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The 2019 St. Bonaventure men's soccer team features a roster with 17 returning players and 15 newcomers. The Bonnies will not have an easy schedule, playing only six games at home and 11 contests on the road. The Brown and White will look to replace seven starters from a year ago.
"Obviously, we lost a lot of players last year," head coach Kwame Oduro said. "With 15 new players coming in this year, we are still trying to gel together as a team before the season starts. We are excited; we have good players with good talent and we hope that they can put it all together on the field."
The Bonnies graduated their starting striker, Kosi Nwafornso, who had 18 goals and seven assists in 65 career games played. Over the four years, Nwafornso also knocked in six game-winning goals and was an All-Atlantic 10 performer. Bona also lost starting goalkeeper, Luke Iacobellis. The three-year starter played in 53 career games and tallied 13 career shutouts.
"It’s difficult to lose guys like that. When you recruit, you hope that you can better your team overall," Oduro said. "The crazy thing about college is that you don’t know how they are going to pan out until they step on the field. There are some tough and big shoes to fill for these kids and we believe that they have the talent to do so."
2019 Bonnies Men's Soccer Roster
- 0 - Justyn Sandhu - GK - Freshman
- 1 - Trevor Wilson - GK - Junior
- 2 - Julius Stefansson - D - Sophomore
- 3 - John Engerman - D - Freshman
- 4 - Francesco Caorsi - M - Junior
- 5 - Jaaziel Thompson - D - Junior
- 6 - Cheuk Pan Ngan - M - Junior
- 7 - Shea Currey - M - Junior
- 8 - Fredrik Hansen - M - Junior
- 9 - Jacob Dyck - F - Senior
- 10 - Isaac Boahmah - F - Sophomore
- 11 - Joshua Pulla - F - Freshman
- 12 - Bilal Mehran - D - Freshman
- 13 - Jon-Michael Perkins - D - Senior
- 14 - John Scott - F - Junior
- 15 - Callum Beattie - D - Freshman
- 16 - Marti Farre-Regincos - M - Freshman
- 17 - Antonio Simora - M - Senior
- 18 - Jacob Jashinski - M - Sophomore
- 19 - Luca Nicastro - F - Freshman
- 20 - Cuneyt Vardar - M - Sophomore
- 21 - Phil Cammarata - D - Junior
- 22 - Nicholas Mazzola - D - Senior
- 23 - C.J. Takatch - M - Freshman
- 24 - Kyle Cunningham - GK - Senior
- 25 - Hunter Allenbaugh - M - Freshman
- 26 - Aidan Conaghan - D - Senior
- 27 - Peter Massaquoi - F - Freshman
- 28 - Dylan Good - GK - Junior
- 29 - Reed Ziemianski - D - Junior
- 30 - Maxwell Ogden - M - Junior
- 31 - Tommy Boyle - D - Junior
bonnies SENIORS
JACOB DYCK
- Made 28 starts in 45 career games played.
- Limited to just 10 games as a junior due to injury.
- Scored a game-winning goal in each of his first two seasons and has scored four goals in his career.
- Notched the game-winning goal in double overtime against La Salle in 2017 to keep the Bonnies postseason hopes alive.
juniors
- Trevor Wilson, Francesco Caorsi, Jaaziel Thompson, Cheuk Pan Ngan, Shea Currey, Fredrik Hansen, John Scott, Phil Cammarata, Dylan Good, Reed Ziemianski, Maxwell Ogden, Tommy Boyle
sophomores
- Julius Stefansson, Isaac Boamah, Jacob Jashinski, Cuneyt Vardar
FRESHMEN
- Justyn Sandhu, John Engerman, Joshua Pulla, Bilal Mehran, Callum Beattie, Marti Farre-Regincos, Luca Nicastro, C.J. Takatch, Hunter Allenbaugh, Peter Massaquoi
key dates
- August 30 - at Florida International - The 2019 season opener for the Bonnies takes them to the Sunshine State to take on Florida International. The Brown and White have not played a season opener at home since defeating NJIT 2-1 in the 2015 opener.
- September 8 - at UMBC - The Bonnies travel to Baltimore to take on America East foe UMBC. This meeting marks the first ever contest between the two sides. The Retrievers fell in the 2018 America East Championship game to New Hampshire. UMBC finished last season with an RPI of 85.
- September 15 - vs. Hartford - The 2019 Bonnies will have to wait a few weeks to debut at the Marra Athletics Complex. In the Brown and White's fifth game of the season they welcome Hartford to the St. Bonaventure N.Y. The Bonnies took down the Hawks last season in Connecticut, 2-0.
- September 21 - vs. VCU - The Bonnies battle the 2018 Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion and A-10 preseason favorite VCU in their first A-10 conference contest of the 2019 season. The last time VCU visited the Marra Athletics Complex in 2017, the Bonnies defeated the then No. 22 Rams, 2-1, to send Bona to the A-10 Tournament for the first time since 2010.
- September 28 - at Fordham - The Bonnies find themselves with a tough game against Fordham on the road to close out the month of September. The Rams, just two years removed from an Elite Eight appearance in the NCAA Tournament, have a new coach in Carlo Acquista and reigning A-10 Defensive Player of the Year Joergen Oland.
- October 9 - vs. George Washington - In just their fourth home game in the first 11 contests, the Bonnies welcome the A-10's second leading goal scorer Oscar Haynes Brown and George Washington in early October. The Bonnies last defeated George Washington, 1-0, during the 2016 season.
- October 23 - at Davidson - The Bonnies head to Davidson for their final road Atlantic 10 game of the season and their third game against a team in the top 100 RPI last season (UMBC and VCU). The Wildcats finished second in the regular season standings in 2018 going 9-7-2 overall and 5-2-1 in A-10 play.