2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

The 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represents Virginia Tech during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 46th season of the university fielding a program. The Hokies played their home fixtures at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies were led by ninth year head coach Mike Brizendine.

2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2017 record	10–10–0 (3–5–0 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Brizendine (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Jeff Kinney (3rd season) Patrick McSorley (8th season)
Captains	Ben Lundgaard Collin Verfurth Marcelo Acuna
Home stadium	Sandra D. Thompson 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

Roster

Updated: August 21, 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  GER Morten Lamps 1 GK  USA Ben Lundgaard (captain) 2 DF  USA Will Mejia 3 MF  USA Collin Verfurth (captain) 5 DF  ISL Jon Ingason 6 FW  USA Brendan Moyers 8 FW  USA James Kasak 9 FW  FIN Elias Tamburini 10 MF  USA Robert McCoy 11 FW  CRC Marcelo Acuna (captain) 15 MF  USA Kristo Strickler 16 MF  USA Rory Slevin 17 FW  GER Gregor von Westphalen 18 FW  USA Drew Ott

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  USA Matt Dudon 20 DF  BRA Rodrigo Zampieri 21 MF  USA Camron Lennon 22 FW  USA Gino Rossi 23 MF  USA Forrest White 24 MF  FIN Justus Kauppinen 25 GK  USA Charles Filby 26 MF  KOR Hyunsueng Hong 27 GK  USA Hayden Kickbush 28 MF  USA Daniel Damiani 29 FW  USA Durke Bender 30 FW  FRA Gaetan Roux 31 FW  GER Jakob Bluemler 32 FW  USA Nico Quashie

Prior to the season Virginia Tech named the three captains shown above.[2]

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Whit Babcock
Head Coach	Mike Brizendine
Assistant Coach	Jeff Kinney
Assistant Coach	Patrick McSorley
Goalkeeper Coach	Ryan Hulings

Source:[1]

Schedule

Source:[3]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 15* 7:00 pm	No. 17	at East Tennessee State	W 1–0	– (–)	Summers-Taylor Stadium Johnson City, TN
August 19 7:00 pm	No. 17	No. 5 Clemson	T 4–4	– (–)	Sandra D. Thompson Field Blacksburg, VA
Regular season
August 25* 7:00 pm	No. 17	No. 14 Creighton	W 2–0	1–0–0 (0-0-0)	Morrison Stadium (4,089) Omaha, NE
August 27* 6:00 pm	No. 17	Omaha	L 1–5	1–1–0 (0-0-0)	Al F. Caniglia Field (624) Omaha, NE
September 1* 7:00 pm		vs. Pacific JMU Invitational	L 0–1	1–2–0 (0-0-0)	James Madison Soccer Complex (85) Harrisonburg, VA
September 3* 12:00 noon		vs. Binghamton JMU Invitational	W 2–1	2–2–0 (0-0-0)	James Madison Soccer Complex (100) Harrisonburg, VA
September 8 7:00 pm		at Duke	L 1–3	2–3–0 (0–1–0)	Koskinen Stadium (825) Durham, NC
September 15 7:00 pm		No. 12 Virginia	L 1–2	2–4–0 (0–2–0)	Thompson Field (2,143) Blacksburg, VA
September 19* 7:00 pm		Davidson	W 2–1	3–4–0 (0–2–0)	Thompson Field (412) Blacksburg, VA
September 22 7:00 pm		No. 1 Notre Dame	W 2–1	4–4–0 (1–2–0)	Thompson Field (1,526) Blacksburg, VA
September 26* 7:00 pm		Longwood	W 2–0	5–4–0 (1–2–0)	Thompson Field (327) Blacksburg, VA
September 29 5:00 pm		at Boston College	W 1–0	6–4–0 (2–2–0)	Newton Soccer Complex (308) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 3* 7:00 pm		at South Carolina	W 3–2	7–4–0 (2–2–0)	Stone Stadium (3,972) Columbia, SC
October 6 7:00 pm		No. 7 Louisville	L 0–1	7–5–0 (2–3–0)	Thompson Field (573) Blacksburg, VA
October 14 7:00 pm		at No. 2 Wake Forest	L 0–3	7–6–0 (2–4–0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (3,846) Winston-Salem, NC
October 18* 7:00 pm		at William & Mary	L 1–4	7–7–0 (2–4–0)	Albert-Daly Field (515) Williamsburg, VA
October 22 2:30 pm		No. 4 North Carolina Senior Day	L 0–4	7–8–0 (2–5–0)	Thompson Field (850) Blacksburg, VA
October 27 7:00 pm		at Pittsburgh	W 3–0	8–8–0 (3–5–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (905) Pittsburgh, PA
ACC Tournament
November 1 7:00 pm		at NC State First Round	W 1–0 ^OT	9–8–0 (3–5–0)	Dail Soccer Field (800) Raleigh, NC
November 5 1:00 pm		at No. 1 Wake Forest Quarterfinal	L 0–3	9–9–0 (3–5–0)	Spry Stadium (1,709) Winston-Salem, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 16 7:00 pm		Air Force First Round	W 2-0	10–9–0	Thompson Field (440) Blacksburg, VA
November 19 1:00 pm		No. 15 Michigan State Second Round	L 0-3	10–10–0	DeMartin Soccer Complex (572) East Lansing, MI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Marcelo Acuna	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 25	[4]
Marcelo Acuna	All ACC First Team	November 7	[5]
Ben Lundgaard

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 [6]	17	RV	RV	RV		RV	RV	RV	RV					None Released				RV
TopDrawer Soccer [7]	20	20					RV	RV				RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV

MLS Draft

The following members of the 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.[8]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Ben Lungaard	1	21	GK	Columbus Crew SC	[9]

See also

• Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
• 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
• 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship

References

1. "Men's Soccer Roster". hokiesports.com. Virginia Tech University Athletics. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
2. "Brizendine announces captains for 2017 season". HokieSports.com. Virginia Tech Athletics. August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2016.
3. "2017 Schedule & Results". hokiesports.com. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
4. "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.
5. "ACC Announces 2017 Men's Soccer Award Winners". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
6. "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 28, 2017.
7. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.
8. "2018 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
9. "Crew SC selects GK Ben Lundgaard in First Round of 2018 MLS SuperDraft". columbuscrewsc.com. Columbus Crew SC. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.