2019 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team

The 2019 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team represented Boston College during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Eagles were led by head coach Ed Kelly, in his fourteenth season. They played home games at Newton Soccer Complex. This was the team's 53rd season playing organized men's college soccer and their 15th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2019 Boston College Eagles men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. RV
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 25
2019 record	9–6–3 (2–4–2 ACC)
Head coach	Ed Kelly (32nd season)
Assistant coaches	Bob Thompson (2nd season) Vasili Uspensky (2nd season) Luke Kelly (1st season)
Home stadium	Newton Campus Soccer Field

2019 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 5 Clemson +	6	–	1	–	1			18	–	2	–	2
No. 3 Wake Forest +	6	–	2	–	0			16	–	5	–	2
NC State +	3	–	4	–	1			9	–	7	–	3
No. 20 Louisville +	3	–	4	–	1			10	–	8	–	2
Boston College +	2	–	4	–	2			9	–	6	–	3
Syracuse +	2	–	4	–	2			8	–	7	–	4
Coastal
No. 2 Virginia ‡	6	–	1	–	1			21	–	1	–	2
Pittsburgh +	4	–	3	–	1			10	–	8	–	2
Notre Dame +	3	–	5	–	0			10	–	8	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	5	–	0			7	–	8	–	3
No. 13 Virginia Tech +	2	–	4	–	2			10	–	6	–	3
Duke	2	–	5	–	1			7	–	9	–	2
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

Background

Main article: 2018 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team

The 2018 Boston College men's soccer team finished the season with a 4–8–4 overall record and a 2–5–1 ACC record. The Eagles were seeded ninth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost in the first round to NC State.

The Eagles were not invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, and did not have any players selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Simon Enstrom	9	FW	6'1"	187	Senior	Huddinge, Sweden	Graduated
Tommy Garcia-Morillo	11	MF	6'0"	170	Senior	Key Biscayne, FL	Graduated
Abe Bibas	14	DF	6'0"	175	Senior	Sunny Isles Beach, FL	Graduated
Rodolfo Postigo	22	DF	6'5"	200	Senior	Caracas, Venezuela	Graduated
Joshua Forbes	23	MF	5'9"	163	Senior	Bochum, Germany	Graduated
Nat Ballard	32	GK	6'3"	165	Senior	London, England	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Zach Peter DF	USA	Avon, CT	Black Rock FC	[1]
Michael Suski FW	USA	Avon, CT	FSA FC United	[2]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 19, 2019[3]

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	ITA	Giacomo Piccardo
2	MF	ISL	Heidar Aegisson
3	DF	USA	David Longo
4	DF	ITA	Gregorio Barilla
5	DF	ESP	Rafa Salama
6	MF	USA	Joe Kellett
7	FW	GER	Nikita Bondar
8	MF	GER	Lasse Lehmann
10	MF	USA	Amos Shapiro-Thompson
11	MF	USA	Mike Suski
12	DF	USA	Wil Jacques
14	FW	ITA	Gualtiero Barilla
15	DF	USA	Victor Souza
16	MF	USA	Tyshawn Rose
17	MF	USA	Beto Luna
18	DF	USA	Walker Davey

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	USA	Tyler Stott
20	DF	CRC	Alejandro Zimmermann
21	MF	USA	Jesus Sahagun
23	FW	ISL	Stefan Sigurdarson
24	MF	USA	Ian Buehler
25	MF	USA	Callum Johnson
26	DF	USA	Zach Peter
27	MF	USA	Alex Mieles
28	FW	USA	Adam French
30	GK	USA	Christian Garner
32	GK	GER	Alvaro Magel
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
Assistant Coach	Luke Kelly

Source:[3]

Schedule

Source:[4]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 20* 6:00 p.m.		Providence	W 3–1	— (—)	Newton Soccer Complex Chestnut Hill, MA
August 24* 6:00 p.m.		at New Hampshire		— (—)	Bremner Field Durham, NH
Regular season
August 29* 2:30 p.m.		Quinnipiac	W 2–0	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (N/A) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 1* 4:00 p.m.		at Boston	W 1–0	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	Nickerson Field (4,415) Boston, MA
September 6* 5:00 p.m.		Rhode Island	W 2–1	3–0–0 (0–0–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (351) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 10* 7:00 p.m.		at Holy Cross	W 3–2	4–0–0 (0–0–0)	Smith Stadium (0) Worcester, MA
September 14 7:00 p.m.		at NC State	L 0–1	4–1–0 (0–1–0)	Dail Soccer Stadium (1,250) Raleigh, NC
September 20 5:00 p.m.		Pittsburgh	L 0–2	4–2–0 (0–2–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (344) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 24* 5:00 p.m.		UMass	W 1–0	5–2–0 (0–2–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (180) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 27 1:00 p.m.		at No. 18 Virginia Tech	T 2–2 ^2OT	5–2–1 (0–2–1)	Thompson Field (1,232) Blacksburg, VA
October 1* 4:00 p.m.		Merrimack	T 0–0 ^2OT	5–2–2 (0–2–1)	Newton Soccer Complex (181) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 4 7:00 p.m.		No. 3 Wake Forest	W 2–1	6–2–2 (1–2–1)	Newton Soccer Complex (523) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 8* 7:00 p.m.		Northeastern	W 3–0	7–2–2 (1–2–1)	Newton Soccer Complex (206) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 11 7:00 p.m.		No. 1 Virginia	T 1–1 ^2OT	7–2–3 (1–2–2)	Newton Soccer Complex (242) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 18 7:30 p.m.		at Louisville	L 2–3 ^2OT	7–3–3 (1–3–2)	Lynn Stadium (2,643) Louisville, KY
October 25 7:00 p.m.		at No. 3 Clemson	L 1–3	7–4–3 (1–4–2)	Riggs Field (2,023) Clemson, SC
October 29* 6:00 p.m.		at Harvard	Postponed[5]	0–0–0 (0–0–0)	Jordan Field Boston, MA
November 1 7:00 p.m.		Syracuse	W 2–1	8–4–3 (2–4–2)	Newton Soccer Complex (413) Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Tournament
November 5 2:00 p.m.	(9)	at (8) Notre Dame First Round	L 1–2 ^2OT	8–5–3	Alumni Stadium (117) South Bend, IN
NCAA Tournament
November 21* 7:00 p.m.		Yale First Round	W 2–0	9–5–3	Newton Soccer Complex (520) Chestnut Hill, MA
November 24* 8:00 p.m.		at (6) No. 4 Washington Second Round	L 0–2	9–6–3	Husky Soccer Stadium (1,221) Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Stefan Sigurdarson	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 7, 2019	[6]
Joe Kellett	ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Stefan Sigurdarson	All-ACC Third Team	November 13, 2019	[7]
Amos Shapiro-Thompson	All-ACC Freshman Team
Stefan Sigurdarson
Victor Souza

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

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 [8]		RV	RV	RV				RV	RV					None Released				RV
TopDrawer Soccer [9]									14	21	21	16	21	24	25	25	25	25

References

1. "Zach Peter". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
2. "Michael Suski". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
3. "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". bceagles.com. Boston College. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
4. "2019 Men's Soccer Schedule". Boston College. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
5. "Tuesday's BC-Harvard Game Postponed". bceagles.com. Boston College. October 28, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
6. "Sigurdarson, Kellett, Afamefuna Nab ACC Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
7. "2019 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
8. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 17, 2019. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
9. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.