2018 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team

2018 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer
2018 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer
NCAA Tournament
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	12–5–2 (4–2–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Chaka Daley (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Tommy McMenemy (9th season); Jhojan Obando (7th season); Marcos Ugarte (2nd season);
Home stadium	U-M Soccer Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team is the college's 19th season of playing organized men's college soccer. It is the Wolverines' 19th season playing in the Big Ten Conference.

2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Indiana ‡	8	–	0	–	0	20	–	3	–	1
Wisconsin	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	6	–	2
No. 4 Michigan State +	4	–	2	–	2	14	–	5	–	4
No. 24 Michigan +	4	–	2	–	2	12	–	5	–	4
No. 1 Maryland +	4	–	4	–	0	12	–	6	–	4
Penn State	3	–	3	–	2	6	–	9	–	2
Rutgers	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	13	–	1
Northwestern	0	–	5	–	3	6	–	9	–	5
Ohio State	0	–	7	–	1	1	–	15	–	2

$ – Conference champion As of December 11, 2018 Rankings from United Soccer Coaches Poll Source:The Big Ten Conference

Background edit

Michigan finished 1st in the Big Ten Conference regular season in 2017 with a 12–6–2 overall record and a 6–1–1 in-conference record.^[1] Michigan won in the quarterfinal of the Big Ten Tournament against Northwestern but lost in the semifinal to eventual champion Wisconsin.^[2] The team earned a spot in the NCAA tournament as a seeded team, and received a bye to the second round. However, the team lost to Colgate 2–3.^[3]

Roster edit

^[4] 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	Andrew Verdi
2	DF	USA	Marcello Borges
3	DF	USA	Peter Brown
4	DF	CAN	Joel Harrison
5	DF	CAN	Abdou Samake
6	DF	ENG	Daniel Mukuna
7	FW	USA	Derick Broche
8	MF	CHI	Ivo Cerda
9	FW	GHA	Mohammed Zakyi
10	MF	GHA	Umar Farouk Osman
11	FW	ENG	Jack Hallahan
12	MF	USA	Austin Swiech
13	DF	USA	Declan Gaffney
14	MF	USA	Robbie Mertz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	USA	Carlos Tellez
16	FW	USA	Noah Kleedtke
17	FW	CAN	Sosa Emovon
18	GK	USA	Henry Mashburn
19	MF	USA	Kevin Buca
20	MF	USA	Aidan Nam
22	MF	USA	Joe Hertgen
23	MF	USA	Marc Ybarra
24	MF	USA	Lucas Rosendall
25	MF	USA	Jackson Ragen
26	DF	HKG	C.Y. Cheng
27	DF	USA	Nash Pirie
28	GK	USA	Jacob Nunner

Competitions edit

Preseason edit

August 18	Michigan	2–0	Loyola	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium

Regular season edit

August 24 1	Michigan	1–2	Tulsa	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 581 Referee: Tony Russo

August 27 2	Michigan	2–0	South Florida	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 657 Referee: Peter Dhima

August 31 3	Michigan	3–0	UC Riverside	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 806 Referee: Gregory Dopka

September 3 4	Michigan	Canceled	Canisius	Ann Arbor, Michigan
1:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium

September 7 5	Michigan	3–2 (OT)	Western Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:30 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 2,245 Referee: Heber Estrada

September 10 6	Michigan	3–0	Marquette	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:30 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 490 Referee: Cesar Ibarra

September 14 7	Rutgers	0–2	Michigan	New Brunswick, NJ
8:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: Yurcak Field Attendance: 1,287 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

September 21 8	Michigan	1–1 (2OT)	Penn State	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,755 Referee: Nikola Aleksic

September 25 9	Michigan	3–1	Ohio State	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 759 Referee: Calin Radosav

September 29 10	Northwestern	0–2	Michigan	Evanston, IL
9:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium Attendance: 378 Referee: Carmen Sebio

October 3 11	Oakland	1–2	Michigan	Auburn Hills, Michigan
7:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: Oakland Soccer Field Attendance: 2,344 Referee: John Douglas

October 7 12	Michigan	0–1	Indiana	Ann Arbor, Michigan
3:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,729 Referee: Carmen Serbio

October 10 13	Michigan	5–0	Detroit Mercy	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:30 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 660 Referee: Cesar Ibarra

October 16 14	Michigan	1–2	Notre Dame	Ann Arbor, Michigan
6:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,536 Referee: Dimitar Chavdarov

October 19 15	Wisconsin	1–0 (OT)	Michigan	Madison, WI
8:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: Dan McClimon Memorial Track/Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,263 Referee: Calin Radosav

October 23 16	Michigan State	1–1 (2OT)	Michigan	East Lansing, MI
8:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: DeMartin Soccer Complex Attendance: 2,139

October 28 17	Michigan	2–1 (OT)	Maryland	Ann Arbor, Michigan
4:00 pm ET		Report		Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1,006 Referee: Heber Estrada

Big Ten Tournament edit

November 4 QF	#3 Michigan	3-1	#6 Penn State	Ann Arbor, Michigan
1:00 p.m. EDT	Umar Farouk Osman 28' Umar Farouk Osman 52' Jack Hallahan 80'	Report	42' Ryan Gallagher	Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 1094 Referee: Nicholas Balcer Assistant referees: Khalaf Al-Latayfeh Assistant referees: Dimitrios Katsimingo Fourth official: Michael Allie

November 9 SF	#2 Wisconsin	0-1	#3 Michigan	Westfield, Indiana
3:30 p.m. EDT		Report	20' Marc Ybarra	Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 360 Referee: Sergio Gonzalez Assistant referees: Ethan Buege Assistant referees: Landon Albert Fourth official: Josh Kelley

November 11 F	#3 Michigan	0-3	#1 Indiana	Westfield, Indiana
12:00 p.m. EDT		Report	Cory Thomas 6' Jeremiah Gutjahr 72' Spencer Glass 74'	Stadium: Grand Park Attendance: 1700 Referee: Hilario Grajeda Assistant referees: Eulogio Vilalpando Assistant referees: Anthony Vasoli Fourth official: Michael Allie

NCAA Tournament edit

November 15 First round	Michigan	1–1 (a.e.t.) (11–10 p)	Princeton	Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 PM EST	Kleedtke 75'	Report	Martin 39'	Stadium: U-M Soccer Stadium Attendance: 474 Referee: Calin Radosav
	Penalties
	Ybarra Zakyi Brown Hallahan Mertz Osman Ragen Kleedtke Buca Rosendall Ybarra Zakyi Brown Ragen		O'Toole Prudil Morokhovich Hampton McSherry Paniagua Belghiti Roberts Wusu Wolf O'Toole Prudil Morokhovich Hampton

November 18 Second round	No. 7 Notre Dame	0–0 (a.e.t.) (11–10 p)	Michigan	South Bend, Indiana
5:00 PM EST	Omar 80'	Report		Stadium: Alumni Stadium Attendance: 363 Referee: Heber Estrada
	Penalties
	Berneski MacLeod Dumas Dedrick McCabe Aschieris Casey Farina McFadden Townes MacLeod Dumas		Brown Ybarra Ragen Zakyi Mertz Osman Swiech Buca Kleedtke Rosendall Brown Ybarra

Statistics edit

Transfers edit

References edit

^ "Michigan 2017 Men's Soccer Statistics". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Men's Soccer 2017 Tournament Central". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "Colgate 3 - 2 Michigan". ncaa.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
^ "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

[1] "Michigan 2017 Men's Soccer Statistics". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[2] "Men's Soccer 2017 Tournament Central". bigten.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[3] "Colgate 3 - 2 Michigan". ncaa.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

[4] "2018 Men's Soccer Roster". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved November 12, 2018.

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