2019 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team

The 2019 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer team represented North Carolina State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Wolfpack were led by head coach George Kiefer, in his third season.

2019 NC State Wolfpack men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. RV
2019 record	9–7–3 (3–4–1 ACC)
Head coach	George Kiefer (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Negalha (3rd season) Kyle Nicholls (3rd season) Lucas Champenois (1st season)
Home stadium	Dail 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

The 2018 NC State men's soccer team finished the season with an 10–7–3 overall record and a 2–4–2 ACC record. The Wolfpack were seeded eight–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they beat Boston College in the first round, but lost to Wake Forest in the second round. The Wolfpack earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they beat Campbell in the first round but lost to Maryland in the second round.

Player Movement

Players Leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Stephen Elias	5	FW	5'8"	160	Senior	Rye, NY	Graduated
Christoph Schneuwly	6	DF	5'10"	154	Senior	Schmitten, Switzerland	Graduated
Tanner Roberts	7	FW	6'2"	180	Senior	Huntersville, NC	Graduated
Ade Taiwo	9	FW	6'2"	209	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Graduated
Vincent Durand	12	GK	6'3"	192	Senior	Cary, NC	Graduated
Simon Blotko	13	DF	6'0"	178	Senior	Düsseldorf, Germany	Graduated
Cjay Sparks	14	FW	6'1"	177	Senior	Jacksonville, FL	Graduated
Nick Retzlaff	17	MF	5'7"	132	Senior	Wake Forest, NC	Graduated

Players Arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Sheldon China FW	USA	Durham, NC	North Carolina FC	[1]
Kendall Edwards DF	JAM	St. Catherine, JAM	Atlanta United FC	[2]
Rhone Ellis GK	USA	Evergreen, CO	Colorado Rapids	[3]
Win Ellis GK	USA	Evergreen, CO	Colorado Rapids	[4]
David Merola GK	USA	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina FC	[5]
Tonny Temple FW	USA	Millville, PA	Philadelphia Union	[6]
Roberto Ydrach FW	USA	Orlando, FL	New York Red Bulls	[7]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 19, 2019[8]

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 DF  ESP Pablo Pedregosa 3 DF  ESP Pepe Garcia 4 DF  USA David Norris 5 DF  ENG Jamie Smith 6 DF  JAM Kendall Edwards 7 FW  USA Ivy Brisma 8 MF  ENG Brad Sweeney 9 FW  ENG Kuda Muskwe 10 FW  USA David Loera 11 FW  USA Tyler Gabarra 12 GK  USA Vincent Durand 14 MF  GHA George Asomani

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  BRA Gabriel Machado 16 MF  USA AJ Seals 17 FW  USA Tonny Temple 19 DF  USA Alex Bautista 20 FW  USA Sheldon China 21 MF  USA Eleo Domingos 22 MF  USA Aidan Foster 23 FW  USA James Orozco 24 DF  USA Cyrus Rad 25 MF  USA Jose Morales Jr. 26 GK  USA David Merola 28 MF  USA Bailey O'Connor 29 DF  USA Harry Adanuty 30 GK  USA Windham Ellis

Team Management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Boo Corrigan
Head Coach	George Kiefer
Associate Head Coach	Jeff Negalha
Assistant Coach	Kyle Nicholls
Assistant Coach	Lucas Champenois
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:[8]

Schedule

Source:[9]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 18* 7:00 p.m.		at No. 6 North Carolina Rivalry	W 2–1	– (–)	Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC
August 24* 7:00 p.m.		VCU	W 2–1	– (–)	Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC
Regular season
August 30* 7:00 p.m.		Loyola (MD)	W 2–1	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (942) Raleigh, NC
September 1* 7:00 p.m.		St. John's	L 0–1 ^2OT	1–1–0 (0–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (764) Raleigh, NC
September 6* 7:00 p.m.		Longwood	W 1–0	2–1–0 (0–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,494) Raleigh, NC
September 10* 7:00 p.m.		at William & Mary	T 1–1 ^2OT	2–1–1 (0–0–0)	Albert–Daly Field (226) Williamsburg, VA
September 14 7:00 p.m.		Boston College	W 1–0	3–1–1 (1–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,250) Raleigh, NC
September 17* 7:00 p.m.		College of Charleston	W 4–1	4–1–1 (1–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (731) Raleigh, NC
September 20 7:00 p.m.		at No. 5 Virginia	L 0–2	4–2–1 (1–1–0)	Klöckner Stadium (3,858) Charlottesville, VA
September 27 7:00 p.m.		at No. 17 Louisville	W 2–1	5–2–1 (2–1–0)	Lynn Stadium (1,057) Louisville, KY
October 4 6:00 p.m.		Notre Dame	W 2–0	6–2–1 (3–1–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,211) Raleigh, NC
October 8* 7:00 p.m.	No. 20	ETSU	W 1–0	7–2–1 (3–1–0)	Dail Soccer Field (389) Raleigh, NC
October 11 7:00 p.m.	No. 20	No. 6 Wake Forest Rivalry	L 1–3	7–3–1 (3–2–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,056) Raleigh, NC
October 15* 7:00 p.m.	No. 23	at South Carolina	T 0–0 ^2OT	7–3–2 (3–2–0)	Stone Stadium (1,506) Columbia, SC
October 18 7:00 p.m.	No. 23	at Duke Rivalry	T 0–0 ^2OT	7–3–3 (3–2–1)	Koskinen Stadium (918) Durham, NC
October 22* 7:00 p.m.	No. 23	Elon	W 3–2	8–3–3 (3–2–1)	Dail Soccer Field (555) Raleigh, NC
October 26 7:00 p.m.	No. 23	at Syracuse	L 0–3	8–4–3 (3–3–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,007) Syracuse, NY
November 1 7:00 p.m		No. 2 Clemson	L 0–3	8–5–3 (3–4–1)	Dail Soccer Field (1,171) Raleigh, NC
ACC Tournament
November 6 2:00 p.m.	(5)	(12) Duke First Round	W 2–1	9–5–3	Dail Soccer Field (377) Raleigh, NC
November 10 3:00 p.m.	(5)	(4) Pittsburgh Quarterfinals	L 1–2 ^OT	9–6–3	Ambrose Urbanic Field (1,010) Pittsburgh, PA
NCAA Tournament
November 21 7:00 p.m.		Coastal Carolina First Round	L 2–3 ^2OT	9–7–3	Dail Soccer Field (538) Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
David Loera	MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist	August 1, 2019	[10]
	All-ACC Second Team	November 13, 2019	[11]

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[12]	RV	RV	RV	RV		RV	20	23	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	None Released				RV
TopDrawer Soccer [13]	22	22	22	24	RV				17	16	19	17

References

1. "Sheldon China". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
2. "Kendall Edwards". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
3. "Rhone Ellis". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
4. "Win Ellis". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
5. "David Merola". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
6. "Tonny Temple". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
7. "Roberto Ydrach". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
8. "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". gopack.com. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
9. "2019 Men's Soccer Schedule". gopack.com. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
10. "ACC Soccer Lands 17 on MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
11. "2019 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
12. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
13. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. November 11, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.