The 2018 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2018 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 72nd season of the university fielding a program.
The 2018 season saw North Carolina win the inaugural U.S. Soccer Spring Men's College Program.
Fetzer Field was undergoing construction during the 2018 soccer season so the Tar Heels split their home matches between three stadiums:WakeMed Soccer Park, Bryan Park, and Koskinen Stadium.
Background
The 2017 North Carolina men's soccer team finished the season with a 17–4–1 overall record and a 6–1–1 ACC record. The Tar Heels were seeded second–overall in the 2017 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The Tar Heels were upset in the Quarterfinals by the seventh seed Notre Dame. The Tar Heels earned an at-large bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the third-overall seed in the tournament, the Tar Heels defeated, UNC Wilmington, SMU, and Fordham before losing to Indiana in the College Cup.
At the end of the season, one Tar Heels men's soccer player was selected in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft: Alan Winn.
Player movement
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Drew Murphy 9 MF 6'2" 170 Senior Palos Verdes, CA Graduated Zach Wright 10 FW 5'11" 165 Senior Smithville, TX Graduated David October 11 MF 6'0" 161 Senior Cambridge, UK Graduated Alan Winn 18 FW 5'11" 172 Senior Garland, TX Declared for 2018 MLS SuperDraft; drafted 25th overall by Colorado Rapids
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
2018 recruiting class
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Venezuela Cedar Stars Academy Albuquerque, NM Colorado Rapids Shawnee, KS Sporting Kansas City Academy Austin, TX Lonestar SC Davie, FL Weston FC Columbia, SC Carolina Rapids
Squad
Roster
Updated August 6, 2018
Team management Position Staff Athletic director Bubba Cunningham Head coach Carlos Somoano Assistant coach Grant Porter Assistant coach Will Clayton Volunteer Assistant Coach Joe Scachetti
Schedule
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!colspan=8 style=""| Exhibition
!colspan=7 style=""| Regular season
!colspan=7 style=""| ACC Tournament
!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament
Awards and honors
Alex Comsia MAC Hermann Trophy Watchlist August 13, 2018 Giovanni Montesdeoca ACC Offensive Player of the Week September 24, 2018 October 1, 2018 Alex Comsia ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 1, 2018 Alex Comsia Defensive Player of the Year November 7, 2018 Nils Bruening All-ACC First Team Alex Comsia Mauricio Pineda James Pyle John Nelson All-ACC Second Team Jack Skahan All-ACC Third Team Nils Bruening All-ACC Tournament Team November 11, 2018 Alex Comsia John Nelson Alex Comsia United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American December 6, 2018 Mauricio Pineda United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American
2019 MLS Super Draft
John Nelson FC Dallas 1 10 DF
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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 3 12 5 3 3 3 3 1 5 5 4 4 6 None Released 14 TopDrawer Soccer 4 4 6 10 10 9 7 8 5 7 6 5 4 5 19 19 19 19
References
External links UNC Soccer