2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

The 2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 76th season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's eighth season with Bobby Muuss as head coach.[1] The Demon Deacons played their home matches at Spry Stadium.

2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 24
Record14–6–0 (5–3–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumSpry Stadium
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 1 Syracuse 5 1 2 18 2 5
No. 24 Wake Forest + 5 3 0 14 6 0
Louisville + 4 3 1 9 6 3
No. 13 Clemson + 3 4 1 13 7 1
Boston College 1 4 3 4 7 5
NC State 1 5 2 6 7 5
Coastal
No. 3 Duke + 5 0 3 13 2 4
No. 16 Virginia + 5 1 2 10 4 5
No. 8 Pittsburgh + 3 2 3 12 5 5
North Carolina + 2 2 4 8 6 5
Notre Dame 3 4 1 8 7 2
Virginia Tech 0 8 0 3 14 1
As of December 13, 2022
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The ACC

The Demon Deacons finished the season 14–6–0 overall and 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Atlantic Division. As the fourth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they defeated Virginia Tech in the Second Round before losing to Clemson in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They were an unseeded team and lost to Ohio State in the First Round to end their season.

Background

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The Demon Deacons finished the season 13–7–1 overall and 4–3–1 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Atlantic Division. As the sixth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they defeated Virginia in the First Round before losing to Duke in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They were an unseeded team and defeated Mercer in the First Round and thirteenth seed FIU in the Second Round before losing to fourth seed Notre Dame to end their season.

Player movement

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Players leaving

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Kyle Holcomb 7 FW 6'0" 165 Senior San Marcos, California Graduated, selected 29th overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft

Players arriving

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Incoming Transfers

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Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Sidney Paris 22 MF 5'9" 150 Junior Oakville, Ontario Navy

Recruiting Class

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Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Devin Armstrong
GK
  USA Palm Harbor, Florida Tampa Bay United Rowdies      [2]
Cooper Flax
DF
  USA Dix Hills, New York NYCFC Academy      [3]
Samuel Jones
DF
  USA Portsmouth, Virginia Philadelphia Union Academy      [4]
Alec Kenison
DF
  USA San Diego, California Olentangy Orange High School      [5]
Nicholas Rabiu
FW
  USA Schenectady, New York New York Red Bulls Academy      [6]
  USA Lafayette, Colorado Colorado Rapids Academy      [7]
Aethan Yohannes
MF
  USA Springfield, Virginia Laurel Springs High School      [8]

Squad

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Roster

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As of January 11, 2023[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
1 GK   USA Trace Alphin
2 DF   USA Bo Cummins
4 DF   USA Alec Kenison
5 DF   USA Samuel Jones
6 MF   USA Aethan Yohannes
7 MF   USA Nico Rabiu
8 FW   SEN Babacar Niang
9 MF   USA Roald Mitchell
10 MF   SWE Oscar Sears
11 MF   USA Leo Guarino
12 MF   USA Takuma Suzuki
13 FW   USA David Wrona
14 DF   USA Jahlane Forbes
15 FW   USA Mwinso Denkabe
16 DF   JPN Hosei Kijima
17 MF   USA Omar Hernandez
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF   USA Cooper Flax
19 DF   USA Cristian Escribano
20 MF   USA Ryan Fessler
21 FW   USA Julian Kennedy
22 MF   PUR Sidney Paris
23 DF   USA Vlad Walent
24 MF   USA Jake Swallen
25 MF   USA Chase Oliver
26 MF   USA Colin Thomas
27 DF   USA Prince Amponsah
28 MF   USA Nicolas Mancilla
30 GK   USA Devin Armstrong
31 GK   USA Cole McNally
32 DF   USA Garrison Tubbs
33 DF   USA Sebastian Scrivner

Team management

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Position Staff
Athletic Director John Currie
Head coach Bobby Muuss
Associate head coach Steve Armas
Assistant Coach Dane Brenner
Volunteer assistant coach Ade Taiwo
Assistant Athletic Trainer Michael White
Academic Counselor Brooke Taylor
Sports Performance David Bass

Source:[9]

Schedule

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Source:[10]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 14*
6:00 p.m.
No. 15 at Coastal Carolina T 1–1 
Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field
Conway, SC
August 20*
7:00 p.m.
No. 15 No. 6 West Virginia T 0–0 
Spry Stadium
Winston–Salem, NC
Regular season
August 25*
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 15 UCF W 1–0  1–0–0
Spry Stadium (1,733)
Winston–Salem, NC
August 28*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 15 Air Force W 2–1  2–0–0
Spry Stadium (1,446)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 3*
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 5 at UAB W 2–0  3–0–0
PNC Field (315)
Birmingham, AL
September 6*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 4 Winthrop W 5–1  4–0–0
Spry Stadium (1,020)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 10
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 4 NC State W 2–0  5–0–0
(1–0–0)
Spry Stadium (1,882)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 13*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 2т Fairleigh Dickinson W 3–2  6–0–0
Spry Stadium (1,457)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 16
7:30 p.m., ACCNX
No. 2т at Virginia Tech W 1–0  7–0–0
(2–0–0)
Thompson Field (2,350)
Blacksburg, VA
September 20*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1 George Mason W 6–1  8–0–0
Spry Stadium (1,794)
Winston–Salem, NC
September 24
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1 at No. 10 Clemson W 6–1  9–0–0
(3–0–0)
Riggs Field (3,744)
Clemson, SC
October 1
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 1 No. 4 Duke L 2–3  9–1–0
(3–1–0)
Spry Stadium (3,630)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 4*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 4 Jacksonville W 1–0  10–1–0
Spry Stadium (1,321)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 7
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 4 at No. 7 Syracuse L 0–2  10–2–0
(3–2–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,052)
Syracuse, NY
October 11*
6:00 p.m., FloSports
No. 10 at William & Mary L 1–2  10–3–0
Albert–Daly Field (823)
Williamsburg, VA
October 15
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 10 Boston College W 3–1  11–3–0
(4–2–0)
Spry Stadium (2,133)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 18*
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 25 Wofford W 3–0  12–3–0
Spry Stadium (1,163)
Winston–Salem, NC
October 22
7:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 25 at No. 24 Virginia L 0–1  12–4–0
(4–3–0)
Klöckner Stadium (2,416)
Charlottesville, VA
October 28
8:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 9 Louisville W 3–0  13–4–0
(5–3–0)
Spry Stadium (2,011)
Winston–Salem, NC
ACC Tournament
November 6
2:00 p.m., ACCN
(4) (12) Virginia Tech
Second Round
W 1–0  14–4–0
Spry Stadium (1,774)
Winston–Salem, NC
November 9
7:00 p.m., ACCN
(4) No. 20т (8) No. 18т Clemson
Quarterfinals
L 0–2  14–5–0
Spry Stadium (1,729)
Winston–Salem, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 17
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 20т No. 16т Ohio State
First Round
L 0–3  14–6–0
Spry Stadium (701)
Winston–Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

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Recipient Award Date Ref.
Omar Hernandez Pre-Season ACC Watchlist August 16 [11]
Prince Amponsah ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 6 [12]
Roald Mitchell ACC Co-offensive Player of the Week September 13 [13]
Garrison Tubbs ACC Co-defensive Player of the Week
Takuma Suzuki ACC Defensive Player of the Week November 1 [14]
Garrison Tubbs All-ACC Second Team November 9 [15]
Roald Mitchell
Jahlane Forbes All-ACC Third Team
Babacar Niang
Prince Amponsah
Copper Flax ACC All-Freshman Team
Vlad Walent

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer[16]15541 (7)1 (8)41025RVRV20тNot released24
TopDrawer Soccer[17]19743114817191713

References

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  1. ^ "Bobby Muuss - Men's Soccer Coach". Wake Forest University Athletics. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Devin Armstrong". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  3. ^ "Cooper Flax". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "Samuel Jones". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "Alec Kenison". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  6. ^ "Nicholas Rabiu". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "Vladimir Walent". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  8. ^ "Aethan Yohannes". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  9. ^ a b "2022 Wake Forest Men's Soccer Roster". godeacs.com. Wake Forest Athletics. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
  10. ^ "Wake Forest Men's Soccer 2022 Demon Deacon Schedule". wakeforestsports.com. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  11. ^ "Clemson Selected 2022 Preseason ACC Men's Soccer Favorite". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  12. ^ "NC State's Kelly, Wake's Amponsah Earn ACC Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 6, 2022. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  13. ^ "ACC Unveils Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. September 13, 2022. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  14. ^ "ND's Russo, WF's Suzuki Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of Week". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 1, 2022. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
  15. ^ "2022 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  16. ^ "United Soccer Coaches Top 25 NCAA DI Men — National". unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. December 13, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  17. ^ "College Soccer National Ranking". topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.