2021 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team

The 2021 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team will represent Marshall University in men's college soccer during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It will be the 43rd season the university fielded a men's varsity soccer program. The Thundering Herd, led by fifth-year head coach Chris Grassie, will play their home games at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex as members of Conference USA (C-USA).

2021 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer
ConferenceConference USA
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 4
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 7
2021 record11–3–3 (5–1–2 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Petsa Ivanonic (5th season)
  • Josh Faga (3rd season)
  • Kyle Sniatecki (2nd season)
Home stadiumVeterans Memorial Soccer Complex
2021 Conference USA men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 14 FIU + 7 –0 –112 –3 –2
No. 4 Marshall + 5 –1 –211 –3 –3
Charlotte + 5 –3 –010 –5 –1
No. 15 Kentucky ‡ 3 –1 –414 –1 –4
Coastal Carolina 3 –1 –46 –5 –4
Florida Atlantic 2 –4 –29 –7 –3
South Carolina 1 –5 –25 –9 –2
Old Dominion 1 –5 –23 –9 –2
UAB 0 –7 –12 –12 –1
As of November 14, 2021; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: C-USA

The Thundering Herd entered the 2021 season as defending NCAA Division I men's soccer national champions. Marshall entered the season ranked first nationally in the preseason polls by United Soccer Coaches,[1] College Soccer News,[2] and Top Drawer Soccer.[3]

Roster

Updated August 13, 2021[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK  USA Nicholas Eskins
1 GK  GER Oliver Semmle
2 DF  USA Adam Kiernan
3 DF  USA Anthony Rowan
4 DF  GHA Mohammed Seidu
5 DF  USA Ryan Sirk
6 DF  CAN Nathan Dossantos
7 FW  GER Milo Yosef
8 MF  BRA Vinicius Fernandes
9 FW  SEN Ibrahima Diop
10 MF  BRA Pedro Dolabella
11 MF  BRA Joao Souza
12 MF  USA Jacob Adams
13 DF  USA Emmett Delesie
14 DF  USA Adam Lubell
15 DF  USA Kobe Perlaza
16 DF  BRA Gabriel Alves
17 FW  BRA Paulo Lino
18 FW  USA Henry Moore
19 MF  USA Nikola Sljivic
20 DF  USA Collin Mocyunas
21 DF  USA Matt Hinkle
22 FW  USA Noah Raphael
23 MF  GER Max Schneider
24 GK  NZL Frank Walkington
25 DF  BRA Davi Edwards
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 FW  USA Brennan Breuer
27 FW  KEN Mammo Yoahnis Nyiera
28 DF  USA Salvatore Saulle
29 GK  USA Gabe Sitler
30 DF  GER Jan-Erik Leinhos
31 MF  BRA Vitor Diaz
32 MF  ENG Louis Instrall
33 DF  USA Zach Devito
34 FW  USA Ryan Fisher
35 GK  USA Cooper Blay
36 GK  USA Jacob Feuer
39 MF  USA Jaden Almazan
40 DF  USA Garrett Shields
41 MF  USA Kostandinos Papajani
42 DF  KEN Alvin Shivere
43 MF  USA William Brambach
44 FW  GHA Alexander Adjetey
45 MF  USA Spencer Rawlins
46 DF  BRA Christian Maciel
47 FW  USA Vasilios Syrengelas
48 FW  USA Ethan Miller
49 FW  ARG Agustin Iusem
50 MF  USA Matthew Nguyen
51 DF  ENG Alex Bamford
53 FW  KOR Janghyun Kim
54 FW  BER Kymani McNeil

Schedule

Source:[5]

Exhibitions
August 13, 2021 Rio Grande RedStorm 0–0 No. 1 Marshall Thundering Herd Rio Grande
10:00 AM EDT Report Stadium: Evan E. Davis Field
August 15, 2021 No. 4 North Carolina Tar Heels 1–1 No. 1 Marshall Thundering Herd Chapel Hill
8:30 PM EDT Errnest Bawa  69' Report Pedro Dolabella  58' Stadium: Dorrance Field
August 19, 2021 No. 1 Marshall Thundering Herd 3–4 Charleston Golden Eagles Huntington
11:00 AM EDT Stadium: Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex

Regular season
August 26, 2021 1 No. 21 James Madison Dukes 1–6 No. 1 Marshall Thundering Herd Harrisonburg
7:30 PM EDT Axel Ahlanders  31' Report
  • Vitor Dias  28', 53'
  • Vinicius Fernandes  7'
  • Milo Yosef  37'
  • Adam Lubell  66'
  • Paulo Lino  68'
 Stadium: Sentara Park
Attendance: 160
Referee: Heath Hixson
Assistant referees: Justin Weinstock, Dustin Marks
Note: Game delayed until a 10:02 start due to lightning.
August 29, 2021 2 No. 15 Virginia Tech Hokies 3–2 No. 1 Marshall Thundering Herd Harrisonburg
3:30 PM EDT Report Stadium: Sentara Park
Attendance: 113
Referee: Mark Renner
Assistant referees: Ryan Williams, Ariel Raban
Note: JMU Invitational
September 4, 2021 3 No. 7 Marshall Thundering Herd 3–3 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Huntington
1:00 PM EDT
  • Vinicius Fernandes  14'
  • Paulo Lino  35'
  • Noah Raphael  74'
 Report
  • Alvaro Garcia-Pasqual  20'
  • CCU Team  32'
  • Alvaro Garcia-Pasqual  78'
 Stadium: Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,078
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Assistant referees: Kyle Maust, Richard Crowgey
September 7, 2021 4 East Tennessee State Buccaneers 1–4 No. 10 Marshall Thundering Herd Johnson City
7:00 PM EDT
  • Kieran Richard  54'
 Report
  • Vinicius Fernandes  28'
  • Pedro Dolabella  51'
  • Alexander Adjetey  62'
  • Ibrahima Diop  71'
 Stadium: Summers-Taylor Stadium
Attendance: 1,296
Referee: Skye Arthur-Banning
Assistant referees: Ben Wooten, James McKean
September 11, 2021 5 Bowling Green Falcons 0–1 No. 10 Marshall Thundering Herd Bowling Green
8:00 PM EDT Report
  • Pedro Dolabella  89'
 Stadium: Mickey Cochrane Stadium
Attendance: 693
Referee: Donovan Noocha
Assistant referees: Jacob Little, Tim Csuri
September 17, 2021 6 No. 6 Marshall Thundering Herd 2–2 No. 4 West Virginia Mountaineers Huntington
7:00 PM EDT
  • Pedro Dolabella  19'
  • Max Schneider  60'
 Report
  • Yoran Popovic  17'
  • Ciro Bourlot Jaeggi  42'
 Stadium: Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex
Attendance: 3,033
Referee: Bradley Jordan
Assistant referees: David Curley, Tammy Gillgly
Note: Mountain State Derby
September 21, 2021 7 No. 5 Marshall Thundering Herd 2–0 No. 20 Akron Zips Huntington
7:00 PM EDT
  • Vitor Dias  31'
  • Vinicius Fernandes  50'
 Report Stadium: Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,085
Referee: Mike McMullen
Assistant referees: Adam Walters, John Clouse
September 25, 2021 8 No. 5 Marshall Thundering Herd 0–0 No. 10 Kentucky Wildcats Huntington
7:00 PM EDT Report Stadium: Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,728
Referee: Esteban Rosano
Assistant referees: Kevin Fikar, Andrew Castel
September 29, 2021 9 No. 5 Marshall Thundering Herd 2–0 Butler Bulldogs Huntington
5:00 PM EDT
  • Pedro Dolabella  23, 77'
 Report Stadium: Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,106
Referee: Richard Crowgey
Assistant referees: Adam Walters, Cory Tornes
October 6, 2021 10 Old Dominion Monarchs 0–1 No. 5 Marshall Thundering Herd Norfolk
2:00 PM EDT Report
  • Pedro Dolabella  59'
 Stadium: ODU Soccer Complex
Attendance: 267
October 9, 2021 11 Florida Atlantic Owls 0–3 No. 5 Marshall Thundering Herd Boca Raton
7:00 PM EDT Report
  • Vitor Dias  15'
  • Milo Yosef  23'
  • Pedro Dolabella  56'
 Stadium: FAU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 450
Referee: Esteben Rosano
October 16, 2021 12 No. 3 Marshall Thundering Herd 1–0 UAB Blazers Huntington
7:00 PM EDT
  • Pedro Dolabella  106'
Report Stadium: Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,347
Referee: Jervis Atagana
October 19, 2021 13 No. 3 Marshall Thundering Herd 1–0 Wright State Raiders Huntington
7:00 PM EDT
  • Agustin Iusum  78'
 Report Stadium: Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,095
Referee: David Curley
October 23, 2021 14 Charlotte 49ers 1–2 No. 3 Marshall Thundering Herd Charlotte
7:00 PM EDT
  • Delasi Batse  27'
 Report
  • Jan-Erik Leinhos  25'
  • Milo Yosef  97'
Stadium: Transamerica Field
Attendance: 1,546
Referee: Daniel Radford
October 30, 2021 15 No. 2 Marshall Thundering Herd 4–0 South Carolina Gamecocks Huntington
7:00 PM EDT
  • Joao Souza  12'
  • Pedro Dolabella  67, 77'
  • Ibrahima Diop  65'
 Report Stadium: Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex
Attendance: 1,224
Referee: Brandon Gardner
Assistant referees: Justin Grider, Ali Sadeghian
November 5, 2021 16 No. 19 FIU Panthers 4-1 No. 1 Marshall Thundering Herd Miami
7:00 PM EDT
  • Mauro Bravo  17'
  • Rasmus Tobinski  35'
  • Stephen Afrifa  51'
  • Matteo Gasperoni  79'
 Report
  • Max Schneider  13'
 Stadium: FIU Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 1,076
Referee: Diani Padilla

Conference Tournament
Main article: 2021 Conference USA Men's Soccer Tournament
November 10, 2021 Semifinal (#2 seed) No. 4 Marshall Thundering Herd 1-3 (#6 seed) Florida Atlantic Owls Charlotte
7:00 PM EST
  • Vinicius Fernandes  80'
 Report
  • Tom Abrahamsson  19'
  • Ivan Mykhailenko  76'
  • Célestin Theodore, Jr.  81'
 Stadium: Transamerica Field
Attendance: 203
Referee: Jose Rivero

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
November 21, 2021 Round of 32 (14 seed) No. 4 Marshall Thundering Herd v No. 18 Providence Friars Huntington
1:00 PM EST Stadium: Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex


Rankings
Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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United Soccer[6] 1 (22) 7 10 6 5 5 5 3 3 (1) 2 (4) 1 (15) 4 15
TopDrawer Soccer[7] 1 4 7 7 8 7 5 4 3 3 2 5 7 17
College Soccer News[8] 1 3 6 5 5 7 7 4 3 3 1 5 11

2022 MLS Draft
Main article: 2022 MLS SuperDraft
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References
  1. "NCAA DI Men Rankings sponsored by Verizon – National". UnitedSoccerCoaches.com. United Soccer Coaches. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  2. "COLLEGE SOCCER NEWS 2021 PRESEASON TOP 30 MEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER NATIONAL POLL". CollegeSoccerNews.com. College Soccer News. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  3. "College Soccer National Ranking". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  4. "21 Men's Soccer Roster". HerdZone.com. Marshall University Athletics. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  5. "2021 Men's Soccer Schedule – Marshall University Athletics". HerdZone.com. Marshall University Athletics. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  6. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. April 20, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  7. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  8. "CSN Weekly Top 30 Poll". College Soccer News. September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2021.


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