Team

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer^[9]	5	8	RV	17	RV	RV	20	11	23	20	—	—	Not released				—
TopDrawer Soccer^[10]	7	8	11	8	16	16	10	9	15	10	20	—	—	—	—	—	—

2024 MLS Super draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Filip Mirkovic	Orlando City	2	54	MF

Source:^[11]

References

^ "Ameer Abdullah". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
^ "Santiago Ferreira". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
^ "Eli Mumford". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2023 Men's Soccer Roster". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
^ "2023 Pitt Men's Soccer Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
^ "2023 Men's MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "Clemson Selected 2023 Preseason ACC Men's Soccer Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
^ "2023 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Men — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
^ "College Soccer National Ranking". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Mirkovic Drafted In Second Round of 2024 MLS SuperDraft By Orlando City SC". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2024.

[1] "Ameer Abdullah". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved January 31, 2024.

[2] "Santiago Ferreira". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved January 31, 2024.

[3] "Eli Mumford". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved January 31, 2024.

[auto-4] "2023 Men's Soccer Roster". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2024.

[5] "2023 Pitt Men's Soccer Schedule". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved January 31, 2024.

[6] "2023 Men's MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List Announced". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. August 24, 2023. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[7] "Clemson Selected 2023 Preseason ACC Men's Soccer Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 16, 2023.

[8] "2023 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

[9] "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Men — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.

[10] "College Soccer National Ranking". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. December 11, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[11] "Mirkovic Drafted In Second Round of 2024 MLS SuperDraft By Orlando City SC". pittsburghpanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2024.

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v t e Pittsburgh Panthers men's soccer
Venues	Pitt Stadium (1925–1999) Founder's Field (2000–2010) Ambrose Urbanic Field (2011–present)
People	Head coaches Notable people
Seasons	2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
NCAA College Cup appearances in italics