2018 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team explained

Year:	2018
Team:	Syracuse Orange
Sport:	soccer
Conference:	Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:	ACC
Record:	7–7–4
Conf Record:	1–4–3
Head Coach:	Ian McIntyre
Hc Year:	6th
Asst Coach1:	Jukka Masalin
Ac1 Year:	6th
Asst Coach2:	Matt Verni
Ac2 Year:	5th
Stadium:	SU Soccer Stadium
Tourney:	NCAA Tournament
Tourney Result:	Second Round
Nscaarank:	RV
Tdsrank:	22

The 2018 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 95th season and 6th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.^[1] The Orange were led by Ian McIntyre, who was in his ninth year.

Background

See main article: article and 2017 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team.

The 2017 Syracuse men's soccer team finished the season with a 6–8–4 overall record and a 0–6–2 ACC record. The Orange were seeded twelfth–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to Clemson in the first round. The Orange were not invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament.

At the end of the 2017 season, one Orange men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Mo Adams.^[2]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Pat Castle	1	GK	6'1"	185	Senior		Graduated
	7	MF	5'6"	165	Sophomore		Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 10th overall by Chicago Fire.
Mamadou Balde	20	MF	6'1"	176	Senior		Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
			Boston Bolts	^[3]
			Sigma FC	N/A^[4]
			St. Louis Park FC	^[5]
			Empire United	^[6]
			Empire United	^[7]
			Vaughn Soccer Club	^[8]
			–	N/A^[9]

Squad

Roster

Updated: August 3, 2018^[10]

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic director	John Wildhack
Head coach	Ian McIntyre
Associate head coach	Jukka Masalin
Assistant coach	Matt Verni
Director of Operations	Todd Cook
Volunteer Assistant	Andrew Coughlin
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Mike Mangano

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Schedule

Source: ^[11] |-!colspan=6 style=""| Exhibition|-|-|-|-!colspan=6 style=""| Regular season|-|-!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Tournament|-!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Hendrik Hilpert	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	October 8, 2018	^[12]
	United Soccer Coaches Player of the Week	October 9, 2018	^[13]
Kamal Miller	All-ACC Third Team	November 7, 2018	^[14]
Ryan Raposo	All-ACC Freshman Team

Rankings

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

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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^[15]								24	24	20	RV	RV	RV	None Released	RV
TopDrawer Soccer ^[16]						RV	23	RV	RV	23	23	RV	RV	20	22	22	22	22

2019 MLS Super Draft

See main article: article and 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
		1	9	FW
		2	27	DF

Source:^[17]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Syracuse University 2016 Men's Soccer Media Guide . Syracuse University . 7 December 2016 .
2. Web site: Former Syracuse midfielder Mo Adams selected in the first round of the MLS Superdraft – The Daily Orange – The Independent Student Newspaper of Syracuse, New York. dailyorange.com. en-US. 2018-01-19.
3. Web site: Julio Fulcar. topdrawersoccer.com. June 21, 2018.
4. Web site: Hilli Goldhar. topdrawersoccer.com. June 21, 2018.
5. Web site: Samuel Gomez. topdrawersoccer.com. June 21, 2018.
6. Web site: Alphonso Joe. topdrawersoccer.com. June 21, 2018.
7. Web site: Michael Lantry. topdrawersoccer.com. June 21, 2018.
8. Web site: Ryan Raposo. topdrawersoccer.com. June 21, 2018.
9. Web site: Nathaniel St. Louis. topdrawersoccer.com. June 21, 2018.
10. Web site: 2018 Men's Soccer Roster . cuse.com . Syracuse University Athletics. 3 August 2018.
11. Web site: 2018 Men's Soccer Schedule . Syracuse University . 20 June 2018 .
12. Web site: ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week Announced. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 8, 2018. October 11, 2018.
13. Web site: Eight Collegiate Players Honored as United Soccer Coaches Players of the Week. October 9, 2018. unitedsoccercoaches.org. October 11, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181012053859/https://unitedsoccercoaches.org/web/web/News/Articles/October_2018/United_Soccer_Coaches_honors_eight_with_College_Player_of_the_Week_awards.aspx. October 12, 2018. dead.
14. Web site: Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees. theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. November 7, 2018.
15. Web site: NCAA DI Men's National Rankings. National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2018. June 20, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914054734/http://www.nscaa.com/web/Rankings/College_Rankings/NCAA_DI_MEN/web/Rankings/NCAA/DI_MEN.aspx. September 14, 2016. dead.
16. Web site: College Soccer National Rankings. TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2018.
17. Web site: Buchanan No. 9 Pick in MLS SuperDraft, Miller Selected in 2nd Round. cuse.com. Syracuse University Athletics. January 11, 2019. January 23, 2019.