2019 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

The 2019 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 96th season and 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1] The Orange were led by Ian McIntyre, is in his tenth year.

2019 Syracuse Orange men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. RV
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. RV
Record	8–7–5 (2–4–2 ACC)
Head coach	Ian McIntyre (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Jukka Masalin (7th season) Sean Lawlor (1st season)
Home stadium	SU Soccer Stadium
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	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
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 17 December 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

Background

Main article: 2018 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

The 2018 Syracuse men's soccer team finished the season with a 7–7–4 overall record and a 1–4–3 ACC record. The Orange were seeded tenth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to Virginia Tech in the first round. The Orange earned an at-large bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the sixteenth overall seed in the tournament, the Orange lost to eventual runners up Akron in their first match of the tournament.

At the end of the 2018 season, two Orange men's soccer players wer selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Tajon Buchanan and Kamal Miller.^[2]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Jan Breitenmoser	2	MF	5'7"	159	Senior	Wil, Switzerland	Graduated
Kamal Miller	5	DF	6'0"	185	Senior	Pickering, Canada	Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 27th overall by Orlando City SC.
Len Zeugner	6	DF	6'4"	191	Graduate Student	Münster, Germany	Graduated
Jonathan Hagman	8	MF	6'0"	174	Senior	Enebyberg, Sweden	Graduated
Hugo Delhommelle	10	FW/MF	5'11"	170	Senior	Rennes, France	Graduated
John-Austin Ricks	11	DF/MF	5'10"	144	Senior	Utica, NY	Graduated
Tajon Buchanan	17	FW	6'0"	152	Sophomore	Brampton, Canada	Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 9th overall by New England Revolution.
Hendrik Hilpert	25	GK	6'0"	175	Senior	Eiterfeld, Germany	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Quinton Becker DF	USA	Niskayuna, NY	Black Watch Premier	^[3]
Logan McGraw MF	USA	Brooklyn, NY	BW Gottschee	^[4]
Merjan Ozisik MF	USA	Niskayuna, NY	Black Watch Premier	^[5]
Andres Quevedo GK	USA	Dallas, TX	FC Dallas (Youth)	^[6]
Amferny Arias Sinclair MF	CRC	San José, Costa Rica	Oce de Abril	N/A^[7]

Squad

Roster

Updated: August 19, 2019^[8]

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   USA Andres Quevedo 1 GK   USA Jake Leahy 2 MF   CRC Amferny Sinclair 3 DF   NOR Sondre Norheim 4 DF   GER Noah Singelmann 5 DF   HKG Matt Orr 6 MF   USA Julio Fulcar 7 FW   CAN Severin Soerlie 8 MF   CAN Simon Triantafillou 9 FW   CAN Massimo Ferrin 10 MF   CAN Ryan Raposo 11 MF   CAN Hilli Goldhar 12 DF   USA John-Austin Ricks

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 DF   USA Nikolas Steiner 14 DF   USA Michael Lantry 15 MF   USA Merjan Ozisik 16 MF   USA Logan McGraw 18 DF   CAN Nyal Higgins 19 FW   GLP Luther Archimède 20 MF   USA Brian Hawkins 21 FW   USA Mickey Watson 22 DF   USA Dylan McDonald 23 DF   USA Quinn Becker 24 DF   USA Alphonso Joe 25 GK   SUI Christian Miesch 30 GK   USA Sam Gomez

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	John Wildhack
Head Coach	Ian McIntyre
Associate Head Coach	Jukka Masalin
Assistant Coach	Sean Lawlor
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Michael Flynn
Director of Operations	Todd Cook
Volunteer Assistant	Andrew Coughlin
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Mike Mangano

Source:^[8]

Schedule

Source: ^[9]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 18* 7:00 p.m.		Niagara	W 5–0	– (–)	SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
August 21* 7:00 p.m.		Hofstra	W 4–2	– (–)	SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
August 24* 7:00 p.m.		at Penn State	W 1–0	– (–)	Jeffrey Field State College, PA
Regular season
August 30* 4:00 p.m.		at No. 13 Georgetown	L 1–3	0–1–0 (0–0–0)	Shaw Field (1,121) Washington, D.C.
September 2* 7:00 p.m.		Binghamton	W 3–1	1–1–0 (0–0–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,169) Syracuse, NY
September 6* 7:00 p.m.		Yale	T 1–1 ^2OT	1–1–1 (0–0–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,765) Syracuse, NY
September 8* 7:00 p.m.		No. 22 New Hampshire	T 2–2 ^2OT	1–1–2 (0–0–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (721) Syracuse, NY
September 13 7:00 p.m.		No. 20 Louisville	T 0–0 ^2OT	1–1–3 (0–0–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,756) Syracuse, NY
September 17* 7:00 p.m.		Cornell	W 3–2 ^OT	2–1–3 (0–0–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (521) Syracuse, NY
September 21 7:30 p.m.		at No. 1 Wake Forest	L 0–1	2–2–3 (0–1–1)	Spry Stadium (3,143) Winston-Salem, NC
September 24* 7:00 p.m.		at Colgate Rivalry	W 1–0	3–2–3 (0–1–1)	Beyer-Small '76 Field (425) Hamilton, NY
September 27 7:00 p.m.		Pittsburgh	T 1–1 ^2OT	3–2–4 (0–1–2)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,706) Syracuse, NY
October 1* 7:00 p.m.		Albany	Cancelled^[10]	3–2–4 (0–1–2)	SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
October 4 7:00 p.m.		at No. 18 Duke	L 0–4	3–3–4 (0–2–2)	Koskinen Stadium (759) Durham, NC
October 12 7:00 p.m.		at No. 18 North Carolina	W 4–3	4–3–4 (1–2–2)	Fetzer Field (876) Chapel Hill, NC
October 15* 7:00 p.m.		Connecticut	W 1–0	5–3–4 (1–2–2)	SU Soccer Stadium (342) Syracuse, NY
October 19 7:00 p.m.		No. 8 Clemson	L 4–7	5–4–4 (1–3–2)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,342) Syracuse, NY
October 22 4:00 p.m.		SUNY Morrisville	W 11–0	6–4–4 (1–3–2)	SU Soccer Stadium (64) Syracuse, NY
October 26 7:00 p.m.		No. 23 NC State	W 3–0	7–4–4 (2–3–2)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,007) Syracuse, NY
November 1 6:00 p.m.		at Boston College	L 1–2	7–5–4 (2–4–2)	Newton Soccer Complex (413) Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Tournament
November 5 4:00 p.m.	(10)	at (7) North Carolina First Round	T 0–0 (5–3 PKs) ^2OT	7–5–5	Fetzer Field (766) Chapel Hill, NC
November 10 1:00 p.m.	(10)	at (2) No. 4 Virginia Quarterfinals	L 1–2	7–6–5	Klöckner Stadium (1,525) Charlottesville, VA
NCAA Tournament
November 21 7:00 p.m.		Rhode Island First Round	W 3–2	8–6–5	SU Soccer Stadium (472) Syracuse, NY
November 24 5:00 p.m.		at (16) No. 14 St. John's Second Round	L 1–2	8–7–5	Belson Stadium (457) New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Ryan Raposo	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 14, 2019	^[11]
	All-ACC First Team	November 13, 2019	^[12]

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer 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				None Released				RV
TopDrawer Soccer ^[14]	RV	RV								RV	25	25	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

2020 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Ryan Raposo	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	1	4	MF
Nyal Higgins	Toronto FC	1	19	DF

Source:^[15]

References

1. "Syracuse University 2016 Men's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
2. "Buchanan No. 9 Pick in MLS SuperDraft, Miller Selected in 2nd Round". cuse.com. Syracuse University Athletics. January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
3. "Quinton Becker". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
4. "Logan McGraw". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
5. "Merjan Ozisik". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
6. "Andres Quevedo". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
7. "Amferny Arias Sinclair". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
8. "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". cuse.com. Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
9. "2019 Men's Soccer Schedule". Syracuse University. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
10. "Orange, UAlbany Match Cancelled". cuse.com. Syracuse University. October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
11. "Raposo, Dumas Claim ACC Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
12. "2019 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
13. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
14. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
15. "14 ACC Players Picked on Day 1 of MLS SuperDraft". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.