2018 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

The 2018 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 47th season of the university fielding a program. The Hokies played their home games at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies were led by tenth year head coach Mike Brizendine.

2018 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Third Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 17
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 14
2018 record	11–7–3 (3–4–1 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Brizendine (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Kinney (4th season) Patrick McSorley (9th season)
Home stadium	Thompson 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 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

The 2017 Virginia Tech men's soccer team finished the season with a 10–10–0 overall record and a 3–5–0 ACC record. The Hokies were seeded ninth–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Hokies won their first round match up against NC State, but fell to eventual champions Wake Forest in the second round. The Hokies earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Virginia Tech defeated Air Force in the first round, before losing to Michigan State in the second round.

At the end of the season, one Hokie men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Ben Lungaard.[1]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Morten Lamps	0	GK	6'2"	185	Senior	Flensburg, GER	Graduated
Ben Lungaard	1	GK	6'5"	200	Senior	Greenville, DE	Declared for the 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 21st overall by Columbus Crew SC
Collin Verfurth	3	MF/DF	6'4"	185	Senior	Ashburn, VA	Graduated
Elias Tamburini	9	DF	5'10"	170	Senior	Helsinki, FIN	Graduated
Marcelo Acuna	11	FW	6'2"	180	Senior	San José, CRC	Graduated
Matt Dudon	19	DF	5'11"	175	Senior	Dayton, OH	Graduated
Rodrigo Zampieri	20	DF	6'0"	170	Senior	São Sebastião do Paraíso, BRA	Graduated
Gino Rossi	22	FW	6'0"	170	Senior	Schenectady, NY	Graduated
Forrest White	23	MF	6'0"	165	Senior	Crozet, VA	Graduated

Players arriving

The Hokies announced the signing of nine players on February 8, 2018.[2] The Hokies announced two more signings on March 17, 2018.[3]

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
David Alm DF	SWE	Boo, SWE	Hammarby IF	N/A[4]
Nicholas Blacklock FW	USA	Wade, PA	Philadelphia Union	[5]
Kahlil Dover FW	USA	Reston, VA	Braddock Road YC	[6]
Nathan Durst DF	USA	Ashburn, VA	Loudoun Soccer Club	[7]
Sivert Haugli DF	NOR	Oslo, NOR	Baerum SK	N/A[8]
Vincent Jackson FW	USA	Southfield, MI	Michigan Wolves Crew Soccer Club	[9]
Connor Jordan-Hyde GK	USA	Kansas City, KS	Sporting Kansas City Academy	N/A[10]
Daniel Seungmin Kang FW	USA	Fairfax, VA	Braddock Road YC Academy	[11]
Christopher Little MF	USA	Ashburn, VA	Loudoun Soccer Club	[12]
Evans Moyo MF	USA	Round Hill, VA	Loudoun Soccer Club	N/A[13]
Esteban Gonzales Rivera DF	CRC	San José, CRC	Universidad Hispanoamericana	N/A[14]
Mathjis Swaneveld GK	NED	Schoonhoven, NED	CVV de Jodan Boys	N/A[15]

Squad

Roster

Updated: August 23, 2018[16]

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	Connor Jordan-Hyde
1	GK	NED	Mathijs Swaneveld
2	DF	USA	Will Mejia
3	DF	NOR	Sivert Haugli
4	DF	SWE	David Alm
5	DF	ISL	Jon Ingason
6	FW	USA	Brendan Moyers
7	FW	USA	Nico Quashie
8	FW	USA	James Kasak
9	MF	USA	David Sanz
10	MF	USA	Chris Little
11	FW	USA	Arion Sobers-Assue
12	MF	FIN	Emil Koho
13	DF	CAN	Nikal Clarke-Smith
14	FW	USA	Kahlil Dover

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	USA	Kristo Strickler
16	MF	USA	Rory Slevin
17	DF	SUI	Marc Hoppler
18	MF	KOR	Daniel Kang
19	DF	USA	Nathan Durst
20	MF	CRC	Esteban Gonzalez
21	MF	USA	Camron Lennon
22	FW	USA	Vincent Jackson II
23	FW	USA	Evans Moyo
24	MF	FIN	Justus Kauppinen
25	GK	USA	Charles Filby
27	GK	USA	Hayden Kickbush
28	FW	CRC	Sebastian Rodriguez
30	FW	FRA	Gaetan Roux
31	FW	GER	Jakob Bluemler

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Whit Babcock
Head Coach	Mike Brizendine
Assistant Coach	Jeff Kinney
Assistant Coach	Patrick McSorley
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Kyle Renfro

Source:[16]

Schedule

Source:[17]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 11* 4:00 PM		West Virginia	W 4–1	– (–)	Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
August 14* 7:00 PM		at Old Dominion	W 3–2	– (–)	Old Dominion Soccer Complex Norfolk, VA
August 18* 7:00 PM		Villanova	W 1–0	– (–)	Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
Regular season
August 24* 4:00 PM		vs. Air Force JMU Invitational	W 2–1	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Sentara Park Harrisonburgh, VA
August 26* 4:00 PM		vs. Gardner–Webb JMU Invitational	W 2–1 ^2OT	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	Sentara Park Harrisonburgh, VA
August 31* 7:00 PM	No. RV	at South Florida	W 1–0	3–0–0 (0–0–0)	Corbett Soccer Stadium (903) Tampa, FL
September 2* 7:00 PM	No. RV	at UCF	T 2–2 ^2OT	3–0–1 (0–0–0)	UCF Soccer and Track Stadium (249) Orlando, FL
September 7 7:00 PM	No. 21	at No. 10 Virginia Rivalry	T 1–1 ^2OT	3–0–2 (0–0–1)	Klöckner Stadium (2,892) Charlottesville, VA
September 11* 7:00 PM	No. 16	at UNCG	W 2–0	4–0–2 (0–0–1)	UNCG Soccer Stadium (363) Greensboro, NC
September 14 7:30 PM	No. 16	No. 1 Wake Forest	L 1–2	4–1–2 (0–1–1)	Thompson Field (1,200) Blacksburg, VA
September 18* 7:00 PM	No. 14	Longwood	W 5–1	5–1–2 (0–1–1)	Thompson Field (217) Blacksburg, VA
September 21 7:00 PM	No. 14	at No. 18 NC State	L 0–1	5–2–2 (0–2–1)	Dail Soccer Field (786) Raleigh, NC
September 28 7:00 PM	No. 21	Syracuse	W 1–0 ^2OT	6–2–2 (1–2–1)	Thompson Field (927) Blacksburg, VA
October 2* 7:00 PM	No. 19	South Carolina	L 1–2 ^2OT	6–3–2 (1–2–1)	Thompson Field (323) Blacksburg, VA
October 6 7:00 PM	No. 19	at No. 3 North Carolina	L 1–2	6–4–2 (1–3–1)	Koskinen Stadium (2,074) Durham, NC
October 12 7:00 PM		Pittsburgh	W 3–1	7–4–2 (2–3–1)	Thompson Field (834) Blacksburg, VA
October 16* 7:00 PM		William & Mary	W 4–0	8–4–2 (2–3–1)	Thompson Field (324) Blacksburg, VA
October 19 7:00 PM		at No. 16 Notre Dame	W 5–2	9–4–2 (3–3–1)	Alumni Stadium (514) South Bend, IN
October 23* 7:00 PM	No. 18	at Davidson	T 2–2	9–4–3 (3–3–1)	Alumni Soccer Stadium (302) Davidson, NC
October 26 7:00 PM	No. 18	No. 14 Duke	L 0–2	9–5–3 (3–4–1)	Thompson Field (274) Blacksburg, VA
ACC Tournament
October 31 7:00 PM	(7) No. 22	(10) Syracuse First Round	W 3–1	10–5–3	Thompson Field (294) Blacksburg, VA
November 4 1:00 PM	(7) No. 22	(2) No. 4 North Carolina Quarterfinals	L 0–3	10–6–3	WakeMed Soccer Park (507) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 18* 3:00 PM	(12) No. 19	No. 14 Charlotte Second Round	W 1–0	11–6–3	Thompson Field (446) Blacksburg, VA
November 25* 4:00 PM	(12) No. 19	James Madison Third Round	L 0–3	11–7–3	Thompson Field (740) Blacksburg, VA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Kristo Strickler	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 22, 2018	[18]
Kristo Strickler	All-ACC Second Team	November 7, 2018	[19]
Mathijs Swaneveld	All-ACC Third Team

2019 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2019 MLS SuperDraft

Virginia Tech 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[20]		RV	21	16	14	21	19	RV	RV	18	22	24	19	None Released				17
TopDrawer Soccer [21]			25	19	16	16	13	12	14	15	10	8	12	11	9	14	14	14

See also

• Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
• 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
• 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season

References

1. "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
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3. "Hokies compliment class of 2018 with the additions of Durst, Jackson". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech University Athletics. March 17, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
4. "David Alm". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
5. "Nicholas Blacklock". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
6. "Kahlil Dover". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
7. "Nathan Durst". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
8. "Sivert Haugli". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
9. "Vincent Jackson II". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
10. "Connor Jordan-Hyde". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
11. "Daniel Seungmin Kang". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
12. "Christopher Little". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
13. "Evans Moyo". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
14. "Evans Moyo". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
15. "Mathjis Swaneveld". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
16. "Men's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech University Athletics. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
17. "2018 Schedule". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
18. "ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 22, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
19. "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
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21. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved May 15, 2018.