2023–24 Kentucky Wildcats men's club soccer team
The 2023-24 Kentucky Wildcats men's club soccer team will represent the University of Kentucky as a part of the Mountain North division of the Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance (SCSA), one of six national regions formed to help determine bids to the NIRSA National Soccer Championships. The team will play its home games in Lexington, Kentucky and will play against other non-varsity collegiate teams across the country.[1]
| 2023–24 Kentucky Wildcats men's club soccer | |
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| Conference | Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance |
| Mountain North | |
| Record | 4-1-0 (3-1-0 SCSA) |
| Head coach |
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| Assistant coach | Johnny Nitti (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | University of Kentucky's Competitive Sports Field Lexington, Kentucky |
Roster
| 2023–24 Kentucky Wildcats men's club soccer team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | # | Position | Class | Year |
| Grayson "G-Bot" Collins | 2 | Center back | Sophomore | 2nd |
| Johnny Kirkpatrick | 8 | Center mid | Senior | 4th |
| Marcos Ayele | 10 | Center mid | Junior | 3rd |
| Jacob Smith | 14 | Center back | Junior | 3rd |
| Kevin "Kevinho" Gliatis | 69 | Striker | Sophomore | 2nd |
| Sam Wakeman | Goalkeeper | Sophomore | 2nd | |
| Johnny Nitti | Outside back | Junior | 3rd | |
| Ben Prince | Outside back | Junior | 2nd | |
| Kalen Stockton | Striker | Sophomore | 2nd | |
| Hayden Barzoff | Outside back | Sophomore | 2nd | |
| Gonzalo de Gracia | Outside mid | Junior | 3rd | |
| Adam Cassol | Striker | Sophomore | 2nd | |
| Aiden "Aidinho" Leonard | Striker | Sophomore | 2nd | |
| Badr Alalwani | Center mid | Sophomore | 2nd | |
| Jacob Allum | Outside mid | Sophomore | 2nd | |
| Ryan Hughes | Outside mid | Junior | 3rd | |
| Evan Grill | Outside back | Sophomore | 2nd | |
| Ben Thackston | Center mid | Junior | 3rd | |
| Pierce Bergin | Outside mid | Junior | 3rd | |
| Cade Spurlock | Goalkeeper | 1st | ||
| Spencer Baker | Goalkeeper | 1st | ||
| Kristian Martinovic | Outside back | Sophomore | 1st | |
| Eugene Renner | Center back | 1st | ||
| Clement Nshimiye | Forward | Sophomore | 1st | |
| Norton Morais | Junior | 1st | ||
| Fred Kpoto | Striker | Sophomore | 1st | |
| Morgen Hammer | Center mid | 1st | ||
| Ryder Kohl | Outside back | Freshman | 1st | |
| Holden Kinsman | Outside back | Freshman | 1st | |
| Grant Krump | 1st | |||
| Jack Hercules | 1st | |||
| Ares Marlonsson | Striker | Graduate | 1st | |
| Seckou Drame | Outside mid | 1st | ||
| Hunter Sekelsky | Striker | Sophomore | 1st | |
| Beni Ntagaramba | Outside back | Junior | 1st | |
| AJ Leone | 1st | |||
Schedule and results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Record
W-L-D |
Goal scorer(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friendly | |||||
| September 9, 2023 6pm EST |
Xavier | W 9-0 | 1-0-0 | - Marcos Ayele x4 - Aiden Leonard x2 - Sekou Drame - Adam Cassol - Leon Görgen |
Cincinnati, Ohio |
| SCSA Regular Season | |||||
| September 10, 2023 12pm EST |
Tennessee "A" | W 5-2 | 2-0-0 | - Hayden Barzoff - Kevin Gliatis x2 - Fred Kpoto (PK) - Hunter Sekelsky |
Lexington, Kentucky |
| September 16, 2023 11am CST |
Tennessee Tech | L 1-2 | 2-1-0 | - Hunter Sekelsky | Cookeville, Tennessee |
| September 16, 2023 1:30pm CST |
MTSU | W 5-0 | 3-1-0 | - Seckou Drame - Kevin Gliatis x2 - Morgan Hammer - Gonzalo de Gracia |
Cookeville, Tennessee |
| October 1, 2023 12:00pm EST |
Tennessee "B" | W 4-0 | 4-1-0 | - Aiden Leonard x2 - Gonzalo de Gracia - Seckou Drame |
Lexington, Kentucky |
| Unplayed[lower-alpha 1] | Vanderbilt | T 0-0 | 4-1-1 | N/A | |
| Unplayed[lower-alpha 1] | UT-Chattanooga | T 0-0 | 4-1-2 | N/A | |
| Friendly (Associate members) | |||||
| October 8, 2023 3:00pm EST |
NKU | W 8-3 | 5-1-2 | - Gonzalo de Gracia x2 - Fred Kpoto x2 - Evan Grill - Kalen Stockton - Seckou Drame - Hunter Sekelsky |
Highland Heights, Kentucky |
| October 15, 2023 5:00pm EST |
Louisville | L 0-1 | 5-2-2 | Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Clemson Socctoberfest | |||||
| October 20, 2023 9:00pm EST |
NC State Group stage |
Clemson, South Carolina | |||
| October 21, 2023 1:30pm EST |
Clemson A Group stage |
Clemson, South Carolina | |||
| October 21, 2023 6:00pm EST |
Georgia Group stage |
Clemson, South Carolina | |||
- Initial double header in Lexington scheduled on September 23rd between Vanderbilt and UT-Chattanooga was cancelled due to inaccessible field space. The games were unable to be replayed and all three games were recorded as 0-0 ties
Regional rankings
Regional rankings began on September 18 and were released every seven days. Only the top 10 teams from each gender group for each region were released and were based on RPI from games exclusively played against other SCSA teams. The final ranking, the seventh week, was released after the regional tournament and was used to determine national tournament bids.[2]
| Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
Note: NR = Not ranked
Note
Many details obtained through UKMCS's Instagram, but generally unreliable and therefore uncited.
References
- "League Policies". Southeast Collegiate Soccer Alliance. 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
- Granholm, Cory. "Weekly Rankings". NIRSA Play. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
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