2018 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team
The 2018 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team represented Boston college during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Eagles were led by head coach Ed Kelly, in his thirtieth season. They played home games at Newton Soccer Complex. This was the team's 52nd season playing organized men's college soccer and their 14th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
2018 Boston College Eagles men's soccer | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
2018 record | 4–8–4 (2–5–1 ACC) |
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Home stadium | Newton Campus Soccer Field |
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Atlantic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Wake Forest + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 18 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Louisville ‡ | 4 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 11 | – | 5 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State + | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston College | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Syracuse + | 1 | – | 4 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 North Carolina + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 14 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Duke + | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Notre Dame + | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 Virginia + | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Virginia Tech + | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pittsburgh | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:The ACC |
Background
The 2017 Boston College men's soccer team finished the season with a 6–10–1 overall record and a 1–6–1 ACC record. The Eagles were seeded eleventh–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Virginia.
The Eagles were not invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, and did not have any players selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft.
Player movement
Players leaving
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Henry Balf | 6 | MF | 6'2" | 180 | Senior | Beverly, MA | Graduated |
Tomas Gudmundsson | 20 | DF | 6'5" | 200 | Senior | Reykjavík, ISL | Graduated |
Mohammed Moro | 27 | MF/DF | 5'9" | 145 | Senior | Lakeville, CT | Graduated |
Squad
Roster
Updated August 3, 2018[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Team management
Position | Staff |
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Athletic Director | Martin Jarmond |
Head Coach | Ed Kelly |
Associate Head Coach | Bob Thompson |
Assistant Coach | Vasili Uspensky |
Source:[6]
Schedule
Source:[7]
Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
August 12* |
UMass–Amherst | Cancelled[8] | – (–) |
Newton Soccer Complex Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
August 18* 4:00 pm |
No. 25 Colgate | T 0–0 | – (–) |
Newton Soccer Complex Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
August 24* 4:00 pm |
at Quinnipiac | W 2–1 | 1–0–0 (0–0–0) |
Quinnipiac Soccer Stadium (687) Hamden, CT | |||||||
August 27* 5:00 pm |
Boston University | T 3–3 2OT | 1–0–1 (0–0–0) |
Newton Soccer Complex (630) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
August 31* 7:00 pm |
at Providence | T 1–1 2OT | 1–0–2 (0–0–0) |
Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium (3,297) Providence, RI | |||||||
September 7 7:00 pm |
Clemson Rivalry |
W 3–2 | 2–0–2 (1–0–0) |
Newton Soccer Complex (820) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
September 11* 6:00 pm |
Holy Cross | T 1–1 | 2–0–3 (1–0–0) |
Newton Soccer Complex (271) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
September 14 7:00 pm |
No. 7 Louisville | L 0–1 | 2–1–3 (1–1–0) |
Newton Soccer Complex (768) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
September 21 7:00 pm |
at No. 9 Duke | L 2–3 | 2–2–3 (1–2–0) |
Koskinen Stadium (710) Durham, NC | |||||||
September 28 7:00 pm |
at No. 20 Notre Dame Holy War |
L 0–1 | 2–3–3 (1–3–0) |
Alumni Stadium (1,456) South Bend, IN | |||||||
October 5 7:00 pm |
No. 17 NC State | W 1–0 | 3–3–3 (2–3–0) |
Newton Soccer Complex (281) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
October 9* 7:00 pm |
Harvard | W 1–0 | 4–3–3 (2–3–0) |
Newton Soccer Complex (196) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
October 12 6:00 pm |
at No. 2 Wake Forest | L 1–2 | 4–4–3 (2–4–0) |
Spry Stadium (3,111) Winston–Salem, NC | |||||||
October 16* 7:00 pm |
at No. 20 Connecticut | L 2–3 | 4–5–3 (2–4–0) |
Morrone Stadium (2,046) Storrs, CT | |||||||
October 19 7:00 pm |
No. 5 North Carolina | L 0–2 | 4–6–3 (2–5–0) |
Newton Soccer Complex (572) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
October 23* 7:00 pm |
at Rhode Island | L 1–2 | 4–7–3 (2–5–0) |
URI Soccer Complex (400) Kingston, RI | |||||||
October 26 7:00 pm |
at No. 20 Syracuse | T 0–0 2OT | 4–7–4 (2–5–1) |
SU Soccer Stadium (1,573) Syracuse, NY | |||||||
ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
October 31 7:00 pm |
(9) | at (8) NC State First Round |
L 1–3 | 4–8–4 |
Dail Soccer Stadium (437) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
Awards and honors
Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
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Simon Enstrom | ACC Offensive Player of the Week | September 10, 2018 | [9] |
Simon Enstrom | All-ACC Second Team | November 7, 2018 | [10] |
Kristofer Konradsson | All-ACC Freshman Team |
Rankings
Poll | Pre | Wk 1 |
Wk 2 |
Wk 3 |
Wk 4 |
Wk 5 |
Wk 6 |
Wk 7 |
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Wk 9 |
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Wk 11 |
Wk 12 |
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Wk 15 |
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Final |
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United Soccer Coaches [11] | RV | None Released | ||||||||||||||||
TopDrawer Soccer [12] | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- "Gregorio Barilla". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
- "Carlos Dulcey". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
- "Christian Garner". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
- "Jesus Sahagun". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
- "Tyler Stott". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
- "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". bceagles.com. Boston College. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
- "2018 Men's Soccer". Boston College. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
- "Preseason Exhibition vs. UMass Canceled". bceagles.com. Boston College Athletics. August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- "Enstrom, Fernandez and Dumas Collect ACC Men's Soccer Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 10, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
- "Wake Forest Leads 2018 All-ACC Men's Soccer Honorees". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 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 June 18, 2018.
- "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. June 12, 2017.