2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  poll	No. 6
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 5
Record	13–3–2 (8–1–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Muuss (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Steve Armas (6th season) Dane Brenner (10th season) Jonathan Lagos (2nd season)
Home stadium	Spry Stadium
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2020 ACC men's fall soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
North
No. 2 Pittsburgh	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Virginia Tech	3	–	1	–	2			3	–	2	–	2
Notre Dame	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Virginia	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Louisville	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	6	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	3	–	2			0	–	3	–	2
South
No. 3 Wake Forest	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
North Carolina	3	–	1	–	2			3	–	2	–	2
No. 1 Clemson‡	3	–	2	–	1			8	–	2	–	1
Duke	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
NC State	0	–	5	–	1			0	–	6	–	1
Boston College†	0	–	0	–	0			0	–	0	–	0
‡ – 2020 ACC Tournament champion As of March 9, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC Note: † Due to COVID-19, Boston College suspended the Fall 2020 men's soccer season; begins play in March.

2020 ACC men's spring soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 7 Clemson ‡	4	–	1	–	1			14	–	3	–	3
Louisville	4	–	2	–	0			5	–	8	–	1
No. 6 Wake Forest +	3	–	0	–	2			13	–	3	–	2
NC State	1	–	2	–	3			3	–	8	–	4
Boston College *	1	–	3	–	1			1	–	3	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	3	–	1			2	–	7	–	4
Coastal
No. 3 Pittsburgh +	5	–	1	–	0			16	–	4	–	0
No. 4 North Carolina +	4	–	1	–	1			9	–	5	–	4
Duke	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	10	–	3
Virginia	2	–	4	–	0			7	–	8	–	1
No. 15 Virginia Tech +	2	–	4	–	0			7	–	6	–	4
Notre Dame	1	–	5	–	0			8	–	9	–	0
‡ – 2020 ACC Fall Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2020 NCAA Tournament As of May 18, 2021 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC Note: *- Due to COVID-19, Boston College suspended the Fall 2020 men's soccer season; began play in March.

The 2020 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 74th season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's sixth season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. The Demon Deacons played their home matches at Spry Stadium.

The teams' 2020 season was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which curtailed the fall season and caused the NCAA Tournament to be played in spring 2021. The ACC was one of the only two conferences in men's soccer to play in the fall of 2020. The ACC also held a mini-season during the spring of 2021.

The Demon Deacons finished the fall season 5–1–0 and 7–2–0 in ACC play to finish in first place in the South Division. In the ACC Tournament they lost to Virginia in the Quarterfinals. They finished the spring season 4–0–2 and 3–0–2 in ACC play, to finish in third place in the Atlantic Division. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the fifth seed in the tournament, they defeated Coastal Carolina in the Second Round and Kentucky in the Third Round before losing to North Carolina in the Quarterfinals to end their season.

Background

Main article: 2019 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

The 2019 Wake Forest men's soccer team finished the season with a 16–5–2 overall record and a 6–2–0 ACC record. The Demon Deacons were seeded third–overall in the 2019 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they defeated Virginia Tech in the Quarterfinals, but lost to eventual champions Virginia in the Semifinals. The Demon Deacons earned an at-large bid into the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the fourth–overall seed in the tournament, Wake Forest defeated Maryland, Michigan, and UC Santa Barbara before being defeated by eventual runners-up Virginia in the Semifinals.

At the end of the season, two Demon Deacons men's soccer players were selected in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft: Alistair Johnston and Joey DeZart. ^[1]

Player movement

Players leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Andreu Cases Mundet	1	GK	6'0"	165	Senior	Barcelona, Spain	Graduated
Justyn Thomas	6	DF	6'0"	175	Junior	Keswick, Ontario
Alistair Johnson	8	MF	5'11"	170	Senior	Aurora, Ontario	Declared for 2020 MLS SuperDraft; drafted 11th overall by Nashville
Tater Rennhack	9	FW	5'11"	165	Senior	Westlake, TX	Graduated
Bruno Lapa	10	MF	5'9"	155	Senior	Curitiba, Brazil	Graduated
Joey DeZart	14	MF	6'1"	195	Senior	Jackson, NJ	Declared for 2020 MLS SuperDraft; drafted 31st overall by Orlando
Eddie Folds	19	DF	5'10"	150	Senior	Columbus, OH	Graduated

Players arriving

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Prince Amponsah DF	USA	Bronx, New York	NYCFC (Academy)	[2]
Cristian Escribano DF	USA	Frisco, TX	FC Dallas (Academy)	[3]
Jahlane Forbes DF	USA	Clermont, FL	Orlando City SC (Academy)	[4]
Hosei Kijima DF	JPN	Yokohama, Japan	IMG Academy	[5]
Chase Oliver MF	USA	Kennesaw, GA	Atlanta United (Academy)	[6]
Thomas Raimbault FW	CAN	Vancouver, BC	Vancouver Whitecaps (Academy)	N/A [7]
Oscar Sears MF	SWE	Stockholm, Sweden	Danderyds Gymnasium	[8]
Colin Thomas MF	USA	Canton, GA	United Futbol Academy	[9]
Garrison Tubbs DF	USA	Brunswick, GA	Atlanta United (Academy)	[10]

Squad

Roster

Updated:November 4, 2020 ^[11]

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 Andrew Pannenberg 2 DF   USA Koby Carr 3 FW   USA Kyle Holcomb 4 DF   USA Holland Rula 5 DF   TRI Michael DeShields 7 FW   USA Aristotle Zarris 10 MF   SWE Oscar Sears 11 MF   JAM Justin McMaster 12 MF   USA Takuma Suzuki 13 FW   USA David Wrona 14 DF   USA Jahlane Forbes 15 MF   USA Isaiah Parente 16 DF   JPN Hosei Kijima 17 MF   USA Omar Hernandez 19 DF   USA Cristian Escribano

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF   USA Kyle McCurley 21 MF   USA Machop Chol 22 FW   NZL Calvin Harris 23 DF   USA Nico Benalcazar 24 MF   USA Jake Swallen 25 MF   PHI William Valtos 26 MF   USA Colin Thomas 27 DF   USA Prince Amponsah 28 DF   USA Tyrrell Moore 30 GK   USA Dominic Peters 31 GK   USA Cole McNally 32 DF   USA Garrison Tubbs 33 DF   USA Sebastian Scrivner 34 MF   USA Chase Oliver

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Ron Wellman
Head coach	Bobby Muuss
Associate head coach	Steve Armas
Assistant Coach	Dane Brenner
Assistant Coach	Jonathan Lagos
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Michael White
Academic Counselor	Brooke Taylor
Sports Performance	David Bass

Source: ^[11]

Schedule

Source: ^{[12] [13]}

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
September 13, 2020* 7:00 p.m.		Pittsburgh	W 3–2	–	Spry Stadium Winston–Salem, NC
Fall Regular season
September 25, 2020* 6:00 p.m.,  ACCN	No. 1	at  Louisville	W 3–1	1–0–0	Lynn Stadium (112) Louisville, KY
October 3, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	NC State	W 4–1	2–0–0 (1–0–0)	Spry Stadium Winston–Salem, NC
October 10, 2020* 7:30 p.m., ACCN	No. 1	UAB	W 2–0	3–0–0 (1–0–0)	Spry Stadium (748) Winston–Salem, NC
October 13, 2020 7:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 1	at  Clemson	L 1–2	3–1–0 (1–1–0)	Riggs Field (1,000) Clemson, SC
October 18, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	No. 3  North Carolina	W 1–0 OT	4–1–0 (2–1–0)	Spry Stadium Winston–Salem, NC
October 23, 2020 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 2	at  Duke	W 2–1	5–1–0 (3–1–0)	Koskinen Stadium Durham, NC
October 30, 2020 5:00 p.m.,  RSN	No. 2	No. 3 Clemson	W 2–0	6–1–0 (4–1–0)	Spry Stadium Winston–Salem, NC
November 7, 2020 7:00 p.m., RSN	No. 2	at NC State	W  2–0	7–1–0 (5–1–0)	Dail Soccer Field (77) Raleigh, NC
ACC Tournament
November 15, 2020 4:00 p.m., ACCN	(S1) No. 2	(N4)  Virginia Quarterfinals	L  0–2	7–2–0	Spry Stadium (100) Winston–Salem, NC
Spring Regular season
March 1, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		Davidson	W  1–0	8–2–0	Spry Stadium (0) Winston–Salem, NC
March 6, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	Boston College	W  3–2	9–2–0 (6–1–0)	Spry Stadium (0) Winston–Salem, NC
March 13, 2021 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	NC State	T  0–0  2OT	9–2–1 (6–1–1)	Spry Stadium (350) Winston–Salem, NC
March 20, 2021 7:00 p.m.	No. 5	at  Notre Dame	W  3–2	10–2–1 (7–1–1)	Alumni Stadium (241) Notre Dame, IN
March 27, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	Louisville	W  2–1  OT	11–2–1 (8–1–1)	Spry Stadium (450) Winston–Salem, NC
April 2, 2021 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	at No. 1 Clemson	T  0–0  2OT	11–2–2 (8–1–2)	Riggs Field (1,000) Clemson, SC
April 9, 2021 7:00 p.m.	No. 4	at  Syracuse	Canceled [14]		SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
NCAA Tournament
May 2, 2021 1:00 p.m.,  ESPN3	(5) No. 4	No. 25  Coastal Carolina Second Round	W  3–2	12–2–2	Spry Stadium (509) Winston–Salem, NC
May 6, 2021 9:00 p.m., NCAA Livestream	(5) No. 4	vs. No. 24  Kentucky Third Round	W  2–1	13–2–2	WakeMed Soccer Park (156) Cary, NC
May 10, 2021 5:00 p.m., NCAA Livestream	(5) No. 4	vs. No. 16 North Carolina Quarterfinals	L  1–2	13–3–2	WakeMed Soccer Park (189) Cary, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Calvin Harris	ACC Co-offensive Player of the Week	September 28, 2020	[15]
Kyle Holcomb	ACC Co-offensive Player of the Week	October 5, 2020	[16]
Omar Hernandez	ACC Co-offensive Player of the Week	October 26, 2020	[17]
Nico Benalcazar	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	November 2, 2020	[18]
Andrew Pannenberg	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	November 9, 2020	[19]
Calvin Harris	All ACC First-Team	April 14, 2021	[20]
Isaiah Parente
Nico Benalcazar	All ACC Second-Team
Machop Chol
Kyle Holcomb	All ACC Third-Team
Garrison Tubbs	All ACC Rookie Team

2021 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2021 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Calvin Harris	FC Cincinnati	1	2	FW
Michael DeShields	D.C. United	1	5	DF
Justin McMaster	Minnesota United	1	17	FW
Andrew Pannenberg	Orlando City	2	49	GK

Source: ^[21]

Rankings

Main article: 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

Fall 2020

Ranking movement
Legend:██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes.

Poll	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Final
United Soccer [22]	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3

Spring 2021

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	Final
United Soccer [22]	None Released				6	4	5	6	4 (1)	4	5	4 (2)	None Released		6
TopDrawer Soccer [23]	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	5

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