2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  poll	No. 24
Record	14–6–0 (5–3–0 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Muuss (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Steve Armas (8th season) Dane Brenner (12th season)
Home stadium	Spry Stadium
Seasons ←  2021 2023  →

2022 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 1 Syracuse ‡	5	–	1	–	2			18	–	2	–	5
No. 24 Wake Forest +	5	–	3	–	0			14	–	6	–	0
Louisville +	4	–	3	–	1			9	–	6	–	3
No. 13 Clemson +	3	–	4	–	1			13	–	7	–	1
Boston College	1	–	4	–	3			4	–	7	–	5
NC State	1	–	5	–	2			6	–	7	–	5
Coastal
No. 3 Duke +	5	–	0	–	3			13	–	2	–	4
No. 16 Virginia +	5	–	1	–	2			10	–	4	–	5
No. 8 Pittsburgh +	3	–	2	–	3			12	–	5	–	5
North Carolina +	2	–	2	–	4			8	–	6	–	5
Notre Dame	3	–	4	–	1			8	–	7	–	2
Virginia Tech	0	–	8	–	0			3	–	14	–	1
‡ – ACC Tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2022 NCAA tournament As of December 13, 2022 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

The 2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 76th season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's eighth season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. ^[1] The Demon Deacons played their home matches at Spry Stadium.

The Demon Deacons finished the season 14–6–0 overall and 5–3–0 in ACC play to finish in second place in the Atlantic Division. As the fourth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they defeated Virginia Tech in the Second Round before losing to Clemson in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They were an unseeded team and lost to Ohio State in the First Round to end their season.

Background

Main article: 2021 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

The Demon Deacons finished the season 13–7–1 overall and 4–3–1 in ACC play to finish in third place in the Atlantic Division. As the sixth overall seed in the ACC Tournament they defeated Virginia in the First Round before losing to Duke in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They were an unseeded team and defeated Mercer in the First Round and thirteenth seed FIU in the Second Round before losing to fourth seed Notre Dame to end their season.

Player movement

Players leaving

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Kyle Holcomb	7	FW	6'0"	165	Senior	San Marcos, California	Graduated, selected 29th overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft

Players arriving

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Sidney Paris	22	MF	5'9"	150	Junior	Oakville, Ontario	Navy

Recruiting Class

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Devin Armstrong GK	USA	Palm Harbor, Florida	Tampa Bay United Rowdies	[2]
Cooper Flax DF	USA	Dix Hills, New York	NYCFC Academy	[3]
Samuel Jones DF	USA	Portsmouth, Virginia	Philadelphia Union Academy	[4]
Alec Kenison DF	USA	San Diego, California	Olentangy Orange High School	[5]
Nicholas Rabiu FW	USA	Schenectady, New York	New York Red Bulls Academy	[6]
Vladimir Walent DF	USA	Lafayette, Colorado	Colorado Rapids Academy	[7]
Aethan Yohannes MF	USA	Springfield, Virginia	Laurel Springs High School	[8]

Squad

Roster

As of January 11, 2023 ^[9]

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 Trace Alphin 2 DF   USA Bo Cummins 4 DF   USA Alec Kenison 5 DF   USA Samuel Jones 6 MF   USA Aethan Yohannes 7 MF   USA Nico Rabiu 8 FW   SEN Babacar Niang 9 MF   USA Roald Mitchell 10 MF   SWE Oscar Sears 11 MF   USA Leo Guarino 12 MF   USA Takuma Suzuki 13 FW   USA David Wrona 14 DF   USA Jahlane Forbes 15 FW   USA Mwinso Denkabe 16 DF   JPN Hosei Kijima 17 MF   USA Omar Hernandez

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   USA Cooper Flax 19 DF   USA Cristian Escribano 20 MF   USA Ryan Fessler 21 FW   USA Julian Kennedy 22 MF   PUR Sidney Paris 23 DF   USA Vlad Walent 24 MF   USA Jake Swallen 25 MF   USA Chase Oliver 26 MF   USA Colin Thomas 27 DF   USA Prince Amponsah 28 MF   USA Nicolas Mancilla 30 GK   USA Devin Armstrong 31 GK   USA Cole McNally 32 DF   USA Garrison Tubbs 33 DF   USA Sebastian Scrivner

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	John Currie
Head coach	Bobby Muuss
Associate head coach	Steve Armas
Assistant Coach	Dane Brenner
Volunteer assistant coach	Ade Taiwo
Assistant Athletic Trainer	Michael White
Academic Counselor	Brooke Taylor
Sports Performance	David Bass

Source: ^[9]

Schedule

Source: ^[10]

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 14* 6:00 p.m.	No. 15	at  Coastal Carolina	T 1–1	–	Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field Conway, SC
August 20* 7:00 p.m.	No. 15	No. 6  West Virginia	T 0–0	–	Spry Stadium Winston–Salem, NC
Regular season
August 25* 8:00 p.m.,  ACCN	No. 15	UCF	W  1–0	1–0–0	Spry Stadium (1,733) Winston–Salem, NC
August 28* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 15	Air Force	W  2–1	2–0–0	Spry Stadium (1,446) Winston–Salem, NC
September 3* 8:00 p.m.,  ESPN+	No. 5	at  UAB	W  2–0	3–0–0	PNC Field (315) Birmingham, AL
September 6* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	Winthrop	W  5–1	4–0–0	Spry Stadium (1,020) Winston–Salem, NC
September 10 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	NC State	W  2–0	5–0–0 (1–0–0)	Spry Stadium (1,882) Winston–Salem, NC
September 13* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2т	Fairleigh Dickinson	W  3–2	6–0–0	Spry Stadium (1,457) Winston–Salem, NC
September 16 7:30 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2т	at  Virginia Tech	W  1–0	7–0–0 (2–0–0)	Thompson Field (2,350) Blacksburg, VA
September 20* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	George Mason	W  6–1	8–0–0	Spry Stadium (1,794) Winston–Salem, NC
September 24 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	at No. 10  Clemson	W  6–1	9–0–0 (3–0–0)	Riggs Field (3,744) Clemson, SC
October 1 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 1	No. 4  Duke	L  2–3	9–1–0 (3–1–0)	Spry Stadium (3,630) Winston–Salem, NC
October 4* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	Jacksonville	W  1–0	10–1–0	Spry Stadium (1,321) Winston–Salem, NC
October 7 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	at No. 7  Syracuse	L  0–2	10–2–0 (3–2–0)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,052) Syracuse, NY
October 11* 6:00 p.m.,  FloSports	No. 10	at  William & Mary	L  1–2	10–3–0	Albert–Daly Field (823) Williamsburg, VA
October 15 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 10	Boston College	W  3–1	11–3–0 (4–2–0)	Spry Stadium (2,133) Winston–Salem, NC
October 18* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 25	Wofford	W  3–0	12–3–0	Spry Stadium (1,163) Winston–Salem, NC
October 22 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 25	at No. 24  Virginia	L  0–1	12–4–0 (4–3–0)	Klöckner Stadium (2,416) Charlottesville, VA
October 28 8:00 p.m., ACCN		No. 9  Louisville	W  3–0	13–4–0 (5–3–0)	Spry Stadium (2,011) Winston–Salem, NC
ACC Tournament
November 6 2:00 p.m., ACCN	(4)	(12) Virginia Tech Second Round	W  1–0	14–4–0	Spry Stadium (1,774) Winston–Salem, NC
November 9 7:00 p.m., ACCN	(4) No. 20т	(8) No. 18т Clemson Quarterfinals	L  0–2	14–5–0	Spry Stadium (1,729) Winston–Salem, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 17 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 20т	No. 16т  Ohio State First Round	L  0–3	14–6–0	Spry Stadium (701) Winston–Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Omar Hernandez	Pre-Season ACC Watchlist	August 16	[11]
Prince Amponsah	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 6	[12]
Roald Mitchell	ACC Co-offensive Player of the Week	September 13	[13]
Garrison Tubbs	ACC Co-defensive Player of the Week
Takuma Suzuki	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	November 1	[14]
Garrison Tubbs	All-ACC Second Team	November 9	[15]
Roald Mitchell
Jahlane Forbes	All-ACC Third Team
Babacar Niang
Prince Amponsah
Copper Flax	ACC All-Freshman Team
Vlad Walent

Rankings

Main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer [16]	15	5	4	2т	1 (7)	1 (8)	4	10	25	RV	RV	20т	Not released				24
TopDrawer Soccer [17]	19	7	4	3	1	1	4	8	17	19	17	13	—	—	—	—	—

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