2019 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team

The 2019 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 73rd season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels were led by 9th year head coach Carlos Somoano.

2019 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
2019 record	7–7–4 (3–5–0 ACC)
Head coach	Carlos Somoano (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Grant Porter (9th season) Will Clayton (2nd season)
Captain	Mauricio Pineda
Home stadium	Fetzer Field

2019 ACC men's soccer standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 5 Clemson +	6	–	1	–	1			18	–	2	–	2
No. 3 Wake Forest +	6	–	2	–	0			16	–	5	–	2
NC State +	3	–	4	–	1			9	–	7	–	3
No. 20 Louisville +	3	–	4	–	1			10	–	8	–	2
Boston College +	2	–	4	–	2			9	–	6	–	3
Syracuse +	2	–	4	–	2			8	–	7	–	4
Coastal
No. 2 Virginia ‡	6	–	1	–	1			21	–	1	–	2
Pittsburgh +	4	–	3	–	1			10	–	8	–	2
Notre Dame +	3	–	5	–	0			10	–	8	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	5	–	0			7	–	8	–	3
No. 13 Virginia Tech +	2	–	4	–	2			10	–	6	–	3
Duke	2	–	5	–	1			7	–	9	–	2
‡ – 2019 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2019 NCAA Tournament As of 17 December 2019; Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

Background

The 2018 North Carolina men's soccer team finished the season with a 14–3–1 overall record and a 6–1–0 ACC record. The Tar Heels were seeded second–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Tar Heels were upset in the Final by the fourth seed Louisville. The Tar Heels earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the fifth-overall seed in the tournament, the Tar Heels were upset in the second round by James Madison.

At the end of the season, one Tar Heels men's soccer player was selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: John Nelson.[1]

Player movement

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
James Pyle	1	GK	6'2"	189	Senior	Charlotte, NC	Graduated
Alex Comsia	4	MF	6'1"	175	Senior	Vancouver, Canada	Graduated
John Nelson	5	DF	5'9"	160	Sophomore	Medina, OH	Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; drafted 10th overall by FC Dallas
Drew Murphy	9	MF	6'2"	170	Senior	Palos Verdes, CA	Graduated
Nils Bruening	14	FW	6'3"	175	Senior	Hamburg, Germany	Graduated
David Mejia	16	MF	5'10"	164	Senior	Weston, FL	Graduated
Jesus Bolivar	17	MF	5'10"	155	Senior	Miami, FL	Graduated
Dominic Jensen	22	MF	6'1"	173	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Graduated
Andy Lopez	34	MF	5'10"	168	Senior	Mission, TX	Graduated

Recruiting class

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Sebastian Berhalter DF	USA	Westerville, OH	Crew SC Academy	[2]
Cristian Coelho MF	USA	Katy, TX	Houston Dynamo	[3]
Cameron Fisher MF	USA	Scottsdale, AZ	Barca Academy	[4]
Julian Hinojosa DF	USA	Garland, TX	FC Dallas	[5]
Jonathan Jimenez FW	USA	Norwalk, CT	NYCFC Academy	[6]
Blake Malone DF	USA	Mercer Island, WA	Seattle Sounders	[7]
Samuel Moore DF	USA	Richmond, VA	Richmond United	[8]
Marco Saborio Perez GK	SUI	Sheffield, MA	New England Revolution	[9]
Jacob Schick GK	USA	Palm Harbor, FL	Chargers SC	[10]
Key White FW	USA	Norfolk, VA	Richmond United	[11]

Squad

Roster

Updated November 18, 2019[12]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  USA Alex Smir 2 MF  USA Mauricio Pineda 4 DF  USA Blake Malone 5 DF  USA Julian Hinojosa 6 DF  USA Matt Constant 7 FW  USA Lucas Del Rosario 8 MF  USA Jack Skahan 9 MF  VEN Santiago Herrera 10 FW  USA Giovanni Montesdeoca 11 MF  USA Antonio Lopez 12 GK  USA Drew Romig 13 FW  USA Key White 14 DF  ISR Lenny Aharon 15 MF  USA Sebastian Berhalter 16 FW  USA Jonathan Jimenez 17 MF  USA Cameron Fisher 18 MF  WAL Sam Jones

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  USA Martin Salas 20 MF  USA Alex Moztarzadeh 21 FW  USA Alex Rose 23 DF  USA Jake Walker 24 GK   SUI Marco Saborio-Perez 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 Jake Schick 32 MF  USA Milo Garvanian 35 MF  USA Sam Moore 37 MF  USA Jacques Bouvery 38 MF  USA Roman Knox 39 FW  ENG Taff Wadda

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Bubba Cunningham
Head Coach	Carlos Somoano
Assistant Coach	Grant Porter
Assistant Coach	Will Clayton
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Michael Harrington

Source:[12]

Schedule

Source:[13]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 16* 7:00 p.m.	No. 6	Stetson	W 4–1	– (–)	Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC
August 18* 7:00 p.m.	No. 6	NC State Rivalry	L 1–2	– (–)	Fetzer Field Chapel Hill, NC
August 24* 7:00 p.m	No. 6	at No. 1 Maryland	W 3–1	– (–)	Ludwig Field College Park, MD
Regular season
August 30* 7:30 p.m.	No. 6	Creighton Carolina Nike Classic	T 2–2 ^2OT	0–0–1 (0–0–0)	Fetzer Field (2,417) Chapel Hill, NC
September 1* 7:30 p.m.	No. 6	No. 15 UCF Carolina Nike Classic	L 1–2	0–1–1 (0–0–0)	Fetzer Field (814) Chapel Hill, NC
September 6* 7:30 p.m.	No. 20	Harvard	W 6–0	1–1–1 (0–0–0)	Fetzer Field (1,122) Chapel Hill, NC
September 9* 7:00 p.m.	No. 20	at UNC Greensboro	W 1–0	2–1–1 (0–0–0)	UNCG Soccer Stadium (1,085) Greensboro, NC
September 13 7:00 p.m.	No. 18	at No. 17 Virginia Tech	W 3–1	3–1–1 (1–0–0)	Thompson Field (2,012) Blacksburg, VA
September 17* 7:00 p.m.	No. 11	Davidson	T 0–0 ^2OT	3–1–2 (1–0–0)	Fetzer Field (1,411) Chapel Hill, NC
September 20 6:00 p.m.	No. 11	No. 16 Notre Dame	W 2–0	4–1–2 (2–0–0)	Fetzer Field (2,375) Chapel Hill, NC
September 27 7:00 p.m.	No. 14	Duke Rivalry	L 2–3	4–2–2 (2–1–0)	Fetzer Field (2,244) Chapel Hill, NC
October 1* 7:00 p.m.	No. 20	UNC Wilmington	W 2–0	5–2–2 (2–1–0)	Fetzer Field (649) Chapel Hill, NC
October 4 7:00 p.m.	No. 20	at Pittsburgh	W 2–1	6–2–2 (3–1–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (704) Pittsburgh, PA
October 8* 7:00 p.m.	No. 18	West Virginia	W 3–1	7–2–2 (3–1–0)	Fetzer Field (647) Chapel Hill, NC
October 12 7:00 p.m.	No. 18	Syracuse	L 3–4	7–3–2 (3–2–0)	Fetzer Field (876) Chapel Hill, NC
October 18 6:00 p.m.	No. 19	at No. 4 Wake Forest Rivalry	L 0–1	7–4–2 (3–3–0)	Spry Stadium (3,315) Winston-Salem, NC
October 22* 7:00 p.m.	No. 21	at Campbell	T 1–1 ^2OT	7–4–3 (3–3–0)	Eakes Athletics Complex (415) Buies Creek, NC
October 25 6:00 p.m.	No. 21	Louisville	L 0–1	7–5–3 (3–4–0)	Fetzer Field (1,326) Chapel Hill, NC
October 29* 7:00 p.m.		Appalachian State	L 0–1	7–6–3 (3–4–0)	Fetzer Field (874) Chapel Hill, NC
November 1 7:00 p.m.		at No. 4 Virginia	L 1–2 ^OT	7–7–3 (3–5–0)	Klöckner Stadium (2,193) Charlottesville, VA
ACC Tournament
November 5 4:00 p.m.	(7)	(10) Syracuse First Round	T 0–0 (3–5 PKs) ^2OT	7–7–4	Fetzer Field (766) Chapel Hill, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Mauricio Pineda	MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist	August 1, 2019	[14]
Matt Constant	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 23, 2019	[15]
Mauricio Pineda	All-ACC First Team	November 13, 2019	[16]
Jeremy Kelly	All-ACC Second Team
Jack Skahan

2020 MLS Super Draft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Jeremy Kelly	Montreal Impact	1	9	MF
Jack Skahan	San Jose Earthquakes	2	27	MF

Source:[17]

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[18]	6	20	18	11	14	20	18	19	21	RV				None Released
TopDrawer Soccer [19]	7	7	20	23	14	12	RV	RV	18	RV

References

1. "Nelson Selected No. 10 Overall By FC Dallas". goheels.com. University of North Carolina Athletics. January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
2. "Sebastian Berhalter". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
3. "Cristian Coelho". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
4. "Cameron Fisher". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
5. "Julian Hinojosa". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
6. "Jonathan Jimenez". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
7. "Blake Malone". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
8. "Samuel Moore". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
9. "Marco Saborio Perez". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
10. "Jacob Schick". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
11. "Key White". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
12. "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". goheels.com. University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
13. "2019 Men's Soccer Schedule". goheels.com. University of North Carolina. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
14. "ACC Soccer Lands 17 on MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
15. "Dieye, Constant Earn ACC Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. September 23, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
16. "2019 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
17. "14 ACC Players Picked on Day 1 of MLS SuperDraft". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 9, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
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19. "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved October 28, 2019.