2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team

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2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer
Virginia Tech Hokies logo.svg
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record10–10–0 (3–5–0 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Captains
  • Ben Lundgaard
  • Collin Verfurth
  • Marcelo Acuna
Home stadium Sandra D. Thompson Field
Seasons
  2016
2018  
2017 ACC men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Atlantic
No. 5 Wake Forest7 0 119 2 2
No. 7 Louisville + 5 2 113 2 5
No. 17 Clemson + 4 4 012 6 1
NC State + 3 3 28 6 4
Boston College 1 6 16 10 1
Syracuse 0 6 26 8 4
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina + 6 1 117 4 1
No. 13 Duke + 4 3 113 4 3
No. 19 Virginia + 3 2 313 4 5
No. 18 Notre Dame + 3 3 211 7 2
Virginia Tech + 3 5 010 10 0
Pittsburgh 2 6 08 10 0
As of December 13, 2017
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

The 2017 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represented 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.

Contents

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.NationPlayer
0 GK Flag of Germany.svg  GER Morten Lamps
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ben Lundgaard(captain)
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Will Mejia
3 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Collin Verfurth(captain)
5 DF Flag of Iceland.svg  ISL Jon Ingason
6 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Brendan Moyers
8 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA James Kasak
9 FW Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Elias Tamburini
10 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Robert McCoy
11 FW Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Marcelo Acuna(captain)
15 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kristo Strickler
16 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Rory Slevin
17 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Gregor von Westphalen
18 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Drew Ott
No.Pos.NationPlayer
19 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Matt Dudon
20 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Rodrigo Zampieri
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Camron Lennon
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Gino Rossi
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Forrest White
24 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Justus Kauppinen
25 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Charles Filby
26 MF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Hyunsueng Hong
27 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Hayden Kickbush
28 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Daniel Damiani
29 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Durke Bender
30 FW Flag of France.svg  FRA Gaetan Roux
31 FW Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jakob Bluemler
32 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nico Quashie

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

Coaching staff

PositionStaff
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#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 15*
7:00 pm
No. 17at  East Tennessee State W  1–0  
(–)
Summers-Taylor Stadium
Johnson City, TN
August 19
7:00 pm
No. 17No. 5  Clemson T  4–4  
(–)
Sandra D. Thompson Field
Blacksburg, VA
Regular season
August 25*
7:00 pm
No. 17No. 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  OT9–8–0
(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

RecipientAwardDateRef.
Marcelo AcunaACC Offensive Player of the WeekSeptember 25 [4]
Marcelo AcunaAll ACC First TeamNovember 7 [5]
Ben Lundgaard

Rankings

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TopDrawer Soccer [7] 2020RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV

MLS Draft

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

PlayerRoundPickPositionMLS clubRef.
Ben Lungaard 121 GK Columbus Crew SC [9]

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