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2023 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

The 2023 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team represented Clemson University during the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. They were led by head coach Mike Noonan, in his fourteenth season. They played their home games at Riggs Field. This was the team's 63rd season playing organized men's college soccer and their 36th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2023 Clemson Tigers men's soccer
NCAA Tournament, Champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record15–3–5 (4–2–2 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Philip Jones (11th season)
  • Camilo Rodriguez (8th season)
  • Malick Mbaye (1st season)
Home stadiumRiggs Field
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 ACC men's soccer standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Atlantic
No. 15 Wake Forest + 4 – 1 – 3 11 – 3 – 5
No. 1 Clemson ‡ 4 – 2 – 2 15 – 3 – 5
No. 25 Syracuse + 2 – 1 – 5 9 – 5 – 7
No. 24 Louisville + 2 – 4 – 2 12 – 6 – 3
NC State 1 – 5 – 2 6 – 9 – 3
Boston College 0 – 5 – 3 3 – 9 – 5
Coastal
No. 2 Notre Dame + 6 – 0 – 2 13 – 3 – 6
No. 13 Virginia + 5 – 2 – 1 11 – 4 – 4
No. 20 Duke+ 4 – 3 – 1 11 – 4 – 3
No. 6 North Carolina + 2 – 3 – 3 11 – 3 – 7
Pittsburgh + 2 – 3 – 3 6 – 7 – 4
Virginia Tech 2 – 5 – 1 4 – 9 – 4
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: The ACC

The Tigers started the season with a loss to UCF and a draw with UNC Wilmington. These results saw them fall from their preseason ranking of ninth to unranked. They followed up with non conference wins over rival South Carolina and Presbyterian. They started conference play with a loss to Notre Dame. They would go on to win their next three games, including a conference match-up with Duke. Their first conference loss came at Wake Forest on September 22. That match would be the last match that Clemson would lose for the remainder of the season. They won three straight games before drawing at Syracuse. They would follow that with a win and a draw to close out the regular season with a 9–3–3 overall record and a 4–2–2 ACC record. They were runners up in the Atlantic Division.

The Tigers were the fourth overall seed in the ACC Tournament. They defeated fifth seed Duke in penalties in the Quarterfinals and ninth seed Louisville in the Semifinals to reach the Final. There they faced off against seventh seed North Carolina. The match finished 1–1 and Clemson prevailed in another penalty shootout to win their fifth ACC tournament title.[1] The tournament victory earned Clemson the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. There they were selected as the ninth overall seed. They defeated Charlotte in the second round, eighth seed New Hampshire in the third round, and sixteenth seed Stanford in the Quarterfinals to reach the College Cup. A victory over fifth seed West Virginia saw them reach the national title match against fellow ACC foe Notre Dame. Clemson went on to avenge their regular season loss to Notre Dame and win the title 2–1. The goal allowed in the title match was the only goal allowed by Clemson in the NCAA Tournament. The national title was the fourth in program history and second for head coach Mike Noonan. It was Clemson's second title in three years following their 2021 title.[2]

Previous season edit

Main article: 2022 Clemson Tigers men's soccer team

The Tigers finished the season 13–7–1 overall and 3–4–1 in ACC play to finish in fourth place in the Atlantic Division. As the eighth overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they defeated Notre Dame in the First Round, top seed Duke in the Quarterfinals, fourth seed Wake Forest in the Semifinals and became the lowest seed to reach the final in ACC Tournament history.[3] They came up short in the final losing to eventual National Champion Syracuse 2–0. They received an at large bid to the NCAA Tournament and were awarded the sixth overall seed. After a First Round bye, they lost to UCLA in the Second Round to end their National Title defense.

Player movement edit

Players leaving edit

Players Leaving
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Trevor Manion 1 GK 6'3" 190 Junior Phoenixville, Pennsylvania —
Dawson Malcolm 4 DF 6'3" 190   Freshman Clover, South Carolina —
Hamady Diop 5 DF 6'0" 186 Junior Dakar, Senegal Selected First Overall in 2023 MLS SuperDraft
Dylan Sullivan 6 MF 5'9" 160 Senior Wappingers Falls, New York Graduated
Tim Ströbeck 7 FW 6'0" 165 Sophomore Hässleholm, Sweden Transferred to Seton Hall
Elton Chifamba 8 MF 5'9" 145 Sophomore Blacklick, Ohio Transferred to Syracuse[4]
Joey Skinner 13 DF 6'2" 155 Sophomore Charlotte, North Carolina Selected thirteenth overall in 2023 MLS SuperDraft
Derek Waleffe 16 MF 5'11" 167 Graduate Student Madison, Wisconsin Graduated
Alvaro Gomez 18 MF 5'8" 150 Senior Toledo, Spain Graduated
MJ Petry 24 MF 6'3" 155 Freshman Mount Pleasant, South Carolina —
Isaiah Ried 27 FW 5'10" 150 Senior Rock Hill, South Carolina Graduated; Selected thirty fourth overall in 2023 MLS SuperDraft
Ben Erkens 28 DF 6'2" 180 Junior Greenville, South Carolina —

Players arriving edit

Incoming Transfers edit

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Joran Gerbet 6 MF 5'11" 160 Junior Valence, France Oregon State[5]
Alex Meinhard 15 FW 6'0" 178 Senior Tartu, Estonia Tulsa[5]
Jackson Wrobel 23 MF 5'9" 162 Junior Madison, Alabama Wofford
Gael Gibert 27 DF 6'0" 184 Graduate Student Theirs, France Oregon State

Recruiting Class edit

Name Nat. Hometown Club TDS Rating
Mathieu Brick
DF
   USA Oviedo, Florida Atlanta United 2      [6]
Logan Brown
GK
   USA Spartanburg, South Carolina Charlotte FC Academy      [7]
Mason Jimenez
MF
   USA San Diego, California Albion SC      [8]
Matthias Leib
DF
   USA Birmingham, Alabama Briarwood Christian School      [9]
Pape Mar Boye
DF
   SEN Dakar, Senegal N/A      [10]

Squad edit

Roster edit

As of January 12, 2024[11]

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 Patrick Donovan
1 GK   GHA Joseph Andema
2 DF   SEN Pape Mar Boye
3 DF   USA Adam Lundegard
5 DF   USA Terry Watson
6 DF   FRA Joran Gerbet
7 FW   USA Isaiah Easley
9 MF   ESP Mohamed Seye
10 MF   SEN Osmane Sylla
11 MF   USA Brandon Parrish
12 DF   USA Enrique Montana III
13 DF   USA Mathieu Brick
14 DF   USA Titus Sandy Jr.
15 FW   EST Alex Meinhard
16 MF   USA Mason Jimenez
17 FW   USA Tyler Trimnal
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF   USA Matthias Leib
19 FW   USA James Kelly
20 DF   USA Shawn Smart
21 MF   USA Noah Behrmann
22 GK   USA Aiden Hampton
23 MF   USA Jackson Worbel
25 MF   USA Nathan Richmond
26 FW   ITA Marco Garcia
27 DF   FRA Gael Gibert
28 DF   ENG Will Cain
29 DF   BRA Rafael Borlido
30 FW   USA Remi Okunlola
31 GK   USA Logan Brown
33 DF   FRA Arthur Duquenne
31 MF   USA Samir Dishnica

Team management edit

Position Staff
Athletic Director   Graham Neff
Head coach   Mike Noonan
Associate head coach   Philip Jones
Assistant Coach   Camilo Rodriguez
Assistant Coach   Malick Mbaye
Director of Operations   Rob Thompson

Source:[12]

Schedule edit

Source:[13][14]

Date
Time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 12*
 No. 9 Coker  None Reported  –
 Riggs Field
Clemson, SC
August 15*
 No. 9 Furman  None Reported  –
 Riggs Field
Clemson, SC
August 19*
 No. 9 at Georgia State  None Reported  –
 GSU Soccer Field
Atlanta, GA
Regular season
August 24*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 9 UCF L 1–2  0–1–0
 Riggs Field (4,090)
Clemson, SC
August 28*
7:00 p.m. 		No. 9 UNC Wilmington T 1–1  0–1–1
 Riggs Field (1,575)
Clemson, SC
September 1*
7:00 p.m. 		South Carolina
Rivalry 		W 2–0  1–1–1
 Riggs Field (4,573)
Clemson, SC
September 5*
7:00 p.m. 		Presbyterian W 6–0  2–1–1
 Riggs Field (1,465)
Clemson, SC
September 9
7:00 p.m. 		at No. 20 Notre Dame L 2–3  2–2–1
(0–1–0) 		Alumni Stadium (1,703)
Notre Dame, IN
September 12*
7:00 p.m. 		at South Florida W 3–2  3–2–1
 Corbett Stadium (1,239)
Tampa, FL
September 15
7:00 p.m. 		No. 8 Duke W 2–0  4–2–1
(1–1–0) 		Riggs Field (2,953)
Clemson, SC
September 19*
7:00 p.m. 		Gardner–Webb W 7–0  5–2–1
 Riggs Field (1,173)
Clemson, SC
September 22
7:00 p.m. 		at No. 14 Wake Forest L 0–1  5–3–1
(1–2–0) 		Spry Stadium (2,528)
Winston-Salem, NC
September 29
7:00 p.m. 		Virginia Tech W 2–1  6–3–1
(2–2–0) 		Riggs Field (2,876)
Clemson, SC
October 3*
7:00 p.m. 		Winthrop W 4–1  7–3–1
 Riggs Field (1,005)
Clemson, SC
October 6
7:00 p.m. 		No. 21 Louisville W 4–0  8–3–1
(3–2–0) 		Riggs Field (2,575)
Clemson, SC
October 15
1:00 p.m. 		No. 21 at No. 10 Syracuse T 1–1  8–3–2
(3–2–1) 		SU Soccer Stadium (1,612)
Syracuse, NY
October 20
6:00 p.m. 		No. 15 Boston College W 6–0  9–3–2
(4–2–1) 		Riggs Field (2,470)
Clemson, SC
October 27
7:00 p.m. 		No. 10т at NC State T 1–1  9–3–3
(4–2–3) 		Dail Soccer Field (1,289)
Raleigh, NC
ACC Tournament
November 5*
6:00 p.m., ACCN 		(4) No. 14 (5) No. 8 Duke
Quarterfinals 		T 3–3 (4–1 PKs) 2OT 9–3–4
 Riggs Field (2,061)
Clemson, SC
November 8*
8:00 p.m., ACCN 		(4) No. 14 (9) Louisville
Semifinals 		W 5–1  10–3–4
 Riggs Field (3,785)
Clemson, SC
November 12
12:00 p.m., ESPNU 		(4) No. 14 vs. (7) North Carolina
Final 		T 1–1 (5–3 PKs) 2OT 10–3–5
 WakeMed Soccer Park (2,318)
Cary, NC
NCAA Tournament
November 19*
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		(9) No. 14 Charlotte
Second Round 		W 3–0  11–3–5
 Riggs Field (2,897)
Clemson, SC
November 25*
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(9) No. 14 at (8) No. 10 New Hampshire
Third Round 		W 1–0  12–3–5
 Wildcat Stadium (3,745)
Durham, NH
December 2*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(9) No. 14 (16) Stanford
Quarterfinals 		W 2–0  13–3–5
 Riggs Field (5,411)
Clemson, SC
December 8*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		(9) No. 14 vs. (5) No. 5 West Virginia
Semifinals 		W 1–0  14–3–5
 Lynn Stadium (3,853)
Louisville, KY
December 11*
6:00 p.m., ESPNU 		(9) No. 14 vs. (2) No. 4 Notre Dame
Final 		W 2–1  15–3–5
 Lynn Stadium (4,449)
Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Goals Record edit

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
1 10   MF Ousmane Sylla 7 3 3 13
2 15   FW Alex Meinhard 6 1 0 7
3 9   MF Mohamed Seye 5 0 0 5
17   FW Tyler Trimnal 2 2 1 5
25   MF Nathan Richmond 5 0 0 5
6 11   MF Brandon Parrish 2 0 2 4
27   DF Gael Gibert 2 1 1 4
8 6   DF Joran Gerbet 3 0 0 3
7   FW Isaiah Easley 2 1 0 3
30   FW Remi Okunlola 2 1 0 3
11 2   DF Pape Mar Boye 2 0 0 2
23   MF Jackson Worbel 2 0 0 2
31   DF Arthur Duquenne 1 0 1 2
14 20   DF Shawn Smart 0 0 1 1
Opponent Own Goal 1 0 0 1
Total 42 9 9 60

Disciplinary record edit

Rank No. Nat. Po. Name Regular Season ACC Tournament NCAA Tournament Total
                               
1 2   DF Pape Mar Boye 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 0
3   DF Adam Lundegard 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
20   DF Shawn Smart 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1
4 6   MF Joran Gerbet 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
5 9   MF Mohamed Seye 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0
10   MF Ousmane Sylla 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
25   MF Nathan Richmond 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
27   DF Gael Gibert 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
33   DF Arthur Duquenne 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0
10 7   FW Isaiah Easley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
8   MF Elton Chifamba 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11   MF Brandon Parrish 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
17   FW Tyler Trimnal 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
14 1   GK Joseph Andema 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
12   DF Enrique Montana 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
15   FW Alex Meinhard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
19   FW James Kelly 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
20   DF Shawn Smart 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
23   MF Jackson Worbel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
28   DF Will Cain 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
30   FW Remi Okunlola 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Total 30 0 1 7 0 0 11 0 0 48 0 1

Awards and honors edit

Recipient Award Date Ref.
Alex Meinhard Pre-Season Hermann Trophy Watchlist August 24, 2023 [15]
Ousmane Sylla Pre-Season All-ACC Team August 26, 2023 [16]
ACC Offensive Player of the Week October 10, 2023 [17]
Ousmane Sylla All-ACC First Team November 8, 2023 [18]
Brandon Parrish All-ACC Second Team
Joran Gerbet All-ACC Third Team
Pape Mar Boye
Nathan Richmond
Pape Mar Boye All-ACC Freshman Team
Ousmane Sylla ACC Tournament MVP November 12, 2023 [19]
Gael Gerbet ACC All-Tournament Team
Ousmane Sylla
Joran Gerbet
Alex Meinhard
Ousmane Sylla NCAA Tournament Offensive MVP December 11, 223 [20]
Pape Mar Boye NCAA Tournament Defensive MVP
Ousmane Sylla Hermann Trophy January 5, 2024 [21]

2024 MLS Super Draft edit

Main article: 2024 MLS SuperDraft
Player Team Round Pick # Position
Brandon Parrish D.C. United 2 36 MF
Ousmane Sylla Houston Dynamo 2 55 MF
Nathan Richmond Charlotte FC 3 70 MF

Source:[22]

Rankings edit

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
United Soccer[23]9RV——RVRVRV211510т1414Not released1 (7)
TopDrawer Soccer[24]41018—23241815129141143221

References edit

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