# 2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team

The 2024 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2024 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It was the program's 47th season. It was the program's 12th season competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Fighting Irish were by head coach Chad Riley, in his seventh year, and played their home games at Alumni Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.
The Fighting Irish began the season as runners up and ranked second in the nation. They got off to a slow start and fell out of the rankings after drawing Akron and Indiana in their first two games. After defeating 15th ranked Louisville, they returned to number twenty-three in the polls. Their stay wouldn't last long as they drew Duquesne and lost to number 3 Stanford before falling back out of the rankings. Their best portion of the season followed, as the won four straight games. The only game of note was a 2–1 victory over number 12, and last year's national champions Clemson. They followed this run with two losses and drew draws. The defeated UIC and California before losing their final regular season game of the season against number 5 Duke.
The Fighting Irish finished the regular season 7–4–5 and 3–3–2 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. Notre Dame lost the tiebreaker and was the tenth seed in the ACC Tournament. They lost in the first round to seventh seed Stanford 2–3. They did not receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. They finished the season 7–5–5 overall.

## Background

The Fighting Irish finished the season at 13–3–6 overall and 6–0–2 in ACC play to finish in 1st place in the Coastal Division. As the first overall seed in the ACC Tournament, they were defeated by Louisville in the Quarterfinals by the score of 4–3. They reached the finals of the NCAA Tournament, where they lost to Clemson.

## Player movement
### Players leaving

Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Ethan O'Brien | 7 | MF | 6'0" | 170 | Graduate Student | Bellevue, Washington | Graduated |
| Matthew Radivojsa | 8 | MF | 5'10" | 150 | Senior | Oakville, Ontario | Graduated |
| Eno Nto | 9 | FW | 5'11" | 157 | Junior | Derby, England | Signed with Derby U-21 |
| Daniel Russo | 11 | FW | 6'0" | 165 | Senior | Jackson, New Jersey | Graduated |
| Mo Williams | 14 | DF | 6'2" | 190 | Graduate Student | West Orange, New Jersey | Graduated |
| Paddy Burns | 15 | DF | 6'0" | 175 | Senior | Crumlin, Northern Ireland | Graduated |
| Alex Salvino | 23 | FW | 6'3" | 190 | Senior | Western Springs, Illinois | Graduated |
| Bryan Dowd | 31 | GK | 6'3" | 175 | Senior | Willow Springs, Illinois | Graduated, drafted 6th overall in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft |
| Lukas Kamrath | 32 | DF | 6'4" | 200 | Freshman | Longboat Key, Florida | Transferred to High Point |
| Michael Pellegrino | 33 | MF | 6'0" | 175 | Senior | Wenonah, New Jersey | Graduated |

### Players arriving
#### Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Collin Travasos | 99 | GK | 6'3" | 195 | Graduate Student | Encinitas, California | North Carolina |

#### Recruiting Class

| Name | Nat. | Hometown | Club |
| Jacob Bartlett MF | USA | Overland Park, Kansas | Sporting Kansas City Academy |
| Stephen Dunphy FW | USA | Carlsbad, California | San Diego Surf |
| Brady Hilden MF | USA | Reno, Nevada | Shattuck St. Mary’s |
| Blake Kelly GK | USA | Holt, Michigan | Real Salt Lake Academy |
| William Schroeder MF | USA | Inverness, Illinois | Sockers FC |
| Ian Shaul MF | USA | Saint Paul, Minnesota | Minnesota United FC Academy |

## Squad
### Roster

    As of September 12, 2024
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 | ITA | Simone Baravelli |
| 1 | GK | USA | Owen Cornell |
| 2 | DF | USA | Mitch Ferguson |
| 3 | DF | USA | Sean McDowd |
| 4 | DF | USA | Jack Ross |
| 5 | DF | USA | Kyle Genenbacher |
| 6 | MF | USA | Wyatt Lewis |
| 7 | FW | USA | Nate Zimmermann |
| 8 | MF | USA | Nico Bartlett |
| 9 | FW | USA | Wyatt Borso |
| 10 | FW | GHA | KK Baffour |
| 11 | FW | USA | Jack Flanagan |
| 12 | MF | GHA | Daniel Boateng |
| 13 | MF | USA | Bryce Boneau |
| 14 | MF | USA | Will Schroeder |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | USA | Ian Shaul |
| 16 | MF | USA | Jacob Bartlett |
| 17 | DF | USA | Mateo Acosta |
| 18 | DF | USA | Josh Ramsey |
| 19 | FW | USA | Michael Rossi |
| 20 | FW | USA | Brady Hilden |
| 21 | FW | USA | Matthew Roou |
| 22 | MF | USA | Nolan Spicer |
| 23 | FW | USA | Stevie Dunphy |
| 24 | MF | USA | Sebastian Green |
| 28 | MF | USA | Nicholas Legendre |
| 29 | DF | USA | Cleveland Sellers IV |
| 30 | GK | USA | Liam Egan |
| 31 | GK | USA | Blake Kelly |
| 99 | GK | USA | Collin Travasos |

### Team menagement

| Position | Staff |
| Athletic Director | Pete Bevacqua |
| Head Coach | Chad Riley |
| Assistant Coach | Mike Graczyk |
| Assistant Coach | Jeff Rowland |
| Director of Operations | Chris Rolfe |
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## Schedule

Source:
| Date Time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site City, State |
| Exhibition ||||||
| August 10* 8:00 p.m. | No. 2 | No. 8 Marshall | None Reported | – | Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN |
| August 14* 7:00 p.m. | No. 2 | at IU Indy | None Reported | – | Michael A. Carroll Stadium Indianapolis, IN |
| August 17* 8:00 p.m. | No. 2 | Creighton | None Reported | – | Alumni Stadium Notre Dame, IN |
| Regular Season ||||||
| August 22* 8:00 p.m. | No. 2 | Akron | T 1–1 | 0–0–1 | Alumni Stadium (607) Notre Dame, IN |
| August 29* 8:00 p.m. | | at Indiana Rivalry | T 2–2 | 0–0–2 | Bill Armstrong Stadium (4,573) Bloomington, IN |
| September 6 7:00 p.m. | | at No. 15 Louisville | W 2–1 | 1–0–2 (1–0–0) | Lynn Stadium (1,165) Louisville, KY |
| September 10* 8:00 p.m. | No. 23 | Duquesne | T 1–1 | 1–0–3 | Alumni Stadium (306) Notre Dame, IN |
| September 14 7:00 p.m. | No. 23 | No. 3 Stanford | L 0–1 | 1–1–3 (1–1–0) | Alumni Stadium (1,172) Notre Dame, IN |
| September 20* 7:00 p.m. | | Chicago State | W 6–1 | 2–1–3 | Alumni Stadium (1,233) Notre Dame, IN |
| September 24* 7:00 p.m. | | Detroit Mercy | W 3–1 | 3–1–3 | Alumni Stadium (203) Notre Dame, IN |
| September 27 7:00 p.m. | | No. 12 Clemson | W 2–1 | 4–1–3 (2–1–0) | Alumni Stadium (2,820) Notre Dame, IN |
| October 1* 7:00 p.m. | | Trine | W 7–1 | 5–1–3 | Alumni Stadium (254) Notre Dame, IN |
| October 5 7:00 p.m. | | at Syracuse | L 1–2 | 5–2–3 (2–2–0) | SU Soccer Stadium (1,701) Syracuse, NY |
| October 8* 7:00 p.m. | | Michigan | L 0–1 | 5–3–3 | Alumni Stadium (1,089) Notre Dame, IN |
| October 11 7:00 p.m. | | No. 7 North Carolina | T 1–1 | 5–3–4 (2–2–1) | Alumni Stadium (3,108) Notre Dame, IN |
| October 19 7:00 p.m. | | Boston College | T 1–1 | 5–3–5 (2–2–2) | Alumni Stadium (828) Notre Dame, Indiana |
| October 22* 7:00 p.m. | | UIC | W 5–0 | 6–3–5 | Alumni Stadium (304) Notre Dame, IN |
| October 27th 7:00 p.m. | | at California | W 2–0 | 7–3–5 (3–2–2) | Edwards Stadium (1,587) Berkeley, CA |
| November 1 7:00 p.m. | | at No. 5 Duke | L 0–4 | 7–4–5 (3–3–2) | Koskinen Stadium (1,089) Durham, NC |
| ACC Tournament ||||||
| November 6* 9:00 p.m. | (10) | at (7) Stanford | L 2–3 | 7–5–5 | Cagan Stadium (768) Stanford, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| United Soccer | 2 | RV | — | 23 | RV | — | RV | — | — | — | — | — | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — |
| TopDrawer Soccer | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |