2018 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team

2018 ACC men's soccer standings
	Atlantic
	Coastal
	‡ – 2018 ACC Tournament champion; + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship; As of October 13, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches; Source:The ACC

NC State Wolfpack men's soccer
2018 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
NSCAA poll	No. RV
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 23
2018 record	8–3–2 (2–3–1 ACC)
Head coach	George Kiefer (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Jeff Negalha (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Kyle Nicholls (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Nathan Walzer (1st season)
Home stadium	Dail Soccer Field

The 2018 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team represents North Carolina State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Wolfpack ae led by head coach George Kiefer, in his second season. They play home games at Dail Soccer Field.

Background

The 2017 NC State men's soccer team finished the season with a 8–6–4 overall record and a 3–3–2 ACC record. The Wolfpack were seeded eight–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to Virginia Tech in the first round. The Tigers earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the tournament, the Wolfpack lost to Old Dominion in the first round.

At the end of the season, one Wolfpack men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Caleb Duvernay.

Player Movement

Players Leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Caleb Duvernay	3	DF	5'7"	162	Senior	Cary, NC	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 61st overall by Portland Timbers
Maximilian Luftl	15	MF	6'0"	174	Senior	Fürstenstein, GER	Graduated
Julius Duchscherer	16	MF	5'6"	145	Senior	Hadamar, GER	Graduated
Jake Dykes	19	DF	6'0"	173	Senior	Sligo, IRE	Graduated
Roland Minogue	20	MF	5'7"	156	Senior	Huntersville, NC	Graduated
Jan–Luca Ahillen	21	MF	6'1"	185	Senior	Meppen, GER	Graduated
Anthony Ruggiero	22	MF	6'1"	192	Freshman	Holtsville, NY	Transferred
Willy Ramirez	23	FW	5'7"	158	Junior	Garner, NC	Transferred

Players Arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Alex Bautista DF	USA	Mount Juliet, TN	FC Dallas	^[1]
Iverson Brisma MF	USA	East Windsor, NJ	Philadelphia Union	^[2]
Aidan Foster MF	USA	Cary, NC	North Carolina FC Youth	^[3]
Caleb Martinez	USA	Zephyrhills, FL	N/A	^[4]
Bailey O'Connor MF	USA	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina FC Youth	^[5]
James Orozco DF	USA	Durham, NC	North Carolina FC Youth	^[6]
Orlin Roque MF	USA	Durham, NC	North Carolina FC Youth	^[7]
AJ Allen Seals MF	USA	Orlando, FL	Orlando City SC	^[8]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 3, 2018 ^[9]

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

No.	Position	Player
0	GK	Nick Cournoyer
1	GK	Leon Krapf
2	FW	Manny Perez
3	DF	Jose Garcia Valles
4	DF	David Norris
5	FW	Stephen Elias
6	DF	Christoph Schneuwly
7	FW	Tanner Roberts
8	MF	Brad Sweeney
9	FW	Ade Taiwo
10	FW	David Loera
11	FW	Tyler Gabarra
12	GK	Vincent Durand
13	DF	Simon Blotko
14	FW	Clay Sparks
15	MF	Gabriel Machado

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	AJ Seals
17	MF	Nick Retzlaff
18	FW	Iverson Brisma
19	DF	Alex Bautista
20	FW	Kuda Muskwe
21	FW	Orlin Roque
22	MF	Aidan Foster
23	FW	James Orozco
24		Cyrus Rad
25	MF	Jose Morales Jr.
26	MF	Caleb Martinez
27		Arnaud Deniel
28	MF	Bailey O'Connor
29	DF	Harry Adanuty
30	DF	Matt Lockwood

Team Management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Debbie Yow
Head Coach	George Kiefer
Associate Head Coach	Jeff Negalha
Assistant Coach	Kyle Nicholls
Assistant Coach	Nahtan Walzer
Director of Soccer	Lindsey Krakower
Director of Analytics	Paul Forster
Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach/Director of Sport Science	Craig Turner
Senior Associate AD/Sports Administration & Student Services	Raymond Harrison
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Blake Wickerham
Academics	Maria Crockett

Source:^[9]

Schedule

Source:^[10]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 18, 2018* 7:00 PM		at Duke	L 0–1	– (–)	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
Regular season
August 24, 2018* 7:00 PM		USC Upstate	W 3–1	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,938) Raleigh, NC
August 27, 2018* 7:00 PM		at No. 4 Akron	W 2–0	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	FirstEnergy Stadium (1,474) Akron, OH
August 31, 2018* 7:00 PM	No. RV	Presbyterian	W 2–0	3–0–0 (0–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,622) Raleigh, NC
September 3, 2018* 7:00 PM	No. RV	William & Mary	W 2–1 ^2OT	4–0–0 (0–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (854) Raleigh, NC
September 7, 2018 7:00 PM	No. 8	at No. 1 Wake Forest	L 0–3	4–1–0 (0–1–0)	Spry Stadium (4,023) Winston–Salem, NC
September 11, 2018* 12:30 PM	No. 18	Quinnipiac	W 1–0	5–1–0 (1–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (197) Raleigh, NC
September 18, 2018* 7:00 PM	No. 18	Stetson	Postponed	5–1–0 (1–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC
September 21, 2018 5:00 PM	No. 18	No. 14 Virginia Tech	W 1–0	6–1–0 (2–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (786) Raleigh, NC
September 25, 2018 7:00 PM	No. 12	at Pittsburgh	L 1–3	6–2–0 (1–2–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (254) Pittsburgh, PA
September 28, 2018 7:00 PM	No. 12	No. 6 Louisville	T 2–2 ^2OT	6–2–1 (1–2–1)	Dail Soccer Field (1,255) Raleigh, NC
October 2, 2018* 7:00 PM	No. 17	James Madison	T 0–0 ^2OT	6–2–2 (1–2–1)	Dail Soccer Field (810) Raleigh, NC
October 5, 2018 7:00 PM	No. 17	at Boston College	L 0–1	6–3–2 (1–3–1)	Newton Soccer Complex (281) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 9, 2018* 7:00 PM		at Longwood	W 2–0	7–3–2 (1–3–1)	Longwood Athletics Complex (187) Farmville, VA
October 12, 2018 7:00 PM		No. 1 North Carolina Rivalry	W 1–0	8–3–2 (2–3–1)	Dail Soccer Field (3,229) Raleigh, NC
October 16, 2018* 7:00 PM		at UNC Wilmington		0–0–0 (0–0–0)	UNC Wilmington Soccer Stadium Wilmington, NC
October 20, 2016 7:00 PM		Syracuse		0–0–0 (0–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC
October 26, 2018 7:00 PM		at Clemson		0–0–0 (0–0–0)	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Gabriel Machado	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 3, 2018	^[11]
Leon Krapf	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 24, 2018	^[12]

2019 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position

Rankings

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^[13]		RV	8	18	18	12	17	RV						None Released
TopDrawer Soccer ^[14]	23	23	17	4	6	6	8	13	23

References

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↑ "Iverson Brisma". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
↑ "Aidan Foster". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
↑ "Caleb Martinez". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
↑ "Bailey O'Connor". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
↑ "James Orozco". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
↑ "Orlin Roque". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
↑ "AJ Allen Seals". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
1 2 "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". gopack.com. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
↑ "2018 Men's Soccer Schedule". gopack.com. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
↑ "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
↑ "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
↑ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.

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2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
Standings ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament
Atlantic Division	Boston College Clemson Louisville NC State Syracuse Wake Forest
Coastal Division	Duke Notre Dame North Carolina Pittsburgh Virginia Virginia Tech
← 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season 2019 →

2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final Spring Men's College Program
Rankings	United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll

2018 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
#2 Wake Forest	5	–	1	–	0	13	–	1	–	0
#11 Louisville	3	–	1	–	2	7	–	2	–	3
NC State	2	–	3	–	1	8	–	3	–	2
Boston College	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	3	–	3
#24 Syracuse	1	–	3	–	1	6	–	4	–	2
Clemson	0	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	1
Coastal
#1 North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	1
#14 Virginia	3	–	1	–	1	8	–	1	–	2
#17 Duke	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
Virginia Tech	2	–	3	–	1	7	–	4	–	2
#9 Notre Dame	2	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh	2	–	4	–	0	6	–	7	–	0


‡ – 2018 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of October 13, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC