2019 SMU Mustangs men's soccer team

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.

2019 SMU Mustangs men's soccer
AAC Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Quarterfinals
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
U. Soc. Coaches pollNo. 7
TopDrawerSoccer.comNo. 5
Record18–2–1 (5–1–1 American)
Head coach
  • Kevin Hudson (5th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Ben Stoddard (2nd season)
  • Brett Koziczkowski (6th season)
Home stadiumWestcott Field
Seasons
← 2018
2020 →
2019 American Athletic Conference men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 10 UCF + 6 0 1 15 3 2
No. 7 SMU 5 1 1 18 2 1
South Florida + 4 3 0 10 7 1
Memphis 4 3 0 10 7 0
Temple 3 2 2 8 8 2
UConn 2 5 0 5 12 1
Cincinnati 1 5 1 5 11 1
Tulsa 0 6 1 4 9 2
As of 17 December 2019
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

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

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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

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Players leaving

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Name Nat. Number Position Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Akean Shackleford   JAM 2 FW 6'0" 180 Jr. Savanna-la-Mar Transferred to Indian Hills Community College
Caleb Smith   USA 8 MF 5'9" 147 Sr. Arlington, TX Graduated
Emil Cuello   USA 10 MF 5'11" 165 Sr. Orem, UT Graduated
Christian Boorom   USA 11 MF 5'11" 180 Sr. Fort Lauderdale, FL Graduated
Cristobal Moreno   ESP 14 MF 6'0" 150 Fr. Málaga Left team
Dakota Okwuone   USA 20 FW 5'11" 185 Jr. Olathe, KS Left team
Carlos Vargas   USA 23 DF 6'4" 185 Fr. Greeley, CO Transferred to Midwestern State University
Elek Arany   USA 29 GK 6'2" 190 Fr. Highlands Ranch, CO Left team
Carter Emack   USA 30 GK 5'10" 162 Fr. Birmingham, AL Left team
Vlad Munteanu   USA 31 FW 5'10" 145 Fr. Stillwater, OK Left team
Kyle Gehman   USA 34 DF 6'1" 175 Fr. Cedar Park, TX Left team
Jack Meeker   USA 35 DF 6'0" 160 So. La Canada, CA Left team

Incoming transfers

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Name Nat. Number Position Height Weight Year Hometown Former School
Henrik Bredeli   NOR 23 DF 6'2" 187 So. Tranby North Carolina
Gabriel Costa   BRA 11 MF 5'7" 160 So. Rio de Janeiro Azusa Pacific
Nick Taylor   CAM 16 FW 5'9" 160 Jr. Coppell, TX New Mexico
Brandon Terwege   USA 5 DF 6'1" 185 Jr. Highland Village, TX UCLA

High school recruits

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Name Nat. Hometown High School Club TDS Rating
Stephen Canty
GK
  USA Kerrville, TX Tivy HS Classics Elite      [1]
Matt McLaws
FW
  USA Oklahoma City, OK Deer Creek HS OKC Energy PDL      [2]
Mitchell Murphy
FW
  USA Quincy, IL Notre Dame HS Lou Fusz SC      [3]
Anthony Perea
MF
  USA Frisco, TX Lone Star HS Dallas Texans      [4]
Henry Smith-Hastie
MF
  USA Los Angeles, CA Loyola HS Santa Monica United      [5]

Squad

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Roster

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As of 6 October 2019[6]

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   USA Grant Makela
3 DF   USA Philip Ponder
4 DF   USA Joshua Berney
5 DF   USA Brandon Terwege
6 MF   USA Noah Hilt
7 FW   USA Garrett McLaughlin
8 MF   MEX Nicky Hernandez
10 MF   NOR Knut Ahlander
11 MF   BRA Gabriel Costa
12 DF   USA Eddie Munjoma
13 GK   USA Shane Lanson
14 MF   USA Lane Warrington
15 MF   USA DJ Williams
16 FW   CAM Nick Taylor
17 MF   USA Luke Thompson
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 GK   USA Patrick Michael Hillyard
19 FW   USA Wyatt Priest
20 MF   USA Tobin Shanks
21 MF   USA Jacob Cohen
22 DF   USA Austin Vincent
23 DF   NOR Henrik Bredeli
24 DF   USA Talen Maples
25 FW   USA Mitchell Murphy
26 MF   USA Henry Smith-Hastie
27 DF   USA Thomas Haney
28 FW   USA Matt McLaws
29 GK   USA Stephen Canty
30 MF   USA Anthony Perea
32 DF   USA Sevon Pendergrass
33 MF   USA Ryan Capo

Team management

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Position Staff
Athletic Director Rick Hart
Head coach Kevin Hudson
Associate head coach Ben Stoddard
Assistant Coach Brett Koziczkowski

Schedule

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Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Non-conference regular season
August 30*
7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV
Lipscomb W 3–0  1–0–0
Westcott Field (1,258)
Dallas, TX
September 2*
7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV
Houston Baptist W 7–1  2–0–0
Westcott Field (985)
Dallas, TX
September 6*
8:20 p.m., PonyUp TV
Saint Louis W 2–0  3–0–0
Westcott Field (1,589)
Dallas, TX
September 9*
7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV
No. 22 UC Riverside W 1–0  4–0–0
Westcott Field (881)
Dallas, TX
September 13*
7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV
No. 22 Valparaiso W 6–0  5–0–0
Westcott Field (1,215)
Dallas, TX
September 16*
7:00 p.m.
No. 8 at No. 2 Duke W 2–0  6–0–0
Koskinen Stadium (237)
Durham, NC
September 21*
6:00 p.m.
No. 8 at Denver W 2–1 OT 7–0–0
CIBER Field (1,059)
Denver, CO
American Athletic regular season
September 28
7:00 p.m., ADN
No. 8 at Tulsa
Rivalry
W 5–1  8–0–0
(1–0–0)
HS&T Stadium (388)
Tulsa, OK
October 1*
7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV
No. 4 Central Arkansas W 3–0  9–0–0
Westcott Field (1,985)
Dallas, TX
October 6
7:00 p.m., ADN
No. 4 No. 11 UCF T 3–3 2OT 9–0–1
(1–0–1)
Westcott Field (2,719)
Dallas, TX
October 11
6:00 p.m., ADN
No. 3 at South Florida W 3–0  10–0–1
(2–0–1)
Corbett Soccer Stadium (822)
Tampa, FL
October 18
7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV
No. 3 Memphis L 3–4 OT 10–1–1
(2–1–1)
Westcott Field (1,993)
Dallas, TX
October 22*
7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV
No. 12 Stetson W 5–0  11–1–1
(2–1–1)
Westcott Field (1,389)
Dallas, TX
October 26
6:00 p.m.
No. 12 at Cincinnati W 7–1  12–1–1
(3–1–1)
Gettler Stadium (311)
Cincinnati, OH
November 1
7:00 p.m., PonyUp TV
No. 12 UConn W 1–0  13–1–1
(4–1–1)
Westcott Field (2,319)
Dallas, TX
November 5
6:00 p.m.
No. 11 at Temple W 2–1 2OT 14–1–1
(5–1–1)
Temple Owls Sports Complex (398)
Philadelphia, PA
American Athletic Tournament
November 13
4:00 p.m., ADN
(2) No. 10 vs. (3) South Florida
Semifinals
W 2–1 2OT 15–1–1
UCF Soccer and Track Stadium (711)
Orlando, FL
November 16
7:00 p.m., ESPN3
(2) No. 10 at (1) No. 5 UCF
Championship
W 1–0  16–1–1
UCF Soccer and Track Stadium (1,237)
Orlando, FL
NCAA Tournament
November 24
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
(8) No. 5 Coastal Carolina
Second round
W 1–0 2OT 17–1–1
Westcott Field (1,150)
Dallas, TX
November 30
7:30 p.m., ESPN+
(8) No. 5 (9) No. 8 UCF
Third round
W 2–1 OT 18–1–1
Westcott Field (979)
Dallas, TX
December 6
6:00 p.m., ACCN
(8) No. 5 at (1) No. 1 Virginia
Quarterfinals
L 2–3 OT 18–2–1
Klöckner Stadium (1,674)
Charlottesville, VA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Statistics

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Players

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No. Player GP G A Pts. Sh. Shot% SOG SOG% GW Pk. Pk. At.
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

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No. Player GP Min GA GAA Saves SPct. SHO
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

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Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season AAC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
                               
1 6   USA MF Noah Hilt 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
2 3   USA DF Philip Ponder 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
2 5   USA DF Brandon Terwege 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
4 23   NOR DF Henrik Bredeli 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
4 11   BRA MF Gabriel Costa 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
4 27   USA DF Thomas Haney 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
4 7   USA FW Garrett McLaughlin 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
4 14   USA MF Lane Warrington 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 10   NOR MF Knut Ahlander 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 8   MEX MF Nicky Hernandez 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
9 24   USA DF Talen Maples 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 5   USA DF Eddie Munjoma 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
9 26   USA MF Henry Smith-Hastie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 18 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 27 0 0

Awards and honors

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Recipient Award Date Ref.
Talen Maples Preseason All-AAC Team August 20, 2019 [7]
Nicky Hernandez College Soccer News Team of the Week (9/1) September 1, 2019 [8]
Talen Maples AAC Defensive Player of the Week (9/9) September 9, 2019 [9]
Eddie Munjoma Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/10) September 12, 2019 [10]
Shane Lanson United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (9/17) September 17, 2019 [11]
Brandon Terwege Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/17) September 19, 2019 [12]
Garrett McLaughlin College Soccer News Team of the Week (9/22) September 22, 2019 [13]
AAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/23) September 23, 2019 [14]
Shane Lanson AAC Goalkeeper of the Week (9/23)
Garrett McLaughlin Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/24) September 26, 2019 [15]
Gabriel Costa AAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/30) September 30, 2019 [16]
Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/1) October 3, 2019 [17]
AAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/7) October 7, 2019 [18]
Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/8) October 10, 2019 [19]
Garrett McLaughlin Senior CLASS Award Finalist October 11, 2019 [20]
College Soccer News Player of the Week (10/27) October 27, 2019 [21]
College Soccer News Team of the Week (10/27)
AAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/28) October 28, 2019 [22]
United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (10/29) October 29, 2019 [23]
Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (10/29) October 31, 2019 [24]
Grant Makela AAC Goalkeeper of the Week (11/6) November 6, 2019 [25]
Eddie Munjoma AAC Defensive Player of the Year November 12, 2019 [26]
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 [27]
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 [28]
Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (11/19) November 21, 2019 [29]
Grant Makela College Soccer News Team of the Week (12/1) December 1, 2019 [30]
Eddie Munjoma
Eddie Munjoma Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (12/3) December 5, 2019 [31]
Gabriel Costa Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (12/10) December 12, 2019 [32]
Eddie Munjoma Soccer America All-America First-Team [33]
Gabriel Costa Soccer America All-America Third-Team
Eddie Munjoma United Soccer Coaches All-America First-Team [34]
Gabriel Costa United Soccer Coaches All-America Third-Team
Eddie Munjoma College Soccer News All-America First-Team December 16, 2019 [35]
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 [36]
Gabriel Costa Top Drawer Soccer All-America Second-Team

2020 MLS Super Draft

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Player Team Round Pick # Position
Garrett McLaughlin Houston Dynamo 1 8 FW

Rankings

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Ranking movement
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Top Drawer Soccer[38] NV NV RV 16 9 4 2 4 4 12 11 11 11 3 3 3 5 5
College Soccer News[39] 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

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References

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