2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

The 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 73rd season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's fifth season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. The Demon Deacons played their home matches at Spry Stadium.

2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
Carolina Nike Classic Champions
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 3
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 3
2019 record	16–5–2 (6–2–0 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Muuss (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Steve Armas (5th season) Dane Brenner (9th season) Jonathan Lagos (1st season)
Home stadium	Spry Stadium

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 Wake Forest men's soccer team finished the season with a 18–3–0 overall record and a 7–1–0 ACC record. The Demon Deacons were seeded first–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they defeated NC State in the Quarterfinals, but lost to eventual champions Louisville in the Semifinals. The Demon Deacons earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the first–overall seed in the tournament, Wake Forest defeated Colgate in the second round before being upset by eventual runners-up Akron in the third round.

At the end of the season, two Demon Deacons men's soccer players were selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Logan Gdula and Brad Dunwell.[1][2]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Brad Dunwell	12	MF	5'8"	165	Senior	Grand Rapids, MI	Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 56th overall by Houston Dynamo
Logan Gdula	17	DF	5'11"	160	Senior	East Lyme, CT	Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 13th overall by FC Cincinnati
Sam Raben	26	DF	6'0"	165	Senior	Greenwood Village, CO	Graduated
Tre Bailey	29	DF	5'10"	160	Senior	Durham, NC	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Nico Benalcazar DF	USA	Wilton, CT	NYCFC	[3]
Ryan Fessler MF	USA	Charlotte, NC	Sporting Kansas City (Academy)	[4]
Calvin Harris FW	NZL	Wellington, New Zealand	Wellington Phoenix FC	N/A[5]
Omar Hernandez MF	USA	Dalton, GA	Chattanooga FC (Academy)	[6]
Cole McNally GK	USA	Mount Airy, MD	Bethesda SC Academy	[7]
Jaden Servania MF	USA	Birmingham, AL	Houston Dynamo	[8]
Takuma Suzuki MF	USA	Peachtree City, GA	Atlanta United	[9]
David Wrona FW	USA	Hoover, AL	Crew SC Academy	[10]

Squad

Roster

Updated:August 19, 2019[11]

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 Andrew Pannenberg 1 GK  ESP Andreu Cases Mundet 2 DF  USA Koby Carr 3 FW  USA Kyle Holcomb 4 DF  USA Holland Rula 5 DF  USA Michael DeShields 6 DF  USA Justyn Thomas 7 FW  USA Aristotle Zarris 8 MF  CAN Alistair Johnston 9 FW  USA Tater Rennhack 10 MF  BRA Bruno Lapa 11 MF  JAM Justin McMaster 12 MF  USA Takuma Suzuki 13 FW  USA David Wrona

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  JAM Joey DeZart 15 MF  USA Isaiah Parente 17 MF  USA Omar Hernandez 19 DF  USA Eddie Folds 20 MF  USA Kyle McCurley 21 MF  USA Machop Chol 22 FW  NZL Calvin Harris 23 DF  USA Nico Benalcazar 24 MF  USA Jake Swallen 25 MF  PHI William Valtos 28 DF  USA Tyrrell Moore 30 GK  USA Dominic Peters 31 GK  USA Cole McNally 33 DF  USA Sebastian Scrivner

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Ron Wellman
Head Coach	Bobby Muuss
Associate Head Coach	Steve Armas
Assistant Coach	Dane Brenner
Assistant Coach	Jonathan Lagos
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Michael White
Academic Counselor	Brooke Taylor
Sports Performance	David Bass

Source:[11]

Schedule

Source:[12]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 18* 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	at Furmam	W 2–1	– (–)	Stone Stadium Greenville, SC
August 24* 8:00 p.m.	No. 4	Army	W 3–2	– (–)	Spry Stadium (2,127) Winston–Salem, NC
Regular season
August 30* 6:00 p.m.	No. 4	No. 15 UCF Carolina Nike Classic	W 2–1	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Spry Stadium (1,578) Winston–Salem, NC
September 1* 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	Creighton Carolina Nike Classic	W 1–0	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	Spry Stadium (2,089) Winston–Salem, NC
September 6* 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	Dartmouth	W 3–1	3–0–0 (0–0–0)	Spry Stadium (0) Winston–Salem, NC
September 9* 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	Houston Baptist	W 4–0	4–0–0 (0–0–0)	Spry Stadium (1,187) Winston–Salem, NC
September 13 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	at Pittsburgh	W 2–0	5–0–0 (1–0–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (913) Pittsburgh, PA
September 17* 7:00 p.m.	No. 1	at James Madison	L 0–1	5–1–0 (1–0–0)	Sentara Park (1,453) Harrisonburg, VA
September 21 7:30 p.m.	No. 1	Syracuse	W 1–0	6–1–0 (2–0–0)	Spry Stadium (3,143) Winston–Salem, NC
September 24* 7:00 p.m.	No. 7	at Davidson	W 1–0	7–1–0 (2–0–0)	Alumni Soccer Stadium (849) Davdison, NC
September 28 7:00 p.m.	No. 7	No. 4 Clemson	W 3–2 ^OT	8–1–0 (3–0–0)	Spry Stadium (4,126) Winston–Salem, NC
October 4 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	at Boston College	L 1–2	8–2–0 (3–1–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (523) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 8* 7:00 p.m.	No. 6	High Point	W 9–0	9–2–0 (3–1–0)	Spry Stadium (1,377) Winston–Salem, NC
October 11 7:00 p.m.	No. 6	at No. 20 NC State Rivalry	W 3–1	10–2–0 (4–1–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,056) Raleigh, NC
October 15* 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	William & Mary	W 5–0	11–2–0 (4–1–0)	Spry Stadium (877) Winston–Salem, NC
October 18 6:00 p.m.	No. 4	No. 19 North Carolina Rivalry	W 1–0	12–2–0 (5–1–0)	Spry Stadium (3,315) Winston–Salem, NC
October 22* 7:00 p.m.	No. 2	Loyola (MD)	T 1–1 ^2OT	12–2–1 (5–1–0)	Spry Stadium (1,099) Winston–Salem, NC
October 26 7:00 p.m.	No. 2	Notre Dame	L 0–1	12–3–1 (5–2–0)	Spry Stadium (3,022) Winston–Salem, NC
November 1 6:00 p.m.	No. 7	at No. 25 Louisville	W 3–1	13–3–1 (6–2–0)	Lynn Stadium (1,310) Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 10 5:00 p.m.	(3) No. 7	(11) No. 22 Virginia Tech Quarterfinals	T 2–2 (6–5 PKs) ^2OT	13–3–2	Spry Stadium (2,009) Winston–Salem, NC
November 13 4:00 p.m.	(3) No. 7	(2) No. 2 Virginia Semifinals	L 0–1	13–4–2	Klöckner Stadium (586) Charlottesville, VA
NCAA Tournament
November 24 5:00 p.m.	(4) No. 9	Maryland Second Round	W 3–0	14–4–2	Spry Stadium (1,765) Winston–Salem, NC
December 1 5:00 p.m.	(4) No. 9	(13) No. 17 Michigan Third Round	W 3–1	15–4–2	Spry Stadium (1,206) Winston–Salem, NC
December 7 5:00 p.m.	(4) No. 9	No. 22 UC Santa Barbara Quarterfinals	W 1–0	16–4–2	Spry Stadium (2,027) Winston–Salem, NC
December 13 6:00 p.m.	(4) No. 9	(1) No. 1 Virginia Semifinals	L 1–2	16–5–2	Sahlen's Stadium (9,862) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Bruno Lapa	MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist	August 1, 2019	[13]
Michael DeShields	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 3, 2019	[14]
Andrew Pannenburg	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 16, 2019	[15]
Justin McMaster	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 30, 2019	[16]
Andrew Pannenburg	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	October 21, 2019	[17]
Calvin Harris	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	November 4, 2019	[18]
Bruno Lapa	All-ACC First Team	November 13, 2019	[19]
Machop Chol	All-ACC Third Team
Alistair Johnston
Andrew Pannenberg
Isaiah Parente
Calvin Harris	All-ACC Freshman Team
Michael DeShields	All-ACC Tournament Team	November 17, 2019	[20]
Joey DeZart

2020 MLS Super Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Alistair Johnston	Nashville SC	1	11	DF
Joey DeZart	Orlando City SC	2	31	MF

Source:[21]

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[22]	4	1 (16)	1 (24)	1 (26)	7	3	6	4	2 (3)	7	7	7	9	None Released				3 (1)
TopDrawer Soccer [23]	3	3	2	1	1	5	4	9	10	4	10	9	9	10	9	8	3	3

References

1. "Gdula Drafted in First Round by FC Cincinnati". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
2. "Dunwell Drafted by Houston Dynamo in Third Round". godeacs.com. Wake Forest University Athletics. January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
3. "Nico Benalcazar". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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8. "Jaden Servania". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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10. "David Wrona". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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