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2017 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
2017 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 4
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 4
Record	17–4–1 (6–1–1 ACC)
Head coach	Carlos Somoano (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Cristian Neagu (2nd season); Grant Porter (6th season); Joe Scachetti (2nd season);
Captain	David October
Home stadium	WakeMed Soccer Park
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 ACC men's soccer standings
v t e	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 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 71st season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels played their home games at WakeMed Soccer Park in nearby Cary, North Carolina while Fetzer Field underwent renovations.^[1]

Roster

Updated August 10, 2017^[2]

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	James Pyle
2	MF	USA	Mauricio Pineda
4	DF	CAN	Alex Comsia
5	DF	USA	John Nelson
6	MF	USA	Cam Lindley
7	FW	USA	Lucas Del Rosario
8	MF	USA	Jack Skahan
9	MF	USA	Drew Murphy
10	FW	USA	Zach Wright
11	MF	ENG	David October (captain)
12	GK	USA	Drew Romig
13	DF	USA	Evan Krause
14	FW	GER	Nils Bruening
15	DF	USA	Will Campbell
16	MF	USA	David Mejia
17	MF	USA	Jesus Bolivar
18	FW	USA	Alan Winn
19	MF	USA	Martin Salas


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	USA	Alex Moztarzadeh
21	FW	USA	Alex Rose
22	MF	USA	Dominic Jensen
23	MF	USA	Andy Lopez
24	GK	USA	Johan Welch
25	DF	NZL	Liam Williams
26	FW	USA	Jelani Pieters
27	DF	USA	Mark Salas
28	MF	USA	Raul Aguilera
29	MF	USA	Jeremy Kelly
30	GK	USA	Alec Smir
31	FW	LTU	Julius Momkus
32	DF	USA	Luke Ciocca
33	DF	USA	Mason Wittman
34	MF	USA	Zack Olofson
35	DF	ENG	Charlie Forecast
36	DF	USA	Prince Agyie
38	FW	USA	Giovanni Montesdeoca

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Bubba Cunningham
Head coach	Carlos Somoano
Assistant coach	Grant Porter
Assistant coach	Cristian Neagu
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Joe Scachetti

Source:^[2]

Schedule

Source:^[3]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 13* 7:00 pm	No. 4	No. 19 Coastal Carolina	W 3–1	– (–)	WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC
August 17* 7:30 pm	No. 4	at South Carolina Battle of the Carolinas	T 0–0	– (–)	Stone Stadium Columbia, SC
Regular season
August 25* 7:30 pm	No. 4	No. 12 Providence Carolina Nike Classic	W 4–2	1–0–0 (0-0-0)	Rudd Field (826) Elon, NC
August 27* 7:30 pm	No. 4	Rutgers Carolina Nike Classic	W 6–1	2–0–0 (0-0-0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (926) Cary, NC
September 1* 7:00 pm	No. 3	at UNC Wilmington	L 0–1	2–1–0 (0-0-0)	UNC Wilmington Soccer Stadium (1,778) Wilmington, NC
September 4* 7:00 pm	No. 3	at UNC Greensboro	W 2–1	3–1–0 (0-0-0)	UNCG Soccer Stadium (3,072) Greensboro, NC
September 9 7:00 pm	No. 10	at Pittsburgh	W 2–1	4–1–0 (1–0–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (571) Pittsburgh, PA
September 13* 7:00 pm	No. 8	William & Mary	W 3–2	5–1–0 (1–0–0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (616) Cary, NC
September 16* 7:00 pm	No. 8	vs. No. 23 Duke Rivalry	W 2–1	6–1–0 (2–0–0)	Bryan Park (3,002) Greensboro, NC
September 19* 7:00 pm	No. 7	George Washington	W 4–1	7–1–0 (2–0–0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (418) Cary, NC
September 22 7:00 pm	No. 7	at No. 9 Virginia South's Oldest Rivalry	W 2–1 ^OT	8–1–0 (3–0–0)	Klöckner Stadium (4,205) Charlottesville, VA
September 26* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Winthrop	W 4–0	9–1–0 (3–0–0)	UNCG Soccer Stadium (226) Greensboro, NC
September 29 7:00 pm	No. 5	NC State Rivalry	W 1–0	10–1–0 (4–0–0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (3,206) Cary, NC
October 3* 7:00 pm	No. 3	James Madison	W 6–0	11–1–0 (4–0–0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (438) Cary, NC
October 6 7:00 pm	No. 4	No. 2 Wake Forest Rivalry	L 1–2	11–2–0 (4–1–0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (2,006) Cary, NC
October 13 7:00 pm	No. 4	at No. 5 Louisville	T 0–0 ^2OT	11–2–1 (4–1–1)	Lynn Stadium (3,435) Louisville, KY
October 17* 7:00 pm	No. 4	Old Dominion	W 2–1 ^2OT	12–2–1 (4–1–1)	WakeMed Soccer Park (200) Cary, NC
October 22 2:30 pm	No. 4	at Virginia Tech	W 4–0	13–2–1 (5–1–1)	Sandra D. Thompson Field (850) Blacksburg, VA
October 27 7:00 pm	No. 3	No. 16 Notre Dame Senior Night	W 3–0	14–2–1 (6–1–1)	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,226) Cary, NC
ACC Tournament
November 5 1:00 pm, ESPN3	(2) No. 3	(7) No. 21 Notre Dame ACC Quarterfinal	L 1–2	14–3–1 (6–1–1)	WakeMed Soccer Park (395) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 19* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	(3) No. 7	UNC Wilmington Second Round	W 2–1	15–3–1	WakeMed Soccer Park (910) Cary, NC
November 25* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	(3) No. 7	No. 10 Southern Methodist Third Round	W 2–0	16–3–1	WakeMed Soccer Park (485) Cary, NC
December 2* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	(3) No. 7	Fordham Quarterfinals	W 2–1	17–3–1	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,687) Cary, NC
December 8* 8:45 pm, ESPNU	(3) No. 7	vs. (2) No. 2 Indiana College Cup, Semifinals	L 0–1	17–4–1	Talen Energy Stadium (4,948) Chester, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Jelani Pieters	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	August 28	^[4]
Cam Lindley	ACC Midfielder of the Year	November 7	^[5]
Cam Lindley	All ACC First Team		^[5]
Alan Winn	All ACC First Team		^[5]
Zach Wright	All ACC Second Team		^[5]
Alex Comsia	All ACC Third Team		^[5]
Mauricio Pineda	All ACC Third Team		^[5]
John Nelson	All ACC Rookie Team		^[5]
Cam Lindley	United Soccer Coaches All-American First Team	December 7	^[6]
	Soccer America All-American First Team	December 8	^[7]
	College Soccer News All-American First Team	January 4	^[8]
Allan Winn	United Soccer Coaches All-American Second Team	December 7	^[6]
	Soccer America All-American Second Team	December 8	^[7]
	College Soccer News All-American Second Team	January 4	^[8]

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer^[9]	4	3	10	8	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	6	7	Not released				4
TopDrawer Soccer^[10]	4	4	4	14	16	13	5	3	4	4	3	3	8	6	5	4	4	4

MLS Draft

The following members of the 2017 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.^[11]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Alan Winn	2	25	FW	Colorado Rapids	^[12]

References

^ "Carolina Releases 2017 Schedule". goheels.com. July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "2017 Men's Soccer Roster". goheels.com. University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
^ "2017 Men's Soccer Schedule". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
^ "Pieters, Servania, and Boudadi Earn ACC Men's Soccer Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. August 28, 2017. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "ACC Announces 2017 Men's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "NCAA DI Men's All-America Teams Announced by United Soccer Coaches". unitedsoccercoaches.com. United Soccer Coaches. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "All-Americans: NCAA Division I men". socceramerica.com. Soccer America. December 8, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "All-America Teams". Collegesoccernews.com. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.
^ "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ "Colorado Rapids acquire Winn, Pierrot in second round of MLS SuperDraft". coloradorapids.com. Colorado Rapids. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[1] "Carolina Releases 2017 Schedule". goheels.com. July 7, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2017.

[auto-2] "2017 Men's Soccer Roster". goheels.com. University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

[3] "2017 Men's Soccer Schedule". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved July 21, 2017.

[4] "Pieters, Servania, and Boudadi Earn ACC Men's Soccer Weekly Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. August 28, 2017. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.

[allacc-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "ACC Announces 2017 Men's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.

[USC-6] "NCAA DI Men's All-America Teams Announced by United Soccer Coaches". unitedsoccercoaches.com. United Soccer Coaches. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2018.

[SA-7] "All-Americans: NCAA Division I men". socceramerica.com. Soccer America. December 8, 2017. Retrieved January 5, 2018.

[CSN-8] "All-America Teams". Collegesoccernews.com. Retrieved January 4, 2018.

[9] "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. June 12, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2017.

[10] "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.

[mls_draft-11] "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Archived from the original on January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[winn_drafted-12] "Colorado Rapids acquire Winn, Pierrot in second round of MLS SuperDraft". coloradorapids.com. Colorado Rapids. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

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