2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

The 2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2007 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 28th season for the Demon Deacons, and their 28th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2007 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
NCAA Tournament National Champions Carolina Nike Classic Champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 1
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 1
2007 record	22–2–2 (6–1–1 ACC)
Head coach	Jay Vidovich (14th season)
Assistant coach	Carson Porter (4th season)
Captains	Corben Bone Marcus Tracy
Home stadium	Spry Stadium

The 2007 season was the first, and so far only, season where the program won the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they bested Ohio State in the championship match. The Deacons won the match 2-1, in a come-from behind victory. Wake Forest's Marcus Tracy tied the match in the 66th minute, while Zack Schilawski scored the match-winner in the 74th minute.[1]

Background

Wake Forest finished the 2006 season as the regular season co-champions alongside Duke.[2] They were given the number two seed for the 2006 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, in which they lost to Duke in the championship game 0–1.[3] Despite the loss, the team earned a place in the 2006 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament as the two seed for an at-large bid.[4] After beating Santa Clara in the quarterfinals, Wake Forest would go on to face UC Santa Barbara in the College Cup.[5] However, they would lose to UC Santa Barbara 3–4 on penalties.[6]

Review

As of the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, the 2007 title remains the only title won in Wake Forest program history.[7] The team would have three players, Pat Phelan, Brian Edwards, and Julian Valentin, selected in the 2008 MLS SuperDraft, with Phelan picked in the first round.[8]

Roster

The following players played on the 2007 team.[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 Akira Fitzgerald 1 GK  USA Brian Edwards 2 MF  USA Sam Cronin 4 DF  USA Julian Valentin 5 DF  USA Pat Phelan 6 MF  USA Austin da Luz 7 MF  USA Cline Beam 9 FW  USA Marcus Tracy 10 MF  USA Corben Bone 11 MF  USA Jamie Franks 12 FW  USA Zack Schilawski 13 MF  SLE Michael Lahoud 15 FW  USA Alimer Gonzalez 16 DF  USA David Murphy

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 FW  USA Cody Arnoux 18 DF  USA Evan Brown 19 FW  USA Nick Courtney 20 DF  USA Jeff Leach 21 MF  USA Russ Coleman 23 DF  USA Ike Opara 24 MF  USA Ryan Swaim 25 MF  USA Will Clayton 26 DF  USA Justin Lichtfuss 27 MF  USA Dylan Sansone 28 MF  USA Josh Henke 30 FW  JAM Lyle Adams 31 GK  USA Austin Chelko

Schedule

Preseason

August 20	Furman	0–2	^No. 2 Wake Forest	Greenville, South Carolina
6:00 PM EST	Tracy  48' Bone  82'	Report	Erwood  83'	Stadium: Eugene E. Stone III Stadium Attendance: 455 Referee: Alex Prus

August 25	^No. 2 Wake Forest	2–1	Cincinnati	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
EST	Franks  8' Arnoux  21'	Report	Telting  60' Gradwell  79'	Stadium: W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Ronni Canales

Regular season

August 31 1 ((Carolina Nike Classic)	^No. 2 Wake Forest	2–1 (2OT)	^No. 20 Old Dominion	Chapel Hill, NC
5:00 PM EDT	Bone  26' Brown  107'	Report	Emmanuel  30'  34' Beaulieu  61'	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 212 Referee: Alex Pruss

September 2 2 ((Carolina Nike Classic)	^No. 2 Wake Forest	2–1	Monmouth	Chapel Hill, NC
4:30 PM EDT	Arnoux  41', 43'	Report	Millar  71'	Stadium: Fetzer Field Attendance: 171 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

September 7 3	^No. 1 Wake Forest	3–1	^No. 16 Akron	Winston-Salem, NC
7:30 PM EDT	Bone  15', 56' Arnoux  73'  80'	Report	Zemanski  1' McKenney  65'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 2,489 Referee: Lee Suckle

September 9 4	^No. 1 Wake Forest	3–0	Bradley	Winston-Salem, NC
2:30 PM EDT	Courtney  66' Tracy  74' Bone  75'	Report		Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 743

September 15 5	^No. 1 Wake Forest	1–0	Louisville	Winston-Salem, NC
7:30 PM EDT	Tracy  78'	Report	Murray  81'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 1,124 Referee: Shane Moody

September 21 6	^No. 1 Clemson	0–1	Wake Forest	Clemson, SC
5:00 PM EDT	Twum  49' Petrone  49'	Report	Arnoux  34' Beam  40' Cronin  49'	Stadium: Riggs Field Attendance: 1,278 Referee: Alex Prus

September 29 7	^No. 1 Wake Forest	2−0	^No. 18 Maryland	Winston-Salem, NC
7:00 PM EDT	Schilawski  40' Arnoux  90'	Report		Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 3,817 Referee: Brent Sorg

October 2 8	^No. 1 Wake Forest	1–1 (2OT)	Elon	Winston-Salem, NC
7:00 PM EDT	Brown  9' Opara  74' Adams  105'	Report	Wyatt  43'  56'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 767 Referee: Mark Kadlesic

October 5 9	^No. 9 Virginia Tech	3–3 (2OT)	^No. 1 Wake Forest	Blacksburg, VA
7:00 PM EDT	Edmans  47', 74' Baden  81' Nyarko  86'	Report	Cronin  27', 54' Bone  34'  57' Brown  63'	Stadium: Thompson Field Attendance: 2,413 Referee: Mario Scilipoti

October 9 10	^No. 2 Wake Forest	5–0	Appalachian State	Winston-Salem, NC
7:00 PM EDT	Phelan  2', 6' Valentin  14' Arnoux  19' Schilawski  69'  83' (ASU o.g.)	Report	Muniz  22'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 1,024 Referee: Ken Henriques

October 13 11	^No. 2 Wake Forest	4–0	NC State	Winston-Salem, NC
7:00 PM EDT	Schilawski  17', 23' Opara  36' Arnoux  64' Clayton  79'	Report	Di Laudo  36' Shanchez  39' Mathurin  44'  50'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 3,528 Referee: Lee Suckle

October 16 12	UNC Greensboro	0–8	^No. 2 Wake Forest	Greensboro, NC
7:00 PM EDT	Worthen  39'	Report	Arnoux  12' 15' Franks  13' Adams  26' Lahoud  39', 54' Tracy  56' Gonzalez  89'	Stadium: UNCG Soccer Stadium Attendance: 853 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

October 19 13	^No. 15 Duke	0–3	^No. 1 Wake Forest	Durham, NC
7:00 PM EDT	Dugoni  46' Ibeagha  68' Grella  83'	Report	Arnoux  8' Tracy  26' Lahoud  30'	Stadium: Koskinen Stadium Attendance: 5,176 Referee: Andy Chapin

October 23 14	Coastal Carolina	0–5	^No. 1 Wake Forest	Conway, SC
7:00 PM EDT	Holstein  30'	Report	Adams  7' Tracy  24' 33' da Luz  30'  62' Valentin  64'	Stadium: Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field Attendance: 612 Referee: Roni Carales

October 27 15	^No. 12 Boston College	1–0	^No. 1 Wake Forest	Chestnut Hill, MA
7:00 PM EDT	Bedoya  21' Shefler  59' Hepburn  77'	Report	Phelan  76'	Stadium: Newton Soccer Complex Attendance: 733 Referee: Lee Suckle

November 3 16	^No. 2 Wake Forest	2–0	North Carolina	Winston-Salem, NC
7:00 PM EDT	Adams  5' Cronin  87'	Report		Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 4,538 Referee: Roni Canoles

November 6 17	^No. 1 Wake Forest	5–1	Davidson	Winston-Salem, NC
7:00 PM EDT	Schilawski  41', 61' Phelan  61' Arnoux  62', 63' Leach  68'	Report	O'Donnell  76'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 1,117 Referee: Jeffrey Gontarek

November 9 18	^No. 1 Wake Forest	3–1	Virginia	Winston-Salem, NC
8:00 PM EDT	Lahoud  5' Schilawski  35' Adams  70'	Report	LaBeaux  43'	Stadium: Spry Stadium Attendance: 3,791 Referee: Abbey Okulaja

ACC Tournament

November 14 Quarterfinals	^No. 1 Wake Forest	3–1	Clemson	Cary, North Carolina
8:00 PM EDT	Arnoux  37' Tracy  69'  90' Courtney  71' Valentin  89'	Report	Moore  53' Ursy  69' Brooks  72' Poe  89'	Stadium: SAS Soccer Stadium Attendance: 989 Referee: Mario Scilipoti

November 16 Semifinals	^No. 1 Wake Forest	1–0 (a.e.t.)	North Carolina	Cary, North Carolina
8:00 PM EDT	Valentin  18' Tracy  100'	Report	Carvajal  1' Ababio  27' Sherard  67'	Stadium: SAS Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,773 Referee: Joe Carroccio

November 18 Final	^No. 1 Wake Forest	1–2	^No. 6 Boston College	Cary, North Carolina
3:30 PM EDT	da Luz  69'	Report	Manswell  8' Gallington  31' Konicoff  47'	Stadium: SAS Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,039 Referee: Abby Okulajah

NCAA Tournament

November 28 Second round	^No. 1 Wake Forest	1–0	^No. 20 Furman	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
7:00 PM EST	Valentin  23' Adams  65'	Report	Salinas  60' Leathers  71'	Stadium: W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,443 Referee: Andrew Chapin

December 2 Third round	^No. 1 Wake Forest	3–1	^No. 15 West Virginia	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1:00 PM EST	Schilawski  56' Arnoux  65', 87' Adams  81'	Report	Halsell  45' Wright  50' (pen.) Stratford  76' Maworere  20'  85'	Stadium: W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,614 Referee: Andrew Chapin

December 8 Quarterfinals	^No. 1 Wake Forest	1–0 (a.e.t.)	^No. 10 Notre Dame	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
7:00 PM EST	da Luz  97'	Report	Besler  95'	Stadium: W. Dennie Spry Soccer Stadium Attendance: 4,589 Referee: Rob Mann

College Cup

December 14 Semifinals	^No. 1 Wake Forest	2–0	^No. 8 Virginia Tech	Cary, North Carolina
5:00 PM EST	Tracy  51', 83' Arnoux  67'	Report	Edmans  34' Shupp  51'	Stadium: SAS Soccer Park Attendance: 8,172 Referee: Alex Gorin

December 16 Final	^No. 1 Wake Forest	2–1	^No. 14 Ohio State	Cary, North Carolina
3:00 PM EST	Schilawski  37'  78' Adams  62' Tracy  66'	Report	Espinoza  13'  81' Verhoff  17' Roan  74' Latchem  78'	Stadium: SAS Soccer Park Attendance: 8,172 Referee: Misail Tsapos

Statistics

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played December 16, 2007[10]

No.	Player	GP	G	A	Pts.	Sh.	Shot%	SOG	SOG%	GW	Pk.	Pk. At.
17	Cody Arnoux	26	15	8	38	58	.259	34	.586	5	0	0
9	Marcus Tracy	26	11	9	31	51	.216	24	.471	3	0	0
12	Zack Schilawski	26	9	4	22	36	.250	20	.556	5	0	0
2	Sam Cronin	26	3	8	14	33	.091	11	.333	0	0	1
13	Michael Lahoud	24	4	4	12	31	.129	13	.419	0	1	1
6	Austin da Luz	25	3	13	19	31	.097	12	.387	1	0	0
10	Corben Bone	20	5	8	18	22	.227	11	.500	1	0	0
5	Patrick Phelan	25	2	4	8	20	.100	6	.300	1	1	1
18	Evan Brown	26	1	6	8	19	.053	7	.368	1	0	0
30	Lyle Adams	26	4	2	10	15	.267	7	.467	2	0	0
11	Jamie Franks	23	1	3	5	10	.100	5	.500	0	0	0
23	Ike Opara	26	1	1	3	9	.111	5	.556	0	0	0
4	Julian Valentin	20	3	2	8	8	.375	5	.625	2	0	0
15	Alimer Gonzalez	9	1	0	2	7	.143	4	.571	0	0	0
20	Jeff Leach	9	1	0	2	5	.200	2	.400	0	0	0
7	Cline Beam	14	0	0	0	5	.000	0	.000	0	0	0
25	Will Clayton	7	1	0	2	2	.500	2	1.000	0	0	0
19	Nick Courtney	12	1	0	2	2	.500	1	.500	1	0	0
24	Ryan Swaim	9	0	0	0	1	.000	1	1.000	0	0	0
0	Akira Fitzgerald	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0
16	David Murphy	6	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0
31	Austin Chelko	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0
26	Justin Lichtfuss	12	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0
1	Brian Edwards	24	0	1	1	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0

References

1. "NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. December 16, 2007. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
2. "Deacs Crowned ACC Regular Season Co-Champions". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. October 30, 2006. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
3. "No. 1 Wake Forest Loses to Duke, 1-0, in ACC Championship Game". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. November 5, 2006. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
4. "Men's Soccer Earns the Two Seed in NCAA Tournament". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. November 6, 2006. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
5. "Deacons Headed to Men's College Cup". godeacs. Wake Forest University Athletics. November 24, 2006. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
6. "Wake Forest Comes Up Short to UCSB in College Cup Semifinals". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. December 2, 2006. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
7. "CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY". ncaa.com. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
8. "2008 MLS SuperDraft". mlssoccer.com. MLS. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
9. "2007 Men's Soccer Roster". wakeforestsports.com. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
10. "Combined Statistics: 2007 Wake Forest Combined Team Statistics" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. CBS Sports. Retrieved May 26, 2018.

External links

• 2007 Men's Soccer Schedule