2019 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

The 2019 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 96th season and 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.[1] The Orange were led by Ian McIntyre, is in his tenth year.

2019 Syracuse Orange men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. RV
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. RV
Record8–7–5 (2–4–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jukka Masalin (7th season)
  • Sean Lawlor (1st season)
Home stadiumSU Soccer Stadium
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
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
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

Background

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The 2018 Syracuse men's soccer team finished the season with a 7–7–4 overall record and a 1–4–3 ACC record. The Orange were seeded tenth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to Virginia Tech in the first round. The Orange earned an at-large bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the sixteenth overall seed in the tournament, the Orange lost to eventual runners up Akron in their first match of the tournament.

At the end of the 2018 season, two Orange men's soccer players wer selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Tajon Buchanan and Kamal Miller.[2]

Player movement

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Players leaving

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Jan Breitenmoser 2 MF 5'7" 159 Senior Wil, Switzerland Graduated
Kamal Miller 5 DF 6'0" 185 Senior Pickering, Canada Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 27th overall by Orlando City SC.
Len Zeugner 6 DF 6'4" 191 Graduate Student Münster, Germany Graduated
Jonathan Hagman 8 MF 6'0" 174 Senior Enebyberg, Sweden Graduated
Hugo Delhommelle 10 FW/MF 5'11" 170 Senior Rennes, France Graduated
John-Austin Ricks 11 DF/MF 5'10" 144 Senior Utica, NY Graduated
Tajon Buchanan 17 FW 6'0" 152 Sophomore Brampton, Canada Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 9th overall by New England Revolution.
Hendrik Hilpert 25 GK 6'0" 175 Senior Eiterfeld, Germany Graduated

Players arriving

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Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Quinton Becker
DF
  USA Niskayuna, NY Black Watch Premier      [3]
Logan McGraw
MF
  USA Brooklyn, NY BW Gottschee      [4]
Merjan Ozisik
MF
  USA Niskayuna, NY Black Watch Premier      [5]
Andres Quevedo
GK
  USA Dallas, TX FC Dallas (Youth)      [6]
  CRC San José, Costa Rica Oce de Abril N/A[7]

Squad

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Roster

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Updated: August 19, 2019[8]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK   USA Andres Quevedo
1 GK   USA Jake Leahy
2 MF   CRC Amferny Sinclair
3 DF   NOR Sondre Norheim
4 DF   GER Noah Singelmann
5 DF   HKG Matt Orr
6 MF   USA Julio Fulcar
7 FW   CAN Severin Soerlie
8 MF   CAN Simon Triantafillou
9 FW   CAN Massimo Ferrin
10 MF   CAN Ryan Raposo
11 MF   CAN Hilli Goldhar
12 DF   USA John-Austin Ricks
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF   USA Nikolas Steiner
14 DF   USA Michael Lantry
15 MF   USA Merjan Ozisik
16 MF   USA Logan McGraw
18 DF   CAN Nyal Higgins
19 FW   GLP Luther Archimède
20 MF   USA Brian Hawkins
21 FW   USA Mickey Watson
22 DF   USA Dylan McDonald
23 DF   USA Quinn Becker
24 DF   USA Alphonso Joe
25 GK   SUI Christian Miesch
30 GK   USA Sam Gomez

Team management

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Position Staff
Athletic Director John Wildhack
Head Coach Ian McIntyre
Associate Head Coach Jukka Masalin
Assistant Coach Sean Lawlor
Volunteer Assistant Coach Michael Flynn
Director of Operations Todd Cook
Volunteer Assistant Andrew Coughlin
Assistant Athletic Trainer Mike Mangano

Source:[8]

Schedule

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Source: [9]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 18*
7:00 p.m.
Niagara W 5–0 
(–)
SU Soccer Stadium
Syracuse, NY
August 21*
7:00 p.m.
Hofstra W 4–2 
(–)
SU Soccer Stadium
Syracuse, NY
August 24*
7:00 p.m.
at Penn State W 1–0 
(–)
Jeffrey Field
State College, PA
Regular season
August 30*
4:00 p.m.
at No. 13 Georgetown L 1–3  0–1–0
(0–0–0)
Shaw Field (1,121)
Washington, D.C.
September 2*
7:00 p.m.
Binghamton W 3–1  1–1–0
(0–0–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,169)
Syracuse, NY
September 6*
7:00 p.m.
Yale T 1–1 2OT 1–1–1
(0–0–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,765)
Syracuse, NY
September 8*
7:00 p.m.
No. 22 New Hampshire T 2–2 2OT 1–1–2
(0–0–0)
SU Soccer Stadium (721)
Syracuse, NY
September 13
7:00 p.m.
No. 20 Louisville T 0–0 2OT 1–1–3
(0–0–1)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,756)
Syracuse, NY
September 17*
7:00 p.m.
Cornell W 3–2 OT 2–1–3
(0–0–1)
SU Soccer Stadium (521)
Syracuse, NY
September 21
7:30 p.m.
at No. 1 Wake Forest L 0–1  2–2–3
(0–1–1)
Spry Stadium (3,143)
Winston-Salem, NC
September 24*
7:00 p.m.
at Colgate
Rivalry
W 1–0  3–2–3
(0–1–1)
Beyer-Small '76 Field (425)
Hamilton, NY
September 27
7:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh T 1–1 2OT 3–2–4
(0–1–2)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,706)
Syracuse, NY
October 1*
7:00 p.m.
Albany  Cancelled[10]  3–2–4
(0–1–2)
SU Soccer Stadium
Syracuse, NY
October 4
7:00 p.m.
at No. 18 Duke L 0–4  3–3–4
(0–2–2)
Koskinen Stadium (759)
Durham, NC
October 12
7:00 p.m.
at No. 18 North Carolina W 4–3  4–3–4
(1–2–2)
Fetzer Field (876)
Chapel Hill, NC
October 15*
7:00 p.m.
Connecticut W 1–0  5–3–4
(1–2–2)
SU Soccer Stadium (342)
Syracuse, NY
October 19
7:00 p.m.
No. 8 Clemson L 4–7  5–4–4
(1–3–2)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,342)
Syracuse, NY
October 22
4:00 p.m.
SUNY Morrisville W 11–0  6–4–4
(1–3–2)
SU Soccer Stadium (64)
Syracuse, NY
October 26
7:00 p.m.
No. 23 NC State W 3–0  7–4–4
(2–3–2)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,007)
Syracuse, NY
November 1
6:00 p.m.
at Boston College L 1–2  7–5–4
(2–4–2)
Newton Soccer Complex (413)
Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Tournament
November 5
4:00 p.m.
(10) at (7) North Carolina
First Round
T 0–0 (5–3 PKs) 2OT 7–5–5
Fetzer Field (766)
Chapel Hill, NC
November 10
1:00 p.m.
(10) at (2) No. 4 Virginia
Quarterfinals
L 1–2  7–6–5
Klöckner Stadium (1,525)
Charlottesville, VA
NCAA Tournament
November 21
7:00 p.m.
Rhode Island
First Round
W 3–2  8–6–5
SU Soccer Stadium (472)
Syracuse, NY
November 24
5:00 p.m.
at (16) No. 14 St. John's
Second Round
L 1–2  8–7–5
Belson Stadium (457)
New York, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

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Recipient Award Date Ref.
Ryan Raposo ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 14, 2019 [11]
All-ACC First Team November 13, 2019 [12]

Rankings

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Ranking movement
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Final
United Soccer[13] RV None Released RV
TopDrawer Soccer [14] RV RV RV 25 25 25 RV RV RV RV RV

2020 MLS Super Draft

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Player Team Round Pick # Position
Ryan Raposo Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1 4 MF
Nyal Higgins Toronto FC 1 19 DF

Source:[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Syracuse University 2016 Men's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). Syracuse University. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  2. ^ "Buchanan No. 9 Pick in MLS SuperDraft, Miller Selected in 2nd Round". cuse.com. Syracuse University Athletics. January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  3. ^ "Quinton Becker". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  4. ^ "Logan McGraw". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  5. ^ "Merjan Ozisik". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  6. ^ "Andres Quevedo". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  7. ^ "Amferny Arias Sinclair". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  8. ^ a b "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". cuse.com. Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  9. ^ "2019 Men's Soccer Schedule". Syracuse University. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
  10. ^ "Orange, UAlbany Match Cancelled". cuse.com. Syracuse University. October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  11. ^ "Raposo, Dumas Claim ACC Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  12. ^ "2019 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  13. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 17, 2019. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  14. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  15. ^ "14 ACC Players Picked on Day 1 of MLS SuperDraft". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.