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• Spring 1987: Full USA National Team, Gelnovatch as a Professional Player Midfielder Tony Tchani and goalkeeper Diego Restrepo were named First-Team All-Americans in 2009, while Will Bates was named the National Freshman of the Year.
• 6 NCAA College Cup appearances (1997, 2006, ’09, ’13, ’14, ’19)
1 in the MLS Draft, as 13 Cavaliers have been picked in the first round of the various MLS drafts.
• 1983: First Team All-American, Wall High School (N.J.) • 5 ACC tournament titles (’97, ’03, ’04, ’09, ’19) • Assistant Coach, USA Full National Team at Gold Cup, Gelnovatch as High School and College Player
Bell was the first Cavalier to garner the ACC Midfielder of the Year and the United Soccer Coaches Scholar Athlete of the Year awards in addition to being one of three finalists for the MAC Hermann Trophy. During Gelnovatch’s years as an assistant, the UVA program compiled a record of 25-2-2 in the NCAA Tournament and a mark of 37-4-4 in the entire postseason (including the ACC Tournament).
The U.S. team made a valiant run into the quarterfinal round of the World Cup and finished 2-2-1 in the event.
PERSONAL
Among the players that Gelnovatch helped recruit as a UVA assistant coach are National Players of the Year Mike Fisher and Ben Olsen and five players who competed for the U.S. in the 1996 Olympic games: Clint Peay, A.J. 1 team in the country twice, defending champion Maryland on Sept. 2 and Clemson in the ACC Championship game, dubbed the match of the century. George Gelnovatch is in the midst of his 24th season as the head coach of the Virginia men’s soccer program. George Gelnovatch recently completed his 20th season as the head coach of the Virginia men's soccer program. He played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League and American Professional Soccer League. • 6 NCAA College Cup appearances (1997, 2006, ’09, ’13, ’14, ’19) The Cavaliers surrendered just two goals in the postseason, and none in the College Cup. Among Division I coaches all-time, he ranks 36th in career winning percentage. Over the course of his 30 years as an assistant and head coach at Virginia, he has been a part of all seven of the Cavaliers’ national championships.
UVA made four NCAA Tournament appearances and captured three ACC championships during Gelnovatch’s collegiate years.
Virginia made another deep run in NCAA Tournament, advancing to the quarterfinal round. UVA posted a 13-6-5 record, recording wins over St. John’s, Marquette and Connecticut to punch its ticket to the College Cup. From 1983-85, he teamed with UVA’s second all-time leading scorer Jeff Gaffney to form one of the most potent forward tandems in Cavalier history.
• 1996: Major League Soccer, D.C. United PLAYING CAREER ASSISTANT COACHING CAREER Gelnovatch guided Virginia to the program’s seventh national championship in 2014 as part of a 14-6-3 campaign.