2025 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

2025 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 17
Record	5–2–2 (3–0–1 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Noonan (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Philip Jones (13th season) Camilo Rodriguez (10th season) Gaye Diadie (1st season)
Home stadium	Riggs Field
Seasons ←  2024 2026 →

2025 ACC men's soccer standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Clemson	3	–	0	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
No. 12 Virginia	2	–	0	–	2			5	–	1	–	2
No. 16 Duke	2	–	0	–	1			5	–	0	–	3
No. 6 Stanford	2	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
No. 21 Notre Dame	2	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	2
Louisville	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
No. 1 NC State	1	–	0	–	2			7	–	0	–	2
SMU	1	–	0	–	2			4	–	2	–	3
North Carolina	0	–	0	–	4			4	–	1	–	4
California	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Boston College	1	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
No. 13 Wake Forest	0	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	3
Virginia Tech	0	–	2	–	1			2	–	2	–	3
Pittsburgh	0	–	2	–	1			4	–	4	–	2
Syracuse	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	2
‡ – ACC tournament champion + – At-large invitation to the 2025 NCAA tournament As of September 27, 2025 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Source:The ACC

The 2025 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team will represent Clemson University during the 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Tigers will be led by head coach Mike Noonan, in his sixteenth season. They will play their home games at Riggs Field in Clemson, South Carolina. This will be the team's 65th season playing organized men's college soccer and their 38th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous season

Main article: 2024 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

The Tigers finished the regular season 11–2–3 and 5–2–1 in ACC play. They finished in second place in the ACC. As the second seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Louisville in the First Round, Stanford in the Quarterfinals, and California in the Semifinals to return to the Final for a third straight year. They faced Wake Forest, who defeated them in a penalty shoot-out. The Tigers received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, and were the ninth overall seed. A defeat of Providence in the First Round, saw them match-up again with Wake Forest. Clemson lost this round 2–1 in overtime to end their title defense.

Player movement

Players leaving

Players Leaving

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Patrick Donovan	0	GK	6'2"	190	Junior	Westport, Connecticut	Transferred to Boston College [1]
Adam Lundegard	3	DF	6'2"	170	Junior	La Plata, Maryland	Graduated
Galen Flynn	4	DF	6'0"	165	Junior	West Hartford, Connecticut	Graduated
Terry Watson	5	DF	6'2"	170	Junior	Blythewood, South Carolina	Transferred to Gonzaga [1]
Joran Gerbet	6	DF	5'11"	160	Senior	Saint-Laurent-du-Pape, France	Graduated, selected 27th overall in the 2025 MLS SuperDraft [2]
Mason Lamb	8	DF	6'3"	190	Senior	Clermont, Florida	Graduated
Tyler Trimnal	9	FW	6'3"	175	Junior	Lancaster, South Carolina	Transferred to South Carolina [3]
Jackson Wrobel	10	MF	5'9"	162	Senior	Madison, Alabama	Graduated
Charlie Reed	12	GK	6'3"	195	Freshman	Austin, Texas	Joined Clemson Tigers football [4]
Mathieu Brick	13	DF	5'8"	158	Sophomore	Oviedo, Florida	Transferred to Duquesne [5]
Titus Sandy Jr.	14	DF	6'0"	165	Graduate Student	Charlotte, North Carolina	Graduated
Alex Meinhard	15	FW	6'0"	178	Graduate Student	Tartu, Estonia	Graduated
Antonio Illuminato	17	MF	5'10"	150	Graduate Student	Cardito, Italy	Graduated
Noah Behrmann	21	MF	5'10"	172	Junior	Charlotte, North Carolina	Transferred to High Point [1]
Will Cain	28	MF	5'10"		Sophomore	Hartlepool, England	Transferred to Gardner–Webb
Rafael Borlido	29	DF	6'0"	153	Sophomore	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	Transferred to Queens [6]
Logan Brown	31	GK	6'1"	178	Sophomore	Spartanburg, South Carolina	—
Samir Dishnica	34	MF	5'10"	151	Sophomore	Cheshire, Connecticut	Transferred to Lafayette [7]
Paulino Paz	35	MF	6'0"	150	Freshman	La Paz, Bolivia	Transferred to American [8]

Players arriving

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Olafur Floki Stephensen	4	DF	6'4"	172	Sophomore	Garðabær, Iceland	Virginia Tech [1]

Recruiting class

Source: ^[9]

Name	Nat.	Hometown	Club	TDS Rating
Kwaku Agyabeng MF	GHA	Kumasi, Ghana	Cedar Stars Rush	[10]
Augustine Asante DF	GHA	Kumasi, Ghana	Montverde Academy	[11]
Andres Beirute FW	CRC	San José, Costa Rica	LD Alajuelense II	N/A
Caleb George MF	RSA	Cape Town, South Africa	SIMA	[12]
Cooper Hineline FW	USA	Denver, Colorado	Real Colorado	[13]
Abdou Mane MF	SEN	Dakar, Senegal	Montverde Academy	[14]
Kyle Mattis FW	CRC	San José, Costa Rica	LD Alajuelense II	N/A
Reid Raintree MF	USA	Aiken, South Carolina	South Carolina United FC	[15]
Justin Ross GK	USA	West Chester, Pennsylvania	Philadelphia Union	[16]
Ivan Schmid GK	USA	Weston, Florida	Inter Miami CF II	[17]
Xander Sevian FW	USA	Boulder, Colorado	Real Colorado	[18]
Seamus Streelman DF	USA	Atlanta, Georgia	Atlanta United FC	[19]

Squad

Roster

As of August 26, 2025 ^[20]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 0 GK   USA Aiden Hampton 1 GK   GHA Joseph Andema 2 DF   ISL Lukas Magnason 3 DF   FRA Arthur Duquenne 4 DF   ISL Olafur Floki Stephensen 5 DF   GHA Augustine Asante 6 MF   GER Daniel Bunk 7 FW   GHA Wahabu Musah 8 MF   GHA Kwaku Agyabeng 10 MF   GHA Ransford Gyan 11 MF   JPN Misei Yoshizawa 12 GK   USA Justin Ross 14 FW   USA Cooper Hineline 15 MF   GHA Abdou Mane 16 MF   USA Mason Jimenez

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   RSA Caleb George 18 DF   USA Matthias Leib 19 FW   USA James Kelly 20 FW   CRC Andres Beirute 21 MF   ITA Gabriel Santuari 22 MF   CRC Kyle Mattis 23 FW   USA Duncan Wilson 24 FW   USA Vitor Geromel 25 MF   USA Nathan Richmond 26 FW   ITA Marco Garcia 27 DF   USA Seamus Streelman 28 FW   USA Xander Sevian 30 FW   USA Remi Okunlola 31 GK   USA Ivan Schmid

Team management

Position	Staff
Athletic Director	Graham Neff
Head coach	Mike Noonan
Associate head coach	Philip Jones
Assistant Coach	Camilo Rodriguez
Assistant Coach	Gaye Diadie
Director of Operations	Rob Thompson

Source: ^[21]

Schedule

Source: ^{[22] [23]}

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 9* 6:00 p.m.	No. 9	Charlotte	None Reported [24]	–	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
August 12* 6:00 p.m.	No. 9	USC Upstate	None Reported [25]	–	Riggs Field Clemson, SC
August 16* 7:00 p.m.	No. 9	at  Georgia State	W 3–1 [26]	–	GSU Soccer Field Atlanta, GA
Regular season
August 21* 6:00 p.m.,  BTN+	No. 9	at No. 11  Indiana	T  2–2	0–0–1	Bill Armstrong Stadium (6,395) Bloomington, IN
August 26* 7:00 p.m.,  ACCN	No. 6	South Carolina Rivalry	W  4–1	1–0–1	Riggs Field (6,536) Clemson, SC
August 29* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 6	UAB	W  6–0	2–0–1	Riggs Field (3,422) Clemson, SC
September 5 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 3	No. 10  Pittsburgh	W  3–2	3–0–1 (1–0–0)	Riggs Field (2,184) Clemson, SC
September 9* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	VCU	L  1–2	3–1–1	Riggs Field (1) Clemson, SC
September 13 7:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 2	at  SMU	T  1–1	3–1–2 (1–0–1)	Washburne Stadium (2,093) University Park, TX
September 16* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 14	Queens	L  0–1	3–2–2	Riggs Field (877) Clemson, SC
September 19 6:00 p.m., ACCNX	No. 14	California	W  3–1	4–2–2 (2–0–1)	Riggs Field (3,110) Clemson, SC
September 26 6:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 13  Wake Forest	W  4–3	5–2–2 (3–0–1)	Spry Stadium (2,186) Winston-Salem, NC
October 4* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Elon			Riggs Field Clemson, SC
October 10 7:00 p.m., ACCN		at  NC State			Dail Soccer Field Raleigh, NC
October 17 8:00 p.m., ACCN		Duke			Riggs Field Clemson, SC
October 21* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		UNC Wilmington			Riggs Field Clemson, SC
October 25 6:00 p.m., ACCNX		at  Virginia			Klöckner Stadium Charlottesville, VA
October 31 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		Virginia Tech			Riggs Field Clemson, SC
ACC Tournament
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Goals record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season	ACC Tournament	NCAA Tournament	Total
1	10		MF	Ransford Gyan	8	0	0	8
2	25			Nathan Richmond	7	0	0	7
3	7		FW	Wahabu Musah	5	0	0	5
4	11		MF	Misei Yoshizawa	2	0	0	2
5	2		DF	Lukas Magnason	1	0	0	1
	4			Olafur Floki Stephensen	1	0	0	1
Total					24	0	0	24

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Regular Season			ACC Tournament			NCAA Tournament			Total
1	4		DF	Olafur Floki Stephensen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
2	3			Arthur Duquenne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	2			Lukas Magnason	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	7		FW	Wahabu Musah	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	8		MF	Kwaku Agyabeng	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	10			Ransford Gyan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	15			Abdou Mane	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	16			Mason Jimenez	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	6		MF	Daniel Bunk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	20		FW	Andres Beirute	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	28		DF	Xander Sevian	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	30		FW	Remi Okunlola	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	2	0

Awards and honors

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Ransford Gyan	Preseason ACC Watchlist	August 13	[27]
	Hermann Trophy Preseason Watchlist	August 21	[28]
	ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 2	September 2	[29]
	ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 3	September 9	[30]

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
United Soccer [31]	9	6	3	2	14	—							Not released
TopDrawer Soccer [32]	11	7	2	1	6	17
College Soccer News [33]	7	7	4	1	6	8

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