2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team

The 2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 41st season.^[1] It was the program's 6th season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish were led by head coach Chad Riley, in his first year.

2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 8
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 7
Record	11–7–3 (4–3–1 ACC)
Head coach	Chad Riley (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Ryan Fahey (1st season) Brian Plotkin (1st season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 6 Wake Forest +	7	–	1	–	0			18	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Louisville ‡	4	–	2	–	2			11	–	5	–	3
NC State +	2	–	4	–	2			10	–	7	–	3
Boston College	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	8	–	4
Syracuse +	1	–	4	–	3			7	–	7	–	4
Clemson	2	–	6	–	0			7	–	9	–	1
Coastal
No. 14 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	0			14	–	4	–	1
No. 11 Duke +	5	–	3	–	0			11	–	7	–	2
No. 8 Notre Dame +	4	–	3	–	1			11	–	7	–	3
No. 15 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	2			10	–	4	–	3
No. 17 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	1			11	–	7	–	3
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0			8	–	10	–	1
‡ – 2018 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 11, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

Background

Main article: 2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team

The 2017 Notre Dame men's soccer team finished the season with an 11–7–2 overall record and a 3–3–2 ACC record. The Fighting Irish were seeded seventh–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to Virginia in the semifinals. The Fighting Irish earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for the fifth season in a row. As the twelfth–overall seed in the tournament, Notre Dame hosted Wisconsin. Notre Dame was upset 0–1 in overtime to end their season.

At the end of the season, one Fighting Irish men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Jon Gallagher.^[2]

During the offseason, Bobby Clark retired as head coach and was replaced by Chad Riely.^[3]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Chris Hubbard	1	GK	6'3"	207	Senior	Louisville, KY	Graduated
Matt Habrowski	4	DF	6'2"	189	Senior	Berkley, MI	Graduated
Jeffrey Farina	9	FW	6'3"	183	Senior	Wilmette, IL	Graduated
Jon Gallagher	10	FW	5'9"	158	Senior	Dublin, IRE	Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; drafted 14th overall by Atlanta United
Kyle Dedrick	12	MF/FW	5'11"	156	Senior	Wilton, CT	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Patrick Coleman DF	USA	Antioch, IL	Chicago Magic PSG	[4]
Benjamin Giacobello MF	USA	San Clemente, CA	Strikers FC	[5]
Samuel Guinane GK	USA	Ladera Ranch, CA	West Coast FC	[6]
Jack Lynn FW	USA	St. Louis, MO	St. Louis Scott Gallagher	[7]
Mohamed Omar MF	CAN	Toronto, CAN	Toronto FC	[8]
Philip Quinton DF	USA	Portland, OR	FC Portland Academy	[9]
Tyler Shea MF	USA	Dallas, TX	Dallas Texans	[10]
Bryan Silver MF	USA	Herndon, VA	Loudoun Soccer Club	[11]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 23, 2018^[12]

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  USA Ryan Krutz 2 DF  USA Philip Quinton 3 FW  USA Spencer Farina 4 DF  USA Brian Finn 5 MF  FRA Félicien Dumas 6 MF  SCO Sean Macleod 7 MF  USA Jack Casey 8 MF  USA Nick Cullen 9 FW  USA John Rea 10 FW  IRL Blake Townes 11 DF  USA Sean Dedrick 12 MF  USA Bryan Silver 13 GK  USA Duncan Turnbull 14 FW  USA Simon Roennecke 15 MF  USA Aiden McFadden

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  USA Tommy McCabe 17 DF  USA Senan Farrelly 18 MF  USA Townsend Meyer 19 GK  USA Keagan McLaughlin 20 MF  USA Patrick Coleman 21 FW  USA Thomas Ueland 22 FW  USA Ian Aschieris 23 DF  USA Mitch MacDonald 24 FW  USA Paul Rothrock 25 DF  USA Patrick Berneski 26 MF  USA Ben Giacobello 27 FW  USA Jack Lynn 28 FW  USA Tyler Shea 29 MF  CAN Mohamed Omar 30 GK  USA Sam Guianane

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Jack Swarbrick
Head coach	Chad Riely
Assistant coach	Ryan Fahey
Assistant coach	Brian Plotkin

Source:^[12]

Schedule

Source ^[13]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 20* 5:00 pm	No. 17	Valparaiso	W 3–1	- (-)	Alumni Stadium South Bend, IN
Regular Season
August 24* 7:00 pm	No. 17	Saint Louis Mike Berticelli Memorial Game	T 1–1	0–0–1 (0–0–0)	Alumni Stadium (1,079) South Bend, IN
August 31* 5:00 pm	No. 24	vs. No. 18 Connecticut Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic	W 3–0	1–0–1 (0–0–0)	Armstrong Stadium (N/A) Bloomington, IN
September 2* 5:00 pm	No. 24	vs. No. 22 Dartmouth Adidas/IU Credit Union Classic	W 2–0	2–0–1 (0–0–0)	Armstrong Stadium (N/A) Bloomington, IN
September 7 7:00 pm	No. 12	at Syracuse	W 3–2	3–0–1 (1–0–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,908) Syracuse, NY
September 11* 7:00 pm	No. 8	No. 2 Indiana	L 1–2 OT	3–1–1 (1–0–0)	Alumni Stadium (1,500) South Bend, IN
September 17* 7:00 pm	No. 8	No. 4 Michigan State	L 0–1	3–2–1 (1–0–0)	Alumni Stadium (718) South Bend, IN
September 21 7:00 pm	No. 8	No. 3 North Carolina	L 0–1 2OT	3–3–1 (1–1–0)	Alumni Stadium (1,724) South Bend, IN
September 25 7:00 pm	No. 20	No. 22 Xavier	W 4–1	4–3–1 (2–0–0)	Alumni Stadium (736) South Bend, IN
September 28 8:00 pm	No. 20	Boston College Holy War	W 1–0	5–3–1 (2–1–0)	Alumni Stadium (1,456) South Bend, IN
October 2* 7:30 pm	No. 15	at Northwestern	W 3–0	6–3–1 (2–1–0)	Martin Stadium (372) Evanston, IL
October 6 7:00 pm	No. 15	No. 6 Louisville	W 2–1 OT	7–3–1 (3–1–0)	Alumni Stadium (646) South Bend, IN
October 12 7:00 pm	No. 9	at No. 17 Duke	L 2–3	7–4–1 (3–2–0)	Koskinen Stadium (892) Durham, NC
October 16* 6:00 pm	No. 16	at No. 18 Michigan	W 2–1	8–4–1 (3–2–0)	U–M Soccer Stadium (1,536) Ann Arbor, MI
October 19 7:00 pm	No. 16	Virginia Tech	L 2–5	8–5–1 (3–3–0)	Alumni Stadium (514) South Bend, IN
October 23 7:00 pm	No. 23	at No. 6 Virginia	T 0–0	8–5–2 (3–3–1)	Klöckner Stadium (2,356) Charlottesville, VA
October 26 7:00 pm	No. 23	at Pittsburgh	W 1–0	9–5–2 (4–3–1)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (409) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Tournament
October 31 7:00 pm	(5) No. 18	(12) Clemson First Round	W 2–0	10–5–2	Alumni Stadium (191) Notre Dame, IN
November 4 1:00 pm	(5) No. 18	(4) No. 15 Louisville Quarterfinals	L 0–1	10–6–2	Lynn Stadium (667) Louisville, KY
NCAA Tournament
November 18* 5:00 pm	(7) No. 13	Michigan Second Round	T 0–0 (11–10 PKs) 2OT	10–6–3	Alumni Stadium (363) Notre Dame, IN
November 25* 5:00 pm	(7) No. 13	(10) No. 11 Virginia Third Round	W 1–0 OT	11–6–3	Alumni Stadium (376) Notre Dame, IN
November 30* 7:00 pm	(7) No. 13	(2) No. 2 Indiana Quarterfinals	L 0–1	11–7–3	Armstrong Stadium (5,159) Bloomington, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Patrick Berneski	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 3, 2018	[14]
Felicien Dumas	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 10, 2018	[15]
Sean MacLeod	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 8, 2018	[16]
Thomas Ueland	All-ACC Second Team	November 7, 2018	[17]
Patrick Berneski
Tommy McCabe	All-ACC Third Team
Felicien Dumas

2019 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2019 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Tommy McCabe	FC Cincinnati	2	29	MF

Source:^[18]

Rankings

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2018 Top 25 coaches poll

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[19]	17	24	12	8	8	20	15	9	16	23	18	16	13	None Released				8
TopDrawer Soccer [20]	20	20	16	21	12	11	19	14	8	11	17	11	13	12	13	6	7	7

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