2018 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team

The 2018 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team is the college's 19th season of playing organized men's college soccer. It is the Wolverines' 19th season playing in the Big Ten Conference.

2018 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer
NCAA Tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2018 record	12–5–2 (4–2–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Chaka Daley (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Tommy McMenemy (9th season) Jhojan Obando (7th season) Marcos Ugarte (2nd season)
Home stadium	U-M Soccer Stadium

2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Indiana ‡	8	–	0	–	0			20	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	6	–	2
No. 4 Michigan State +	4	–	2	–	2			14	–	5	–	4
No. 24 Michigan +	4	–	2	–	2			12	–	5	–	4
No. 1 Maryland +	4	–	4	–	0			12	–	6	–	4
Penn State	3	–	3	–	2			6	–	9	–	2
Rutgers	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	13	–	1
Northwestern	0	–	5	–	3			6	–	9	–	5
Ohio State	0	–	7	–	1			1	–	15	–	2
$ – Conference champion As of December 11, 2018; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big Ten Conference

Background

Michigan finished 1st in the Big Ten Conference regular season in 2017 with a 12–6–2 overall record and a 6–1–1 in-conference record.[1] Michigan won in the quarterfinal of the Big Ten Tournament against Northwestern but lost in the semifinal to eventual champion Wisconsin.[2] The team earned a spot in the NCAA tournament as a seeded team, and received a bye to the second round. However, the team lost to Colgate 2–3.[3]

Roster

[4] 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  USA Andrew Verdi 2 DF  USA Marcello Borges 3 DF  USA Peter Brown 4 DF  CAN Joel Harrison 5 DF  CAN Abdou Samake 6 DF  ENG Daniel Mukuna 7 FW  USA Derick Broche 8 MF  CHI Ivo Cerda 9 FW  GHA Mohammed Zakyi 10 MF  GHA Umar Farouk Osman 11 FW  ENG Jack Hallahan 12 MF  USA Austin Swiech 13 DF  USA Declan Gaffney 14 MF  USA Robbie Mertz

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  USA Carlos Tellez 16 FW  USA Noah Kleedtke 17 FW  CAN Sosa Emovon 18 GK  USA Henry Mashburn 19 MF  USA Kevin Buca 20 MF  USA Aidan Nam 22 MF  USA Joe Hertgen 23 MF  USA Marc Ybarra 24 MF  USA Lucas Rosendall 25 MF  USA Jackson Ragen 26 DF  HKG C.Y. Cheng 27 DF  USA Nash Pirie 28 GK  USA Jacob Nunner

Competitions

Preseason

Michigan v Loyola

August 18	Michigan	2–0	Loyola	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium

Regular season

Michigan v Tulsa

August 24 1	Michigan	1–2	Tulsa	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 581 Referee: Tony Russo

Michigan v South Florida

August 27 2	Michigan	2–0	South Florida	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 657 Referee: Peter Dhima

Michigan v UC Riverside

August 31 3	Michigan	3–0	UC Riverside	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 806 Referee: Gregory Dopka

Michigan v Canisius

September 3 4	Michigan	Canceled	Canisius	Ann Arbor, Michigan
1:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium

Michigan v Western Michigan

September 7 5	Michigan	3–2 (OT)	Western Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:30 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,245 Referee: Heber Estrada

Michigan v Marquette

September 10 6	Michigan	3–0	Marquette	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:30 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 490 Referee: Cesar Ibarra

Rutgers v Michigan

September 14 7	Rutgers	0–2	Michigan	New Brunswick, NJ
8:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,287 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

Michigan v Penn State

September 21 8	Michigan	1–1 (2OT)	Penn State	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,755 Referee: Nikola Aleksic

Michigan v Ohio State

September 25 9	Michigan	3–1	Ohio State	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 759 Referee: Calin Radosav

Northwestern v Michigan

September 29 10	Northwestern	0–2	Michigan	Evanston, IL
9:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium Attendance: 378 Referee: Carmen Sebio

Oakland v Michigan

October 3 11	Oakland	1–2	Michigan	Auburn Hills, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field Attendance: 2,344 Referee: John Douglas

Michigan v Indiana

October 7 12	Michigan	0–1	Indiana	Ann Arbor, Michigan
3:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,729 Referee: Carmen Serbio

Michigan v Detroit Mercy

October 10 13	Michigan	5–0	Detroit Mercy	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:30 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 660 Referee: Cesar Ibarra

Michigan v Notre Dame

October 16 14	Michigan	1–2	Notre Dame	Ann Arbor, Michigan
6:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,536 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

Wisconsin v Michigan

October 19 15	Wisconsin	1–0 (OT)	Michigan	Madison, WI
8:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,263 Referee: Calin Radosav

Michigan State v Michigan

October 23 16	Michigan State	1–1 (2OT)	Michigan	East Lansing, MI
8:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex Attendance: 2,139

Michigan v Maryland

October 28 17	Michigan	2–1 (OT)	Maryland	Ann Arbor, Michigan
4:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,006 Referee: Heber Estrada

Big Ten Tournament

#3 Michigan v #6 Penn State

November 4 QF	#3 Michigan	3-1	#6 Penn State	Ann Arbor, Michigan
1:00 p.m. EDT	Umar Farouk Osman  28' Umar Farouk Osman  52' Jack Hallahan  80'	Report	42' Ryan Gallagher	Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1094 Referee: Nicholas Balcer Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Assistant referees: Dimitrios Katsimingo Fourth official: Michael Allie

#2 Wisconsin v #3 Michigan

November 9 SF	#2 Wisconsin	0-1	#3 Michigan	Westfield, Indiana
3:30 p.m. EDT		Report	20' Marc Ybarra	Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 360 Referee: Sergio Gonzalez Assistant referees: Ethan Buege Assistant referees: Landon Albert Fourth official: Josh Kelley

#3 Michigan v #1 Indiana

November 11 F	#3 Michigan	0-3	#1 Indiana	Westfield, Indiana
12:00 p.m. EDT		Report	Cory Thomas  6' Jeremiah Gutjahr  72' Spencer Glass  74'	Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 1700 Referee: Hilario Grajeda Assistant referees: Eulogio Vilalpando Assistant referees: Anthony Vasoli Fourth official: Michael Allie

NCAA Tournament

Michigan v Princeton

November 15 First round	Michigan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (11–10 p)	Princeton	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 PM EST	Kleedtke  75'	Report	Martin  39'	Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 474 Referee: Calin Radosav
	Penalties
	Ybarra Zakyi Brown Hallahan Mertz Osman Ragen Kleedtke Buca Rosendall Ybarra Zakyi Brown Ragen		O'Toole Prudil Morokhovich Hampton McSherry Paniagua Belghiti Roberts Wusu Wolf O'Toole Prudil Morokhovich Hampton

No. 7 Notre Dame v Michigan

November 18 Second round	No. 7 Notre Dame	0–0 (a.e.t.) (11–10 p)	Michigan	South Bend, Indiana
5:00 PM EST	Omar 80'	Report		Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 363 Referee: Heber Estrada
	Penalties
	Berneski MacLeod Dumas Dedrick McCabe Aschieris Casey Farina McFadden Townes MacLeod Dumas		Brown Ybarra Ragen Zakyi Mertz Osman Swiech Buca Kleedtke Rosendall Brown Ybarra

Statistics

Transfers

See also

• 2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer season
• 2018 Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

References

1. "Michigan 2017 Men's Soccer Statistics". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
2. "Men's Soccer 2017 Tournament Central". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
3. "Colgate 3 - 2 Michigan". ncaa.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
4. "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved November 12, 2018.