2018 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team

The 2018 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team represented Boston college during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Eagles were led by head coach Ed Kelly, in his thirtieth season. They played home games at Newton Soccer Complex. This was the team's 52nd season playing organized men's college soccer and their 14th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2018 Boston College Eagles men's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2018 record	4–8–4 (2–5–1 ACC)
Head coach	Ed Kelly (31st season)
Assistant coaches	Bob Thompson (2nd season) Vasili Uspensky (2nd season)
Home stadium	Newton Campus Soccer Field

2018 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
#6 Wake Forest +	7	–	1	–	0			18	–	3	–	0
#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
#14 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	0			14	–	4	–	1
#11 Duke +	5	–	3	–	0			11	–	7	–	2
#8 Notre Dame +	4	–	3	–	1			11	–	7	–	3
#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
‡ – 2018 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 11, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

Background

Main article: 2017 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team

The 2017 Boston College men's soccer team finished the season with a 6–10–1 overall record and a 1–6–1 ACC record. The Eagles were seeded eleventh–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Virginia.

The Eagles were not invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, and did not have any players selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Henry Balf	6	MF	6'2"	180	Senior	Beverly, MA	Graduated
Tomas Gudmundsson	20	DF	6'5"	200	Senior	Reykjavík, ISL	Graduated
Mohammed Moro	27	MF/DF	5'9"	145	Senior	Lakeville, CT	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Gregorio Barilla DF	USA	Worcester, MA	NEFC NPL	[1]
Carlos Dulcey FW	USA	Miami, FL	Weston FC	[2]
Christian Garner GK	USA	Orleans, MA	NEFC NPL	[3]
Jesus Sahagun MF	USA	Miami, FL	Weston FC	[4]
Tyler Stott DF	USA	Westborogh, MA	NEFC NPL	[5]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 3, 2018[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Joe Fryatt 2 MF  ISL Heidar Aegisson 3 DF  USA David Longo 4 DF  IRL Fintan Devlin 5 DF  ITA Gregorio Barilla 6 MF  USA Joe Kellett 7 FW  GER Nikita Bondar 8 FW  USA Trevor Davock 9 FW  SWE Simon Enstrom 10 MF  USA Callum Johnson 11 MF  USA Tommy Garcia-Morillo 14 DF  USA Abe Bibas 15 MF  GER Lasse Lehmann 16 MF  USA Tyshawn Rose 17 MF  USA Beto Luna

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  USA Carlos Dulcey 19 DF  USA Carlos Dulcey 21 MF  USA Jesus Sahagun 22 DF  VEN Rodolfo Postigo 23 MF  GER Joshua Forbes 24 MF  USA Ian Buehler 27 MF  USA Alex Mieles 28 FW  USA Adam French 29 MF  USA Elliot Smith Hastie 30 GK  USA Christian Garner 32 GK  ENG Nat Ballard 33 GK  USA Antonio Chavez Borrelli 47 DF  CRO Ivan Postolka 77 MF  ISL Kristofer Konradsson 80 FW  USA Roni Diniz

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Martin Jarmond
Head Coach	Ed Kelly
Associate Head Coach	Bob Thompson
Assistant Coach	Vasili Uspensky

Source:[6]

Schedule

Source:[7]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 12*		UMass–Amherst	Cancelled[8]	– (–)	Newton Soccer Complex Chestnut Hill, MA
August 18* 4:00 PM		No. 25 Colgate	T 0–0	– (–)	Newton Soccer Complex Chestnut Hill, MA
Regular season
August 24* 4:00 PM		at Quinnipiac	W 2–1	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium (687) Hamden, CT
August 27* 5:00 PM		Boston University	T 3–3 ^2OT	1–0–1 (0–0–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (630) Chestnut Hill, MA
August 31* 7:00 PM		at Providence	T 1–1 ^2OT	1–0–2 (0–0–0)	Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium (3,297) Providence, RI
September 7 7:00 PM		Clemson Rivalry	W 3–2	2–0–2 (1–0–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (820) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 11* 6:00 PM		Holy Cross	T 1–1	2–0–3 (1–0–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (271) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 14 7:00 PM		No. 7 Louisville	L 0–1	2–1–3 (1–1–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (768) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 21 7:00 PM		at No. 9 Duke	L 2–3	2–2–3 (1–2–0)	Koskinen Stadium (710) Durham, NC
September 28 7:00 PM		at No. 20 Notre Dame Holy War	L 0–1	2–3–3 (1–3–0)	Alumni Stadium (1,456) South Bend, IN
October 5 7:00 PM		No. 17 NC State	W 1–0	3–3–3 (2–3–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (281) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 9* 7:00 PM		Harvard	W 1–0	4–3–3 (2–3–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (196) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 12 6:00 PM		at No. 2 Wake Forest	L 1–2	4–4–3 (2–4–0)	Spry Stadium (3,111) Winston–Salem, NC
October 16* 7:00 PM		at No. 20 Connecticut	L 2–3	4–5–3 (2–4–0)	Morrone Stadium (2,046) Storrs, CT
October 19 7:00 PM		No. 5 North Carolina	L 0–2	4–6–3 (2–5–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (572) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 23* 7:00 PM		at Rhode Island	L 1–2	4–7–3 (2–5–0)	URI Soccer Complex (400) Kingston, RI
October 26 7:00 PM		at No. 20 Syracuse	T 0–0 ^2OT	4–7–4 (2–5–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,573) Syracuse, NY
ACC Tournament
October 31 7:00 PM	(9)	at (8) NC State First Round	L 1–3	4–8–4	Dail Soccer Stadium (437) Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Simon Enstrom	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 10, 2018	[9]
Simon Enstrom	All-ACC Second Team	November 7, 2018	[10]
Kristofer Konradsson	All-ACC Freshman Team

Rankings

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2018 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 Coaches [11]				RV										None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [12]

References

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2. "Carlos Dulcey". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
3. "Christian Garner". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
4. "Jesus Sahagun". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
5. "Tyler Stott". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
6. "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". bceagles.com. Boston College. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
7. "2018 Men's Soccer". Boston College. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
8. "Preseason Exhibition vs. UMass Canceled". bceagles.com. Boston College Athletics. August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
9. "Enstrom, Fernandez and Dumas Collect ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
10. "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
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 June 18, 2018.
12. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.