2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
Carolina Nike Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 3
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 3
Record16–5–2 (6–2–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Steve Armas (5th season)
  • Dane Brenner (9th season)
  • Jonathan Lagos (1st season)
Home stadiumSpry Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 5 Clemson + 6 – 1 – 1 18 – 2 – 2
No. 3 Wake Forest + 6 – 2 – 0 16 – 5 – 2
NC State + 3 – 4 – 1 9 – 7 – 3
No. 20 Louisville + 3 – 4 – 1 10 – 8 – 2
Boston College + 2 – 4 – 2 9 – 6 – 3
Syracuse + 2 – 4 – 2 8 – 7 – 4
Coastal
No. 2 Virginia ‡ 6 – 1 – 1 21 – 1 – 2
Pittsburgh + 4 – 3 – 1 10 – 8 – 2
Notre Dame + 3 – 5 – 0 10 – 8 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 5 – 0 7 – 8 – 3
No. 13 Virginia Tech + 2 – 4 – 2 10 – 6 – 3
Duke 2 – 5 – 1 7 – 9 – 2
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

The 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 73rd season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's fifth season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. The Demon Deacons played their home matches at Spry Stadium.

Background

Main article: 2018 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

The 2018 Wake Forest men's soccer team finished the season with a 18–3–0 overall record and a 7–1–0 ACC record. The Demon Deacons were seeded first–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they defeated NC State in the Quarterfinals, but lost to eventual champions Louisville in the Semifinals. The Demon Deacons earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the first–overall seed in the tournament, Wake Forest defeated Colgate in the second round before being upset by eventual runners-up Akron in the third round.

At the end of the season, two Demon Deacons men's soccer players were selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Logan Gdula and Brad Dunwell.[1][2]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Brad Dunwell 12 MF 5'8" 165 Senior Grand Rapids, MI Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 56th overall by Houston Dynamo
Logan Gdula 17 DF 5'11" 160 Senior East Lyme, CT Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 13th overall by FC Cincinnati
Sam Raben 26 DF 6'0" 165 Senior Greenwood Village, CO Graduated
Tre Bailey 29 DF 5'10" 160 Senior Durham, NC Graduated

Players arriving

Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Nico Benalcazar
DF
  USA Wilton, CT NYCFC [3]
Ryan Fessler
MF
  USA Charlotte, NC Sporting Kansas City (Academy) [4]
Calvin Harris
FW
  NZL Wellington, New Zealand Wellington Phoenix FC N/A[5]
Omar Hernandez
MF
  USA Dalton, GA Chattanooga FC (Academy) [6]
Cole McNally
GK
  USA Mount Airy, MD Bethesda SC Academy [7]
Jaden Servania
MF
  USA Birmingham, AL Houston Dynamo [8]
Takuma Suzuki
MF
  USA Peachtree City, GA Atlanta United [9]
David Wrona
FW
  USA Hoover, AL Crew SC Academy [10]

Squad

Roster

Updated:August 19, 2019[11]

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 Andrew Pannenberg
1 GK Spain ESP Andreu Cases Mundet
2 DF United States USA Koby Carr
3 FW United States USA Kyle Holcomb
4 DF United States USA Holland Rula
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Michael DeShields
6 DF United States USA Justyn Thomas
7 FW United States USA Aristotle Zarris
8 MF Canada CAN Alistair Johnston
9 FW United States USA Tater Rennhack
10 MF Brazil BRA Bruno Lapa
11 MF Jamaica JAM Justin McMaster
12 MF United States USA Takuma Suzuki
13 FW United States USA David Wrona
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Jamaica JAM Joey DeZart
15 MF United States USA Isaiah Parente
17 MF United States USA Omar Hernandez
19 DF United States USA Eddie Folds
20 MF United States USA Kyle McCurley
21 MF United States USA Machop Chol
22 FW New Zealand NZL Calvin Harris
23 DF United States USA Nico Benalcazar
24 MF United States USA Jake Swallen
25 MF Philippines PHI William Valtos
28 DF United States USA Tyrrell Moore
30 GK United States USA Dominic Peters
31 GK United States USA Cole McNally
33 DF United States USA Sebastian Scrivner

Team management

Position Staff
Athletic Director Ron Wellman
Head coach Bobby Muuss
Associate head coach Steve Armas
Assistant coach Dane Brenner
Assistant coach Jonathan Lagos
Assistant Athletic Trainer Michael White
Academic Counselor Brooke Taylor
Sports Performance David Bass

Source:[11]

Schedule

Source:[12]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 18*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 4 at Furmam W 2–1  –
(–) 		Stone Stadium
Greenville, SC
August 24*
8:00 p.m. 		No. 4 Army W 3–2  –
(–) 		Spry Stadium (2,127)
Winston–Salem, NC
Regular season
August 30*
6:00 p.m. 		No. 4 No. 15 UCF
Carolina Nike Classic 		W 2–1  1–0–0
(0–0–0) 		Spry Stadium (1,578)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 1*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 4 Creighton
Carolina Nike Classic 		W 1–0  2–0–0
(0–0–0) 		Spry Stadium (2,089)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 6*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 1 Dartmouth W 3–1  3–0–0
(0–0–0) 		Spry Stadium (0)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 9*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 1 Houston Baptist W 4–0  4–0–0
(0–0–0) 		Spry Stadium (1,187)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 13
7:00 p.m. 		No. 1 at Pittsburgh W 2–0  5–0–0
(1–0–0) 		Ambrose Urbanic Field (913)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 17*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 1 at James Madison L 0–1  5–1–0
(1–0–0) 		Sentara Park (1,453)
Harrisonburg, VA
September 21
7:30 p.m. 		No. 1 Syracuse W 1–0  6–1–0
(2–0–0) 		Spry Stadium (3,143)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 24*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 7 at Davidson W 1–0  7–1–0
(2–0–0) 		Alumni Soccer Stadium (849)
Davdison, NC
September 28
7:00 p.m. 		No. 7 No. 4 Clemson W 3–2 OT 8–1–0
(3–0–0) 		Spry Stadium (4,126)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 4
7:00 p.m. 		No. 3 at Boston College L 1–2  8–2–0
(3–1–0) 		Newton Soccer Complex (523)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 8*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 6 High Point W 9–0  9–2–0
(3–1–0) 		Spry Stadium (1,377)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 11
7:00 p.m. 		No. 6 at No. 20 NC State
Rivalry 		W 3–1  10–2–0
(4–1–0) 		Dail Soccer Field (1,056)
Raleigh, NC
October 15*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 4 William & Mary W 5–0  11–2–0
(4–1–0) 		Spry Stadium (877)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 18
6:00 p.m. 		No. 4 No. 19 North Carolina
Rivalry 		W 1–0  12–2–0
(5–1–0) 		Spry Stadium (3,315)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 22*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 2 Loyola (MD) T 1–1 2OT 12–2–1
(5–1–0) 		Spry Stadium (1,099)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 26
7:00 p.m. 		No. 2 Notre Dame L 0–1  12–3–1
(5–2–0) 		Spry Stadium (3,022)
Winston–Salem, NC
November 1
6:00 p.m. 		No. 7 at No. 25 Louisville W 3–1  13–3–1
(6–2–0) 		Lynn Stadium (1,310)
Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 10
5:00 p.m. 		(3) No. 7 (11) No. 22 Virginia Tech
Quarterfinals 		T 2–2 (6–5 PKs) 2OT 13–3–2
 Spry Stadium (2,009)
Winston–Salem, NC
November 13
4:00 p.m. 		(3) No. 7 (2) No. 2 Virginia
Semifinals 		L 0–1  13–4–2
 Klöckner Stadium (586)
Charlottesville, VA
NCAA Tournament
November 24
5:00 p.m. 		(4) No. 9 Maryland
Second Round 		W 3–0  14–4–2
 Spry Stadium (1,765)
Winston–Salem, NC
December 1
5:00 p.m. 		(4) No. 9 (13) No. 17 Michigan
Third Round 		W 3–1  15–4–2
 Spry Stadium (1,206)
Winston–Salem, NC
December 7
5:00 p.m. 		(4) No. 9 No. 22 UC Santa Barbara
Quarterfinals 		W 1–0  16–4–2
 Spry Stadium (2,027)
Winston–Salem, NC
December 13
6:00 p.m. 		(4) No. 9 (1) No. 1 Virginia
Semifinals 		L 1–2  16–5–2
 Sahlen's Stadium (9,862)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Bruno Lapa MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist August 1, 2019 [13]
Michael DeShields ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 3, 2019 [14]
Andrew Pannenburg ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 16, 2019 [15]
Justin McMaster ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 30, 2019 [16]
Andrew Pannenburg ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 21, 2019 [17]
Calvin Harris ACC Offensive Player of the Week November 4, 2019 [18]
Bruno Lapa All-ACC First Team November 13, 2019 [19]
Machop Chol All-ACC Third Team
Alistair Johnston
Andrew Pannenberg
Isaiah Parente
Calvin Harris All-ACC Freshman Team
Michael DeShields All-ACC Tournament Team November 17, 2019 [20]
Joey DeZart

2020 MLS Super draft

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft
Player Team Round Pick # Position
Alistair Johnston Nashville SC 1 11 DF
Joey DeZart Orlando City SC 2 31 MF

Source:[21]

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
United Soccer[22]41 (16)1 (24)1 (26)73642 (3)7779Not released3 (1)
TopDrawer Soccer [23]332115491041099109833

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