2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
ACC Atlantic Division champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches  poll	No. 15
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 18
Record	11–3–5 (4–1–3 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Muuss (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Steve Armas (9th season) Dane Brenner (13th season) Ade Taiwo (1st season)
Home stadium	Spry Stadium
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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 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represented Wake Forest University during the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 77th season of the university fielding a program. It was the program's ninth season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. ^[1] The Demon Deacons played their home matches at Spry Stadium.

The Demon Deacons finished the season 11–3–5 overall and 4–1–3 in ACC play to finish in first place in the Atlantic Division. As the second overall seed in the ACC Tournament they earned a by into the Second Round where they lost to North Carolina. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They were the tenth overall seed and lost to Indiana in overtime in the Second Round to end their season.

Background

Main article: 2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

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.

Player movement

Players leaving

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Takuma Suzuki	12	MF	6'1"	150	Senior	Peachtree City, Georgia	Graduated
David Wrona	13	MF	5'11"	165	Senior	Hoover, Alabama	Graduated
Omar Hernandez	17	MF	5'11"	175	Senior	Dalton, Georgia	Graduated
Cole McNally	31	GK	6'4"	220	Junior	Mount Airy, Maryland	Transferred to William & Mary
Sebastian Scrivner	33	DF	6'3"	180	Senior	Bellevue, Washington	Graduated

Players arriving

Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Camilo Ponce	17	MF	5'9"	161	Sophomore	Amityville, New York	Boston College

Recruiting Class

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Pranav DuBroff DF	USA	Frisco, Texas	FC Dallas Academy	[2]
Jonah Mednard GK	USA	Congers, New York	New York City FC Academy	[3]
Pariss Mitchell FW	USA	Ontario, Canada	Toronto FC Academy	[4]
Liam O'Gara MF	USA	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	NC Fusion	[5]
Ernesto Perez MF	USA	Antioch, Illinois	Shattuck-Saint Mary's School	[6]
Travis Smith DF	USA	Louisville, Kentucky	Louisville City FC Academy	[7]
Jeffrey White MF	USA	Tampa, Florida	Tampa Bay United Academy	[8]

Squad

Roster

As of January 16, 2024 ^[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 0 GK   USA Jonah Mednard 1 GK   USA Trace Alphin 2 DF   USA Bo Cummins 3 DF   USA Travis Smith Jr. 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 Jose Perez 13 MF   USA Jeffrey White 14 DF   USA Jahlane Forbes 15 FW   USA Mwinso Denkabe 16 DF   JPN Hosei Kijima

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   USA Camilo Ponce 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 32 DF   USA Garrison Tubbs 33 MF   USA Liam O'Gara 34 DF   USA Pranav DuBroff

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	John Currie
Head coach	Bobby Muuss
Associate head coach	Steve Armas
Associate head coach	Dane Brenner
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 13* 7:00 p.m.	No. 18	Davidson	T 2–2	–	Alumni Soccer Stadium Davidson, NC
August 19* 7:00 p.m.	No. 18	Denver	W 3–2	–	Spry Stadium Winston–Salem, NC
Regular season
August 24* 7:00 p.m.,  ACCNX	No. 18	Grand Canyon	W  3–1	1–0–0	Spry Stadium (1,324) Winston–Salem, NC
August 27* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 18	California	T  1–1	1–0–1	Spry Stadium (1,352) Winston–Salem, NC
September 1* 7:30 p.m.,  B1G+	No. 16	at No. 20  Maryland	T  0–0	1–0–2	Ludwig Field (4,644) College Park, MD
September 5* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 16	Furman	W  5–1	2–0–2	Spry Stadium (1,360) Winston–Salem, NC
September 9 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 9	at  Pittsburgh	L  0–3	2–1–2 (0–1–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (714) Pittsburgh, PA
September 12* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 20	Gardner–Webb	W  4–0	3–1–2	Spry Stadium (915) Winston–Salem, NC
September 16 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 20	No. 7  Syracuse	T  1–1	3–1–3 (0–1–1)	Spry Stadium (2,217) Winston–Salem, NC
September 19* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 14	Liberty	W  3–1	4–1–3	Spry Stadium (753) Winston–Salem, NC
September 22 6:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 14	Clemson	W  1–0	5–1–3 (1–1–1)	Spry Stadium (2,528) Winston–Salem, NC
September 26* 7:00 p.m.,  FloFC	No. 10	at  Campbell	W  3–1	6–1–3	Eakes Athletics Complex (307) Buies Creek, NC
September 29 2:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 10	at  Boston College	W  1–0	7–1–3 (2–1–1)	Newton Campus Soccer Field (207) Chestnut Hill, MA
October 6 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	at  NC State	W  3–0	8–1–3 (3–1–1)	Dail Soccer Field (1,636) Raleigh, NC
October 10* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	Wofford	W  2–0	9–1–3	Spry Stadium (956) Winston–Salem, NC
October 14 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 4	No. 14  North Carolina	W  1–0	10–1–3 (4–1–1)	Spry Stadium (2,454) Winston–Salem, NC
October 17* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	Robert Morris	W  5–1	11–1–3	Spry Stadium (699) Winston–Salem, NC
October 20 8:00 p.m., ACCN	No. 3	No. 6  Notre Dame	T  1–1	11–1–4 (4–1–2)	Spry Stadium (2,261) Winston–Salem, NC
October 27 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	at  Louisville	T  2–2	11–1–5 (4–1–3)	Lynn Stadium (1,052) Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
November 5 4:00 p.m., ACCN	(2) No. 6	(7) No. 13 North Carolina Quarterfinals	L  0–1	11–2–5	Spry Stadium (2,958) Winston–Salem, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 19 5:00 p.m.,  ESPN+	(10) No. 6	Indiana Second Round	L  2–3  2OT	11–3–5	Spry Stadium (2,059) 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.
Garrison Tubbs	Pre-Season Hermann Trophy Watchlist	August 24	[11]
Hosei Kijima	Pre-Season All-ACC Team	August 26	[12]
Trace Alphin	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	September 5	[13]
Garrison Tubbs	ACC Defensive Player of the Week	October 17	[14]
Garrison Tubbs	ACC Defensive Player of the Year	November 8	[15]
	All-ACC First Team
Trace Alphin	All-ACC Second Team
Jahlane Forbes
Hosei Kijima
Roald Mitchell
Liam O'Gara	All-ACC Freshman Team

2024 MLS Super Draft

Main article: 2024 MLS SuperDraft

Player	Team	Round	Pick #	Position
Hosei Kijima	St. Louis City	1	17	MF
Jahlane Forbes	Charlotte FC	2	38	DF
Babacar Niang	Minnesota United	3	78	MF

Source: ^[16]

Rankings

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

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer [17]	18	16	9	20	14	10	6	4	3	3	6	6	Not released				15
TopDrawer Soccer [18]	17	17	14	19	9	5	3	3	3	3	5	7	9	18	18	18	18

References

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2. "Pranav DuBroff". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
3. "Jonah Mednard". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
4. "Pariss Mitchell". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
5. "Liam O'Gara". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
6. "Ernesto Perez". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
7. "Travis Smith". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
8. "Jeffrey White". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
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