Men's Soccer
The Carl Sandburg College men’s soccer team competes at the NJCAA Division I level and plays its home games at the Knox County YMCA. Men’s soccer began as an intercollegiate sport at Sandburg in 2008, but the College has also fielded a number of club teams throughout its history.
Region IV Champions Division Champions
2013
No. |
Name |
Year |
Hometown/Country |
High School |
| 00 | Felipe Petry | Fr. | Barao, Brazil | Instituto Estadul de Educacao |
| 0 | Leonardo Amorim | Fr. | Sanata Catarina, Brazil | Colegio Catarinese Florianopolis |
| 1 | Iker Sanchez | Fr. | Miami, Fla. | Immaculata LaSalle |
| 2 | John Ameganvi | Fr. | Beardstown, Ill. | Beardstown |
| 3 | Andres Caceres | Fr. | Miami, Fla. | Immaculata LaSalle |
| 4 | Lucas Oliveira Dantas | Fr. | Minas Gerais, Brazil | Cotegmig-Belo Horizonte |
| 5 | Lucas Rodrigues | Fr. | Miami, Fla. | Immaculata LaSalle |
| 6 | Benjamin Zambele | So. | Beardstown, Ill. | Beardstown |
| 7 | Murphy Domitien | Fr. | Beardstown, Ill. | Beardstown |
| 8 | Antonio Ferreira | So. | Cochal, Brazil | ETEC Prefeito Alberto Feres |
| 9 | Arlen Navarro | Fr. | Miami, Fla. | Sports Leadership & Management |
| 10 | Erick Suarez | So. | Monmouth, Ill. | Monmouth-Roseville |
| 11 | Mohamed Elshafie | Fr. | Miami, Fla. | Immaculata LaSalle |
| 12 | Gedeon Mukeba | So. | Galesburg, Ill. | Galesburg |
| 13 | Kevin Murillo | Fr. | Miami, Fla. | Sports Leadership & Management |
| 14 | Rodrigo Raygoza | Fr. | Monmouth, Ill. | Monmouth-Roseville |
| 15 | Kyle Neacy | Fr. | Bunbury, Australia | SEDA |
| 16 | Rodrick Ngandu | So. | Galesburg, Ill. | Galesburg |
| 17 | Juan Leal | Fr. | Bogota, Colombia | Colegio Beato Jordan de Sajonia |
| 18 | Alan Ayala | Fr. | Monmouth, Ill. | Monmouth-Roseville |
| 19 | Rhys Holt | Fr. | Flintshire, Wales | Hawarden Deeside Town |
| 20 | Pedro Henrique Gomes | Fr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Colegio Objetivo Ribeirao Pires |
| 21 | Luis Cuevas | Fr. | Ponce, Puerto Rico | Vocational Bernardino Cordero |
| 22 | Lucas Mitihiro Sueyoshi | Fr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Colegio Sao Jose Santa Andre |
| 23 | Hector Munos | Fr. | Miami, Fla. | Sports Leadership & Management |
| 24 | Kiefer Placher | Fr. | Chillicothe, Ill. | Illinois Valley Central |
| 25 | Wyatt Mayor | Fr. | Galesburg, Ill. | Galesburg |
Head coach: Kevwe Akpore
Assistant coaches: Victor Dantas, Oscar Narvaez
2019 Schedule
Overall record: 6-11-2
Region IV record: 4-10-2
Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Location |
Result |
| Thursday, Aug. 22 | 1 p.m. | Scott (Iowa) | HOME | W, 3-0 |
| Sunday, Aug. 25 | 2 p.m. | Prairie State* | HOME | T, 1-1 |
| Wednesday, Aug. 28 | 4 p.m. | Lincoln Land | Springfield | W, 3-2 |
| Saturday, Aug. 31 | 2 p.m. | McHenry County* | HOME | T, 1-1 |
| Monday, Sept. 2 | 4 p.m. | Lake County* | HOME | L, 2-0 |
| Wednesday, Sept. 4 | 4 p.m. | Bryant & Stratton* | HOME | W, 3-0 |
| Saturday, Sept. 7 | 2 p.m. | Waubonsee* | HOME | L, 3-2 |
| Wednesday, Sept. 11 | 4 p.m. | South Suburban* | South Holland | L, 2-1 |
| Saturday, Sept. 14 | 2 p.m. | Morton* | Cicero | L, 3-0 |
| Monday, Sept. 16 | 4 p.m. | Kennedy-King* | Chicago | W, 4-0 |
| Wednesday, Sept. 18 | 4 p.m. | DuPage* | Glen Ellyn | L, 4-0 |
| Saturday, Sept. 21 | 6 p.m. | Richard J. Daley* | HOME | W, 2-0 |
| Wednesday, Sept. 25 | 4 p.m. | Malcolm X* | Chicago | W, 3-2 |
| Monday, Sept. 30 | 4 p.m. | Truman* | Chicago | L, 2-1 |
| Saturday, Oct. 5 | 2 p.m. | Moraine Valley* | Palos Hills | L, 4-0 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 9 | 2 p.m. | Heartland | Normal | L, 5-0 |
| Saturday, Oct. 12 | 1 p.m. | Kishwaukee* | HOME | L, 1-0 |
| Monday, Oct. 14 | 4 p.m. | Kankakee* | Kankakee | L, 1-0 |
| Thursday, Oct. 17 | 5 p.m. | Oakton* | HOME | L, 1-0 |
| Sunday, Oct. 20 | 4 p.m. | Knox JV (scrimmage) | Galesburg |
*Region IV match
All home games played at Knox County YMCA
Head Coach
Kevwe Akpore
Kevwe Akpore took over as interim coach of the Carl Sandburg College men's soccer team during the 2017 season and was promoted to head coach shortly after the conclusion of that season.
Sandburg’s 6-1 win over McHenry County in Akpore’s debut matched the team’s largest margin of victory in 2017 and was the Chargers’ highest scoring output of the year. Akpore also was an assistant for Sandburg in 2016 and serves as an adjunct criminal justice instructor at the College.
Akpore has been a staple of the Galesburg soccer community for nearly three decades. He served as the women’s soccer coach at Knox from 2001-02 after a three-year stint as an assistant, and he was the Prairie Fire’s men’s soccer coach from 2010-11. He also spent several years as a midfielder with FC Galesburg and has volunteered as a coach with the Knox County YMCA and Galesburg High School.
Akpore and his wife, Tracy, reside in Galesburg and have adult twin daughters, Kiara and Sade, who played collegiately at Southern Illinois Edwardsville.
Assistant Coaches
Victor Dantas
Oscar Navaez
Ryan Wessling