Labor Day weekend traditionally marks the opening of collegiate soccer across the country. With approximately 103 SIMA alumni currently playing collegiately representing 63 colleges, many of them are ready to open their seasons this weekend.
Of the collegiate teams represented by alumni, there will be 37 season opening matches held this weekend, 33 of them will be set to play today, Friday, August 30. There will also be five alumni matchups to kick off the season including the highly anticipated Wake Forest University versus University of Central Florida match slated for later today in North Carolina. Bruno Lapa ’16 will be leading the charge for the Demon Deacons as they defend their turf against the Knights with Matt Douglass ’18 and Jeremy Di Lallo ’19.
Several of the teams are participating in tournament play to open their seasons. Weston King ’19 and his University of Louisville Cardinals will be making their debut on the ACC Network against Cleveland State tonight. They will be joined throughout the season by other ACC teams featuring SIMA alumni including Kentucky with Enrique Facusse ‘17, Clemson University with Nolan Lennon ’15, Malick Mbaye ’16, Nate Hall ’16, Justin Malou ’17, and Philip Mayaka ’19, and University of Pittsburgh with Edward Kizza ’17, Pierre Mane ’17, Rodrigo de Almeida ’18 and Jackson Walti ’18 just to name a few.
Many conferences are represented by our SIMA alumni and each division of colligate soccer including NCAA Division I, II, and III, NAIA, and NJCAA. Several of our alumni will be hitting the collegiate turf for the first time while others are already looking at their last season.
Below is the full list of SIMA alumni represented teams with their season openers.
Team | Alumni | Team | Alumni | Date |
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Alabama -Birmingham | Grayson Dupont '16 | vs. Marguette | Jett Blaschka '18 | Friday, Aug 30 |
Wake Forest | Bruno Lapa '16 | vs. University of Central Florida | Matt Douglass '18 | Friday, Aug 30 |
Jeremy Di Lallo '19 | ||||
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay | Karim Lauba '16 | Valparaiso University | Dehai Abraham '17 | Friday, Aug 30 |
St. Bonaventure University | Shea Curey '17 | vs. Florida International University | Talla Faye '18 | Friday, Aug 30 |
Howard University | Matteo turner '17 | vs. Longwood | Adam Kiernan '19 | Saturday, Aug 31 |
Jaime Lafarga '17 |
SIMA Alum team | vs. opponent | Date | Featuring |
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Clemson University | vs. South Carolina | Friday, Aug 30 | Philip Mayaka '19 |
Nolan Lennon '15 | |||
Malick Mbaye '16 | |||
Nate Hall '16 | |||
Justin Malou '17 | |||
University of Dayton | vs. University of Illinois - Chicago | Friday, Aug 30 | Frederico Barrios '15 |
Cabrini University | vs. Haverford | Friday, Aug 30 | Chris Araujo '16 |
Virginia Commonwealth | vs. Eastern Tennessee State | Friday, Aug 30 | Biska Biyombo '16 |
Kyle Simon '18 | |||
University of Portland | vs. Colgate | Friday, Aug 30 | Esteban Calvo '16 |
Caua Soares '17 | |||
Manhattanville College | vs. Sage | Friday, Aug 30 | Nicholas Capri '16 |
University of California - Riverside | vs. Bryant | Friday, Aug 30 | Joao Esteves '16 |
St. Louis University | vs. Notre Dame | Saturday, Aug 31 | Leonardo Novaes '16 |
Eastern Illinois University | vs. Evansville | Friday, Aug 30 | Matheus Santos '16 |
College of Charleston | vs. Stetson | Friday, Aug 30 | Joao Mauricio de Souza '17 |
University of Pittsburgh | vs. Indiana | Friday, Aug 30 | Edward Kizza '17 |
Pierre Mane '17 | |||
Rodrigo de Almeida '18 | |||
Jackson Walti '18 | |||
Butler University | vs. Western Michigan | Friday, Aug 30 | Usman Gil Ivern '17 |
Gabriel Gjergji '18 | |||
Radford University | vs. Liberty | Friday, Aug 30 | Simon Grande '18 |
Ohio State University | vs. California State - Northbridge | Friday, Aug 30 | Joshua Jackson '17 |
University of San Francisco | vs. Seattle | Friday, Aug 30 | Santiago Sarmiento '17 |
Nathan Simeon '19 | |||
Loyola University - Maryland | at NC State | Friday, Aug 30 | Chase Vosvick '17 |
New Jersey Institute of Technology | vs. Sacred Heart | Friday, Aug 30 | Arrio Rusnak '18 |
Hanover College | vs. Centre | Friday, Aug 30 | Luca Galliteli Lebrun '18 |
Seton Hall University | vs. Central Connecticut State | Friday, Aug 30 | Jose Facusse '18 |
Marshall University | vs. Purdue - Fort Wayne | Friday, Aug 30 | Daniel Cannon '18 |
Bleno Cruz '19 | |||
Joao Pedro Souza '19 | |||
Gabe Sitler '19 | |||
Luther College | vs. Johnson and Wales | Friday, Aug 30 | Giancarlo Leite '18 |
Luiz Sodre '19 | |||
Appalachian State University | vs. St. John's | Friday, Aug 30 | Christian Licea '18 |
Kelvin Mulinya '19 | |||
Diogenes "Mayola" Kinyua '19 | |||
St. Thomas University | at Florida Memorial | Thursday, August 29 | Santiago Gil Martinez '18 |
Mario Valdes '19 | |||
Knox College | vs. Loras | Friday, Aug 30 | Yohane Griffin '18 |
Joao Freire '19 | |||
Georgia Southern | vs. UNC Wilmington | Friday, Aug 30 | John Fay '18 |
Northeastern University | vs. UMass | Friday, Aug 30 | Bernardo Grancindo '19 |
St. Francis University | vs. Siena | Sunday, Sept 1 | Xavier Laneuville'19 |
University of Louisville | vs. Cleveland State | Friday, Aug 30 | Weston King '19 |
UNC Cahrlotte | vs. Gardner-Webb | Friday, Aug 30 | Kameron Lacey '19 |
Jacksonville University | vs. Marist | Friday, Aug 30 | Gabriel Simoneau '19 |
Elizabethtown College | vs. Rensselaer Polytech Institute | Friday, Aug 30 | Jevon Forbes '19 |
Kentucky | vs. Albany | Friday, Aug 30 | Enrique Facusse '17 |