2019 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team

The 2019 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team represented Boston College during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Eagles were led by head coach Ed Kelly, in his fourteenth season. They played home games at Newton Soccer Complex. This was the team's 53rd season playing organized men's college soccer and their 15th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2019 Boston College Eagles men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. RV
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 25
Record9–6–3 (2–4–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Bob Thompson (2nd season)
  • Vasili Uspensky (2nd season)
  • Luke Kelly (1st season)
Home stadiumNewton Campus Soccer Field
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 5 Clemson + 6 1 1 18 2 2
No. 3 Wake Forest + 6 2 0 16 5 2
NC State + 3 4 1 9 7 3
No. 20 Louisville + 3 4 1 10 8 2
Boston College + 2 4 2 9 6 3
Syracuse + 2 4 2 8 7 4
Coastal
No. 2 Virginia 6 1 1 21 1 2
Pittsburgh + 4 3 1 10 8 2
Notre Dame + 3 5 0 10 8 1
North Carolina 3 5 0 7 8 3
No. 13 Virginia Tech + 2 4 2 10 6 3
Duke 2 5 1 7 9 2
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source:The ACC

Background

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The 2018 Boston College men's soccer team finished the season with a 4–8–4 overall record and a 2–5–1 ACC record. The Eagles were seeded ninth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost in the first round to NC State.

The Eagles were not invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, and did not have any players selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

Player movement

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Players leaving

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Simon Enstrom 9 FW 6'1" 187 Senior Huddinge, Sweden Graduated
Tommy Garcia-Morillo 11 MF 6'0" 170 Senior Key Biscayne, FL Graduated
Abe Bibas 14 DF 6'0" 175 Senior Sunny Isles Beach, FL Graduated
Rodolfo Postigo 22 DF 6'5" 200 Senior Caracas, Venezuela Graduated
Joshua Forbes 23 MF 5'9" 163 Senior Bochum, Germany Graduated
Nat Ballard 32 GK 6'3" 165 Senior London, England Graduated

Players arriving

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Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Zach Peter
DF
  USA Avon, CT Black Rock FC      [1]
Michael Suski
FW
  USA Avon, CT FSA FC United      [2]

Squad

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Roster

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Updated August 19, 2019[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ITA Giacomo Piccardo
2 MF   ISL Heidar Aegisson
3 DF   USA David Longo
4 DF   ITA Gregorio Barilla
5 DF   ESP Rafa Salama
6 MF   USA Joe Kellett
7 FW   GER Nikita Bondar
8 MF   GER Lasse Lehmann
10 MF   USA Amos Shapiro-Thompson
11 MF   USA Mike Suski
12 DF   USA Wil Jacques
14 FW   ITA Gualtiero Barilla
15 DF   USA Victor Souza
16 MF   USA Tyshawn Rose
17 MF   USA Beto Luna
18 DF   USA Walker Davey
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF   USA Tyler Stott
20 DF   CRC Alejandro Zimmermann
21 MF   USA Jesus Sahagun
23 FW   ISL Stefan Sigurdarson
24 MF   USA Ian Buehler
25 MF   USA Callum Johnson
26 DF   USA Zach Peter
27 MF   USA Alex Mieles
28 FW   USA Adam French
30 GK   USA Christian Garner
32 GK   GER Alvaro Magel
33 GK   USA Antonio Chavez Borrelli
47 DF   CRO Ivan Postolka
77 MF   ISL Kristofer Konradsson
80 FW   USA Roni Diniz

Team management

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Position Staff
Athletic Director Martin Jarmond
Head coach Ed Kelly
Associate head coach Bob Thompson
Assistant coach Vasili Uspensky
Assistant coach Luke Kelly

Source:[3]

Schedule

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Source:[4]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 20*
6:00 p.m.
Providence W 3–1 
(—)
Newton Soccer Complex
Chestnut Hill, MA
August 24*
6:00 p.m.
at New Hampshire   
(—)
Bremner Field
Durham, NH
Regular season
August 29*
2:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac W 2–0  1–0–0
(0–0–0)
Newton Soccer Complex (N/A)
Chestnut Hill, MA
September 1*
4:00 p.m.
at Boston W 1–0  2–0–0
(0–0–0)
Nickerson Field (4,415)
Boston, MA
September 6*
5:00 p.m.
Rhode Island W 2–1  3–0–0
(0–0–0)
Newton Soccer Complex (351)
Chestnut Hill, MA
September 10*
7:00 p.m.
at Holy Cross W 3–2  4–0–0
(0–0–0)
Smith Stadium (0)
Worcester, MA
September 14
7:00 p.m.
at NC State L 0–1  4–1–0
(0–1–0)
Dail Soccer Stadium (1,250)
Raleigh, NC
September 20
5:00 p.m.
Pittsburgh L 0–2  4–2–0
(0–2–0)
Newton Soccer Complex (344)
Chestnut Hill, MA
September 24*
5:00 p.m.
UMass W 1–0  5–2–0
(0–2–0)
Newton Soccer Complex (180)
Chestnut Hill, MA
September 27
1:00 p.m.
at No. 18 Virginia Tech T 2–2 2OT 5–2–1
(0–2–1)
Thompson Field (1,232)
Blacksburg, VA
October 1*
4:00 p.m.
Merrimack T 0–0 2OT 5–2–2
(0–2–1)
Newton Soccer Complex (181)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 4
7:00 p.m.
No. 3 Wake Forest W 2–1  6–2–2
(1–2–1)
Newton Soccer Complex (523)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 8*
7:00 p.m.
Northeastern W 3–0  7–2–2
(1–2–1)
Newton Soccer Complex (206)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 11
7:00 p.m.
No. 1 Virginia T 1–1 2OT 7–2–3
(1–2–2)
Newton Soccer Complex (242)
Chestnut Hill, MA
October 18
7:30 p.m.
at Louisville L 2–3 2OT 7–3–3
(1–3–2)
Lynn Stadium (2,643)
Louisville, KY
October 25
7:00 p.m.
at No. 3 Clemson L 1–3  7–4–3
(1–4–2)
Riggs Field (2,023)
Clemson, SC
October 29*
6:00 p.m.
at Harvard  Postponed[5]  0–0–0
(0–0–0)
Jordan Field
Boston, MA
November 1
7:00 p.m.
Syracuse W 2–1  8–4–3
(2–4–2)
Newton Soccer Complex (413)
Chestnut Hill, MA
ACC Tournament
November 5
2:00 p.m.
(9) at (8) Notre Dame
First Round
L 1–2 2OT 8–5–3
Alumni Stadium (117)
South Bend, IN
NCAA Tournament
November 21*
7:00 p.m.
Yale
First Round
W 2–0  9–5–3
Newton Soccer Complex (520)
Chestnut Hill, MA
November 24*
8:00 p.m.
at (6) No. 4 Washington
Second Round
L 0–2  9–6–3
Husky Soccer Stadium (1,221)
Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Awards and honors

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Recipient Award Date Ref.
Stefan Sigurdarson ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 7, 2019 [6]
Joe Kellett ACC Defensive Player of the Week
Stefan Sigurdarson All-ACC Third Team November 13, 2019 [7]
Amos Shapiro-Thompson All-ACC Freshman Team
Stefan Sigurdarson
Victor Souza

Rankings

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Ranking movement
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Final
United Soccer Coaches[8] RV RV RV RV RV None Released RV
TopDrawer Soccer [9] 14 21 21 16 21 24 25 25 25 25

References

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  1. ^ "Zach Peter". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Michael Suski". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "2019 Men's Soccer Roster". bceagles.com. Boston College. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019 Men's Soccer Schedule". Boston College. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Tuesday's BC-Harvard Game Postponed". bceagles.com. Boston College. October 28, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  6. ^ "Sigurdarson, Kellett, Afamefuna Nab ACC Men's Soccer Player of Week Honors". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "2019 All-ACC Men's Soccer Team Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  8. ^ "NCAA DI Men's National Rankings". National Soccer Coaches Association of America. December 17, 2019. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  9. ^ "College Soccer National Rankings". TopDrawer Soccer. December 16, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.