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2018 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team

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2018 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. RV
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 24
Record10–7–3 (2–4–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Negalha (2nd season)
  • Kyle Nicholls (2nd season)
  • Nathan Walzer (1st season)
Home stadiumDail Soccer Field
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 ACC men's soccer standings
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
As of December 11, 2018
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

The 2018 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team represented North Carolina State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach George Kiefer, in his second season. They played home games at Dail Soccer Field. NC State finished the season with a 10–7–3 (2–4–2) record and earned a berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Maryland in the second round.

Background

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The 2017 NC State men's soccer team finished the season with an 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 Wolfpack 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

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Players Leaving

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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

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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

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Roster

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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. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Nick Cournoyer
1 GK Germany GER Leon Krapf
2 FW United States USA Manny Perez
3 DF Spain ESP Jose Garcia Valles
4 DF United States USA David Norris
5 FW United States USA Stephen Elias
6 DF Switzerland SUI Christoph Schneuwly
7 FW United States USA Tanner Roberts
8 MF United States USA Brad Sweeney
9 FW Benin BEN Ade Taiwo
10 FW United States USA David Loera
11 FW United States USA Tyler Gabarra
12 GK United States USA Vincent Durand
13 DF Germany GER Simon Blotko
14 FW United States USA Clay Sparks
15 MF Brazil BRA Gabriel Machado
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF United States USA AJ Seals
17 MF United States USA Nick Retzlaff
18 FW United States USA Iverson Brisma
19 DF United States USA Alex Bautista
20 FW England ENG Kuda Muskwe
21 FW United States USA Orlin Roque
22 MF United States USA Aidan Foster
23 FW United States USA James Orozco
24 United States USA Cyrus Rad
25 MF United States USA Jose Morales Jr.
26 MF United States USA Caleb Martinez
27 United States USA Arnaud Deniel
28 MF United States USA Bailey O'Connor
29 DF United States USA Harry Adanuty
30 DF United States USA Matt Lockwood

Team Management

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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

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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
No. 21 at No. 11 UNC Wilmington L 0–3  8–4–2
(2–3–1)
UNC Wilmington Soccer Stadium (2,028)
Wilmington, NC
October 20, 2016
7:00 pm
No. 21 No. 24 Syracuse T 1–1 2OT 8–4–3
(2–3–2)
Dail Soccer Field (758)
Raleigh, NC
October 27, 2018
7:00 pm
at Clemson L 0–3 1,657 8–5–3
(2–4–2)
Riggs Field
Clemson, SC
ACC Tournament
October 31, 2018
7:00 pm
(8) (9) Boston College
First Round
W 3–1  9–5–3
(2–4–2)
Dail Soccer Field (437)
Raleigh, NC
November 4, 2018
1:00 pm
(8) (1) No. 1 Wake Forest
Quarterfinals
L 0–2  9–6–3
(2–4–2)
Spry Stadium (2,037)
Winston–Salem, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 15*
7:00 pm
Campbell
NCAA First Round
W 4–1  10–6–3
Dail Soccer Field (515)
Raleigh, NC
November 18*
1:00 pm
at (11) No. 15 Maryland
NCAA Second Round
L 0–2  10–7–3
Ludwig Field (1,266)
College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

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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]
David Loera ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 15, 2018 [13]
Leon Krapf ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Leon Krapf United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week October 16, 2018 [14]
David Loera All-ACC First Team November 7, 2018 [15]
Manny Perez All-ACC Third Team

2019 MLS SuperDraft

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NC State did not have any players selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

Rankings

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Ranking movement
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United Soccer[16] RV 8 18 18 12 17 RV 21 RV None Released RV
TopDrawer Soccer [17] 23 23 17 4 6 6 8 13 23 20 24 RV 24 24 24 24

References

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  1. ^ "Alex Bautista". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "Iverson Brisma". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Aidan Foster". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Caleb Martinez". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  5. ^ "Bailey O'Connor". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  6. ^ "James Orozco". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  7. ^ "Orlin Roque". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  8. ^ "AJ Allen Seals". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". gopack.com. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  10. ^ "2018 Men's Soccer Schedule". gopack.com. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  11. ^ "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
  12. ^ "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 24, 2018. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
  13. ^ "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 15, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  14. ^ "Seven Collegiate Players Honored as United Soccer Coaches Players of the Week". unitedsoccercoaches.org. October 16, 2018. Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  15. ^ "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  16. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  17. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.