2021 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

The 2021 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. They were led by head coach Mike Noonan, in his twelfth season. They played their home games at Riggs Field. This was the team's 61st season playing organized men's college soccer and their 34th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2021 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
ACC Atlantic Division Champions
NCAA Tournament, Champions
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 1
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 1
Record	16–5–2 (5–3–0 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Noonan (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Philip Jones (9th season) Camilo Rodriguez (6th season)
Home stadium	Riggs Field
Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

2021 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 1 Clemson +	5	–	3	–	0			16	–	5	–	2
Louisville +	5	–	3	–	0			10	–	7	–	1
No. 17 Wake Forest +	4	–	3	–	1			13	–	7	–	1
Boston College	2	–	4	–	2			6	–	7	–	2
Syracuse	2	–	5	–	1			8	–	8	–	2
NC State	1	–	5	–	2			7	–	8	–	2
Coastal
No. 12 Duke +	5	–	2	–	1			14	–	5	–	1
No. 6 Pittsburgh +	5	–	2	–	1			13	–	5	–	2
No. 4 Notre Dame ‡	4	–	2	–	2			14	–	5	–	5
North Carolina +	4	–	4	–	0			11	–	7	–	2
No. 19 Virginia Tech +	3	–	4	–	1			11	–	5	–	4
Virginia	2	–	5	–	1			6	–	9	–	3
‡ – ACC Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2021 NCAA tournament As of December 14, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

The Tigers finished the season 16–5–2 overall and 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in a tie for first in the Atlantic Division. As the second overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated North Carolina in the Quarterfinals before losing to Duke in the Semifinals. They received an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were awarded the eight overall seed. After a First Round bye, they defeated Denver in overtime in the Second Round and Kentucky in the Third Round. In the quarterfinals, they face off against top seed Oregon State, who they defeated on penalties to advance. Penalties were required again to defeat Notre Dame in the Semifinals. In the Final Clemson defeated Washington to win their third National Title in program history.

Background

Main article: 2020 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

The Tigers' 2020 season was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which curtailed the fall season and caused the NCAA Tournament to be played in spring 2021. The ACC was one of the only two conferences in men's soccer to play in the fall of 2020. The ACC also held a mini-season during the spring of 2021.

The Tigers finished the fall season 8–2–1 and 3–2–1 in ACC play to finish in third place in the North Division. They won the ACC Tournament by defeating Virginia Tech, Virginia and Pittsburgh in the final. They finished the spring season 4–1–1 and 4–1–1 in ACC play, to finish in first place in the Atlantic Division. They received the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after defeating Pittsburgh in a game for the bid. As the first seed in the tournament, they defeated American in the Second Round before losing to Marshall in the Third Round on penalty kicks to end their season.

Player movement

Players leaving

Players Leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Max Fisher	0	GK	6'2"	190	Senior	Salisbury, NC	Graduated
Kimarni Smith	9	FW	6'1"	160	Senior	Nottingham, England	Declared for 2021 MLS SuperDraft, drafted 4th overall by D.C. United.[1]
Grayson Barber	11	FW	5'9"	165	Junior	Elgin, SC	Signed Home Grown Player contract with Sporting Kansas City[2]
Chris Matlashewski	19	FW	6'0"	155	Sophomore	Myrtle Beach, SC	—
Philip Mayaka	20	MF	5'7"	135	Sophomore	Nairobi, Kenya	Declared for 2021 MLS SuperDraft, drafted 3rd overall by the Colorado Rapids[3]
Stirling Russell	24	MF	5'11"	165	Junior	Belleveue, WA	Graduated
Matthew Boberg	28	FW	5'5"	140	Freshman	Brownsburg, IN	Transferred to Boston University[4]

Players arriving

The Tigers added seven players across two signing days, one in November and one in March.^[5][6]

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Elton Chifamba MF	USA	Blacklick, OH	Columbus Crew Academy	[7]
Tristan DeLoach MF	USA	Savannah, GA	Tormenta FC	[8]
Adam Lundegard DF	USA	La Plata, MD	D.C. United	[9]
Dawson Malcolm DF	USA	Clover, SC	Charlotte Soccer Academy	[10]
Henry Suah FW	USA	Crystal, MN	Minneapolis United	N/A[11]
Zack Farnsworth DF	USA	Sandy, UT	Real Monarchs SLC	N/A
Camilo Comi FW	ARG	Rosario, Argentina	Club Atletico Talleres	N/A
Tim Ströbeck FW	SWE	Hässleholm, Sweden	Hässleholms IF	N/A

Squad

Roster

As of February 10, 2022^[12]

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 George Marks 2 DF  USA Ben Erkens 3 DF  SWE Oskar Ågren 4 DF  SEN Justin Malou 5 DF  SEN Hamady Diop 6 DF  USA Dylan Sullivan 7 FW  SWE Tim Ströbeck 8 MF  USA Callum Johnson 9 MF  ESP Mohamed Seye 10 MF  ECU Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador 11 FW  ARG Camilo Comi 12 DF  USA Enrique Montana III 13 MF  USA John Martin 14 DF  USA Titus Sandy Jr. 15 DF  USA Charlie Asensio

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  USA Tristan Deloach 17 MF  USA Quinn McNeill 18 MF  ESP Alvaro Gomez 19 MF  USA Elton Chifamba 20 MF  USA Brandon Parrish 21 MF  SEN Ousmane Sylla 22 GK  USA Trevor Manion 23 FW  USA Josh Hallenberger 25 FW  USA James Brighton 26 DF  USA Jake Barron 27 DF  USA Isaiah Reid 28 DF  USA Adam Lundegard 29 DF  USA Tyler Hutchinson 31 GK  USA Giles Thaxter 33 DF  USA Dawson Malcolm

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:^[13]

Schedule

Source:^[14][15]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 15* 7:00 p.m.	No. 6	Wofford	W 5–0	–	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
August 21* 7:00 p.m.	No. 6	at Georgia State	T 0–0[16]	—	GSU Soccer Field Atlanta, GA
Regular season
August 26* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	St. John's	W 2–1	1–0–0	Riggs Field (0) Clemson, SC
August 29* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	USC Upstate	W 5–0	2–0–0	Riggs Field (N/A) Clemson, SC
September 3* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	South Carolina Rivalry	W 5–0	3–0–0	Riggs Field (4,524) Clemson, SC
September 6* 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 4	South Florida	W 3–0	4–0–0	Riggs Field (1,412) Clemson, SC
September 10 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	at NC State	W 2–0	5–0–0 (1–0–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,840) Raleigh, NC
September 14* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	Georgia Southern	W 5–0	6–0–0	Riggs Field (1,232) Clemson, SC
September 17 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	Boston College	W 3–0	7–0–0 (2–0–0)	Riggs Field (3,032) Clemson, SC
September 21* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 2	at UNC Greensboro	L 1–3	7–1–0	UNCG Soccer Stadium (569) Greensboro, NC
September 25 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	No. 15 Pittsburgh	L 0–2	7–2–0 (2–1–0)	Riggs Field (2,231) Clemson, SC
October 1 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 19	at Wake Forest	W 2–1	8–2–0 (3–1–0)	Spry Stadium (3,560) Winston–Salem, NC
October 5* 7:00 p.m.	No. 21	at Coastal Carolina	W 2–0	9–2–0	CCU Soccer Field (858) Conway, SC
October 9 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN	No. 21	Notre Dame	L 0–2	9–3–0 (3–2–0)	Riggs Field (1,500) Clemson, SC
October 15 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 23	at No. 9 Duke	W 3–2 OT	10–3–0 (4–2–0)	Koskinen Stadium (1,204) Durham, NC
October 23 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	at Syracuse	L 0–2	10–4–0 (4–3–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,205) Syracuse, NY
October 26* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 15	No. 17 FIU	W 4–0	11–4–0	Riggs Field (1,335) Clemson, SC
October 29 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 15	Louisville	W 5–1	12–4–0 (5–3–0)	Riggs Field (1,889) Clemson, SC
ACC Tournament
November 7 8:00 p.m., ACCN	(2) No. 9	(7) No. 18 North Carolina Quarterfinals	W 2–1	13–4–0	Riggs Field (2,351) Clemson, SC
November 10 7:00 p.m., ACCN	(2) No. 9	(3) No. 11 Duke Semifinals	L 0–1	13–5–0	Riggs Field (3,237) Clemson, SC
NCAA Tournament
November 21 7:00 p.m.	(8) No. 9	Denver Second Round	W 1–0 2OT	14–5–0	Riggs Field (1,849) Clemson, SC
November 28 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	(8) No. 9	(9) No. 15 Kentucky Third Round	W 2–1	15–5–0	Riggs Field (1,793) Clemson, SC
December 4 9:00 p.m., P12N	(8) No. 9	at (1) No. 1 Oregon Quarterfinals	T 1–1 (4–3 PKs) 2OT	15–5–1	Wayne Valley Stadium (1,415) Corvallis, OR
December 10 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	(8) No. 9	(4) No. 20 Notre Dame Semifinals	T 1–1 (5–4 PKs) 2OT	15–5–2	WakeMed Soccer Park (10,132) Cary, NC
December 12 2:00 p.m., ESPNU	(8) No. 9	(2) No. 3 Washington Final	W 2–0	16–5–2	WakeMed Soccer Park (7,238) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Goals Record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season	ACC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	27		FW	Isaiah Reid	6	1	2	9
2	10		MF	Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador	6	0	2	8
3	3		DF	Oskar Ågren	4	0	1	5
	9		MF	Mohamed Seye	5	0	0	5
	21		MF	Ousmane Sylla	5	0	0	5
6	17		MF	Quinn McNeill	3	1	0	4
7	5		DF	Hamady Diop	3	0	0	3
	7		FW	Tim Ströbeck	3	0	0	3
	8		MF	Callum Johnson	2	0	1	3
	18		MF	Alvaro Gomez	2	0	1	3
11	23		FW	Josh Hallenberger	2	0	0	2
12	20		MF	Brandon Parrish	1	0	0	1
Total					42	2	7	51

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season			ACC Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
1	5		DF	Hamady Diop	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0
2	8		FW	Callum Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0
3	3		DF	Oskar Ågren	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	4		DF	Justin Malou	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
	15		DF	Charlie Asensio	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0
	21		MF	Ousmane Sylla	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0
7	1		GK	George Marks	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	9		FW	Mohamed Seye	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	17		MF	Quinn McNeill	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	19		MF	Elton Chifamba	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
11	2		DF	Ben Erkens	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	6		DF	Dylan Sullivan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	10		MF	Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11		FW	Camilo Comi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12		DF	Enrique Montana III	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	20		MF	Brandon Parrish	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	27		FW	Isaiah Reid	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total					21	1	1	2	0	0	12	0	0	35	1	1

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Oskar Ågren	Preseason All-ACC Watchlist	August 18	[17]
George Marks	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	August 31	[18]
	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 14	[19]
Charlie Asensio	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	October 5	[20]
Quinn McNeill	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	November 2	[21]
Oskar Ågren	ACC Co-defensive Player of the Week
Oskar Ågren	All-ACC First Team	November 10	[22]
Hamady Diop	All-ACC Second Team
George Marks
Ousmane Sylla
Quinn McNeill	All-ACC Third Team
Quinn McNeill	ACC All-Tournament Team	November 15	[23]
Oskar Ågren

2022 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2022 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Oskar Ågren	San Jose Earthquakes	1	13	DF
Charlie Asensio	Austin FC	2	35	DF
Callum Johnson	LA Galaxy	2	42	MF
Luis Felipe Fernandez-Salvador	Vancouver Whitecaps	2	44	MF
George Marks	Charlotte FC	3	57	GK
John Martin	San Jose Earthquakes	3	64	MF

Source:^[24]

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer[25]	6 (1)	4 (1)	2 (6)	2 (5)	2 (4)	19	21	23	6	15	9	9	Not released				1 (24)
TopDrawer Soccer [26]	8	6	3	2	2	10	9	15	6	17	15	15	17	14	8	4	1