2018 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team

The 2018 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team represented North Carolina State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach George Kiefer, in his second season. They played home games at Dail Soccer Field. NC State finished the season with a 10–7–3 (2–4–2) record and earned a berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Maryland in the second round.

2018 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. RV
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 24
2018 record	10–7–3 (2–4–2 ACC)
Head coach	George Kiefer (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Negalha (2nd season) Kyle Nicholls (2nd season) Nathan Walzer (1st season)
Home stadium	Dail 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 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team

The 2017 NC State men's soccer team finished the season with an 8–6–4 overall record and a 3–3–2 ACC record. The Wolfpack were seeded eight–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to Virginia Tech in the first round. The Wolfpack earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the tournament, the Wolfpack lost to Old Dominion in the first round.

At the end of the season, one Wolfpack men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Caleb Duvernay.

Player Movement

Players Leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Caleb Duvernay	3	DF	5'7"	162	Senior	Cary, NC	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 61st overall by Portland Timbers
Maximilian Luftl	15	MF	6'0"	174	Senior	Fürstenstein, GER	Graduated
Julius Duchscherer	16	MF	5'6"	145	Senior	Hadamar, GER	Graduated
Jake Dykes	19	DF	6'0"	173	Senior	Sligo, IRE	Graduated
Roland Minogue	20	MF	5'7"	156	Senior	Huntersville, NC	Graduated
Jan–Luca Ahillen	21	MF	6'1"	185	Senior	Meppen, GER	Graduated
Anthony Ruggiero	22	MF	6'1"	192	Freshman	Holtsville, NY	Transferred
Willy Ramirez	23	FW	5'7"	158	Junior	Garner, NC	Transferred

Players Arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Alex Bautista DF	USA	Mount Juliet, TN	FC Dallas	[1]
Iverson Brisma MF	USA	East Windsor, NJ	Philadelphia Union	[2]
Aidan Foster MF	USA	Cary, NC	North Carolina FC Youth	[3]
Caleb Martinez	USA	Zephyrhills, FL	N/A	[4]
Bailey O'Connor MF	USA	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina FC Youth	[5]
James Orozco DF	USA	Durham, NC	North Carolina FC Youth	[6]
Orlin Roque MF	USA	Durham, NC	North Carolina FC Youth	[7]
AJ Allen Seals MF	USA	Orlando, FL	Orlando City SC	[8]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 3, 2018 [9]

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 Nick Cournoyer 1 GK  GER Leon Krapf 2 FW  USA Manny Perez 3 DF  ESP Jose Garcia Valles 4 DF  USA David Norris 5 FW  USA Stephen Elias 6 DF   SUI Christoph Schneuwly 7 FW  USA Tanner Roberts 8 MF  USA Brad Sweeney 9 FW  BEN Ade Taiwo 10 FW  USA David Loera 11 FW  USA Tyler Gabarra 12 GK  USA Vincent Durand 13 DF  GER Simon Blotko 14 FW  USA Clay Sparks 15 MF  BRA Gabriel Machado

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  USA AJ Seals 17 MF  USA Nick Retzlaff 18 FW  USA Iverson Brisma 19 DF  USA Alex Bautista 20 FW  ENG Kuda Muskwe 21 FW  USA Orlin Roque 22 MF  USA Aidan Foster 23 FW  USA James Orozco 24  USA Cyrus Rad 25 MF  USA Jose Morales Jr. 26 MF  USA Caleb Martinez 27  USA Arnaud Deniel 28 MF  USA Bailey O'Connor 29 DF  USA Harry Adanuty 30 DF  USA Matt Lockwood

Team Management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Debbie Yow
Head Coach	George Kiefer
Associate Head Coach	Jeff Negalha
Assistant Coach	Kyle Nicholls
Assistant Coach	Nahtan Walzer
Director of Soccer	Lindsey Krakower
Director of Analytics	Paul Forster
Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach/Director of Sport Science	Craig Turner
Senior Associate AD/Sports Administration & Student Services	Raymond Harrison
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Blake Wickerham
Academics	Maria Crockett

Source:[9]

Schedule

Source:[10]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 18, 2018* 7:00 PM		at Duke	L 0–1	– (–)	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
Regular season
August 24, 2018* 7:00 PM		USC Upstate	W 3–1	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,938) Raleigh, NC
August 27, 2018* 7:00 PM		at No. 4 Akron	W 2–0	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	FirstEnergy Stadium (1,474) Akron, OH
August 31, 2018* 7:00 PM	No. RV	Presbyterian	W 2–0	3–0–0 (0–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,622) Raleigh, NC
September 3, 2018* 7:00 PM	No. RV	William & Mary	W 2–1 ^2OT	4–0–0 (0–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (854) Raleigh, NC
September 7, 2018 7:00 PM	No. 8	at No. 1 Wake Forest	L 0–3	4–1–0 (0–1–0)	Spry Stadium (4,023) Winston–Salem, NC
September 11, 2018* 12:30 PM	No. 18	Quinnipiac	W 1–0	5–1–0 (1–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (197) Raleigh, NC
September 18, 2018* 7:00 PM	No. 18	Stetson	Postponed	5–1–0 (1–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC
September 21, 2018 5:00 PM	No. 18	No. 14 Virginia Tech	W 1–0	6–1–0 (2–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (786) Raleigh, NC
September 25, 2018 7:00 PM	No. 12	at Pittsburgh	L 1–3	6–2–0 (1–2–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (254) Pittsburgh, PA
September 28, 2018 7:00 PM	No. 12	No. 6 Louisville	T 2–2 ^2OT	6–2–1 (1–2–1)	Dail Soccer Field (1,255) Raleigh, NC
October 2, 2018* 7:00 PM	No. 17	James Madison	T 0–0 ^2OT	6–2–2 (1–2–1)	Dail Soccer Field (810) Raleigh, NC
October 5, 2018 7:00 PM	No. 17	at Boston College	L 0–1	6–3–2 (1–3–1)	Newton Soccer Complex (281) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 9, 2018* 7:00 PM		at Longwood	W 2–0	7–3–2 (1–3–1)	Longwood Athletics Complex (187) Farmville, VA
October 12, 2018 7:00 PM		No. 1 North Carolina Rivalry	W 1–0	8–3–2 (2–3–1)	Dail Soccer Field (3,229) Raleigh, NC
October 16, 2018* 7:00 PM	No. 21	at No. 11 UNC Wilmington	L 0–3	8–4–2 (2–3–1)	UNC Wilmington Soccer Stadium (2,028) Wilmington, NC
October 20, 2016 7:00 PM	No. 21	No. 24 Syracuse	T 1–1 ^2OT	8–4–3 (2–3–2)	Dail Soccer Field (758) Raleigh, NC
October 27, 2018 7:00 PM		at Clemson	L 0–3 ^1,657	8–5–3 (2–4–2)	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
ACC Tournament
October 31, 2018 7:00 PM	(8)	(9) Boston College First Round	W 3–1	9–5–3 (2–4–2)	Dail Soccer Field (437) Raleigh, NC
November 4, 2018 1:00 PM	(8)	(1) No. 1 Wake Forest Quarterfinals	L 0–2	9–6–3 (2–4–2)	Spry Stadium (2,037) Winston–Salem, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 15* 7:00 PM		Campbell NCAA First Round	W 4–1	10–6–3	Dail Soccer Field (515) Raleigh, NC
November 18* 1:00 PM		at (11) No. 15 Maryland NCAA Second Round	L 0–2	10–7–3	Ludwig Field (1,266) College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Gabriel Machado	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 3, 2018	[11]
Leon Krapf	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 24, 2018	[12]
David Loera	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 15, 2018	[13]
Leon Krapf	ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Leon Krapf	United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week	October 16, 2018	[14]
David Loera	All-ACC First Team	November 7, 2018	[15]
Manny Perez	All-ACC Third Team

2019 MLS SuperDraft

Main article: 2019 MLS SuperDraft

NC State did not have any players selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

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[16]		RV	8	18	18	12	17	RV	21	RV				None Released				RV
TopDrawer Soccer [17]	23	23	17	4	6	6	8	13	23	20	24	RV			24	24	24	24

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