2020 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

The 2020 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 97th season and 8th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1] The Orange were led by Ian McIntyre, is in his eleventh year. The Orange played their home games at SU Soccer Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

2020 Syracuse Orange men's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2020 record	0–3–2 (0–3–2 ACC)
Head coach	Ian McIntyre (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Jukka Masalin (11th season) Sean Lawlor (2nd season)
Home stadium	SU Soccer Stadium

2020 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North
No. 2 Pittsburgh	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Virginia Tech	3	–	1	–	2			3	–	2	–	2
Notre Dame	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Louisville	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	3	–	2			0	–	3	–	2
South
No. 3 Wake Forest	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	2			3	–	2	–	2
No. 1 Clemson‡	3	–	2	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Duke	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
NC State	0	–	5	–	1			0	–	6	–	1
Boston College†			–							–
‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2020 NCAA Tournament As of November 24, 2020; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, Boston College has suspended the 2020 men's soccer season.

The teams' 2020 season was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which curtailed the fall season and caused the NCAA Tournament to be played in Spring 2021. The ACC was one of the only two conferences in men's soccer to play in the fall of 2020. The ACC also held a mini-season during the spring of 2021.

Background

The 2019 Syracuse men's soccer team finished the season with a 8–7–5 overall record and a 2–4–2 ACC record. The Orange were seeded tenth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they defeated North Carolina in the first round, before losing to eventual champions Virginia in the second round. The Orange earned an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. In the tournament, the Orange defeated Rhode Island in the first round before losing to St. John's in the second round.

At the end of the 2018-19 season, two Orange men's soccer players were selected in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft: Ryan Raposo and Nyal Higgins.[2]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Jake Leahy	1	GK	6'3"	196	Junior	Brick, NJ	Graduated
Matt Orr	5	DF	6'1"	174	Senior	Hong Kong	Graduated
Severin Soerlie	7	FW	6'0"	156	Senior	Filtvet, Norway	Graduated
Massimo Ferrin	9	FW	5'11"	172	Senior	Mississauga, Ontario	Graduated
Ryan Raposo	10	MF	5'7"	142	Sophomore	Hamilton, Ontario	Declared for 2020 MLS SuperDraft; drafted 4th overall by Vancouver Whitecaps FC
John-Austin Ricks	12	DF	6'0"	180	Senior	Fairfield, CT	Graduated
Michael Lantry	14	DF	6'1"	182	Sophomore	Syracuse, NY	Transferred to DePaul
Nyal Higgins	18	DF	6'2"	173	Senior	Ajax, Ontario	Declared for 2020 MLS SuperDraft; drafted 19th overall by Toronto FC
Bryan Hawkins	20	MF	5'9"	163	Graduate Student	Chesterfield, NJ	Graduated
Mickey Watson	21	DF	5'9"	178	Senior	Berwyn, PA	Graduated
Quinn Becker	23	DF	5'11"	165	Freshman	Niskayuna, NY
Alphonso Joe	24	DF	5'11"	189	Freshman	Rochester, NY
Sam Gomez	30	GK	6'3"	187	Freshman	St. Louis, MO	Transferred to SIU Edwardsville

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Stephen Betz DF	USA	Orangeburg, NY	NYCFC (Academy)	[3]
Kenny Clapp DF	USA	Baltimore, MD	Pipeline SC	[4]
Jack Coleman FW	USA	Endwell, NY	BC United	[5]
Jackson Glenn MF	USA	Sykesville, MD	Maryland United FC	[6]
DeAndre Kerr FW	CAN	North York, Ontario	Toronto FC	[7]
Jeorgio Kocevski MF	USA	Liverpool, NY	Empire United	[8]
Tony Shaw MF	USA	Vestavia Hills, AL	Vestavia Hills SC	[9]

Squad

Roster

Updated: November 4, 2020[10]

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 Andres Quevedo 1 GK  USA Russell Shealy 2 DF  USA Tim Ekpone 3 DF  NOR Sondre Norheim 4 DF  GER Noah Singelmann 5 MF  CRC Amferny Sinclair 6 MF  USA Julio Fulcar 7 FW  CAN Deandre Kerr 8 MF  CAN Simon Triantafillou 9 FW  ESP Manel Busquets 10 FW  BRA Roque Viegas Jr. 11 MF  CAN Hilli Goldhar 12 MF  USA Jeorgio Kocevski 13 DF  USA Nikolas Steiner

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  USA Kyle Gruno 15 MF  USA Merjan Ozisik 16 MF  USA Logan McGraw 17 DF  USA Abdi Salim 18 FW  USA Matthew McDonell 19 FW  GLP Luther Archimède 20 DF  USA Max Kent 21 DF  USA Stephen Betz 22 DF  USA Dylan McDonald 23 DF  USA Jackson Glenn 24 DF  USA Kenny Clapp 25 GK   SUI Christian Miesch 26 MF  USA Tony Shaw 27 MF  USA Jack Coleman

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Mark Coyle
Head Coach	Ian McIntyre
Associate Head Coach	Jukka Masalin
Assistant Coach	Sean Lawlor
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Michael Flynn
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Mike Mangano

Source:[10]

Schedule

Source: [11]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
September 19* 1:00 p.m.		Virginia	Canceled	– (–)	SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
Regular season
September 25* 7:00 p.m., ACCN		at Navy	Canceled	0–0–0 (0–0–0)	Glenn Warner Soccer Facility Annapolis, MD
October 6 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		No. 2 Pittsburgh	L 2–3 ^2OT	0–1–0 (0–1–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1) Syracuse, NY
October 11 1:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Notre Dame	L 0–1	0–2–0 (0–2–0)	Alumni Stadium South Bend, IN
October 16 8:00 p.m., ACCNX		Louisville	T 2–2 ^2OT	0–2–1 (0–2–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1) Syracuse, NY
October 24 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Virginia Tech	T 1–1 ^2OT	0–2–2 (0–2–2)	Thompson Field (101) Blacksburg, VA
October 30 7:00 p.m., RSN		at Virginia	L 0–1	0–3–2 (0–3–2)	Klöckner Stadium (160) Charlottesville, VA
November 6 6:00 p.m.		at No. 1 Pittsburgh	Canceled	0–3–2 (0–3–2)	Ambrose Urbanic Field Pittsburgh, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.

Rankings

Fall 2020

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer[12]

Spring 2021

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]														None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [13]

2021 MLS Super Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Luther Archimède	New York Red Bulls	1	13	FW
Sondre Norheim	Nashville SC	3	73	DF

Source:[14]

References

1. "Syracuse University 2016 Men's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
2. "14 ACC Players Picked on Day 1 of MLS SuperDraft". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
3. "Stephen Betz". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
4. "Kenny Clapp". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
5. "Jack Coleman". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
6. "Jackson Glenn". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
7. "DeAndre Kerr". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
8. "Jeorgio Kocevski". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
9. "Tony Shaw". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
10. "2020 Men's Soccer Roster". cuse.com. Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
11. "2020 Men's Soccer Schedule". Syracuse University. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
12. "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. October 29, 2020. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
13. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. February 1, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
14. "2021 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". MLSSoccer.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.