2021 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team
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| Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
| Record | 6–6–6 (2–4–4 Pac-12) |
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| Home stadium | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Oregon State † | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 14 | – | 2 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Washington + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 18 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 UCLA + | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | – | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego State | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| California | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Pac-12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 Stanford Cardinal men's soccer team represented Stanford University during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. They were led by tenth year head coach Jeremy Gunn.
Previous season
The Cardinal played their 2020 season in early 2021 due to Covid-19. They finished conference play at 7–2–1, 1st place in the Pac-12 season and 10–3–1 overall. The Cardinal would win their second round match-up in the 2020 NCAA Tournament against Omaha in overtime, but would lose in the third round to North Carolina 0–1.
Preseason Media polls
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Stanford | 24 (4) |
| 2 | Washington | 22 (2) |
| 3 | Oregon State | 17 |
| 4 | UCLA | 11 |
| 5 | California | 10 |
| 6 | San Diego State | 6 |
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Roster
Source:[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Schedule
| Date Time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| August 21, 2021* 4:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider | No. 8 | Cal State Bakersfield | W 4–0 | – | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA | ||||||
| August 21, 2021* 7:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider | No. 8 | Santa Clara | T 0–0 | – | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium Stanford, CA | ||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| August 26, 2021* 5:05 pm, ESPN+ | No. 8 | at SMU | L 1–3 | 0–1–0 | Westcott Field (1,200) Dallas, TX | ||||||
| September 2, 2021* 7:30 pm, WCC Network | No. 25 | at Pacific | W 4–0 | 1–1–0 | Knoles Field (650) Stockton, CA | ||||||
| September 6, 2021* 7:00, Pac-12 Los Angeles | No. 25 | UC Santa Barbara | W 2–1 | 2–1–0 | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (902) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| September 11, 2021* 9:05 pm | No. 20 | San Jose State | T 0–0 2OT | 2–1–1 | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,135) Stanford, CA | ||||||
| September 16, 2021 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 23 | at UCLA | L 0–2 | 2–2–1 (0–1–0) | Wallis Annenberg Stadium (1,226) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
| September 19, 2021 3:00 pm, Aztec Digital Network | No. 23 | at No. 21 San Diego State | L 0–1 2OT | 2–3–1 (0–2–0) | SDSU Sports Deck San Diego, CA | ||||||
| September 23, 2021* 7:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider | UC Irvine | W 2–0 | 3–3–1 | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (723) Stanford, CA | |||||||
| September 27, 2021* 7:00 pm, Pac-12 Insider | Saint Mary's | L 0–1 2OT | 3–4–1 | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (429) Stanford, CA | |||||||
| October 3, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N | California | W 5–0 | 4–4–1 (1–2–0) | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,246) Stanford, CA | |||||||
| October 7, 2021 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 2 Washington | L 1–3 | 4–5–1 (1–3–0) | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (660) Stanford, CA | |||||||
| October 10, 2021 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 15 Oregon State | T 2–2 2OT | 4–5–2 (1–3–1) | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (827) Stanford, CA | |||||||
| October 16, 2021* 3:00 pm, Pioneers All-Access | at Denver | T 1–1 2OT | 4–5–3 | Denver Soccer Stadium (1,736) Denver, CO | |||||||
| October 21, 2021 8:00 pm, P12N | San Diego State | W 4–0 | 5–5–3 (2–3–1) | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (621) Stanford, CA | |||||||
| October 24, 2021 2:30 pm, P12N | No. 22 UCLA | T 1–1 | 5–5–4 (2–3–2) | Laird Q. Cagan Stadium (1,204) Stanford, CA | |||||||
| October 28, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N | at No. 3 Oregon State | L 0–1 | 5–6–4 (2–4–2) | Paul Lorenz Field (549) Corvallis, OR | |||||||
| October 31, 2021 2:00 pm, P12N | at No. 4 Washington | T 0–0 2OT | 5–6–5 (2–4–3) | Husky Soccer Stadium (1,490) Seattle, WA | |||||||
| November 4, 2021* 7:00 pm | at San Francisco | W 1–0 | 6–6–5 | Negoesco Stadium (827) San Francisco, CA | |||||||
| November 11, 2021 1:00 pm, P12N | at California | T 1–1 2OT | 6–6–6 (2–4–4) | Edwards Stadium (4,357) Berkeley, CA | |||||||
| *Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Western. | |||||||||||
2022 MLS Super Draft
| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
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| Ousseni Bouda | San Jose Earthquakes | 1 | 8 | FW |
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Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| United Soccer[4] | 8 | 25 | 20 | 23 | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | — | — | Not released | ||||
| TopDrawer Soccer [5] | 7 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| College Soccer News | 8 | 12 | 11 | 16 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Not released | ||
References
- ^ "Pick of the Pac-12". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ "2021 Men's Soccer Roster". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "Bouda Back in The Bay". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 14, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 13, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2022.