2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team

2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  poll	No. 18
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 22
Record	11–7–2 (3–3–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Clark (17th season)
Assistant coaches	B. J. Craig (10th season) Michael Casper (3rd season)
Captains	Matt Habrowski Chris Hubbard Jon Gallagher
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
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 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 40th season. ^[1] It was the program's 5th season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish were led by head coach Bobby Clark, in his seventeenth year.

Roster

Source: ^[2]

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 Ryan Krutz 1 GK   USA Chris Hubbard(captain) 3 FW   USA Spencer Farina 4 DF   USA Matt Habrowski(captain) 5 MF   FRA Félicien Dumas 6 MF   SCO Sean Macleod 7 MF   USA Jack Casey 8 MF   USA Nick Cullen 9 FW   USA Jeffrey Farina 10 FW   IRL Jon Gallagher (captain) 11 DF   USA Sean Dedrick 12 MF   USA Kyle Dedrick 13 GK   USA Duncan Turnbull 14 FW   USA Simon Roennecke

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF   USA Aiden McFadden 16 MF   USA Tommy McCabe 17 DF   USA Senan Farrelly 18 MF   USA Townsend Meyer 20 MF   USA Blake Townes 21 FW   USA Thomas Ueland 22 FW   USA Ian Aschieris 23 DF   USA Mitch MacDonald 24 FW   USA Paul Rothrock 25 DF   USA Patrick Berneski 26 MF   USA Kurt Roemer 27 FW   USA John Rea 28 DF   USA Brian Finn 30 GK   USA Keagan McLaughlin

Prior to the season the Irish named three captains: Chris Hubbard, Matt Habrowski, and Jon Gallagher. ^[3]

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Jack Swarbrick
Head coach	Bobby Clark
Associate head coach	B.J. Craigh
Assistant coach	Michael Casper
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Vern Gingerich
Director of Operations	Giuliana Figliomeni

Source: ^[2]

Schedule

Source ^[4]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Exhibition
August 13* 8:00 pm	No. 10	at  Omaha	W  2-0	- (-)	Caniglia Field Omaha, NE
August 16* 8:00 pm	No. 10	at  Drake	W 4-1	- (-)	Cownie Sports Complex Des Moines, IA
August 21* 5:00 pm	No. 10	Valparaiso	W  3-0	- (-)	Alumni Stadium (636) Notre Dame, IN
Regular Season
August 25* 7:30 pm	No. 10	San Diego Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament	W  2-0	1-0-0 (0-0-0)	Alumni Stadium (746) Notre Dame, IN
August 27* 2:00 pm	No. 10	Cal Poly Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament	W  2-1  2OT	2-0-0 (0-0-0)	Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
September 2* 7:00 pm	No. 9	at  Connecticut	W  1-0	3-0-0 (0-0-0)	Morrone Stadium (4,522) Storrs, CT
September 8 5:00 pm	No. 6	at  Boston College	W  3-1	4-0-0 (1-0-0)	Newton Soccer Complex (846) Chestnut Hill, MA
September 15 7:30 pm	No. 2	NC State	W  3-0	5-0-0 (2-0-0)	Alumni Stadium (1,221) Notre Dame, IN
September 19* 7:00 pm	No. 1	Bowling Green	W  2-1	6-0-0 (2-0-0)	Alumni Stadium (678) Notre Dame, IN
September 22 7:00 pm	No. 1	at  Virginia Tech	L  1-2	6-1-0 (2-1-0)	Thompson Field (1,526) Blacksburg, VA
September 26* 7:00 pm	No. 7	at No. 1  Indiana	L  0-1	6-2-0 (2-1-0)	Armstrong Stadium (4,654) Bloomington, IN
September 29 7:30 pm	No. 7	No. 10  Virginia	T  1-1	6-2-1 (2-1-1)	Alumni Stadium (2,158) Notre Dame, IN
October 3* 7:00 pm	No. 9	Northwestern	W  2-1  OT	7-2-1 (2-1-1)	Alumni Stadium (565) Notre Dame, IN
October 6 7:00 pm	No. 9	at No. 5  Clemson	W  2-1	8-2-1 (3-1-1)	Riggs Field (4,035) Clemson, SC
October 10* 7:00 pm	No. 7	No. 24  Michigan	W  3-1	9-2-1 (3-1-1)	Alumni Stadium (660) Notre Dame, IN
October 13 7:00 pm	No. 7	Pittsburgh	L  0-1	9-3-1 (3-2-1)	Alumni Stadium (825) Notre Dame, IN
October 17* 7:00 pm	No. 12	at No. 19  Akron	L  0-2	9-4-1 (3-2-1)	FirstEnergy Stadium (1,905) Akron, OH
October 20 7:00 pm	No. 12	No. 15  Duke	T  0-0  2OT	9-4-2 (3-2-2)	Alumni Stadium (1,703) Notre Dame, IN
October 24* 7:00 pm	No. 16	at No. 7  Michigan State	Cancelled [5]	9-4-2 (3-2-2)	DeMartin Soccer Complex East Lansing, MI
October 27 7:00 pm	No. 16	at No. 3  North Carolina	L  0-3	9-5-2 (3-3-2)	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,226) Cary, NC
ACC Tournament
November 1 7:00 pm	No. 21	Pittsburgh First Round	W  5-0	10-5-2 (3-3-2)	Alumni Stadium (128) Notre Dame, IN
November 5 1:00 pm	No. 21	at No. 3  North Carolina Quarterfinals	W  2-1	11-5-2 (3-3-2)	WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC
November 8 7:00 pm	No. 13	at No. 17  Virginia Semifinals	L  2-1	11-6-2 (3-3-2)	Klöckner Stadium (1142) Charlottesville, VA
NCAA Tournament
November 19 6:00 pm	No. 12	No. 20  Wisconsin Second Round	L  0-1  OT	11-7-2	Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Jon Gallagher	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	September 12	[6]
Felicien Dumas	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 18	[7]
Jon Gallagher	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	October 9	[8]
Jon Gallagher	All ACC First Team	November 7	[9]
Jeffrey Farina	All ACC Third Team		[9]
Jeff Farina	ACC All Tournament Team	November 12	[10]
Jon Gallagher			[10]
Jon Gallagher	United Soccer Coaches All-American Second Team	December 7	[11]
	Soccer America All-American Second Team	December 8	[12]
	College Soccer News All-American First Team	January 4	[13]

Rankings

Main article: List of NCAA Division I men's soccer teams ranked in the 2017 Top 25 coaches poll

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 [14]	10	9	6	2	1	7	9	7	12	16	21	13	12	None Released				18
TopDrawer Soccer [15]	17	17	10	6	3	4	8	7	7	8	16	21	14	10	22	22	22	22

MLS Draft

The following members of the 2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team were selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. ^[16]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	MLS club	Ref.
Jon Gallagher	1	14	MF	Atlanta United	[17]

References

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17. ""A dream come true" - ATL UTD selects Gallagher No. 14 overall in MLS SuperDraft". atlutd.com. Atlanta United FC. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.