Men's Soccer
The Carl Sandburg College men’s soccer team competes at the NJCAA Division II 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.
NJCAA Division II National Tournament
2021
Region IV Tournament Champions
2021
2021-22 Roster
No. |
Name |
Year |
Hometown/Country |
Previous School |
| 00 | Benjamin Hilton | Fr. | West Sussex, England | Crawley Town Academy |
| 0 | Kale Stevenson | Fr. | Cowdenbeath, Scotland | Cowdenbeath |
| 1 | Eric Schumacher | Fr. | Bremen, Germany | Alfred-Faust-Strabe |
| 2 | Theo Rodrigues | Fr. | Joao Pessoa, Brazil | Colegio Motiva |
| 3 | Mason Martinez | So. | Galesburg, Ill. | Galesburg |
| 4 | Juan David Leal | So. | Bogota, Colombia | Colegio Beato Jordan de Sajonia |
| 5 | Pedronel Herrera | Fr. | Cali, Colombia | Colegio Claret |
| 6 | Matheus Andrade | Fr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Colegio Brasil Objectivo |
| 7 | Kyle Neacy | So. | Bunbury, Australia | SEDA |
| 8 | Callum Worsley | Fr. | Whitworth, England | Whitworth |
| 9 | Rhys Holt | So. | Flintshire, Wales | Hawarden, Deeside Town |
| 10 | Lucas Mitihiro Sueyoshi | So. | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Colegio Sao Jose, Santa Andre |
| 11 | Guylberson Camille | So. | Key West, Fla. | Key West |
| 13 | William White | Fr. | Bexhill on Sea, England | Hastings College |
| 14 | Nathan Caltram | Fr. | Limeira, Brazil | Colegio Tecnico de Limeira |
| 15 | Israel Guardado | So. | North Little Rock, Ark. | North Little Rock |
| 16 | Older Geneus | So. | Orlando, Fla. | Evans |
| 17 | Stenson Armand | Fr. | Ocoee, Fla. | Ocoee |
| 18 | Jamesley Paul | So. | Key West, Fla. | Key West |
| 19 | Axel Garcia | So. | Cabot, Ark. | Cabot |
| 20 | Roldy Geneus | So. | Orlando, Fla. | Evans |
| 21 | Tiago Alcantara | Fr. | Limeira, Brazil | Colegio Portinari |
| 22 | Adithya Vinod | Fr. | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Crescent English |
| 23 | Jordan Delgado Ramos | So. | Orlando, Fla. | Evans |
| 24 | Jean Forestal | Fr. | Ocoee, Fla. | Ocoee |
| 25 | Sebastiao Neto | Fr. | Goiania, Brazil | Colegio Decisao |
| 26 | Steven Meza | Fr. | Monmouth, Ill. | Monmouth-Roseville |
| 27 | Neemias Moreira | Fr. | Uberlandia, Brazil | EE Messias Pedreiro |
| 28 | Oliver Hawkins | Fr. | Paddock Wood, England | Mascalls Academy |
| 29 | Thomas Drake | Fr. | The Hague, Netherlands | International School of the Hague |
| 30 | Santiago Palacio | Fr. | Cali, Colombia | Colegio La Arboleda |
| 31 | Dave Bernard | Fr. | Ocoee, Fla. | Ocoee |
| 32 | Dieter Horten | Fr. | Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina | Costa Azul |
| 34 | Yousef Elberngi | Fr. | Bolingbrook, Ill. | Bolingbrook |
| 35 | Thales Rodrigues | Fr. | Joao Pessoa, Brazil | Colegio Motiva |
Head coach: Kevwe Akpore
Assistant coach: Victor Dantas
2021-22 Schedule
Overall record: 16-5
Region IV record: 11-3
Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Location |
Result |
| Friday, Aug. 13 | 5:30 p.m. | Southeastern (Iowa) (scrimmage) | HOME | |
| Saturday, Aug. 21 | 3 p.m. | Illinois Central (scrimmage) | HOME | |
| Tuesday, Aug. 24 | 3 p.m. | Scott | Bettendorf, Iowa | W, 8-0 |
| Thursday, Aug. 26 | 7 p.m. | Knox (scrimmage) | HOME | |
| Saturday, Aug. 28 | 2 p.m. | Oakton* | Des Plaines | W, 5-1 |
| Thursday, Sept. 2 | 4 p.m. | John Wood | HOME | W, 2-1 |
| Tuesday, Sept. 7 | 3 p.m. | Kankakee* | HOME | W, 7-3 |
| Saturday, Sept. 11 | 1 p.m. | #3 Morton* | HOME | W, 2-1 |
| Thursday, Sept. 16 | 4 p.m. | #10 Illinois Valley | HOME | W, 2-0 |
| Saturday, Sept. 18 | 2 p.m. | Waubonsee* | HOME | L, 3-0 |
| Thursday, Sept. 23 | 4 p.m. | Bryant & Stratton* | HOME | W, 6-1 |
| Tuesday, Sept. 28 | 4 p.m. | Richard J. Daley* | Chicago | W, 11-0 |
| Saturday, Oct. 2 | 2:30 p.m. | Lake County* | Grayslake | W, 6-0 |
| Thursday, Oct. 7 | 4 p.m. | #2 Prairie State* | Chicago Heights | L, 3-2 (OT) |
| Wednesday, Oct. 13 | 4 p.m. | South Suburban* | South Holland | W, 3-0 |
| Saturday, Oct. 16 | 2 p.m. | Kishwaukee* | HOME | W, 4-0 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 20 | 4 p.m. | McHenry County* | Crystal Lake | W, 3-0 |
| Saturday, Oct. 23 | 3 p.m. | DuPage* | Glen Ellyn | W, 3-2 |
| Tuesday, Oct. 26 | 5 p.m. | Black Hawk* | HOME | W, 3-0 |
| Thursday, Oct. 28 | 2:30 p.m. | #19 Triton* | HOME | L, 4-1 |
| Region IV Tournament | ||||
| Saturday, Oct. 30 | Noon | Elgin (quarterfinals) | HOME | W, 6-1 |
| Tuesday, Nov. 2 | 2 p.m. | #4 Prairie State (semifinals) | Chicago Heights | L, 1-0 (2OT) |
| Nov. 15-20 | NJCAA Division II Championship | Wichita, Kan. | ||
| Tuesday, Nov. 16 | 11 a.m. | #13 Heartland (pool play) | W, 2-1 (OT) | |
| Wednesday, Nov. 17 | 11 a.m. | #1 CCBC Essex (pool play) | L, 1-0 |
All home games played at the 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