2019 SMU Mustangs men's soccer team explained

Sport:	soccer
Year:	2019
Team:	SMU Mustangs
Conference:	American Athletic Conference
Short Conf:	American
Record:	18–2–1
Conf Record:	5–1–1
Nscaarank:	7
Tdsrank:	5
Head Coach:	Kevin Hudson
Hc Year:	5th
Asst Coach1:	Ben Stoddard
Ac1 Year:	2nd
Asst Coach2:	Brett Koziczkowski
Ac2 Year:	6th
Stadium:	Westcott Field
Champion:	AAC Tournament champions
Tourney:	NCAA Tournament
Tourney Result:	Quarterfinals

The 2019 SMU Mustangs men's soccer team represented the Southern Methodist University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 5. It was the program's 45th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 7th season in the AAC. The 2019 season was Kevin Hudson's fifth year as head coach for the program.

SMU finished the season with an 18–2–1 overall record and a 5–1–1 conference record, second-best in the AAC. The Mustangs went on to win the AAC Tournament for the third-consecutive time and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010.

Background

See main article: 2018 SMU Mustangs men's soccer team.

The 2018 SMU Mustangs men's soccer team had a record of 10–5–3 overall and 5–1–1 in the AAC. The team beat UCF in the finals of the AAC Tournament to claim the program's second consecutive conference title. The Mustangs earned an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they were eliminated in the first round by Oregon State.

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Nat.	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Akean Shackleford		2	FW	6'0"	180	Jr.		Transferred to Indian Hills Community College
Caleb Smith		8	MF	5'9"	147	Sr.		Graduated
		10	MF	5'11"	165	Sr.		Graduated
Christian Boorom		11	MF	5'11"	180	Sr.		Graduated
Cristobal Moreno		14	MF	6'0"	150	Fr.		Left team
Dakota Okwuone		20	FW	5'11"	185	Jr.		Left team
Carlos Vargas		23	DF	6'4"	185	Fr.		Transferred to Midwestern State University
Elek Arany		29	GK	6'2"	190	Fr.		Left team
Carter Emack		30	GK	5'10"	162	Fr.		Left team
Vlad Munteanu		31	FW	5'10"	145	Fr.		Left team
Kyle Gehman		34	DF	6'1"	175	Fr.		Left team
Jack Meeker		35	DF	6'0"	160	So.		Left team

Incoming transfers

Name	Nat.	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Former School
Henrik Bredeli		23	DF	6'2"	187	So.		North Carolina
Gabriel Costa		11	MF	5'7"	160	So.		Azusa Pacific
		16	FW	5'9"	160	Jr.		New Mexico
Brandon Terwege		5	DF	6'1"	185	Jr.		UCLA

High school recruits

Name	Nat.	Hometown	High School	Club	TDS Rating
				Classics Elite	^[1]
				OKC Energy PDL	^[2]
				Lou Fusz SC	^[3]
				Dallas Texans	^[4]
				Santa Monica United	^[5]

Squad

Roster

^[6]

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Rick Hart
Head coach	Kevin Hudson
Associate head coach	Ben Stoddard
Assistant Coach	Brett Koziczkowski

Schedule

|-!colspan=6 style=""| Non-conference regular season|-|-!colspan=6 style=""| American Athletic regular season|-|-!colspan=6 style=""| American Athletic Tournament|-|-!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament|-

Statistics

Players

	Player
7		21	16	5	37	76	.211	43	.566	7	0	1
12	Eddie Munjoma	21	12	8	32	46	.261	19	.413	4	0	0
11	Gabriel Costa	18	8	11	27	54	.148	22	.407	2	3	4
10	Knut Ahlander	21	7	13	27	57	.123	22	.386	1	0	0
8	Nicky Hernandez	21	5	2	12	33	.152	14	.424	2	0	0
23	Henrik Bredeli	21	3	3	9	18	.167	5	.278	1	0	0
5	Brandon Terwege	19	2	3	7	16	.125	8	.500	1	0	0
6	Noah Hilt	20	2	2	6	10	.200	6	.600	0	0	0
26	Henry Smith-Hastie	19	2	1	5	4	.500	3	.750	0	0	0
19	Wyatt Priest	14	2	0	4	8	.250	3	.375	0	0	0
15	DJ Williams	17	1	1	3	15	.067	8	.533	0	0	0
24		10	1	1	3	4	.250	1	.250	0	0	0
27	Thomas Haney	15	1	1	3	3	.333	1	.333	0	0	0
16	Nick Taylor	19	0	3	3	9	.000	2	.222	0	0	0
14	Lane Warrington	21	0	3	3	7	.000	3	.429	0	0	0
3	Philip Ponder	18	0	1	1	6	.000	4	.667	0	0	0
1	Grant Makela	15	0	1	1	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0
20	Tobin Shanks	7	0	0	0	1	.000	0	.000	0	0	0
17	Luke Thompson	7	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0
18	Patrick Michael Hillyard	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0
21	Jacob Cohen	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0
4	Joshua Berney	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0
13	Shane Lanson	8	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	0	0	0

Goalies

	Player
1	Grant Makela	15	1395:24	14	0.90	63	.818	7
13	Shane Lanson	8	570:40	2	0.32	16	.889	4
18	Patrick Michael Hillyard	1	0:03	1	18.00	0	.000	0
TM	TEAM	–	0:00	0	0.00	1	1.000	0

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season			AAC Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
1	6		MF	Noah Hilt	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
2	3		DF	Philip Ponder	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
2	5		DF	Brandon Terwege	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	23		DF	Henrik Bredeli	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	11		MF	Gabriel Costa	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	27		DF	Thomas Haney	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	7		FW		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
4	14		MF	Lane Warrington	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	10		MF	Knut Ahlander	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	8		MF	Nicky Hernandez	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
9	24		DF		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	5		DF	Eddie Munjoma	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
9	26		MF	Henry Smith-Hastie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					18	0	0	4	0	0	5	0	0	27	0	0

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Talen Maples	Preseason All-AAC Team	August 20, 2019	^[7]
Nicky Hernandez	College Soccer News Team of the Week (9/1)	September 1, 2019	^[8]
Talen Maples	AAC Defensive Player of the Week (9/9)	September 9, 2019	^[9]
Eddie Munjoma	Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/10)	September 12, 2019	^[10]
Shane Lanson	United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (9/17)	September 17, 2019	^[11]
Brandon Terwege	Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/17)	September 19, 2019	^[12]
Garrett McLaughlin	College Soccer News Team of the Week (9/22)	September 22, 2019	^[13]
	AAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/23)	September 23, 2019	^[14]
Shane Lanson	AAC Goalkeeper of the Week (9/23)
Garrett McLaughlin	Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/24)	September 26, 2019	^[15]
Gabriel Costa	AAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/30)	September 30, 2019	^[16]
	Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/1)	October 3, 2019	^[17]
	AAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/7)	October 7, 2019	^[18]
	Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/8)	October 10, 2019	^[19]
Garrett McLaughlin	Senior CLASS Award Finalist	October 11, 2019	^[20]
	College Soccer News Player of the Week (10/27)	October 27, 2019	^[21]
	College Soccer News Team of the Week (10/27)
	AAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/28)	October 28, 2019	^[22]
	United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (10/29)	October 29, 2019	^[23]
	Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/29)	October 31, 2019	^[24]
Grant Makela	AAC Goalkeeper of the Week (11/6)	November 6, 2019	^[25]
Eddie Munjoma	AAC Defensive Player of the Year	November 12, 2019	^[26]
Gabriel Costa	AAC Midfielder of the Year
Garrett McLaughlin	All-AAC First Team
Gabriel Costa
Eddie Munjoma
Knut Ahlander	All-AAC Second Team
Henrik Bredeli	All-AAC Rookie Team
Eddie Munjoma	AAC Tournament Most Outstanding Offensive Player	November 16, 2019	^[27]
Grant Makela	AAC Tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player
Gabriel Costa	AAC All-Tournament Team
Grant Makela
Eddie Munjoma
Brandon Terwege
Nicky Hernandez
Eddie Munjoma	College Soccer News Team of the Week (11/17)	November 17, 2019	^[28]
	Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (11/19)	November 21, 2019	^[29]
Grant Makela	College Soccer News Team of the Week (12/1)	December 1, 2019	^[30]
Eddie Munjoma
Eddie Munjoma	Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (12/3)	December 5, 2019	^[31]
Gabriel Costa	Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (12/10)	December 12, 2019	^[32]
Eddie Munjoma	Soccer America All-America First-Team		^[33]
Gabriel Costa	Soccer America All-America Third-Team
Eddie Munjoma	United Soccer Coaches All-America First-Team		^[34]
Gabriel Costa	United Soccer Coaches All-America Third-Team
Eddie Munjoma	College Soccer News All-America First-Team	December 16, 2019	^[35]
Garrett McLaughlin	College Soccer News All-America Second Team
Gabriel Costa	College Soccer News All-America Third Team
Eddie Munjoma	Top Drawer Soccer All-America First-Team	December 23, 2019	^[36]
Gabriel Costa	Top Drawer Soccer All-America Second-Team

2020 MLS Super Draft

See main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft.

Rankings

See main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings.

т

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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^[37]	RV	None	RV	22	8	8	4	3 (1)	3	12	12	11	10	5	None Released	7
Top Drawer Soccer^[38]	NV	NV	RV	16	9	4	2	4	4	12	11	11	11	3	3	3	5	5
College Soccer News^[39]	22	None	20	18	15	8	4	2	2	6	6	6	5	3	None Released	5
Soccer America	NV	None	21	16	10	8	3	3	3	10	8	8	7	5	None Released

See also

• 2019 SMU Mustangs women's soccer team

Notes and References

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5. Web site: Henry Smith-Hastie. topdrawersoccer.com. April 12, 2020.
6. Web site: 2019 Men's Soccer Roster . smumustangs.com . SMU Athletics . October 6, 2019.
7. Web site: UCF Unanimously Tops Men's Soccer Preseason Poll. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. August 21, 2019. April 13, 2020.
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9. Web site: UCF, Cincinnati and SMU Secure Men's Soccer Weekly Honors. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. September 9, 2019. April 13, 2020.
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11. Web site: Eight Honored as College Players of the Week. unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. September 17, 2019. April 13, 2020.
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14. Web site: UCF, SMU Split Men's Soccer Weekly Honors After Undefeated Weeks. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. September 23, 2019. April 13, 2020.
15. Web site: Men's Team of the Week: September 24. topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. September 26, 2019. June 16, 2020.
16. Web site: SMU, USF, UCF Collect Men's Soccer Weekly Honors. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. September 30, 2019. April 13, 2020.
17. Web site: Men's Team of the Week: October 1. topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. October 3, 2019. June 16, 2020.
18. Web site: SMU, Memphis and Cincinnati Earn Men's Soccer Weekly Accolades. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. September 30, 2019. April 13, 2020.
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22. Web site: UCF, SMU and Temple Collect Weekly Men's Soccer Nods. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. October 28, 2019. April 13, 2020.
23. Web site: Seven Student-Athletes Earn College Player of the Week Honors. unitedsoccercoaches.org. United Soccer Coaches. October 29, 2019. April 13, 2020.
24. Web site: Men's Team of the Week: October 29. topdrawersoccer.com. Top Drawer Soccer. October 31, 2019. June 16, 2020.
25. Web site: USF, SMU and UCF Earn Final Men's Soccer Weekly Honors. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. November 6, 2019. April 13, 2020.
26. Web site: American Athletic Conference Announces 2019 Men's Soccer Awards. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. November 12, 2019. April 12, 2020.
27. Web site: SMU Claims Third-Straight American Athletic Conference Men's Soccer Championship Crown. theamerican.org. The American Athletic Conference. November 16, 2019. April 12, 2020.
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