2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

The 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represents Virginia Tech during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 46th season of the university fielding a program. The Hokies played their home fixtures at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies were led by ninth year head coach Mike Brizendine.

2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2017 record10–10–0 (3–5–0 ACC)
Head coachMike Brizendine (9th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Kinney (3rd season)
  • Patrick McSorley (8th season)
Captains
  • Ben Lundgaard
  • Collin Verfurth
  • Marcelo Acuna
Home stadiumSandra D. Thompson Field
2017 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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 21, 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  GER Morten Lamps
1 GK  USA Ben Lundgaard (captain)
2 DF  USA Will Mejia
3 MF  USA Collin Verfurth (captain)
5 DF  ISL Jon Ingason
6 FW  USA Brendan Moyers
8 FW  USA James Kasak
9 FW  FIN Elias Tamburini
10 MF  USA Robert McCoy
11 FW  CRC Marcelo Acuna (captain)
15 MF  USA Kristo Strickler
16 MF  USA Rory Slevin
17 FW  GER Gregor von Westphalen
18 FW  USA Drew Ott
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF  USA Matt Dudon
20 DF  BRA Rodrigo Zampieri
21 MF  USA Camron Lennon
22 FW  USA Gino Rossi
23 MF  USA Forrest White
24 MF  FIN Justus Kauppinen
25 GK  USA Charles Filby
26 MF  KOR Hyunsueng Hong
27 GK  USA Hayden Kickbush
28 MF  USA Daniel Damiani
29 FW  USA Durke Bender
30 FW  FRA Gaetan Roux
31 FW  GER Jakob Bluemler
32 FW  USA Nico Quashie

Prior to the season Virginia Tech named the three captains shown above.[2]

Coaching Staff
PositionStaff
Athletic DirectorWhit Babcock
Head CoachMike Brizendine
Assistant CoachJeff Kinney
Assistant CoachPatrick McSorley
Goalkeeper CoachRyan Hulings

Source:[1]

Schedule

Source:[3]

Date
Time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 15*
7:00 PM		 No. 17 at East Tennessee State W 1–0  –
(–)		 Summers-Taylor Stadium
Johnson City, TN
August 19
7:00 PM		 No. 17 No. 5 Clemson T 4–4  –
(–)		 Sandra D. Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
Regular season
August 25*
7:00 PM		 No. 17 No. 14 Creighton W 2–0  1–0–0
(0-0-0)		 Morrison Stadium (4,089)
Omaha, NE
August 27*
6:00 PM		 No. 17 Omaha L 1–5  1–1–0
(0-0-0)		 Al F. Caniglia Field (624)
Omaha, NE
September 1*
7:00 PM		 vs. Pacific
JMU Invitational		 L 0–1  1–2–0
(0-0-0)		 James Madison Soccer Complex (85)
Harrisonburg, VA
September 3*
12:00 noon		 vs. Binghamton
JMU Invitational		 W 2–1  2–2–0
(0-0-0)		 James Madison Soccer Complex (100)
Harrisonburg, VA
September 8
7:00 PM		 at Duke L 1–3  2–3–0
(0–1–0)		 Koskinen Stadium (825)
Durham, NC
September 15
7:00 PM		 No. 12 Virginia L 1–2  2–4–0
(0–2–0)		 Thompson Field (2,143)
Blacksburg, VA
September 19*
7:00 PM		 Davidson W 2–1  3–4–0
(0–2–0)		 Thompson Field (412)
Blacksburg, VA
September 22
7:00 PM		 No. 1 Notre Dame W 2–1  4–4–0
(1–2–0)		 Thompson Field (1,526)
Blacksburg, VA
September 26*
7:00 PM		 Longwood W 2–0  5–4–0
(1–2–0)		 Thompson Field (327)
Blacksburg, VA
September 29
5:00 PM		 at Boston College W 1–0  6–4–0
(2–2–0)		 Newton Soccer Complex (308)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 3*
7:00 PM		 at South Carolina W 3–2  7–4–0
(2–2–0)		 Stone Stadium (3,972)
Columbia, SC
October 6
7:00 PM		 No. 7 Louisville L 0–1  7–5–0
(2–3–0)		 Thompson Field (573)
Blacksburg, VA
October 14
7:00 PM		 at No. 2 Wake Forest L 0–3  7–6–0
(2–4–0)		 WakeMed Soccer Park (3,846)
Winston-Salem, NC
October 18*
7:00 PM		 at William & Mary L 1–4  7–7–0
(2–4–0)		 Albert-Daly Field (515)
Williamsburg, VA
October 22
2:30 PM		 No. 4 North Carolina
Senior Day		 L 0–4  7–8–0
(2–5–0)		 Thompson Field (850)
Blacksburg, VA
October 27
7:00 PM		 at Pittsburgh W 3–0  8–8–0
(3–5–0)		 Ambrose Urbanic Field (905)
Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Tournament
November 1
7:00 PM		 at NC State
First Round		 W 1–0 OT 9–8–0
(3–5–0)		 Dail Soccer Field (800)
Raleigh, NC
November 5
1:00 PM		 at No. 1 Wake Forest
Quarterfinal		 L 0–3  9–9–0
(3–5–0)		 Spry Stadium (1,709)
Winston-Salem, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 16
7:00 PM		 Air Force
First Round		 W 2-0  10–9–0
 Thompson Field (440)
Blacksburg, VA
November 19
1:00 PM		 No. 15 Michigan State
Second Round		 L 0-3  10–10–0
 DeMartin Soccer Complex (572)
East Lansing, MI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors
Recipient Award Date Ref.
Marcelo Acuna ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 25 [4]
Marcelo Acuna All ACC First Team November 7 [5]
Ben Lundgaard

Rankings
Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2017 Top 25 coaches poll
Ranking movement
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United Soccer [6] 17 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV None Released RV
TopDrawer Soccer [7] 20 20 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV

MLS Draft

The following members of the 2017 Virgnia Tech Hokies men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.[8]

PlayerRoundPickPositionMLS clubRef.
Ben Lungaard121GKColumbus Crew SC[9]
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See also

References
  1. "Men's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech University Athletics. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. "Brizendine announces captains for 2017 season". HokieSports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
  3. "2017 Schedule & Results". hokiesports.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  4. "Acuna and Miralles Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  5. "ACC Announces 2017 Men's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  6. "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.
  7. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.
  8. "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  9. "Crew SC selects GK Ben Lundgaard in First Round of 2018 MLS SuperDraft". columbuscrewsc.com. Columbus Crew SC. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
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