# 2019 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team

The 2019 Syracuse Orange men's soccer team represented Syracuse University during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 96th season and 7th in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Orange were led by Ian McIntyre, is in his tenth year.

## Background

The 2018 Syracuse men's soccer team finished the season with a 7–7–4 overall record and a 1–4–3 ACC record. The Orange were seeded tenth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to Virginia Tech in the first round. The Orange earned an at-large bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. As the sixteenth overall seed in the tournament, the Orange lost to eventual runners up Akron in their first match of the tournament.
At the end of the 2018 season, two Orange men's soccer players wer selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Tajon Buchanan and Kamal Miller.

## Player movement
### Players leaving

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Jan Breitenmoser | 2 | MF | 5'7" | 159 | Senior | Wil, Switzerland | Graduated |
| Kamal Miller | 5 | DF | 6'0" | 185 | Senior | Pickering, Canada | Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 27th overall by Orlando City SC. |
| Len Zeugner | 6 | DF | 6'4" | 191 | Graduate Student | Münster, Germany | Graduated |
| Jonathan Hagman | 8 | MF | 6'0" | 174 | Senior | Enebyberg, Sweden | Graduated |
| Hugo Delhommelle | 10 | FW/MF | 5'11" | 170 | Senior | Rennes, France | Graduated |
| John-Austin Ricks | 11 | DF/MF | 5'10" | 144 | Senior | Utica, NY | Graduated |
| Tajon Buchanan | 17 | FW | 6'0" | 152 | Sophomore | Brampton, Canada | Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; selected 9th overall by New England Revolution. |
| Hendrik Hilpert | 25 | GK | 6'0" | 175 | Senior | Eiterfeld, Germany | Graduated |

### Players arriving

| Name | Nat. | Hometown | Club | TDS Rating |
| Quinton Becker DF | USA | Niskayuna, NY | Black Watch Premier | |
| Logan McGraw MF | USA | Brooklyn, NY | BW Gottschee | |
| Merjan Ozisik MF | USA | Niskayuna, NY | Black Watch Premier | |
| Andres Quevedo GK | USA | Dallas, TX | FC Dallas (Youth) | |
| Amferny Arias Sinclair MF | CRC | San José, Costa Rica | Oce de Abril | N/A |

## Squad
### Roster

Updated: August 19, 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 0 | GK | USA | Andres Quevedo |
| 1 | GK | USA | Jake Leahy |
| 2 | MF | CRC | Amferny Sinclair |
| 3 | DF | NOR | Sondre Norheim |
| 4 | DF | GER | Noah Singelmann |
| 5 | DF | HKG | Matt Orr |
| 6 | MF | USA | Julio Fulcar |
| 7 | FW | CAN | Severin Soerlie |
| 8 | MF | CAN | Simon Triantafillou |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Massimo Ferrin |
| 10 | MF | CAN | Ryan Raposo |
| 11 | MF | CAN | Hilli Goldhar |
| 12 | DF | USA | John-Austin Ricks |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 13 | DF | USA | Nikolas Steiner |
| 14 | DF | USA | Michael Lantry |
| 15 | MF | USA | Merjan Ozisik |
| 16 | MF | USA | Logan McGraw |
| 18 | DF | CAN | Nyal Higgins |
| 19 | FW | GLP | Luther Archimède |
| 20 | MF | USA | Brian Hawkins |
| 21 | FW | USA | Mickey Watson |
| 22 | DF | USA | Dylan McDonald |
| 23 | DF | USA | Quinn Becker |
| 24 | DF | USA | Alphonso Joe |
| 25 | GK | SUI | Christian Miesch |
| 30 | GK | USA | Sam Gomez |

### Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Athletic Director | John Wildhack |
| Head Coach | Ian McIntyre |
| Associate Head Coach | Jukka Masalin |
| Assistant Coach | Sean Lawlor |
| Volunteer Assistant Coach | Michael Flynn |
| Director of Operations | Todd Cook |
| Volunteer Assistant | Andrew Coughlin |
| Assistant Athletic Trainer | Mike Mangano |
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## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 18* 7:00 p.m. | | Niagara | W 5–0 | – (–) | SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY |
| August 21* 7:00 p.m. | | Hofstra | W 4–2 | – (–) | SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY |
| August 24* 7:00 p.m. | | at Penn State | W 1–0 | – (–) | Jeffrey Field State College, PA |
| Regular season ||||||
| August 30* 4:00 p.m. | | at No. 13 Georgetown | L 1–3 | 0–1–0 (0–0–0) | Shaw Field (1,121) Washington, D.C. |
| September 2* 7:00 p.m. | | Binghamton | W 3–1 | 1–1–0 (0–0–0) | SU Soccer Stadium (1,169) Syracuse, NY |
| September 6* 7:00 p.m. | | Yale | T 1–1 $^{2OT}$ | 1–1–1 (0–0–0) | SU Soccer Stadium (1,765) Syracuse, NY |
| September 8* 7:00 p.m. | | No. 22 New Hampshire | T 2–2 $^{2OT}$ | 1–1–2 (0–0–0) | SU Soccer Stadium (721) Syracuse, NY |
| September 13 7:00 p.m. | | No. 20 Louisville | T 0–0 $^{2OT}$ | 1–1–3 (0–0–1) | SU Soccer Stadium (1,756) Syracuse, NY |
| September 17* 7:00 p.m. | | Cornell | W 3–2 $^{OT}$ | 2–1–3 (0–0–1) | SU Soccer Stadium (521) Syracuse, NY |
| September 21 7:30 p.m. | | at No. 1 Wake Forest | L 0–1 | 2–2–3 (0–1–1) | Spry Stadium (3,143) Winston-Salem, NC |
| September 24* 7:00 p.m. | | at Colgate Rivalry | W 1–0 | 3–2–3 (0–1–1) | Beyer-Small '76 Field (425) Hamilton, NY |
| September 27 7:00 p.m. | | Pittsburgh | T 1–1 $^{2OT}$ | 3–2–4 (0–1–2) | SU Soccer Stadium (1,706) Syracuse, NY |
| October 1* 7:00 p.m. | | Albany | Cancelled | 3–2–4 (0–1–2) | SU Soccer Stadium Syracuse, NY |
| October 4 7:00 p.m. | | at No. 18 Duke | L 0–4 | 3–3–4 (0–2–2) | Koskinen Stadium (759) Durham, NC |
| October 12 7:00 p.m. | | at No. 18 North Carolina | W 4–3 | 4–3–4 (1–2–2) | Fetzer Field (876) Chapel Hill, NC |
| October 15* 7:00 p.m. | | Connecticut | W 1–0 | 5–3–4 (1–2–2) | SU Soccer Stadium (342) Syracuse, NY |
| October 19 7:00 p.m. | | No. 8 Clemson | L 4–7 | 5–4–4 (1–3–2) | SU Soccer Stadium (1,342) Syracuse, NY |
| October 22 4:00 p.m. | | SUNY Morrisville | W 11–0 | 6–4–4 (1–3–2) | SU Soccer Stadium (64) Syracuse, NY |
| October 26 7:00 p.m. | | No. 23 NC State | W 3–0 | 7–4–4 (2–3–2) | SU Soccer Stadium (1,007) Syracuse, NY |
| November 1 6:00 p.m. | | at Boston College | L 1–2 | 7–5–4 (2–4–2) | Newton Soccer Complex (413) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| November 5 4:00 p.m. | (10) | at (7) North Carolina First Round | T 0–0 (5–3 PKs) $^{2OT}$ | 7–5–5 | Fetzer Field (766) Chapel Hill, NC |
| November 10 1:00 p.m. | (10) | at (2) No. 4 Virginia Quarterfinals | L 1–2 | 7–6–5 | Klöckner Stadium (1,525) Charlottesville, VA |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 21 7:00 p.m. | | Rhode Island First Round | W 3–2 | 8–6–5 | SU Soccer Stadium (472) Syracuse, NY |
| November 24 5:00 p.m. | | at (16) No. 14 St. John's Second Round | L 1–2 | 8–7–5 | Belson Stadium (457) New York, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date | Ref. |
| Ryan Raposo | ACC Offensive Player of the Week | October 14, 2019 | |
| Ryan Raposo | All-ACC First 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 | | | | | | | | | | RV | | | | None Released | None Released | None Released | None Released | RV |
| TopDrawer Soccer | RV | RV | | | | | | | | RV | 25 | 25 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |

## 2020 MLS Super Draft

| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
| Ryan Raposo | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 | 4 | MF |
| Nyal Higgins | Toronto FC | 1 | 19 | DF |
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