The 2015 BYU Cougars men's soccer team is part of the Brigham Young University athletics program but does not play in a college conference. During the 2015 USL Premier Development League, the Cougars were coached for a 21st consecutive season by Chris Watkins.[1] The Cougars finished the season 1-5-8. After the season Watkins announced he would be retiring as head coach of the men's soccer team.[2]
| 2015 season | |||
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| Owner | Brigham Young University | ||
| Coach | Chris Watkins | ||
| Stadium | South Stadium, 3,000 capacity | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Lost 1st Round vs. Harpo's FC (0-0 aet) (2-4 p) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 3,000 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 300 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 743 | ||
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Media edit
Television and internet streaming edit
All BYU Cougars home games were streamed live on YouTube.
Regular season edit
Real Colorado edit
| May 8 Game 1 | BYU Cougars | 0–2[3] | Real Colorado Foxes | Highlands Ranch, CO |
| 7:00 p.m. MDT | Jerry Dearden  43'Ariel Chavez 73' Dallin Cutler 90+' |
Daniel Arrubla  23'Andrew Mejia 33'Andrew Mejia 75' |
Stadium: Highlands Heritage Stadium Attendance: 116 Referee: Adam Zarroty Assistant referees: Robert Barycyzk Chris Greer Fourth official: Rob Kiefer |
Albuquerque edit
| May 22 Game 2 | BYU Cougars | 1–2 | Albuquerque Sol FC | Albuquerque, NM |
| 2:30 p.m. MDT | Jace Green 37' Dallin Cutler 42'Richard Haddock  87' |
Recap | Matt Ball 33' Matt Ball 65'Ricardo Zacarias 88' |
Stadium: Ben Rios Field Attendance: 484 Referee: Doug Cotter Assistant referees: Steve Schafer Forest Dunnahoo Fourth official: James Keohone |
FC Tucson edit
Broadcasters: John Pearlman and Jeff Rogers
| May 23 Game 3 | BYU Cougars | 0–0[4] | FC Tucson | Tucson, AZ |
| 8:30 p.m. MDT | Matt Rider 20' Andrew Dossett 27'Jerry Dearden 75'Jace Green 90+' |
Stadium: Kino Sports Complex Attendance: 762 Referee: Robert Hullner Assistant referees: Matt Stewart Ramy Touchan |
Real Colorado edit
Broadcasters: Dave Neeley and Hugh Van Wagenen
| June 5 Game 4 | Real Colorado Foxes | 2–2[5] | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:30 p.m. MDT | Blake McNalit 8' Jeffrey Jennings 21'Danny Arrubla 40' |
Recap | Jace Green 11' Jace Green 29' |
Stadium: South Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Hamed S. Assistant referees: Jeff Gaston Steven Chapman Fourth official: Paige Kulm |
Real Colorado edit
Broadcasters: Dave Neeley and Carla Swensen
| June 6 Game 5 | Real Colorado Foxes | 1–1[6] | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 8 p.m. MDT | Javon Bastic 29' Jordan Gealy 42'Miguel Rosolos 71'Jordan Gealy 78'Santiago Velez 90+' |
Recap | Ethan Meyer 44' Pedro Vasconeclos 71'Dallin Cutler 80' |
Stadium: South Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Brad Jensen Assistant referees: Robert Pickett |
Las Vegas edit
Broadcasters: Dave Neeley and Carla Swensen
| June 9 Game 6 | Las Vegas Mobsters | 2–2[7] | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:30 p.m. MDT | Craig Carney 35' Craig Carney 45'Franck Taylor 80'Franck Taylor 81'Lucas Cawley 86'Carlos Lara 90' |
Recap | Dallin Cutler 30' Matt Rider 51'Ryan Botcherby 76'Dallin Cutler 78' |
Stadium: South Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Jeff Gastosh Assistant referees: Brandon Major Paige Kulm Fourth official: Marcelo Chaporro |
Albuquerque edit
Broadcasters: Dave Neeley, Hugh Van Wagenen, and Carla Swensen
| June 11 Game 7 | Albuquerque Sol | 3–2[8] | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:30 p.m. MDT | Sam Gleadle 21' Giovanni Rollie 39'Yuri Domiciano 52'Carlos Sendin 62'Ricardo Zacharias 68'Adrian Mora 76' |
Recap | Jace Green 44' Pedro Vasconcelos 70'Garrett Gee 78'Ethan Meyer 80'Andrew Dossett 90' |
Stadium: South Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Henson Keetch Assistant referees: Marcelo Chapparo Jason Hutchinson Fourth official: Paul Burgess |
FC Tucson edit
Broadcasters: Skyler Hardman and Hugh Van Wagenen
| June 19 Game 8 | FC Tucson | 2–2[9] | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:30 p.m. MDT | Jose Miranda 45' Luis Martinez 51'Pedro Espindola 53'Devonte Dubose 58'Edgar Reyna 61'Luis Martinez 64'Merlin Hoekendierff 90' |
Recap | Winston Sorhaitz 17' Pedro Vasconeclos 18'Winston Sorhaitz 34'Dallin Cutler 50'Junior Lartey 65'Ryan Botcherby 81'Ethan Meyer 83'Ryan Botcherby 90+' |
Stadium: South Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Jeff Gaston Assistant referees: Kristi Mak Kali Hamby-Smith Fourth official: Blake Griffiths |
FC Tucson edit
Broadcasters: Mitchell Marshall and Carla Swensen
| June 20 Game 9 | FC Tucson | 3–1[10] | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:30 p.m. MDT | Justin Bileyu 17' Davis Clemens 33'Ozzie Ramos 56'David Clemens 68' |
Andrew Dossett 41' Ethan Meyer 62'Junior Lartey 65'Jacob Ence 90+' |
Stadium: South Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Blake Griffiths Assistant referees: Alan Jurenez Daniel Spicer–Escalante Fourth official: Robert Duncombe |
Las Vegas edit
| June 26 Game 10 | BYU Cougars | 1–2 | Las Vegas Mobsters | Las Vegas, NV |
| 8:30 p.m. MDT | Taylor Fankhauser 19' |
Carlos Lara 45' Craig Carney 78'Aaron Goo 84' |
Stadium: Valley High School Attendance: N/A Referee: Miguel Urbina Assistant referees: Jason Hutchinson Scott Connor Fourth official: Oscar Arias |
Las Vegas edit
| June 27 Game 11 | BYU Cougars | 0–4 | Las Vegas Mobsters | Las Vegas, NV |
| 8:30 p.m. MDT | Jaiden Waggoner 36' |
Kandai Otsuka 32' Aaron Goo 36'Craig Carney 68'Milan Popovic 73'Oscar Velasquez 82'Craig Carney 83' |
Stadium: Valley High School Attendance: N/A Referee: Oscar Arias Assistant referees: Ray Baez Benjamin Limon Fourth official: Miguel Urbina |
Burlingame edit
Broadcasters: Carla Swensen and Hugh Van Wagenen
| July 4 Game 12 | Burlingame Dragons FC | 3-2 | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:30 p.m. MDT | Joshua Smith 3' Luke Salmon 40'Own Goal 45'Joseph Cariel 50'Fredy Razo 52'Marquis Brooks 64'Joshua Smith 69' |
Recap | Garrett Gee 14' Emmanuel Lartey 25'Andrew Dossett 42'Ethan Meyer 67'Dallin Cutler 77' |
Stadium: South Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Alex Krelo Assistant referees: James Roy Marcelo Chuparo Fourth official: Karsen Gillwad |
Burlingame edit
Broadcasters: Jason Long and Andreas Wolf
| July 11 Game 13 | BYU Cougars | 0–2 | Burlingame Dragons FC | Burlingame, CA |
| 6:00 p.m. MDT | Fredy Razo 28' Brian Nana-Sinkam 50'Junior Cardona 62'Josh Morton 64'Ugochukwu Uche 69' |
Stadium: Burlingame High School Stadium Attendance: N/A |
Real Monarchs edit
BYU and Real Colorado were scheduled to play each other for the finale on July 15. Real Colorado withdrew from the game claiming travel conflicts, giving BYU their lone win of the year. Real Colorado was also deducted 3 points for league violations. BYU then scheduled a match with the Real Monarchs for their senior night match.[11]
Broadcasters: Dave Neeley and Carla Swensen
| July 15 Game 14 | Real Monarchs | 3-2 | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:30 p.m. MDT | Garrett Losee 33' Johnny Caporelli 51'Ricardo Velazco 66'Alec Sundly 80'Alec Sundly 82' |
Recap | Garrett Gee 6' Christian Bain 40'Dallin Cutler 60' |
Stadium: South Stadium Attendance: N/A Referee: Marco Shapiro |
2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup edit
For the first time since 2007, in 2015 BYU was invited to participate in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. The field expansion to 91 teams gave the Cougars only their third-ever invitation. The Cougars were given a bye from the qualifying round and a host location for the first round where they would meet new team Harpo's FC, a squad sponsored by Avery Brewing Company of Colorado. If they could win it would give BYU their first-ever win in the U.S. Open Cup.[12]
The Cougars and Harpo's FC would play a penalty-free match and a full 120 minutes of scoreless play, setting up a shootout for the right to advance to the second round.[13]
Broadcasters: Dave Neeley and Hugh Van Wagenen
| May 13 | Harpo's FC | 0–0[14] (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | BYU Cougars | Provo, UT |
| 7:30 PM MDT | Stadium: South Stadium Referee: Adam Finney | |||
| Penalties | ||||
| Justin Geibel, Ben Iiames, Corey Cullen, Sawyer Frank | Dallin Cutler, Jacob Ence | |||
Roster edit
| No. | Position | Player | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | GK | Brenden Ottman | Junior |
| 0 | GK | Trevor LeSueur | Sophomore |
| 1 | GK | Michael "Jake" Petersen | Senior |
| 2 | F | Ariel Chavez | Senior |
| 3 | F | Jacob Ence | Freshman |
| 4 | MF | Josh Hunter | Junior |
| 5 | D | Ethan Meyer | Junior |
| 6 | MF | Dallin Cutler | Junior |
| 7 | F | Garrett Gee | Senior |
| 8 | MF | Jake Miles | Sophomore |
| 10 | MF | Pedro Vasconeclos | Junior |
| 11 | D | Winston Sorhaitz | Junior |
| 12 | D | Jerry Dearden | Sophomore |
| 13 | D | Emmanuel "Junior" Lartey | Sophomore |
| 14 | MD | Matt Rider | Junior |
| 15 | D | Ryan Botcherby | Freshman |
| 16 | M | Christian Bain | Freshman |
| 17 | MD | Ben Jensen | Freshman |
| 18 | D | Andrew Dossett | Freshman |
| 19 | MF | Jace Green | Senior |
| 20 | MF | Zack Cowan | Freshman |
| 21 | MF | MJ Affleck | Freshman |
| 23 | F | Gavin Christensen | Freshman |
Standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Tucson (C) | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 28 |
| 2 | Albuquerque Sol FC (T) | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 27 |
| 3 | Las Vegas Mobsters | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | Real Colorado Foxes[a] | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 17 |
| 5 | BYU Cougars | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 8 |
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
(C) Champions; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
- ^ Real Colorado Foxes deducted three points.
References edit
- ^ "BYU Men's Soccer Unveils 2015 PDL Team". Salt City FC. Archived from the original on April 28, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ "Chris Watkins resigns as BYU men's soccer head coach after 21 years". Deseret News. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ "BYU soccer opens 2015 PDL campaign with loss in weather-postponed twin-bill at Colorado". Salt City FC. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ^ "FC Tucson settles for 0-0 tie after missed chances". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ "Green's brace powers BYU soccer to 2-2 draw in PDL home opener". KSL. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
- ^ "Cutler's penalty kick draws BYU level with Real Colorado, 1-1 on rainy Saturday". Salt City FC. Archived from the original on June 7, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2015.
- ^ "BYU earns fourth-straight draw, 2-2 against Las Vegas". Salt City FC. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
- ^ "BYU loses first home match in PDL play, 3-2 to Albuquerque". Salt City FC. Archived from the original on June 12, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
- ^ "BYU picks up another home draw, 2-2 with 10-man FC Tucson". Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
- ^ "FC Tucson outlasts BYU, 3-1 in homestand finale". Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ^ "Cougars to play Real Monarchs this Wednesday". Deseret News. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ^ "BYU men's soccer to play in US Open Cup, chance of competing with Real Salt Lake". The Digital Universe. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
- ^ "BYU soccer falls to Harpo's FC on penalties in Open Cup first round". KSL-TV. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
- ^ "BYU men's soccer loses on PKs to Harpo's FC in US Open Cup". Provo Daily Herald. Retrieved May 13, 2015.