2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team

The 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 42nd season.^[1] It was the program's 7th season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish were led by head coach Chad Riley, in his second year.

2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer
Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	10–8–1 (3–5–0 ACC)
Head coach	Chad Riley (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Ryan Fahey (2nd season) Brian Plotkin (2nd season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
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 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team

The 2018 Notre Dame men's soccer team finished the season with an 11–7–3 overall record and a 4–3–1 ACC record. The Fighting Irish were seeded fifth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to eventual champions Louisville in the quarterfinals. The Fighting Irish earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for the sixth season in a row. As the seventh–overall seed in the tournament, Notre Dame defeated Michigan and ACC foe Virginia before falling to Indiana in the quarterfinals.

At the end of the season, one Fighting Irish soccer player was selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Tommy McCabe.^[2]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Ryan Krutz	1	GK	6'0"	176	Senior	Norman, OK	Graduated
Sean MacLeod	6	MF/FW	6'2"	157	Senior	Troon, Scotland	Graduated
Blake Townes	10	MF	6'1"	166	Senior	Canton, MI	Graduated
Sean Dedrick	11	DF	6'1"	167	Senior	Wilton, CT	Graduated
Tommy McCabe	16	MF	5'11"	174	Junior	South Orange, NJ	Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; drafted 28th overall by FC Cincinnati
Thomas Ueland	21	FW/MF	5'11"	158	Senior	Lexington, KY	Graduated
Patrick Berneski	25	DF	6'3"	195	Senior	Warrington, PA	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Mohammad Abualnadi DF	USA	Leawood, KS	Sporting Kansas City (Academy)	[3]
Zach Dedrick DF	USA	Wilton, CT	Beachside SC	[4]
Thomas Deslongchamps GK	USA	Whitefish Bay, WI	FC United (Illinois)	[5]
Reese Mayer DF	USA	Owings Mills, MD	Baltimore Armour	[6]
Ethan O'Brien MF	USA	Bellevue, WA	Crew SC Academy	[7]
Michael Pellegrino MF	USA	Wenonah, NJ	Philadelphia Union	[8]

Squad

Roster

Updated August 20, 2019^[9]

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 Thomas Deslongchamps 1 GK  USA Duncan Turnbull 2 DF  USA Philip Quinton 3 FW  USA Spencer Farina 4 DF  USA Brian Finn 5 MF  FRA Félicien Dumas 6 MF  USA Michael Pellegrino 7 MF  USA Jack Casey 8 MF  USA Nick Cullen 9 FW  USA John Rea 10 MF  USA Aiden McFadden 11 FW  USA Simon Roennecke 12 MF  USA Bryan Silver 14 MF  USA Michael Lynch 15 DF  USA Mohammad Abualnadi

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  USA Reese Mayer 17 DF  USA Senan Farrelly 18 MF  USA Townsend Meyer 19 GK  USA Keagan McLaughlin 20 MF  USA Patrick Coleman 21 MF  USA Ethan O'Brien 22 FW  USA Ian Aschieris 24 DF  USA Jacob Huber 25 DF  USA Zach Dedrick 26 MF  USA Ben Giacobello 27 FW  USA Jack Lynn 28 FW  USA Tyler Shea 29 MF  CAN Mohamed Omar 30 GK  USA Sam Guianane

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Jack Swarbrick
Head Coach	Chad Riely
Assistant Coach	Ryan Fahey
Assistant Coach	Brian Plotkin
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Adam LaPlaca

Source:^[9]

Schedule

Source ^[10]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 19* 2:00 p.m.	No. 9	Bethel	Completed[11]	– (–)	Alumni Stadium South Bend, IN
August 21* 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	at Marquette	L 1–2	– (–)	Valley Fields Milwaukee, WI
August 28* 5:00 p.m.	No. 9	Western Michigan	T 1–1	– (–)	Alumni Stadium South Bend, IN
Regular Season
August 31* 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	at Saint Louis	W 3–2	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Hermann Stadium (5,942) Saint Louis, MO
September 6* 7:00 p.m.	No. 11	Seattle Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament	W 4–2	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	Alumni Stadium (686) South Bend, IN
September 8* 7:00 p.m.	No. 11	Denver Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament	W 1–0	3–0–0 (0–0–0)	Alumni Stadium (641) South Bend, IN
September 13 7:00 p.m.	No. 10	No. 13 Clemson	L 2–4	3–1–0 (0–1–0)	Alumni Stadium (1,078) South Bend, IN
September 17* 7:00 p.m.	No. 16	at No. 4 Indiana Rivalry	T 1–1 2OT	3–1–1 (0–1–0)	Bill Armstrong Stadium (2,392) Bloomington, IN
September 20 6:00 p.m.	No. 16	at No. 11 North Carolina	L 0–2	3–2–1 (0–2–0)	Fetzer Field (2,375) Chapel Hill, NC
September 24* 7:00 p.m.	No. 21	at Michigan State	W 1–0	4–2–1 (0–2–0)	DeMartin Soccer Complex (616) East Lansing, MI
September 28 11:00 a.m.	No. 21	No. 3 Virginia	L 0–1	4–3–1 (0–3–0)	Alumni Stadium (646) South Bend, IN
October 1* 7:00 p.m.		DePaul	W 1–0	5–3–1 (0–3–0)	Alumni Stadium (404) South Bend, IN
October 4 6:00 p.m.		at NC State	L 0–2	5–4–1 (0–4–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,211) Raleigh, NC
October 8* 7:00 p.m.		Purdue Fort Wayne	W 8–0	6–4–1 (0–4–0)	Alumni Stadium (257) South Bend, IN
October 11 6:00 p.m.		No. 21 Duke	W 1–0	7–4–1 (1–4–0)	Alumni Stadium (748) South Bend, IN
October 18 5:30 p.m.		at Virginia Tech	L 1–2	7–5–1 (1–5–0)	Thompson Field (822) Blacksburg, VA
October 22* 7:00 p.m.		Michigan	L 0–1	7–6–1 (1–5–0)	Alumni Stadium (585) South Bend, IN
October 26 7:00 p.m.		at No. 2 Wake Forest	W 1–0	8–6–1 (2–5–0)	Spry Stadium (3,022) Winston-Salem, NC
November 1 7:00 p.m.		Pittsburgh	W 1–0	9–6–1 (3–5–0)	Alumni Stadium (584) South Bend, IN
ACC Tournament
November 5 2:00 p.m.	(8)	(9) Boston College First Round	W 2–1 2OT	10–6–1	Alumni Stadium (117) South Bend, IN
November 10 7:00 p.m.	(8)	at (1) No. 2 Clemson Quarterfinals	L 0–3	10–7–1	Riggs Field (1,703) Clemson, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 21 7:00 p.m.		Wright State First Round	L 2–3	10–8–1	Alumni Stadium (274) South Bend, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Felicien Dumas	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	October 14, 2019	[12]
Duncan Turnbull	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	October 28, 2019	[13]
Felicien Dumas	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	November 4, 2019	[14]
Jack Lynn	All-ACC Second Team	November 13, 2019	[15]
Felicien Dumas	All-ACC Third Team

2020 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2020 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Felicien Dumas	New York City FC	2	48	DF
Duncan Turnball	Houston Dynamo	3	70	GK

Source:^[16][17]

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[18]	9	11	10	16	21	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV		None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [19]	16	16	17	15	13	20	RV	RV	19	22	16	15	20	23