# 2019 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team

The 2019 Boston College Eagles men's soccer team represented Boston College during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Eagles were led by head coach Ed Kelly, in his fourteenth season. They played home games at Newton Soccer Complex. This was the team's 53rd season playing organized men's college soccer and their 15th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

## Background

The 2018 Boston College men's soccer team finished the season with a 4–8–4 overall record and a 2–5–1 ACC record. The Eagles were seeded ninth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost in the first round to NC State.
The Eagles were not invited to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, and did not have any players selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.

## Player movement
### Players leaving

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Simon Enstrom | 9 | FW | 6'1" | 187 | Senior | Huddinge, Sweden | Graduated |
| Tommy Garcia-Morillo | 11 | MF | 6'0" | 170 | Senior | Key Biscayne, FL | Graduated |
| Abe Bibas | 14 | DF | 6'0" | 175 | Senior | Sunny Isles Beach, FL | Graduated |
| Rodolfo Postigo | 22 | DF | 6'5" | 200 | Senior | Caracas, Venezuela | Graduated |
| Joshua Forbes | 23 | MF | 5'9" | 163 | Senior | Bochum, Germany | Graduated |
| Nat Ballard | 32 | GK | 6'3" | 165 | Senior | London, England | Graduated |

### Players arriving

| Name | Nat. | Hometown | Club | TDS Rating |
| Zach Peter DF | USA | Avon, CT | Black Rock FC | |
| Michael Suski FW | USA | Avon, CT | FSA FC United | |

## Squad
### Roster

Updated August 19, 2019
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 | ITA | Giacomo Piccardo |
| 2 | MF | ISL | Heidar Aegisson |
| 3 | DF | USA | David Longo |
| 4 | DF | ITA | Gregorio Barilla |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Rafa Salama |
| 6 | MF | USA | Joe Kellett |
| 7 | FW | GER | Nikita Bondar |
| 8 | MF | GER | Lasse Lehmann |
| 10 | MF | USA | Amos Shapiro-Thompson |
| 11 | MF | USA | Mike Suski |
| 12 | DF | USA | Wil Jacques |
| 14 | FW | ITA | Gualtiero Barilla |
| 15 | DF | USA | Victor Souza |
| 16 | MF | USA | Tyshawn Rose |
| 17 | MF | USA | Beto Luna |
| 18 | DF | USA | Walker Davey |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | USA | Tyler Stott |
| 20 | DF | CRC | Alejandro Zimmermann |
| 21 | MF | USA | Jesus Sahagun |
| 23 | FW | ISL | Stefan Sigurdarson |
| 24 | MF | USA | Ian Buehler |
| 25 | MF | USA | Callum Johnson |
| 26 | DF | USA | Zach Peter |
| 27 | MF | USA | Alex Mieles |
| 28 | FW | USA | Adam French |
| 30 | GK | USA | Christian Garner |
| 32 | GK | GER | Alvaro Magel |
| 33 | GK | USA | Antonio Chavez Borrelli |
| 47 | DF | CRO | Ivan Postolka |
| 77 | MF | ISL | Kristofer Konradsson |
| 80 | FW | USA | Roni Diniz |

### Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Athletic Director | Martin Jarmond |
| Head coach | Ed Kelly |
| Associate head coach | Bob Thompson |
| Assistant coach | Vasili Uspensky |
| Assistant coach | Luke Kelly |
Source:

## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 20* 6:00 p.m. | | Providence | W 3–1 | — (—) | Newton Soccer Complex Chestnut Hill, MA |
| August 24* 6:00 p.m. | | at New Hampshire | | — (—) | Bremner Field Durham, NH |
| Regular season ||||||
| August 29* 2:30 p.m. | | Quinnipiac | W 2–0 | 1–0–0 (0–0–0) | Newton Soccer Complex (N/A) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| September 1* 4:00 p.m. | | at Boston | W 1–0 | 2–0–0 (0–0–0) | Nickerson Field (4,415) Boston, MA |
| September 6* 5:00 p.m. | | Rhode Island | W 2–1 | 3–0–0 (0–0–0) | Newton Soccer Complex (351) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| September 10* 7:00 p.m. | | at Holy Cross | W 3–2 | 4–0–0 (0–0–0) | Smith Stadium (0) Worcester, MA |
| September 14 7:00 p.m. | | at NC State | L 0–1 | 4–1–0 (0–1–0) | Dail Soccer Stadium (1,250) Raleigh, NC |
| September 20 5:00 p.m. | | Pittsburgh | L 0–2 | 4–2–0 (0–2–0) | Newton Soccer Complex (344) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| September 24* 5:00 p.m. | | UMass | W 1–0 | 5–2–0 (0–2–0) | Newton Soccer Complex (180) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| September 27 1:00 p.m. | | at No. 18 Virginia Tech | T 2–2 $^{2OT}$ | 5–2–1 (0–2–1) | Thompson Field (1,232) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 1* 4:00 p.m. | | Merrimack | T 0–0 $^{2OT}$ | 5–2–2 (0–2–1) | Newton Soccer Complex (181) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| October 4 7:00 p.m. | | No. 3 Wake Forest | W 2–1 | 6–2–2 (1–2–1) | Newton Soccer Complex (523) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| October 8* 7:00 p.m. | | Northeastern | W 3–0 | 7–2–2 (1–2–1) | Newton Soccer Complex (206) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| October 11 7:00 p.m. | | No. 1 Virginia | T 1–1 $^{2OT}$ | 7–2–3 (1–2–2) | Newton Soccer Complex (242) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| October 18 7:30 p.m. | | at Louisville | L 2–3 $^{2OT}$ | 7–3–3 (1–3–2) | Lynn Stadium (2,643) Louisville, KY |
| October 25 7:00 p.m. | | at No. 3 Clemson | L 1–3 | 7–4–3 (1–4–2) | Riggs Field (2,023) Clemson, SC |
| October 29* 6:00 p.m. | | at Harvard | Postponed | 0–0–0 (0–0–0) | Jordan Field Boston, MA |
| November 1 7:00 p.m. | | Syracuse | W 2–1 | 8–4–3 (2–4–2) | Newton Soccer Complex (413) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| November 5 2:00 p.m. | (9) | at (8) Notre Dame First Round | L 1–2 $^{2OT}$ | 8–5–3 | Alumni Stadium (117) South Bend, IN |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 21* 7:00 p.m. | | Yale First Round | W 2–0 | 9–5–3 | Newton Soccer Complex (520) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| November 24* 8:00 p.m. | | at (6) No. 4 Washington Second Round | L 0–2 | 9–6–3 | Husky Soccer Stadium (1,221) Seattle, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date |
| Stefan Sigurdarson | ACC Offensive Player of the Week | October 7, 2019 |
| Joe Kellett | ACC Defensive Player of the Week | October 7, 2019 |
| Stefan Sigurdarson | All-ACC Third Team | November 13, 2019 |
| Amos Shapiro-Thompson | All-ACC Freshman Team | November 13, 2019 |
| Stefan Sigurdarson | All-ACC Freshman Team | November 13, 2019 |
| Victor Souza | All-ACC Freshman Team | November 13, 2019 |

## Rankings

Ranking movement Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Others receiving votes. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Final |
| United Soccer Coaches | | RV | RV | RV | | | | RV | RV | | | | | None Released | None Released | None Released | None Released | RV |
| TopDrawer Soccer | | | | | | | | | 14 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |