2017 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

2017 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
2017 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 17
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 19
Record	12–6–1 (4–4–0 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Noonan (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Philip Jones (5th season); Camilo Rodriguez (2nd season);
Captains	Tanner Dieterich; Oliver Shannon;
Home stadium	Riggs Field

2017 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 5 Wake Forest ‡	7	–	0	–	1	19	–	2	–	2
No. 7 Louisville +	5	–	2	–	1	13	–	2	–	5
No. 17 Clemson +	4	–	4	–	0	12	–	6	–	1
NC State +	3	–	3	–	2	8	–	6	–	4
Boston College	1	–	6	–	1	6	–	10	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	6	–	2	6	–	8	–	4
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	1	17	–	4	–	1
No. 13 Duke +	4	–	3	–	1	13	–	4	–	3
No. 19 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	3	13	–	4	–	5
No. 18 Notre Dame +	3	–	3	–	2	11	–	7	–	2
Virginia Tech +	3	–	5	–	0	10	–	10	–	0
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0	8	–	10	–	0

‡ – 2017 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team represents Clemson University during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Tigers were led by head coach Mike Noonan, in his eighth season. They play home games at Riggs Field. This was the team's 57th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 30th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Tigers finished with a record of 12–6–1 and an ACC record of 4–4–0. The Tigers lost in the Semifinals of the ACC tournament to eventual champions Wake Forest. They were selected to participate in the NCAA Tournament for the fifth year in a row. However, they lost to Coastal Carolina in the second round.

Roster

Updated September 5, 2017^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Daniel Kuzemka
1	GK	ESP	Ximo Miralles
2	DF	USA	Andrew Burnikel
3	DF	DEN	Patrick Bunk-Andersen
4	MF	ENG	Oliver Shannon (captain)
5	MF	SEN	Malick Mbaye
6	DF	USA	Tanner Dieterich (captain)
7	MF	CRC	Saul Chinchilla
8	MF	USA	Johnny Heckman
9	FW	JAM	Jason Wright
10	FW	CRC	Diego Campos
11	FW	USA	Robby Jacobs
12	DF	USA	Robert Campbell
13	MF	USA	Michael Melvin
14	MF	USA	Grayson Raynor


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	USA	Cale Thorne
17	FW	ENG	Kimarni Smith
18	MF	USA	Harrison Kurtz
19	DF	SEN	Justin Malou
20	MF	USA	Michael Ille
21	DF	USA	Trey Langolis
22	MF	USA	Quinn McNeill
24	MF	DEN	Alexander Hemmingsen
25	DF	ARG	Gian Scalise
26	DF	USA	Chris Heijjer
27	FW	USA	Kristian Shkreli
28	FW	USA	Nate Hall
29	MF	SWE	Daniel Ramlgak
30	MF	USA	Robbie Robinson
31	GK	USA	Nolan Lennon

Prior to the season, Tanner Dieterich and Oliver Shannon were named co-captains of the team.^[2]

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Dan Radakovich
Head coach	Mike Noonan
Associate head coach	Philip Jones
Assistant Coach	Camilo Rodriguez
Director of Soccer Operations	Rob Thompson
Athletic Trainer	Raz Razayeski
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Rick Franzblau

Source:^[1]

Schedule

Source:^[3]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 12* 7:00 pm	No. 5	at UAB	W 3–0	– (–)	West Campus Field Birmingham, AL
August 15* 6:00 pm	No. 5	No. 19 Coastal Carolina	W 3–1	– (–)	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
August 19 7:00 pm	No. 5	at No. 17 Virginia Tech	T 4–4	– (–)	Sandra D. Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
Regular season
August 25* 5:00 pm	No. 5	Cal State Fullerton	W 2–0	1–0–0 (0–0–0)	Riggs Field (2,538) Clemson, SC
August 27* 6:00 pm	No. 5	Radford	W 2–1	2–0–0 (0–0–0)	Riggs Field (1,231) Clemson, SC
September 1* 7:00 pm	No. 5	South Carolina Rivalry, First Friday	W 4–1	3–0–0 (0–0–0)	Riggs Field (5,610) Clemson, SC
September 4* 7:00 pm	No. 5	at Georgia Southern	W 2–1 ^OT	4–0–0 (0–0–0)	Eagle Field - Erk Park (1,237) Statesboro, GA
September 8 7:00 pm	No. 3	at NC State	L 0–1	4–1–0 (0–1–0)	Dail Soccer Field (1,589) Raleigh, NC
Cancelled^[4]* 7:00 pm		North Florida			Riggs Field Clemson, SC
September 15 7:00 pm	No. 10	Boston College Rivalry	W 1–0	5–1–0 (1–1–0)	Riggs Field (1,901) Clemson, SC
September 19* 7:00 pm	No. 8	UCLA	W 3–0	6–1–0 (1–1–0)	Riggs Field (2,147) Clemson, SC
September 22 7:00 pm	No. 8	Pittsburgh	W 3–0	7–1–0 (2–1–0)	Riggs Field (3,831) Clemson, SC
September 26* 7:00 pm	No. 6	Charlotte	W 4–1	8–1–0 (2–1–0)	Riggs Field (1,308) Clemson, SC
September 29 7:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 6	at No. 2 Wake Forest	L 2–3 ^2OT	8–2–0 (2–2–0)	Spry Stadium (4,781) Winston-Salem, NC
October 6 7:00 pm	No. 5	No. 9 Notre Dame	L 1–2	8–3–0 (2–3–0)	Riggs Field (4,035) Clemson, SC
October 10* 7:00 pm	No. 11	Gardner-Webb	W 5–0	9–3–0 (2–3–0)	Riggs Field (1,059) Clemson, SC
October 13 7:00 pm	No. 11	at No. 16 Duke	W 4–1	10–3–0 (3–3–0)	Koskinen Stadium (758) Durham, NC
October 21 7:00 pm	No. 7	at Syracuse	W 2–1	11–3–0 (4–3–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,672) Syracuse, NY
October 27 7:00 pm	No. 4	No. 11 Louisville	L 1–2	11–4–0 (4–4–0)	Riggs Field (2,022) Clemson, SC
ACC Tournament
November 1 7:00 pm	No. 9	Syracuse First Round	T 2–2 (4–3 PKs) ^2OT	11–4–1 (4–4–0)	Riggs Field (1,348) Clemson, SC
November 5 1:00 pm	No. 9	at No. 11 Duke Quarterfinal	W 1–0	12–4–1 (4–4–0)	Koskinen Stadium (468) Durham, NC
November 8 7:00 pm	No. 5	at No. 1 Wake Forest Semifinal	L 1–2	12–5–1 (4–4–0)	Spry Stadium (1,872) Winston-Salem, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 19 6:00 pm	No. 5	Coastal Carolina Second Round	L 1–3	12–6–1	Riggs Field (2,091) Clemson, SC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Goals Record

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	Regular Season	ACC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	10	FW	Diego Campos	9	1	0	10
2	9	FW	Jason Wright	6	0	1	7
3	4	MF	Oliver Shannon	4	0	0	4
3	30	MF	Robbie Robinson	4	0	0	4
5	17	FW	Kimarni Smith	3	0	0	3
	3	DF	Patrick Bunk-Andersen	2	1	0	3
	7	MF	Saul Chinchilla	1	2	0	3
8	5	MF	Malick Mbaye	1	0	0	1
	6	DF	Tanner Dieterich	1	0	0	1
	11	FW	Robbie Jacobs	1	0	0	1
	19	DF	Justin Malou	1	0	0	1
	24	MF	Alexander Hemmingsen	1	0	0	1
Total				34	4	1	39

Disciplinary Record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season			ACC Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	10		FW	Diego Campos	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1
2	4		MF	Oliver Shannon	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
2	19		DF	Justin Malou	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
3	5		MF	Malick Mbaye	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	17		FW	Kimarni Smith	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
4	6		DF	Tanner Dieterich	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	12		DF	Robert Campbell	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	18		MF	Harrison Kurtz	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	24		MF	Alexander Hemmingser	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	2		DF	Andrew Burnikel	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	13		MF	Michael Melvin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14		MF	Grayson Raynor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	28		FW	Nate Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30		MF	Robbie Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	-	-	-	Team	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					18	0	1	4	0	1	2	0	0	24	0	2

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Patrick Bunk-Andersen	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 5	^[5]
Ximo Miralles	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 25	^[6]
Diego Campos	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 16	^[7]
Diego Campos	All-ACC First Team	November 7	^[8]
Oliver Shannon	All-ACC First Team	November 7	^[8]
Robbie Robinson	ACC All Freshman Team	November 7	^[8]
Diego Campos	All-ACC Tournament Team	November 12	^[9]
Justin Malou	All-ACC Tournament Team	November 12	^[9]

Draft picks

The Tigers had two players drafted in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Oliver Shannon	Atlanta United	2nd	36	MF
Diego Campos	Chicago Fire	2nd	38	FW

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^[10]	5	5	3	10	8	6	5	11	7	4	9	5	5	None Released				17
TopDrawer Soccer ^[11]	8	8	8	5	8	12	9	10	13	6	4	14	12	8	19	19	19	19

References

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↑ "Twitter". twitter.com. Clemson University Athletics. July 24, 2017. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
↑ "Men's Soccer - Schedule". clemsontigers.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
↑ "Men's Soccer Match Against North Florida Cancelled". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University Athletics. September 11, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
↑ "Kubel and Bunk-Andersen Earn ACC Men's Soccer Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
↑ "Acuna and Miralles Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 25, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
↑ "Campos and Hill Named ACC Men's Soccer Players of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
1 2 3 "ACC Announces 2017 Men's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
1 2 "Wake Forest Defends ACC Men's Soccer Title". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
↑ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
↑ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.

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Clemson Tigers men's soccer
Venue	Riggs Field (1969–present)
Rivalries	South Carolina
Culture & lore	The Tiger "Tiger Rag"
Seasons	1984 1987 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
College Cup finals	2015 2021 2023
National Championships in bold; College Cup appearances in italics

2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
Standings ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament
Atlantic Division	Boston College Clemson Louisville NC State Syracuse Wake Forest
Coastal Division	Duke Notre Dame North Carolina Pittsburgh Virginia Virginia Tech
← 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season 2018 →

2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
Regular Season	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon Ivy MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Pac-12 Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast
Tournaments	America East American ACC Atlantic Sun Atlantic 10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big West Colonial Conference USA Horizon MAAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Northeast Patriot Southern Sun Belt Summit WAC
National Tournaments	NCAA Final
Rankings	United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll