2023 Men's Soccer Roster
Luka Kozomara
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Cliffside Park, NJ
- High School:
- Cliffside Park
2023: Appeared in 13 matches while earning two starts in the midfield for the Panthers during his first season… Capped his season with a career-high three goals, two assists and eight points on 18 shots (five on goal)… Opened his Pitt career with goals in his first three games including netting his first career goal in the 5-0 win over Howard (8/28)… Scored goals off the bench against Georgetown (9/1) and Marshall (9/5)… Collected assists in wins over FDU (9/18) and Duquesne (10/17)… Had four games with multiple shots including a career-high five against Marshall (9/5)… Played a total of 483 minutes including a season-high 90 minutes in a road draw against Boston College (9/15)… Named to the All-ACC Academic Team for the first time in his career.
2022 (at Temple): Appeared in 10 matches while earning nine starts on defense during his second season… Finished the season with a career-high three assists and seven shots… Played a total of 708 minutes while helping the squad secure one shutout against Lehigh (8/25)… Netted a career-high two assists, including one on the game-winning goal, and a season-high two shots in the win over Saint Peter’s (9/13)… Notched an assist on Temple’s lone goal against SMU (9/30) while also recording a shot on goal… Played back-to-back full 90’s against Georgetown (9/2) and Penn (9/5).
2021 (at Temple): Appeared in 13 matches while earning 12 starts on defense during his freshman season… Earned a spot on the American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team… Named to the Philly Soccer Six All-Rookie Team… Ranked third on the team with 1,053 minutes… Was the primary corner kick taker… Played eight full 90’s, including in each of the last five matches of the season… Set a career-high with three shots at Penn (10/19) while totaling nine shots on the season… Helped the Owls secure three cleansheets on the year.
High School: Was awarded to the Academic Honor Roll award 10 times during his time at Cliffside Park High School… Played with Cedar Stars Academy Bergen… Was a member of the prestigious MLS NEXT program.
Club: Played for Cedar Stars Academy Bergen.
Personal: Born April 29, 2003… Son of Zoran Kozomara and Madelleyne Lazo… Lists his favorite athlete as Cristiano Ronaldo… His favorite movie is Interstellar… Liberal arts major at Pitt.
