2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

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ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. CoachespollNo. 3
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 3
Record16–5–2 (6–2–0 ACC)
2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
Carolina Nike Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 3
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 3
Record16–5–2 (6–2–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Steve Armas (5th season)
  • Dane Brenner (9th season)
  • Jonathan Lagos (1st season)
Home stadiumSpry Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Atlantic
No. 5 Clemson +6–1–118–2–2
No. 3 Wake Forest +6–2–016–5–2
NC State +3–4–19–7–3
No. 20 Louisville +3–4–110–8–2
Boston College +2–4–29–6–3
Syracuse +2–4–28–7–4
Coastal
No. 2 Virginia ‡6–1–121–1–2
Pittsburgh +4–3–110–8–2
Notre Dame +3–5–010–8–1
North Carolina3–5–07–8–3
No. 13 Virginia Tech +2–4–210–6–3
Duke2–5–17–9–2
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

The 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 73rd season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's fifth season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. The Demon Deacons played their home matches at Spry Stadium.

The 2018 Wake Forest men's soccer team finished the season with a 18–3–0 overall record and a 7–1–0 ACC record. The Demon Deacons were seeded first–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they defeated NC State in the Quarterfinals, but lost to eventual champions Louisville in the Semifinals. The Demon Deacons earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the first–overall seed in the tournament, Wake Forest defeated Colgate in the second round before being upset by eventual runners-up Akron in the third round.

At the end of the season, two Demon Deacons men's soccer players were selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Logan Gdula and Brad Dunwell.[1][2]

Player movement

Players leaving

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure
Brad Dunwell12MF5'8"165SeniorGrand Rapids, MIDeclared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 56th overall by Houston Dynamo
Logan Gdula17DF5'11"160SeniorEast Lyme, CTDeclared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 13th overall by FC Cincinnati
Sam Raben26DF6'0"165SeniorGreenwood Village, COGraduated
Tre Bailey29DF5'10"160SeniorDurham, NCGraduated

Players arriving

Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
USAWilton, CTNYCFCStarStarStarStar[3]
Ryan Fessler
MF
 USACharlotte, NCSporting Kansas City (Academy)StarStarStar[4]
NZLWellington, New ZealandWellington Phoenix FCN/A[5]
USADalton, GAChattanooga FC (Academy)StarStarStar[6]
Cole McNally
GK
 USAMount Airy, MDBethesda SC AcademyStarStarStar[7]
PURBirmingham, ALHouston DynamoStarStarStar[8]
Takuma Suzuki
MF
 JPNPeachtree City, GAAtlanta UnitedStarStarStar[9]
David Wrona
FW
 USAHoover, ALCrew SC AcademyStarStar[10]

Squad

Roster

Updated:August 19, 2019[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK  USA Andrew Pannenberg
1 GK  ESP Andreu Cases Mundet
2 DF  USA Koby Carr
3 FW  USA Kyle Holcomb
4 DF  USA Holland Rula
5 DF  TRI Michael DeShields
6 DF  USA Justyn Thomas
7 FW  USA Aristotle Zarris
8 MF  CAN Alistair Johnston
9 FW  USA Tater Rennhack
10 MF  BRA Bruno Lapa
11 MF  JAM Justin McMaster
12 MF  USA Takuma Suzuki
13 FW  USA David Wrona
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  JAM Joey DeZart
15 MF  USA Isaiah Parente
17 MF  USA Omar Hernandez
19 DF  USA Eddie Folds
20 MF  USA Kyle McCurley
21 MF  USA Machop Chol
22 FW  NZL Calvin Harris
23 DF  USA Nico Benalcazar
24 MF  USA Jake Swallen
25 MF  PHI William Valtos
28 DF  USA Tyrrell Moore
30 GK  USA Dominic Peters
31 GK  USA Cole McNally
33 DF  USA Sebastian Scrivner

Team management

PositionStaff
Athletic DirectorRon Wellman
Head coachBobby Muuss
Associate head coachSteve Armas
Assistant coachDane Brenner
Assistant coachJonathan Lagos
Assistant Athletic TrainerMichael White
Academic CounselorBrooke Taylor
Sports PerformanceDavid Bass

Source:[11]

Schedule

Source:[12]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 18*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 4 at Furmam W 2–1  –
(–)		 Stone Stadium
Greenville, SC
August 24*
8:00 p.m.		 No. 4 Army W 3–2  –
(–)		 Spry Stadium (2,127)
Winston–Salem, NC
Regular season
August 30*
6:00 p.m.		 No. 4 No. 15 UCF
Carolina Nike Classic		 W 2–1  1–0–0
(0–0–0)		 Spry Stadium (1,578)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 1*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 4 Creighton
Carolina Nike Classic		 W 1–0  2–0–0
(0–0–0)		 Spry Stadium (2,089)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 6*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 1 Dartmouth W 3–1  3–0–0
(0–0–0)		 Spry Stadium (0)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 9*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 1 Houston Baptist W 4–0  4–0–0
(0–0–0)		 Spry Stadium (1,187)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 13
7:00 p.m.		 No. 1 at Pittsburgh W 2–0  5–0–0
(1–0–0)		 Ambrose Urbanic Field (913)
Pittsburgh, PA
September 17*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 1 at James Madison L 0–1  5–1–0
(1–0–0)		 Sentara Park (1,453)
Harrisonburg, VA
September 21
7:30 p.m.		 No. 1 Syracuse W 1–0  6–1–0
(2–0–0)		 Spry Stadium (3,143)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 24*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 7 at Davidson W 1–0  7–1–0
(2–0–0)		 Alumni Soccer Stadium (849)
Davdison, NC
September 28
7:00 p.m.		 No. 7 No. 4 Clemson W 3–2 OT 8–1–0
(3–0–0)		 Spry Stadium (4,126)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 4
7:00 p.m.		 No. 3 at Boston College L 1–2  8–2–0
(3–1–0)		 Newton Soccer Complex (523)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 8*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 6 High Point W 9–0  9–2–0
(3–1–0)		 Spry Stadium (1,377)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 11
7:00 p.m.		 No. 6 at No. 20 NC State
Rivalry		 W 3–1  10–2–0
(4–1–0)		 Dail Soccer Field (1,056)
Raleigh, NC
October 15*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 4 William & Mary W 5–0  11–2–0
(4–1–0)		 Spry Stadium (877)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 18
6:00 p.m.		 No. 4 No. 19 North Carolina
Rivalry		 W 1–0  12–2–0
(5–1–0)		 Spry Stadium (3,315)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 22*
7:00 p.m.		 No. 2 Loyola (MD) T 1–1 2OT 12–2–1
(5–1–0)		 Spry Stadium (1,099)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 26
7:00 p.m.		 No. 2 Notre Dame L 0–1  12–3–1
(5–2–0)		 Spry Stadium (3,022)
Winston–Salem, NC
November 1
6:00 p.m.		 No. 7 at No. 25 Louisville W 3–1  13–3–1
(6–2–0)		 Lynn Stadium (1,310)
Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 10
5:00 p.m.		 (3) No. 7 (11) No. 22 Virginia Tech
Quarterfinals		 T 2–2 (6–5 PKs) 2OT 13–3–2
 Spry Stadium (2,009)
Winston–Salem, NC
November 13
4:00 p.m.		 (3) No. 7 (2) No. 2 Virginia
Semifinals		 L 0–1  13–4–2
 Klöckner Stadium (586)
Charlottesville, VA
NCAA Tournament
November 24
5:00 p.m.		 (4) No. 9 Maryland
Second Round		 W 3–0  14–4–2
 Spry Stadium (1,765)
Winston–Salem, NC
December 1
5:00 p.m.		 (4) No. 9 (13) No. 17 Michigan
Third Round		 W 3–1  15–4–2
 Spry Stadium (1,206)
Winston–Salem, NC
December 7
5:00 p.m.		 (4) No. 9 No. 22 UC Santa Barbara
Quarterfinals		 W 1–0  16–4–2
 Spry Stadium (2,027)
Winston–Salem, NC
December 13
6:00 p.m.		 (4) No. 9 (1) No. 1 Virginia
Semifinals		 L 1–2  16–5–2
 Sahlen's Stadium (9,862)
Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Bruno Lapa MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist August 1, 2019 [13]
Michael DeShields ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 3, 2019 [14]
Andrew Pannenburg ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 16, 2019 [15]
Justin McMaster ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 30, 2019 [16]
Andrew Pannenburg ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 21, 2019 [17]
Calvin Harris ACC Offensive Player of the Week November 4, 2019 [18]
Bruno Lapa All-ACC First Team November 13, 2019 [19]
Machop Chol All-ACC Third Team
Alistair Johnston
Andrew Pannenberg
Isaiah Parente
Calvin Harris All-ACC Freshman Team
Michael DeShields All-ACC Tournament Team November 17, 2019 [20]
Joey DeZart

2020 MLS Super draft

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