2013 VCU Rams men's soccer team

The 2013 VCU Rams men's soccer team will represent Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2013 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Rams will be playing in the Atlantic 10 Conference for their second season.

VCU Rams
2013 season
Athletic DirectorUnited States
Head CoachUnited States David Giffard
Atlantic 10 Conference3rd
A10 TournamentSemifinals
NCAA TournamentFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague:
All: Kharlton Belmar (8)
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Background edit

Competitions edit

Spring exhibitions edit

February 22, 2013 Spring 1 VCU 0–0 William & Mary Williamsburg, Virginia
18:30 EDT Report Stadium: Albert-Daly Field
March 23, 2013 Spring 2 VCU 2–3 Richmond Kickers North Chesterfield, Virginia
19:00 EDT Stadium: Ukrop Park
March 30, 2013 Spring 3 Longwood 0–2 VCU Richmond, Virginia
11:00 EDT Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
March 30, 2013 Spring 4 Louisburg 1–6 VCU Richmond, Virginia
12:00 EDT Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
March 30, 2013 Spring 5 Navy 0–1 VCU Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
April 6, 2013 Spring 6 VCU 0–2 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Report Okoli   76', 81' Stadium: Spry Stadium
April 6, 2013 Spring 7 VCU 1–0 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, North Carolina
21:00 EDT Freibaum   21' Report Stadium: Spry Stadium
April 20, 2013 Spring 8 Liberty 0–4 VCU Richmond, Virginia
11:00 EDT Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
April 20, 2013 Spring 9 VCU 2–2 Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
18:00 EDT Stadium: Klöckner Stadium

Preseason edit

August 21, 2013 1 William & Mary 2–1 #24 VCU Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT Flesch   8'
Coffey   12'
Teiman   44'
Report De Leon   77' Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: Not reported

Regular season edit

A10 Table edit

Results summary edit

Results by round edit

Match reports edit

Below are confirmed games for 2013.[1]

August 30, 2013 1 #17 UAB 4–0 #24 VCU Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT Navarette   18', 20'
Dajani   30'
Howze   32'
Wickham   33'
Ruiz   55'
Report Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 874
Referee: Scott Johnson
Note: VCU Tournament
September 1, 2013 2 Old Dominion 0–0 #24 VCU Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Note: VCU Tournament; match postponed in the 18th minute due to severe weather
September 6, 2013 3 #9 New Mexico 1–1 (a.e.t.) VCU Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT Rogers   44'
McKendry   88'
Miele   105'
Report Fisher   56' Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 835
Referee: Mike Stutt
September 8, 2013 4 VCU 3–2 #13 Maryland College Park, Maryland
19:00 EDT Manel   78' (pen.)
Belmar   79'   80'
Fisher   87'
Report Pace   33'
Odoi-Atsem   71'
Stadium: Ludwig Field
Attendance: 1,611
Referee: Peter Dhima
September 13, 2013 5 #19 VCU 1–0 #7 Akron Akron, Ohio
19:00 EDT Castillo   75'
Monge Solano   86'
Quinn   79' Stadium: Cub Cadet Field
Attendance: 3,319
Referee: Abbey Okulaja
Note: The University of Akron Tournament
September 15, 2013 6 #19 VCU 1–0 Niagara Akron, Ohio
12:00 EDT   50' (o.g.) Stadium: Cub Cadet Field
Note: The University of Akron Tournament
September 21, 2013 7 #25 Coastal Carolina 1–0 #8 VCU Richmond, Virginia
18:00 EDT Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 609
September 24, 2013 8 #8 VCU 1–2 #9 Wake Forest Winston-Salem, North Carolina
19:00 EDT Barnathan   19' Report Okoli   23'
Watts   24'
Ibikunle   37'
Fink   54'
Stadium: Spry Stadium
Attendance: 719
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
October 1, 2013 9 #17 VCU 1–2 (a.e.t.) Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia
19:00 EDT Shiffman   61'
Belmar   65'
Report Madison   20'
Wharton   35'
Poarch   69'
Bird   107'
Stadium: Klöckner Stadium
Attendance: 1,280
Referee: Mark Kadlecik
October 6, 2013 10 #22 Saint Louis 1–2 VCU Richmond, Virginia
13:00 EDT Graydon   37'
Sweetin   73'
Harvey   74'
Manel   85'
Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 439
Referee: Shaun Papperman
October 11, 2013 11 Massachusetts 0–4 VCU Richmond, Virginia
19:30 EDT Report Belmar   9'
Castillo   20'
Costa-Dorsey   77'
Duffie   84'
Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 981
Referee: Mark Gorak
October 13, 2013 12 Rhode Island 1–3 VCU Richmond, Virginia
14:30 EDT Sykes   88' Report Duffie   12'
Harvey   82'
Manel   89'
Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 436
Referee: Mike Stutt
October 18, 2013 13 Indiana 0–1 VCU Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT Vollmer   27' Report Castillo   68' (pen.)
Shiffman   85'
Fisher   88'
Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 1,247
Referee: Bill Dittmar
October 20, 2013 14 VCU 0–0 (a.e.t.) George Mason Fairfax, Virginia
19:00 EDT Stadium: George Mason Stadium
October 25, 2013 15 La Salle 0–3 #24 VCU Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT Report Castillo   26', 81'
Costa-Dorsey   76'
Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 947
Referee: Danish Sadaat
October 27, 2013 16 #24 VCU 0–1 Saint Joseph's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
13:00 EDT Report McFadden   85' Stadium: Finnesey Field
Attendance: 487
Referee: Thomas Brown
November 3, 2013 17 Fordham 0–3 VCU Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT Walano   49' Report Harvey   7'
Herrera Meraz   52'
Belmar   72'
Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 522
Referee: Zach Reynolds
November 8, 2013 18 VCU 2–1 St. Bonaventure Olean, New York
15:00 EDT Belmar   65', 70'   88' Report Iannacito   66'
Perillo   88'
Stadium: McGraw-Jennings Field
Attendance: 73
November 10, 2013 19 VCU 0–3 Duquesne Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15:00 EDT Stadium: Rooney Field

Atlantic 10 Tournament edit

November 14, 2012 Quarterfinals #6 Duquesne 1–2 #3 VCU Dayton, Ohio
14:00 EDT De Villardi   4'
Disomma   89'
Report Harvey   16'
Fisher   87'
Stadium: Baujan Field
Attendance: 149
Referee: Mark Garcia
November 15, 2012 Semifinals #2 George Mason 3–2 (a.e.t.) #3 VCU Dayton, Ohio
17:00 EDT Herstek   27'
Arjona   63'
Harmouche   64'
Miller   83'
Mulgrew   91'
Report Castillo   19'
Herrera Meraz   20'
Bowie   62'
Belmar   80'
Stadium: Baujan Field
Attendance: 168
Referee: Shaun Papperman

NCAA Tournament edit

November 21, 2013 First round VCU 0–3 Navy Richmond, Virginia
19:00 EDT Belmar   54' Report Sanchez   68'
Fries   71', 76'
Stadium: Sports Backers Stadium
Attendance: 993
Referee: Bill Dittmar

Statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Regular season A-10 Tournament NCAA Tournament
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   USA Michael Gaffary 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   USA Isaac Owusu 11 0 8+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   CRC Dennis Castillo 17 5 17+0 5 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF   USA Garrett Harvey 16 3 9+7 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 MF   CRC Pablo Paz 4 0 0+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF   USA Ray De Leon 6 0 1+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 DF   CRC Juan Monge Solano 17 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   USA Dakota Barnathan 15 1 9+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF   JAM Romena Bowie 15 0 9+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 FW   USA Kharlton Belmar 17 7 17+0 7 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 MF   USA Greg Boehme 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF   MEX Mario Herrera Meraz 13 1 5+8 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF   HON Juan Fajardo 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF   USA Ritchie Duffie 17 2 16+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 DF   USA Gene Daniels 8 0 0+8 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF   USA Nate Shiffman 17 0 16+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF   SEN Assane Keita 17 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 GK   USA Andrew Wells 17 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW   GER Rahim Costa-Dorsey 10 2 1+9 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW   ESP Jose Manel 17 3 12+5 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF   USA Devon Fisher 17 2 16+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF   USA Jack Bates 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   USA Finley Wyatt 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW   USA Matt Freibaum 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 MF   USA Shaquille Richards 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF   USA Donovan Arias 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK   USA Marco Lujan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 GK   CAN Garrett Cyprus 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW   USA Joel Teston 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 DF   USA Bobby Hopper 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF   USA Jason McGlothern 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Source: VCU Athletics

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Pos No. Player Regular season A-10 Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
1 FW 12 Kharlton Belmar 7 1 0 8
2 DF 5 Dennis Castillo 5 1 0 6
3 DF 4 Garrett Harvey 3 1 0 4
4 FW 22 Jose Manel 3 0 0 3
MF 24 Devon Fisher 2 1 0 3
6 FW 22 Rahim Costa-Dorsey 2 0 0 2
MF 16 Ritchie Duffie 2 0 0 2
8 MF 8 Dakota Barnathan 1 0 0 1
MF 14 Mario Herrera Meraz 1 0 0 1

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
22 FW   Rahim Costa-Dorsey   Mount Vernon Majors Committed to program June 10, 2013 [2]
33 FW   Joel Teston   McLean Youth Soccer Committed to program June 10, 2013 [2]

Out edit

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
11 FW   Jason Johnson   Houston Dynamo Signed in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft January 14, 2013
8 MF   Juan Arbelaez   Montreal Impact Signed in the 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft January 21, 2013
1 GK   Clark Hankins Graduated May 14, 2013
5 MF   Joseph Haboush   Richmond Kickers Free May 14, 2013
15 MF   Chris Maimone   RVA Football Club Graduated May 14, 2013
22 MF   Brad Seymour   RVA Football Club Graduated May 14, 2013
17 MF   Peter Lee   Army Black Knights Transferred June 30, 2013
20 FW   K.C. Onyeador Cut from team June 30, 2013
32 MF   Cameron Foster   High Point Panthers Transferred June 30, 2013

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Eleven NCAA Tournament Squads, Defending National Champ Indiana Highlight VCU Men's Soccer Schedule". VCU Athletics. VCUAthletics.com. May 29, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Costa-Dorsey, Teston Set to Join VCU Men's Soccer Program in Fall". VCU Athletics. VCUAthletics.com. June 10, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2013.