2018 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

The 2018 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 95th season and 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1] The Orange were led by Ian McIntyre, who was in his ninth year.

2018 Syracuse Orange men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. RV
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 22
Record7–7–4 (1–4–3 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jukka Masalin (6th season)
  • Matt Verni (5th season)
Home stadiumSU Soccer Stadium
2018 ACC men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest + 7 1 018 3 0
No. 16 Louisville4 2 211 5 3
NC State + 2 4 210 7 3
Boston College 2 5 14 8 4
Syracuse + 1 4 37 7 4
Clemson 2 6 07 9 1
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina + 6 1 014 4 1
No. 11 Duke + 5 3 011 7 2
No. 8 Notre Dame + 4 3 111 7 3
No. 15 Virginia + 3 2 210 4 3
No. 17 Virginia Tech + 3 4 111 7 3
Pittsburgh 2 6 08 10 1
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

Background

The 2017 Syracuse men's soccer team finished the season with a 6–8–4 overall record and a 0–6–2 ACC record. The Orange were seeded twelfth–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to Clemson in the first round. The Orange were not invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.

At the end of the 2017 season, one Orange men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Mo Adams.[2]

Player movement

Players leaving

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure
Pat Castle1GK6'1"185SeniorSchuylerville, NYGraduated
Mo Adams7MF5'6"165SophomoreNottingham, ENGDeclared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 10th overall by Chicago Fire.
Mamadou Balde20MF6'1"176SeniorCorona, NYGraduated

Players arriving

Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Julio Fulcar
MF
 USAWatertown, MABoston Bolts[3]
Hilli Goldhar
MF
 CANToronto, CANSigma FCN/A[4]
Samuel Gomez
GK
 USASt. Louis, MOSt. Louis Park FC[5]
Alphonso Joe
MF
 USARochester, NYEmpire United[6]
Michael Lantry
MF
 USASyracuse, NYEmpire United[7]
Ryan Raposo
MF
 CANHamilton, CANVaughn Soccer Club[8]
Nathaniel St. Louis
MF
 CANToronto, CANN/A[9]

Squad

Roster

Updated: August 3, 2018[10]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Jake Leahy
2 MF Switzerland SUI Jan Breitenmoser
3 DF Norway NOR Sondre Norheim
4 MF United States USA Djimon Johnson
5 DF Canada CAN Kamal Miller
6 DF Germany GER Lennart Zeugner
7 FW Canada CAN Severin Soerlie
8 MF Sweden SWE Jonathan Hagman
9 FW Canada CAN Massimo Ferrin
10 FW France FRA Hugo Delhommelle
11 FW United States USA Adnan Bakalovic
12 DF United States USA John-Austin Ricks
13 DF United States USA Nikolas Steiner
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Norway NOR Petter Stangeland
15 MF Canada CAN Simon Triantafillou
16 MF United States USA Lukas Rubio
17 FW Canada CAN Tajon Buchanan
18 MF United States USA Julio Fulcar
19 DF United States USA Michael Lantry
20 MF Canada CAN Ben Goldhar
21 FW Canada CAN Nathaniel St. Louis
22 DF United States USA Dylan McDonald
23 MF Canada CAN Ryan Raposo
24 DF United States USA Alphonso Joe
25 GK Germany GER Hendrik Hilpert
30 GK United States USA Sam Gomez

Team management

PositionStaff
Athletic directorJohn Wildhack
Head coachIan McIntyre
Associate head coachJukka Masalin
Assistant coachMatt Verni
Director of OperationsTodd Cook
Volunteer AssistantAndrew Coughlin
Assistant Athletic TrainerMike Mangano

Source:[10]

Schedule

Source: [11]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 12*
7:00 pm
Canisius W 3–1 
(–)
SU Soccer Stadium
Syracuse, NY
August 15*
7:00 pm
Villanova W 2–1 
(–)
SU Soccer Stadium
Syracuse, NY
August 18*
7:00 pm
at Connecticut T 0–0 
(–)
Morrone Stadium
Storrs, CT
Regular season
August 24*
10:00 pm
at Oregon State W 2–1  1–0–0
(0–0–0)
Paul Lorenz Field at Patrick Wayne Valley Stadium (401)
Corvallis, OR
August 26*
10:00 pm
at Portland L 1–2  1–1–0
(0–0–0)
Merlo Field (1,952)
Portland, OR
September 2*
6:00 pm
Hofstra W 4–3  2–1–0
(0–0–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,387)
Syracuse, NY
September 7
7:00 pm
No. 12 Notre Dame L 2–3  2–2–0
(0–1–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,908)
Syracuse, NY
September 10*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Cornell W 2–0  3–2–0
(0–1–0)
Charles F. Berman Field (211)
Ithaca, NY
September 21
7:00 pm
No. 22 Virginia L 0–2  3–3–0
(0–2–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,080)
Syracuse, NY
September 24*
7:00 pm
Colgate T 1–1 2OT 3–3–1
(0–2–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,021)
Syracuse, NY
September 28
7:00 pm
at No. 13 Virginia Tech L 0–1 2OT 3–4–1
(0–3–0)
Thompson Field (927)
Blacksburg, VA
October 1*
7:00 pm
at Akron W 3–1  4–4–1
(0–3–0)
FirstEnergy Stadium (1,598)
Akron, OH
October 5
7:00 pm
No. 1 Wake Forest W 2–0  5–4–1
(1–3–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,957)
Syracuse, NY
October 8*
7:00 pm
Ohio State W 3–0  6–4–1
(1–3–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,856)
Syracuse, NY
October 12
7:00 pm
No. 24 at No. 11 Louisville T 2–2 2OT 6–4–2
(1–3–1)
Lynn Stadium (1,468)
Louisville, KY
October 16*
7:00 pm
No. 24 St. Bonaventure W 7–0  7–4–2
(1–3–1)
SU Soccer Stadium (727)
Syracuse, NY
October 20
7:00 pm
No. 24 at No. 21 NC State T 1–1 2OT 7–4–3
(1–3–2)
Dail Soccer Stadium (758)
Raleigh, NC
October 23
7:30 pm
No. 20 at Clemson L 2–3  7–5–3
(1–4–2)
Riggs Field (1,600)
Clemson, SC
October 26
7:00 pm
No. 20 Boston College T 0–0  7–5–4
(1–4–3)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,573)
Syracuse, NY
ACC Tournament
October 31
7:00 pm
(10) at (7) No. 22 Virginia Tech
First Round
L 1–3  7–6–4
Thompson Field (294)
Blacksburg, VA
NCAA Tournament
November 18*
2:00 pm
(16) No. 16 Akron
Second Round
L 1–3  7–7–4
SU Soccer Stadium (240)
Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Hendrik Hilpert ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 8, 2018 [12]
United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week October 9, 2018 [13]
Kamal Miller All-ACC Third Team November 7, 2018 [14]
Ryan Raposo All-ACC Freshman Team

Rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk
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Wk
5
Wk
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Wk
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Wk
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Wk
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10
Wk
11
Wk
12
Wk
13
Wk
14
Wk
15
Wk
16
Final
United Soccer[15] 24 24 20 RV RV RV None Released RV
TopDrawer Soccer [16] RV 23 RV RV 23 23 RV RV 20 22 22 22 22

2019 MLS Super Draft

PlayerTeamRoundPick #Position
Tajon BuchananNew England Revolution19FW
Kamal MillerOrlando City227DF

Source:[17]

References

  1. "Syracuse University 2016 Men's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  2. "Former Syracuse midfielder Mo Adams selected in the first round of the MLS Superdraft – The Daily Orange – The Independent Student Newspaper of Syracuse, New York". dailyorange.com. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  3. "Julio Fulcar". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  4. "Hilli Goldhar". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  5. "Samuel Gomez". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  6. "Alphonso Joe". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  7. "Michael Lantry". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  8. "Ryan Raposo". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  9. "Nathaniel St. Louis". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  10. "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". cuse.com. Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  11. "2018 Men's Soccer Schedule". Syracuse University. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  12. "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 8, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  13. "Eight Collegiate Players Honored as United Soccer Coaches Players of the Week". unitedsoccercoaches.org. October 9, 2018. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  14. "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  15. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2018. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  16. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2018.
  17. "Buchanan No. 9 Pick in MLS SuperDraft, Miller Selected in 2nd Round". cuse.com. Syracuse University Athletics. January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
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