# 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team

The 2019 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented University of Notre Dame during the 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 42nd season. It was the program's 7th season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish were led by head coach Chad Riley, in his second year.

## Background

The 2018 Notre Dame men's soccer team finished the season with an 11–7–3 overall record and a 4–3–1 ACC record. The Fighting Irish were seeded fifth–overall in the 2018 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, where they lost to eventual champions Louisville in the quarterfinals. The Fighting Irish earned an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament for the sixth season in a row. As the seventh–overall seed in the tournament, Notre Dame defeated Michigan and ACC foe Virginia before falling to Indiana in the quarterfinals.
At the end of the season, one Fighting Irish soccer player was selected in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft: Tommy McCabe.

## Player movement
### Players leaving

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
| Ryan Krutz | 1 | GK | 6'0" | 176 | Senior | Norman, OK | Graduated |
| Sean MacLeod | 6 | MF/FW | 6'2" | 157 | Senior | Troon, Scotland | Graduated |
| Blake Townes | 10 | MF | 6'1" | 166 | Senior | Canton, MI | Graduated |
| Sean Dedrick | 11 | DF | 6'1" | 167 | Senior | Wilton, CT | Graduated |
| Tommy McCabe | 16 | MF | 5'11" | 174 | Junior | South Orange, NJ | Declared for 2019 MLS SuperDraft; drafted 28th overall by FC Cincinnati |
| Thomas Ueland | 21 | FW/MF | 5'11" | 158 | Senior | Lexington, KY | Graduated |
| Patrick Berneski | 25 | DF | 6'3" | 195 | Senior | Warrington, PA | Graduated |

### Players arriving

| Name | Nat. | Hometown | Club |
| Mohammad Abualnadi DF | USA | Leawood, KS | Sporting Kansas City (Academy) |
| Zach Dedrick DF | USA | Wilton, CT | Beachside SC |
| Thomas Deslongchamps GK | USA | Whitefish Bay, WI | FC United (Illinois) |
| Reese Mayer DF | USA | Owings Mills, MD | Baltimore Armour |
| Ethan O'Brien MF | USA | Bellevue, WA | Crew SC Academy |
| Michael Pellegrino MF | USA | Wenonah, NJ | Philadelphia Union |

## Squad
### Roster

Updated August 20, 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 | Thomas Deslongchamps |
| 1 | GK | USA | Duncan Turnbull |
| 2 | DF | USA | Philip Quinton |
| 3 | FW | USA | Spencer Farina |
| 4 | DF | USA | Brian Finn |
| 5 | MF | FRA | Félicien Dumas |
| 6 | MF | USA | Michael Pellegrino |
| 7 | MF | USA | Jack Casey |
| 8 | MF | USA | Nick Cullen |
| 9 | FW | USA | John Rea |
| 10 | MF | USA | Aiden McFadden |
| 11 | FW | USA | Simon Roennecke |
| 12 | MF | USA | Bryan Silver |
| 14 | MF | USA | Michael Lynch |
| 15 | DF | USA | Mohammad Abualnadi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | USA | Reese Mayer |
| 17 | DF | USA | Senan Farrelly |
| 18 | MF | USA | Townsend Meyer |
| 19 | GK | USA | Keagan McLaughlin |
| 20 | MF | USA | Patrick Coleman |
| 21 | MF | USA | Ethan O'Brien |
| 22 | FW | USA | Ian Aschieris |
| 24 | DF | USA | Jacob Huber |
| 25 | DF | USA | Zach Dedrick |
| 26 | MF | USA | Ben Giacobello |
| 27 | FW | USA | Jack Lynn |
| 28 | FW | USA | Tyler Shea |
| 29 | MF | CAN | Mohamed Omar |
| 30 | GK | USA | Sam Guianane |

## Team management

| Position | Staff |
| Athletic Director | Jack Swarbrick |
| Head Coach | Chad Riely |
| Assistant Coach | Ryan Fahey |
| Assistant Coach | Brian Plotkin |
| Volunteer Assistant Coach | Adam LaPlaca |
Source:

## Schedule

Source
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site City, State |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 19* 2:00 p.m. | No. 9 | Bethel | Completed | – (–) | Alumni Stadium South Bend, IN |
| August 21* 7:00 p.m. | No. 9 | at Marquette | L 1–2 | – (–) | Valley Fields Milwaukee, WI |
| August 28* 5:00 p.m. | No. 9 | Western Michigan | T 1–1 | – (–) | Alumni Stadium South Bend, IN |
| Regular Season ||||||
| August 31* 7:00 p.m. | No. 9 | at Saint Louis | W 3–2 | 1–0–0 (0–0–0) | Hermann Stadium (5,942) Saint Louis, MO |
| September 6* 7:00 p.m. | No. 11 | Seattle Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament | W 4–2 | 2–0–0 (0–0–0) | Alumni Stadium (686) South Bend, IN |
| September 8* 7:00 p.m. | No. 11 | Denver Mike Berticelli Memorial Tournament | W 1–0 | 3–0–0 (0–0–0) | Alumni Stadium (641) South Bend, IN |
| September 13 7:00 p.m. | No. 10 | No. 13 Clemson | L 2–4 | 3–1–0 (0–1–0) | Alumni Stadium (1,078) South Bend, IN |
| September 17* 7:00 p.m. | No. 16 | at No. 4 Indiana Rivalry | T 1–1 $^{2OT}$ | 3–1–1 (0–1–0) | Bill Armstrong Stadium (2,392) Bloomington, IN |
| September 20 6:00 p.m. | No. 16 | at No. 11 North Carolina | L 0–2 | 3–2–1 (0–2–0) | Fetzer Field (2,375) Chapel Hill, NC |
| September 24* 7:00 p.m. | No. 21 | at Michigan State | W 1–0 | 4–2–1 (0–2–0) | DeMartin Soccer Complex (616) East Lansing, MI |
| September 28 11:00 a.m. | No. 21 | No. 3 Virginia | L 0–1 | 4–3–1 (0–3–0) | Alumni Stadium (646) South Bend, IN |
| October 1* 7:00 p.m. | | DePaul | W 1–0 | 5–3–1 (0–3–0) | Alumni Stadium (404) South Bend, IN |
| October 4 6:00 p.m. | | at NC State | L 0–2 | 5–4–1 (0–4–0) | Dail Soccer Field (1,211) Raleigh, NC |
| October 8* 7:00 p.m. | | Purdue Fort Wayne | W 8–0 | 6–4–1 (0–4–0) | Alumni Stadium (257) South Bend, IN |
| October 11 6:00 p.m. | | No. 21 Duke | W 1–0 | 7–4–1 (1–4–0) | Alumni Stadium (748) South Bend, IN |
| October 18 5:30 p.m. | | at Virginia Tech | L 1–2 | 7–5–1 (1–5–0) | Thompson Field (822) Blacksburg, VA |
| October 22* 7:00 p.m. | | Michigan | L 0–1 | 7–6–1 (1–5–0) | Alumni Stadium (585) South Bend, IN |
| October 26 7:00 p.m. | | at No. 2 Wake Forest | W 1–0 | 8–6–1 (2–5–0) | Spry Stadium (3,022) Winston-Salem, NC |
| November 1 7:00 p.m. | | Pittsburgh | W 1–0 | 9–6–1 (3–5–0) | Alumni Stadium (584) South Bend, IN |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| November 5 2:00 p.m. | (8) | (9) Boston College First Round | W 2–1 $^{2OT}$ | 10–6–1 | Alumni Stadium (117) South Bend, IN |
| November 10 7:00 p.m. | (8) | at (1) No. 2 Clemson Quarterfinals | L 0–3 | 10–7–1 | Riggs Field (1,703) Clemson, SC |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| November 21 7:00 p.m. | | Wright State First Round | L 2–3 | 10–8–1 | Alumni Stadium (274) South Bend, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ||||||

## Awards and honors

| Recipient | Award | Date |
| Felicien Dumas | ACC Defensive Player of the Week | October 14, 2019 |
| Duncan Turnbull | ACC Defensive Player of the Week | October 28, 2019 |
| Felicien Dumas | ACC Defensive Player of the Week | November 4, 2019 |
| Jack Lynn | All-ACC Second Team | November 13, 2019 |
| Felicien Dumas | All-ACC Third Team | November 13, 2019 |

## 2020 MLS Super Draft

| Player | Team | Round | Pick # | Position |
| Felicien Dumas | New York City FC | 2 | 48 | DF |
| Duncan Turnball | Houston Dynamo | 3 | 70 | GK |
Source:

## 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 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 21 | RV | RV | RV | | RV | RV | RV | | None Released | None Released | None Released | None Released | |
| TopDrawer Soccer | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 20 | RV | RV | 19 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 23 | | | | |