2018 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

The 2018 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 95th season and 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1] The Orange were led by Ian McIntyre, who was in his ninth year.

2018 Syracuse Orange men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. RV
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 22
Record	7–7–4 (1–4–3 ACC)
Head coach	Ian McIntyre (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Jukka Masalin (6th season) Matt Verni (5th season)
Home stadium	SU Soccer Stadium
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	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
‡ – 2018 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 11, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

Background

Main article: 2017 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

The 2017 Syracuse men's soccer team finished the season with a 6–8–4 overall record and a 0–6–2 ACC record. The Orange were seeded twelfth–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to Clemson in the first round. The Orange were not invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.

At the end of the 2017 season, one Orange men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Mo Adams.^[2]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Pat Castle	1	GK	6'1"	185	Senior	Schuylerville, NY	Graduated
Mo Adams	7	MF	5'6"	165	Sophomore	Nottingham, ENG	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 10th overall by Chicago Fire.
Mamadou Balde	20	MF	6'1"	176	Senior	Corona, NY	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Julio Fulcar MF	USA	Watertown, MA	Boston Bolts	^[3]
Hilli Goldhar MF	CAN	Toronto, CAN	Sigma FC	N/A^[4]
Samuel Gomez GK	USA	St. Louis, MO	St. Louis Park FC	^[5]
Alphonso Joe MF	USA	Rochester, NY	Empire United	^[6]
Michael Lantry MF	USA	Syracuse, NY	Empire United	^[7]
Ryan Raposo MF	CAN	Hamilton, CAN	Vaughn Soccer Club	^[8]
Nathaniel St. Louis MF	CAN	Toronto, CAN	–	N/A^[9]

Squad

Roster

Updated: August 3, 2018^[10]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   USA Jake Leahy 2 MF   SUI Jan Breitenmoser 3 DF   NOR Sondre Norheim 4 MF   USA Djimon Johnson 5 DF   CAN Kamal Miller 6 DF   GER Lennart Zeugner 7 FW   CAN Severin Soerlie 8 MF   SWE Jonathan Hagman 9 FW   CAN Massimo Ferrin 10 FW   FRA Hugo Delhommelle 11 FW   USA Adnan Bakalovic 12 DF   USA John-Austin Ricks 13 DF   USA Nikolas Steiner

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW   NOR Petter Stangeland 15 MF   CAN Simon Triantafillou 16 MF   USA Lukas Rubio 17 FW   CAN Tajon Buchanan 18 MF   USA Julio Fulcar 19 DF   USA Michael Lantry 20 MF   CAN Ben Goldhar 21 FW   CAN Nathaniel St. Louis 22 DF   USA Dylan McDonald 23 MF   CAN Ryan Raposo 24 DF   USA Alphonso Joe 25 GK   GER Hendrik Hilpert 30 GK   USA Sam Gomez

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic director	John Wildhack
Head coach	Ian McIntyre
Associate head coach	Jukka Masalin
Assistant coach	Matt Verni
Director of Operations	Todd Cook
Volunteer Assistant	Andrew Coughlin
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Mike Mangano

Source:^[10]

Schedule

Source: ^[11]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 12* 7:00 pm		Canisius	W 3–1	– (–)	SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
August 15* 7:00 pm		Villanova	W 2–1	– (–)	SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
August 18* 7:00 pm		at Connecticut	T 0–0	– (–)	Morrone Stadium Storrs, CT
Regular season
August 24* 10:00 pm		at Oregon State	W 2–1	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Paul Lorenz Field at Patrick Wayne Valley Stadium (401) Corvallis, OR
August 26* 10:00 pm		at Portland	L 1–2	1–1–0 (0–0–0)	Merlo Field (1,952) Portland, OR
September 2* 6:00 pm		Hofstra	W 4–3	2–1–0 (0–0–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,387) Syracuse, NY
September 7 7:00 pm		No. 12 Notre Dame	L 2–3	2–2–0 (0–1–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,908) Syracuse, NY
September 10* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cornell	W 2–0	3–2–0 (0–1–0)	Charles F. Berman Field (211) Ithaca, NY
September 21 7:00 pm		No. 22 Virginia	L 0–2	3–3–0 (0–2–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,080) Syracuse, NY
September 24* 7:00 pm		Colgate	T 1–1 ^2OT	3–3–1 (0–2–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,021) Syracuse, NY
September 28 7:00 pm		at No. 13 Virginia Tech	L 0–1 ^2OT	3–4–1 (0–3–0)	Thompson Field (927) Blacksburg, VA
October 1* 7:00 pm		at Akron	W 3–1	4–4–1 (0–3–0)	FirstEnergy Stadium (1,598) Akron, OH
October 5 7:00 pm		No. 1 Wake Forest	W 2–0	5–4–1 (1–3–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,957) Syracuse, NY
October 8* 7:00 pm		Ohio State	W 3–0	6–4–1 (1–3–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,856) Syracuse, NY
October 12 7:00 pm	No. 24	at No. 11 Louisville	T 2–2 ^2OT	6–4–2 (1–3–1)	Lynn Stadium (1,468) Louisville, KY
October 16* 7:00 pm	No. 24	St. Bonaventure	W 7–0	7–4–2 (1–3–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (727) Syracuse, NY
October 20 7:00 pm	No. 24	at No. 21 NC State	T 1–1 ^2OT	7–4–3 (1–3–2)	Dail Soccer Stadium (758) Raleigh, NC
October 23 7:30 pm	No. 20	at Clemson	L 2–3	7–5–3 (1–4–2)	Riggs Field (1,600) Clemson, SC
October 26 7:00 pm	No. 20	Boston College	T 0–0	7–5–4 (1–4–3)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,573) Syracuse, NY
ACC Tournament
October 31 7:00 pm	(10)	at (7) No. 22 Virginia Tech First Round	L 1–3	7–6–4	Thompson Field (294) Blacksburg, VA
NCAA Tournament
November 18* 2:00 pm	(16)	No. 16 Akron Second Round	L 1–3	7–7–4	SU Soccer Stadium (240) Syracuse, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Hendrik Hilpert	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	October 8, 2018	^[12]
	United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week	October 9, 2018	^[13]
Kamal Miller	All-ACC Third Team	November 7, 2018	^[14]
Ryan Raposo	All-ACC Freshman Team

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^[15]								24	24	20	RV	RV	RV	None Released				RV
TopDrawer Soccer ^[16]						RV	23	RV	RV	23	23	RV	RV	20	22	22	22	22

2019 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2019 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Tajon Buchanan	New England Revolution	1	9	FW
Kamal Miller	Orlando City	2	27	DF

Source:^[17]

References

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2. "Former Syracuse midfielder Mo Adams selected in the first round of the MLS Superdraft – The Daily Orange – The Independent Student Newspaper of Syracuse, New York". dailyorange.com. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
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13. . unitedsoccercoaches.org. October 9, 2018. Archived from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
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