2020 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big Ten Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 11
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 12
Record	10–2–2 (6–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jeff Cook (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Greg Dalby (3rd season) Methembe Ndlovu (1st season) Clint Long (1st season)
Home stadium	Jeffrey Field
Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Indiana ‡	7	–	1	–	0			12	–	2	–	2
No. 11 Penn State +	6	–	1	–	1			10	–	2	–	2
Michigan	5	–	3	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
Maryland +	4	–	3	–	1			4	–	5	–	2
Rutgers	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Michigan State	4	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Ohio State	3	–	5	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Northwestern	2	–	7	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	7	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
‡ – 2020 B1G Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2020 NCAA Tournament As of May 28, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: Big Ten

The 2020 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team represented Pennsylvania State University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2020 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 fall season was postponed to the spring, and began on February 19, 2021. It was the program's 108th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 30th season in the Big Ten Conference. The 2020 season is Jeff Cook's third year at the helm.

The 2020 season is the Nittany Lions' 108th season as a varsity soccer program, and their 30th season playing in the Big Ten Conference. The team is led by third year head coach, Jeff Cook, who had previously served as an assistant coach for the professional soccer team, Bethlehem Steel of USL Championship.

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Brandon Hackenberg	3	DF	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175	Redshirt Senior	Reading, PA	Drafted by Orlando City SC with the 22nd pick of the 2021 MLS SuperDraft.
Aaron Molloy	8	MF	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	165	Senior	Dublin, Ireland	Graduated; drafted by Portland Timbers with the 16th pick of the 2020 MLS SuperDraft.
Will Campbell	20	DF	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	178	Graduate Student	Wallingford, PA	Graduated
Kyle Perno	23	FW	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165	Senior	New Hyde Park, NY	Graduated
Christian Sload	24	FW	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170	Senior	Reading, PA	Graduated

Name	Nat.	Hometown	High School	Club	TDS Rating
David Adelsberg GK	USA	Newport Beach, CA		Pateadores SC	[1]
Femi Awodesu DF	USA	Philadelphia, PA		Tampa Bay Rowdies	[2]
Tyger Evans DF	USA	Philadelphia, PA		Philadelphia Union Academy	[3]
Peter Mangione MF	USA	Dulaney, MD		Baltimore Armour	[3]
Jace Orvos FW	USA	Belle Mead, NJ		PDA (Academy)	[4]

Name	Nat.	No.	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Alex Morgret	USA	13	GK	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Junior	Hummelstown, PA	Transferred from Saint Francis[5]
Daniel Bloyou	Ghana	9	FW	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Junior	Ghana	Transferred from Old Dominion[6]

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

As of May 14, 2021^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Player Nation 1 GK Kris Shakes  United States 2 DF Mason Deeds  United States 3 DF Brandon Hackenberg (captain)  United States 4 DF Jalen Watson  Canada 5 MF Callum Pritchatt  England 6 MF Andrew Privett  United States 7 FW Liam Butts  United States 8 MF Peter Mangione  United States 9 FW Daniel Bloyou  Ghana 10 MF Seth Kuhn  United States 11 MF Pierre Reedy (captain)  United States 12 MF Nicholas Rieple  United States 13 GK Alex Morgret  United States 14 DF Michael Gaines  United States 15 DF Adam Laundree  United States 16 MF Keegan Ness  United States 17 DF Tyger Evans  United States 18 DF Alex Stevenson  United States 19 MF Omar Ozbay  United States 20 DF Edward Mensah  Ghana 21 MF Kyle May  United States 22 MF Daniel González  Costa Rica 23 FW Jace Orvos  United States 24 DF Jose Palomeque  United States 25 DF Dax Hoffman  United States 26 FW Josh Dabora  United States 27 GK Owen Elliott  United States 28 DF Femi Awodesu  United States 30 GK David Adelsberg  United States

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

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Team events	Opponent events	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
February 19 6:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 23	No. 21 Maryland	W 3–2	1–0–0 (1–0–0)	A. Privett 5' B. Hackenberg  18' P. Reedy 25' P. Mangione 34' A. Stevenson  38' K. May  74'	B. Padilla  82' I. Ngobu  16' J. Suchecki 38' P. Bin  49' J. Russell-Rowe 73'  85' B. St. Martin  86'	Holuba Hall (100) State College, PA
February 23 12:00 p.m., BTN+	No. 20	at Rutgers	W 2–1	2–0–0 (2–0–0)	D. Bloyou 8' J. Watson  11' S. Kuhn  34' P. Mangione 35'	C. Sotack  16' J. Temple 32' (pen.) J. Temple  34' C. Sotack  49' V. Borden  85'	Iron Peaks Sports & Events (0) Piscataway, NJ
February 27 2:00 p.m., BTN+		Michigan State	L 1–0	2–1–0 (2–1–0)	D. Bloyou  59' K. May  60' B. Hackenberg  62'	O. Ogunwale  5' J. Zugay  75' J. Beck 86'	Holuba Hall (100) State College, PA
POSTPONED		No. 9 Michigan		2–1–0 (2–1–0)	n/a	n/a	Ann Arbor, MI
POSTPONED		at No. 19 Indiana		2–1–0 (2–1–0)	n/a	n/a	Bloomington, IN
March 15 12:00 p.m., BTN		Rutgers	W 4–2	3–1–0 (3–1–0)	D. Bloyou 24' S. Kuhn 27' A. Laundree  42' Tyger Evans  44' P. Reedy 47' D. Bloyou 76' K. May  79'	V. Borden  27' R. Barry 33' V. Borden 53' K. Galloway  87'	Jeffrey Field (207) State College, PA
March 19 1:00 p.m., BTN		at Northwestern	W 1-0	4–1–0 (4–1–0)	N. Rieple  82' D. Bloyou 91'	none	Martin Stadium (20) Evanston, IL
March 23 5:00 p.m., BTN+		No. 25 Ohio State	W 1-0	5–1–0 (5–1–0)	P. Mangione 74' N. Rieple  89'	X. Green  24' P. Grinstead  72'	Jeffrey Field (179) State College, PA
March 27 2:00 p.m., BTN+		Wisconsin	W 1-0	6–1–0 (6–1–0)	D. Bloyou  72' P. Reedy 86'	A. Akindele  36' Z. Klancnik  57' P. Yim  74'	Jeffrey Field (216) State College, PA
March 31 12:00 p.m., BTN		at Maryland	T 2–2	6–1–1 (6–1–1)	P. Mangione 19' J. Watson  75' D. Bloyou  81' P. Reedy 86' F. Awodesu  91'	B. Bender 1'  34' C. Rindov  37' M. Johnston 62' J. Gielen  79'	Ludwig Field (100) College Park, MD
Big Ten Tournament
April 10 12:00 p.m., BTN	No. 19 (2)	No. (7) Ohio State Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal	W 3-1	7–1–1 (6–1–1)	D. Bloyou 21' T. Evans 72' D. Bloyou 54' P. Reedy  86'	D. Etling 87'	Jeffrey Field (256) State College, PA
April 14 5:00 p.m., BTN	No. 14 (2)	No. 20 (3) Michigan Big Ten Tournament Semifinal	W 4–1	8–1–1 (6–1–1)	D. Bloyou 6' J. Watson  11' P. Mangione 17' (pen.) F. Awodesu  35' P. Reedy 62' L. Butts 87' P. Reedy  86'	J. Ragen  24' J. Ragen 28' M. Ybarra  43' U. Farouk Osman  76'	Jeffrey Field (313) State College, PA
April 17 5:00 p.m., BTN	No. 14 (2)	No. 3 (1) Indiana Big Ten Tournament Championship	T 1–1 3-2	8–1–2 (6–1–1)	S. Kuhn  75' L. Butts 81' T. Evans  108'	V. Bezerra 39' J. Maher  80'	Bill Armstrong Stadium (0) Bloomington, IN
NCAA Tournament
May 2* 1:00 p.m., ESPN3	No. 12	vs. UMass NCAA Tournament Second Round	W 4–1	9–1–2 (6–1–1)	Own Goal 9' A. Stevenson 20' K. Ness  23' S. Kuhn 31' A. Privett  64' T. Evans 81'	Own Goal 52' R. Levay 74' B. Shepherd 78'	UNCG Soccer Stadium (167) Greensboro, NC
May 6* 12:00 p.m., GOHEELSTV	No. 12	vs. No. 7 Georgetown NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen	L 3-2	9–2–2 (6–1–1)	P. Mangione 12' (pen.) K. Shakes  53' S. Kuhn  53' D. Bloyou 58' K. Shakes  90'	D. Polvara 8' (pen.) Z. Riviere 29' M. Ngoh 44'	WakeMed Soccer Park (167) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source:Penn State Athletics^[8]

Penn State was predicted to finish 3rd in the Big Ten Conference.^[9]

Coaches' Poll
Predicted finish	Team
1	Indiana
2	Maryland
3	Penn State
4	Michigan
5	Michigan State
6	Northwestern
7	Rutgers
8	Wisconsin
9	Ohio State

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Final
United Soccer[10]	None Released				RV	RV	RV	NV	RV	19	14	12	11
Top Drawer Soccer[11]	23	23	23	20	NV	NV	NV	NV	21	19	19	17	12
CollegeSoccerNews.com[12]	21	21	21	13	15	15	15	15	12	11	10	10	10

Rank	Position	Number	Name	Total
1	FW	9	Daniel Bloyou	8
2	MF	8	Peter Mangione	6
3	MF	11	Pierre Reedy	5

Rank	Position	Number	Name	Total
1	MF	8	Peter Mangione	6
T-2	MF	11	Pierre Reedy	4
T-2	FW	10	Seth Kuhn	4
3	DF	18	Alex Stevenson	3

Award	Name
All-Big Ten First Team	Daniel Bloyou
All-Big Ten First Team	Pierre Reedy
All-Big Ten Second Team	Seth Kuhn
All-Big Ten Second Team	Kris Shakes
All-Big Ten Freshman Team	Peter Mangione
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honorees	Nicholas Rieple

All-American Team
Award	Name
3rd Team	Pierre Reedy
3rd Team	Daniel Bloyou
Freshman Best XI Team
Award	Name
2nd Team	Peter Mangione
All-North Region
Award	Name
1st Team	Pierre Reedy
1st Team	Daniel Bloyou
1st Team	Brandon Hackenberg
2nd Team	Peter Mangione
Team of the Week
Week	Name
May 4	Peter Mangione
April 13	Daniel Bloyou
March 30	Brandon Hackenberg
March 30	Brandon Hackenberg
March 23	Daniel Bloyou
Preseason Best XI
Position	Name
FW	Liam Butts
DF	Brandon Hackenberg

Scholar All-American
Award	Name
First Team	Pierre Reedy
First Team	Brandon Hackenberg
Second Team	Seth Kuhn

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