The 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 42nd season. It was the program's 7th season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish were led by head coach Chad Riley, in his second year.
Background
The 2018 Notre Dame men's soccer team finished the season with an 11–7–3 overall record and a 4–3–1 ACC record. The Fighting Irish were seeded fifth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to eventual champions Louisville in the quarterfinals. The Fighting Irish earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for the sixth season in a row. As the seventh–overall seed in the tournament, Notre Dame defeated Michigan and ACC foe Virginia before falling to Indiana in the quarterfinals.
At the end of the season, one Fighting Irish soccer player was selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Tommy McCabe.
Player movement
Players leaving Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Ryan Krutz 1 GK 6'0" 176 Senior Norman, OK Graduated Sean MacLeod 6 MF/FW 6'2" 157 Senior Troon, Scotland Graduated Blake Townes 10 MF 6'1" 166 Senior Canton, MI Graduated Sean Dedrick 11 DF 6'1" 167 Senior Wilton, CT Graduated Tommy McCabe 16 MF 5'11" 174 Junior South Orange, NJ Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; drafted 28th overall by FC Cincinnati Thomas Ueland 21 FW/MF 5'11" 158 Senior Lexington, KY Graduated Patrick Berneski 25 DF 6'3" 195 Senior Warrington, PA Graduated
Players arriving
Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating Leawood, KS Sporting Kansas City (Academy) Wilton, CT Beachside SC Whitefish Bay, WI FC United (Illinois) Owings Mills, MD Baltimore Armour Dublin, Ireland Columbus Crew Academy Wenonah, NJ Philadelphia Union
Squad
Roster
Updated August 20, 2019
Team management Position Staff Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick Head coach Chad Riely Assistant Coach Ryan Fahey Assistant Coach Brian Plotkin Volunteer Assistant Coach Adam LaPlaca
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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 Felicien Dumas ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 14, 2019 Duncan Turnbull ACC Defensive Player of the Week October 28, 2019 Felicien Dumas ACC Defensive Player of the Week November 4, 2019 Jack Lynn All-ACC Second Team November 13, 2019 Felicien Dumas All-ACC Third Team
2020 MLS Super Draft
Felicien Dumas New York City FC 2 48 DF Duncan Turnball Houston Dynamo 3 70 GK
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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 9 11 10 16 21 RV RV RV RV RV RV None Released TopDrawer Soccer 16 16 17 15 13 20 RV RV 19 22 16 15 20 23
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