2017_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men's_soccer_team

2017 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
2017 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Semifinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
U. Soc. Coaches poll	No. 4
TopDrawerSoccer.com	No. 4
Record	17–4–1 (6–1–1 ACC)
Head coach	Carlos Somoano (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Cristian Neagu (2nd season); Grant Porter (6th season); Joe Scachetti (2nd season);
Captain	David October
Home stadium	WakeMed Soccer Park
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team

American college soccer season

The 2017 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 71st season of the university fielding a program. The Tar Heels played their home games at WakeMed Soccer Park in nearby Cary, North Carolina while Fetzer Field underwent renovations.^[1]

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Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Exhibition
August 13* 7:00 pm	No. 4	No. 19 Coastal Carolina	W 3–1	– (–)	WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, NC
August 17* 7:30 pm	No. 4	at South Carolina Battle of the Carolinas	T 0–0	– (–)	Stone Stadium Columbia, SC
Regular season
August 25* 7:30 pm	No. 4	No. 12 Providence Carolina Nike Classic	W 4–2	1–0–0 (0-0-0)	Rudd Field (826) Elon, NC
August 27* 7:30 pm	No. 4	Rutgers Carolina Nike Classic	W 6–1	2–0–0 (0-0-0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (926) Cary, NC
September 1* 7:00 pm	No. 3	at UNC Wilmington	L 0–1	2–1–0 (0-0-0)	UNC Wilmington Soccer Stadium (1,778) Wilmington, NC
September 4* 7:00 pm	No. 3	at UNC Greensboro	W 2–1	3–1–0 (0-0-0)	UNCG Soccer Stadium (3,072) Greensboro, NC
September 9 7:00 pm	No. 10	at Pittsburgh	W 2–1	4–1–0 (1–0–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (571) Pittsburgh, PA
September 13* 7:00 pm	No. 8	William & Mary	W 3–2	5–1–0 (1–0–0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (616) Cary, NC
September 16* 7:00 pm	No. 8	vs. No. 23 Duke Rivalry	W 2–1	6–1–0 (2–0–0)	Bryan Park (3,002) Greensboro, NC
September 19* 7:00 pm	No. 7	George Washington	W 4–1	7–1–0 (2–0–0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (418) Cary, NC
September 22 7:00 pm	No. 7	at No. 9 Virginia South's Oldest Rivalry	W 2–1 ^OT	8–1–0 (3–0–0)	Klöckner Stadium (4,205) Charlottesville, VA
September 26* 7:00 pm	No. 5	Winthrop	W 4–0	9–1–0 (3–0–0)	UNCG Soccer Stadium (226) Greensboro, NC
September 29 7:00 pm	No. 5	NC State Rivalry	W 1–0	10–1–0 (4–0–0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (3,206) Cary, NC
October 3* 7:00 pm	No. 3	James Madison	W 6–0	11–1–0 (4–0–0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (438) Cary, NC
October 6 7:00 pm	No. 4	No. 2 Wake Forest Rivalry	L 1–2	11–2–0 (4–1–0)	WakeMed Soccer Park (2,006) Cary, NC
October 13 7:00 pm	No. 4	at No. 5 Louisville	T 0–0 ^2OT	11–2–1 (4–1–1)	Lynn Stadium (3,435) Louisville, KY
October 17* 7:00 pm	No. 4	Old Dominion	W 2–1 ^2OT	12–2–1 (4–1–1)	WakeMed Soccer Park (200) Cary, NC
October 22 2:30 pm	No. 4	at Virginia Tech	W 4–0	13–2–1 (5–1–1)	Sandra D. Thompson Field (850) Blacksburg, VA
October 27 7:00 pm	No. 3	No. 16 Notre Dame Senior Night	W 3–0	14–2–1 (6–1–1)	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,226) Cary, NC
ACC Tournament
November 5 1:00 pm, ESPN3	(2) No. 3	(7) No. 21 Notre Dame ACC Quarterfinal	L 1–2	14–3–1 (6–1–1)	WakeMed Soccer Park (395) Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 19* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	(3) No. 7	UNC Wilmington Second Round	W 2–1	15–3–1	WakeMed Soccer Park (910) Cary, NC
November 25* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	(3) No. 7	No. 10 Southern Methodist Third Round	W 2–0	16–3–1	WakeMed Soccer Park (485) Cary, NC
December 2* 6:00 pm, ESPN3	(3) No. 7	Fordham Quarterfinals	W 2–1	17–3–1	WakeMed Soccer Park (1,687) Cary, NC
December 8* 8:45 pm, ESPNU	(3) No. 7	vs. (2) No. 2 Indiana College Cup, Semifinals	L 0–1	17–4–1	Talen Energy Stadium (4,948) Chester, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Recipient	Award	Date	Ref.
Jelani Pieters	ACC Offensive Player of the Week	August 28	^[4]
Cam Lindley	ACC Midfielder of the Year	November 7	^[5]
Cam Lindley	All ACC First Team		^[5]
Alan Winn	All ACC First Team		^[5]
Zach Wright	All ACC Second Team		^[5]
Alex Comsia	All ACC Third Team		^[5]
Mauricio Pineda	All ACC Third Team		^[5]
John Nelson	All ACC Rookie Team		^[5]
Cam Lindley	United Soccer Coaches All-American First Team	December 7	^[6]
	Soccer America All-American First Team	December 8	^[7]
	College Soccer News All-American First Team	January 4	^[8]
Allan Winn	United Soccer Coaches All-American Second Team	December 7	^[6]
	Soccer America All-American Second Team	December 8	^[7]
	College Soccer News All-American Second Team	January 4	^[8]

2017_North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men's_soccer_team

2017 North Carolina Tar Heels men's soccer team

Roster

Coaching Staff

Schedule

Awards and honors

Rankings

MLS Draft

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v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 5 Wake Forest ‡	7	–	0	–	1	19	–	2	–	2
No. 7 Louisville +	5	–	2	–	1	13	–	2	–	5
No. 17 Clemson +	4	–	4	–	0	12	–	6	–	1
NC State +	3	–	3	–	2	8	–	6	–	4
Boston College	1	–	6	–	1	6	–	10	–	1
Syracuse	0	–	6	–	2	6	–	8	–	4
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	1	17	–	4	–	1
No. 13 Duke +	4	–	3	–	1	13	–	4	–	3
No. 19 Virginia +	3	–	2	–	3	13	–	4	–	5
No. 18 Notre Dame +	3	–	3	–	2	11	–	7	–	2
Virginia Tech +	3	–	5	–	0	10	–	10	–	0
Pittsburgh	2	–	6	–	0	8	–	10	–	0

‡ – 2017 ACC Tournament champion + – Invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 13, 2017 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches

Position	Staff
Athletic director	Bubba Cunningham
Head coach	Carlos Somoano
Assistant coach	Grant Porter
Assistant coach	Cristian Neagu
Volunteer Assistant Coach	Joe Scachetti

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
United Soccer^[9]	4	3	10	8	7	5	4	4	4	3	3	6	7	Not released				4
TopDrawer Soccer^[10]	4	4	4	14	16	13	5	3	4	4	3	3	8	6	5	4	4	4