2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
2017 record 10–10–0 (3–5–0 ACC)
Head coach Mike Brizendine (9th season)
Assistant coach Jeff Kinney (3rd season)
Assistant coach Patrick McSorley (8th season)
Captain Ben Lundgaard
Captain Collin Verfurth
Captain Marcelo Acuna
Home stadium Sandra D. Thompson Field
2017 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Atlantic
#5 Wake Forest ‡ 7 –0 –1  19 –2 –2
#7 Louisville + 5 –2 –1  13 –2 –5
#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
#4 North Carolina + 6 –1 –1  17 –4 –1
#13 Duke + 4 –3 –1  13 –4 –3
#19 Virginia + 3 –2 –3  13 –4 –5
#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 represents 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 fixtues at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies are 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

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

Coaching Staff

PositionStaff
Athletic DirectorWhit Babcock
Head CoachMike Brizendine
Assistant CoachJeff Kinney
Assistant CoachPatrick McSorley
Goalkeeper CoachRyan 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.

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

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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5		 Wk
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16		 Final
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 Virgnia Tech Hokies men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.[8]

PlayerRoundPickPositionMLS clubRef.
Ben Lungaard121GKColumbus Crew SC[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Men's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech University Athletics. Retrieved 21 August 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.
  7. ↑ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.
  8. ↑ "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. 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.
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