2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team


The 2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2013 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the 37th season of the university fielding a program. The Irish were coached by 13th-year head coach Bobby Clark and sixth year assistant coach, B. J. Craig, who was promoted to associate head coach prior to the season's start. Additionally, the coaching staff consisted of second year assistant coach, Greg Dalby.

2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, College Cup vs. Maryland, W 2–1
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record17–1–6 (7–1–3 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
← 2012
2014 →
2013 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 1 Notre Dame +  ‍‍‍ 7 1 3   .773 17 1 6   .833
No. 2 Maryland ‡  ‍‍‍ 7 1 3   .773 17 4 5   .750
No. 11 Wake Forest +  ‍‍‍ 6 1 4   .727 10 6 5   .595
North Carolina +  ‍‍‍ 4 2 5   .591 9 6 5   .575
Clemson +  ‍‍‍ 5 4 2   .545 11 7 3   .595
No. 3 Virginia +  ‍‍‍ 4 3 4   .545 13 6 5   .646
Duke  ‍‍‍ 3 3 5   .500 8 5 6   .579
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 4 6 1   .409 7 9 2   .444
NC State  ‍‍‍ 3 5 3   .409 8 5 4   .588
Syracuse  ‍‍‍ 3 7 1   .318 10 7 1   .583
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 1 5 5   .318 4 8 5   .382
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 0 8 2   .100 1 11 4   .188
As of November 25, 2013
Rankings from NSCAA

The 2013 season was the Irish's first year winning an NCAA title. The Irish finished the season with 17–1–6 record, and defeated Wisconsin, Wake Forest, Michigan State, New Mexico and Maryland en route to the championship. Additionally, the Irish won the ACC regular season with a 7–1–3 record.[1]

Roster edit

The following players were members of the 2013 Notre Dame team.[2]

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 Adam LaPlaca
1 GK   USA Patrick Wall
2 DF   USA Trevor Gonzalez
3 MF   USA Connor Klekota
4 DF   USA Connor Miller
5 MF   USA Brenden Lesch
6 DF   USA Max Lachowecki
7 FW   USA Alex Priede
8 MF   USA Nick Besler
9 FW   USA Leon Brown
10 FW   USA Harry Shipp (captain)
11 MF   USA Oliver Harris
12 DF   USA Andrew O'Malley (captain)
13 GK   USA Chris Hubbard
14 MF   USA Andrew Cupero
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF   USA Evan Panken
16 DF   USA Michael Shipp
17 MF   USA Danny Lojek
18 MF   USA Robby Gallegos
19 MF   USA Kyle Craft
20 DF   USA Grant Van De Casteele (captain)
21 FW   USA Vince Cicciarelli
22 DF   USA Luke Mishu
23 DF   USA Matt Habrowski
24 DF   USA Mark Mishu
25 MF   USA Brandon Aubrey
26 MF   USA Mark Gormley
27 MF   USA Patrick Hodan
28 MF   USA Patrick Connolly
30 GK   USA Brian Talcott

Schedule edit

Source:[3]

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
City, State
Regular season
08-30-2013*
5:00 pm
No. 7 vs. No. 9 UCLA
IU Credit Classic/Rivalry
T 0–0 2OT 0–0–1
Bill Armstrong Stadium (3,142)
Bloomington, IN
09-01-2013*
11:30 am
No. 7 vs. SMU
IU Credit Classic
W 2–1  1–0–1
Bill Armstrong Stadium (7,720)
Bloomington, IN
09-08-2013
12:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 4 No. 1 North Carolina T 1–1 2OT 1–0–2
(0–0–1)
Alumni Stadium (2,093)
Notre Dame, IN
09-13-2013
7:00 pm
No. 4 at No. 25 Syracuse W 3–0  2–0–2
(1–0–1)
SU Soccer Stadium (1,538)
Syracuse, NY
09-17-2013*
7:30 pm
No. 1 Michigan
Rivalry
W 3–0  3–0–2
Alumni Stadium (1,095)
Notre Dame, IN
09-21-2013
7:00 pm
No. 1 at Boston College
Holy War
T 1–1 2OT 3–0–3
(1–0–2)
Newton Soccer Complex (2,000)
Chestnut Hill, MA
09-27-2013
7:30 pm
No. 2 Duke W 3–1  4–0–3
(2–0–2)
Alumni Stadium (3,007)
Notre Dame, IN
10-02-2013*
7:00 pm
No. 2 Indiana
Rivalry
W 2–0  5–0–3
Alumni Stadium (2,042)
Notre Dame, IN
10-05-2013
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 2 at No. 13 Clemson W 2–1 OT 6–0–3
(3–0–2)
Riggs Field (3,680)
Clemson, SC
10-08-2013
7:00 pm, ACCN
No. 2 No. 5 Maryland T 1–1 2OT 6–0–4
(3–0–3)
Alumni Stadium (991)
Notre Dame, IN
10-11-2013
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 2 at Virginia Tech W 1–0  7–0–4
(4–0–3)
Thompson Field (2,237)
Blacksburg, VA
10-15-2013*
7:00 pm
No. 2 No. 13 Northwestern T 1–1 2OT 7–0–5
Alumni Stadium (587)
Notre Dame, IN
10-11-2013
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 2 at NC State W 2–1  8–0–5
(5–0–3)
Dail Soccer Complex (926)
Raleigh, NC
10-26-2013
2:00 pm
No. 2 No. 19 NC State L 0–2  8–1–5
(5–1–3)
Alumni Stadium (1,067)
Notre Dame, IN
11-2-2013
7:00 pm
No. 2 at No. 12 Wake Forest W 3–1  9–1–5
(6–1–3)
Spry Stadium (3,991)
Winston–Salem, NC
11-5-2013*
3:00 pm, Big Ten Network
No. 1 at No. 18 Michigan State W 2–0  10–1–5
DeMartin Soccer Complex (819)
East Lansing, MI
11-8-2013
7:00 pm
No. 1 Pittsburgh W 2–0  11–1–5
(7–1–3)
Alumni Stadium (2,635)
Notre Dame, IN
ACC Tournament
11-12-2013
7:00 pm
No. 1 Duke
Quarterfinals
W 1–0  12–1–5
Alumni Stadium (317)
Notre Dame, IN
11-15-2013
5:30 pm, ESPN3
No. 1 vs. No. 10 Virginia
Semifinals
T 3–3 (3–4 PK) 2OT 12–1–6
Maryland SoccerPlex (317)
Germantown, MD
NCAA Tournament
11-24-2013
7:00 pm
(3) Wisconsin
Second Round
W 4–0  13–1–6
Alumni Stadium (527)
Notre Dame, IN
12-1-2013
7:00 pm
(3) (14) Wake Forest
Third Round
W 4–2  14–1–6
Alumni Stadium (486)
Notre Dame, IN
12-7-2013
7:00 pm
(3) (11) Michigan State
Quarterfinals
W 2–1  15–1–6
Alumni Stadium (1,003)
Notre Dame, IN
12-13-2013
5:00 pm, ESPNU
(3) vs. (7) New Mexico
College Cup, Semifinals
W 2–0  16–1–6
PPL Park (4,174)
Chester, PA
12-15-2013
3:00 pm, ESPNU
(3) vs. (5) Maryland
College Cup, Finals
W 2–1  17–1–6
PPL Park (5,303)
Chester, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

MLS Draft edit

The following members of the 2013 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team were selected in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft.

Player Round Pick Position MLS club Ref.
  Grant Van De Casteele 1 19 DF Colorado Rapids [4]

References edit

  1. ^ "2013 Men's Soccer National Champions". und.com. University of Notre Dame. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  2. ^ Notre Dame Athletics (February 20, 2014). "2013 Notre Dame Men's Soccer NCAA Championship Commemorative". Issuu. issuu.com. pp. 106–107.
  3. ^ "UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME 2013 MEN'S SOCCER BOX SCORES" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. University of Notre Dame. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 11, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  4. ^ "2014 MLS SuperDraft Tracker". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer. January 16, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2018.

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