2018 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer team

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 Michigan Wolverines men's soccer
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
2018 record12–5–2 (4–2–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tommy McMenemy (9th season)
  • Jhojan Obando (7th season)
  • Marcos Ugarte (2nd season)
Home stadiumU-M Soccer Stadium
2018 Big Ten Conference men's soccer standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

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

[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

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

Regular season
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
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
November 15 First round Michigan 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(11–10 p)		 Princeton Ann Arbor, Michigan
7:00 PM EST
  • Kleedtke  75'
 Report
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

See also

References
  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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