2015 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team

The 2015 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer team represents Wake Forest University during the 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It is the 69th season of the university fielding a program. It the program's first season with Bobby Muuss as head coach. Muuss, the fourth head coach in program history, formerly coached Denver, and took over for Jay Vidovich, who left for a head coaching position with Portland Timbers 2. The team finished the regular season ranked #1 nationally and with the best record in the Atlantic Coast Conference, earning the top seed both in the 2015 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament and the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.

2015 Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	14–1–2 (6–0–2 ACC)
Head coach	Bobby Muuss (1st season)
Assistant coach	Steve Armas (1st season)
Home stadium	Spry Stadium

2015 ACC men's soccer standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Atlantic
No. 1 Wake Forest +	6	–	0	–	2			17	–	3	–	2
No. 3 Clemson +	6	–	1	–	1			16	–	2	–	3
Boston College +	4	–	4	–	0			11	–	8	–	2
No. 6 Syracuse ‡	3	–	4	–	1			16	–	5	–	3
Louisville	1	–	4	–	3			7	–	9	–	3
NC State	1	–	4	–	3			8	–	6	–	3
Coastal
No. 4 North Carolina +	6	–	1	–	1			15	–	2	–	3
No. 8 Notre Dame +	4	–	2	–	2			11	–	5	–	6
No. 18 Virginia +	4	–	2	–	2			10	–	5	–	3
Duke	3	–	4	–	1			10	–	7	–	2
Virginia Tech	0	–	5	–	3			5	–	9	–	3
Pittsburgh	0	–	7	–	1			5	–	9	–	3
‡ - ACC Tournament champion + - Invited to the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship As of December 5, 2015 Rankings from NSCAA

Roster

As of 2015: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Alec Ferrell
1	GK	USA	Andrew Harris
2	DF	USA	Kris Reaves
3	DF	USA	Rafael Fagundo
4	DF	USA	Kevin Politz
6	DF	USA	Jared Odenbeck
7	MF	ESP	Jon Bakero
8	MF	USA	Jacori Hayes
9	FW	USA	Tater Rennhack
10	FW	USA	Michael Gamble
11	DF	USA	Philip Parker
12	MF	USA	Brad Dunwell
14	MF	USA	Thomas Haws
15	MF	USA	Steven Echvarria
16	MF	USA	Ian Harkes

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	USA	John Schuman
19	MF	USA	Harrison Gregory
20	MF	USA	Hunter Bandy
21	MF	USA	Hayden Partain
22	MF	ENG	Jack Harrison
23	FW	USA	Hank Gauger
24	DF	USA	Chase Rhode
25	MF	USA	Ricky Greensfelder
26	DF	USA	Sam Raben
27	MF	USA	Roman Martin
28	FW	NZL	Tane Gent
29	FW	USA	Logan Gdula
30	GK	USA	Grant Bishop
31	GK	USA	Carter Richardson

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Preseason
08-16-2015* 7:00 pm		at Furman	T 1–1 2OT		Stone III Stadium Greenville, SC
08-22-2015* 7:00 pm		Kentucky	W 3–0		Spry Stadium Winston-Salem, NC
Regular season
08-28-2015* 7:00 pm		Santa Clara	W 3–0	1–0–0	Spry Stadium (2,455) Winston-Salem, NC
08-28-2015* 7:00 pm		FIU	W 3–2	2–0–0	Spry Stadium (1,604) Winston-Salem, NC
09-05-2015* 7:00 pm	No. 20	No. 19 Florida Gulf Coast	W 1–0	3–0–0	Spry Stadium (1,790) Winston-Salem, NC
09-08-2015* 7:00 pm	No. 14	UNC Asheville	W 5–0	4–0–0	Spry Stadium (1,363) Winston-Salem, NC
09-12-2015 7:00 pm	No. 14	at Pittsburgh	W 4–0	5–0–0 (1–0–0)	Ambrose Urbanic Field (371) Pittsburgh, PA
09-15-2015* 7:00 pm	No. 7	No. 18 Elon	L 0–1	5–1–0 (1–0–0)	Spry Stadium (2,204) Winston-Salem, NC
09-19-2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 7	Syracuse	W 3–1	6–1–0 (2–0–0)	Spry Stadium (3,454) Winston-Salem, NC
09-22-2015* 7:00 pm	No. 8	at No. 6 Akron	W 2–1	7–1–0 (2–0–0)	FirstEnergy Stadium (2,516) Akron, OH
09-26-2015 7:00 pm	No. 8	No. 5 Clemson	T 1–1	7–1–1 (2–0–1)	Spry Stadium (2,346) Winston-Salem, NC
10-02-2015 7:00 pm	No. 4	at No. 22 Boston College	W 5–0	8–1–1 (3–0–1)	Newton Soccer Complex (276) Chestnut Hill, MA
10-06-2015* 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 4	No. 15 South Carolina	W 2–0	9–1–1 (3–0–1)	Spry Stadium (1,848) Winston-Salem, NC
10-09-2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 4	at No. 22 NC State Tobacco Road	T 0–0	9–1–2 (3–0–2)	Dail Stadium (644) Raleigh, NC
10-17-2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 4	No. 2 North Carolina Tobacco Road rivalry	W 1–0	10–1–2 (4–0–2)	Spry Stadium (5,070) Winston-Salem, NC
10-20-2015* 7:00 pm	No. 2	Georgia State	W 5–0	11–1–2 (4–0–2)	Spry Stadium (1,437) Winston-Salem, NC
10-23-2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 2	No. 4 Notre Dame	W 2–1	12–1–2 (5–0–2)	Spry Stadium (3,976) Winston-Salem, NC
10-27-2015* 7:00 pm	No. 2	Davidson	W 4–0	13–1–2 (5–0–2)	Spry Stadium (749) Winston-Salem, NC
10-30-2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 2	at Louisville	W 4–2	14–1–2 (6–0–2)	Lynn Stadium (2,664) Louisville, KY
ACC Tournament
11-08-2015 1:00 pm	No. 1	Louisville	W 2–1 (a.e.t.)	15–1–2	Spry Stadium (2,189) Winston-Salem, NC
11-11-2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 1	No. 8 Notre Dame	L 0-1	15–2–2	Spry Stadium (5,009) Winston-Salem, NC
NCAA Tournament
11-22-2015 1:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 1	Charlotte	W 1–0	16–2–2	Spry Stadium (2,699) Winston-Salem, NC
11-29-2015 1:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 1	No. 14 Indiana	W 1–0	17–2–2	Spry Stadium (3,149) Winston-Salem, NC
12-05-2015 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 1	No. 7 Stanford	L 1–2 (a.e.t.)	17–3–2	Spry Stadium (4,906) Winston-Salem, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

See also

• Wake Forest Demon Deacons men's soccer
• 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference men's soccer season
• 2015 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• 2015 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
• 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship