The 2018 Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer team represented Virginia Tech during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 47th season of the university fielding a program. The Hokies played their home games at Sandra D. Thompson Field in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Hokies were led by tenth year head coach Mike Brizendine.
Background
The 2017 Virginia Tech men's soccer team finished the season with a 10–10–0 overall record and a 3–5–0 ACC record. The Hokies were seeded ninth–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Hokies won their first round match up against NC State, but fell to eventual champions Wake Forest in the second round. The Hokies earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Virginia Tech defeated Air Force in the first round, before losing to Michigan State in the second round.
At the end of the season, one Hokie men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Ben Lungaard.
Player movement
Players leaving Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Morten Lamps 0 GK 6'2" 185 Senior Flensburg, GER Graduated Ben Lungaard 1 GK 6'5" 200 Senior Greenville, DE Declared for the 2018 MLS SuperDraft; selected 21st overall by Columbus Crew SC Collin Verfurth 3 MF/DF 6'4" 185 Senior Ashburn, VA Graduated Elias Tamburini 9 DF 5'10" 170 Senior Helsinki, FIN Graduated Marcelo Acuna 11 FW 6'2" 180 Senior San José, CRC Graduated Matt Dudon 19 DF 5'11" 175 Senior Dayton, OH Graduated Rodrigo Zampieri 20 DF 6'0" 170 Senior São Sebastião do Paraíso, BRA Graduated Gino Rossi 22 FW 6'0" 170 Senior Schenectady, NY Graduated Forrest White 23 MF 6'0" 165 Senior Crozet, VA Graduated
Players arriving
The Hokies announced the signing of nine players on February 8, 2018. The Hokies announced two more signings on March 17, 2018.
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Boo, SWE Hammarby IF N/A Wade, PA Philadelphia Union Reston, VA Braddock Road YC Ashburn, VA Loudoun Soccer Club Oslo, NOR Baerum SK N/A Southfield, MI Michigan Wolves Crew Soccer Club Kansas City, KS Sporting Kansas City Academy N/A Fairfax, VA Braddock Road YC Academy Ashburn, VA Loudoun Soccer Club Round Hill, VA Loudoun Soccer Club N/A San José, CRC Universidad Hispanoamericana N/A Schoonhoven, NED CVV de Jodan Boys N/A
Squad
Roster
Updated: August 23, 2018
Team management
Position Staff Athletic director Whit Babcock Head coach Mike Brizendine Assistant coach Jeff Kinney Assistant coach Patrick McSorley Volunteer Assistant Coach Kyle Renfro
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Schedule
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!colspan=7 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=7 style=""| Regular season
!colspan=7 style=""| ACC Tournament
!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament
Awards and honors Kristo Strickler ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 22, 2018 Kristo Strickler All-ACC Second Team November 7, 2018 Mathijs Swaneveld All-ACC Third Team
2019 MLS Super Draft
Virginia Tech did not have any players selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. PollPre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Final United Soccer RV 21 16 14 21 19 RV RV 18 22 24 19 None Released 17 TopDrawer Soccer 25 19 16 16 13 12 14 15 10 8 12 11 9 14 14 14
See also
Virginia Tech Hokies men's soccer 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
References