2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record10–10–0 (3–5–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
  • Ben Lundgaard
  • Collin Verfurth
  • Marcelo Acuna
Home stadiumSandra D. Thompson Field
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 5 Wake Forest ‡ 7 – 0 – 1 19 – 2 – 2
No. 7 Louisville + 5 – 2 – 1 13 – 2 – 5
No. 17 Clemson + 4 – 4 – 0 12 – 6 – 1
NC State + 3 – 3 – 2 8 – 6 – 4
Boston College 1 – 6 – 1 6 – 10 – 1
Syracuse 0 – 6 – 2 6 – 8 – 4
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina + 6 – 1 – 1 17 – 4 – 1
No. 13 Duke + 4 – 3 – 1 13 – 4 – 3
No. 19 Virginia + 3 – 2 – 3 13 – 4 – 5
No. 18 Notre Dame + 3 – 3 – 2 11 – 7 – 2
Virginia Tech + 3 – 5 – 0 10 – 10 – 0
Pittsburgh 2 – 6 – 0 8 – 10 – 0
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 46th season of the university fielding a program. The Hokies played their home fixtures at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies were led by ninth year head coach Mike Brizendine.

Roster

Updated: August 21, 2017[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK Germany GER Morten Lamps
1 GK United States USA Ben Lundgaard (captain)
2 DF United States USA Will Mejia
3 MF United States USA Collin Verfurth (captain)
5 DF Iceland ISL Jon Ingason
6 FW United States USA Brendan Moyers
8 FW United States USA James Kasak
9 FW Finland FIN Elias Tamburini
10 MF United States USA Robert McCoy
11 FW Costa Rica CRC Marcelo Acuna (captain)
15 MF United States USA Kristo Strickler
16 MF United States USA Rory Slevin
17 FW Germany GER Gregor von Westphalen
18 FW United States USA Drew Ott
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF United States USA Matt Dudon
20 DF Brazil BRA Rodrigo Zampieri
21 MF United States USA Camron Lennon
22 FW United States USA Gino Rossi
23 MF United States USA Forrest White
24 MF Finland FIN Justus Kauppinen
25 GK United States USA Charles Filby
26 MF South Korea KOR Hyunsueng Hong
27 GK United States USA Hayden Kickbush
28 MF United States USA Daniel Damiani
29 FW United States USA Durke Bender
30 FW France FRA Gaetan Roux
31 FW Germany GER Jakob Bluemler
32 FW United States USA Nico Quashie

Prior to the season Virginia Tech named the three captains shown above.[2]

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Athletic director Whit Babcock
Head coach Mike Brizendine
Assistant coach Jeff Kinney
Assistant coach Patrick McSorley
Goalkeeper coach Ryan Hulings

Source:[1]

Schedule

Source:[3]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 15*
7:00 pm 		No. 17 at East Tennessee State W 1–0  –
(–) 		Summers-Taylor Stadium
Johnson City, TN
August 19
7:00 pm 		No. 17 No. 5 Clemson T 4–4  –
(–) 		Sandra D. Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
Regular season
August 25*
7:00 pm 		No. 17 No. 14 Creighton W 2–0  1–0–0
(0-0-0) 		Morrison Stadium (4,089)
Omaha, NE
August 27*
6:00 pm 		No. 17 Omaha L 1–5  1–1–0
(0-0-0) 		Al F. Caniglia Field (624)
Omaha, NE
September 1*
7:00 pm 		vs. Pacific
JMU Invitational 		L 0–1  1–2–0
(0-0-0) 		James Madison Soccer Complex (85)
Harrisonburg, VA
September 3*
12:00 noon 		vs. Binghamton
JMU Invitational 		W 2–1  2–2–0
(0-0-0) 		James Madison Soccer Complex (100)
Harrisonburg, VA
September 8
7:00 pm 		at Duke L 1–3  2–3–0
(0–1–0) 		Koskinen Stadium (825)
Durham, NC
September 15
7:00 pm 		No. 12 Virginia L 1–2  2–4–0
(0–2–0) 		Thompson Field (2,143)
Blacksburg, VA
September 19*
7:00 pm 		Davidson W 2–1  3–4–0
(0–2–0) 		Thompson Field (412)
Blacksburg, VA
September 22
7:00 pm 		No. 1 Notre Dame W 2–1  4–4–0
(1–2–0) 		Thompson Field (1,526)
Blacksburg, VA
September 26*
7:00 pm 		Longwood W 2–0  5–4–0
(1–2–0) 		Thompson Field (327)
Blacksburg, VA
September 29
5:00 pm 		at Boston College W 1–0  6–4–0
(2–2–0) 		Newton Soccer Complex (308)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 3*
7:00 pm 		at South Carolina W 3–2  7–4–0
(2–2–0) 		Stone Stadium (3,972)
Columbia, SC
October 6
7:00 pm 		No. 7 Louisville L 0–1  7–5–0
(2–3–0) 		Thompson Field (573)
Blacksburg, VA
October 14
7:00 pm 		at No. 2 Wake Forest L 0–3  7–6–0
(2–4–0) 		WakeMed Soccer Park (3,846)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 18*
7:00 pm 		at William & Mary L 1–4  7–7–0
(2–4–0) 		Albert-Daly Field (515)
Williamsburg, VA
October 22
2:30 pm 		No. 4 North Carolina
Senior Day 		L 0–4  7–8–0
(2–5–0) 		Thompson Field (850)
Blacksburg, VA
October 27
7:00 pm 		at Pittsburgh W 3–0  8–8–0
(3–5–0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (905)
Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Tournament
November 1
7:00 pm 		at NC State
First Round 		W 1–0 OT 9–8–0
(3–5–0) 		Dail Soccer Field (800)
Raleigh, NC
November 5
1:00 pm 		at No. 1 Wake Forest
Quarterfinal 		L 0–3  9–9–0
(3–5–0) 		Spry Stadium (1,709)
Winston-Salem, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 16
7:00 pm 		Air Force
First Round 		W 2-0  10–9–0
 Thompson Field (440)
Blacksburg, VA
November 19
1:00 pm 		No. 15 Michigan State
Second Round 		L 0-3  10–10–0
 DeMartin Soccer Complex (572)
East Lansing, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Marcelo Acuna ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 25 [4]
Marcelo Acuna All ACC First Team November 7 [5]
Ben Lundgaard

Rankings

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2017 Top 25 coaches poll
Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
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United Soccer[6] 17 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV None Released RV
TopDrawer Soccer [7] 20 20 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV

MLS Draft

The following members of the 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.[8]

Player Round Pick Position MLS club Ref.
Ben Lungaard 1 21 GK Columbus Crew SC [9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Men's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech University Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  2. ^ "Brizendine announces captains for 2017 season". HokieSports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "2017 Schedule & Results". hokiesports.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  4. ^ "Acuna and Miralles Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "ACC Announces 2017 Men's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  6. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  7. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.
  8. ^ "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  9. ^ "Crew SC selects GK Ben Lundgaard in First Round of 2018 MLS SuperDraft". columbuscrewsc.com. Columbus Crew SC. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.