2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

The 2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represents Wake Forest University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It is the 71st season of the university fielding a program. It the program's third season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. The Demon Deacons play their home matches at Spry Stadium.

2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
ACC Regular Season Champions ACC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 5
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 5
2017 record	19–2–2 (7–0–1 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Muuss (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Steve Armas (3rd season) Dane Brenner (7th season)
Captains	Kevin Politz Jon Bakero Steven Echevarria
Home stadium	Spry Stadium

2017 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
#5 Wake Forest ‡	7	–	0	–	1			19	–	2	–	2
#7 Louisville +	5	–	2	–	1			13	–	2	–	5
#17 Clemson +	4	–	4	–	0			12	–	6	–	1
NC State +	3	–	3	–	2			8	–	6	–	4
Boston College	1	–	6	–	1			6	–	10	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	6	–	2			6	–	8	–	4
Coastal
#4 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	1			17	–	4	–	1
#13 Duke +	4	–	3	–	1			13	–	4	–	3
#19 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	3			13	–	4	–	5
#18 Notre Dame +	3	–	3	–	2			11	–	7	–	2
Virginia Tech +	3	–	5	–	0			10	–	10	–	0
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0			8	–	10	–	0
‡ – 2017 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Roster

Updated:August 28, 2017[1]

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 Andrew Pannenberg 1 GK  ESP Andrew Cases Mundet 2 MF  USA Luis Argudo 3 DF  USA Rafael Fagundo 4 DF  USA Kevin Politz (captain) 6 DF  USA Mark McKenzie 7 MF  ESP Jon Bakero (captain) 8 MF  USA Brandon Servania 9 FW  USA Tater Rennhack 10 MF  BRA Bruno Lapa 11 MF  JAM Justin McMaster 12 MF  USA Brad Dunwell

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  JAM Joey DeZart 15 MF  USA Steven Echevarria (captain) 16 MF  USA Omir Fernandez 17 DF  USA Logan Gdula 19 DF  USA Eddie Folds 20 MF  USA Kyle McCurley 21 MF  USA Machop Chol 22 MF  GHA Ema Twumasi 23 FW  USA Hank Gauger 26 DF  USA Sam Raben 30 GK  USA Dominic Peters 31 GK  USA Kyle Barkett

Prior to the season Wake Forest named the three captains shown above.[2]

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Ron Wellman
Head Coach	Bobby Muuss
Assistant Coach	Steve Armas
Assistant Coach	Dane Brenner
Assistant Coach	Matt Poplawski
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Michael White
Academic Counselor	Brooke Taylor
Strength & Conditioning Staff	David Bass

Source:[1]

Schedule

Source:[3]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 13* 7:00 PM	No. 2	at Furmam	L 0-1	- (-)	Stone Stadium (1,019) Greenville, SC
August 19* 7:00 PM	No. 2	UNC Wilmington	T 2-2	- (-)	Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC
Regular season
August 25* 7:30 PM	No. 2	Rutgers	W 5-1	1-0-0 (0-0-0)	Spry Stadium (3,882) Winston-Salem, NC
August 27* 6:00 PM	No. 2	No. 12 Providence	W 4-1	2-0-0 (0-0-0)	Spry Stadium (2,597) Winston-Salem, NC
September 2* 8:00 PM	No. 2	at Saint Louis	W 4-1	3-0-0 (0-0-0)	Hermann Stadium (919) St. Louis, MO
September 5* 7:00 PM	No. 2	Georgia State	L 1-2 ^OT	3-1-0 (0-0-0)	Spry Stadium (1,066) Winston-Salem, NC
September 9 7:00 PM	No. 2	at No. 8 Louisville	W 3-1	4-1-0 (1-0-0)	Lynn Stadium (2,708) Louisville, KY
September 12* 7:00 PM	No. 4	Appalachian State	W 3-0	5-1-0 (1-0-0)	Spry Stadium (1,132) Winston-Salem, NC
September 16 7:30 PM	No. 4	Pittsburgh	W 2-0	6-1-0 (2-0-0)	Spry Stadium (3,207) Winston-Salem, NC
September 19* 7:00 PM	No. 4	High Point	W 1-0 ^2OT	7-1-0 (2-0-0)	Spry Stadium (1,180) Winston-Salem, NC
September 23 7:00 PM	No. 4	at NC State	W 3-0	8-1-0 (3-0-0)	Dail Soccer Stadium (1,539) Raleigh, NC
September 26* 7:00 PM	No. 2	South Carolina	W 2-1	9-1-0 (3-0-0)	Spry Stadium (1,050) Winston-Salem, NC
September 29 7:00 PM, ESPNU	No. 2	at No. 6 Clemson	W 3-2 ^2OT	10-1-0 (4-0-0)	Spry Stadium (4,781) Winston-Salem, NC
October 6 7:00 PM	No. 2	at No. 4 North Carolina	W 2-1	11-1-0 (5-0-0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (2,006) Cary, NC
October 10* 7:00 PM	No. 2	Longwood	W 8-0	12-1-0 (5-0-0)	Spry Stadium (1,127) Winston-Salem, NC
October 14 7:30 PM	No. 2	Virginia Tech	W 3-0	13-1-0 (6-0-0)	Spry Stadium (3,846) Winston-Salem, NC
October 17* 7:00 PM	No. 2	at Elon	W 2-0	14-1-0 (6-0-0)	Rudd Field (731) Elon, NC
October 21 7:00 PM	No. 2	at Boston College	W 4-0	15-1-0 (7-0-0)	Newton Soccer Complex (791) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 27 7:00 PM	No. 1	Syracuse Senior Night	T 0-0 ^2OT	15-1-1 (7-0-1)	Spry Stadium (4,357) Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Tournament
November 5 1:00 PM	No. 1	Virginia Tech Quarterfinal	W 3-0	16-1-1 (7-0-1)	Spry Stadium (1,709) Winston-Salem, NC
November 8 7:00 PM	No. 1	No. 5 Clemson Semifinal	W 2-1	17-1-1 (7-0-1)	Spry Stadium (1,872) Winston-Salem, NC
November 12 12:00 PM	No. 1	No. 17 Virginia Final	T 0-0 (4-3 PK) ^2OT	17-1-2 (7-0-1)	MUSC Health Stadium (1,174) Charleston, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 19 5:00 PM	No. 1	Columbia Second Round	W 1–0	18-1-2	Spry Stadium (2,037) Winston-Salem, NC
November 26 5:00 PM	No. 1	No. 19 Butler Third Round	W 2–0	19-1-2	Spry Stadium (2,413) Winston-Salem, NC
December 1 7:00 PM	No. 1	No. 3 Stanford Quarterfinal	L 0–2	19-2-2	Spry Stadium (4,628) Winston-Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Brandon Servania	ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week	August 28	[4]
Ema Twumasi	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 2	[5]
Bobby Muuss	ACC Coach of the Year	November 7	[6]
Jon Bakero	ACC Offensive Player of the Year		[6]
Kevin Politz	Defensive Player of the Year		[6]
Jon Bakero	All-ACC First Team		[6]
Ema Twumasi			[6]
Kevin Politz	All-ACC Second Team		[6]
Luis Argudo	All-ACC Third Team		[6]
Brad Dunwell			[6]
Jon Bakero	ACC All Tournament Team	November 12	[7]
Michael DeShields			[7]
Mark McKenzie			[7]
Andreu Cases Mundet			[7]
Jon Bakero	United Soccer Coaches All-American First Team	December 7	[8]
	Soccer America All-American First Team	December 8	[9]
	College Soccer News All-American First Team	January 4	[10]
Kevin Politz	United Soccer Coaches All-American Second Team	December 7	[8]
	Soccer America All-American Third Team	December 8	[9]
	College Soccer News All-American Third Team	January 4	[10]

Rankings

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2017 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 [11]	2	2	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	None Released				5
TopDrawer Soccer [12]	3	3	3	3	6	7	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	5	5

MLS Draft

The following members of the 2017 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.[13]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Jon Bakero	1	5	FW	Chicago Fire	[14]
Ema Twumasi	1	11	MF	FC Dallas	[15]
Luis Argudo	3	67	MF	Columbus Crew	[16]

References

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2. "No. 2-Ranked Deacs Open Training". WakeForestSports.com. Wake Forest Athletics. August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
3. "2017-2018 schedule". wakeforestsports.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
4. "Pieters, Servania, and Boudadi Earn ACC Men's Soccer Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. August 28, 2017. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
5. "Twumasi and Cregan Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
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11. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
12. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.
13. "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
14. Hammer, Scott (January 19, 2018). "Draft-day shakeup leaves "unpredictable" Fire with new look and work still to do". chicago-fire.com. Chicago Fire Soccer Club. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
15. "FC Dallas Adds Four Players in Opening Rounds of 2018 MLS SuperDraft". fcdallas.com. FC Dallas. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
16. "Wake's Argudo taken in third round of MLS". Winston-Salem Journal. January 21, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.