The 2019 SMU Mustangs men's soccer team represented the Southern Methodist University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer season. The regular season began on August 30 and concluded on November 5. It was the program's 45th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 7th season in the AAC. The 2019 season was Kevin Hudson's fifth year as head coach for the program.
SMU finished the season with an 18–2–1 overall record and a 5–1–1 conference record, second-best in the AAC. The Mustangs went on to win the AAC Tournament for the third-consecutive time and reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2010.
Background
The 2018 SMU Mustangs men's soccer team had a record of 10–5–3 overall and 5–1–1 in the AAC. The team beat UCF in the finals of the AAC Tournament to claim the program's second consecutive conference title. The Mustangs earned an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, where they were eliminated in the first round by Oregon State.
Player movement
Players leaving Akean Shackleford 2 FW 6'0" 180 Jr. Savanna-la-Mar Transferred to Indian Hills Community College Caleb Smith 8 MF 5'9" 147 Sr. Arlington, TX Graduated Emil Cuello 10 MF 5'11" 165 Sr. Orem, UT Graduated Christian Boorom 11 MF 5'11" 180 Sr. Fort Lauderdale, FL Graduated Cristobal Moreno 14 MF 6'0" 150 Fr. Málaga Left team Dakota Okwuone 20 FW 5'11" 185 Jr. Olathe, KS Left team Carlos Vargas 23 DF 6'4" 185 Fr. Greeley, CO Transferred to Midwestern State University Elek Arany 29 GK 6'2" 190 Fr. Highlands Ranch, CO Left team Carter Emack 30 GK 5'10" 162 Fr. Birmingham, AL Left team Vlad Munteanu 31 FW 5'10" 145 Fr. Stillwater, OK Left team Kyle Gehman 34 DF 6'1" 175 Fr. Cedar Park, TX Left team Jack Meeker 35 DF 6'0" 160 So. La Canada, CA Left team
Incoming transfers Henrik Bredeli 23 DF 6'2" 187 So. Tranby North Carolina Gabriel Costa 11 MF 5'7" 160 So. Rio de Janeiro Azusa Pacific Nick Taylor 16 FW 5'9" 160 Jr. Coppell, TX New Mexico Brandon Terwege 5 DF 6'1" 185 Jr. Highland Village, TX UCLA
High school recruits Kerrville, TX Tivy HS Classics Elite Oklahoma City, OK Deer Creek HS OKC Energy PDL Quincy, IL Notre Dame HS Lou Fusz SC Frisco, TX Lone Star HS Dallas Texans Los Angeles, CA Loyola HS Santa Monica United
Squad
Roster
Team management Athletic Director Rick Hart Head coach Kevin Hudson Associate head coach Ben Stoddard Assistant Coach Brett Koziczkowski
Schedule
!colspan=6 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=6 style=""| American Athletic regular season
!colspan=6 style=""| American Athletic Tournament
!colspan=6 style=""| NCAA Tournament
Statistics
Players 7 Garrett McLaughlin 21 16 5 37 76 .211 43 .566 7 0 1 12 Eddie Munjoma 21 12 8 32 46 .261 19 .413 4 0 0 11 Gabriel Costa 18 8 11 27 54 .148 22 .407 2 3 4 10 Knut Ahlander 21 7 13 27 57 .123 22 .386 1 0 0 8 Nicky Hernandez 21 5 2 12 33 .152 14 .424 2 0 0 23 Henrik Bredeli 21 3 3 9 18 .167 5 .278 1 0 0 5 Brandon Terwege 19 2 3 7 16 .125 8 .500 1 0 0 6 Noah Hilt 20 2 2 6 10 .200 6 .600 0 0 0 26 Henry Smith-Hastie 19 2 1 5 4 .500 3 .750 0 0 0 19 Wyatt Priest 14 2 0 4 8 .250 3 .375 0 0 0 15 DJ Williams 17 1 1 3 15 .067 8 .533 0 0 0 24 Talen Maples 10 1 1 3 4 .250 1 .250 0 0 0 27 Thomas Haney 15 1 1 3 3 .333 1 .333 0 0 0 16 Nick Taylor 19 0 3 3 9 .000 2 .222 0 0 0 14 Lane Warrington 21 0 3 3 7 .000 3 .429 0 0 0 3 Philip Ponder 18 0 1 1 6 .000 4 .667 0 0 0 1 Grant Makela 15 0 1 1 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 20 Tobin Shanks 7 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 17 Luke Thompson 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 18 Patrick Michael Hillyard 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 21 Jacob Cohen 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 4 Joshua Berney 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 13 Shane Lanson 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0
Goalies 1 Grant Makela 15 1395:24 14 0.90 63 .818 7 13 Shane Lanson 8 570:40 2 0.32 16 .889 4 18 Patrick Michael Hillyard 1 0:03 1 18.00 0 .000 0 TM TEAM – 0:00 0 0.00 1 1.000 0
Disciplinary record Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season AAC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total 1 6 MF Noah Hilt 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 2 3 DF Philip Ponder 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 DF Brandon Terwege 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 23 DF Henrik Bredeli 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 MF Gabriel Costa 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 27 DF Thomas Haney 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 7 FW Garrett McLaughlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 14 MF Lane Warrington 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 10 MF Knut Ahlander 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 8 MF Nicky Hernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 24 DF Talen Maples 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 5 DF Eddie Munjoma 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 26 MF Henry Smith-Hastie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0Total 18 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 27 0 0
Awards and honors
Talen Maples Preseason All-AAC Team August 20, 2019 Nicky Hernandez College Soccer News Team of the Week (9/1) September 1, 2019 Talen Maples AAC Defensive Player of the Week (9/9) September 9, 2019 Eddie Munjoma Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/10) September 12, 2019 Shane Lanson United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (9/17) September 17, 2019 Brandon Terwege Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/17) September 19, 2019 Garrett McLaughlin College Soccer News Team of the Week (9/22) September 22, 2019 AAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/23) September 23, 2019 Shane Lanson AAC Goalkeeper of the Week (9/23) Garrett McLaughlin Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/24) September 26, 2019 Gabriel Costa AAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/30) September 30, 2019 Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/1) October 3, 2019 AAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/7) October 7, 2019 Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/8) October 10, 2019 Garrett McLaughlin Senior CLASS Award Finalist October 11, 2019 College Soccer News Player of the Week (10/27) October 27, 2019 College Soccer News Team of the Week (10/27) AAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/28) October 28, 2019 United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (10/29) October 29, 2019 Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/29) October 31, 2019 Grant Makela AAC Goalkeeper of the Week (11/6) November 6, 2019 Eddie Munjoma AAC Defensive Player of the Year November 12, 2019 Gabriel Costa AAC Midfielder of the Year Garrett McLaughlin All-AAC First Team Gabriel Costa Eddie Munjoma Knut Ahlander All-AAC Second Team Henrik Bredeli All-AAC Rookie Team Eddie Munjoma AAC Tournament Most Outstanding Offensive Player November 16, 2019 Grant Makela AAC Tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player Gabriel Costa AAC All-Tournament Team Grant Makela Eddie Munjoma Brandon Terwege Nicky Hernandez Eddie Munjoma College Soccer News Team of the Week (11/17) November 17, 2019 Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (11/19) November 21, 2019 Grant Makela College Soccer News Team of the Week (12/1) December 1, 2019 Eddie Munjoma Eddie Munjoma Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (12/3) December 5, 2019 Gabriel Costa Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (12/10) December 12, 2019 Eddie Munjoma Soccer America All-America First-Team Gabriel Costa Soccer America All-America Third-Team Eddie Munjoma United Soccer Coaches All-America First-Team Gabriel Costa United Soccer Coaches All-America Third-Team Eddie Munjoma College Soccer News All-America First-Team December 16, 2019 Garrett McLaughlin College Soccer News All-America Second Team Gabriel Costa College Soccer News All-America Third Team Eddie Munjoma Top Drawer Soccer All-America First-Team December 23, 2019 Gabriel Costa Top Drawer Soccer All-America Second-Team
2020 MLS Super Draft
Garrett McLaughlin Houston Dynamo 1 8 FW
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. NV=Not receiving votes. PollPre Wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Final United Soccer RV None RV 22 8 8 4 3 (1) 3 12 12 11 10 5 None Released 7 Top Drawer Soccer NV NV RV 16 9 4 2 4 4 12 11 11 11 3 3 3 5 5 College Soccer News 22 None 20 18 15 8 4 2 2 6 6 6 5 3 None Released 5 Soccer America NV None 21 16 10 8 3 3 3 10 8 8 7 5 None Released
See also 2019 SMU Mustangs women's soccer team
References