The 2024 SMU Mustangs men's soccer team represented the Southern Methodist University during the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 50th season of the university fielding a program, and their first season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Mustangs were led by ninth year head coach Kevin Hudson and played their home games at Washburne Stadium in Dallas, Texas.
The Mustangs started the season ranked tenth in the nation and defeated in their first game of the season. The followed that with a draw against which saw them fall out of the rankings. A defeat of number six and a draw against number nine saw them jump back into the rankings at number twenty two. They lost their ACC opening match against number eight Pittsburgh 3–1 to fall back out of the rankings. The Mustangs had three consecutive victories including ACC wins over California and number thirteen Virginia Tech to return to the rankings at number sixteen. The team drew three of their next four matches including draws against number eighteen Duke and number five Stanford. At the end of this run they were ranked tenth. A loss to twenty-third ranked NC State saw them drop to number twenty-one. They finished their season with ACC victories over Wake Forest and Louisville. They began the regular season at fifteenth in the rankings.
The Mustangs regular season 9–2–5 overall and 4–2–2 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. As the fourth overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated thirteenth seed Boston College in the First Round. Their Quarterfinal match was a regular season rematch with Wake Forest, whom they tied with in the regular season standings. The two teams drew the match 2–2 and Wake Forest advanced via a penalty shoot-out 5–4. SMU received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the twelfth overall seed. They defeated in the Second Round 2–1 before traveling to fifth seed and fifth ranked in the Third Round. They won the match 3–1 to advance to the Quarterfinals where they faced thirteenth seed and eighth ranked . The Mustangs were defeated 3–2 to end their season. They finished the season with a 12–3–6 and were ranked fifth nationally.
Background
The Mustangs finished the season 14–3–2 overall and 7–0–1 in AAC play to finish as regular season champions. As the first overall seed in the AAC Tournament, earned a bye into the Semifinals where they defeated 3–0. They fell in the Final to 2–1. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were the sixth overall seed. They defeated in the Second Round, before losing 7–1 to in the Third Round to end their season.
Player movement
Departures Departures 1 GK 6'1" 175 Phoenix, Arizona Graduated 4 DF 6'3" 184 Solrød Strand, Denmark Drafted 73rd overallin the 2024 MLS SuperDraft 5 DF 6'2" 170 Copenhagen, Denmark Signed with Greenville Triumph 8 MF 5'9" 155 Johannesburg, South Africa Graduated 11 MF 6'0" 160 Flower Mound, Texas Graduated 13 MF 5'10" 140 Keller, Texas Transferred to Louisville 16 FW 5'11" 177 Hvidovre, Denmark Signed with Fremad AmagerALEXANDER PETRÆUS TIL FREMAD AMAGER, fremadamagerelite.dk, 31 January 2024 17 FW 5'10" 165 Arlington, Texas Graduated 27 FW 6'4" 190 Bremervörde, Germany Graduated 28 MF 6'2" 175 San Diego, California Graduated 29 GK 5'10" 160 Walnut Creek, California Transferred to UC Santa Barbara 33 MF 6'3" 165 Roanoke, Texas —
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers 1 GK 6'2" 180 Munich, Germany Saint Francis (PA) 2 DF 6'1" 165 Corinth, Texas Bellarmine 21 MF 5'6" 141 Bogotá, Colombia Dallas College Richland 29 GK 6'2" 198 Port Clinton, Ohio Wofford
Recruiting class Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating St. Louis, Missouri Christian Brother College San Antonio, Texas San Antonio LEE Leander, Texas Lonestar SC Southlake, Texas North Texas SC Cincinnati, Ohio Indian Hill Braves Palos Verdes, California Pateadores Soccer Club Stockholm, Sweden IFK Stocksund N/A Santa Clarita, California Fortuna Dusseldorf Oslo, Norway Strømsgodset Toppfotball N/A
Squad
Roster
Team management Head coach Kevin Hudson Assistant Coach Michael King Assistant Coach Jaime Ibarra-Perez Assistant Coach Ross Fitzpatrick
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Schedule
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!colspan=6 style=""| ACC Tournament
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Awards and honors
Bailey Sparks Pre-Season All-ACC Team August 14 Jaylinn Mitchell ACC Offensive Player of the Week – Week 2 September 3 Kyran Chambron Pinho ACC Defensive Player of the Week – Week 5 September 24 ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week – Week 10 October 29 Bailey Sparks All-ACC First Team November 13 Kyran Chambron Pinho All-ACC Third Team
2025 MLS Super Draft
Nikola Djordjevic Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2 45 DF Cesar Ruvalcaba Columbus Crew 2 51 DF Bailey Sparks Inter Miami CF 2 52 MF
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