2019 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

The 2019 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Mike Noonan, in his tenth season. They played home games at Riggs Field. This was the team's 59th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 32nd playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2019 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
ACC Atlantic Division regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 5
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 8
Record	18–2–2 (6–1–1 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Noonan (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Philip Jones (7th season) Camilo Rodriguez (4th season)
Home stadium	Riggs Field
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	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
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA tournament As of 17 December 2019 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

Background

Main article: 2018 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

The 2018 Clemson men's soccer team finished the season with a 7–9–1 overall record and a 2–6–0 ACC record. The Tigers were seeded twelfth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Notre Dame.^[1] The Tigers were not invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. This was the first time in five years the Tigers did not qualify for the tournament. Their seven wins was the Tigers' lowest win total since 2012.

At the end of the season, one Tigers men's soccer player was selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Patrick Bunk-Andersen.^[2]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Jonny Sutherland	1	GK	6'0"	170	Graduate	Chester, England	Graduated
Patrick Bunk-Andersen	3	DF	6'2"	175	Senior	Copenhagen, Denmark	Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 54th overall by Toronto FC
Johnny Heckman	8	MF	5'7"	150	Senior	Franklin, TN	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Matthew Boberg FW	USA	Brownsburg, IN	Indiana Fire Academy	[3]
Judson Burns DF	USA	Argyle, TX	FC Dallas	[4]
Enrique Montana III DF	USA	Duvall, WA	Seattle Sounders FC	[5]
Isaiah Reid DF	USA	Rock Hill, SC	Charlotte Soccer Academy	[6]
Dylan Sullivan FW	USA	Harrison, NJ	New York Red Bulls	[7]

Squad

Roster

Updated December 9, 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 1 GK  USA Daniel Kuzemka 2 DF  USA Judson Burns 3 DF  SWE Oskar Ågren 4 DF  SEN Justin Malou 5 MF  SEN Malick Mbaye 6 DF  USA Tanner Dieterich 7 MF  USA Robbie Robinson 8 MF  ECU Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador 9 FW  ENG Kimarni Smith 10 FW  CRC Adrian Nunez 11 FW  USA Grayson Barber 12 FW  USA Adam Yorke 13 MF  USA John Martin 14 MF  ESP Mohamed Seye 15 DF  USA Charlie Asensio 16 MF  USA Cale Thorne

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  USA Quinn McNeill 18 MF  ESP Alvaro Gomez 19 FW  USA Matt Boberg 20 MF  KEN Philip Mayaka 21 MF  USA Izzy Garcia-Perez 22 GK  USA Nolan Lennon 23 MF  ISL Sindri Björnsson 24 DF  USA Stirling Russell 25 FW  USA James Brighton 26 MF  USA Jake Barron 27 DF  USA Isaiah Reid 28 FW  USA Nate Hall 29 DF  USA Enrique Montana III 30 MF  USA Dylan Sullivan 31 GK  USA George Marks — FW  USA Chris Matlashewki

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Dan Radakovich
Head coach	Mike Noonan
Associate head coach	Philip Jones
Assistant Coach	Camilo Rodriguez
Director of Operations	Rob Thompson

Source:^[9]

Schedule

Source:^[10]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 20* 6:00 p.m.		at Coastal Carolina	W 3–1[11]	– (–)	Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field Conway, SC
August 24* 7:00 p.m.		Presbyterian	W 3–0	– (–)	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
Regular season
August 30* 7:00 p.m.		South Carolina Rivalry	W 4–1	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Riggs Field (3,382) Clemson, SC
September 2* 5:00 p.m.		Detroit Mercy	W 8–0	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	Riggs Field (1,267) Clemson, SC
September 6* 7:30 p.m.	No. 19	UNCG	W 2–1	3–0–0 (0–0–0)	Riggs Field (2,718) Clemson, SC
September 9* 7:00 p.m.	No. 19	USC Upstate	W 7–0	4–0–0 (0–0–0)	Riggs Field (1,101) Clemson, SC
September 13 7:00 p.m.	No. 13	at No. 10 Notre Dame	W 4–2	5–0–0 (1–0–0)	Alumni Stadium (1,078) Notre Dame, IN
September 17* 7:00 p.m.	No. 7	Fordham	W 3–2 OT	6–0–0 (1–0–0)	Riggs Field (1,435) Clemson, SC
September 20 8:00 p.m.	No. 7	No. 15 Duke	W 3–1	7–0–0 (2–0–0)	Riggs Field (2,452) Clemson, SC
September 24* 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	at Furman	W 2–0	8–0–0 (2–0–0)	Stone Stadium (2,712) Greenville, SC
September 28 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	at No. 7 Wake Forest	L 2–3 OT	8–1–0 (2–1–0)	Spry Stadium (4,126) Winston-Salem, NC
October 1* 7:00 p.m.	No. 6	at College of Charleston	W 3–0	9–1–0 (2–1–0)	CofC Soccer Stadium (1,544) Charleston, SC
October 5 7:00 p.m.	No. 6	No. 22 Virginia Tech	T 0–0 2OT	9–1–1 (2–1–1)	Riggs Field (1,639) Clemson, SC
October 11 7:00 p.m.	No. 11	Louisville	W 4–0	10–1–1 (3–1–1)	Riggs Field (1,700) Clemson, SC
October 19 7:00 p.m.	No. 8	at Syracuse	W 7–4	11–1–1 (4–1–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,342) Syracuse, NY
October 22* 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	Radford	W 5–0	12–1–1 (4–1–1)	Riggs Field (1,091) Clemson, SC
October 25 7:00 p.m.	No. 3	Boston College Rivalry	W 3–1	13–1–1 (5–1–1)	Riggs Field (2,023) Clemson, SC
November 1 7:00 p.m.	No. 2	at NC State	W 3–0	14–1–1 (6–1–1)	Dail Soccer Stadium (1,171) Raleigh, NC
ACC Tournament
November 10 7:00 p.m.	(1) No. 2	(9) Notre Dame Quarterfinals	W 3–0	15–1–1	Riggs Field (1,703) Clemson, SC
November 13 6:00 p.m.	(1) No. 1	(4) No. 25 Pittsburgh Semifinals	W 1–0	16–1–1	Riggs Field (1,573) Clemson, SC
November 17 12:00 p.m.	(1) No. 1	(2) No. 2 Virginia Final	L 1–3	16–2–1	Sahlen's Stadium (1,330) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 24 6:00 p.m.	(2) No. 3	No. 15 Charlotte Second Round	W 2–1 OT	17–2–1	Riggs Field (1,472) Clemson, SC
December 1 6:00 p.m.	(2) No. 3	No. 21 Providence Third Round	W 2–1 2OT	18–2–1	Riggs Field (1,469) Clemson, SC
December 6 6:00 p.m.	(2) No. 3	(7) No. 7 Stanford Quarterfinals	T 1–1 (4–5 PKs) 2OT	18–2–2	Riggs Field (3,267) Clemson, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Goals Record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season	ACC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	7		MF	Robbie Robinson	15	0	3	18
2	9		FW	Kimarni Smith	13	0	0	13
3	11		FW	Grayson Barber	9	0	1	10
4	24		FW	James Brighton	4	2	0	6
5	14		FW	Mohamed Seye	3	1	1	5
6	5		DF	Malick Mbaye	2	1	0	3
	6		DF	Tanner Dieterich	3	0	0	3
	10		FW	Adrian Nunez	3	0	0	3
9	18		MF	Alvaro Gomez	2	0	0	2
	20		MF	Philip Mayaka	1	1	0	2
11	3		DF	Oskar Ågren	1	0	0	1
	8		MF	Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador	1	0	0	1
	17		MF	Quinn McNeill	1	0	0	1
	28		FW	Nate Hall	1	0	0	1
Total					59	5	5	69

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season			ACC Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
1	20		MF	Philip Mayaka	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	8	0	0
2	5		DF	Malick Mbaye	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1
3	6		DF	Tanner Dieterich	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0
4	11		FW	Grayson Barber	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	3		DF	Oskar Ågren	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	15		DF	Charlie Asensio	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
7	4		DF	Justin Malou	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	7		FW	Robbie Robinson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	9		FW	Kimarni Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	17		MF	Quinn McNeill	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
11	10		FW	Adrian Nunez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	23		MF	Sindri Björnsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	25		FW	James Brighton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	28		FW	Nate Hall	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30		GK	George Marks	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					28	0	0	6	0	1	3	1	0	37	1	1

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Kimarni Smith	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 16, 2019	[12]
Robbie Robinson	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 21, 2019	[13]
	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 28, 2019	[14]
Mike Noonan	ACC Coach of the Year	November 13, 2019	[15]
Robbie Robinson	ACC Offensive Player of the Year
Malick Mbaye	ACC Defensive Player of the Year
Philip Mayaka	ACC Freshman of the Year
Robbie Robinson	All-ACC First Team
Malick Mbaye
Philip Mayaka
Kimarni Smith
Grayson Barber	All-ACC Second Team
Tanner Dieterich
George Marks
Oskar Ågren	All-ACC Freshman Team
Philip Mayaka
James Brighton	All-ACC Tournament Team	November 17, 2019	[16]
Tanner Dieterich
Philip Mayaka
Robbie Robinson	Hermann Trophy	January 3, 2020	[17]
	ACC Athlete of the Year	May 20, 2020	[18]

2020 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Robbie Robinson	Inter Miami CF	1	1	FW
Tanner Dieterich	Nashville SC	2	28	MF
Malick Mbaye	Toronto FC	2	33	DF

Source:^[19][20]

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

Ranking movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

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[21]	RV	19	13	7	4	6	11	8	3	2 (4)	2 (1)	1 (19)	3	None Released				5
TopDrawer Soccer [22]				12	8	7	6	11	6	5	5	5	6	4	4	6	8	8