2023 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

2023 Syracuse Orange men's soccer
NCAA tournament Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 24
Record	9–5–7 (2–1–5 ACC)
Head coach	Ian McIntyre (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Jukka Masalin (14th season) Sean Lawlor (4th season)
Home stadium	SU Soccer Stadium
Seasons ←  2022 2024  →

2023 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 15 Wake Forest +	4	–	1	–	3			11	–	3	–	5
No. 1 Clemson ‡	4	–	2	–	2			15	–	3	–	5
No. 25 Syracuse +	2	–	1	–	5			9	–	5	–	7
No. 24 Louisville +	2	–	4	–	2			12	–	6	–	3
NC State	1	–	5	–	2			6	–	9	–	3
Boston College	0	–	5	–	3			3	–	9	–	5
Coastal
No. 2 Notre Dame +	6	–	0	–	2			13	–	3	–	6
No. 13 Virginia +	5	–	2	–	1			11	–	4	–	4
No. 20 Duke+	4	–	3	–	1			11	–	4	–	3
No. 6 North Carolina +	2	–	3	–	3			11	–	3	–	7
Pittsburgh +	2	–	3	–	3			6	–	7	–	4
Virginia Tech	2	–	5	–	1			4	–	9	–	4
‡ – ACC tournament champion + – Also invited to the 2023 NCAA tournament As of December 12, 2023 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source: The ACC

The 2023 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 104th season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's 11th season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and their 14th season with Ian McIntyre as the head coach of the program. The Orange played their home matches at SU Soccer Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

The Orange finished the season with a 9–5–7 overall record and a 2–1–5 record in ACC play to finished in third place in the Atlantic Division. As the sixth seed in the ACC Tournament they defeated eleventh seed NC State in the First Round, and advanced past third seed Virginia via penalties in the Quarterfinals, before falling to seventh seed North Carolina in the Semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They defeated Boston University in the First Round before losing to eighth seed New Hampshire in the Second Round to end their title defense.

Background

Main article: 2022 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

The 2022 season was the most successful season in program history. It was the first time a team from the university reached the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament championship game going on to defeat #13 Indiana, 7-6 on penalties after a 2-2 draw. ^{[1] [2]} It was the program's first national soccer title since 1936.

During the off-season, the team spent time in the UK, practicing against U21 squads for Brighton & Hove Albion, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Wolverhampton, and Leicester City. ^[3] The team was also invited to the College Athletes Day at the White House on June 12, 2023. ^{[4] [5]}

On August 1, 2023, the team was ranked #1 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 preseason poll. ^{[6] [7]}

Player Movement

Players Leaving

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Russell Shealy	1	GK	6'1"	223	Senior	Cartersville, Georgia	Graduated; drafted 52nd overall in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft
Christian Curti	2	DF	6'2"	178	Senior	Ontario, Canada	Graduated
Abdi Salim	3	DF	6'1"	177	Senior	Buffalo, New York	Graduated; drafted 17th overall in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft
Amferny Sinclair	5	MF	6'0"	165	Senior	Alajuela, Costa Rica	Graduated; drafted 45th overall in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft
Julio Fulcar	6	MF	5'9"	174	Graduate Student	Watertown, Massachusetts	Graduated
Curt Calov	7	MF	5'9"	155	Sophomore	Morristown, New Jersey	Transferred to Rutgers [8]
Nathan Opoku	10	FW	6'0"	173	Sophomore	Accra, Ghana	Signed professional contract with Leicester City [9]
Colin Biros	13	MF	5'7"	149	Graduate Student	Jackson, Ohio	Graduated
Levonte Johnson	14	FW	5'10"	185	Senior	Brampton, Ontario	Graduated; drafted 29th overall in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft
Louie Bulger	15	DF	5'10"	157	Senior	Tokyo, Japan	Graduated
Camden Holbrook	18	MF	6'2"	183	Senior	Cary, North Carolina	Graduated
Parker Kump	25	GK	6'0"	181	Sophomore	Fairport, New York	Transferred to Albany
Noah Lechelt	31	MF	5'10"	173	Freshman	Edmonton, Canada	Transferred to Coastal Carolina
Marc Chin	32	DF	6'0"	185	Freshman	Oviedo, Florida	—
Lucas Daunhauer	40	GK	6'3"	176	Graduate Student	Evansville, Indiana	Graduated

Players Arriving

After departure of many starters to professional ranks, the team welcomed 13 transfer players. ^[10]

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Jason Smith	1	GK	6'1"	173	Junior	Fresno, California	Utah Valley
Pablo Pedregosa	2	DF	6'2"	176	Graduate Student	Villareal, Spain	NC State
Andre Cutler-DeJesus	3	DF	6'1"	176	Junior	Mamaroneck, New York	Marist
Gabriel Mikina	5	DF	6'1"	183	Senior	Toronto, Canada	Niagara
Stephen Hasse	6	MF	5'8"	157	Senior	Godfrey, Illinois	Niagara
Mateo Leveque	7	MF	5'11"	171	Junior	Nice, France	Connecticut
Felipe D'Agostini	11	MF	5'7"	163	Graduate Student	Porto Alegre, Brazil	Oral Roberts
Rodrigo Almeida	14	FW	6'1"	165	Graduate Student	Lisbon, Portugal	Niagara
Daniel Diaz Bonilla	15	FW	6'0"	187	Graduate Student	Vienna, Virginia	Princeton
Nate Edwards	18	MF	5'9"	167	Senior	Brampton, Ontario	Purdue Fort Wayne
Thomas Hutt	25	GK	6'3"	217	Junior	Nutley, New Jersey	Army
Nicholas Kaloukian	32	FW	6'0"	189	Sophomore	Wayne, New Jersey	Michigan
Josh Belluz	33	MF	6'6"	207	Graduate Student	Toronto, Canada	Villanova
Michael Suski	99	FW	5'10"	177	Senior	Avon, Connecticut	Boston College

Recruiting Class

Name	Nationality	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Ezra Widman MF	USA	New York, New York	New England Revolution Academy	[11]

Squad

Roster

As of January 18, 2024 ^[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 0 GK   USA Sam Coss 1 GK   USA Jason Smith 2 DF   ESP Pablo Pedregosa 3 DF   USA Andre Cutler-DeJesus 4 DF   GER Noah Singelmann 5 DF   USA Gabriel Mikina 6 MF   USA Stephen Hasse 7 MF   FRA Mateo Leveque 8 MF   USA Jeorgio Kocevski 9 FW   GER Julius Rauch 10 MF   ITA Lorenzo Boselli 11 MF   BRA Felipe D'Agostini 12 DF   USA Gavin Wigg 13 MF   USA Colin Biros 14 FW   POR Rodrigo Almeida 15 FW   USA Daniel Diaz Bonilla 16 MF   USA Michal Gradus

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   USA Giona Leibold 18 MF   CAN Nate Edwards 19 DF   SWE Buster Sjoberg 20 MF   USA Trevor Carabin 21 DF   USA Stephen Betz 22 DF   CAN Ole Oyegunle 23 DF   USA Jackson Glenn 24 FW   USA Andrea DiBlasio 25 GK   USA Thomas Hut 26 MF   USA Tony Shaw 27 DF   USA Aidan Arber 28 FW   USA Francesco Pagano 29 MF   USA Antonio Pagano 30 GK   CAN Jahiem Wickham 31 MF   USA Ezra Widman 33 MF   CAN Josh Belluz 99 FW   USA Michael Suski

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic director	John Wildhack
Head coach	Ian McIntyre
Associate head coach	Jukka Masalin
Assistant coach	Sean Lawlor

Source:

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Preseason
August 12* 7:00 pm	No. 1	Canisius	W  4–0	–	SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
August 16* 7:00 pm	No. 1	St. Bonaventure	W  5–0	–	SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
August 19* 7:00 pm	No. 1	Marist	W  4–0	–	SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
Regular season
August 24* 7:00 pm,  ACCNX	No. 1	Providence	W  2–0	1–0–0	SU Soccer Stadium (1,276) Syracuse, NY
August 28* 7:00 pm,  ACCN	No. 1	Binghamton	W  3–0	2–0–0	SU Soccer Stadium (1,422) Syracuse, NY
September 1* 6:00 pm,  BTN	No. 1	at No. 20  Penn State Rivalry	T  1–1	2–0–1	Jeffrey Field (2,684) University Park, Pennsylvania
September 4* 7:00 pm, ACCNX	No. 1	Albany	W  1–0	3–0–1	SU Soccer Stadium (1,257) Syracuse, NY
September 8 8:00 pm, ACCN	No. 4	No. 7  Louisville	T  2–2	3–0–2 (0–0–1)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,832) Syracuse, NY
September 12* 7:00 pm, ACCNX	No. 7	Siena	Cancelled	3–0–2	SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY
September 16 7:00 pm, ACCNX	No. 7	at No. 20  Wake Forest	T  1–1	3–0–3 (0–0–2)	Spry Stadium (2,059) Winston-Salem, NC
September 19* 7:00 pm,  ESPN+	No. 7	at  Cornell	L  1–2	3–1–3	Charles F. Berman Field (915) Ithaca, NY
September 22 7:00 pm, ACCNX	No. 7	Pittsburgh	W  3–2	4–1–3 (1–0–2)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,911) Syracuse, NY
September 29 7:00 pm, ACCN	No. 7	at No. 21  Duke	L  3–5	4–2–3 (1–1–2)	Koskinen Stadium (1,524) Durham, NC
October 3* 7:00 pm, ACCNX	No. 18	Colgate	W  1–0	5–2–3	SU Soccer Stadium (784) Syracuse, NY
October 6 7:30 pm, ACCN	No. 18	No. 13  North Carolina	W  1–0	6–2–3 (2–1–2)	Dorrance Field (2,387) Chapel Hill, NC
October 10* 7:00 pm, ACCNX	No. 10	Temple	L  1–2	6–3–3	SU Soccer Stadium (352) Syracuse, NY
October 15 1:00 pm,  ESPNU	No. 10	No. 21  Clemson	T  1–1	6–3–4 (2–1–3)	SU Soccer Stadium (1,612) Syracuse, NY
October 18* 7:00 pm, ACCN	No. 22	Yale	W  2–0	7–3–4	SU Soccer Stadium (487) Syracuse, NY
October 22 1:00 pm, ACCNX	No. 22	NC State	T  1–1	7–3–5 (2–1–4)	SU Soccer Stadium (320) Syracuse, NY
October 27 7:00 pm, ACCNX	No. 19	Boston College	T  1–1	7–3–6 (2–1–5)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (517) Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC tournament
November 1 6:00 pm, ACCN	(6) No. 22	(11)  NC State First Round	W  5–0	8–3–6	SU Soccer Stadium (505) Syracuse, NY
November 5 2:00 pm, ACCN	(6) No. 24	(3) No. 9 Virginia Quarterfinals	W  1–1  4-3	8–3–7	Klöckner Stadium (2106) Charlottesville, VA
November 8 6:00 pm, ACCN	(6) No. 18	(7) No. 7 North Carolina Semifinals	L  1–3	8–4–7	SU Soccer Stadium (1570) Syracuse, N.Y.
NCAA tournament
November 16* 6:00 pm,  ESPN+	No. 18	Boston University First round	W  3–1	9-4-7	SU Soccer Stadium (1321) Syracuse, NY
November 19* 2:00 pm, ESPN+	No. 18	(8) No. 10  New Hampshire Second round	L  0–3	9-5-7	Wildcat Stadium (620) Durham, N.H.
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time [13] [14] .

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Giona Leibold	Pre-Season All-ACC Team	August 26, 2023	[15]
Jahiem Wickham	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	October 10, 2023	[16]
Jeorgio Kocevski	ACC Midfielder of the Year	November 8, 2023	[17]
	All-ACC First Team
Lorenzo Boselli	All-ACC Third Team
Daniel Diaz Bonilla	ACC All-Tournament Team	November 12, 2023	[18]
Alex Svetanoff

2024 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2024 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Jeorgio Kocevski	Orlando City	1	21	MF
Olu Oyegunle	Atlanta United	2	33	DF

Source: ^[19]

Rankings

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer [20]	1 (4)	1 (8)	4	7	7	7	18	10	22	19	22	18	Not released				25
TopDrawer Soccer [21]	1	1	3	6	5	8	13	11	17	19	24	19	21	24	24	24	24

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External links

• Syracuse Men's Soccer