The 2018 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 41st season. It was the program's 6th season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish were led by head coach Chad Riley, in his first year.
Background
The 2017 Notre Dame men's soccer team finished the season with an 11–7–2 overall record and a 3–3–2 ACC record. The Fighting Irish were seeded seventh–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to Virginia in the semifinals. The Fighting Irish earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for the fifth season in a row. As the twelfth–overall seed in the tournament, Notre Dame hosted Wisconsin. Notre Dame was upset 0–1 in overtime to end their season.
At the end of the season, one Fighting Irish men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Jon Gallagher.
During the offseason, Bobby Clark retired as head coach and was replaced by Chad Riely.
Player movement
Players leaving Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Chris Hubbard 1 GK 6'3" 207 Senior Louisville, KY Graduated Matt Habrowski 4 DF 6'2" 189 Senior Berkley, MI Graduated Jeffrey Farina 9 FW 6'3" 183 Senior Wilmette, IL Graduated Jon Gallagher 10 FW 5'9" 158 Senior Dublin, IRE Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; drafted 14th overall by Atlanta United Kyle Dedrick 12 MF/FW 5'11" 156 Senior Wilton, CT Graduated
Players arriving
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Antioch, IL Chicago Magic PSG San Clemente, CA Strikers FC Ladera Ranch, CA West Coast FC St. Louis, MO St. Louis Scott Gallagher Toronto, CAN Toronto FC Portland, OR FC Portland Academy Dallas, TX Dallas Texans Herndon, VA Loudoun Soccer Club
Squad
Roster
Updated August 23, 2018
Team management Position Staff Athletic director Jack Swarbrick Head coach Chad Riely Assistant coach Ryan Fahey Assistant coach Brian Plotkin
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Schedule Source
!colspan=6 style=";"| Exhibition
!colspan=6 style=""| Regular Season
!colspan=6 style=";"| ACC Tournament
!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament
Awards and honors Patrick Berneski ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 3, 2018 Felicien Dumas ACC Defensive Player of the Week September 10, 2018 Sean MacLeod ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 8, 2018 Thomas Ueland All-ACC Second Team November 7, 2018 Patrick Berneski Tommy McCabeAll-ACC Third Team Felicien Dumas
2019 MLS Super Draft
Tommy McCabe FC Cincinnati 2 29 MF
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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 17 24 12 8 8 20 15 9 16 23 18 16 13 None Released 8 TopDrawer Soccer 20 20 16 21 12 11 19 14 8 11 17 11 13 12 13 6 7 7
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