Men's Soccer

[Pablo]

Final: Mason (5-6-3, 2-4-1) 3 - at Delaware (8-3-5, 2-2-3 CAA) 1

 

[GMUgemini]

The men’s team has seemed to show some progress. Next season hopefully better than this last one.

 

[Pablo]

Patriots Drop Season Finale at George Washington - George Mason University Athletics

Box score (PDF)

gomason.com

"WASHINGTON, D.C. – The George Mason men's soccer team fell to George Washington, 3-1, in the final match of the season on Saturday afternoon at GW Soccer Field in Washington, D.C."

 

[phoenix-arizona]

Well bully to vcu I guess

 

[Pablo]

Patriots Add 10 Newcomers for 2024 Season - George Mason University Athletics

FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason men's soccer team has added 10 players for the 2024 season, featuring four freshmen and six transfers.

gomason.com

"The 2024 class includes:

Zayyan Ahmed | Defender | Junior
Hometown: Leesburg, Va.
Club/Previous School: Virginia Tech

• Attended Virginia Tech
• Played club for Loudoun
• ECNL First Team All-Conference

Quentin Clain | Midfielder| Sophomore
Hometown: Villiers le Bel, France
Club/Previous School: Otero College

Thomas DeRoussel | Midfielder | Freshman
Hometown: Mason, Ohio
Club/Previous School: Summit Country Day School

• Earned Miami Valley Player of the Year honors
• First Team All-Conference
• Team captain of the Silver Knights

Gianluca Franco | Forward | Freshman
Hometown: Clermont, Fla.
Club/Previous School: Montverde Academy

• Played at Montverde Academy High School
• 2024 Varsity MVP Award
• Played club for Clermont FC (UPSL)

Marek Gonda | Forward | Graduate Student
Hometown: Schaumburg, Ill.
Club/Previous School: DePaul University

• Played four years at DePaul University
• Started 48 of 56 games played
• Tallied four goals and led the team with a career-high five assists in 2023
• Two-time Big East All-Academic

Leo Lemoine | Defender | Graduate Student
Hometown: Pau, France
Club/Previous School: University of Pau

Javier Montava I Midfielder I Freshman
Hometown: Alcoy, Spain
Club/Previous School: La Salle Academy

• Played club for UD Rayo Ibense

Jordi Navio Sanchez | Defender | Graduate Student
Hometown: Vallirana, Spain
Club/Previous School: NJIT

• Played three years at NJIT, starting 33 of 34 matches for the Highlanders
• Played at Erskine College
• Conference Carolinas All-Conference First Team

Martim Sereno| Forward | Freshman
Hometown: Mira de Aire, Portugal
Club/Previous School: Academico de Viseu

Matthew Trakszelis | Defender| Graduate Student
Hometown: Aurora, Ill.
Club/Previous School: Xavier University

• Played in 23 matches for the Musketeers
• Three-time Big East All-Academic Team"

 

[Pablo]

Maestre Selected to Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Team - George Mason University Athletics

FAIRFAX, Va. – George Mason graduate student Luis Maestre has been selected to the Atlantic 10 Preseason All-Conference Team.

gomason.com

"Maestre, a native of Elche, Spain, started all 15 games for the Patriots last season. He scored five goals and added nine assists for 19 points. Maestre led the club in assists (9), points (19) and game-winning goals (2), tied for first in goals (5), was second in minutes played by a field player (1317), tied for second in shots on goal (9) and was third in shots (19).

Among league leaders during the 2023 campaign, Maestre finished second in assists (9) and sixth in points (19).

The Preseason All-Conference Team is selected by the league's head coaches.

Men's Soccer Preseason All-Conference

FORWARD
Alec Hughes - Massachusetts
Maxi Hopfer - Duquesne
Denis Krioutchenkov - Davidson

MIDFIELD
Miles Bonham - Dayton
Joseph Melto Quiah - Dayton
Andrey Salmeron - vcu

DEFENDER
Gerardo Castillo - vcu
Luis Maestre - George Mason
Joey Maher - Saint Louis
Moussa Ndiaye - vcu

GOALKEEPER
Aidan Crawford - Loyola Chicago"

 

[Pablo]

2024 Season Opener: Mason 2 - at Navy 0

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[Pablo]

Home opener: Mason (2-0-0) 4 - Delaware (2-1-0) 2

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gomason.com

 

[Pablo]

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gomason.com

	1	2	T
Bucknell (2-1-0)	0	0	0
George Mason (3-0-0)	1	0	1

 

[GSII]

How bout them footy Pats! 3-0 for first time in......forever?

 

[Pablo]

How bout them footy Pats! 3-0 for first time in......forever?

5-0 in 2014 - https://gomason.com/documents/2024/8/29/2024_Men_s_Soccer_Information_Guide_7-17-24.pdf

 

[Pablo]

NCAA DI Mens Rankings – National | United Soccer Coaches

unitedsoccercoaches.org

UNITED SOCCER COACHES TOP 25​

NCAA DI MEN — NATIONAL​

NATIONAL - POLL 2 - SEPTEMBER 3, 2024​

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	West Virginia University	4	7	197	3-0-0
2	Clemson University	1	1	182	1-0-1
3	University of Denver	9	0	169	2-0-2
4	Western Michigan University	5	0	156	3-0-1
5	Stanford University	13	0	146	3-1-0
6	UCLA	10	0	145	2-0-1
7	Marshall University	2	0	144	2-1-0
8	University of Pittsburgh	3	0	127	3-1-0
9	Northwestern University	12	0	113	4-0-0
10	University of Wisconsin	22	0	108	4-0-0
11	Seattle University	11	0	107	1-0-1
12	University of North Carolina	17	0	97	3-0-1
13	vcu	14	0	86	2-0-1
14	Georgetown University	16	0	81	2-1-1
15	University of Louisville	15	0	78	3-0-0
16	University of Kentucky	23	0	70	1-0-1
17	University of Central Florida	21	0	67	1-0-2
18	University of Portland	8	0	57	2-1-0
19	Saint Louis University	6	0	56	1-1-1
20	Syracuse University	7	0	48	2-1-1
21	Ohio State University	20	0	44	3-0-1
22	Seton Hall University	25	0	42	3-0-0
22	Southern Methodist University	RV	0	42	2-0-2
24	Hofstra University	RV	0	35	3-0-1
24	University of Pennsylvania	NR	0	35	1-0-0

Records shown are through games of September 1, 2024

Also receiving votes: University of Washington (32), Charlotte (31), Virginia Tech (19), University of Michigan (15), Oral Roberts University (15), Oregon State University (14), Grand Canyon University (9), University of Rhode Island (8), Elon University (7), University of North Carolina-Greensboro (6), University of Nebraska-Omaha (4), University of California Santa Barbara (4), University of San Diego (3), George Mason University (1)

 

[Verdad]

I added the season finale at vcu to my calendar in case both teams are ranked/close to it at the end of the year.

Unfortunately, that vcu game may be the first quality opponent we play since we don't have a top quality OOC opponent (maybe Maryland will end up as one) and we don't play SLU or URI due to the unbalanced schedule. Would be really nice to play all 3.

 

[Pablo]

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gomason.com

Names	1	2	T
Howard (0-3-0)	1	2	3
George Mason (4-0-0)	3	1	4

 

[Pablo]

Sereno Named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week - George Mason University Athletics

Atlantic 10 Release

gomason.com

"FAIRFAX, Va. – George Mason freshman forward Martim Sereno was selected Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week, the league announced on Monday.

Sereno, from Mira de Aire, Portugal, started the scoring against Howard on Saturday, Sept. 7, when he found the back of the net in the 28th minute from 15 yards out in the penalty area. He then picked up an assist on the game-winning goal in the 88th minute of play in the Patriots 4-3 win over the Bison.

Sereno played 88 minutes against the Bison and led all players with six shots and registered two shots on goal in the match.

In the Patriots first game of the week, Sereno assisted on the game-winning goal and played 70 minutes in George Mason's 1-0 victory over Bucknell on Sept. 3.

Sereno leads the team with three assists, is tied for first on the club with seven points and is tied for second with two goals on the season."

 

[Pablo]

NCAA DI Mens Rankings – National | United Soccer Coaches

unitedsoccercoaches.org

UNITED SOCCER COACHES TOP 25​

NCAA DI MEN — NATIONAL​

NATIONAL - - SEPTEMBER 10, 2024​

Rank	School	Prev	1st Votes	Total Points	W-L-T
1	West Virginia University	1	8	200	4-0-0
2	University of Denver	3	0	192	3-0-3
3	Stanford University	5	0	182	4-1-0
4	Western Michigan University	4	0	176	5-0-1
5	Clemson University	2	0	170	1-1-1
6	Marshall University	7	0	160	3-1-0
7	University of Pittsburgh	8	0	152	4-1-0
8	University of Wisconsin	10	0	144	5-0-0
9	Seattle University	11	0	136	2-1-1
10	University of Central Florida	17	0	128	2-0-2
11	University of North Carolina	12	0	120	3-0-2
12	Ohio State University	21	0	110	4-0-1
13	Seton Hall University	22	0	104	5-0-0
14	Northwestern University	9	0	98	5-1-0
15	University of Pennsylvania	24	0	88	3-0-0
16	Hofstra University	24	0	80	4-0-1
17	Virginia Tech	RV	0	72	4-0-1
18	Fordham University	NR	0	64	3-1-1
19	Charlotte	NR	0	56	3-0-1
20	Elon University	RV	0	46	5-0-0
21	University of San Diego	RV	0	26	3-0-2
22	University of Michigan	RV	0	25	4-0-1
23	University of Notre Dame	NR	0	17	1-0-2
24	North Carolina State University	NR	0	12	3-0-1
25	Georgetown University	14	0	10	2-2-2

Records shown are through games of September 8, 2024

Also receiving votes: UCLA (9), Grand Canyon University (6), Cornell University (5), University of Rhode Island (4), George Mason University (2), virginia commonwealth university (2), Southern Methodist University (2), University of California Santa Barbara (1), Providence College (1)

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[Pablo]

Gonda Nets Game-Winner, Patriots Blank UNCW - George Mason University Athletics

Box score (PDF)

gomason.com

"FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason men's soccer team remained unbeaten with a 1-0 victory over UNC Wilmington on Thursday [sic Tuesday] night at UNCW Soccer Stadium in Wilmington, N.C.

The Patriots have won their first five matches of the season for the first time since the 2014 campaign. It's just the seventh time in program history that the Patriots have started a season with at least five straight victories (1981, 1982, 1985, 1991, 2012, 2014, 2024).

George Mason (5-0-0) took the lead over UNCW (1-1-3) in the 25th minute of play.

Graduate student forward Marek Gonda scored into the lower left corner to put the Patriots in front, 1-0. Graduate student defender Luis Maestre and sophomore midfielder Javier Montava each notched an assist.

The Patriots have scored the first goal in all five matches.

George Mason senior goalkeeper Jaume Salvado improved to 5-0-0 with his third clean sheet of the season.

HOW THEY SCORED

25' | Gonda scored his first goal in a Patriots uniform into the lower left corner.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The Patriots outshot the Seahawks, 13-5, including a 10-0 advantage in shots on goal. George Mason and UNCW finished with three corner kicks in the match.

Gonda (79 minutes) led all players with three shots on goal and Maestre finished with two shots on goal.

Graduate student defender Jordi Navio Sanchez (80 minutes), graduate student midfielder Henry Wachsman (75 minutes), senior defender Javi Sanchez, sophomore midfielder Quentin Clain, and freshman forward Martim Sereno (45 minutes) each recorded one shot on frame.

Graduate student defender Leo Lemoine, sophomore midfielder James Eliuda, Javi Sanchez, Clain, Montava and Maestre each played 90 minutes in the match.

NEXT FOR MASON

The Patriots travel to face Old Dominion on Sunday, Sept. 15 with the opening kick scheduled for 6 p.m. at ODU Soccer Stadium in Norfolk, Va."

 

[GMUgemini]

I don’t understand how it’s possible for Fordham to go from unranked to 18th after LOSING 3-1 on 9/9…

I guess the Santa Clara win was that good (even though they aren’t even in the “receiving votes” category and are 1-2 on the season).

Who knows.

 

[Verdad]

Top Drawer Soccer has Duquesne at #22 (4-0-1), so that makes a total of 5 teams (4 currently) that have received some sort of votes in top 25 rankings. Hopefully the Men's soccer team will give us a fun non-basketball season to follow and root for an NCAAT appearance.

College Soccer National Ranking

College Soccer National Ranking

www.topdrawersoccer.com

 

[Verdad]

Here is a good site for tracking the quality of our wins/upcoming opponents. According to them we have an rpi of 13!

George Mason

rpiupdatemenssoccer.blogspot.com