Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer

The Wake Forest University Demon Deacons men's soccer team is an NCAA Division I college soccer team composed of students attending Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They achieved their greatest result in 2007, winning the 2007 Division I Men's College Cup. Like all sports teams from Wake Forest, men's soccer competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Deacons play their home matches at Spry Stadium on the campus of Wake Forest.

Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Founded1980
UniversityWake Forest University
Head coachBobby Muuss (9th season)
ConferenceACC
LocationWinston-Salem, North Carolina
StadiumSpry Stadium
(Capacity: 3,000)
NicknameDemon Deacons
ColorsOld gold and black[1]
   
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament championships
2007
NCAA Tournament runner-up
2016
NCAA Tournament College Cup
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2019
NCAA Tournament appearances
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Tournament championships
1989, 2016, 2017, 2024
Conference Regular Season championships
2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2018

History

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Wake Forest (in white) v Boston College in 2005

Wake Forest fielded its first team in 1980, under the coaching of George Kennedy. The Deacons went 12–9–1 in their first season. They won their first ACC game that season, defeating Maryland 2–1. Coach Kennedy led Wake Forest through 1985 finishing with a 62–55–12 overall record and 6–27–3 in the ACC. Walt Chyzowych took over the program in 1986 until his death just prior to the 1994 season. Coach Chyzowych took the Deacons to a 77–59–22 overall record and 15–25–7 in the ACC in his eight seasons. The Deacons played in their first NCAA Tournament in 1988, losing in the first round to North Carolina. Since 1988, Wake Forest has reached the NCAA tournament 15 times. Jay Vidovich, an assistant under Coach Chyzowych, was named Head Coach in 1994. In 19 seasons under Coach Vidovich, the Deacons went 254–103–48 overall and 65–44–22 in the ACC.

To date, Wake Forest has won the ACC Regular Season Title in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2015, and 2017. They won the ACC Tournament in 1989, 2016, and 2017. With their inclusion in the 2009 College Cup, the Demon Deacons reached four consecutive College Cups, becoming the ninth team in NCAA history to achieve this feat.

2007 NCAA Champions

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The most successful season in team history took place in 2007, when Wake Forest won the NCAA Division I Championship in a 2–1 decision over Ohio State. It marked the program's only championship to date. During their championship run, the No. 2 seeded Deacons defeated Furman 1–0, No. 15 West Virginia 3–1, and No. 10 Notre Dame 2–1 in overtime to reach the College Cup. In the semifinals, Marcus Tracy scored twice in a 2–0 win over Virginia Tech. In the final, Wake Forest scored two second half goals to come from behind to defeat Ohio State 2–1 to win the National Championship.

Current squad

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As of 13 Sep 2024[2]

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 Jonah Mednard
1 GK   USA Trace Alphin
2 DF   USA Bo Cummins
3 DF   USA Travis Smith Jr.
4 DF   CAN Amoni Thomas
5 DF   USA Daniel Krueger
6 MF   USA Liam O'Gara
7 MF   USA Nico Rabiu
8 MF   USA Dylan Borso
9 FW   CAN Pariss Mitchell
10 MF   SEN Babacar Niang
11 DF   PUR Sidney Paris
12 MF   USA Jose Perez
13 MF   USA Jeffrey White
14 FW   USA Ryan Belal
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF   USA Jojo Davila
16 MF   JPN Joel Torbic
17 MF   USA Pierce Bateson
18 MF   USA Cooper Flax
19 DF   USA Cristian Escribano
20 MF   USA Ryan Fessler
21 FW   USA Julian Kennedy
22 MF   GHA Basit Umar
23 DF   USA Vlad Walent
24 DF   USA Mason Sullivan
25 DF   USA Will Jackson
26 MF   USA Colin Thomas
27 DF   USA Prince Amponsah
28 MF   CHI Nicolas Mancilla
30 GK   USA Owen Barnett

Technical Staff

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Position Name
Head Coach Bobby Muuss
Associate Head Coach Steve Armas
Associate Head Coach Dane Brenner

Notable alumni

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Current professionals

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  • Updated January 16, 2024
The players in bold have senior international caps.

Wake Forest seasons

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  • *Denotes Current Season. Statistics subject to change


Season Conference Record Conference
Tourn. Pos.
Overall Record Honors Top points[3] Top scorer[4]
Conference Pld. W L D Pos. Pld. W L D Natl.
Rank
1980 ACC 6 1 5 0 7th 22 12 9 1 Rob Burt 25 Kenny Bauchle/Rob Burt 17
1981 ACC 6 3 3 0 5th 21 9 10 2 Mark Erwin 39 Mark Erwin 17
1982 ACC 6 1 5 0 6th 21 9 10 2 Mark Erwin 21 Mark Erwin 8
1983 ACC 6 0 4 2 7th 21 13 5 3 Mark Erwin 79 Mark Erwin 36
1984 ACC 6 1 4 1 6th 22 12 7 3 Henry Riggs-Miller 25 Flip Kenyon/Henry Riggs-Miller 9
1985 ACC 6 0 6 0 7th 22 7 14 1 Henry Riggs-Miller 23 Henry Riggs-Miller 11
1986 ACC 6 0 6 0 7th 20 7 11 2 Chris Wentz 13 Chris Wentz 6
1987 ACC 6 1 4 1 6th QF 20 5 13 2 Nigel McNamera 17 Nigel McNamera 7
1988 ACC 6 3 1 2 2nd QF 20 11 5 4 NCAA 1st Round Nigel McNamera 24 Nigel McNamera 10
1989 ACC 6 4 1 1 2nd W 21 15 4 2 NCAA 2nd Round Geraint Davies 29 Geraint Davies 11
1990 ACC 6 1 4 1 7th SF 21 10 7 4 NCAA 1st Round Nigel McNamera 16 Nigel McNamera 6
1991 ACC 6 3 2 1 3rd F 21 13 5 3 NCAA 1st Round John Duguid 27 John Duguid 11
1992 ACC 5 2 3 0 5th QF 17 9 6 2 Steve Gillmor 18 Andrew Chang/Steve Gillmor 7
1993 ACC 6 1 4 1 6th QF 18 7 8 3 Steve Gillmor 13 Steve Gillmor 6
1994 ACC 6 1 5 0 7th QF 19 10 8 1 Ryan Scott 18 Ryan Scott 7
1995 ACC 6 2 4 0 5th QF 20 11 8 1 Serge Daniv 17 Trent Lind 6
1996 ACC 6 3 3 0 3rd SF 20 12 7 1 Josh Timbers 23 Josh Timbers 8
1997 ACC 6 2 4 0 6th SF 20 10 10 0 Ihor Dotsenko 20 Ihor Dotsenko 8
1998 ACC 6 1 4 1 6th QF 19 11 7 1 Greg Krauss 22 Greg Krauss 10
1999 ACC 6 2 1 3 3rd SF 21 13 3 5 NCAA 2nd Round Christian Lonteen 20 Ben Stafford 8
2000 ACC 6 2 4 0 5th SF 19 10 7 2 Ben Stafford 38 Ben Stafford 16
2001 ACC 6 3 2 1 4th SF 21 13 6 2 NCAA 1st Round Jeremiah White 37 Jeremiah White 15
2002 ACC 6 4 0 2 1st SF 21 15 2 4 ACC Regular Season Champion, NCAA 3rd Round Jeremiah White 27 Jeremiah White 11
2003 ACC 6 4 0 2 2nd SF 21 16 0 5 NCAA 2nd Round Scott Sealy 26 Scott Sealy 11
2004 ACC 7 5 0 2 1st SF 21 14 5 2 ACC Regular Season Champion, NCAA 3rd Round Scott Sealy 44 Scott Sealy 17
2005 ACC 8 1 5 2 8th QF 23 13 8 2 12[5] NCAA 3rd Round Justin Moose 23 Mark Ellington 8
2006 ACC 8 5 2 1 T-1st F 25 18 3 4 3[6] ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, NCAA Semifinalist Steven Curfman 20 Wells Thompson 7
2007 ACC 8 6 1 1 2nd F 26 22 2 2 1[7] NCAA Champions Cody Arnoux 38 Cody Arnoux 15
2008 ACC 8 7 0 1 T-1st SF 25 22 2 1 2[8] ACC Regular Season Champion, NCAA Semifinalist Cody Arnoux 42 Cody Arnoux 17
2009 ACC 8 5 2 1 T-1st SF 24 17 4 3 3[9] ACC Regular Season Co-Champion, NCAA Semifinalist Zack Schilawski 35 Zack Schilawski 14
2010 ACC 8 4 3 1 3rd QF 19 8 9 2 Andy Lubahn 16 Andy Lubahn 8
2011 ACC 8 4 3 1 T-3rd QF 21 8 8 5 NCAA 2nd Round Andy Lubahn 14 Luca Gimenez 6
2012 ACC 8 4 1 3 3rd QF 20 11 4 5 22 NCAA 2nd Round Sean Okoli 25 Sean Okoli 11
2013 ACC 11 6 1 4 3rd QF 21 10 6 5 NCAA 3rd Round Luca Gimenez/Sean Okoli 21 Sean Okoli 9
2014 ACC 8 5 3 0 5th QF 19 10 7 2 NCAA 1st Round Michael Gamble 22 3 tied 6
2015 ACC 8 6 0 2 1st SF 22 17 3 2 1 ACC Regular Season Champion, NCAA Quarterfinalist Jack Harrison 27 Jack Harrison, Jon Bakero 8
2016 ACC 8 5 1 2 2nd W 25 19 2 4 2 ACC Tournament Champion, NCAA Runner-up Jacori Hayes 19 Jacori Hayes 8
2017 ACC 8 7 0 1 1st W 2 1 5 ACC Regular Season Champion, ACC Tournament Champion, NCAA Quarterfinalist Jon Bakero 46 Jon Bakero 16
2018 ACC 8 7 1 0 1st SF 21 18 3 0 6 ACC Regular Season Champion, NCAA Third Round Omir Fernandez 30 Omir Fernandez 12
2019 ACC 8 6 2 0 2nd SF 23 16 5 2 NCAA Semifinalist Bruno Lapa 23 Bruno Lapa 10
2020 ACC 6 8 1 2 1st South
3rd Atlantic
QF 9 13 3 2 NCAA Quarterfinalist Kyle Holcomb 20 Kyle Holcomb 9
2021 ACC 8 4 3 1 3rd Atlantic QF 21 13 7 1 17 NCAA Third Round Kyle Holcomb 28 Kyle Holcomb 12
2022 ACC 8 5 3 0 2nd Atlantic QF 20 14 6 0 24 NCAA First Round Roald Mitchell 18 Roald Mitchell 7
2023 ACC 8 4 1 3 1st Atlantic QF 19 11 3 5 15 NCAA Second Round Roald Mitchell 21 Roald Mitchell 9
Totals:
41 Seasons
1 Conference 300 145 112 43 8 ACC titles 3 ACCT title 906 542 261 102 1 NCAA Title Mark Erwin 160 Mark Erwin 68

Awards

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M.A.C. Hermann Trophy Winner:

ACC Coach of the Year:

ACC Offensive Player of the Year:

ACC Midfielder of the Year:

ACC Defensive Player of the Year:

ACC Freshman of the Year:

All-Americans

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Year Player(s)
1988 Neil Covone, Todd Renner
1989 Neil Covone, Todd Renner
1995 Serge Daniv
1996 Serge Daniv, Josh Timbers
1999 Chad Evans
2001 Aaron Thomas, Jeremiah White
2002 Brian Carroll, William Hesmer
2003 William Hesmer, Michael Parkhurst, Jeremiah White
2004 Justin Moose, Michael Parkhurst, Scott Sealy
2005 Justin Moose, Ryan Solle
2006 Julian Valentin
2007 Cody Arnoux, Sam Cronin, Pat Phelan
2008 Cody Arnoux, Corben Bone, Sam Cronin, Ike Opara, Marcus Tracy
2009 Corben Bone, Ike Opara, Zack Schilawski
2015 Jack Harrison
2016 Ian Harkes, Alec Ferrell, Jacori Hayes

All-ACC Players

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  • The players are all first team All-ACC, unless otherwise noted
Year Player(s)
1980 Greg Heileman*
1982 Jeff McNeill*
1983 Mark Erwin*
1988 Zen Luzniak*, Todd Renner*, John Stark*
1989 Craig Congor*, Neil Covone*, Fleming Peterson*, Todd Renner
1990 Craig Congor, Raimo de Vries*
1991 Jelle Abma*, Craig Congor, Raimo de Vries, John Duguid, Thomas Finlay*
1992 Jelle Abma*, Raimo deVries, Thomas Finlay*, Mike McGinty*
1995 Serge Daniv*, Josh Timbers*
1996 Serge Daniv, Ihor Dotsenko*, Josh Timbers
1997 Chad Evans*
1998 Kyle Bachmeier*, Serge Daniv, Chad Evans
1999 Sean Conner*, Chad Evans, David Kawesi-Mukooza*, Jamal Seale*
2000 Ben Stafford, Aaron Thomas*
2001 Brian Carroll*, William Hesmer*, Aaron Thomas, Jeremiah White
2002 Brian Carroll, William Hesmer, Justin Moose*, Michael Parkhurst*, Jeremiah White
2003 Vicente Bastidas*, William Hesmer, Amir Lowery*, Justin Moose*, Michael Parkhurst, Scott Sealy*, Jeremiah White
2004 Amir Lowery*, Justin Moose*, Michael Parkhurst, Scott Sealy
2005 Justin Moose, Ryan Solle*
2006 Brian Edwards*, Ryan Solle, Julian Valentin
2007 Cody Arnoux, Sam Cronin, Brian Edwards, Pat Phelan, Marcus Tracy*
2008 Cody Arnoux, Corben Bone, Sam Cronin, Michael Lahoud*, Ike Opara, Marcus Tracy
2009 Corben Bone, Austin da Luz, Ike Opara, Zack Schilawski
2010 Anthony Arena*, Akira Fitzgerald*, Andy Lubahn*
2011 Jared Watts
2012 Luca Gimenez*. Sean Okoli*, Jared Watts
2013 Luca Gimenez. Sean Okoli, Jalen Robinson*, Jared Watts
2014 Ian Harkes*, Michael Gamble
2014 Jack Harrison
2015 Alec Ferrell*, Michael Gamble*, Ian Harkes, Jack Harrison, Jacori Hayes
2016 Alec Ferrell, Ian Harkes, Jacori Hayes
2017 Jon Bakero, Ema Twumasi, Kevin Politz*
2018 Omir Fernandez, Bruno Lapa, Brad Dunwell*
2019 Bruno Lapa
2020 Calvin Harris, Isaiah Parente, Nico Benalcazar*, Machop Chol*
2021 Kyle Holcomb
2022 Garrison Tubbs*, Roald Mitchell*
2023 Garrison Tubbs, Trace Alphin*, Jahlane Forbes*, Hosei Kijima*, Roald Mitchell*
  • (*) Denotes 2nd Team All-ACC

Players in the MLS SuperDraft

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Year Player Round # Pick # Overall # Team
2001 Ben Stafford 3rd 11 35 Kansas City Wizards
2003 Brian Carroll 2nd 1 11 D.C. United
2004 Will Hesmer 2nd 7 17 Kansas City Wizards
2004 Jeremiah White 3rd 3 23 New England Revolution
2005 Michael Parkhurst 1st 9 9 New England Revolution
2005 Scott Sealy 1st 11 11 Kansas City Wizards
2005 James Riley 2nd 9 21 New England Revolution
2005 Amir Lowery 4th 9 45 Colorado Rapids
2006 Justin Moose 1st 7 7 D.C. United
2007 Wells Thompson 1st 5 5 New England Revolution
2007 Ryan Solle 2nd 12 25 New England Revolution
2007 Steven Curfman 3rd 4 30 Real Salt Lake
2008 Pat Phelan 1st 10 10 Toronto FC
2008 Brian Edwards 2nd 14 28 Toronto FC
2008 Julian Valentin 3rd 1 29 Los Angeles Galaxy
2009 Sam Cronin 1st 2 2 Toronto FC
2009 Michael Lahoud 1st 9 9 Chivas USA
2009 Evan Brown 2nd 1 16 Seattle Sounders FC
2009 Lyle Adams 2nd 11 26 D.C. United
2009 Jamie Franks 4th 4 49 Chivas USA
2009 Marcus Tracy 4th 11 56 Houston Dynamo
2010 Ike Opara 1st 3 3 San Jose Earthquakes
2010 Zack Schilawski 1st 9 9 New England Revolution
2010 Corben Bone 1st 13 13 Chicago Fire
2010 Austin da Luz 1st 14 14 New York Red Bulls
2014 Chris Duvall 2nd 3 22 New York Red Bulls
2014 Jared Watts 2nd 14 33 Colorado Rapids
2014 Tolani Ibikunle 3rd 11 49 Colorado Rapids
2014 Luca Gimenez 4th 6 63 Philadelphia Union
2016 Jack Harrison 1st 1 1 New York City
2016 Michael Gamble 2nd 10 30 New England Revolution
2017 Jacori Hayes 1st 18 18 FC Dallas
2017 Alec Ferrell 2nd 1 23 Minnesota United FC
2018 Jon Bakero 1st 5 5 Chicago Fire
2018 Ema Twumasi 1st 11 11 FC Dallas
2018 Luis Argudo 3rd 21 67 Columbus Crew
2019 Logan Gdula 1st 13 13 FC Cincinnati
2019 Brad Dunwell 3rd 8 56 Houston Dynamo
2020 Alistair Johnston 1st 11 11 Nashville SC
2020 Joey DeZart 2nd 5 31 Orlando City SC
2021 Calvin Harris 1st 2 2 FC Cincinnati
2021 Michael DeShields 1st 5 5 D.C. United
2021 Justin McMaster 1st 17 17 Minnesota United FC
2021 Andrew Pannenberg 2nd 22 49 Orlando City SC
2022 Kyle Holcomb 2nd 1 29 Charlotte FC
2022 Holland Rula Comp. 3 87 FC Dallas
2023 Hosei Kijima 1st 17 17 St. Louis City SC
2023 Jahlane Forbes 2nd 9 38 Charlotte FC
2023 Babacar Niang 3rd 20 78 Minnesota United FC

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Logos & Branding – Wake Forest University". November 24, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  2. ^ "Wake Forest Men's Soccer Roster". godeacs.com. Wake Forest Athletics.
  3. ^ In NCAA scoring, goals count as 2 points while assists count as one point.
  4. ^ Goals in all competitions (regular season, Conference, and NCAA Tournament) are counted.
  5. ^ NSCAA/adidas National Rankings Division I Final Post-Season Ranking Poll From http://www.nscaa.com, Posted December 13, 2005.
  6. ^ NSCAA/adidas National Rankings Division I Final Post-Season Ranking Poll From http://www.nscaa.com, Posted December 5, 2006.
  7. ^ NSCAA/adidas National Rankings Division I Final Post-Season Ranking Poll From http://www.nscaa.com, Posted December 19, 2007.
  8. ^ NSCAA/adidas National Rankings Division I Final Post-Season Ranking Poll From http://www.nscaa.com, Posted December 16, 2008.
  9. ^ NSCAA/adidas National Rankings Division I Final Post-Season Ranking Poll From http://www.nscaa.com, Posted December 15, 2009.
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