2018 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

2018 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 17
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 14
Record11–7–3 (3–4–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Kinney (4th season)
  • Patrick McSorley (9th season)
Home stadiumThompson Field
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest + 7 – 1 – 0 18 – 3 – 0
No. 16 Louisville ‡ 4 – 2 – 2 11 – 5 – 3
NC State + 2 – 4 – 2 10 – 7 – 3
Boston College 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 8 – 4
Syracuse + 1 – 4 – 3 7 – 7 – 4
Clemson 2 – 6 – 0 7 – 9 – 1
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina + 6 – 1 – 0 14 – 4 – 1
No. 11 Duke + 5 – 3 – 0 11 – 7 – 2
No. 8 Notre Dame + 4 – 3 – 1 11 – 7 – 3
No. 15 Virginia + 3 – 2 – 2 10 – 4 – 3
No. 17 Virginia Tech + 3 – 4 – 1 11 – 7 – 3
Pittsburgh 2 – 6 – 0 8 – 10 – 1
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

The 2018 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 47th season of the university fielding a program. The Hokies played their home games at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies were led by tenth year head coach Mike Brizendine.

Background

Main article: 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

The 2017 Virginia Tech men's soccer team finished the season with a 10–10–0 overall record and a 3–5–0 ACC record. The Hokies were seeded ninth–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Hokies won their first round match up against NC State, but fell to eventual champions Wake Forest in the second round. The Hokies earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Virginia Tech defeated Air Force in the first round, before losing to Michigan State in the second round.

At the end of the season, one Hokie men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Ben Lungaard.[1]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Morten Lamps 0 GK 6'2" 185 Senior Flensburg, GER Graduated
Ben Lungaard 1 GK 6'5" 200 Senior Greenville, DE Declared for the 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 21st overall by Columbus Crew SC
Collin Verfurth 3 MF/DF 6'4" 185 Senior Ashburn, VA Graduated
Elias Tamburini 9 DF 5'10" 170 Senior Helsinki, FIN Graduated
Marcelo Acuna 11 FW 6'2" 180 Senior San José, CRC Graduated
Matt Dudon 19 DF 5'11" 175 Senior Dayton, OH Graduated
Rodrigo Zampieri 20 DF 6'0" 170 Senior São Sebastião do Paraíso, BRA Graduated
Gino Rossi 22 FW 6'0" 170 Senior Schenectady, NY Graduated
Forrest White 23 MF 6'0" 165 Senior Crozet, VA Graduated

Players arriving

The Hokies announced the signing of nine players on February 8, 2018.[2] The Hokies announced two more signings on March 17, 2018.[3]

Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
David Alm
DF
  SWE Boo, SWE Hammarby IF N/A[4]
Nicholas Blacklock
FW
  USA Wade, PA Philadelphia Union [5]
Kahlil Dover
FW
  USA Reston, VA Braddock Road YC [6]
Nathan Durst
DF
  USA Ashburn, VA Loudoun Soccer Club [7]
Sivert Haugli
DF
  NOR Oslo, NOR Baerum SK N/A[8]
Vincent Jackson
FW
  USA Southfield, MI Michigan Wolves Crew Soccer Club [9]
Connor Jordan-Hyde
GK
  USA Kansas City, KS Sporting Kansas City Academy N/A[10]
Daniel Seungmin Kang
FW
  USA Fairfax, VA Braddock Road YC Academy [11]
Christopher Little
MF
  USA Ashburn, VA Loudoun Soccer Club [12]
Evans Moyo
MF
  USA Round Hill, VA Loudoun Soccer Club N/A[13]
Esteban Gonzales Rivera
DF
  CRC San José, CRC Universidad Hispanoamericana N/A[13]
Mathjis Swaneveld
GK
  NED Schoonhoven, NED CVV de Jodan Boys N/A[14]

Squad

Roster

Updated: August 23, 2018[15]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Connor Jordan-Hyde
1 GK Netherlands NED Mathijs Swaneveld
2 DF United States USA Will Mejia
3 DF Norway NOR Sivert Haugli
4 DF Sweden SWE David Alm
5 DF Iceland ISL Jon Ingason
6 FW United States USA Brendan Moyers
7 FW United States USA Nico Quashie
8 FW United States USA James Kasak
9 MF United States USA David Sanz
10 MF United States USA Chris Little
11 FW United States USA Arion Sobers-Assue
12 MF Finland FIN Emil Koho
13 DF Canada CAN Nikal Clarke-Smith
14 FW United States USA Kahlil Dover
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF United States USA Kristo Strickler
16 MF United States USA Rory Slevin
17 DF Switzerland SUI Marc Hoppler
18 MF South Korea KOR Daniel Kang
19 DF United States USA Nathan Durst
20 MF Costa Rica CRC Esteban Gonzalez
21 MF United States USA Camron Lennon
22 FW United States USA Vincent Jackson II
23 FW United States USA Evans Moyo
24 MF Finland FIN Justus Kauppinen
25 GK United States USA Charles Filby
27 GK United States USA Hayden Kickbush
28 FW Costa Rica CRC Sebastian Rodriguez
30 FW France FRA Gaetan Roux
31 FW Germany GER Jakob Bluemler

Team management

Position Staff
Athletic director Whit Babcock
Head coach Mike Brizendine
Assistant coach Jeff Kinney
Assistant coach Patrick McSorley
Volunteer Assistant Coach Kyle Renfro

Source:[15]

Schedule

Source:[16]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 11*
4:00 pm 		West Virginia W 4–1  –
(–) 		Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
August 14*
7:00 pm 		at Old Dominion W 3–2  –
(–) 		Old Dominion Soccer Complex
Norfolk, VA
August 18*
7:00 pm 		Villanova W 1–0  –
(–) 		Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
Regular season
August 24*
4:00 pm 		vs. Air Force
JMU Invitational 		W 2–1  1–0–0
(0–0–0) 		Sentara Park
Harrisonburgh, VA
August 26*
4:00 pm 		vs. Gardner–Webb
JMU Invitational 		W 2–1 2OT 2–0–0
(0–0–0) 		Sentara Park
Harrisonburgh, VA
August 31*
7:00 pm 		No. RV at South Florida W 1–0  3–0–0
(0–0–0) 		Corbett Soccer Stadium (903)
Tampa, FL
September 2*
7:00 pm 		No. RV at UCF T 2–2 2OT 3–0–1
(0–0–0) 		UCF Soccer and Track Stadium (249)
Orlando, FL
September 7
7:00 pm 		No. 21 at No. 10 Virginia
Rivalry 		T 1–1 2OT 3–0–2
(0–0–1) 		Klöckner Stadium (2,892)
Charlottesville, VA
September 11*
7:00 pm 		No. 16 at UNCG W 2–0  4–0–2
(0–0–1) 		UNCG Soccer Stadium (363)
Greensboro, NC
September 14
7:30 pm 		No. 16 No. 1 Wake Forest L 1–2  4–1–2
(0–1–1) 		Thompson Field (1,200)
Blacksburg, VA
September 18*
7:00 pm 		No. 14 Longwood W 5–1  5–1–2
(0–1–1) 		Thompson Field (217)
Blacksburg, VA
September 21
7:00 pm 		No. 14 at No. 18 NC State L 0–1  5–2–2
(0–2–1) 		Dail Soccer Field (786)
Raleigh, NC
September 28
7:00 pm 		No. 21 Syracuse W 1–0 2OT 6–2–2
(1–2–1) 		Thompson Field (927)
Blacksburg, VA
October 2*
7:00 pm 		No. 19 South Carolina L 1–2 2OT 6–3–2
(1–2–1) 		Thompson Field (323)
Blacksburg, VA
October 6
7:00 pm 		No. 19 at No. 3 North Carolina L 1–2  6–4–2
(1–3–1) 		Koskinen Stadium (2,074)
Durham, NC
October 12
7:00 pm 		Pittsburgh W 3–1  7–4–2
(2–3–1) 		Thompson Field (834)
Blacksburg, VA
October 16*
7:00 pm 		William & Mary W 4–0  8–4–2
(2–3–1) 		Thompson Field (324)
Blacksburg, VA
October 19
7:00 pm 		at No. 16 Notre Dame W 5–2  9–4–2
(3–3–1) 		Alumni Stadium (514)
South Bend, IN
October 23*
7:00 pm 		No. 18 at Davidson T 2–2  9–4–3
(3–3–1) 		Alumni Soccer Stadium (302)
Davidson, NC
October 26
7:00 pm 		No. 18 No. 14 Duke L 0–2  9–5–3
(3–4–1) 		Thompson Field (274)
Blacksburg, VA
ACC Tournament
October 31
7:00 pm 		(7) No. 22 (10) Syracuse
First Round 		W 3–1  10–5–3
 Thompson Field (294)
Blacksburg, VA
November 4
1:00 pm 		(7) No. 22 (2) No. 4 North Carolina
Quarterfinals 		L 0–3  10–6–3
 WakeMed Soccer Park (507)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 18*
3:00 pm 		(12) No. 19 No. 14 Charlotte
Second Round 		W 1–0  11–6–3
 Thompson Field (446)
Blacksburg, VA
November 25*
4:00 pm 		(12) No. 19 James Madison
Third Round 		L 0–3  11–7–3
 Thompson Field (740)
Blacksburg, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Kristo Strickler ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 22, 2018 [17]
Kristo Strickler All-ACC Second Team November 7, 2018 [18]
Mathijs Swaneveld All-ACC Third Team

2019 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2019 MLS SuperDraft

Virginia Tech did not have any players selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

Rankings

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2018 Top 25 coaches poll
Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.
Poll Pre Wk
1 		Wk
2 		Wk
3 		Wk
4 		Wk
5 		Wk
6 		Wk
7 		Wk
8 		Wk
9 		Wk
10 		Wk
11 		Wk
12 		Wk
13 		Wk
14 		Wk
15 		Wk
16 		Final
United Soccer[19] RV 21 16 14 21 19 RV RV 18 22 24 19 None Released 17
TopDrawer Soccer [20] 25 19 16 16 13 12 14 15 10 8 12 11 9 14 14 14

See also

References

  1. ^ "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "Men's soccer announces the signing of nine during the signing period". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech University Athletics. February 8, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  3. ^ "Hokies compliment class of 2018 with the additions of Durst, Jackson". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech University Athletics. March 17, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  4. ^ "David Alm". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  5. ^ "Nicholas Blacklock". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  6. ^ "Kahlil Dover". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  7. ^ "Nathan Durst". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  8. ^ "Sivert Haugli". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  9. ^ "Vincent Jackson II". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  10. ^ "Connor Jordan-Hyde". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  11. ^ "Daniel Seungmin Kang". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  12. ^ "Christopher Little". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Evans Moyo". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  14. ^ "Mathjis Swaneveld". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  15. ^ a b "Men's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech University Athletics. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  16. ^ "2018 Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  17. ^ "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  18. ^ "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  19. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  20. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.