2021 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team

2021 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
	‡ – 2021 B1G Tournament champion; + – At-large invitation to the 2021 NCAA Tournament; As of September 17, 2021; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches; Source: Big Ten

Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
2021 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
Conference	Big Ten Conference
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 21
Head coach	Jeff Cook (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Greg Dalby (4th season); Methembe Ndlovu (2nd season); Clint Long (2nd season);
Home stadium	Jeffrey Field
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2021 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season. It was the program's 109th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 31st season in the Big Ten Conference. The 2021 season is Jeff Cook's fourth year at the helm.

Background[edit]

The 2021 season is the Nittany Lions' 109th season as a varsity soccer program, and their 31st season playing in the Big Ten Conference. The team is led by fourth year head coach, Jeff Cook, who had previously served as an assistant coach for the professional soccer team, Bethlehem Steel of USL Championship.

Player movement[edit]

Departures[edit]

Name	Number	Position	Year	Reason for departure
Mason Deeds	2	DF	Redshirt Senior	Graduated
Brandon Hackenberg	3	DF	Redshirt Senior	Drafted by Orlando City SC in the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.
Callum Pritchatt	5	MF	Senior	Graduated
Pierre Reedy	11	MF	Redshirt Senior	Graduated
Jace Orvos	23	FW	Junior	Transferred to Rutgers
Jose Palomeque	24	DF	Senior	Graduated
Dax Hoffman	25	DF	Senior	Graduated
Josh Dabora	26	FW	Senior	Transferred to Santa Clara

Last updated: August 6, 2021
Source: Penn State Athletics

Arrivals[edit]

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Mansour Diop DF	Senegal	Kaolack, Senega	Philadelphia Union Academy	^[1]
Ben Liscum MF	USA	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	Lewisburg Area High School	^[2]
Sean Bettenhausen MF	USA	Media, Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Union Academy	^[2]

Last updated: June 2, 2021
Source: TopDrawerSoccer

Transfers[edit]

Name	Nat.	No.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Christopher Palacios	USA	23	GK	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Senior	Arlington, VA	Transferred from Dartmouth^[3]

2021 MLS SuperDraft[edit]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Brandon Hackenberg	1	22	DF	Orlando City SC

Squad[edit]

Roster[edit]

As of August 2, 2021 ^[4]

Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.

No.	Position	Player	Nation
0	Goalkeeper	Christopher Palacios	United States
1	Goalkeeper	Kris Shakes	United States
4	Defender	Jalen Watson	Canada
6	Midfielder	Andrew Privett	United States
7	Forward	Liam Butts	United States
8	Midfielder	Peter Mangione	United States
9	Forward	Daniel Bloyou	Ghana
10	Midfielder	Seth Kuhn	United States
12	Midfielder	Sean Bettenhausen	United States
13	Goalkeeper	Alex Morgret	United States
14	Defender	Michael Gaines	United States

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No.		Position	Player
15	Defender	Adam Laundree	United States
16	Midfielder	Keegan Ness	United States
17	Defender	Tyger Evans	United States
18	Defender	Alex Stevenson	United States
19	Midfielder	Omar Ozbay	United States
20	Midfielder	Ben Liscum	United States
21	Midfielder	Kyle May	United States
24	Defender	Mani Diop	Senegal
27	Goalkeeper	Owen Elliott	United States
28	Defender	Femi Awodesu	United States
30	Goalkeeper	David Adelsberg	United States

Personnel[edit]

Front office
Athletic Director	Sandy Barbour
Deputy Director of Athletics	Lynn Holleran
Deputy Director of Athletics	Scott Sidwell
Coaching staff
Head coach	Jeff Cook
Assistant coach	Greg Dalby
Assistant coach	Methembe Ndlovu
Assistant coach	Clint Long
Assistant coach	Callum Pritchatt

Last updated: January 1, 2021
Source: Penn State Athletics

Schedule[edit]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Team events	Opponent events	Site (Attendance) City, State
Pre-season
August 14* 7:00 p.m.	No. 11	No. 5 Georgetown^			*	*	Jeffrey Field State College, PA
August 20* 7:00 p.m.		Bucknell^			*	*	Jeffrey Field State College, PA
August 26* 8:00 p.m.		George Mason†	T 1-1	0-0-1 (0-0-0)	*	*	Jeffrey Field (1864) State College, PA
August 29* 7:00 p.m.		Syracuse	W 3-0	1-0-1 (0-0-0)	*	*	Jeffrey Field (2073) State College, PA
September 3* 7:00 p.m.		at West Virginia			*	*	Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium Morgantown, WV
September 6* 7:00 p.m.		American			*	*	Jeffrey Field State College, PA
September 10* 7:00 p.m.		at Penn			*	*	River Fields Philadelphia, PA
September 13* 7:00 p.m., FS1		Pittsburgh			*	*	Jeffrey Field State College, PA
Regular season
September 17 7:00 p.m.		Northwestern			*	*	Jeffrey Field State College, PA
September 21* 7:00 p.m.		Villanova			*	*	Jeffrey Field State College, PA
September 25* 4:00 p.m.		at Princeton			*	*	Roberts Stadium (soccer stadium) Princeton, NJ
October 1 7:00 p.m.		at Michigan State			*	*	DeMartin Soccer Complex East Lansing, MI
October 5 6:00 p.m., BTN		at Rutgers			*	*	Yurcak Field New Brunswick, NJ
October 10 2:00 p.m., BTN		Michigan			*	*	Jeffrey Field State College, PA
October 13* 7:00 p.m.		at Akron			*	*	FirstEnergy Stadium Akron, OH
October 17 12:00 p.m., BTN		Indiana			*	*	Jeffrey Field State College, PA
October 22 7:00 p.m.		at Ohio State			*	*	Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Columbus, OH
October 26 8:00 p.m., BTN		Maryland			*	*	Jeffrey Field State College, PA
October 31 1:00 p.m.		at Wisconsin			*	*	McClimon Track/Soccer Complex Madison, WI
Big Ten Tournament
NCAA Tournament
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source:Penn State Athletics
^ Denotes exhibition match (score not reported)
† Match ended before 90'

Season Rankings[edit]

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2
United Soccer^[5]	11	17	RV
Top Drawer Soccer^[6]	10	11	21
CollegeSoccerNews.com^[7]	12	9	20

References[edit]

↑ Ripchik, Spencer. "Penn State men's soccer signs former Philadelphia Union Academy player". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Men's Soccer Signs Two in 2021 Class". Penn State University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
↑ Ripchik, Spencer. "Penn State men's soccer adds Dartmouth graduate transfer". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
↑ 2021 Men's Soccer Roster on Penn State
↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
↑ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
↑ "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

External links[edit]

PSU Soccer Schedule

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[1] Ripchik, Spencer. "Penn State men's soccer signs former Philadelphia Union Academy player". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved 2021-06-02.

[psusign-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Men's Soccer Signs Two in 2021 Class". Penn State University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-06-02.

[3] Ripchik, Spencer. "Penn State men's soccer adds Dartmouth graduate transfer". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved 2021-06-02.

[4] 2021 Men's Soccer Roster on Penn State

[5] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[6] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[7] "CSN Top 30 Polls". CollegeSoccerNews.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

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v t e 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ASUN ACC Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Summit WAC West Coast
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